Hvg-Orac Kiadó

What Hvg-Orac Kiadó does

Hvg-Orac Kiadó (operating as ORAC Kiadó) is a privately held Hungarian legal publishing house founded in 1992 and headquartered in Budapest. The company publishes professional legal literature and operates a digital research platform serving practicing lawyers, judges, law students, academics, and corporate legal departments across Hungary. Its portfolio spans 14 specialized legal journals (including Magyar Jog, Jogtudományi Közlöny, Alkotmánybírósági Szemle, and Munkajog), more than 26 active book titles covering all major Hungarian law practice areas, looseleaf comprehensive commentaries, accredited mediator training programs, and a foreign-language catalog.

The technology backbone is the Jogkódex online legal database, a subscription product delivering continuously updated Hungarian legal codes, regulations, case law, and commentary, with a Premium Plus tier featuring workflow enhancements such as e-company procedure autofill for legal forms and integration with the Flowyer business management application. Distribution is dominated by the proprietary orac.hu e-commerce storefront supporting both physical book sales and EPUB/MOBI e-book downloads (with soft copy protection including transaction-embedded buyer identifiers), supplemented by 14 thematic legal websites and the Ügyvéd podcast.

Revenue is generated through four streams: one-time book sales (print and digital), recurring journal subscriptions, recurring Jogkódex database subscriptions (with a discounted chamber-member tier), and professional training fees. The company maintains core strategic partnerships with the Hungarian Chamber of Lawyers for preferential subscription access, ELTE Faculty of Law for academic co-publishing, and the NMHH regulatory authority for specialized media and telecommunications law titles.

Name

Hvg-Orac Kiadó

Legal name

ORAC Kiadó

Website

https://hvgorac.hu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ORAC Kiadó is a Budapest-based Hungarian legal publishing house that publishes professional legal books, 14 journals, accredited training, and the Jogkódex online legal database subscription for lawyers, judges, law students, and corporate counsel across Hungary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (51313), Book Publishers (513130)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJACAA

Legal & Regulatory Publishing (Case Law, Statutes, Treatises)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Professional & Legal Publishing (Standards, Compliance, Reference)

SECONDARYEDAGAGAB

Legal Reference (Statutes, Case Law, Practice Guides)

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Professional & Technical Reference Publishing

SECONDARYEDAGAGAK

Government, Public Policy & Regulatory Reference (Public Administration, Regulatory Guidance)

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Professional & Technical Reference Publishing

Keywords

• Legal publishing
• Law books
• Legal journals
• Online legal database
• Legal commentaries

Headquarters

HQ city

Budapest

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Sale of legal publications including textbooks, commentaries, and specialized legal works in both print and e-book formats. Physical books and digital downloads are sold through the orac.hu e-commerce platform.
2. Journal Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to 14 legal journals including Jogtudományi Közlöny, Magyar Jog, Alkotmánybírósági Szemle, Gazdaság és Jog, and others. Journals are available in both print and digital formats.
3. Jogkódex Legal Database: Premium online legal database subscription providing access to Hungarian legal codes, commentaries, and legal news. Offered as Jogkódex Premium Plus with special pricing for chamber members.
4. Professional Training: Accredited mediator training programs and professional development courses for legal professionals. Includes programs like the seven-day autumn accredited mediator training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ORAC Kiadó publishes and distributes Hungarian legal literature including physical books, e-books (EPUB/MOBI), 14 specialized legal journals, and looseleaf comprehensive commentaries covering all major areas of Hungarian law. The company operates the Jogkódex online legal database subscription service and offers accredited professional training programs (mediator training, HR courses) for legal professionals.

Product overview

Hvg-Orac Kiadó is a Hungarian legal publishing house offering a comprehensive portfolio of legal products. The core offering is the Jogkódex online legal database, available in standard and Premium Plus tiers (including chamber member versions). The portfolio includes physical and digital books covering 14 legal subject areas (constitutional law, criminal law, family law, EU/international law, economic and competition law, administrative law, labor/social security law, finance, civil procedure and enforcement, civil law, and corporate law), 14 legal journals, looseleaf commentaries, accredited training programs, and e-books in epub/mobi formats. The company also publishes specialized series including ELTE Faculty of Law publications and NMHH (media authority) publications. All offerings serve Hungarian legal professionals, academics, and students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jogkódex: Online legal database providing access to Hungarian laws, regulations, and legal commentary
• Ügyvéd Podcast

