Ernest Reinhardt Verlag

What Ernest Reinhardt Verlag does

Ernst Reinhardt Verlag is a Munich-based German academic and professional publisher operating as Ernst Reinhardt GmbH & Co KG, with the company history showing 1949 as its incorporation date (note: the firmographics layer lists 1899, indicating a possible heritage-date discrepancy that the input does not reconcile). The publisher produces print books, e-books, audiobooks, scholarly journals, and digital content across eight subject verticals: children's books and pedagogy, speech therapy and logopaedics, psychology and psychotherapy, psychomotorics, animal-assisted pedagogy and therapy, gerontology and care, and pedagogy and social work. Notable proprietary products include validated diagnostic instruments (ESGRAF 4-8, TEPHOBE-R), the Logopaletti online exercise collection for speech therapy, the RESAN spelling programme, the Lubo aus dem All social-emotional learning curriculum, and the Medienhelden cyberbullying prevention programme (2nd place, European Crime Prevention Award 2015).

The company's business model combines four revenue streams: one-time book and e-book sales (€9.90-€399.00 price range), recurring annual journal subscriptions (e.g., Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht), digital content access including single downloads and voucher-code-bundled downloads, and licensing royalties via the Foreign Rights division. Distribution operates through a direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform at reinhardt-verlag.de with German and English storefronts, supplemented by bookstore distribution via utb GmbH, institutional sales to universities and clinics, and international rights licensing. The company holds PCI DSS certification for payment security and as of June 2025 is compliant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA and Germany's Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz (BFSG) for digital accessibility.

Primary customer segments are practising psychotherapists and psychologists, speech therapists and logopedists, psychomotor therapists, animal-assisted therapy professionals, schools and educators, and parents and families — predominantly German-speaking professionals and consumers in DACH markets (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) with broader Western European reach via free-shipping coverage of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The company is independently owned with Hildegard Wehler as Managing Director, no disclosed external funding, and no parent company identified in source materials.

Name

Ernest Reinhardt Verlag

Legal name

Ernst Reinhardt GmbH & Co KG

Website

https://reinhardt-verlag.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ernst Reinhardt Verlag is a Munich-based German academic publisher producing books, journals, and digital platforms in psychotherapy, speech therapy, pedagogy, and animal-assisted therapy for professionals, educators, and families across DACH and broader Western European markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (51313), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Social Sciences (Psychology, Sociology, Political Science) (EDAGABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interdisciplinary/General Education & Study Skills (EDAGABAN), Health, Wellness & Fitness Trade Publishing (MPAJAAAL)

Keywords

• Academic book publishing
• Professional psychotherapy books
• Speech therapy publications
• Scholarly journal subscriptions
• Pedagogy and social work

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Sale of printed books, e-books (PDF with watermark), and audiobooks through own e-commerce store. One-time purchase model with individual book pricing ranging from €9.90 to €399.00. Includes supplementary online materials and downloadable resources with purchase.
2. Journal Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to academic journals in psychology, psychotherapy, and pedagogy. Recurring revenue from journal subscriptions with various subscription terms.
3. Digital Content Access: Digital content distribution including single downloads, database access, and voucher-code-based access bundled with print products. Revenue from e-books, online materials, and streaming content.
4. Licensing (Foreign Rights): Licensing of publication rights to international markets through Foreign Rights division. Rights sales to publishers in other countries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ernst Reinhardt Verlag is a German academic and professional publishing house that produces and sells books, e-books, audiobooks, and journals in psychology, psychotherapy, speech therapy, pedagogy, psychomotorics, animal-assisted therapy, and gerontology. The publisher also offers digital programmes such as the Logopaletti online exercise collection for speech therapy, the RESAN spelling programme, and the Lubo aus dem All social-emotional learning programme, distributed through its own e-commerce store and bookstore channels.

