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Book and magazine wholesalers have faced tough trading conditions over the years. Continued shifts in how reading material is consumed and distributed have had adverse ripple effects on wholesalers. Consumers have increasingly used online resources to obtain information and entertainment, which has had dire consequences for an industry reliant on the physical movement of printed materials from publisher to end-user. Consumers have also become more comfortable purchasing from online international retailers and have enthusiastically taken to e-readers and tablet devices. These developments, which negate the need for book and magazine middlemen, have all negatively affected book and magazine wholesalers. In turn, revenue is expected to decline at an annualised 2.9% over the five years through 2023-24, to $1.3 billion.
Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 2.9 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $1.3bn in 2023.
Market size is projected to decline over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 |
---|---|---|
Are Media | 195.1 | |
Penguin Random House Australia | 25.0 | |
Brumby Sunstate Books Pty Ltd | 20.0 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Magazines and other periodicals, Books and Newspapers. Magazines and other periodicals is the largest segment of the Book and Magazine Wholesaling in Australia.
The increasing popularity of digital reading is impacting revenue from the wholesaling of books
Operators in the industry wholesale books, newspapers and periodicals (including consumer magazines). Book and magazine wholesalers distribute publications to retailers and the professional sectors (book clubs, mail order companies, higher education institutions and libraries), generally with minimal or no further development and processing of the product. Industry revenue includes both the cover price and distribution fee of goods sold.
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ANZSIC 3735 - Book and Magazine Wholesaling in Australia
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The market size of the Book and Magazine Wholesaling industry in Australia is $1.3bn in 2024.
There are 286 businesses in the Book and Magazine Wholesaling industry in Australia, which has declined at a CAGR of 3.7 % between 2018 and 2023.
The market size of the Book and Magazine Wholesaling industry in Australia has been declining at a CAGR of 2.9 % between 2018 and 2023.
Over the next five years, the Book and Magazine Wholesaling industry in Australia is expected to decline.
The biggest companies operating in the Book and Magazine Wholesaling market in Australia are Are Media, Penguin Random House Australia and Brumby Sunstate Books Pty Ltd
Magazines and other periodicals and Books are part of the Book and Magazine Wholesaling industry.
The company holding the most market share in Australia is Are Media.
The level of competition is moderate and steady in the Book and Magazine Wholesaling industry in Australia.