Barnes & Noble Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Barnes & Noble's competitors and similar companies include Cengage Group 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.	Amazon Amazon.com is an online retailer of consumer products.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1971	Founding Date 1903	Founding Date 1994
Type	Type Subsidiary	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 Retail clothing consumer products & services distribution 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 Seattle, US HQ Brisbane, AU Brisbane, AU Melbourne, AU Sydney, AU Antwerpen, BE Brussels, BE see more
Employees	Employees 13,724	Employees 4,500	Employees 1,576,000
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 846.3 m	Valuation ($) 2 t
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $3.6b (FY, 2019)	Revenue (est.) $1.4b (FY, 2022)	Revenue (est.) $716.9b (FY, 2025)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $2.5b (FY, 2019)	Cost of goods $664.3m (FY, 2022)	Cost of goods $356.4b (FY, 2025)
Gross profit	Gross profit $1.1b (FY, 2019)	Gross profit $707.3m (FY, 2022)	Gross profit $360.5b (FY, 2025)
Net income	Net income $3.8m (FY, 2019)	Net income ($44.6m) (FY, 2022)	Net income $77.7b (FY, 2025)
Operating ⚠
Remaining Performance Obligations	Remaining Performance Obligations N/A	Remaining Performance Obligations $252.7m (Q1, 2023)	Remaining Performance Obligations $189b (Q1, 2025)
Funding
Total funding raised	Total funding raised $ 300m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 108m