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Top 25 Publishing companies based in France

RevenueBase identified 774 company matches for publishing companies associated with France as of November 2026 and tracks 14,112 professional contacts across them, including 1,946 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for publishing companies 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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How to read this list RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact Recorded Nov 6, 2026 How this list was built
774Companies
14,112Contacts tracked
1,946Verified emails
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The 25 largest publishing companies based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 774 company matches for publishing companies 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.
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1Exact matchMalakoff, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0001,125 contacts →

Exact match

“Bayard has 120 press titles, 70 of which are in France, 5,500 books in the catalogues of its publishing houses, and publishes more than 800 new books every year.”

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2Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000529 contacts →

Exact match

“Editis est un leader français de l’édition qui fédère 55 maisons d'édition prestigieuses.”

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3Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500467 contacts →

Exact match

“Apprendre, lire, jouer.”

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4Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500408 contacts →

Exact match

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

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5Exact matchMontrouge, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000312 contacts →

Exact match

“Mondadori France a été créé en septembre 2006 suite à l’acquisition d’Emap France, l’un des éditeurs leaders de la presse magazine en France : chaque mois 20,95 millions de…”

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6Exact 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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7Exact matchParis - La Défense, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500237 contacts →

Exact match

“Lextenso editions is one of the leading French media group specialized in legal publishing.”

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8Exact 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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9Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200220 contacts →

Exact match

“Magnard Vuibert Delagrave est une entreprise d'édition spécialisée dans l'univers de l'Éducation et de la Formation.”

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10Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026n/a216 contacts →

Exact match

“Créée en 2007 par François Guilmoto, Edilivre est une société d’édition qui a pour objectif de rendre l’édition plus accessible aux auteurs.”

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11Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200194 contacts →

Exact match

“Le Groupe Delcourt se positionne comme un groupe d’édition indépendant de Bandes Dessinées, Comics, Mangas et Littérature avec un CA PPHT proche de 110 millions d’euros.”

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12Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200191 contacts →

Exact match

“Le groupe AUZOU est un groupe d'édition et de diffusion spécialisé en jeunesse qui regroupe Auzou Editions, E.D.I, Lire Demain, EDA Ltée et Easy Peasy.”

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13Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026n/a177 contacts →

Exact match

“Lecteurs, feuilletez notre catalogue, vous y trouverez forcément le livre qui vous fera plaisir.”

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14Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200157 contacts →

Exact match

“Gallimard Jeunesse, éditeur de livres pour les enfants Depuis sa naissance en 1972, Gallimard Jeunesse réunit les talents d'auteurs et d'illustrateurs pour mettre au service des…”

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15Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-50147 contacts →

Exact match

“Les Éditions Leduc sont une maison d’édition française généraliste fondées en 2003 et faisant partie du groupe Albin Michel depuis 2019.”

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16Exact 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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17Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200134 contacts →

Exact match

“Créé il y a près de 30 ans, le groupe Oracom est éditeur de contenu, sous la forme de magazines grand public, de magazines professionnels, de formations grand public et…”

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18Exact 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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19Exact matchSt Quentin Fallavier, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500119 contacts →

Exact match

“Acteur majeur de la distribution presse depuis 1945, MLP accompagne les éditeurs dans la diffusion de plus de parutions presse auprès de plus de points de vente et marchands de…”

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20Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200104 contacts →

Exact match

“HarperCollins France est une maison d'édition spécialisée en littérature grand public.”

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21Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026n/a102 contacts →

Exact match

“Depuis 2014, que vous souhaitiez imprimer votre livre, être accompagné dans sa rédaction, le publier en autoédition ou simplement trouver un éditeur, l’équipe de Librinova vous…”

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22Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20093 contacts →

Exact match

“Fleurus Éditions is a publishing company based out of 57, Rue Gaston Tessier, Paris, Île-de-France, France.”

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23Exact matchCharnay-lès-mâcon, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5081 contacts →

Exact match

“Créé en 1997 par Olivier Sulpice, Bamboo Édition compte plus de 300 titres à son catalogue.”

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24Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5077 contacts →

Exact match

“Le Livre de Poche, détenu à 60 % par Hachette Livre et à 40 % par Albin Michel, est le premier éditeur de format poche en France avec plus d’un milliard d’exemplaires vendus…”

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25Exact matchBoulogne-billancourt, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5076 contacts →

Exact match

“Hugo Publishing, une maison d’éditeurs!”

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Publishing companies based in France at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
13.8%Verified-email coverage
18.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
34.1%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Nov 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
564
11-50
137
51-200
35
201-500
7
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
8

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 774 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 France whose business descriptions match “publishing companies” 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 1,946 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
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Publishing companies 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 “publishing companies”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many publishing companies are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 774 company matches for publishing companies 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?

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

Which city has the most publishing companies?

Paris leads with 264 company records, followed by Lyon (17) and Toulouse (11).

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 1,946 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 774 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.