Biggest book publishers worldwide 2020, by revenue

Published by
Amy Watson,
Nov 25, 2021
RELX Group was the largest global publishing house ranked by revenue in 2020, with a total revenue of 5.89 billion U.S. dollars. Second in the ranking was U.S. publisher Thomson Reuters with reported revenue of 5.13 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Pearson from the UK and Wolters Kluwer from the Netherlands.

Largest book publishers worldwide in 2020, by revenue (in billion U.S. dollars)

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Release date

October 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Figures provided by source in euros but were adjusted to U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate on December 30, 2020.
Data for the years 2016 to 2019 can be found in Excel download.

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