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As of 4 November 2026, 13,535 books publishing & retail are based in Germany; 49 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
- 13,535
- Hiring now
- 49 · 22 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Book publishers · 6,376
- Top city
- Berlin · 840
- Parent market
- Media & content · 254,606
Books publishing & retail in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Book publishers | 6,376 | 47% |
| Childrens book publishers | 2,851 | 21% |
| Online bookshops | 2,164 | 16% |
| Bookshops & antiquarian dealers | 791 | 6% |
| Single book promo sites | 634 | 5% |
| Novelist author sites | 487 | 4% |
| Teaching resource shops | 469 | 3% |
| Self publishing services | 436 | 3% |
| Other books publishing & retail | 399 | 3% |
| Self help book publishing | 164 | 1% |
| Other writers & independent publishing | 144 | 1% |
| Book review blogs | 143 | 1% |
| Business book authors | 98 | 1% |
| General interest magazines | 98 | 1% |
| Music distribution licensing | 85 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 10,613 · 3 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,520 · 10 |
| 11-50 employees | 303 · 8 |
| 51-200 employees | 74 · 15 |
| 201-500 employees | 10 · 3 |
| 501-1000 employees | 7 · 3 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 6 · 5 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 840 | 6% |
| Hamburg | 494 | 4% |
| München | 404 | 3% |
| Köln | 277 | 2% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 197 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 140 | 1% |
| Leipzig | 111 | 1% |
| Düsseldorf | 100 | 1% |
| Dresden | 99 | 1% |
| Berlin Kreuzberg | 93 | 1% |
| Hannover | 90 | 1% |
| Bonn | 85 | 1% |
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The stack of books publishing & retail 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 →
Writers & independent publishing · 26,066 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 24,133 →
Travel blogs guides · 22,919 →
Music & radio · 21,365 →
Creator channels & influencers · 19,265 →
Food recipe blogs · 9,125 →
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13,535 books publishing & retail are based in Germany; 49 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/germany/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 Germany: questions
How many books publishing & retail are there in Germany?
13,535 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → Books publishing & retail → leaf niches such as book publishers, childrens book publishers, online bookshops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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