Books publishing & retail in Spain
As of 5 November 2026, 3,748 books publishing & retail are based in Spain; 4 are hiring right now and Madrid has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 3,748
- Hiring now
- 4 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Book publishers · 1,923
- Top city
- Madrid · 557
- Parent market
- Media & content · 50,787
Books publishing & retail in Spain, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Book publishers | 1,923 | 51% |
| Online bookshops | 1,195 | 32% |
| Childrens book publishers | 454 | 12% |
| Bookshops & antiquarian dealers | 349 | 9% |
| Self publishing services | 223 | 6% |
| Teaching resource shops | 162 | 4% |
| Novelist author sites | 72 | 2% |
| Other books publishing & retail | 60 | 2% |
| Arts & culture media | 41 | 1% |
| Single book promo sites | 41 | 1% |
| Book review blogs | 40 | 1% |
| Self help book publishing | 27 | 1% |
| Other writers & independent publishing | 24 | 1% |
| Education & career media | 23 | 1% |
| Poetry author sites | 16 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,441 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,018 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 238 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 31 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 17 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 557 | 15% |
| Barcelona | 289 | 8% |
| Valencia | 76 | 2% |
| Sevilla | 61 | 2% |
| Malaga | 44 | 1% |
| Zaragoza | 36 | 1% |
| Granada | 34 | 1% |
| Oviedo | 28 | 1% |
| Bilbao | 25 | 1% |
| Leon | 23 | 1% |
| Pamplona/Iruña | 19 | 1% |
| A Coruña | 18 | 0% |
The biggest books publishing & retail in Spain
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The stack of books publishing & retail in Spain
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Other segments of media & content in Spain
Media & content in Spain, the whole market →
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User content aggregator platforms · 7,476 →
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Writers & independent publishing · 3,794 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 3,023 →
Music & radio · 2,943 →
Creator channels & influencers · 2,347 →
Food recipe blogs · 1,700 →
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3,748 books publishing & retail are based in Spain; 4 are hiring right now and Madrid has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/spain/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 Spain: questions
How many books publishing & retail are there in Spain?
3,748 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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