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Top 25 Independent publisher design studios based in the United States

Name: Independent publisher design studios based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 796 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 796 independent publisher design studios headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 3,100 professional contacts across them, including 519 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers independent publisher design studios 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 20, 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 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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519Verified emails

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The 25 largest independent publisher design studios based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 796 independent publisher design studios based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to independent publisher design studios: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Bookbaby	Partial evidence	Pennsauken, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	93 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BookBaby is your full-service printing and publishing partner.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	Foreign	Partial evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	55 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’re a visual communication studio based in Brooklyn.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Black Rose Writing	Strong evidence	Castroville, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	54 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Black Rose Writing is an independent publishing house that strongly believes in developing a personal relationship with their authors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Carousel	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Carousel is an independent strategy, creative, design and content studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Indigo River Publishing	Strong evidence	Pensacola, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Indigo River Publishing: A Modern Publisher for Today’s Authors Founded in 2012, Indigo River Publishing is a dynamic independent publisher dedicated to empowering voices across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Gatekeeper Press	Partial evidence	Tampa, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Gatekeeper Press is the world’s premier self-publishing service provider with the largest distribution network in the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Chicago Review Press	Strong evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	35 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Chicago Review Press is an independent publishing company founded in 1973.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Blue Star Press	Strong evidence	Bend, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Blue Star Press, voted one of the fastest-growing independent publishers by Publisher’s Weekly, is known for its beautiful, highly illustrated books on art, wellness, self-help…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Mango Publishing	Strong evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Mango Publishing is an innovative independent publisher based in beautiful Miami, Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	4 Horsemen Publications, INC	Strong evidence	Dunedin, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Mid-Size book publisher combining over 20 years experience in company, publishing, design, and marketing in a joint venture to provide an alternative publishing option for new and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Doubleday & Cartwright	Partial evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 2010 in New York, Doubleday & Cartwright brings together a dynamic blend of branding expertise, design ingenuity, and editorial prowess.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Ballast Books	Partial evidence	West Palm Beach, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	25 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ballast Books is a leading, full-service hybrid publisher innovating the way authors bring their books and ideas to the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Brown Books Publishing Group	Partial evidence	Dallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Partial 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 20, 2026
14	Brandylane Publishers, INC	Strong evidence	Richmond, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	20 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Brandylane is a small, independent press, founded in 1985, that publishes fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, nonfiction, memoir, business, poetry, and children’s books.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Booklogix	Strong evidence	Alpharetta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Strong evidence “BookLogix is an independent publisher and printer helping authors, businesses, and organizations create books and print products that are done right and built to compete.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Sagmeister & Walsh	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sagmeister & Walsh is a NYC based design firm that creates identities, commercials, websites, apps, films, books and objects for clients, audiences and ourselves.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Studio Mpls	Partial evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We specialize in brand identity, packaging design and illustration with an artful, elevated approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	NEW Degree Press	Strong evidence	Potomac, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “New Degree Press is an independent publisher and distributor dedicated to empowering authors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Difference Press	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Difference Press provides a structure and space so career professionals, consultants, and business owners can get their message out to the world by writing a book that makes a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Legacy Launch PAD Hybrid Book Publishing For Entrepreneurs	Partial evidence	Burbank, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Legacy Launch Pad Publishing is a boutique hybrid publisher rooted in over 30 years of publishing experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Yorkshire Publishing	Strong evidence	Tulsa, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are an independent publisher specializing in thoughtfully crafted fiction and nonfiction with strong voices, meaningful themes, and long-term relevance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Funeral	Partial evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A graphic design parlor in New York” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Actual Source	Partial evidence	Provo, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Actual Source is the collaborative design practice of Davis Ngarupe (Cook Islands / USA) and JP Haynie (USA).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Trope Publishing CO	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	NEW South Publishing, INC	Partial evidence	Atlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For more than 40 years, New South Publishing Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: independent publisher design studios. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names independent publisher design studios.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of independent publisher design studios, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name independent publisher design studios. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Independent publisher design studios based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

16.7%Verified-email coverage

3.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

6.9%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

736

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

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 796 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 independent publisher design studios, 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 “independent publisher design studios”. 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 independent publisher design studios), 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 independent publisher design studios, 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, 519 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 20, 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.

Independent publisher design studios by metro

Independent publisher design studios in New York55
Independent publisher design studios in Los Angeles30

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 independent publisher design studios, 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 independent publisher design studios are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 796 independent publisher design studios 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?

Bookbaby, headquartered in Pennsauken, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most independent publisher design studios?

New York leads with 55 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (30) and San Francisco (21).

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 519 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 796 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 20, 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.