List of Publishing Companies in Estonia

Last updated 26 October 2026

There are 954 publishing companies in Estonia, one in every 394 Estonian companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 5 firms employ 50 people or more. Seven in ten of all publishing firms are based in Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu, Kuressaare and Saku. Below you find the largest publishing firms in Estonia, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Estonian company database or through the Company Data API.

954 companies indexed · Data counted on 26 October 2026

Companies9541 in394 Estonian companiesCities181Largest cityTallinn 548Sole traders7%Employees1-4 (92%)Revenue$100-500K (57%)Email8%Phone17%Website21%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	AS Postimees Grupp	Estonia	Tallinn	Tartu Mnt 80	Harju Maakond	10112	*****.ee	1997	$33,579,217	468	Corporation	71	10184643
2	AS Aripaev	Estonia	Tallinn	Vana-louna Tn 39/1	Harju Maakond	19094	*****.ee	1997	$23,954,539	219	Corporation	459	10145981
3	AS Ohtuleht Kirjastus	Estonia	Tallinn	Narva Mnt 13	Harju Maakond	10151	*****.ee	2000	$16,391,229	163	Corporation	16	10678223
4	Aktsiaselts Bit	Estonia	Tallinn	Pikk Tn 68	Harju Maakond	10133	*****.ee	1998	$5,972,805	53	Corporation	3	10361271
5	AS Koolibri	Estonia	Tallinn	Hiiu Tn 38	Harju Maakond	11620	*****.ee	1998	$3,548,997	42	Corporation	N/A	10360739
6	Aktsiaselts Kuma	Estonia	Paide	Parnu Tn 57	Järva Maakond	72712	*****.ee	1996	$3,500,567	46	Corporation	2	10030746
7	Agapics AS	Estonia	Peetri	Helgi Tee 7	Harju Maakond	75312	*****.com	1996	$3,065,894	33	Corporation	7067	10159061
8	Uhinenud Ajakirjad OU	Estonia	Tallinn	Liivalaia Tn 13	Harju Maakond	10118	*****.ee	1998	$2,853,773	21	Corporation	N/A	10424209
9	Aktsiaselts Varrak	Estonia	Tallinn	Narva Mnt 4	Harju Maakond	10117	*****.ee	1998	$2,795,817	20	Corporation	2	10495741
10	Ou Maurus Kirjastus	Estonia	Tallinn	Tartu Mnt 74	Harju Maakond	10113	*****.ee	2010	$1,798,967	23	Corporation	3	12006031
11	News B Holdings LIMITED OU	Estonia	Tallinn	Parda Tn 4-411-1	Harju Maakond	10151	N/A	2018	$1,443,498	19	Corporation	N/A	14461555
12	Aktsiaselts Tanapaev	Estonia	Tallinn	Parnu Mnt 20	Harju Maakond	10141	*****.ee	1999	$1,419,932	11	Corporation	N/A	10544847
13	Osauhing Raadio Kadi	Estonia	Kuressaare	Kohtu Tn 1	Saare Maakond	93812	*****.ee	1998	$1,357,339	21	Corporation	2	10357499
14	Liikluslab Baltic OU	Estonia	Tallinn	Rotermanni Tn 18/1-301	Harju Maakond	10111	*****.ee	2019	$1,210,847	27	Corporation	16	14812701
15	Menu Meedia OU	Estonia	Tallinn	Tartu Mnt 74	Harju Maakond	10113	N/A	2008	$1,191,812	5	Corporation	N/A	11544163
16	Eesti Arsti Osauhing	Estonia	Tartu	Pepleri Tn 32	Tartu Maakond	51010	*****.ee	1999	$1,158,090	10	Corporation	2	10607051
17	Seik OU	Estonia	Tallinn	Parda Tn 5	Harju Maakond	10151	*****.eu	2015	$1,122,036	6	Corporation	N/A	12921231
18	Osauhing Eesti Raamat	Estonia	Tallinn	Laki Tn 26	Harju Maakond	12915	*****.ee	1995	$1,109,285	10	Corporation	N/A	10000024
19	Aktsiaselts Kids Press	Estonia	Tallinn	Laki Tn 26	Harju Maakond	12915	*****.ee	1998	$1,008,441	5	Corporation	50	10390976
20	Aktsiaselts Sinisukk	Estonia	Tallinn	Kaabli Tn 11	Harju Maakond	10112	*****.ee	1996	$978,304	10	Corporation	N/A	10024467
21	Nuti Grupp OU	Estonia	Kanavere	Roue	Harju Maakond	75105	N/A	2018	$955,987	6	Corporation	N/A	14610400
22	Kirjastus Pegasus OU	Estonia	Tallinn	Paldiski Mnt 29	Harju Maakond	10612	*****.ee	2001	$906,702	12	Corporation	2	10806359
23	Osauhing Studium	Estonia	Tartu	Riia Tn 15b	Tartu Maakond	51010	*****.ee	1997	$820,663	7	Corporation	N/A	10320253
24	Osauhing Inforing Media	Estonia	Jõhvi	Uus Tn 20	Ida-viru Maakond	41533	*****.net	1996	$813,708	8	Corporation	N/A	10013660
25	PAW&PEN OU	Estonia	Kolga	Saalimae Tee 2	Harju Maakond	74602	N/A	2020	$812,736	10	Corporation	2	16128417

