According to the current monitoring report Culture and Creative Industries 2019, there were 17,411 companies in the book market in 2018 (compared to 16,232 in 2009). The turnover in 2018 was 13.5 billion EUR (2009: 14.8 billion EUR). In 2018, 69,000 people were employed in the book market’s core labour force (2009: 79,000), 52,000 of whom were employees subject to social security contributions (2009: 63,000). The book market’s gross value added in 2018 was 5.3 billion EUR (2009: 4.7 billion EUR). At 3,400 companies, the retail book trade accounted for the highest share of companies (2009: 4,300). Within the book market, the publishing companies generated the highest sales of 8.3 billion EUR.
According to the same report, there were 31,197 companies in the press market in 2018 (compared to 34,317 in 2009). The turnover in 2018 was approx. 29 billion EUR (2009: 31.4 billion EUR). In 2018, 143,000 people were employed in the press market (2009: 168,312), 112,000 of whom were subject to social insurance contributions (2009: 134,000). The gross value added of the press market amounted to 12.5 billion EUR in 2018 (2009: 10.4 billion EUR). At 8,000 companies, the retail trade in magazines and newspapers accounted for the highest share of companies (2009: 9,500). Within the book market, the biggest turnover of 10.0 billion EUR was generated by the publishing of newspapers.
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