What are the top 5 publishing houses in Georgia by turnover? According to Sakstat, as of the first quarter of 2023, the top 5 publishing houses are as follows (the list is not sorted by rating):

LLC publishing house Intelekti

Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House

Artanuji Publishing Ltd

Palitra L publishing house

Kviris Palitra  LLC

According to the preliminary data of 2022, the ten publishing looked as follows:

Publishing House Meridian Ltd

LLC publishing house Intelekti

Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House

Palitra L publishing house

Kviris Palitra  LLC

In 2021, the following companies were included in the list:

Publishing House Meridian Ltd

LLC publishing house Intelekti

Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House

Palitra L publishing house

Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House Ltd

As seen from the list, the top five is almost unchanged while minor changes are as follows: from 2021, Kviris Palitra was included in the list instead of Sulakauri Publishing House, in 2023 Meridian Publishing House was replaced by Artanuj Publishing Ltd.

Who owns the publishing houses in the country?

Publishing house Meridian LLC

It was founded in 1996, director
is Giorgi Gigineishvili. The shares in the company are distributed as follows: Kakhaber Rusidze- 34% Giorgi Gigineishvili - 33% Giorgi Kiladze- 33%

LLC publishing house Intelekti

It
was founded in 2000. Director is Kakhmegi Kudava. The shares are distributed as follows: Buba Kudava- 20%, Kakhmegi Kudava -51%, Maya Kudava - 29%

Bakur Sulakauri Publishing house

It was founded in 1999. Director - Tinatin Mamulashvili, co-director - Tinatin Kukhianidze, Tinatin Mamulashvili and Bakur Sulakauri own 50-50% of the company.

Palitra L publishing house

The publishinh house was founded in 2008. The director is Tinatini Asatiani, 90% is owned by Irakli Tevdorashvili, 10% is owned by Zaza Buadze.

Kviris Palitra LLC

Founded in 2021. Director - Otari Merabishvili, Palitra Ltd owns 100%., (the director of the LLC is Irakli Gagnidze, 75%-25% owners are Irakli Tevdorashvili and Zaza Buadze.

Artanuj Publishing Ltd

The company was founded in 2000, director is Maya Kudava, 100% owner is Buba Kudava.