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As of 4 November 2026, 4,534 academic & professional publishing companies are based in Germany; 59 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 4,534
- Hiring now
- 59 · 20 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Humanities social science journals · 560
- Top city
- Berlin · 375
- Parent market
- Media & content · 254,606
Academic & professional publishing in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Humanities social science journals | 560 | 12% |
| Other academic & professional publishing | 528 | 12% |
| Professional & reference publishers | 450 | 10% |
| Clinical professional medical publishers | 381 | 8% |
| Trade & industry press | 381 | 8% |
| Science research communication media | 355 | 8% |
| Business press | 341 | 8% |
| Book publishers | 325 | 7% |
| Health information portals | 280 | 6% |
| Education & career media | 275 | 6% |
| Reference & manual sites | 245 | 5% |
| General interest magazines | 226 | 5% |
| Other news & content portals | 209 | 5% |
| Arts & culture media | 157 | 3% |
| Medical biomedical journals | 147 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,151 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,919 · 20 |
| 11-50 employees | 343 · 22 |
| 51-200 employees | 83 · 7 |
| 201-500 employees | 24 · 5 |
| 501-1000 employees | 4 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 8 · 3 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 375 | 8% |
| Hamburg | 170 | 4% |
| München | 165 | 4% |
| Kiel | 152 | 3% |
| Köln | 147 | 3% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 87 | 2% |
| Bonn | 76 | 2% |
| Stuttgart | 68 | 1% |
| Düsseldorf | 60 | 1% |
| Wiesbaden | 58 | 1% |
| Heidelberg | 47 | 1% |
| Göttingen | 44 | 1% |
The biggest academic & professional publishing companies in Germany
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The stack of academic & professional publishing in Germany
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Other segments of media & content in Germany
Media & content in Germany, the whole market →
News & content portals · 112,567 →
User content aggregator platforms · 35,989 →
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Travel blogs guides · 22,919 →
Music & radio · 21,365 →
Creator channels & influencers · 19,265 →
Books publishing & retail · 13,535 →
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4,534 academic & professional publishing companies are based in Germany; 59 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/germany/academic_and_professional_publishing)
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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.
Academic & professional publishing in Germany: questions
How many academic & professional publishing companies are there in Germany?
4,534 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → Academic & professional publishing → leaf niches such as humanities social science journals, other academic & professional publishing, professional & reference publishers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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