Academic & professional publishing in United Kingdom
As of 5 November 2026, 2,160 academic & professional publishing companies are based in United Kingdom; 26 are hiring right now and London has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 2,160
- Hiring now
- 26 · 10 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Multidisciplinary oa publishers · 304
- Top city
- London · 295
- Parent market
- Media & content · 157,266
Academic & professional publishing in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary oa publishers | 304 | 14% |
| Humanities social science journals | 295 | 14% |
| Other academic & professional publishing | 251 | 12% |
| Trade & industry press | 234 | 11% |
| Clinical professional medical publishers | 230 | 11% |
| Professional & reference publishers | 215 | 10% |
| Medical biomedical journals | 177 | 8% |
| Science research communication media | 161 | 7% |
| Education & career media | 157 | 7% |
| Health information portals | 127 | 6% |
| Business press | 99 | 5% |
| Book publishers | 89 | 4% |
| Other news & content portals | 83 | 4% |
| General interest magazines | 75 | 3% |
| University & scholarly presses | 63 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,180 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 537 · 7 |
| 11-50 employees | 328 · 8 |
| 51-200 employees | 86 · 6 |
| 201-500 employees | 13 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 8 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 8 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 295 | 14% |
| Glasgow | 19 | 1% |
| Aldgate East | 17 | 1% |
| Bristol | 15 | 1% |
| Oxford | 15 | 1% |
| Edinburgh | 13 | 1% |
| Newington | 12 | 1% |
| Cambridge | 11 | 1% |
| Eastbourne | 11 | 1% |
| Palmers Green | 11 | 1% |
| Birmingham | 10 | 0% |
| Leeds | 9 | 0% |
The biggest academic & professional publishing companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of academic & professional publishing in United Kingdom
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Other segments of media & content in United Kingdom
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Creator channels & influencers · 8,578 →
Books publishing & retail · 8,079 →
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2,160 academic & professional publishing companies are based in United Kingdom; 26 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/united-kingdom/academic_and_professional_publishing)
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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.
Academic & professional publishing in United Kingdom: questions
How many academic & professional publishing companies are there in United Kingdom?
2,160 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → Academic & professional publishing → leaf niches such as multidisciplinary oa publishers, humanities social science journals, other academic & professional publishing. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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