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Top 25 Book publishers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 1,439 book publishers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 35,730 professional contacts across them, including 8,488 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers book publishers headquartered in the United States, 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.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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
1,439Companies
35,730Contacts tracked
8,488Verified emails
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The 25 largest book publishers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,439 book publishers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to book publishers: 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 evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+7,263 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our mission is to ignite a universal passion for reading by creating books for everyone.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0003,477 contacts →

Strong evidence

“HarperCollins Publishers is the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,248 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We deeply believe in the power of books to connect people, amplify diverse voices, create meaningful change, and make a lasting impact in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,079 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Simon & Schuster is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, providing consumers worldwide with a diverse range of quality books across a wide variety of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000949 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Penguin Publishing Group is one of the leading trade book publishers in the United States, comprised of imprints with a long and rich history dating back to the nineteenth…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500877 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“W.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500498 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Professional Sports Publications, with offices in New York City, Long Island, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, and Scottsdale, provides quality sports…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceBloomington, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000477 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Xlibris Publishing was founded in 1997 and, as the leading publishing services provider for authors, has helped to publish and market more than titles.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Partial evidenceNaperville, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500414 contacts →

Partial evidence

Books change lives.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500348 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1967 in San Francisco, Chronicle Books is one of the world’s most admired publishers and distributors of illustrated books, gifts, toys, and games for all ages.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500321 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“St.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500303 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceTulsa, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200271 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Educational Development Corporation (EDC) likes being in a bind, as long as the cover appeals to youngsters.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a259 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Welcome to Publishers Weekly Group.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Partial evidenceAshland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200224 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Publishing great books by talented writers and forging connections with readers for the long-term.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Strong evidenceMount Pleasant, SC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200192 contacts →

Strong evidence

“As the nation’s leading publisher of books of local interest, Arcadia’s mission is to connect people with their past, their communities and one another.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a188 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Rizzoli joined such prestigious American institutions as Tiffany’s, Saks, and Cartier when it first opened the Rizzoli Bookstore on Fifth Avenue in 1964.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200186 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceLa Vergne, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000180 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lightning Source is the leading print-on-demand company in the world, offering the unique combination of quality one-off book manufacturing and access to the most comprehensive…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200177 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1974, Kensington Publishing Corp.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Strong evidenceMeadville, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a169 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Christian Faith Publishing is a full-service book publisher based and operated in the U.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Partial evidenceShelter Island, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200164 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We publish computer books for professionals-programmers, system administrators, designers, architects, managers and others.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Partial evidenceLanham, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500145 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In May 2024, Rowman & Littlefield, Applause, Backbeat, Lexington Books, and Bernan Press became imprints of Bloomsbury Publishing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Strong evidenceMaitland, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200145 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Xulon Press is the largest, most experienced Christian owned and operated print-on-demand self publisher of Christian books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200132 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Farrar, Straus and Giroux was founded in 1946 by Roger W.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Book publishers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
23.8%Verified-email coverage
24.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
9.0%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
966
11-50
298
51-200
116
201-500
35
501-1,000
5
1,001-5,000
10
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
3

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,439 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 book publishers, 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “book publishers”. 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 book publishers), 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 book publishers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 8,488 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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Book publishers by metro

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 book publishers, 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 book publishers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,439 book publishers headquartered in the United States 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?

Penguin Random House, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most book publishers?

New York leads with 129 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (27) and Los Angeles (27).

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 8,488 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,439 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.