RELX Group was the largest global publishing house ranked by revenue in 2022, with a total revenue of 5.05 billion U.S. dollars. Second in the ranking was U.S. publisher Thomson Reuters with reported revenue of 4.85 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Bertelsmann from Germany and Pearson from the United Kingdom.
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Associazione Italiana Editori. (January 30, 2023). Largest book publishers worldwide in 2022, by revenue (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/234628/revenue-of-the-largest-book-publishers-worldwide/
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Associazione Italiana Editori. "Largest Book Publishers Worldwide in 2022, by Revenue (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/234628/revenue-of-the-largest-book-publishers-worldwide/
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