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As of 4 November 2026, 3,787 academic & professional publishing companies are based in United States; 33 are hiring right now and New York has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 3,787
- Hiring now
- 33 · 15 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Multidisciplinary oa publishers · 582
- Top city
- New York · 125
- Parent market
- Media & content · 224,343
Academic & professional publishing in United States, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary oa publishers | 582 | 15% |
| Clinical professional medical publishers | 485 | 13% |
| Medical biomedical journals | 478 | 13% |
| Professional & reference publishers | 474 | 13% |
| Humanities social science journals | 357 | 9% |
| Trade & industry press | 331 | 9% |
| Health information portals | 287 | 8% |
| Other academic & professional publishing | 279 | 7% |
| Other news & content portals | 205 | 5% |
| Business press | 193 | 5% |
| Education & career media | 187 | 5% |
| Science research communication media | 175 | 5% |
| Stem science journals | 150 | 4% |
| Book publishers | 130 | 3% |
| General interest magazines | 117 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,383 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 924 · 6 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,230 · 10 |
| 51-200 employees | 201 · 10 |
| 201-500 employees | 24 · 3 |
| 501-1000 employees | 13 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 8 · 1 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 125 | 3% |
| Washington | 113 | 3% |
| Chicago | 72 | 2% |
| Pittsford | 54 | 1% |
| San Francisco | 51 | 1% |
| East Windsor | 49 | 1% |
| Boston | 42 | 1% |
| Austin | 34 | 1% |
| Soest | 30 | 1% |
| Philadelphia | 29 | 1% |
| Las Vegas | 24 | 1% |
| Cranbury | 23 | 1% |
The biggest academic & professional publishing companies in United States
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The stack of academic & professional publishing in United States
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Other segments of media & content in United States
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3,787 academic & professional publishing companies are based in United States; 33 are hiring right now and New York has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/united-states/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 States: questions
How many academic & professional publishing companies are there in United States?
3,787 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, clinical professional medical publishers, medical biomedical journals. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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