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As of 4 November 2026, 5,727 books publishing & retail are based in Italy; 3 are hiring right now and Roma has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 5,727
- Hiring now
- 3 · 3 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Book publishers · 3,306
- Top city
- Roma · 376
- Parent market
- Media & content · 107,789
Books publishing & retail in Italy, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Book publishers | 3,306 | 58% |
| Online bookshops | 1,109 | 19% |
| Childrens book publishers | 660 | 12% |
| Bookshops & antiquarian dealers | 457 | 8% |
| Self publishing services | 336 | 6% |
| Teaching resource shops | 210 | 4% |
| Single book promo sites | 147 | 3% |
| Novelist author sites | 129 | 2% |
| Other books publishing & retail | 128 | 2% |
| Arts & culture media | 83 | 1% |
| Book review blogs | 77 | 1% |
| General interest magazines | 51 | 1% |
| Self help book publishing | 47 | 1% |
| Other writers & independent publishing | 46 | 1% |
| Webcomic & comic creators | 40 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 726 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 4,702 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 248 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 37 · 2 |
| 201-500 employees | 8 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 3 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Roma | 376 | 7% |
| Milano | 359 | 6% |
| Torino | 115 | 2% |
| Bologna | 76 | 1% |
| Firenze | 58 | 1% |
| Napoli | 50 | 1% |
| Milan | 28 | 0% |
| Padova | 27 | 0% |
| Genova | 25 | 0% |
| Palermo | 25 | 0% |
| Trieste | 23 | 0% |
| Modena | 20 | 0% |
The biggest books publishing & retail in Italy
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The stack of books publishing & retail in Italy
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Other segments of media & content in Italy
Media & content in Italy, the whole market →
News & content portals · 59,341 →
Travel blogs guides · 12,942 →
Writers & independent publishing · 10,817 →
User content aggregator platforms · 10,671 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 6,691 →
Creator channels & influencers · 5,833 →
Food recipe blogs · 4,927 →
Music & radio · 4,816 →
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5,727 books publishing & retail are based in Italy; 3 are hiring right now and Roma has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/italy/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 Italy: questions
How many books publishing & retail are there in Italy?
5,727 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, childrens book publishers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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