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Top 25 Women book publishers worldwide

RevenueBase identified 392 women book publishers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 8,290 professional contacts across them, including 1,649 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers women book publishers 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 19, 2026. Country and city lists for women book publishers 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 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
392Companies
8,290Contacts tracked
1,649Verified emails
0Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest women book publishers worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 392 women book publishers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to women 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, 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
2Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,803 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are Penguin Random House UK: part of the world's leading trade publisher, Penguin Random House.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceNaperville, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500414 contacts →

Partial evidence

Books change lives.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500303 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500265 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We publish for everyone.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500156 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur mit Sitz in München ist Teil der renommierten Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect 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
8Partial evidenceBirmingham, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200131 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hoffman Media, LLC (HM) is a privately held, leading special-interest publisher based in Birmingham, Ala.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Partial evidenceStevens Point, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20095 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Mit unseren 13 Verlagsmarken, eingebettet in das Verlagshaus GeraNova Bruckmann, bietet unser Unternehmen mit unseren Büchern, Zeitschriften und digitalen Produkten ein modernes…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20094 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“PIPER Verlag »Ich gehe auf jedes Buch zu, als könnte es ein guter Freund werden«: Mit diesem leidenschaftlichen Bekenntnis zur Literatur schlägt Piper-Verlegerin Felicitas von…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceEnterprise, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a87 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hospital Pharmacy Inc is a publishing company based out of 401 Ne 1st St, Enterprise, Oregon, United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20059 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Quercus is a young, vibrant, internationally successful and award-winning publisher of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceDenver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5058 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ukiyoto publishes quality content after thorough scrutiny and shortlisting of manuscripts.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20053 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Headline is part of Hachette UK, one of the UK’s biggest publishing groups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20046 contacts →

Strong evidence

“In July 1985 Michael O’Mara Books published its first book.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5037 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Granta Publications is the home of Granta Magazine, Granta Books and Portobello Books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLeipzig, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Strong evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5031 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Girl Friday Productions creates books that build brands for entrepreneurs, serious authors, and publishers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Strong evidenceDallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5025 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1994 by award-winning author, columnist, and publisher Milli Brown, Brown Books Publishing Group (BBPG) pioneered Relationship Publishing™, and the Dallas-based company…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Partial evidenceLincoln, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5022 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Totally Entwined Group is comprised of three publishing houses – Totally Bound Publishing (Romantica), Finch Books (Young Adult), Pride Publishing (GLBTQI Fiction).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5019 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Pushkin Press was founded in 1997, and publishes novels, essays, memoirs, children’s books-everything from timeless classics to the urgent and contemporary.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die Edel Verlagsgruppe zählt zu den größten unabhängigen Buchanbietern Deutschlands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceTempe, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“She Writes Press is an award-winning hybrid publishing company that’s both mission-driven and community-oriented.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Read by top authors and absolute beginners, Mslexia is a quarterly masterclass in the business and psychology of writing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Women book publishers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
19.9%Verified-email coverage
21.1Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
8.4%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
280
11-50
74
51-200
21
201-500
7
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
3
5,001-10,000
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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 women 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.
Coverage
3 countries, largest first: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany. Country and city lists for women book publishers are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “women 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 women 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 women book publishers, 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, 1,649 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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Women book publishers by location

3 lists · largest first

Every Women book publishers 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 women 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 women book publishers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 392 women book publishers 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?

Macmillan, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most women book publishers?

The United States leads with 230 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (100) and Germany (62). Every women book publishers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most women book publishers?

London leads with 33 headquartered companies, followed by New York (16) and Los Angeles (10).

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 1,649 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 392 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.