Publishing in South Africa - Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast to 2025
Summary
Publishing in South Africa industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2016-20, and forecast to 2025). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
Key Highlights
- The publishing market consists of books, newspapers and magazines.
- The South African publishing market had total revenues of $699.3m in 2020, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.3% between 2016 and 2020.
- The books segment was the market's most lucrative in 2020, with total revenues of $539.9m, equivalent to 77.2% of the market's overall value.
- The publishing market in South Africa has traditionally been one of the powerhouses of English-language publishing in the region, and there is room for significant growth in African-language publishing, for which there is gathering enthusiasm.
- Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the publishing market in South Africa
- Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the publishing market in South Africa
- Leading company profiles reveal details of key publishing market players’ global operations and financial performance
- Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the South Africa publishing market with five year forecasts by both value and volume
- What was the size of the South Africa publishing market by value in 2020?
- What will be the size of the South Africa publishing market in 2025?
- What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the South Africa publishing market?
- How has the market performed over the last five years?
- How large is South Africa’s publishing market in relation to its regional counterparts?
- 1 Executive Summary
- 1.1. Market value
- 1.2. Market value forecast
- 1.3. Category segmentation
- 1.4. Geography segmentation
- 1.5. Market rivalry
- 1.6. Competitive Landscape
- 2 Market Overview
- 2.1. Market definition
- 2.2. Market analysis
- 3 Market Data
- 3.1. Market value
- 4 Market Segmentation
- 4.1. Category segmentation
- 4.2. Geography segmentation
- 5 Market Outlook
- 5.1. Market value forecast
- 6 Five Forces Analysis
- 6.1. Summary
- 6.2. Buyer power
- 6.3. Supplier power
- 6.4. New entrants
- 6.5. Threat of substitutes
- 6.6. Degree of rivalry
- 7 Competitive Landscape
- 7.1. Who are the leading players?
- 7.2. How is technology being used in leading players’ strategies?
- 7.3. Which companies offer substitutes to the main market?
- 7.4. What has been the most significant M&A activity this year?
- 7.5. What impact is the COVID-19 pandemic having on leading players?
- 8 Company Profiles
- 8.1. Penguin Random House LLC
- 9 Macroeconomic Indicators
- 9.1. Country data
- 10 Appendix
- 10.1. Methodology
- 10.2. Industry associations
- 10.3. Related MarketLine research
- 10.4. About MarketLine
- List of Tables
- Table 1: South Africa publishing market value: $ million, 2016-20
- Table 2: South Africa publishing market category segmentation: $ million, 2020
- Table 3: South Africa publishing market geography segmentation: $ million, 2020
- Table 4: South Africa publishing market value forecast: $ million, 2020-25
- Table 5: Penguin Random House LLC: key facts
- Table 6: Penguin Random House LLC: Key Employees
- Table 7: South Africa size of population (million), 2016-20
- Table 8: South Africa gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2016-20
- Table 9: South Africa gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2016-20
- Table 10: South Africa inflation, 2016-20
- Table 11: South Africa consumer price index (absolute), 2016-20
- Table 12: South Africa exchange rate, 2016-20
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: South Africa publishing market value: $ million, 2016-20
- Figure 2: South Africa publishing market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
- Figure 3: South Africa publishing market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2020
- Figure 4: South Africa publishing market value forecast: $ million, 2020-25
- Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the publishing market in South Africa, 2020
- Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the publishing market in South Africa, 2020
- Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the publishing market in South Africa, 2020
- Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the publishing market in South Africa, 2020
- Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the publishing market in South Africa, 2020
- Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the publishing market in South Africa, 2020
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