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Deliver consistent, on-brand guest experiences with our curated playlists and digital signage.
A venue’s soundtrack shapes more than atmosphere - it can change how long guests stay and how much they spend. Numerous studies and our own interviews with operators have shown that background music shapes how much customers spend, how long they feel like they’ve been dining, how much they enjoy their visit and whether they’d come back.
Whatever kind of venue you run, we’ve got a soundtrack for it.
Our library spans 100+ playlists built around real service moments, not just genres - think Brunch Moments, Sunday Slowdown or Beer Garden Rhythms - so the mood on the floor always matches what’s happening in the room.
Every venue runs to its own rhythm. We build your playlists around your service style, your brand, your customers, and your goals.
Promote your menus, offers and brand story through vibrant displays across your venues.
Promote every fixture and keep fans engaged before, during and after the match - all from one automatically updated channel.
Startle has proved to be the perfect partner for Pizza Pilgrims, embracing all of our ideas for using music and technology to enhance our pizzerias. Our playlist management has improved massively.
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Startle gives multi-site hospitality groups one dashboard for every venue, powered by the Startle Player. Schedule music and screens by service period, and set volume and EQ differently for a busy bar versus a quiet dining room, with permission levels that match how your teams actually work.
With our nationwide network of trusted engineers, your venues are in safe hands - installs are scheduled around service hours so they never interrupt a shift. We’ll hand everything on-site: amps, speakers, screens and more. It’s all backed by our Relentless Support™ team, on hand 24/7/265.
Book your free brand sound discovery call to see how Startle can transform your music and signage across all locations.
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Frequently asked questions.
Hospitality background music is played in restaurants, bars, hotels and cafes to create atmosphere and shape the guest experience. The right music can influence mood, dwell time and how a venue is remembered.
Music shapes atmosphere and guest behaviour, and the effect is measurable. We heard from hospitality operators that music works like lighting - get it right and it builds atmosphere, get it wrong and people leave. Find out more in our whitepaper on the role of music in hospitality.
Yes. UK venues need a licence from PPL PRS to play music in public, whether it’s background music on the restaurant floor, a bar playlist or lobby music in a hotel. Find out more about music licences for businesses.
Yes. Head office teams can control music across all locations from one central platform in Studio. You get brand consistency, with flexibility for individual venues where you need it.
No. Spotify and other personal or consumer streaming accounts are for personal listening only, not commercial use. Read more on why you can’t use Spotify for business.
