Pearson Education Statistics

Following on from a difficult 2020, Pearson Education’s annual revenue for FY 2021 was $4.71 billion, an annual increase of 8.06%, making Pearson Education the largest publishing company in the United States.
Since peaking in 2017 at $5.82 billion, Pearson’s revenue dropped annually until 2021’s increase to $4.71 billion.
Pearson’s revenue for fiscal years 2017 through to 2021 was recorded at an average of $5.07 billion.
When compared alongside other academic publishers, Pearson boasts 40% of the market share within the United States.
Pearson achieved the most sales in the Assessment & qualifications segment during 2021 at $1.66 billion, comparatively to the previous 3 years.
For the segment of virtual learning, Pearson’s sales grew year-on-year, from $695 million in 2018 to $980 million as of 2021.
For 2018 – 2021, Pearson’s sales by segment show that assessment and qualifications account for 32.10% of Pearson’s sales. This is followed by:
- Higher education at 27.64%
- Virtual learning at 16.95%
- Strategic review at 11.31%
- English language learning at 7.32%
- Workforce skills at 4.68%
As of FY 2021, Pearson Education recorded a gross profit of $2.31 billion, a 10.46% increase on the previous year.
From 2017 to 2021, Pearson Education recorded its largest gross profit in 2017 at $3.15 billion.

Pearson Education revenue statistics

As of FY 2021, Pearson Education’s annual revenue was $4.71 billion, showing an annual increase of 8.06%.
Since peaking in 2017 at $5.82 billion, Pearson’s revenue continued to decline yearly until 2021’s rise to $4.71 billion.
Pearson’s revenue for fiscal years 2017 through to 2021 averaged $5.07 billion.
As of 2021, Pearson’s revenue was at its lowest point during the last previous 5 years at the end of 2020, dipping to $4.36 billion, representing a -11.70% change for that fiscal year.
From 2017 to 2021, Pearson Education’s revenue showed an 18.95% decrease in total.
Despite operating in more than 70 countries, Pearson still generates around 60% of sales in the North America region.
Pearson also accounts for around 5.1% of total industry revenue in Testing & Educational Support.

A graphical representation of Pearson’s annual revenue is presented on the chart below:

Pearson achieved the most sales in the Assessment & qualifications segment during 2021 at $1.66 billion, when compared to the previous 3 years.
For the segment of virtual learning, Pearson’s sales have been growing year-on-year, from $695 million in 2018 to $980 million in 2021.
Sales in the English language learning segment peaked in 2018 at $414 million before dipping and resuming growth in 2021 at $327 million.
The workforce skills segment peaked at $236 million in 2019 before dropping and eventually increasing to $237 million in 2021.
Higher education and strategic review sales have declined yearly.
- Higher education: from $1.60 billion in 2018 to $1.17 billion in 2021.
- Strategic review: from $986 million in 2018 to $347 million in 2021.

Below is a table representation of Pearson’s sales by operating segment ($ million) converted from pounds:

Below is a graphical representation of Pearson’s sales by operating segment:

As of the 2021 fiscal year, Pearson Education recorded a gross profit of $2.31 billion, a 10.46% increase on the previous financial year.
From 2017 to 2021, Pearson Education recorded its largest gross profit in 2017 at $3.15 billion.
Since then, figures continued to drop yearly until finally achieving + $219 million over the 2020’s $2.31 billion in 2021.
For the years given, the average gross profit for Pearson Education was $2.61 billion.
The overall percentage change from 2017 through to 2021 was -26.7%.

A graphical representation of Pearson’s gross profit from 2017 – 2021:

In 2021, Pearson exceeded their succession planning objectives with 72% of succession plans including a woman (goal >50%) and 24% including a person of color (goal >20%).
For 2021 and 2020, on average Pearson employed 55.3% of its workforce from the U.S. This was followed by the UK at 16% and the Asia Pacific region at 13.2%.
People employed in countries outside of the UK & Europe, North America or the Asia Pacific region dropped 34.42% from 2,109 to 1,383 on average.
Pearson was ranked #19 in Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2022.
The index was based on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people inclusion across workplaces, services, and communities.
Pearson Education was recognized as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion in the US by Disability:IN.

Pearson Education average employees per location:

A graphical representation of Pearson’s average employees is given below:

The company offers the renowned Pearson Test of English, used by more than 3,000 institutions.

Pearson provides English solutions to 163 different countries through different educational establishments.

Pearson is committed to reducing its carbon footprint by reducing printed copies and increasing digital units.
Print units have decreased from 21 million in 2010 to just 2 million in 2021.
Meanwhile, digital units have almost doubled in the same period, from 5.5 million units to 9.7 million units.

Pearson+ is an eTextbook platform subscription service designed for students
The service boasts 2.75 million users, 133,000 subscriptions and 1,600+ titles as of 2021.