Conrad Stein Verlag

What Conrad Stein Verlag does

Conrad Stein Verlag is a privately held German publishing house founded in 1980 and headquartered in Welver, Germany. The company specializes in German-language outdoor and travel guidebooks, with a portfolio organized around three core product lines: Reiseführer (travel guides), Wanderführer (hiking guides), and Pilgerführer (pilgrimage guides), supplemented by niche guides for camping and motorhome touring, canoeing, and cycling. Content covers European destinations with a concentration on German-speaking regions and select long-distance trails such as the E5 (Oberstdorf to Meran/Bozen), the Meraner Höhenweg, Portugal's Fisherman's Trail, Slovenia, and Southern Denmark.

The company monetizes through one-time unit-priced book sales distributed via a direct-to-consumer e-commerce storefront (conrad-stein-verlag.de) and wholesale channels through the German book trade (Auslieferung). Digital extensions include downloadable GPS-Tracks that accompany the printed guides, a book-update service to keep titles current, and a recurring Pilgermagazin publication. Marketing relies on the company website, email newsletters, and presence at industry trade fairs and events. Operating geographies are centered on Germany, with content reach into neighboring European outdoor destinations.

The business is owner-operated with a headcount of 1-10 employees and no disclosed external investment, parent company, or institutional backing. There is no evidence of AI/ML capabilities, proprietary technology platforms, patents, or significant technology differentiation beyond editorial specialization and the GPS track dataset. The competitive position rests on four decades of category-specific editorial expertise, an established niche brand in German outdoor publishing, and a dual online/wholesale distribution footprint.

Name

Conrad Stein Verlag

Legal name

Conrad Stein Verlag

Website

https://conrad-Stein-verlag.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Conrad Stein Verlag is a German specialty publisher founded in 1980 that produces German-language hiking, pilgrimage, travel, cycling, camping, and canoeing guidebooks for European outdoor enthusiasts, selling through its own e-commerce shop and book trade wholesale.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Outdoor Travel Guidebook Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Lifestyle, Travel & Leisure Books Publishing (MPAJAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Travel & Outdoors Magazines (MPAJAEAH)

Keywords

• Outdoor guidebooks
• Hiking guidebooks
• Pilgrimage guides
• Travel publishing
• GPS navigation tracks

Headquarters

HQ city

Welver

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Sale of travel guidebooks, hiking guides, pilgrimage guides, and related publications through direct online sales

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Conrad Stein Verlag publishes and sells German-language guidebooks covering hiking, pilgrimage, travel, camping, canoeing, and cycling routes across European destinations. The company offers printed guides across multiple activity categories, a Pilgermagazin magazine, GPS track files as a digital navigation add-on, and a book update service to keep guide content current.

Product overview

Conrad Stein Verlag is a German publishing house specializing in outdoor activity guidebooks. The portfolio is structured around three core product lines—Reiseführer (travel guides), Wanderführer (hiking guides), and Pilgerführer (pilgrimage guides)—supplemented by specialized guides for camping/motorhome tours, canoeing, and cycling. The company offers GPS-Tracks as a digital add-on service that provides navigation data accompanying their printed guidebooks, along with a Pilgrimage Magazine and a book update service. The guides cover European destinations with a focus on German-speaking regions, neighboring European countries, and popular long-distance trails.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wanderführer (Hiking Guides) Printed German-language hiking guidebooks covering day hikes, long-distance trails, and multi-day trekking routes across European destinations, targeted at outdoor enthusiasts planning hiking trips.
• Pilgerführer (Pilgrimage Guides) Printed German-language guidebooks for pilgrimage routes and spiritual journeys, targeted at individuals undertaking religious or spiritual long-distance travel.
• Reiseführer (Travel Guides) Printed German-language travel guides covering various destinations, targeted at leisure travelers.
• Camping & Wohnmobiltouren (Camping & Motorhome Tours) Printed German-language guidebooks for camping and motorhome touring adventures, targeted at travelers who explore destinations via camping and recreational vehicles.
• Kanu (Canoeing Guides) Printed German-language guidebooks for canoeing and kayaking tours, targeted at water sport enthusiasts.
• Radfahren (Cycling Guides) Printed German-language guidebooks for cycling tours and bike routes, targeted at bicycle touring enthusiasts for day and multi-day cycling trips.
• GPS-Tracks Service Digital GPS track data files accompanying the guidebooks, providing digital navigation data for hikers and travelers using the printed guides.
• Pilgermagazin (Pilgrimage Magazine) Magazine publication covering pilgrimage-related content and updates, targeted at readers interested in pilgrimage journeys.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Market position

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/conrad-stein-verlag-gmbh

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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