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As of 4 November 2026, 8,079 books publishing & retail are based in United Kingdom; 11 are hiring right now and London has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 8,079
- Hiring now
- 11 · 6 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Book publishers · 3,342
- Top city
- London · 563
- Parent market
- Media & content · 157,266
Books publishing & retail in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Book publishers | 3,342 | 41% |
| Childrens book publishers | 1,842 | 23% |
| Online bookshops | 1,522 | 19% |
| Self publishing services | 711 | 9% |
| Bookshops & antiquarian dealers | 641 | 8% |
| Teaching resource shops | 322 | 4% |
| Novelist author sites | 289 | 4% |
| Single book promo sites | 197 | 2% |
| Other books publishing & retail | 195 | 2% |
| Other writers & independent publishing | 106 | 1% |
| Self help book publishing | 87 | 1% |
| Book review blogs | 68 | 1% |
| Poetry author sites | 62 | 1% |
| General interest magazines | 59 | 1% |
| Other music & radio | 52 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 6,355 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,352 · 2 |
| 11-50 employees | 268 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 69 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 26 · 5 |
| 501-1000 employees | 3 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 6 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 563 | 7% |
| Glasgow | 61 | 1% |
| Hoxton | 48 | 1% |
| Edinburgh | 40 | 0% |
| Bristol | 36 | 0% |
| Birmingham | 31 | 0% |
| Newington | 30 | 0% |
| Cambridge | 29 | 0% |
| Manchester | 29 | 0% |
| Sheffield | 28 | 0% |
| Aldgate East | 26 | 0% |
| Cardiff | 22 | 0% |
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The stack of books publishing & retail in United Kingdom
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Other segments of media & content in United Kingdom
Media & content in United Kingdom, the whole market →
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User content aggregator platforms · 20,573 →
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Writers & independent publishing · 13,122 →
Music & radio · 10,392 →
Travel blogs guides · 9,700 →
Creator channels & influencers · 8,578 →
Games development & publishing · 3,490 →
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8,079 books publishing & retail are based in United Kingdom; 11 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/united-kingdom/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 United Kingdom: questions
How many books publishing & retail are there in United Kingdom?
8,079 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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