Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Book distribution companies worldwide

RevenueBase identified 796 book distribution companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 15,641 professional contacts across them, including 3,508 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.

This list covers book distribution companies worldwide, 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 16, 2026. Country and city lists for book distribution companies follow the table.

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 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
796Companies
15,641Contacts tracked
3,508Verified emails
0Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest book distribution companies worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 796 book distribution companies worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to book distribution 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
1Indirect evidenceLa Vergne, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0001,634 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The world is reading.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Partial evidenceMumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000706 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Repro India, as a Book Aggregator, bridges the miles between content owners (publishers) and their end customer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Partial evidenceOak Brook, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000698 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ReaderLink is North America’s largest full-service book distributor.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Partial evidenceResearch Triangle, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200515 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lulu is a global publishing technology company for businesses built on books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Indirect evidenceCulemborg, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000322 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“CB staat voor ruim 150 jaar ervaring in logistieke dienstverlening van het voor het boekenvak, nationaal en internationaal.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Indirect evidenceBraunschweig, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000307 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Westermann Gruppe is one of the largest German publishers of educational media.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500303 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500298 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Le Groupe Eyrolles occupe une position privilégiée sur le marché français du livre professionnel et technique.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Partial evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500288 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Penguin Random House Canada, the country’s largest book publisher, aims to nourish a universal passion for reading by connecting authors and their writing with readers everywhere.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Indirect evidenceTulsa, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
11Partial evidenceAshland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
12Indirect evidenceMarkham, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000213 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For over 60 years Scholastic Canada has introduced young people to the joys of reading, and has enlarged their understanding of Canada and the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026n/a210 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Créée en 2007 par François Guilmoto, Edilivre est une société d’édition qui a pour objectif de rendre l’édition plus accessible aux auteurs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14Indirect evidenceBungay, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000198 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Clays have become a major force in this fluid and evolving world through extensive investment and a determination to react quickly to our customers’ fast moving needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000195 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Als führendes Barsortiment ist Libri ein zentrales Bindeglied zwischen Verlag, stationären Buchhandel und Onlinehandel.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200193 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fundada em 1968, para importar e distribuir livros e materiais de ensino de idiomas, a Disal rapidamente conquistou esse mercado e se transformou na maior distribuidora de livros…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Partial evidenceLa Vergne, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
18Indirect evidenceZoetermeer, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200175 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“NBD Biblion - dé integrale servicepartner op het gebied van fysieke media, digitale informatie services en logistieke diensten - denkt voor en achter de schermen met u mee!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Partial evidenceEast Sussex, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000148 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gardners is one of the world’s leading suppliers of English language books, and one of Europe’s biggest suppliers of not only books but also Film, Music and Vinyl.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200126 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are part of global publisher Simon & Schuster.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21Indirect evidenceCuritiba, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500116 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Página está entre as maiores distribuidoras de livros do Brasil, atuando há mais de 19 anos no mercado, procurando destacar-se com postura ética e profissional.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22Partial evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-50110 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Greenleaf Book Group is a publisher and distributor that specializes in the development of independent authors and the growth of small presses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23Partial evidenceColumbia, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026n/a101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Barnes & Noble College Book Store is a retail company based out of 8890 MCGAW RD, Columbia, Maryland, United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24Partial evidenceLos Gatos, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5097 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In March 2022, Smashwords merged with Draft2Digital, creating the industry's leading publishing services firm serving over authors and publishing and distributing over 1 million…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25Partial evidenceStevens Point, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-50096 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1892, Sheridan Worzalla (formerly Worzalla) specializes in the production of cookbooks, children’s, trade, and lifestyle books, and is dedicated to exceeding…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Book distribution companies worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
22.4%Verified-email coverage
19.6Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
3.8%Largest-city concentration · Sao Paulo
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
340
11-50
269
51-200
115
201-500
37
501-1,000
14
1,001-5,000
9
5,001-10,000
2

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 distribution 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.
Coverage
10 countries, largest first: the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands. Country and city lists for book distribution companies are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “book distribution 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 book distribution 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 book distribution companies, and records with no verified work email.
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, 3,508 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 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Book distribution companies by location

10 lists · largest first

Every Book distribution companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

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 distribution 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 book distribution companies are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 796 book distribution companies worldwide 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?

Ingram Content Group, headquartered in La Vergne, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most book distribution companies?

The United States leads with 201 companies, followed by India (122) and the United Kingdom (92). Every book distribution companies list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most book distribution companies?

Sao Paulo leads with 30 headquartered companies, followed by London (23) and New Delhi (23).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 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.