Global Professional Publishing 2022-2026

Global Professional Publishing 2022-2026

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Simba’s Global Professional Publishing 2022-2026 market research report has found that that the total market for this category is valued at $74.7 billion for 2021, which represents a gain of 4.9% over 2020. This industry includes the following four professional publishing segments: Tax, Accounting, and Business; Legal; Scientific and Technical; and Medical Publishing. Simba also forecasts the total market to reach $78.5 billion in 2022, gaining 4.8% over 2022; however a poor macro environment is expected to dampen some growth through 2026.

In addition to analyzing the market size and segments for these key segments, the report provides details on a wide range of other issues, trends, and forces defining and impacting the global professional publishing market. These include a breakdown of the market by format, geography, and sources of information; analysis of the macro environment including the impact of government policy, taxes, and R&D; an overview of the product landscape, broken down into online content, journals, books and other formats; and an analysis and profile of the leading players: RELX, Thomson Reuters, Wolters Kluwer, Gartner, S&P Global, IHS Markit, Intuit, Kantar, Sage Group, and Springer Nature. Also detailed are M&A activity among all segments for 2020, 2021 and 2022; as well as a global perspective and forecast.

Key Findings

Among the key findings highlighted in the report are:
  • The largest segment withing professional publishing is Tax, Accounting and Business, which generated revenue of $40.8 billion in 2021, gaining 7.1% year over year.
  • RELX continues its reign at the top of the professional publishing industry, delivering revenue of $8.9 billion in 2021 with a market share of 11.9%
  • Strategic M&A activity, a tight market focus, and application of advanced technology has powered the tax, accounting, and business segment as the growth engine for professional publishing.
  • Content-drive technology, incorporating AI, machine learning and other advanced technologies is creating new opportunities for publishers to drive growth and improve profitability.
About Simba Information

Publishers and investment professionals can trust Simba’s Global Professional Publishing 2022-2026 to provide the inside intelligence needed to evaluate the growth potential and understand the trends impacting the market for publishers of information in tax, accounting, and business; legal; scientific and technical and medical.

This report is an essential tool for publishing executives, M&A advisors, market analysts, and industry consultants who need to understand the larger trends and necessary business strategies when considering the global professional publishing market.

Simba has the knowledge base and perspective gained from more than 20 years’ covering this market and the rapid changes in technology, the economy, mergers, partnerships, and public policy that affect it.


  • Methodology
    • Introduction
    • Definitions by Market Segment
      • Business Publishing
      • Legal Publishing
      • Scientific & Technical Publishing
      • Medical Publishing
      • Elimination
    • Definitions by Format
      • Online Content/ Information Databases
      • Platforms/ Tools & Solutions
      • Abstracting & Indexing Services
      • Journals
      • Books
    • Definitions by Geography
    • Sources of Information
      • Primary Research
      • Secondary Research
      • Methodology for Estimates and Forecasts
  • Executive Overview
    • Introduction
      • Leading Competitors
      • Competitive Landscape
      • Market Trends
      • Outlook
  • Market Trends
    • Introduction
    • Current Trends
      • Macro Environment Clouds Strategies
      • The Transformation of Content
      • The New Dimensions of Data
      • Government Policy Impacts
      • Superfund Taxes Return
      • New Corporate Tax Increases
      • Sales Taxes Boom
      • The Tax Matrix
      • Legal Revenue Trending Upward
      • The Expanding Universe of Legal Professionals
        • Table Lawyers: Major Concentrations by Country, Western Europe and Eastern Europe, 2020 (# of lawyers)
      • R&D Spending Trends
        • Table Research & Development Spending by Country, 2018-2021 ($ billions)
        • Table Research & Development Spending Forecast by Country, 2022-2025 ($ billions)
      • Library Spending Plans
      • Top Issues for Academic Libraries
      • Healthcare Spending Metrics
        • Table Healthcare Spending: Leading Countries, 2019-2022 ($ billions)
        • Table Global Healthcare Spending Forecast by Region, 2022-2026 ($ billions)
  • Product Landscape
    • Introduction
      • Table Professional Publishing Activity by Product Format, 2021
      • Online Content
      • Journals
      • Books
      • Other Formats
      • Product Formats by Publishing Segment
        • Table Tax, Accounting and Business Publishing: Product Formats, 2020-2022 ($ millions)
        • Table Legal Publishing: Product Formats, 2020-2022 ($ millions)
        • Table Scientific & Technical Publishing: Product Formats, 2020-2022 ($ millions)
        • Table Medical Publishing: Product Formats, 2020-2022 ($ millions)
  • Leading Competitors
    • Introduction
    • Leading Professional Publishers
      • Table Leading Professional Publishers, 2020-2021 ($ millions)
    • RELX
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
      • Innovation
    • Thomson Reuters
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
      • Product Innovation
    • Wolters Kluwer
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
      • Innovation
    • Gartner
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
      • Innovation
    • S&P Global
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
      • Innovation
    • IHS Markit
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
      • Innovation
    • Intuit
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
      • Innovation
    • Kantar
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
      • Innovation
    • Sage Group
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
      • Innovation
    • Springer Nature
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
      • Thomson Reuters
      • S&P Global
      • M&A: Tax, Accounting and Business Publishing
        • Table Business Publishing M&A Activity, 2020
        • Table Business Publishing M&A Activity, 2021
        • Table Business Publishing M&A Activity, 2022
      • M&A: Legal Publishing
        • Table Legal Publishing M&A Activity, 2020
        • Table Legal Publishing M&A Activity, 2021
        • Table Legal Publishing M&A Activity, 2022
      • M&A: Scientific & Technical Publishing
        • Table Scientific & Technical Publishing M&A Activity, 2020
        • Table Scientific & Technical Publishing M&A Activity, 2021
        • Table Scientific & Technical Publishing M&A Activity, 2022
      • M&A: Medical Publishing
        • Table Medical Publishing M&A Activity, 2020
        • Table Medical Publishing M&A Activity, 2021
        • Table Medical Publishing M&A Activity, 2022
  • Global Perspective & Forecast
    • Introduction
      • Currency Effects
        • Table Currency Exchange Rate Trends, 2019-2021
    • Professional Publishing by Geography
      • Tax, Accounting and Business Publishing
      • Legal Publishing
      • Scientific & Technical Publishing
      • Medical Publishing
    • Market Forecast
      • Global Markets
      • Product Segments
        • Table Professional Publishing Forecast by Product Category, 2022P-2026P ($ millions)
      • Forecast: Leading Publishers
        • Table Leading Professional Publishers Forecast, 2021-2022P ($ millions)

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