Hogrefe Verlag

What Hogrefe Verlag does

Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG is an independent, family-owned scientific publisher headquartered in Göttingen, Germany, operating across 16 countries with over 400 employees. The company focuses on psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, nursing, healthcare, and medicine, producing a content portfolio of more than 4,000 book titles (2,500 currently in print), 39 peer-reviewed journals, and 2,000+ psychological test procedures available in multiple languages. Its content library includes the Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie online, with 13,000+ citable reference articles. Hogrefe is also the operator of PsychJOB, a European job marketplace for psychologists.

The company operates a multi-product technology stack built around its Hogrefe Test System (HTS) and Test-Online-Service digital assessment platform, the Hogrefe eLibrary for institutional eBook distribution, Hogrefe eContent for journal access, the Hogrefe Diagnostik-Toolbox, and the Pflegeklassifikationsdatenbank (NCDB) nursing classifications database. Hogrefe Academy delivers continuing education seminars, webinars, and inhouse training, while Hogrefe Consulting provides B2B HR advisory services around occupational aptitude diagnostics. The company holds ISO 27001 certification for information security and distributes physical and digital products through its own localized e-commerce sites across 18 markets plus the Testzentrale distribution brand in Germany and Switzerland.

Hogrefe's revenue is generated through a mix of one-time book and test sales, recurring journal and eTesting subscriptions, and professional services fees from the Academy and Consulting lines. GTM is primarily direct-to-consumer e-commerce, supplemented by event-driven demand generation (seminars, conferences such as DGVT-Kongress and Frankfurter Forum) and enterprise field sales for HR consulting. Customer segments span individual clinicians, academic researchers, schools, healthcare institutions, libraries, and corporate HR departments. The business is privately held by the founding family with no disclosed external funding, M&A activity, or public listing.

Name

Hogrefe Verlag

Legal name

Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://hogrefe.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Hogrefe Verlag is an independent, family-owned German scientific publisher producing books, journals, and over 2,000 validated psychological test procedures for psychologists, therapists, psychiatrists, nurses, schools, and corporate HR departments across 16 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Psychology & Mental Health Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE/EHS) Publishing (MPAJACAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

eBook & Digital Reading Platforms (BPAMAJAK)

Keywords

• Psychological assessment publishing
• Scientific journal publishing
• Psychometric testing solutions
• Academic book publishing
• Nursing classification database

Headquarters

HQ city

Göttingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Sale of professional books including psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, nursing, health professions, healthcare, medicine, and children's books. Includes eBooks for end customers and libraries.
2. Psychological Test Procedures: Sale of over 2,000 psychological test procedures in multiple languages with consulting support, seminars, and specific electronic solutions.
3. Journal Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to 39 scientific journals covering psychology, medicine, and nursing, including eContent for libraries.
4. eTesting Platform: Digital testing platform including Hogrefe Test System (HTS) and Test-Online-Service for administering psychological assessments.
5. Academy - Seminars and Webinars: Continuing education programs including seminars, webinars, and inhouse training in Human Resources, Clinical/Therapy, and School/Development areas.
6. Hogrefe Consulting: B2B consulting services for HR processes and occupational assessment diagnostics for enterprises.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hogrefe Verlag is a specialized science publisher that produces and distributes professional books, peer-reviewed journals, and over 2,000 psychological test procedures across psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, nursing, healthcare, and medicine. The company operates digital platforms including the Hogrefe Test System (HTS) for digital assessment delivery, eLibrary for eBooks, eContent for journals, the Dorsch psychology lexicon, and the NCDB nursing classifications database. It complements publishing with the Hogrefe Academy for continuing education seminars and webinaries, and Hogrefe Consulting for B2B HR advisory services.

Product overview

Hogrefe Verlag is a leading European science publisher in psychology, psychotherapy, and psychiatry, operating as an independent family-owned company with over 400 employees across 16 countries. The product portfolio consists of a multi-platform ecosystem built around 4,000 book titles, 41 journals, and over 2,000 psychological test procedures. The core offerings include: (1) Physical and digital publications including books and journals; (2) Hogrefe eTesting platform comprising the Hogrefe Testsystem (HTS) and Test-Online-Service for digital assessment delivery; (3) Electronic products including Hogrefe eLibrary (eBooks), Hogrefe eContent (journals), Hogrefe Diagnostik-Toolbox, and Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie Online; (4) Hogrefe Academy offering seminars, webinars, and inhouse training; and (5) Hogrefe Consulting for HR advisory services. Supporting platforms include Testzentrale for test distribution and PsychJOB for psychologist employment. The Pflegeklassifikationsdatenbank (NCDB) provides nursing classification database services. Together, these products form an integrated ecosystem serving research, diagnostics, teaching, and practice in behavioral and health sciences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PsychJOB: Leading online job marketplace for psychologists in Europe
• Dorsch Lexikon
• Hogrefe Testsystem (HTS)
• Hogrefe eLibrary
• Hogrefe eContent
• Hogrefe Academy
• Hogrefe Consulting
• Pflegeklassifikationsdatenbank NCDB
• Hogrefe Consulting

Products and services

• Hogrefe eTesting (HTS and Test-Online-Service)

Quantifiable outcome

• 4,000+ book titles available
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TestzentralecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTestzentrale serves as a specialized distribution channel for Hogrefe's psychological test procedures in Germany (testzentrale.de) and Switzerland (testzentrale.ch and testzentrale.ch/fr). This is a closely integrated internal distribution brand rather than an external partnership.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Taylor & Francis / Routledge: Major academic publisher whose Routledge psychology imprint and Taylor & Francis journal portfolio directly overlap with Hogrefe's psychology book and journal offerings at global scale.
• Springer Nature: Massive academic publisher whose psychology, medicine, and behavioral-science imprints overlap with Hogrefe's scientific journals and academic book lines, but at vastly greater scale across all disciplines.
• Elsevier: Largest STM publisher with deep psychology, psychiatry, and health-sciences journal portfolios that compete for institutional library spend against Hogrefe eContent/eLibrary subscriptions.
• SAGE Publications: Independent academic publisher with significant psychology, nursing, and health-sciences journals and books, competing for the same professional readership and library budgets as Hogrefe.
• Wiley: Global academic publisher with substantial psychology, nursing, and healthcare journal/book programs that overlap with Hogrefe's content categories and library-channel distribution.

Direct peers

• Thieme: German-based medical and healthcare publisher with adjacent nursing, psychiatry, and clinical content — a closely comparable European family/specialty publisher operating in overlapping healthcare verticals.
• Guilford Press: Independent publisher specializing in psychology, psychotherapy, and psychiatry books and clinical resources — directly comparable to Hogrefe's core book and journal portfolio in the same professional verticals.
• Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR): PAR develops and distributes standardized psychological assessments and digital tools, directly competing with Hogrefe's 2,000+ test procedures and eTesting infrastructure in clinical, educational, and occupational markets.
• Pearson Clinical Assessment: Pearson's clinical and occupational assessment arm (Q-global, Q-interactive) competes directly with Hogrefe's HTS and Testzentrale distribution of psychological test procedures to clinicians, schools, and HR buyers.
• American Psychological Association (APA Books & PsycINFO): APA is the leading U.S. psychology publisher and test developer, overlapping directly with Hogrefe in psychology books, peer-reviewed journals (PsycINFO-indexed), and standardized assessments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hogrefeverlag

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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