Newcom Media Inc.

Name

Newcom Media Inc.

Legal name

Newcom Media Inc.

Website

https://newcom.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1911

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Magazine Subscriptions and Advertising: Revenue generated through magazine subscriptions and advertising across dental, fashion, financial, insurance, and trucking industry publications.
2. Trade Show and Event Management: Revenue from organizing and managing trade shows including Toronto Market Week, Canadian Meetings + Events Expo, Truck World, and ExpoCam.
3. Website and Digital Content: Digital platforms including news websites, daily newsletters, and online content delivery for various industry verticals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Newcom Media is Canada's premier family-owned B2B publisher that delivers information and marketing services to specialized industry verticals through a diversified portfolio of audited national print magazines, industry-specific websites, daily email newsletters, and trade shows and events. The company serves six markets—Dental, Fashion/Home Décor/Gift/Lifestyle, Financial Services, Insurance, Meetings + Events, and Trucking—with bilingual English and French content capabilities. Revenue is generated primarily through advertising sales and subscriptions against its trade media audience, plus event management fees from major industry trade shows.

Product overview

Newcom Media is Canada's leading B2B publisher delivering information and marketing services through a diversified portfolio of magazines, websites, trade shows and events. The company operates across six vertical markets: Dental (Oral Health, Oral Hygiene publications), Fashion/Home Décor (Toronto Market Week events, RetailStyle), Financial (Investment Executive, Finance et Investissement, Advisor.ca, Conseiller.ca, CE Corner, ESPACE FC), Insurance (Canadian Underwriter), Meetings + Events (Canadian Meetings + Events Expo), and Trucking (Today's Trucking, Truck News, Transport Routier, Truck World, ExpoCam trade shows). The product portfolio combines print publications, digital websites and newsletters, and major industry trade show events to serve professional audiences across these sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Oral Health: Canada's only audited, national clinical dental publication covering the entire dental profession since 1911.
• Oral Hygiene
• RetailStyle
• CE Corner
• Espace FC
• Investment Executive
• Finance et Investissement
• Advisor.ca
• Conseiller.ca
• Canadian Underwriter
• Canadian Meetings + Events Expo
• Today's Trucking
• Truck News
• Transport Routier
• Truck World
• ExpoCam
• Toronto Market Week

Products and services

• Oral Health Canada's only audited, national clinical publication providing comprehensive coverage of the entire dental profession, reaching practicing dentists, dental labs, dental students, dealers, and manufacturers. Published monthly since 1911.
• Oral Hygiene Publication for dental hygienists helping them build clinical skills, master new products and technologies, and increase productivity as key members of the dental team.
• Toronto Market Week Trade show management portfolio including Mode Show, Gift and Design Market, Signatures by Hand Gift Show, and Show T.O. for the gift, home, fashion and lifestyle retail sector.
• RetailStyle The gift, home, fashion and lifestyle magazine and resource for Canadian retailers.
• CE Corner Financial services professional publication serving Canadian financial advisors with continuing education and practice resources.
• ESPACE FC French-language financial services professional publication serving Quebec financial advisors.
• Investment Executive Canada's information source for financial services professionals, covering investment, advisory practice, and regulatory topics.
• Finance et Investissement French-language information source for Quebec financial services professionals.
• Advisor.ca Website and publication providing practice advice and strategies for Canadian financial advisors.
• Conseiller.ca Website and publication providing practice advice and strategies for Quebec financial advisors.
• Canadian Underwriter The go-to publication of Canada's property and casualty insurance market, delivering news, analysis, and insight through its website, monthly magazine, and daily newsletter.
• Canadian Meetings + Events Expo The largest and longest-running tradeshow for meeting and event professionals in Canada (formerly IncentiveWorks), enabling networking with Canadian, U.S., and international destination, venue, technology, and décor suppliers.
• Today's Trucking National business magazine of Canada's trucking industry providing context and analysis on regulatory, management, and new product/technology issues.
• Truck News Official website of Today's Trucking, providing a daily news service covering Canada's trucking industry with in-depth features, opinions, and analyses.
• Transport Routier French-language business resource for the Quebec trucking industry, serving truck-fleet owners, managers, and decision makers with insight and analysis of issues and technologies.
• Truck World Canada's premier trucking trade show, held biannually in Toronto, featuring the latest trucks, trailers, and other equipment for the trucking industry.
• ExpoCam Trade show for the Quebec trucking industry, featuring the latest products and ideas in trucks, trailers, and equipment; held in Montreal biannually, alternating years with Truck World.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BNP Media: Multi-vertical B2B publisher producing trade magazines, digital content, and live events for professional audiences — directly comparable as a privately held, multi-vertical trade publishing and events operator.
• Annex Business Media: Canada-headquartered B2B media company publishing trade magazines, digital platforms, and industry events across Canadian industrial, commercial, and professional verticals — directly comparable in vertical-trade multi-platform model and Canadian market focus.
• Stagnito Business Information: B2B media company focused on retail and consumer-goods trade publications and events; comparable in fashion/gift/home retail publishing and trade show combination for North American retail buyers.
• EnsembleIQ: US-based B2B media company operating industry-focused publications, newsletters, and live events across retail, financial, and consumer verticals; directly comparable as a multi-vertical B2B media and events operator.
• TC Media (Groupe Contex / Transcontinental): Canadian-based B2B and B2C publication portfolio with strong Quebec francophone presence; comparable operating model as a multi-vertical publisher with French-language publications and event assets in Canada.

Broad incumbents

• Informa Markets: Global B2B events and B2B media operator of large-scale trade shows, conferences, and vertical publications; broader incumbent but directly competes for trade show booth spend and B2B advertising budgets in the same verticals.
• Questex: B2B media and events company producing vertical industry events, publications, and digital communities across multiple sectors; broader competitor with directly comparable events-plus-publishing business model.

Emerging players

• Key Media: B2B media company producing trade publications, news websites, and events across financial services, insurance, and legal verticals; partial overlap with Newcom's financial services and insurance publishing portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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