Who owns BMC?
BMC is owned by Springer Nature (Germany, FWB: SPG).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Springer Nature Annual Report 2025, Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Berlin
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Digital publishing
- Parent ticker
- FWB: SPG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About BMC
BMC, formerly BioMed Central, is an open access journal brand of Springer Nature. The 2025 annual report says it was founded 25 years earlier as the world's first commercial open access publisher, and names it among the open access brands within Springer Nature's full open access journal portfolio.
Ownership timeline of BMC
- Current owner Springer Nature [1] reported
Where BMC sits in Springer Nature
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Springer Nature
Springer Nature controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in digital publishing, and who owns them
The 36 brands in digital publishing on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Astro, with 4; Springer Nature has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Astro Ulagam | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Research Exchange | Wiley | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Engadget | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Allrecipes | IAC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bossip | Urban One | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Audible | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BOOK☆WALKER | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| NAVER Blog | NAVER | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Springer Nature
Springer Nature is a publicly listed company headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as FWB: SPG.
Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA is a listed German partnership limited by shares with its registered office in Berlin. Its 2025 annual report says it was formed in 2015 by combining Springer and Macmillan businesses, and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in October 2024. It reports Journals, Books and Services divisions plus an Education business; its general partner is controlled by Holtzbrinck and funds advised by BC Partners.
Springer Nature: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 BMC and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, BMC among them.
- Badoo — Bumble 🇺🇸
- Depop — eBay 🇺🇸
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Britannica 🇺🇸
- Farfetch — Coupang 🇺🇸
- Fasthosts — IONOS 🇩🇪
- Football Manager — Sega Sammy 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of BMC?
The parent company of BMC is Springer Nature, a publicly listed company headquartered in Germany.
Is BMC British or German?
BMC originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Springer Nature, which is headquartered in Germany. So BMC is a British-origin brand under German ownership.
Is BMC still owned by Springer Nature?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, BMC is still owned by Springer Nature. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Springer Nature Annual Report 2025 — Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA, Annual report; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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