This is by no means a definitive list and is updated regularly as I come across record labels that specialize in or feature world music album releases. Some of these websites default to the native language of their location; most of them have an option to switch the site to English somewhere at the top of the page.
- ARC Music (UK) / ARC Music – Naxos (US Distribution)
- Awesome Tapes From Africa (US)
- Barbes Records (US)
- Brownswood Recordings (UK)
- Budamusique (France)
- Canyon Records (US)
- Compass Records – includes Green Linnet, Mulligan, Xenophile labels (US)
- Concord Music – includes Rounder Records and other labels (US)
- Cumbancha (US)
- Daptone Records (US)
- Discos Fuentes (Colombia)
- ECM Records (Germany)
- Fono (Hungary)
- Galileo Music – Communication (Germany)
- Glitterbeat (Germany)
- La Curieuse (France)
- Luaka Bop (US)
- Lusafrica (France)
- Mais Um Discos (UK)
- Muziekpublique (Belgium)
- Nø Førmat! (France)
- NorthSide (US)
- Out | Here Records (Germany)
- Ponderosa Music & Art (Italy)
- Putumayo World Music (US)
- Real World Records (UK)
- Shanachie Entertainment (US)
- Six Degrees Records (US)
- Smithsonian Folkways Records (US)
- Sony Music Latin (US)
- Soundway Records (UK)
- Strut Records (Germany)
- Sublime Frequencies (US)
- Wonderwheel Recordings (US)
- World Circuit (UK)
- World Music Network – Music Rough Guides / Riverboat Records (UK)
- World Village (France)
- ZZK Records (Argentina)