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PrivateFor profitBook and Periodical PublishingLondon, Clerkenwell, United Kingdom

Usborne

Usborne is a publishing company that offers entertainment, activities and friendly non-fiction books for children via online stores.

Founded
1973
53 years ago
Staff
251-500
909 on LinkedIn
Followers
47k
on LinkedIn
Funding
-
none listed

Usborne is the largest and most successful independent children's book publisher in the UK. Named Children's Publisher of the Year in 2020, Usborne has been publishing brilliant books for children of all ages for 50 years. There are over 3,000 Usborne books in print, from books for babies to young adult novels, and we publish around 30 new book every month. Books featuring the Usborne name and our iconic, rainbow hot-air balloon logo are read all over the world. As well as English, we also publish in French,… Read all

Usborne is the largest and most successful independent children's book publisher in the UK. Named Children's Publisher of the Year in 2020, Usborne has been publishing brilliant books for children of all ages for 50 years. There are over 3,000 Usborne books in print, from books for babies to young adult novels, and we publish around 30 new book every month. Books featuring the Usborne name and our iconic, rainbow hot-air balloon logo are read all over the world. As well as English, we also publish in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean and Mandarin Chinese. The Usborne head office is in London, UK. There are also Usborne design/editorial offices in Oxford and Wolverhampton. Usborne Community Partnerships is the direct sales division of Usborne Publishing, also based in our Oxford office. Please note that we do not directly approach potential hires and we never ask for money as part of a recruitment process. Any such contact is highly likely to be fraudulent and should be disregarded. If in any doubt, please contact help@usborne.com.

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Size

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251-500 people: larger than 92% of companies with a size listed. 909 people list it on LinkedIn.

Age

197319002026

53 years old.

Reach

Website ranked #216,482 in the world for traffic, about 198k visits a month. 46,506 followers on LinkedIn.

What it does

BooksE-CommerceEBooksOnline PortalsPrintingPublishingchildren's bookschildren's non-fiction bookschildren's fiction bookschildren's activity booksillustrated children's booksbaby books

Apps5 · 3k downloads

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The company

Name
Usborne
Type
For profit
Status
Private
Founded
1973
Industry
Book and Periodical Publishing
Categories
Books, E-Commerce, EBooks, Online Portals, Printing, Publishing
Specialities
children's books, children's non-fiction books, children's fiction books, children's activity books, illustrated children's books, baby books

Where

City
London
Region
Clerkenwell
Country
United Kingdom
Markets
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Size and reach

Staff band
251-500
People on LinkedIn
909
LinkedIn followers
46,506
Web traffic rank
#216,482
Monthly web visits
198,419
Apps
5
App downloads
2,584

Funding, as listed

Listing status
private

About this record

Sources
Crunchbase, LinkedIn
Last imported
Sept 2026

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