Macmillan Publishers Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1842

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 5,700

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • 2ndary - Private

  • Financing Rounds
  • 3

  • Investments
  • 11

Macmillan Publishers General Information

Description

Provider of publishing and media services. The company is engaged in publishing of books, academic journals, magazines and articles in the united Kingdom.

Contact Information

Website
www.macmillan.com
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Corporation
Corporate Office
  • 175 Fifth Avenue
  • New York, NY 10010
  • United States
+1 (646)
Primary Industry
Publishing
Acquirer
Holtzbrinck
Vertical(s)
TMT
Corporate Office
  • 175 Fifth Avenue
  • New York, NY 10010
  • United States
+1 (646)

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Macmillan Publishers Valuation & Funding

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Macmillan Publishers Comparisons

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Provider of publishing and media services. The company is engaged in publishing of books, academic journals, magazines a
Publishing
New York, NY
5,700 As of 2015

London, United Kingdom
 

New York, NY
 
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Macmillan Publishers Competitors (17)

One of Macmillan Publishers’s 17 competitors is Routledge Books, a Formerly PE-Backed company based in London, United Kingdom.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Routledge Books Formerly PE-Backed London, United Kingdom
HarperCollins Publishers Corporate Backed or Acquired New York, NY
Scholastic Formerly PE-Backed New York, NY
Holtzbrinck Corporation Stuttgart, Germany
Walter de Gruyter Corporation Berlin, Germany
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Macmillan Publishers Signals

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Macmillan Publishers Former Investors

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Macmillan Publishers Investments & Acquisitions (11)

Macmillan Publishers’s most recent deal was a Corporate Asset Purchase with Sounds True (Book, E-Book, Audiobook, and Audio Original Catalogs in Lafayette, Colorado). The deal was made on 31-Oct-2025.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Sounds True (Book, E-Book, Audiobook, and Audio Original Catalogs in Lafayette, Colorado) 31-Oct-2025 Corporate Asset Purchase Buildings and Property
Pronoun 25-May-2016 Merger/Acquisition Publishing
Dinosaur Roar! 12-Jan-2016 Merger/Acquisition Publishing
Freya YA series (World English rights) 15-May-2015 Corporate Asset Purchase Buildings and Property
Cookstr 06-Jan-2014 Merger/Acquisition Publishing
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Macmillan Publishers Exits (4)

Macmillan Publishers’s most recent exit was on 06-Jan-2014 from Cookstr. The exit was categorized as .

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
Cookstr 06-Jan-2014 Completed
Labguru 03-Jan-2011 Completed
Gill & Macmillan 01-Jan-1968 Completed
Gump's San Francisco Merger/Acquisition Completed
  • 2 buyers
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Macmillan Publishers Affiliates

Subsidiaries (3)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
Macmillan Education India Noida, India 1892
Editorial Estrada San Isidro, Argentina 1868
Dinosaur Roar! Hove, United Kingdom

Macmillan Publishers FAQs

  • When was Macmillan Publishers founded?

    Macmillan Publishers was founded in 1842.

  • Where is Macmillan Publishers headquartered?

    Macmillan Publishers is headquartered in New York, NY.

  • What is the size of Macmillan Publishers?

    Macmillan Publishers has 5,700 total employees.

  • What industry is Macmillan Publishers in?

    Macmillan Publishers’s primary industry is Publishing.

  • Is Macmillan Publishers a private or public company?

    Macmillan Publishers is a Private company.

  • What is Macmillan Publishers’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Macmillan Publishers is .

  • Who are Macmillan Publishers’s investors?

    Maxwell Communications has invested in Macmillan Publishers.

  • Who are Macmillan Publishers’s competitors?

    Routledge Books, HarperCollins Publishers, Scholastic, Holtzbrinck, and Walter de Gruyter are some of the 17 competitors of Macmillan Publishers.

  • When was Macmillan Publishers acquired?

    Macmillan Publishers was acquired on 01-Jan-1999.

  • Who acquired Macmillan Publishers?

    Macmillan Publishers was acquired by Holtzbrinck.

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