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Top 25 Magazine publishers based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 422 magazine publishers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 8,170 professional contacts across them, including 1,335 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers magazine publishers headquartered in the United Kingdom, 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.
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The 25 largest magazine publishers based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 631 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hearst UK is home to some of the world’s most iconic and best-loved brands, including Good Housekeeping, ELLE, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Country Living, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 553 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Time Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 171 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Daily Mail, Metro, The i Paper, New Scientist, and more; every day, millions come to our platforms to read, watch, listen, share and discover.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 139 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality magazines and digital content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 123 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “APL Media specialises in producing high quality travel and lifestyle content for the consumer and trade.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 115 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The #1 Magazine Distributor for Independent Publishers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PageSuite is a leading digital publishing solutions provider, empowering the world’s most recognisable publishers to thrive in the digital age.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Queen Victoria was on the throne when enterprising Lincolnshire publisher W K Morton brought mechanical typesetting to the market town of Horncastle.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Having published magazines and media for over 30 years, Key Publishing is now firmly established as the world’s leading publisher of transport and specialist leisure titles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Seymour is part of the Frontline Group (a joint venture between Bauer, Immediate Media Company and Haymarket Publications).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Based in London, Newsquest Specialist Media operates both online and in print, providing tailored business-to-business information to support and collaborate with specific…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Chelsea Magazine Company, part of the Telegraph Media Group, is an award-winning publisher of specialist magazines and digital content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As Scotland’s leading independent publisher we have unrivalled experience in the Scottish B2B and B2C markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Business Link Magazine Group have been publishing magazines for over 30 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Media Business Insight (MBI) owns a unique portfolio of leading multichannel subscription-based brands, offering content and insight to key decision-makers and creatives in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As part of the Claverley Group since 2018, Kennedy is now the second-largest and fastest-growing children’s magazine publisher in the UK, with a portfolio of over 60 titles…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mercure Hotels is a publishing company based out of Calle Laguna del Marquesado Nª 19, Nave 16 Edificio Adriana 1ª Planta, Polígono Industrial La Resina (Villaverde), Madrid…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Headquartered in London’s thriving media district, World News Media is a multi platform media group and publisher of quality financial, business and lifestyle magazines and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bath-based Anthem Publishing is one of the UK’s most dynamic and fastest growing magazine publishers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Imagine publishing is one of the UK’s fastest-growing consumer technology publishers, with 20 magazines, 200 bookazines, 30 apps and 30 websites published worldwide within four…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We provide high-quality solutions to publishers, membership organisations, charities, and businesses with a recurring customer base.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a dynamic consumer publishing company headed by media professionals Seamus Geoghegan, Adrienne Moyce and Jake Hopkins.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Perendale Publishers Limited, publishers of Milling and Grain magazine (formerly Grain & Feed Milling Technology), International Aquafeed magazine, The International Milling…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “TSP Media is a B2B publisher of magazines and online platforms for the Architectural, Building, Construction, Landscaping and Amenity Sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pensord Press is an award-winning, dedicated magazine printing company with multiple decades of experience working alongside some of the best independently owned publishing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: magazine publishers. 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 magazine publishers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of magazine publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name magazine publishers. 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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Magazine publishers based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 422 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 magazine 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “magazine 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 magazine 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 magazine publishers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom 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, 1,335 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.
Magazine publishers by metro
- Magazine publishers in London105
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 magazine 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 magazine publishers are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 422 magazine publishers headquartered in the United Kingdom 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?
Hearst UK, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most magazine publishers?
London leads with 105 headquartered companies, followed by Glasgow (11) and Norwich (8).
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 1,335 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 422 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.