Publishing activities (PKD division 58)
This division includes:
- publishing books, brochures, leaflets, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, maps and charts,
- publishing newspapers, magazines and other periodicals,
- publishing telephone directories and mailing lists and other publishing activities (including software publishing),
- streaming content (for example software and books) by content publishers. Publishing activities include acquiring copyright in publication content (information products) and making that content available to the general public by engaging in (or organising) publication and its distribution in various forms. Publishers may license other persons to distribute their content rights or may publish and distribute content that they create or own. This division includes all possible forms of publishing (in printed, electronic, digital, analogue or any other form) and activities related to self-publishing, excluding film and music publishing.
This division excludes:
- the production of motion pictures, video recordings and other films, music publishing and the production of original sound recordings, the production of master sound recordings, classified in the relevant subclasses of division 59,
- obtaining rights from publishers for broadcasting and distribution of content, classified in the relevant subclasses of division 60,
- computer programming activities, classified in the relevant subclasses of division 62,
- printing, classified in the relevant subclasses of group 18.1,
- the mass reproduction of recorded media, classified in 18.20.Z,
- the distribution of films on various media, classified in the relevant subclasses of division 59.
Industry statistics (2025)
Number of companies
Companies
86,688
Companies (primary PKD)
6,385
Companies with financials
2,038
Business turnover
Legal structure
Legal formShare of companiesNumber of companies
- Sp. z o.o.41.4%2,641
- JDG40.5%2,586
- Foundation8.2%526
- S.A.3.1%199
- Association2.4%155
- P.S.A.1.8%113
- Sp. j.1.3%80
- Sp. k.0.8%51
- Other0.3%17
- Cooperative0.1%6
Financial results
Median revenue
Ranking
Median revenue compared with other PKD codes.
Top companies by revenue
| # | Company | Legal form | Revenue | Net profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sp. z o.o. | USD 137.95m | USD 21.48m | |
| 2 | S.A. | USD 78.80m | USD 20.91m | |
| 3 | sp. z o.o. | USD 75.64m | USD 33.11m | |
| 4 | sp. z o.o. + limited partnership | USD 71.73m | USD 49.23m | |
| 5 | sp. z o.o. | USD 61.22m | USD 14.32m | |
| 6 | S.A. | USD 56.22m | USD -11.44m | |
| 7 | S.A. | USD 51.85m | USD -355.25k | |
| 8 | S.A. | USD 49.60m | USD 28.99m | |
| 9 | sp. z o.o. | USD 46.83m | USD -4.25m | |
| 10 | S.A. | USD 43.95m | USD 313.22k |
Fastest-growing companies
| # | Company | Legal form | Revenue | Y/Y growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S.A. | USD 2.93m | +1,353.3% y/y | |
| 2 | sp. z o.o. | USD 5.34m | +1,074.4% y/y | |
| 3 | Foundation | USD 2.98m | +977.8% y/y | |
| 4 | Foundation | USD 8.09m | +767.8% y/y | |
| 5 | sp. z o.o. | USD 1.79m | +407.2% y/y | |
| 6 | sp. z o.o. | USD 825.56k | +399.0% y/y | |
| 7 | sp. z o.o. | USD 568.13k | +376.2% y/y | |
| 8 | P.S.A. | USD 1.14m | +362.2% y/y | |
| 9 | sp. k. | USD 7.75m | +359.4% y/y | |
| 10 | sp. z o.o. | USD 981.60k | +296.2% y/y |
Stock market
62 companies from this industry are listed.
| Company | Ticker | Market | Price | Change | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLW | GPW Main Market | PLN 250.00 | 0.00% | USD 416.63m | |
| TEN | GPW Main Market | PLN 91.50 | -1.88% | USD 148.14m | |
| ART | GPW Main Market | PLN 19.44 | -1.52% | USD 58.19m | |
| PRE | NewConnect | PLN 90.00 | -3.23% | USD 23.47m | |
| GME | NewConnect | PLN 46.00 | +5.99% | USD 20.59m | |
| BBT | GPW Main Market | PLN 5.46 | -1.09% | USD 18.84m | |
| GOP | GPW Main Market | PLN 11.90 | +0.42% | USD 16.36m | |
| ULG | GPW Main Market | PLN 11.60 | -1.69% | USD 15.17m | |
| ALG | GPW Main Market | PLN 0.68 | +5.28% | USD 13.51m | |
| 3RG | GPW Main Market | PLN 0.66 | -0.60% | USD 13.49m | |
| FOR | NewConnect | PLN 1.87 | -1.58% | USD 12.94m | |
| LEG | NewConnect | PLN 30.00 | +3.45% | USD 12.14m | |
| SOK | NewConnect | PLN 10.50 | -1.41% | USD 9.47m | |
| LHD | NewConnect | PLN 58.00 | 0.00% | USD 8.45m | |
| MZA | GPW Main Market | PLN 8.70 | +4.19% | USD 7.11m | |
| VVD | GPW Main Market | PLN 0.50 | -0.20% | USD 6.93m | |
| FRW | NewConnect | PLN 24.80 | 0.00% | USD 6.53m | |
| NOB | NewConnect | PLN 13.30 | +3.91% | USD 6.03m | |
| DGE | GPW Main Market | PLN 19.95 | -5.00% | USD 5.41m | |
| GIF | GPW Main Market | PLN 3.31 | +0.30% | USD 5.03m | |
| PLT | NewConnect | PLN 1.42 | 0.00% | USD 5.01m | |
| VAR | NewConnect | PLN 0.79 | +3.95% | USD 4.95m | |
| MAN | GPW Main Market | PLN 0.62 | -2.22% | USD 4.40m | |
| MOV | GPW Main Market | PLN 6.83 | +2.25% | USD 4.39m |