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How many publishing companies are there in Estonia?

Publishing companies and publishing firms in Estonia

954

26 October 2026

There are 954 publishing companies and publishing firms in Estonia in our data (26 October 2026). That is one in every 394 Estonian companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (66 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 938 98%
Head offices: 16
Branch offices: 0

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 58. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 58.

779 of the 954 are OÜ and AS (82%); 68 are sole traders. They come from e-Business Register (äriregister) and our Estonian register data, through the Company Data API.

Where in Estonia?

Tallinn has the most publishing companies in Estonia (548), ahead of Tartu (87), Pärnu (16), Kuressaare (9) and Saku (8). Together the five hold seven in ten of them.

Cities by number of firms

181 Estonian cities have at least one publishing firm; 3 have ten or more; 134 have exactly one.

Firm sizes in Estonia

Of the 949 Estonian publishing firms with a known headcount, 876 (92%) have one to four people, 51 have five to nine, 17 have ten to 49 and 5 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (473, 57%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Estonian companies

Micro under 10927 98%
Small 10 to 4917 2%
Medium 50 to 2495 0.5%
Large 250+0 0.0%

Grey line: the share among all Estonian companies (97% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 3 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Publishing firms in Tallinn

Tallinn has 548 publishing companies and publishing firms, 0.3% of all 168,501 Tallinn companies and 28% above the national share. Nine in ten Tallinn firms have fewer than five people; 5 have 50 or more. 44 new firms were entered in 2026, 0 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 499 · 91%
5-9: 32 · 6%
10-19: 7 · 1%
20-49: 3 · 0.5%
50+: 5 · 0.9%

Legal form

Sole traders: 24 · 4%
Partnerships: 4 · 0.7%
OÜ and AS: 473 · 86%
Other or none: 47 · 9%

Of the Estonian total: 57.4%
Of all Tallinn companies: 0.3%
Against the national share: 1.3×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 44
Entered 2025: 52
Of Estonia's 2026 entries: 66.7%

Old

Before 1990: 0 · 0%
1990 or later: 548 · 100%
Of Estonia's pre-1990 firms: 0%

Reachable

Email: 42 · 8%
Phone: 103 · 19%
Website: 110 · 20%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 168 · 35%
$100K-$500K: 273 · 57%
$500K-$1M: 21 · 4%
$1M and more: 15 · 3%

Largest

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Largest publishing firms in Estonia

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Tallinn. Click a name for the record.

AS Postimees Grupp is the largest publishing firm in Estonia by headcount. 5 firms employ 50 people or more; 3 employ 100 or more.

