Private#5 of 6 in this industry1 market
Penguin Random House
book publisherstrade books
Part of Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann division; Bertelsmann became sole shareholder in April 2020 by buying Pearson's remaining 25% (PRH company history). 2025 revenue €4,981M.
New York, New York, US
Revenue—not disclosed
Markets named in1across this research
Incumbent in1the one to displace
Rank in industry5 / 6by revenue
01
Where it competes
Every market in this research that names Penguin Random House. Where it is the named incumbent it leads the list. The entry signal is the market’s, not the company’s — it says how open that market is to someone new.
| Market | Role | Share | Entry signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book Publishing House 513130 Book publishers |
Incumbent | — | 76% entry signal |
02
Others in Book publishers
Ranked by revenue. Companies that disclose none follow, ordered by how many markets name them.
| 1 | Scholastic NASDAQ:SCHL | $1.6B |
| 2 | HarperCollins Private | — |
| 3 | Lagardère Private | — |
| 4 | Macmillan Private | — |
| 5 | Penguin Random House Private | — |
| 6 | Simon & Schuster Private | — |
Company details are from the search.cos database (snapshot 2026-10-18); market roles, shares and sourced revenue are from the research records linked above. Filed under the industry it serves — a software vendor sits with the industry that buys from it. Ranks convert currencies at approximate rates to put companies in order; every figure shown is in the currency it was reported in.