ICTAug 10, 2026

Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA

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Year Founded & Workforce

1834-12-31

17,377 Employees

Industry

ICT

Services

Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Overview

Company Headquarters: Germany

Founded: 1835

Workforce: ~17,377

Company Working: Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (Bertelsmann) is an education, media, and services company who along with its subsidiaries, engages in television broadcasting, magazine publishing, e-learning, music rights, and services businesses. The operating divisions of the company include RTL Group, Gruner + Jahr, Penguin Random House, BMG, Bertelsmann Printing Group, Bertelsmann Education Group, and Bertelsmann Investments. The RTL Group deals with television broadcasting, the Penguin Random House engages in trade book publishing, Gruner+ Jahr involves in magazine publishing, BMG is the music service provider, Arvato offers SCM, financial, and IT solutions and services to the clients, the Bertelsmann Printing Group deals with printing activities, Bertelsmann Education Group engages in providing education services, and Bertelsmann Investments deals with funds. The company has a presence in more than 50 countries, with major operations in Western European countries such as Germany, France, the UK, and the US.

Strategy

Bertelsmann aims at achieving a faster-growing, digital, international, and diversified group portfolio. The group is focused on four strategic priorities to grow its business which includes strengthening the core businesses, driving the digital transformation, developing growth platforms, and expanding into high-growth regions. For this, the company is investing heavily to enhance its offerings and providing unique content to its clients. Becoming by Michelle Obama, Guido magazines were some of the significant publication of 2008 for Penguin Random House. The company also expanded its video-on-demand offerings to increase the number of subscribers. The company follows inorganic strategies such as acquisitions—the Bertelsmann Education Group acquired on course Learning, an online education provider in the US and Penguin Random House acquired the publisher Hind Pocket Books in order to increase their product offerings and expand the market reach which helps the company to maintain its position in the market.

Company Snapshot

$22.43M

Revenue

17,377

Employees

1834-12-31

Founded

Germany

Headquarters

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

Robust market reach
Strong business performance in Arvato segment
Strong business performance in the Arvato segment

Weaknesses

High dependency on the European market
Dependence on the European market

Opportunities

Growing advertising industry
Growing advertisement industry

Threats

Intense market competition
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates
Intense rivalry
Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates

Key Developments

Date	Approach	Development
February 2023	Acqusition	RTL+ acquired the licensing rights to the TV music show “That’s My Jam” by and with superstar Jimmy Fallon, which is a huge success in the U.S. The streaming channel has secured the internationally famous musicians and brothers Bill and Tom Kaulitz (Tokio Hotel) to host the German adaptation.
December 2022	Acqusition	BMG acquired the music rights of the celebrated British rock musician Peter Frampton. The rights cover Frampton's entire musical career, which began in the late 1960s and continues to this day. Frampton's greatest success was his 1976 live album "Frampton Comes Alive!" which has sold some 17 million copies till date.
November 2018	Product Development	Gruner + Jahr launched Guido, a new G+J women’s magazine. The magazine has created enormous demand among readers and advertisers
November 2018	Product Development	Bertelsmann music club offers its members a broad selection of records—a musical treasure trove, which can now be viewed and searched online. The service is freely available to music lovers in German and English languages as a part of a broad portfolio to choose from.
May 2018	Expansion	Bertelsmann expanded its activities in growth regions. In addition to the BIC (Brazil, India, and China), the company has invested in media, services, and education sectors in countries across Latin America, Africa, and South East Asia to increase its geographical footprint.

Product Offering

Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
- Media and Entertainment
- Global Entertainment & Media Market

Financial Performance

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Sales Leader, Bamberg

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Account and Business Manager, EFS-Holland BV

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Younghwan Choi

Senior Retail Manager, LG Chem

We found the report very insightful! we found your research firm very helpful. I'm sending this email to secure our future business.

Mark Irwin

Management Consultant, Level 21

I am very pleased with how market segments have been defined in a relevant way for my purposes (such as "Portable Freezers & refrigerators" and "last-mile"). In general the report is well structured. Thanks very much for your efforts.

Rob Kooiker

Group Product Manager HVAC & Fire Protection GMA, Rockwool

I have been reading the first document or the study, the Global HVAC and FP market report 2021 till 2026. Must say, good info! I have not gone in depth at all parts, but got a good indication of the data inside!

Jason Lee

R&D Director, Seojin

Thanks for your great support. Appreciate it. Well received report. It helps us to understand market well. We're planning other area of survey in the future, let's keep in touch.

Akif Moroglu

Strategy & Business Development Director, Dogan Holding

We got the report in time, we really thank you for your support in this process. I also thank to all of your team as they did a great job.

Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA

Company Headquarters: Germany Founded: 1835 Workforce: ~17,377 Company Working: Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (Bertelsmann) is an education, media, and services company who along with its subsidiaries, engages in television broadcasting, magazine publishing, e-learning, music rights, and services businesses. The operating divisions of the company include RTL Group, Gruner + Jahr, Penguin Random House, BMG, Bertelsmann Printing Group, Bertelsmann Education Group, and Bertelsmann Investments. The RTL Group deals with television broadcasting, the Penguin Random House engages in trade book publishing, Gruner+ Jahr involves in magazine publishing, BMG is the music service provider, Arvato offers SCM, financial, and IT solutions and services to the clients, the Bertelsmann Printing Group deals with printing activities, Bertelsmann Education Group engages in providing education services, and Bertelsmann Investments deals with funds. The company has a presence in more than 50 countries, with major operations in Western European countries such as Germany, France, the UK, and the US.

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