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
141,168
Companies (primary PKD)
10,483
Companies with financials
3,256
Business turnover
Legal structure
Legal formShare of companiesNumber of companies
- JDG41.5%4,866
- Sp. z o.o.38.1%4,462
- Foundation8.7%1,020
- Association3.6%426
- S.A.2.2%262
- Sp. j.2.1%242
- Sp. k.1.7%204
- P.S.A.1.0%118
- 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 | S.A. | USD 78.80m | USD 20.91m | |
| 5 | sp. z o.o. | USD 75.64m | USD 33.11m | |
| 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 56.22m | USD -11.44m |
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 1.79m | +407.2% 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
63 companies from this industry are listed.
| Company | Ticker | Market | Price | Change | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLW | GPW Main Market | PLN 243.50 | -2.01% | USD 405.79m | |
| TEN | GPW Main Market | PLN 97.55 | -0.46% | USD 157.93m | |
| ART | GPW Main Market | PLN 20.85 | -0.71% | USD 62.41m | |
| PRE | NewConnect | PLN 81.00 | -1.22% | USD 21.12m | |
| BBT | GPW Main Market | PLN 5.84 | -1.68% | USD 20.15m | |
| GME | NewConnect | PLN 43.40 | +0.93% | USD 19.42m | |
| GOP | GPW Main Market | PLN 11.60 | +0.87% | USD 15.95m | |
| ULG | GPW Main Market | PLN 11.90 | 0.00% | USD 15.56m | |
| 3RG | GPW Main Market | PLN 0.71 | +8.95% | USD 14.34m | |
| FOR | NewConnect | PLN 1.99 | -0.50% | USD 13.77m | |
| ALG | GPW Main Market | PLN 0.68 | +1.49% | USD 13.55m | |
| LEG | NewConnect | PLN 27.80 | +2.96% | USD 11.25m | |
| SOK | NewConnect | PLN 11.00 | +1.85% | USD 9.92m | |
| LHD | NewConnect | PLN 64.00 | -7.91% | USD 9.33m | |
| VVD | GPW Main Market | PLN 0.58 | +3.02% | USD 8.05m | |
| MZA | GPW Main Market | PLN 8.60 | 0.00% | USD 7.03m | |
| FRW | NewConnect | PLN 24.40 | -2.40% | USD 6.43m | |
| DGE | GPW Main Market | PLN 21.90 | +2.82% | USD 5.94m | |
| NOB | NewConnect | PLN 13.10 | +0.77% | USD 5.94m | |
| GIF | GPW Main Market | PLN 3.78 | -1.31% | USD 5.74m | |
| VAR | NewConnect | PLN 0.81 | +1.26% | USD 5.04m | |
| MOV | GPW Main Market | PLN 7.72 | +8.73% | USD 4.97m | |
| PLT | NewConnect | PLN 1.34 | +3.88% | USD 4.72m | |
| MAN | GPW Main Market | PLN 0.62 | -2.22% | USD 4.40m |
