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Top 25 Trade book publishers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 248 trade book publishers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 25,761 professional contacts across them, including 7,148 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers trade book publishers 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 22, 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 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
248Companies
25,761Contacts tracked
7,148Verified emails
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The 25 largest trade book publishers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 248 trade book publishers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to trade book publishers: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202610001+7,263 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our mission is to ignite a universal passion for reading by creating books for everyone.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,0003,477 contacts →

Strong evidence

“HarperCollins Publishers is the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,0002,248 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We deeply believe in the power of books to connect people, amplify diverse voices, create meaningful change, and make a lasting impact in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,0002,079 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Simon & Schuster is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, providing consumers worldwide with a diverse range of quality books across a wide variety of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Indirect evidenceLa Vergne, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,0001,634 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The world is reading.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000949 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Penguin Publishing Group is one of the leading trade book publishers in the United States, comprised of imprints with a long and rich history dating back to the nineteenth…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500877 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“W.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Partial evidenceOak Brook, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,000698 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ReaderLink is North America’s largest full-service book distributor.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Partial evidenceNaperville, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500414 contacts →

Partial evidence

Books change lives.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500321 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“St.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500303 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Partial evidenceAshland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200224 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Publishing great books by talented writers and forging connections with readers for the long-term.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Partial evidenceLanham, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500145 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In May 2024, Rowman & Littlefield, Applause, Backbeat, Lexington Books, and Bernan Press became imprints of Bloomsbury Publishing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200132 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Farrar, Straus and Giroux was founded in 1946 by Roger W.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Indirect evidenceMinneapolis, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200128 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Lerner Publishing Group creates high-quality fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLisle, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200121 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1947 as an extension of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Strong evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-50110 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Greenleaf Book Group is a publisher and distributor that specializes in the development of independent authors and the growth of small presses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLos Gatos, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5097 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In March 2022, Smashwords merged with Draft2Digital, creating the industry's leading publishing services firm serving over authors and publishing and distributing over 1 million…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Strong evidenceStevens Point, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50096 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1892, Sheridan Worzalla (formerly Worzalla) specializes in the production of cookbooks, children’s, trade, and lifestyle books, and is dedicated to exceeding…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Partial evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50086 contacts →

Partial evidence

“IPG is the original independent book sales and distribution company in the United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Indirect evidenceEssex, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5067 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Page Street Publishing is a Publishing company located in 31 Forest Ave, Essex, MA, United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Indirect evidenceEdina, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20067 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ABDO has been a leader in children’s educational publishing for libraries and schools since 1985, providing high quality nonfiction and fiction titles for children and young…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Partial evidenceDenver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5058 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ukiyoto publishes quality content after thorough scrutiny and shortlisting of manuscripts.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Partial evidenceBristow, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50057 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Choice Books distributes a wide variety of books and products including adult and juvenile fiction, Bibles, biography, children’s, Christian living, classics, cookbooks…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Indirect evidenceCastroville, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a54 contacts →

Indirect 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 22, 2026

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Trade book publishers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
27.7%Verified-email coverage
103.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
14.9%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
133
11-50
61
51-200
23
201-500
16
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
9
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
2

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 248 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 trade book 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 States whose own description of what they do matches “trade book 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 trade book 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 trade book publishers, 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, 7,148 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 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Trade book publishers by metro

  • Trade book publishers in New York37

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 trade book 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 trade book publishers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 248 trade book publishers 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?

Penguin Random House, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most trade book publishers?

New York leads with 37 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (7) and Austin (5).

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 7,148 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 248 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 22, 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.