- Macmillan Publishers is the fourth largest publishing house in the world, trailing only Penguin Random House, Hachette, and HarperCollins.
- As of 2020, the company’s annual revenue is estimated to be over $1.04 billion.
- The company’s annual revenue has been over $1 billion since 2019.
- Our estimates show that the company’s revenue in 2021 exceeded $1.05 billion.
- In 2014, Macmillan contributed to 42% of its parent company, Holtzbrink Group.
- 92.3% of Macmillan’s book sales revenue comes from the North American market.
- As of 2021, Macmillan controls over 4.7% of the global book publishing revenue.
- Macmillan Learning, a company division dedicated to educational books, records an estimated revenue of over $229 million as of 2021.
Macmillan Publishing revenue statistics
- From 2016, the revenue of Macmillan Publishing has increased by $149.3 million, which is a 16.5% increase.
- During this period, the company’s revenue has been growing at a pace of 3.1% annually, on average.
- The largest growth in the company’s revenue occurred in 2018, when it got 8.4% bigger than the previous year.
- Macmillan’s revenue from book sales never hit a negative value over the last 6 years.
The annual revenue of Macmillan Publishers, along with the year-over-year growth, is presented in the table below:
Year | Revenue ($ million) | Change |
2021 | 1,051.3* (Estimate based on Holtzbrinck’s revenue reports) | 1.19% |
2020 | 1,039.0 | 3.80% |
2019 | 1,001.0 | 0.70% |
2018 | 994.0 | 8.40% |
2017 | 917.0 | 1.66% |
2016 | 902.0 |
A graphical representation of the Macmillan Publishers’ annual revenue is presented on the chart below:
Macmillan Publishers diversity statistics
- As of 2021, 70.5% of Macmillan Publishers’ employees are white, 9.8% are black, 9.7% are Hispanic, and 6.8% of employees are Asian.
- Macmillan has more diversity than the publishing industry average (2019), where 76% of all employees are white.
- 68.5% of the company’s employees are female, while 31.5% are male.
- The gender structure at Macmillan’s is also more diverse compared to the industry average, where 74% of all employees are female.
- However, white employees dominate the highest positions in the company:
- 79.7% of directors at Macmillan Publishers are white.
- 88.5% of vice presidents are white.
- 83.7% of senior vice presidents are white.
- Even though women dominate the company’s gender structure, the highest managerial positions are much more diverse:
- 44.9% of vice presidents in the company are men, while 55.1% are women.
- Of senior vice presidents, 48.8% are men, and 51.2% are women.
Macmillan Learning sales statistics
- Since 2016, Macmillan Learning has generated total revenue of over $1.4 billion, or $243 million annually.
- As of 2021, the company generates $229 million annually, according to estimates based on Holtzbrinck’s revenue reports.
- Compared to 2016, the company’s annual revenue from educational book sales decreased by $29.1 million in 2021.
- This is an 11.2% decrease over the last 6 years.
- On average, the company’s revenue has been decreasing by 2.8% every year since 2016.
The overview of Macmillan Learning’s annual revenue since 2016 is presented in the table below:
Year | Macmillan Learning revenue ($ million) | Change |
2021 | 229.9* (Estimate based on Holtzbrinck’s revenue reports) | 2.19% |
2020 | 225.0 | -8.16% |
2019 | 245.0 | -0.41% |
2018 | 246 | -4.28% |
2017 | 257 | -0.77% |
2016 | 259 |
The chart below shows the graphical representation of the company’s annual revenue evolution: