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As of 4 November 2026, 17,803 books publishing & retail are based in United States; 38 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
- 17,803
- Hiring now
- 38 · 20 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Book publishers · 6,399
- Top city
- New York · 645
- Parent market
- Media & content · 224,343
Books publishing & retail in United States, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Book publishers | 6,399 | 36% |
| Online bookshops | 3,716 | 21% |
| Childrens book publishers | 3,489 | 20% |
| Self publishing services | 3,194 | 18% |
| Bookshops & antiquarian dealers | 1,247 | 7% |
| Teaching resource shops | 776 | 4% |
| Novelist author sites | 717 | 4% |
| Other books publishing & retail | 507 | 3% |
| Single book promo sites | 479 | 3% |
| Self help book publishing | 394 | 2% |
| Other writers & independent publishing | 136 | 1% |
| Webcomic & comic creators | 124 | 1% |
| Book review blogs | 118 | 1% |
| Astrology & faith content | 111 | 1% |
| Business book authors | 79 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 13,394 · 2 |
| 2-10 employees | 3,140 · 2 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,044 · 10 |
| 51-200 employees | 165 · 12 |
| 201-500 employees | 37 · 7 |
| 501-1000 employees | 15 · 3 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 6 · 1 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 645 | 4% |
| San Francisco | 281 | 2% |
| Houston | 206 | 1% |
| Austin | 196 | 1% |
| Chicago | 176 | 1% |
| Brooklyn | 135 | 1% |
| Atlanta | 129 | 1% |
| Las Vegas | 123 | 1% |
| New York City | 113 | 1% |
| Portland | 113 | 1% |
| Dallas | 108 | 1% |
| Seattle | 101 | 1% |
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The stack of books publishing & retail in United States
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Other segments of media & content in United States
Media & content in United States, the whole market →
News & content portals · 93,627 →
User content aggregator platforms · 33,586 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 23,847 →
Music & radio · 19,433 →
Writers & independent publishing · 19,109 →
Travel blogs guides · 13,347 →
Creator channels & influencers · 10,366 →
Television broadcasting · 6,569 →
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17,803 books publishing & retail are based in United States; 38 are hiring right now and New York has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/united-states/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 States: questions
How many books publishing & retail are there in United States?
17,803 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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