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Top 19 Art publishing companies based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 77 art publishing companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 539 professional contacts across them, including 172 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers art publishing companies headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

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How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
77Companies
539Contacts tracked
172Verified emails
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The 19 largest art publishing companies based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 19 of 77 art publishing companies based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to art publishing companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceKöln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500240 contacts →

Partial evidence

“TASCHEN is a leading art-book publisher known for its dazzling and audacious world of eye-catching coffee table books spanning architecture, aphrodisia, art, design, fashion…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5044 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Leading Global Publisher of Illustrated Books That Shape Culture.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Callwey is a family-owned publishing house founded in 1884 in Munich.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hatje Cantz ist ein international agierender Fachverlag für Kunst, Architektur, Fotografie, Design.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceMainz, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Verlag Hermann Schmidt is a publishing company based out of 56 Gonsenheimer Straße, Mainz, Germany.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Partial evidenceUnterhaching, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CALVENDO is the world’s first publisher to enable creative people not only to publish the calendars and poster books they make using their own photos, graphic art and writing, but…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-508 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hirmer Verlag is a publishing company based out of Munich, Bavaria, Germany.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceAugsburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-507 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“teNeues Verlag, which evolved from the family printing business founded by Dr.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Partial evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-507 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Deutscher Kunstverlag is one of the oldest German publishers of art books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceRegensburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-507 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Der Verlag Schnell & Steiner führt ein gehobenes wissenschaftliches und kulturgeschichtliches Programm und ist vor allem durch seine renommierte Reihe der Kleinen Kunstführer…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Strong evidenceHeilbronn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-504 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Premium Modern Art is an art wholesale and publishing company based at Heuchelbergstr.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceMannheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“2006 haben wir, Suse und Niklas Thierfelder, den kunstanstifter verlag in Mannheim gegründet.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Der Kerber Verlag ist ein unabhängiger, internationaler Kunstbuchverlag mit Sitz in Berlin.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Seit über 150 Jahren publizieren wir Bücher zu Architektur, Stadtentwicklung, Archäologie, Kulturgeschichte, Kunst und Fotografie.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Früher Hoflieferant, heute Kalendermacher: Wir stehen mit Leidenschaft für erstklassige Bilder und Ideen, für gutes Design und nachhaltige Produktion.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Partial evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“DCV builds on the proud tradition of edition cantz, the renowned art book publisher that released standout publications including the companion volumes for the German pavilions at…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Vetro Editions is a publishing house based in Berlin and a personal project of graphic designer and founder Luca Bendandi.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Art publishing companies based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
31.9%Verified-email coverage
7.0Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
28.6%Largest-city concentration · Berlin
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
56
11-50
17
51-200
2
201-500
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 77 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among art publishing companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “art publishing companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names art publishing companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among art publishing companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 172 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names art publishing companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many art publishing companies are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 77 art publishing companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Taschen, headquartered in Koln, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most art publishing companies?

Berlin leads with 22 headquartered companies, followed by Munchen (6) and Hamburg (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 172 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 77 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.