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As of 4 November 2026, 4,503 books publishing & retail are based in Netherlands; 5 are hiring right now and Amsterdam has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 4,503
- Hiring now
- 5 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Book publishers · 1,802
- Top city
- Amsterdam · 211
- Parent market
- Media & content · 100,380
Books publishing & retail in Netherlands, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Book publishers | 1,802 | 40% |
| Childrens book publishers | 1,129 | 25% |
| Online bookshops | 942 | 21% |
| Bookshops & antiquarian dealers | 244 | 5% |
| Teaching resource shops | 218 | 5% |
| Single book promo sites | 178 | 4% |
| Self publishing services | 155 | 3% |
| Novelist author sites | 149 | 3% |
| Other books publishing & retail | 142 | 3% |
| Self help book publishing | 93 | 2% |
| Other writers & independent publishing | 53 | 1% |
| Book review blogs | 50 | 1% |
| Astrology & faith content | 36 | 1% |
| General interest magazines | 36 | 1% |
| Arts & culture media | 35 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 3,734 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 645 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 103 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 14 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 5 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 211 | 5% |
| Utrecht | 80 | 2% |
| Rotterdam | 66 | 1% |
| 's-Gravenhage | 40 | 1% |
| Haarlem | 31 | 1% |
| Groningen | 29 | 1% |
| Amersfoort | 28 | 1% |
| Hilversum | 26 | 1% |
| Nijmegen | 22 | 0% |
| Eindhoven | 21 | 0% |
| Arnhem | 18 | 0% |
| Leiden | 18 | 0% |
The biggest books publishing & retail in Netherlands
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The stack of books publishing & retail in Netherlands
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Other segments of media & content in Netherlands
Media & content in Netherlands, the whole market →
News & content portals · 49,884 →
User content aggregator platforms · 18,917 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 8,915 →
Travel blogs guides · 8,607 →
Writers & independent publishing · 7,488 →
Creator channels & influencers · 5,040 →
Music & radio · 4,627 →
Food recipe blogs · 3,792 →
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4,503 books publishing & retail are based in Netherlands; 5 are hiring right now and Amsterdam has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/netherlands/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 Netherlands: questions
How many books publishing & retail are there in Netherlands?
4,503 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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