Barnes & Noble Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Barnes & Noble's competitors and similar companies include Cengage Group, McGraw-Hill Education, Wiley and Amazon.

	Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble is a content and commerce company that engages in publishing, retail, and digital media.	Cengage Group Cengage Group (alsо known as Cengage Learning Holdings II) is an education technology company.	McGraw-Hill Education McGraw Hill is an education company that develops a digital learning platform.	Wiley Wiley (also known as John Wiley & Sons) is a publisher and provider of research and learning solutions.	Amazon Amazon.com is an online retailer of consumer products.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1917	Founding Date 1903	Founding Date 1888	Founding Date 1807	Founding Date 1994
Type	Type Private	Type Public	Type Private	Type Public	Type Public
Tags	Tags Media & Entertainment Retail books distribution ecommerce magazine newspaper publishing	Tags Education edtech e-learning higher education k12 professional education	Tags Technology edtech learning management mobile app platform	Tags Media & Entertainment books content curriculum edtech e-learning	Tags Retail clothing ecommerce electronics security
Locations	Locations New York, US HQ	Locations Boston, US HQ Melbourne, AU Sao Paulo, BR Beijing, CN Noida, IN Ciudad De México, MX Singapore, SG see more	Locations New York, US HQ Sydney, AU Whitby, CA Beijing, CN Bogotá, CO Hong Kong, HK Ghaziabad, IN see more	Locations Hoboken, US HQ Milton, AU Richmond, AU Stafford, AU Rio De Janeiro, BR Toronto, CA Shanghai, CN see more	Locations Seattle, US HQ Brisbane, AU Brisbane, AU Melbourne, AU Sydney, AU Antwerpen, BE Brussels, BE see more
Employees	Employees 13,647	Employees 4,500	Employees 6,903	Employees 6,40027% decrease	Employees 1,532,0001% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 846.3 m	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 2.7 b	Valuation ($) 2 t
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $3.6b (FY, 2019)	Revenue (est.) $1.4b (FY, 2022)	Revenue (est.) $2.1b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) $1.9b (FY, 2024)	Revenue (est.) $638b (FY, 2024)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $2.5b (FY, 2019)	Cost of goods $664.3m (FY, 2022)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $579.7m (FY, 2024)	Cost of goods $326.3b (FY, 2024)
Gross profit	Gross profit $1.1b (FY, 2019)	Gross profit $707.3m (FY, 2022)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $1.3b (FY, 2024)	Gross profit $311.7b (FY, 2024)
Net income	Net income $3.8m (FY, 2019)	Net income ($44.6m) (FY, 2022)	Net income N/A	Net income ($200.3m) (FY, 2024)	Net income $59.2b (FY, 2024)
Operating ⚠
Facility Space Leased, sq. ft.	Facility Space Leased, sq. ft. N/A	Facility Space Leased, sq. ft. 1.3 m (FY, 2022)	Facility Space Leased, sq. ft. N/A	Facility Space Leased, sq. ft. 1.2 m (FY, 2022)	Facility Space Leased, sq. ft. N/A
Facility Space Owned, sq. ft.	Facility Space Owned, sq. ft. N/A	Facility Space Owned, sq. ft. 158.4 k (FY, 2021)	Facility Space Owned, sq. ft. N/A	Facility Space Owned, sq. ft. 174 k (FY, 2022)	Facility Space Owned, sq. ft. N/A
Remaining Performance Obligations	Remaining Performance Obligations N/A	Remaining Performance Obligations $252.7m (Q1, 2023)	Remaining Performance Obligations N/A	Remaining Performance Obligations $388m (Q3, 2023)	Remaining Performance Obligations $155.7b (FY, 2023)
Funding
Total funding raised	Total funding raised $ 300m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 108m