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As of 4 November 2026, 709 books publishing & retail are based in India; 3 are hiring right now and Delhi has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 709
- Hiring now
- 3 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Book publishers · 321
- Top city
- Delhi · 26
- Parent market
- Media & content · 8,738
Books publishing & retail in India, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Book publishers | 321 | 45% |
| Online bookshops | 309 | 44% |
| Teaching resource shops | 122 | 17% |
| Childrens book publishers | 87 | 12% |
| Self publishing services | 66 | 9% |
| Bookshops & antiquarian dealers | 31 | 4% |
| Astrology & faith content | 7 | 1% |
| General interest magazines | 6 | 1% |
| Arts & culture media | 5 | 1% |
| Clinical professional medical publishers | 5 | 1% |
| Other books publishing & retail | 5 | 1% |
| Education & career media | 4 | 1% |
| Novelist author sites | 4 | 1% |
| Poetry author sites | 3 | 0% |
| Professional & reference publishers | 3 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 278 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 192 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 179 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 38 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 20 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 26 | 4% |
| Civic Centre | 20 | 3% |
| Kolkata | 12 | 2% |
| Bengaluru | 9 | 1% |
| Gurugram | 8 | 1% |
| Chennai | 7 | 1% |
| Noida Sector 27 | 7 | 1% |
| Guwahati | 4 | 1% |
| Hyderabad | 4 | 1% |
| Parsibagan | 4 | 1% |
| Andheri H.O | 3 | 0% |
| Bowbazar (Kolkata) | 3 | 0% |
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The stack of books publishing & retail in India
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Other segments of media & content in India
Media & content in India, the whole market →
News & content portals · 4,477 →
User content aggregator platforms · 2,205 →
Academic & professional publishing · 624 →
Travel blogs guides · 265 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 230 →
Writers & independent publishing · 223 →
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709 books publishing & retail are based in India; 3 are hiring right now and Delhi has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/india/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 India: questions
How many books publishing & retail are there in India?
709 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, online bookshops, teaching resource shops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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