Publisher's Weekly | Click on the company name in the table below to read a profile of that company.
| Rank (2011) | Rank (2010) | Publishing Company (Group or Division) | Country | Mother Corp. or Owner | Country Mother Corp. | 2011 Revenue in $M | 2010 Revenues in $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Pearson | U.K. | Pearson | U.K. | $8,411 | $8,097 |
| 2 | 2 | Reed Elsevier | U.K./NL/U.S. | Reed Elsevier Corp. | U.K./NL/U.S. | $5,686 | $7,149 |
| 3 | 3 | Thomson Reuters | U.S. | The Woodbridge Company Ltd. | Canada | $5,435 | $5,637 |
| 4 | 4 | Wolters Kluwer | NL | Wolters Kluwer | NL | $4,360 | $4,719 |
| 5 | 6 | Hachette Livre | France | Lagardère | France | $2,649 | $2,873 |
| 6 | 8 | Grupo Planeta | Spain | Grupo Planeta | Spain | $2,304 | $2,427 |
| 7 | 7 | McGraw-Hill Education | U.S. | The McGraw-Hill Companies | U.S. | $2,292 | $2,433 |
| 8 | 5 | Random House | Germany | Bertelsmann AG | Germany | $2,274 | $3,844 |
| 9 | 11 | Holtzbrinck | Germany | Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck | Germany | $1,952 | $1,512 |
| 10 | 10 | Scholastic (corp.) | U.S. | Scholastic | U.S. | $1,906 | $1,912 |
| 11 | 9 | Cengage Learning | U.S. | Apax Partners et al. | U.S./Canada | $1,876 | $2,007 |
| 12 | 13 | Wiley | U.S. | Wiley | U.S. | $1,743 | $1,699 |
| 13 | 12 | De Agostini Editore | Italy | Gruppo De Agostini | Italy | $1,724 | $1,843 |
| 14 | 15 | Shueisha | Japan | Hitotsubashi Group | Japan | $1,714 | $1,597 |
| 15 | 16 | Kodansha | Japan | Kodansha | Japan | $1,551 | $1,498 |
| 16 | 17 | Shogakukan | Japan | Hitotsubashi Group | Japan | $1,444 | $1,441 |
| 17 | 33 | Readers' Digest | U.S. | RDA Holding Co. | U.S. | $1,438 | $1,460 |
| 18 | 14 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | U.S. | Education Media and Publishing Group Limited | U.S./Cayman Islands | $1,295 | $1,673 |
| 19 | 19 | Springer Science and Business Media | Germany | EQT and GIC Investors | Sweden, Singapore | $1,138 | $1,149 |
| 20 | 18 | HarperCollins | U.S. | News Corporation | U.S. | $1,100 (est.) | $1,269 |
| 21 | 20 | Informa | U.K. | Informa plc | U.K. | $1,069 | $1,039 |
| 22 | 21 | Gakken | Japan | Gakken Co. Ltd. | Japan | $1,043 | $956 |
| 23 | 22 | Oxford University Press | U.K. | Oxford University | U.K. | $1,004 | $941 |
| 24 | 24 | Grupo Santillana | Spain | PRISA | Spain | $936 | $852 |
| 25 | 23 | Bonnier | Sweden | The Bonnier Group | Sweden | $909 | $927 |
| 26 | 26 | Kadokawa Publishing | Japan | Kadokawa Holdings Inc. | Japan | $904 | $794 |
| 27 | 27 | Simon & Schuster | U.S. | CBS | U.S. | $787 | $791 |
| 28 | 28 | Egmont Group | Denmark/ Norway | Egmont International Holding A/S | Denmark | $703 | $792 |
| 29 | 29 | Woongjin ThinkBig | Korea | Woongjin Holding | Korea | $685 | $723 |
| 30 | 25 | RCS Libri | Italy | RCS Media Group | Italy | $667 | $805 |
| 31 | 31 | Klett | Germany | Klett Gruppe | Germany | $594 | $617 |
| 32 | 32 | Cornelsen | Germany | Cornelsen | Germany | $558 | $584 |
| 33 | 34 | Mondadori | Italy | The Mondadori Group | Italy | $506 | $549 |
| 34 | 35 | GeMS - Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol | Italy | Messagerie Italiane | Italy | $494 | $525 |
| 35 | 39 | Lefebvre Sarrut | France | Frojal | France | $467 | $430 |
| 36 | 36 | Harlequin | Canada | Torstar Corp. | Canada | $450 | $468 |
| 37 | 37 | Sanoma | Finland | Sanoma WSOY | Finland | $446 | $464 |
| 37 | 40 | China Education and Media Group (form. Higher Education Press) | China (PR) | China Education and Media Group | China (PR) | $445 | $393 |
| 39 | 38 | Media Participations | France | Media Participations | Belgium | $442 | $434 |
| 40 | 46 | Abril Educação | Brazil | Abril Group | Brazil | $411 | $308 |
| 41 | 47 | Perseus | U.S. | Perseus | U.S. | $350 | $300 |
| 42 | 43 | Westermann Verlagsgruppe | Germany | Medien Union (Rheinland-Pfalz Gruppe) | Germany | $339 | $342 |
| 43 | 41 | La Martinière Groupe | France | La Martinière Groupe | France | $335 | $377 |
| 44 | 44 | Bungeishunju | Japan | n.a. | Japan | $331 | $337 |
| 45 | 55 | AST | Russia | Privately owned | Russia | $330 | $215 |
| 46 | 45 | Groupe Gallimard | France | Madrigall | France | $329 | $320 |
| 47 | 42 | Shinchosha | Japan | n.a. (privately owned) | Japan | $319 | $364 |
| 48 | 49 | Kyowon | Korea | Kyowon | Korea | $298 | $273 |
| 49 | 48 | Weka | Germany | Weka Firmengruppe | Germany | $282 | $277 |
| 50 | 52 | Saraiva | Brazil | Saraiva | Brazil | $267 | $249 |
| 51 | 51 | Haufe Gruppe | Germany | Privately owned | Germany | $269 | $256 |
| 52 | 56 | Editora FTD | Brazil | Editora FTD | Brazil | $226 | $214 |
| 53 | 54 | Groupe Albin Michel | France | Groupe Albin Michel | France | $216 | $219 |
| 54 | 58 | EKSMO | Russia | Privately owned | Russia | $195 | $200 |
Note:
Reader’s Digest figures are revenue for the entire company. Book sales
in 2011 were $545 million and $590 million in 2010. Figures are based on
sales generated in calendar 2011 or—for corporations with a fiscal
year—from fiscal 2011. Data are from publicly available sources and
include sales of books, journals, and digital products. Because
publishing data were unavailable, Pannini, Weltbild, and Disney/Hyperion
are excluded from the rankings. The listing was compiled by
international publishing consultant Rudiger Wischenbart under the aegis of Livres Hebdo.
