Frankfurt Book Fair 2026: 255 exhibitors & sponsors
Frankfurt Book Fair 2026 had 255 exhibitors and sponsors in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from 22 countries. Publishing & News is the biggest block on the floor at 41% of the companies we matched, ahead of civic, religious & membership and it services & consulting. 177 of them were also at Frankfurt Book Fair 2025; 3,993 from that list didn’t come back.
- 255
- exhibitors & sponsors as of 5 Nov 2026
- 22
- headquarters countries most from Germany
- 4.2%
- of Frankfurt Book Fair 2025's exhibitors are back 177 companies
- 238,000
- expected visitors organiser’s figure
The show floor, by sector
Each square is a company we matched to a profile, grouped by its main sector. Publishing & News makes up 41% of Frankfurt Book Fair 2026; the gray block is the other 43 sectors combined.
- Publishing & News 73 · 41%
- Civic, Religious & Membership 6 · 3.4%
- IT Services & Consulting 6 · 3.4%
- EdTech & E-Learning 6 · 3.4%
- Government & Public Sector 5 · 2.8%
- Broadcasting & Streaming 5 · 2.8%
- Everything else 77 · 43%
Each square is one company.
Who exhibits at Frankfurt Book Fair
Company size and headquarters for the 189 exhibitors we matched. A mid-market floor: 43% have 51–1,000 employees.
177 came back from 2025
Comparing Frankfurt Book Fair 2026’s list with Frankfurt Book Fair 2025. For organisers, the companies that didn’t return are the warmest list there is — they already know the show.
gestaltenPublishing & News · 11–50 staff · Germany
Barefoot BooksPublishing & News · 11–50 staff · United States
Hungry TomatoPublishing & News · 2–10 staff · United Kingdom
Gemini Books GroupPublishing & News · 11–50 staff · United Kingdom
UniPress BooksPublishing & News · 2–10 staff · United Kingdom
Taylor & Francis GroupPublishing & News · 1,001–5,000 staff · United Kingdom
Penguin Publishing GroupPublishing & News · 1,001–5,000 staff · United States
European CommissionGovernment & Public Sector · 10,001+ staff · Belgium
DIE ZEITPublishing & News · 51–200 staff · Germany
Süddeutsche ZeitungPublishing & News · 1,001–5,000 staff · Germany
HarperCollins PublishersPublishing & News · 1,001–5,000 staff · United States
FrontiersPublishing & News · 1,001–5,000 staff · Switzerland
Emerald PublishingPublishing & News · 201–500 staff · United Kingdom
IOP PublishingPublishing & News · 201–500 staff · United Kingdom
- The MIT PressPublishing & News · 51–200 staff · United States
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, BerlinGovernment & Public Sector · 11–50 staff · Germany
Frankfurt Book Fair 2026 exhibitor list
The first 25 of 255: sponsors and exhibitors from the show’s core sectors first. The full list adds every company, its website, and the people to contact.
| Company | Industry | Size | HQ | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Süddeutsche Zeitung sueddeutsche.de | Publishing & News | 1,001–5,000 | Germany | Sponsor |
DIE ZEIT zeit.de | Publishing & News | 51–200 | Germany | Sponsor |
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung faz.net | Publishing & News | 501–1,000 | Germany | Sponsor |
ZDF zdf.de | Broadcasting & Streaming | 5,001–10,000 | Germany | Sponsor |
ARD ard.de | Broadcasting & Streaming | 10,001+ | — | Sponsor |
Publishers Weekly publishersweekly.com | Publishing & News | 11–50 | United States | Sponsor |
Deutschlandradio deutschlandradio.de | Broadcasting & Streaming | 501–1,000 | Germany | Sponsor |
taz taz.de | Publishing & News | 201–500 | Germany | Sponsor |
Society for Scholarly Publishing sspnet.org | Civic, Religious & Membership | 2–10 | United States | Sponsor |
Publishing Perspectives publishingperspectives.com | Publishing & News | 2–10 | United States | Sponsor |
KITABOO kitaboo.com | EdTech & E-Learning | 51–200 | India | Sponsor |
stern stern.de | Publishing & News | 201–500 | Germany | Sponsor |
Bookwire GmbH bookwire.de | Publishing & News | 51–200 | Germany | Sponsor |
Book Industry Study Group bisg.org | Publishing & News | 2–10 | United States | Sponsor |
Frankfurter Rundschau fr.de | IT Services & Consulting | 201–500 | Germany | Sponsor |
Byte The Book bytethebook.com | Publishing & News | 2–10 | United Kingdom | Sponsor |
Berlin Review blnreview.de | Publishing & News | 1 | Germany | Sponsor |
Springer Nature group.springernature.com | Publishing & News | 5,001–10,000 | Germany | Exhibitor |
Cambridge University Press & Assessment cambridge.org | Publishing & News | 5,001–10,000 | United Kingdom | Exhibitor |
HarperCollins Publishers harpercollins.com | Publishing & News | 1,001–5,000 | United States | Exhibitor |
JoVE jove.com | EdTech & E-Learning | 501–1,000 | United States | Exhibitor |
Frontiers frontiersin.org | Publishing & News | 1,001–5,000 | Switzerland | Exhibitor |
Deutsche Bundesbank bundesbank.de | Government & Public Sector | 10,001+ | Germany | Exhibitor |
MDPI mdpi.com | Publishing & News | 5,001–10,000 | Switzerland | Exhibitor |
Impelsys impelsys.com | IT Services & Consulting | 501–1,000 | United States | Exhibitor |
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2026: quick answers
How many companies exhibit at Frankfurt Book Fair 2026?
255 companies are listed as exhibitors or sponsors at Frankfurt Book Fair 2026, as of 5 Nov 2026. Of those, 63 are listed as sponsors and 128 as exhibitors; the rest come from combined exhibitor and sponsor lists. We matched 189 of them to a company profile with industry, size and headquarters.
What industries exhibit at Frankfurt Book Fair 2026?
Among the 178 exhibitors we matched, the largest groups are Publishing & News (41%), Civic, Religious & Membership (3.4%), IT Services & Consulting (3.4%). In total they span 49 sectors.
Where are Frankfurt Book Fair exhibitors from?
Exhibitors we matched are headquartered in 22 countries. The most represented are Germany (62), United Kingdom (42), United States (33).
How many Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 exhibitors returned for 2026?
177 companies from Frankfurt Book Fair 2025's list of 4,170 are on the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026 list (4.2%). 78 companies are new this year, and 3,993 did not return.
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