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Top 25 Humanities publishers based in France

RevenueBase identified 162 company matches for humanities publishers associated with France as of November 2026 and tracks 2,726 professional contacts across them, including 552 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for humanities publishers associated with France, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed November 6, 2026.

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162Companies
2,726Contacts tracked
552Verified emails
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The 25 largest humanities publishers based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 162 company matches for humanities publishers based in France, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Nov 6, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
#CompanyRevenueBase SmartSearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500408 contacts →

Exact match

“Les Éditions Albin Michel sont une maison d’édition française fondée en 1900.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchMalakoff, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200267 contacts →

Exact match

“DUNOD, publishers of knowledges, is one of the most famous French publishing houses (for the Academy of Science in 1793) and publishes more than titles for the academics, the…”

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3Exact matchArles, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200234 contacts →

Exact match

“Créées en 1978, dans un village de la vallée des Baux, par Hubert Nyssen et sa femme, Christine Le Boeuf, bientôt rejoints par les autres fondateurs, Françoise Nyssen, Bertrand…”

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4Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200137 contacts →

Exact match

“Créé en 1935, sous le double signe de l'engagement intellectuel et du catholicisme social, Le Seuil connaît son véritable essor à partir de 1945.”

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5Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-50130 contacts →

Exact match

“Fondées en 1973, les éditions Ellipses, ont connu une progression constante pour se situer aujourd'hui parmi les vingt premières maisons d'édition françaises indépendantes.”

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6Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-50095 contacts →

Exact match

“Né du rapprochement des Éditions Belin et des Puf (les Presses universitaires de France), deux maisons emblématiques dans le domaine de l’éducation, de la connaissance certifiée…”

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7Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5067 contacts →

Exact match

“Editions Jean-Claude Lattès is a Publishing company located in 17 Rue Jacob, Paris, Ile-de-France, France.”

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8Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5050 contacts →

Exact match

“Fondée en 2005 par des maisons d’édition francophones (De Boeck, La Découverte, Erès, Humensis, Gallimard), Cairn.info travaille aujourd'hui avec plus de 400 structures…”

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9Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20048 contacts →

Exact match

“Créé à l’initiative de Vera et Jan Michalski, Libella est un groupe d'édition généraliste et indépendant, qui s’est progressivement constitué depuis la fin des années 1980 autour…”

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10Exact matchMarseille, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20042 contacts →

Exact match

“OpenEdition is an international digital publishing portal in the humanities and social sciences that brings together four platforms: OpenEdition Journals (e-journals), OpenEdition…”

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11Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5041 contacts →

Exact match

“With a catalogue of 7 titles in print, PUF - France’s N°1 publisher of humanities and social science - has been disseminating knowledge authored by the most distinguished…”

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12Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5028 contacts →

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“Maison des cultes, des cultures et des civilisations, premier éditeur religieux de France et de l’espace francophone, le Cerf, fidèle à sa fondation dominicaine, est également un…”

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13Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5027 contacts →

Exact match

“Fondée en 1865, par Georges Decaux, la maison publie d’abord des pamphlets contre Napoléon Elle est reprise en 1900 par Jules Tallandier qui lui donne son nom.”

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14Exact matchToulouse Cedex 6, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1024 contacts →

Exact match

“Créées en 1839 à Toulouse par Édouard Privat, les Éditions Privat sont l’une des rares maisons d’édition à rayonnement national à ne pas être situées à Paris et sont diffusées par…”

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15Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5022 contacts →

Exact match

“Maison d’édition spécialisée dans la diffusion du savoir et des connaissances en sciences humaines et en sciences.”

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16Exact matchToulouse, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1021 contacts →

Exact match

“Les éditions érès, créées par Georges Hahn et Jean Sacrispeyre, sont une maison d'édition indépendante, spécialisée dans le domaine des sciences humaines et des pratiques qui s'en…”

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17Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1019 contacts →

Exact match

“Allary Editions est une maison d’édition généraliste indépendante fondée par Guillaume Allary en 2014.”

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18Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1018 contacts →

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Recorded description not available.

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19Exact matchPerpignan, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5017 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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20Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5013 contacts →

Exact match

“Fondée en 1936, Citadelles & Mazenod est la maison d’édition de référence du livre d’art haut de gamme en France.”

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21Exact matchCaen, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1011 contacts →

Exact match

“Maison d'édition publiant des livres et revues en management, sur la gestion des entreprise et plus généralement sur les questions et enjeux de société.”

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22Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1011 contacts →

Exact match

“Nouveau Monde est une maison d'édition spécialisée dans la publication d'oeuvres de référence et de recherche en Histoire et Sciences humaines, de corpus d'archives (images…”

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23Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-109 contacts →

Exact match

“Depuis 1874, les Éditions Honoré Champion sont spécialisées dans l’édition d’érudition en sciences humaines.”

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24Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-109 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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25Exact matchMundolsheim, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-508 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 1987, Éditions du Signe is a major player in religious, historical, heritage and cultural publishing.”

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Humanities publishers based in France at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
20.2%Verified-email coverage
16.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
51.9%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Nov 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
117
11-50
33
51-200
6
201-500
2
1,001-5,000
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 162 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with France whose business descriptions match “humanities publishers” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 552 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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 November 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
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Humanities publishers by metro

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “humanities publishers”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many humanities publishers are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 162 company matches for humanities publishers associated with France as of November 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Albin Michel tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most humanities publishers?

Paris leads with 84 company records, followed by Caen (3) and Lyon (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 552 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 162 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on November 6, 2026.

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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 SmartSearch, 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.