Sector value, U.S. & Canada, 2017: $3.12 billion Proportion of retail sales of licensed merchandise, U.S. & Canada, 2017: 2.9% Average royalty, U.S. & Canada, 2018: 10.48% Royalty range, U.S. & Canada, 2018: 1–20% Average royalty, U.S. & Canada, (10 years) 2009–2018: 10.50% Analysis Royalties for corporate licensing in this area run in the low single digits. For software in which, for example, multiple car brands or athletes or music properties may be featured, each licensor would get a fractional percentage of the total. (Often car brands’ presence is promotional and they receive no royalty.) Among dedicated game/software titles, film- and sports-based properties draw higher than average rates, as do entertainment properties, although their royalty percentages are falling as their sales potential has increased. Royalty rates for mobile games… . . . read more