1Tallinn468 staff
2Tallinn219 staff
3Tallinn163 staff
4Tallinn88 staff
5Võru55 staff
6Paide46 staff
7Tallinn42 staff
8Peetri33 staff
9Kuressaare32 staff
10Tallinn21 staff

By employee size · 949 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	876	92%
5-9	51	5%
10-19	9	0.9%
20-49	8	0.8%
50-99	2	0.2%
100-199	1	0.1%
200-499	2	0.2%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

92% have 1 to 4 people; 8 have 20 to 49; 5 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	301	36%
$100K-$500K	473	57%
$500K-$1M	34	4%
$1M-$5M	15	2%
$5M-$10M	1	0.1%
$10M-$50M	3	0.4%

57% between $100,000 and $500,000; 15 between $1M and $5M; 4 above $5M.

How reachable are they?

Publishing firms are easier to reach than the average Estonian company: 17% list a phone number and 21% a website.

Email73 8%
Phone161 17%
Website199 21%

Grey line: all Estonian companies (email 6%, phone 12%, website 14%).

The full list with these fields is in our Estonian company database.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 13 software companies for every publishing firm in Estonia.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Software Companies	12,839	12%	93%
Advertising Companies	4,622	11%	96%
Photographers	1,764	14%	100%
Publishing Companies	954	21%	92%
Internet Companies	306	20%	92%
Marketing Companies	215	93%	92%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
India	118,154	3.1
Slovakia	4,373	3.6
South Africa	3,827	0.5
Mexico	2,994	1.7
Hungary	2,578	2.0
Estonia	954	2.5

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The oldest firms in Estonia

Our data holds 0 Estonian publishing firms from before 1900, 0 from before 1950 and 0 from before 1990.

1995
1. Tallinn
1996
1. Peetri
1996
1. Paide
1996
1. Tallinn
1996
1. Tartu
1996
1. Tallinn

Fewer than five firms date from before 1950, so the timeline starts with the oldest firms before 1990.

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Estonian publishing firms date from before 1990

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Sole traders or OÜ: how they are organised

One in fourteen Estonian publishing firms work as sole traders, against 7% of all Estonian companies. Four in five are OÜ and AS.

Sole traders (FIE)687%
Partnerships90.9%
OÜ and AS77982%
No form on record or other9810%

Single-site: 98%
Head offices: 16
Branches: 0

All Estonian companies: 7% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 78% OÜ and AS.

Newcomers in Estonia in 2026

66 publishing firms were entered in the Estonian register so far in 2026, about 2 a week, after 75 in 2025. Estonia as a whole saw 18,095 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.4% of the inflow.

402022
552023
732024
752025
662026 so far

59 of this year's 66 are OÜ and AS.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Tallinn5 staff
2Tallinn3 staff
3Tallinn3 staff
4Tallinn3 staff
5Tallinn2 staff

Frequently asked questions

How many publishing companies are there in Estonia?

There are 954 publishing companies and publishing firms in Estonia in our data, counted on 26 October 2026. That is one in every 394 Estonian companies.

Which is the largest publishing firm in Estonia?

AS Postimees Grupp in Tallinn, with 468 staff.

Which Estonian city has the most publishing companies?

Tallinn, with 548, ahead of Tartu (87), Pärnu (16), Kuressaare (9) and Saku (8).

How many publishing firms are there in Tallinn?

548, which is 0.3% of all 168,501 Tallinn companies and 28% above the national share.

How big is a typical publishing firm?

Small. 92% of the 949 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 5 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are Estonian publishing companies sole traders or companies?

One in fourteen (68) are sole traders, 0.9% are partnerships and 82% (779) are OÜ and AS.

How many publishing firms started in 2026?

66 were entered in the Estonian register so far in 2026, after 75 in 2025. 59 of them are OÜ and AS.

What is the oldest publishing firm in Estonia?

Osauhing Eesti Raamat in Tallinn, 1995, followed by Agapics AS in Peetri (1996) and Aktsiaselts Kuma in Paide (1996). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers publishing companies?

Estonian publishing companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 58. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 58.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 954 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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