Publishers by country
Publishers in United Kingdom
159 publishing houses and imprints with headquarters or registration in United Kingdom, from Bloomsbury Publishing to smaller presses.
| Name | Founded | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomsbury Publishing | — | British worldwide publishing house founded in 1986 |
| Routledge | 1851 | British multinational academic publisher founded in 1836 |
| Macmillan Publishers | 1843 | International publishing company |
| Penguin Books | 1935 | Imprint of Penguine Random House |
| Taylor & Francis | 1852 | Commercial publishing group |
| DK | 1974 | British publisher of general reference and illustrated non-fiction books |
| Palgrave Macmillan | 2000 | English publishing house |
| John Murray | 1768 | English publishing firm (est. 1768) |
| Faber & Faber | 1929 | British publishing house |
| Osprey Publishing | 1969 | British publisher |
| Thames & Hudson | 1949 | Publisher of illustrated books on art, architecture, design, and visual culture |
| Nature Portfolio | 1999 | British publisher |
| Gollancz | 1927 | British publishing company and imprint of Orion Publishing Group |
| Jonathan Cape | 1921 | English publishing firm (founded 1921) |
| Informa | 1998 | Multinational publishing and conference company |
| Methuen Publishing | 1889 | UK book publishing company |
| Edinburgh University Press | 1940 | British scholarly publisher |
| Hogarth Press | 1917 | British publishing house founded in 1917 by Leonard Woolf and Virginia Woolf |
| Hodder & Stoughton Limited | 1868 | British publisher |
| Liverpool University Press | 1899 | British publisher |
| International Biographical Centre | — | Publisher owned by Melrose Press Ltd that specializes in producing biographical… |
| Pergamon Press | 1948 | British publishing house |
| Penguin Group | 1935 | British book publisher |
| Hindawi Publishing Corporation | 1997 | Egyptian scientific publisher |
| The History Press | 2007 | British publishing house |
| Smith, Elder & Co. | 1816 | British book publisher |
| Frederick Warne & Co | 1865 | British publishing company known for children's books |
| I.B. Tauris | 1983 | British publishing house |
| Manchester University Press | 1904 | British university press |
| Phaidon Press | 1923 | Austrian book publisher |
| Orion Publishing Group | 1991 | British publisher |
| A & C Black | 1807 | British book publishing company |
| Cassell & Co | 1848 | British publisher |
| IOP Publishing | 1874 | Academic publisher |
| Chatto & Windus | 1855 | British book publisher |
| Continuum International Publishing Group | 1999 | Academic publisher of books |
| Ashgate Publishing | 1967 | Publishing house |
| William Collins, Sons | 1819 | Former Scottish publisher |
| Folio Society | 1947 | British publisher founded in 1947 |
| Virgin Books | 1979 | British book publisher |
| Fleetway Publications | 1959 | British comics-publishing company (founded 1959) |
| Pluto Press | 1969 | British independent book publishing house |
| Left Book Club | 1936 | Publisher (1936–1948) |
| Mills & Boon | 1908 | Publisher |
| BMJ | 1840 | Global healthcare knowledge provider, wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical… |
| Kelmscott Press | 1891 | Printing company founded by William Morris |
| Constable & Robinson | 1999 | Imprint of Little, Brown which publishes fiction |
| The Bodley Head | 1887 | British publishing company |
| Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 1948 | British publisher |
| Fitzcarraldo Editions | 2014 | British publisher |
| Virago Press | 1973 | Publisher |
| Doves Press | 1900 | Publisher |
| Packt Publishing Ltd. | 2004 | Publisher |
| Ward, Lock & Co. | 1854 | Publisher |
| Ian Fleming Publications | 1952 | Production company |
| Ladybird Books | 1867 | British children's book series |
| George Bell & Sons | 1839 | English publisher (1839–1986) |
| Bradbury and Evans | 1830 | English printing and publishing business |
| Bradt Travel Guides | 1974 | Publisher of travel guides founded in 1974 |
| University of Wales Press | 1922 | Academic publisher |
| Cambridge Scholars Publishing | 2001 | British publisher |
| George Allen & Unwin Limited | 1871 | Former British publishing company |
| Freedom Press | 1886 | Anarchist publishing house in Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom |
| Genesis Publications | 1974 | British publisher |
| Blackwood & Sons | 1804 | Scottish publishing house |
| Y Lolfa | 1967 | Welsh printing and publishing company |
| Debrett's | 1769 | British publisher |
| Earthscan | 1987 | Publishing house |
| Gomer Press | 1892 | Printing and publishing company |
| Harvill Secker | 1936 | British publishing company |
| Harrison and Sons | 1750 | British publisher (1750-1839) |
| Allison & Busby | 1967 | British publishing house |
| BBC Books | — | British publisher |
| Open Humanities Press | 2006 | Academic publisher |
| Polity | 1984 | Publisher based in the United Kingdom |
| Waterlow Sons Ltd | 1810 | Publisher |
