Who owns Workman Publishing?
Workman Publishing is owned by Lagardère (France, EPA: MMB), which has owned the brand since 23 September 2021.[1][2]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: 2025 Universal Registration Document, Lagardère SA, 31 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Lagardère SA reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Paris
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York
- Founded
- 1968
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Publishing › Book publishers
- Parent ticker
- EPA: MMB
- Trademark registrant
- Workman Publishing Co., Inc. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Workman Publishing
Workman Publishing is an American publisher of illustrated, humour and reference books that Lagardère Publishing acquired as part of its expansion in the United States, alongside Sterling Publishing in November 2024 and the earlier purchase of the Perseus Books group. It sits within Hachette Book Group and is one of the acquisitions the group credits for the scale of its American business.
Trademark record for Workman Publishing
The USPTO record for the Workman Publishing mark lists Workman Publishing Co., Inc. as the owner of record (serial number 75783123). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[3]
Ownership timeline of Workman Publishing
Where Workman Publishing sits in Lagardère
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Lagardère
Lagardère controls 21 brands on Brandtree, 18 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Bragelonne (2000)
- Calmann-Lévy (1836)
- ELLE (1945)
- Europe 1 (1955)
- Europe 2
- Fayard (1857)
- Grasset (1907)
- Grupo Anaya (1988)
- Hachette Book Group
- Hachette Livre (1826)
- Hachette UK
- Larousse
- Le Journal du Dimanche (1948)
- Le Livre de Poche (1953)
- Le Routard (1973)
- Little, Brown
- RFM
Other brands in book publishers, and who owns them
Lagardère has more brands in book publishers on Brandtree than any other owner: 13 of 34.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bokfabriken | Storytel | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog | Scholastic | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Macmillan Education | Springer Nature | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Dummies | Wiley | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Penguin Books | Bertelsmann | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Kids Can Press | Corus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Kadokawa Bunko | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| HarperCollins | News Corp | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Lagardère
Lagardère is a publicly listed company headquartered in Paris, France, founded in 1992. Brandtree records 21 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: MMB.
Lagardère is a French group created in 1992 and built around two businesses: Lagardère Publishing, the world's third-largest consumer publishing group, and Lagardère Travel Retail, which runs more than 4,800 shops in around 1,000 airports and railway stations. A smaller Lagardère Live segment holds the newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, the ELLE trademark and the radio stations Europe 1, Europe 2 and RFM. The group has more than 33,000 employees in over 50 countries. Since the December 2024 demerger of Vivendi, its controlling shareholder has been Louis Hachette Group, which holds about two-thirds of the capital.
🇺🇸 Workman Publishing and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Workman Publishing among them.
- 20th Century Studios — Disney 🇺🇸
- AMC — AMC Networks 🇺🇸
- AMC Theatres — AMC Theatres 🇺🇸
- AMF — Lucky Strike Entertainment 🇺🇸
- Adventure Island — United Parks 🇺🇸
- Antenna TV — Nexstar 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Workman Publishing?
The parent company of Workman Publishing is Lagardère, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Workman Publishing American or French?
Workman Publishing originated in the United States in 1968, but it is owned today by Lagardère, which is headquartered in France. So Workman Publishing is an American-origin brand under French ownership.
Since when has Lagardère owned Workman Publishing?
Lagardère has owned Workman Publishing since 23 September 2021.
Is Workman Publishing still owned by Lagardère?
Yes. As of 28 September 2026, Workman Publishing is still owned by Lagardère. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] 2025 Universal Registration Document — Lagardère SA, Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 28 September 2026.
- [2] Lagardère announces the completion by Hachette Book Group of the acquisition of Workman Publishing — Lagardère SA, Official press release, published 23 September 2021; retrieved 28 September 2026.
- [3] USPTO: WORKMAN, serial 75783123, registration 2479099 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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