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Top 25 Publishing companies based in France

Name: Publishing companies based in France
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 7, 2026 762 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 762 publishing companies headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 13,413 professional contacts across them, including 1,818 with verified work emails and 431 with mobile numbers. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers publishing companies headquartered in France, 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 7, 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 7, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

762Companies

13,413Contacts tracked

1,818Verified emails

431Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest publishing companies based in France

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 762 publishing companies based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 7, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to publishing companies: 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	Bayard	Strong evidence	Malakoff, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,080 contacts →
	“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.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
2	Editis	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	511 contacts →
	“Editis est un leader français de l’édition qui fédère 55 maisons d'édition prestigieuses.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
3	Nathan	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	201-500	471 contacts →
	“Apprendre, lire, jouer.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
4	Albin Michel	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	201-500	403 contacts →
	“Les Éditions Albin Michel sont une maison d’édition française fondée en 1900.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
5	Mondadori France	Indirect evidence	Montrouge, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	303 contacts →
	“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…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
6	DUNOD	Strong evidence	Malakoff, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	283 contacts →
	“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…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
7	Actes SUD	Indirect evidence	Arles, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	239 contacts →
	“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…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
8	Lextenso Éditions	Strong evidence	Paris - La Défense, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	201-500	228 contacts →
	“Lextenso editions is one of the leading French media group specialized in legal publishing.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
9	Magnard Vuibert Delagrave	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	222 contacts →
	“Magnard Vuibert Delagrave est une entreprise d'édition spécialisée dans l'univers de l'Éducation et de la Formation.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
10	Edilivre	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	n/a	210 contacts →
	“Créée en 2007 par François Guilmoto, Edilivre est une société d’édition qui a pour objectif de rendre l’édition plus accessible aux auteurs.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
11	Groupe Delcourt	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	180 contacts →
	“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.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
12	Groupe Auzou Editions	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	175 contacts →
	“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.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
13	LE LYS Bleu Éditions	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	n/a	165 contacts →
	“Lecteurs, feuilletez notre catalogue, vous y trouverez forcément le livre qui vous fera plaisir.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
14	Gallimard Jeunesse	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	149 contacts →
	“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…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
15	Editions Leduc	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	144 contacts →
	“Les Éditions Leduc sont une maison d’édition française généraliste fondées en 2003 et faisant partie du groupe Albin Michel depuis 2019.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
16	Éditions Ellipses	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	135 contacts →
	“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.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
17	Éditions DU Seuil	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	131 contacts →
	“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.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
18	Oracom	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	129 contacts →
	“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…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
19	Messageries Lyonnaises DE Presse	Indirect evidence	St Quentin Fallavier, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	201-500	111 contacts →
	“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…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
20	Harpercollins France	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	104 contacts →
	“HarperCollins France est une maison d'édition spécialisée en littérature grand public.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
21	Librinova	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	n/a	99 contacts →
	“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…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
22	Fleurus Éditions	Strong evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	51-200	93 contacts →
	“Fleurus Éditions is a publishing company based out of 57, Rue Gaston Tessier, Paris, Île-de-France, France.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
23	Editions Grasset	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	93 contacts →
	“Fondée en 1907, Grasset a publié de nombreux romanciers, historiens et penseurs du XXe siècle, comme François Mauriac, Henry de Montherlant, Paul Morand, Jean Giraudoux, André…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
24	Hugo Publishing	Strong evidence	Boulogne-billancourt, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	79 contacts →
	“Hugo Publishing, une maison d’éditeurs!” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
25	Bamboo Édition	Indirect evidence	Charnay-lès-mâcon, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	11-50	73 contacts →
	“Créé en 1997 par Olivier Sulpice, Bamboo Édition compte plus de 300 titres à son catalogue.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 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: publishing companies. 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 publishing companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of publishing companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name publishing companies. 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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Publishing companies based in France at a glance

As of Sep 7, 2026

13.6%Verified-email coverage

3.2%Mobile-number coverage

17.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

34.4%Largest-city concentration · Paris

Sep 7, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

566

11-50

136

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

1,6910–30

12031–60

061–90

090–180

7180+

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 publishing companies, 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 France whose own description of what they do matches “publishing companies”. 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 publishing companies), 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 publishing companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France 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, 1,818 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 7, 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.

Publishing companies by metro

Publishing companies in Paris262

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 publishing companies, 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 publishing companies are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 762 publishing companies headquartered in France 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?

Bayard, headquartered in Malakoff, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most publishing companies?

Paris leads with 262 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (18) and Toulouse (12).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 7, 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.