Who owns the book publishers brands?
35 book publishers brands tracked here are owned by 9 companies; the three largest owners, Lagardère, Storytel and Scholastic, control 24 of them (69%) as of Oct 2026.
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35
brands
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9
owning companies
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69%
held by top 3 owners
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12
foreign-owned brands · origin ≠ owner HQ
Biggest owners of book publishers brands
| # | Owner | HQ | Brands in this category | Examples |
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| 1 | Lagardère | 🇫🇷 France | 13 | Bragelonne, Calmann-Lévy, Fayard, Grasset, Grupo Anaya and 8 more |
| 2 | Storytel | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 7 | Bokfabriken, Brombergs, Gummerus, Lind & Co, Norstedts and 2 more |
| 3 | Scholastic | 🇺🇸 United States | 4 | Clifford the Big Red Dog, Goosebumps, Harry Potter (US publishing), Scholastic |
| 4 | Wiley | 🇺🇸 United States | 3 | Dummies, Sybex, Wiley |
| 5 | Springer Nature | 🇩🇪 Germany | 3 | Macmillan Education, Palgrave Macmillan, Springer |
| 6 | Bertelsmann | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2 | Penguin Books, Penguin Random House |
| 7 | News Corp | 🇺🇸 United States | 1 | HarperCollins |
| 8 | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan | 1 | Kadokawa Bunko |
| 9 | Corus | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1 | Kids Can Press |