Guitar Center
Retailer of musical instruments and professional audio equipment.
Company facts
- Founded
- 1959
- Employees
- 10,000
- Headquarters
- United States
- Type
- Private
- Funding
- Private Equity · $165M · 2020
- Subsidiaries
- Musician's Friend, Music & Arts, AVDG, Woodwind & Brasswind, Giardinelli
About
Guitar Center is the leading retailer of musical instruments, equipment, and services, serving musicians of all levels from beginners to professionals. The company offers a comprehensive selection of guitars, basses, drums, keyboards, live sound, recording, DJ, and lighting equipment, alongside essential accessories. Beyond retail, Guitar Center provides valuable services including music lessons, instrument rentals, and repairs, fostering a vibrant musical community. Through its specialized divisions – Guitar Center Professional and Audio Visual Design Group (AVDG) – the company extends its expertise to custom audiovisual system design and installation for both personal and commercial spaces. Music & Arts further supports music education through band and orchestra sales, rentals, and lessons, solidifying Guitar Center's commitment to enabling musical expression across all facets of the industry.
School Services District Manager
Music & Arts is the nation’s leading partner in K–12 music education. Our District Managers serve as regional business leaders who develop high-performing Education Account Manager (EAM) teams, elevate educator…
Merchandise Operations Analyst
Important: This role is based at our Westlake Village, CA corporate offices and follows a hybrid schedule (2–3 days onsite per week) . The Merchandising Operations Analyst supports the Merchandising Operations…
School Services Regional Director
Music & Arts is the nation’s leading partner in K–12 music education. Our School Services Regional Directors (RDs) are the senior field leaders responsible for driving regional business performance, developing…
Sales Director
Role Overview The Director, CSC Sales Excellence is the senior sales leader responsible for creating and leading a unified organization across all CSC sales teams; customer’s inquiry into a relationship and every…
Staff Data Analyst
At Guitar Center, Analytics helps teams make better decisions that drive customer and business value. We are looking for a Staff Data Analyst to serve as the senior analytics partner to Merchandising and adjacent…
Merchandise Operations Specialist
Important: This role is based at our Westlake Village, CA corporate offices and follows a hybrid schedule (2–3 days onsite per week) . About the Role We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytically driven…
Specialist, CRM Marketing
Position Overview The Guitar Center Company is seeking a highly skilled and technically adept Specialist, CRM Marketing to elevate our customer communication strategy for Musicians Friend. This role combines…