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Top 17 Humanities publishers based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 86 company matches for humanities publishers associated with Germany as of November 2026 and tracks 1,694 professional contacts across them, including 654 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for humanities publishers associated with Germany, 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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86Companies
1,694Contacts tracked
654Verified emails
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The 17 largest humanities publishers based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 17 of 86 company matches for humanities publishers based in Germany, 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 matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000828 contacts →

Exact match

“De Gruyter Brill is an independent, family-owned academic publisher and a global leader in the humanities and beyond.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200119 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 1928 by Carl Hanser, the company is still owned by the family of the publisher's founder.”

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3Exact matchBaden-baden, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200105 contacts →

Exact match

“Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft is one of the leading academic publishers in the fields of law, social sciences and the humanities.”

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4Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20096 contacts →

Exact match

“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…”

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5Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 20265,001-10,00095 contacts →

Exact match

“Research and learning are the cornerstones of progress, which is why we open doors to discovery for our communities, enabling millions of researchers, clinicians, educators and…”

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6Exact matchStuttgart, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20058 contacts →

Exact match

“Mit 400 neuen Buchtiteln pro Jahr und 14 Fachzeitschriften zählt Kohlhammer zu den größten wissenschaftlichen Verlagshäusern im deutschsprachigen Raum.”

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7Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5020 contacts →

Exact match

“Im Verlag Duncker & Humblot erscheinen derzeit jährlich ca.”

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8Exact matchTübingen, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5020 contacts →

Exact match

“Mohr Siebeck is an independent, family-owned publisher.”

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9Exact matchDitzingen, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20020 contacts →

Exact match

“Reclam ist ein traditionsreicher, unabhängiger Verlag in Familienbesitz.”

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10Exact matchBielefeld, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20015 contacts →

Exact match

“wbv Publikation bietet ein attraktives Programm in den Bereichen Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaften, Pädagogik sowie Verwaltung & Recht.”

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11Exact matchLeverkusen, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5014 contacts →

Exact match

“We are your publisher in Political Science, Public Policy, Gender Studies, Education, Social Work and Sociology.”

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12Exact matchHamburg-barmbek-süd, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-107 contacts →

Exact match

“1911 mit der Übernahme der 1868 ins Leben gerufenen Philosophischen Bibliothek von Dr.”

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13Exact matchRegensburg, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-507 contacts →

Exact match

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

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14Exact matchWeilerswist-metternich, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-104 contacts →

Exact match

“Volker Dittrich gründete 1990 den Verlag.”

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15Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-102 contacts →

Exact match

“Die edition text + kritik ist ein Fachverlag für Literatur, Musik, Film und Kulturwissenschaften.”

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16Exact matchStuttgart-bad Cannstatt, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-102 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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17Exact matchCologne, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-101 contacts →

Exact match

“Unsere Publikationen befassen sich vorwiegend mit den Themen Kultur, Religion, Geschichte, Kunst und Literatur.”

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Humanities publishers based in Germany at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
38.6%Verified-email coverage
19.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
18.6%Largest-city concentration · Berlin
Nov 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
58
11-50
14
51-200
8
501-1,000
1
5,001-10,000
1

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 86 companies.

How this list was built

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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 Germany 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 654 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
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Record context
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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 Germany?

RevenueBase identified 86 company matches for humanities publishers associated with Germany 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?

DE Gruyter Brill tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most humanities publishers?

Berlin leads with 16 company records, followed by Munich (7) and Bielefeld (4).

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 654 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 86 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.