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
140,865
Companies (primary PKD)
10,453
Companies with financials
3,238
Business turnover
Legal structure
Legal formShare of companiesNumber of companies
- JDG41.6%4,857
- Sp. z o.o.37.9%4,434
- Foundation8.8%1,027
- Association3.7%430
- S.A.2.2%263
- Sp. j.2.1%242
- Sp. k.1.8%206
- P.S.A.1.0%116
- Other0.4%46
- Cooperative0.2%25
- Sp. p.0.0%2
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 | sp. j. | USD 122.07m | USD 14.27m | |
| 3 | sp. j. | USD 101.27m | USD 33.33m | |
| 4 | sp. z o.o. | USD 75.64m | USD 33.11m | |
| 5 | S.A. | USD 75.06m | USD 20.91m | |
| 6 | sp. z o.o. + limited partnership | USD 71.73m | USD 49.23m | |
| 7 | sp. z o.o. | USD 66.72m | USD -10.68m | |
| 8 | sp. z o.o. | USD 61.22m | USD 14.32m | |
| 9 | sp. z o.o. | USD 57.07m | USD 3.73m | |
| 10 | S.A. | USD 50.93m | USD -355.25k |
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 1.18m | +1,099.0% y/y | |
| 3 | sp. z o.o. | USD 5.34m | +1,074.4% y/y | |
| 4 | Foundation | USD 2.98m | +977.8% y/y | |
| 5 | Foundation | USD 8.09m | +767.8% y/y | |
| 6 | sp. z o.o. | USD 26.52m | +468.9% y/y | |
| 7 | sp. z o.o. | USD 1.79m | +407.2% y/y | |
| 8 | sp. z o.o. | USD 568.13k | +376.2% y/y | |
| 9 | P.S.A. | USD 1.14m | +362.2% y/y | |
| 10 | sp. k. | USD 7.75m | +359.4% y/y |
Stock market
63 companies from this industry are listed.
| Company | Ticker | Market | Price | Change | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLW | GPW Main Market | PLN 237.50 | -1.25% | USD 395.79m | |
| TEN | GPW Main Market | PLN 98.25 | -0.15% | USD 159.07m | |
| ART | GPW Main Market | PLN 20.50 | -0.73% | USD 61.36m | |
| PRE | NewConnect | PLN 83.00 | 0.00% | USD 21.64m | |
| BBT | GPW Main Market | PLN 5.78 | +1.40% | USD 19.94m | |
| GME | NewConnect | PLN 41.60 | -4.15% | USD 18.62m | |
| ULG | GPW Main Market | PLN 12.40 | -1.98% | USD 16.21m | |
| GOP | GPW Main Market | PLN 11.50 | 0.00% | USD 15.81m | |
| FOR | NewConnect | PLN 2.12 | -1.40% | USD 14.67m | |
| 3RG | GPW Main Market | PLN 0.70 | +2.62% | USD 14.30m | |
| ALG | GPW Main Market | PLN 0.70 | -0.28% | USD 14.03m | |
| LEG | NewConnect | PLN 26.00 | +2.36% | USD 10.52m | |
| LHD | NewConnect | PLN 65.50 | -5.76% | USD 9.55m | |
| SOK | NewConnect | PLN 10.30 | +0.98% | USD 9.29m | |
| VVD | GPW Main Market | PLN 0.62 | +3.00% | USD 8.59m | |
| MZA | GPW Main Market | PLN 8.95 | +1.70% | USD 7.31m | |
| FRW | NewConnect | PLN 25.40 | +1.60% | USD 6.69m | |
| NOB | NewConnect | PLN 13.60 | 0.00% | USD 6.17m | |
| GIF | GPW Main Market | PLN 3.96 | -0.88% | USD 6.02m | |
| DGE | GPW Main Market | PLN 21.90 | -0.45% | USD 5.94m | |
| VAR | NewConnect | PLN 0.74 | +2.07% | USD 4.63m | |
| PLT | NewConnect | PLN 1.27 | -4.51% | USD 4.48m | |
| RAY | NewConnect | PLN 4.46 | 0.00% | USD 4.44m | |
| MAN | GPW Main Market | PLN 0.62 | -2.22% | USD 4.40m |
