Books publishing & retail in United Kingdom
As of 4 November 2026, 2,047 books publishing & retail are based in United Kingdom; London has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 2,047
- Hiring now
- 0 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Online bookshops · 1,246
- Top city
- London · 110
- Parent market
- Ecommerce · 156,553
Books publishing & retail in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Online bookshops | 1,246 | 61% |
| Book publishers | 469 | 23% |
| Childrens book publishers | 303 | 15% |
| Bookshops & antiquarian dealers | 301 | 15% |
| Teaching resource shops | 174 | 9% |
| Other books publishing & retail | 118 | 6% |
| Novelist author sites | 39 | 2% |
| Online art shops | 37 | 2% |
| Single book promo sites | 34 | 2% |
| Composers | 32 | 2% |
| Other music & radio | 31 | 2% |
| Fine art photo print shops | 30 | 1% |
| Record shops | 22 | 1% |
| Self help book publishing | 17 | 1% |
| Webcomic & comic creators | 11 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,577 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 397 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 53 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 12 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 6 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 110 | 5% |
| Birmingham | 14 | 1% |
| Manchester | 12 | 1% |
| Bristol | 11 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 11 | 1% |
| Aldgate East | 8 | 0% |
| Sheffield | 8 | 0% |
| Cambridge | 7 | 0% |
| Hoxton | 7 | 0% |
| Leicester | 6 | 0% |
| Leeds | 5 | 0% |
| Lytchett Minster | 5 | 0% |
The biggest books publishing & retail in United Kingdom
The largest ecommerce stores of the segment, by headcount; marketplaces and portals left out.
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What these ecommerce stores run on
Ecommerce platform read from the stores' own pages and DNS.
The stack of books publishing & retail in United Kingdom
From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.
Other segments of ecommerce in United Kingdom
Ecommerce in United Kingdom, the whole market →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 76,967 →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 28,288 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 17,894 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 13,607 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 10,619 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 7,186 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 6,015 →
Vehicle & parts retail · 5,910 →
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2,047 books publishing & retail are based in United Kingdom; London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/ecommerce/united-kingdom/books_publishing_and_retail)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Books publishing & retail in United Kingdom: questions
How many books publishing & retail are there in United Kingdom?
2,047 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Ecommerce → Books publishing & retail → leaf niches such as online bookshops, book publishers, childrens book publishers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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