Largest publishing houses by employees

Largest publishing houses by employees ranked by employees.

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As of 2026-10-12, Michelin tops the list with 105,700 employees.

  1. #1 Michelin — 105,700 employees

    French multinational tyre manufacturing company

    Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA, commonly referred to as Michelin, is a French multinational tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région of France. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  2. #2 Ranok — 48,027 employees

    Ukrainian publishing house

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  3. #3 Government of Navarra — 24,484 employees

    government of Navarra (executive branch)

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  4. #4 Thomson Reuters — 24,000 employees

    Canadian publisher (2008-)

    Thomson Reuters Corporation is a Canadian multinational content-driven technology conglomerate. The company was founded in Toronto, Ontario, and maintains its headquarters in the city at 19 Duncan Street. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  5. #5 United States Environmental Protection Agency — 14,130 employees

    U.S. federal government agency

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. The order establishing the EPA was sent to the House and Senate in accordance with the Reorganization Act of 1949, in which they had 60 days to pass a disapproval resolution or the order would take... Read more on Wikipedia.

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  6. #6 The Times Group — 11,002 employees

    mass media conglomerate in India

    Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. (BCCL), d/b/a The Times Group, is an Indian media conglomerate based in Mumbai. Notable media properties owned and operated by the group include India's largest selling daily English-language newspaper The Times of India, television channels such as Times Now, the radio station network Radio Mirchi, and magazines Filmfare and Femina. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  7. #7 Gruner + Jahr — 10,079 employees

    German publisher

    Gruner + Jahr GmbH was a publishing house headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Since the purchase by RTL Germany it is operational by the name RTL Deutschland. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  8. #8 University of Maryland — 10,000 employees

    public research university in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA

    The University of Maryland, College Park is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  9. #9 LexisNexis — 10,000 employees

    corporation providing computer-assisted legal research, as well as business research and risk management services

    LexisNexis is an American data analytics company headquartered in New York. Its products are various databases that are accessed through online portals, including portals for computer-assisted legal research (CALR), newspaper search, and consumer information. During the 1970s, LexisNexis began to make legal and journalistic documents more accessible electronically. As of 2006, the company had the world's largest electronic database for legal and public-records–related information. The company... Read more on Wikipedia.

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  10. #10 Charles University — 9,156 employees

    oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic

    Charles University, also known historically as the University of Prague, is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the oldest universities in the world in continuous operation and the third oldest university north of the Alps. Today, the university consists of 17 faculties located in Prague, Hradec Králové, and Plzeň. Read more on Wikipedia.

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