Products and services

• Jogkódex Online Legal Database Online subscription-based legal database providing access to Hungarian laws, regulations, commentaries, legal news, and electronic company forms. Premium Plus tier offers enhanced features for legal professionals including special chamber member pricing.
• Legal Books (Könyvek) Physical and digital books covering Hungarian legal topics across constitutional law, criminal law, family law, EU law, economic law, administrative law, labor law, finance, civil law, and corporate law. Includes specialized series such as ELTE Faculty of Law publications, NMHH media authority publications, and English-language foreign editions. Available in EPUB and MOBI formats with soft copy protection.
• Legal Journals (Folyóiratok) Subscription-based legal journals including Jogtudományi Közlöny, Magyar Jog, Alkotmánybírósági Szemle, Gazdaság és Jog, Ítélőtáblai Határozatok, Munkajog, Családi Jog, Közjogi Szemle, Magyar Jogi Nyelv, Parlamenti Szemle, Sportjog, Európai Jog, Jegyző és Közigazgatás, and In Medias Res. Available in print and digital formats.
• Looseleaf Comprehensive Commentaries (Kapcsos nagykommentárok) Looseleaf binding format comprehensive legal commentaries covering major areas of Hungarian law, regularly updated with new annotations to ensure currency with legal developments.
• Professional Training Programs (Képzések) Accredited educational programs including the seven-day autumn accredited mediator training and HR courses designed for legal professionals seeking professional development and continuing legal education.

Quantifiable outcome

• 14 specialized legal journals covering all major areas of Hungarian law
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ELTE Faculty of LawcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative publication of ELTE 'Jogi kari tudomány' (Law Faculty Science) book series. ORAC publishes academic legal works from ELTE law faculty professors and researchers, making them available to a wider professional audience through ORAC's distribution channels.
• NMHH (National Media and Infocommunications Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerORAC publishes NMHH (National Media and Infocommunications Authority) publications on telecommunications and media law topics. These specialized publications cover regulatory matters related to Hungary's media and communications sector.
• Hungarian Chamber of LawyerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerORAC offers special Jogkódex Premium Plus subscription pricing exclusively for members of the Hungarian Chamber of Lawyers (ügyvédi kamarai tagoknak), providing discounted access to the comprehensive legal database.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Osiris Kiadó: Hungarian publisher of academic and professional titles, including legal and social science works. Direct overlap with ORAC in Hungarian-language professional and legal book publishing for academic and professional audiences.
• Gondolat Kiadó: Hungarian publisher of academic and legal scholarship. Overlaps with ORAC in publishing Hungarian-language legal and social-science titles for academic and professional readers.
• Complex Wolters Kluwer Hungary: Hungarian arm of global legal publisher Wolters Kluwer, publishing Hungarian legal books, journals, and online databases (Jogtár). It is the most direct head-to-head competitor for ORAC in Hungarian legal publishing and database subscriptions.
• Akadémiai Kiadó: Hungarian academic and scholarly publisher with strong presence in journals and reference works. Comparable in producing Hungarian-language academic content and operating subscription journal infrastructure that overlaps with ORAC's journal business.

Broad incumbents

• Thomson Reuters (Westlaw): Owner of Westlaw and a large portfolio of legal treatises and practice guides. Comparable in publishing authoritative legal commentary and subscription databases, with substantially deeper investment in legal AI tooling.
• LexisNexis: Global legal information provider with subscription-based legal databases and treatises. Competes for the same professional legal research budgets and is increasingly expanding into AI-augmented legal research workflows relevant to ORAC's Jogkódex proposition.
• Wolters Kluwer Hungary (legal software & compliance): Hungarian operations of Wolters Kluwer spanning legal software, compliance, and regulatory content beyond the Complex brand. Relevant as a broader incumbent that competes for the same legal-professional wallet share across databases, tools, and compliance content.
• Wolters Kluwer: Global legal, tax, and regulatory publisher whose Hungarian subsidiary (Complex) competes directly with ORAC. Comparable business model of legal commentary publishing plus subscription databases, but at vastly larger scale and with cross-jurisdictional reach.

Regional players

• HVG Kiadó: Hungarian media group whose name (Hvg-Orac) suggests an existing relationship with ORAC. HVG publishes business and professional content in Hungary and is the most likely parent or affiliated brand, making it the closest domestic corporate peer.

Others

• HVG-ORAC Jogász Podcast / Ügyvéd Podcast: ORAC's own Ügyvéd Podcast is listed here as a thematic adjacent property rather than a separate competitor, reflecting that branded Hungarian legal-content media sits adjacent to ORAC's publishing business and shapes the competitive set.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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