| Hamish Hamilton | 1931 | British book publishing house |
| Persephone Books | 1999 | British independent book publisher |
| Macmillan Education | — | London educational book publisher |
| Open Book Publishers | 2008 | Open access academic book publisher based in the United Kingdom |
| T&T Clark | 1821 | British publisher |
| Zed Books | 1977 | UK non-fiction publishing company |
| Nonesuch Press | 1922 | Publisher |
| Gwasg Carreg Gwalch | 1980 | Welsh publisher |
| Sidgwick & Jackson | 1908 | British publisher based in London; eventually a Pan Macmillan imprint |
| Delinian | 1969 | UK-based information company |
| Everyman Chess | — | Publisher |
| C. Hurst & Co. | 1969 | Independent non-fiction publisher |
| Canongate Books | 1973 | Publishing firm based in Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Odhams Press | — | Former British publishing company |
| Pan Books | 1944 | Publishing company |
| Reaktion Books | 1985 | UK independent book publisher founded in 1985 |
| George Routledge & Sons | — | British publishing company |
| Parthian Books | 1993 | Publishers from Wales |
| Pelican Books | 1937 | Non-fiction imprint of Penguin Books |
| T. Fisher Unwin | 1882 | British publishing company |
| Archaeopress | 1974 | Publisher of archaeological books |
| Touch Press | 2010 | App developer and publisher |
| Pen and Sword Books | — | British publisher |
| Peter Owen Publishers | 1951 | Publisher |
| University of London Press | — | UK publisher |
| Nobrow | 2008 | UK book publisher |
| Mitchell Beazley | 1969 | British book publisher |
| Secker & Warburg | 1935 | British publishing company |
| Pavilion Books | 2005 | British publishing house |
| Eland Publishing | 1982 | British travel book publisher |
| Black Library | 1997 | British publisher |
| Eyre & Spottiswoode | 1739 | Publishing company based in London |
| Usborne Publishing | 1973 | British publisher of children books |
| Butterworth–Heinemann | — | British publishing company |
| Atlas Press | 1983 | British book publishing company |
| Barrie & Jenkins | 1964 | British publishing house |
| Quarto Group | 1976 | Illustrated book publishing group founded 1976 |
| Quercus | 2004 | Publisher |
| SCM Press Ltd | — | Publisher |
| George G. Harrap and Co. | 1901 | Publishing house |
| Oneworld Publications | 1986 | British book publishing company |
| Ubiquity Press | 2012 | Publishing house in London, United Kingdom |
| Walker Books | 1978 | British publisher and international publishing group it leads, known best for children's… |
| Mainstream Publishing | 1978 | UK publisher |
| Marcus Ward & Co. | 1833 | British publishing company |
| Solaris Books | 2007 | Imprint which focuses on publishing science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy novels and… |
| Minerva Press | — | Publishing house of London in UK |
| Sussex Academic Press | 1994 | British book publishing company |
| Seeley, Service and Company, Limited | 1744 | British publishing firm |
| Picador | 1972 | British publishing house |
| W. H. Allen & Co. | 1835 | British publishing company |
| Immediate Media Company | 2011 | British publishing house |
| Ian Allan Publishing Ltd | 1945 | Publisher of transportation books |
| Kogan Page | 1967 | British book publisher |
| Little, Brown Book Group | 1938 | UK publishing company created in 1992 |
| Transworld Publishers | 1950 | British publishing house |
| Pont Books | — | British publishing company |
| Strawberry Hill Press | 1757 | Publisher |
| Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion | 1954 | Welsh publisher |
| Dean & Son | 1800 | 19th-century London publishing company |
| Dove Medical Press | 2003 | Academic publisher |
| BAR Publishing | 1974 | British publishing company |
| The Chicken House | 2000 | Publishing company in the United Kingdom |
| Ebury Publishing | 2009 | British publisher |
| Ernest Benn Ltd. | 1880 | Publisher |
| Burns & Oates | 1866 | British publishing house, from 1866 briefly as Burns, Lambert & Oates |
| And Other Stories | 2009 | Publisher |
| Berg Publishers | 1983 | British publishing company |
| Chambers Harrap | 1819 | The publishers of Chambers Dictionary |
| Cheap Repository Tracts | 1795 | Physical literary scheme |
| Mandrake Press | 1929 | Defunct British small press |
| Wells Gardner, Darton and Company | 1859 | British publishing company |
| Gambit Publications | — | Publisher of chess books |
| Gay Men's Press | 1979 | British publisher |
| Vallentine Mitchell & Co. | — | British publisher |
| Austin Macauley Publishers | 2006 | British publishing company |
| Seren Books | 1981 | Welsh publisher |
| Lawrence and Wishart | 1936 | British publishing company |
| Leadenhall Press | 1862 | Printer and publisher in London |
| Honno | 1986 | Women's publisher in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK |
| Andersen Press | 1976 | British book publishing company |
| Alma Books | 2005 | British publishing house |
| Veloce Publishing | 1991 | British book publisher |