Product overview

Ernst Reinhardt Verlag is a German academic and professional publisher offering a multi-format catalogue of print and digital publications. The portfolio spans children's books and pedagogically-therapeutic picture books, speech therapy and logopaedics (including the Praxis der Sprachtherapie series and ESGRAF diagnostic tools), psychology and psychotherapy (including the Bausteine der Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie and Wege der Psychotherapie series), psychomotorics, animal-assisted therapy and pedagogy, gerontology and care, and journals. Key platforms include the Logopaletti online exercise collection for speech therapy with children, the RESAN spelling programme, the Lubo aus dem All social-emotional learning programme, and the Medienhelden media literacy and cyberbullying prevention programme. All products are distributed through the publisher's own e-commerce web store at reinhardt-verlag.de, alongside catalogues, sample issues, and foreign rights sales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kinderbücher (Children's Books) Children's books under the tagline 'starke Bücher – starke Kinder' (strong books – strong children), including picture books and pedagogically-therapeutic children's literature covering topics such as chronic illness, emotional development, and family challenges.
• Ratgeber & Sachbücher (Advisory Books & Non-Fiction) Self-help and non-fiction titles for practitioners and general readers, covering topics across pedagogy, psychology, and health.
• Pädagogik & Soziale Arbeit (Pedagogy & Social Work) Academic and professional titles on pedagogy and social work, including the 'Lubo aus dem All' programme for social-emotional competency development in children.
• Tiergestützte Pädagogik & Therapie (Animal-Assisted Pedagogy & Therapy) Books and card sets on animal-assisted interventions, covering therapeutic riding, hippotherapy, dog-assisted therapy, and programmes involving alpacas, donkeys, and other animals across educational and therapeutic settings.
• Sprachtherapie / Logopädie (Speech Therapy / Logopaedics) Speech therapy and logopaedics publications including therapy handbooks, diagnostic tools (e.g., ESGRAF 4-8, TEPHOBE-R), intervention programmes, and the 'Praxis der Sprachtherapie und Sprachheilpädagogik' book series with 13+ volumes.
• Psychologie & Psychotherapie (Psychology & Psychotherapy) Psychology and psychotherapy titles across sub-categories: psychologisches Sachbuch, pädagogisch-therapeutische Kinderbücher, Psychologie (180+ items), and Psychotherapie (159+ items). Includes book series 'Bausteine der Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie' and 'Wege der Psychotherapie'.
• Psychomotorik (Psychomotorics) Psychomotorics publications covering nature-based practice, violence prevention, autism, sensory integration therapy, introduction to psychomotorics, and movement programmes across children and adult populations.
• Gerontologie & Pflege (Gerontology & Care) Titles on gerontology, elderly care, and animal-assisted interventions for people with dementia.
• Zeitschriften (Scholarly and Professional Journals) Scholarly and professional journals published by the house, including 'Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht' (journal for research and practice in education). Sold via annual subscription.
• RESAN – Rechtschreibung sicher anwenden (Spelling Support Programme) A spelling support and literacy programme offering practice booklets (Förderhefte) for specific spelling challenges such as final consonant devoicing (Auslautverhärtung).
• Logopaletti (Online Exercise Collection) An online exercise collection (Online-Übungssammlung) for speech and language therapy with children, providing variety and creativity in therapeutic sessions.
• Lubo aus dem All (Social-Emotional Learning Programme) A programme for developing social-emotional competencies (sozial-emotionale Kompetenzen) in children.
• Medienhelden (Media Literacy and Cyberbullying Prevention Programme) A media literacy and cyberbullying prevention programme for secondary school teachers, with online templates and worksheets. Winner of the 2nd prize of the European Crime Prevention Award in 2015.
• Ernst Reinhardt Verlag Online Shop The company's e-commerce web store at reinhardt-verlag.de, offering direct purchase of books, journals, card sets, DVDs, and digital downloads. Supports ordering on account (Kauf auf Rechnung), free shipping within Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and PCI DSS-compliant payment processing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Mediahelden cyberbullying prevention program won 2nd place European Crime Prevention Award 2015

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• utb GmbHminorGTM or Marketing Partnerutb GmbH is used for marketing purposes as a distribution partner. utb is a major German academic publishing group that provides marketing and distribution services for publishers.
• Freelance EditorsminorOthersThe publisher works with freelance editors for content review and editorial work outside the main publishing house. This enables specialized expertise and distributed editorial capacity.
• Swiss Group Therapeutic Riding (SG-TR)minorOthersThe publisher maintains collaborative relationships with organizations like the Swiss Group Therapeutic Riding for quality standards in therapeutic riding publications. Marianne Gäng, author of multiple titles, founded the SG-TR.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Hogrefe Verlag: Hogrefe is a leading German-language academic publisher specializing in psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, and educational psychology — directly overlapping with ERV's core Psychology & Psychotherapy and Pedagogy & Social Work catalog.
• Beltz Verlag: Beltz publishes educational sciences, psychology, and social work titles for the German market, with a flagship in classroom and pedagogy resources that parallels ERV's pedagogy, psychomotorics, and children's book programs.
• Klett-Cotta Verlag: Klett-Cotta publishes psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and behavioral therapy titles for professional audiences in German-speaking markets, mirroring ERV's therapy-focused series such as Wege der Psychotherapie and Bausteine der Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie.
• utb GmbH: utb is a major German academic publishing consortium and existing distribution partner for ERV. It co-publishes textbooks in pedagogy, psychology, and social work, directly comparable in audience and format.
• Verlag W. Kohlhammer: Kohlhammer is a Stuttgart-based academic and professional publisher with strong catalogs in social work, pedagogy, nursing, and theology — overlapping with ERV's Pädagogik & Soziale Arbeit and Gerontologie & Pflege categories.
• Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht is a long-standing German academic publisher with titles in psychology, theology, and education, comparable to ERV's scholarly and professional book series across psychotherapy and pedagogy.

Broad incumbents

• Karger Publishers: Karger is a global medical and scientific publisher with significant psychology, psychiatry, and gerontology content, serving overlapping institutional and clinical audiences as ERV.
• Springer Nature: Springer Nature is a global academic publisher whose Psychology and Social Sciences imprints cover psychotherapy, education, and speech-language pathology, competing in the same professional markets as ERV at greater scale.
• Thieme Verlag: Thieme is a major medical and healthcare publisher with strong German-language psychology and speech therapy references, including journals overlapping with ERV's clinical content areas.
• Elsevier Urban & Fischer: Elsevier's Urban & Fischer imprint publishes German-language medical and psychotherapy references, journals, and clinical learning tools — operating at much greater scale but in adjacent, partly overlapping professional markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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