Behringer
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 1 November 2026 · 3 sources
Music Tribe brand of budget audio mixers, speakers and synthesisers.
There's no proof Behringer pays more than the legal minimum, which in China is below a living wage, and it has no full independent audit.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 2 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 3 red flags: no evidence of a living wage, unaudited production in high-risk countries and untraced high-risk mined materials. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 2 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsMost of its products are made in countries such as China and Malaysia, where unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
- Not met: Traces its cobalt, gold and other conflict minerals to the mine
Red flags 3
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Made mostly in countries with poor worker rights, without a full independent audit of its supply chain
- Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't traceShown to explain the grade. It isn't one of the 2 red flags that set it.
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
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Where it's made
From press and retailer reports. Behringer makes its products in its own factories, but we haven't recorded its countries from it yet. The rest is shown as where electronics are usually made.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| VietnamUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| TaiwanUsual for the industry | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
| MalaysiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| South KoreaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Close to a living wage | Low |
| IndiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: cobalt, tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold mining carry child and forced labour risk (DR Congo, Indonesia), and assembly overtime is widespread.
- Owns or runs its own production
- Relies on metals such as cobalt, gold and tin from artisanal mines where miners, including children, face toxic dust, mercury exposure and deadly tunnel collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes Behringer's owner, Music Tribe, makes the brand's products in its own factory complex, Music Tribe City in Zhongshan, China, which opened in 2018 and handles components, assembly and packing for its 12 brands; it opened with about 3,000 employees housed in on-site dormitories. Music Tribe publishes no supplier list, modern slavery statement, conflict-minerals or smelter report, or audit results, and no independent information on wages, hours or safety at the factory is published.
Sources and actions
Sources 3
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- MUSIC Tribe's new manufacturing facility emphasises transparency (ETA, 2018) · search the archive · Music Tribe City in Zhongshan, China makes components, assembles and packs products for its 12 brands including Behringer; about 3,000 employees with dormitories on site
- Behringer's mindblowing new factory is actually a city (MusicRadar, 2018) · search the archive · Behringer's own factory complex in China, with accommodation for 3,000 workers
- Behringer Audio Equipment - Colemans Music · search the archive · Behringer products listed in AUD by a music store in South Melbourne, Victoria
Company details
- Last researched
- 1 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Behringer ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/behringer, last researched 1 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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