Mwv Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsges. Mbh & Co. Kg

What Mwv Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsges. Mbh & Co. Kg does

MWV Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG is a privately held German medical and healthcare publishing house headquartered in Berlin, operating as a GmbH & Co. KG legal entity with 1-10 employees. The company publishes peer-reviewed professional literature in the German language across four main subject areas: Health Care Management, Medicine, Psychiatry/Psychology, and Medicine & Society, with a catalog of over 100 titles spanning topics from hospital and nursing management to intensive care, surgery, forensic psychiatry, and health policy. Its portfolio is delivered in print and digital formats (e-books), supplemented by an Open Access platform (mwv-open.de), an Open Text program, the Schriftenreihen series, whitepapers, and a BookPage preview service.

The underlying technology stack is conventional for a mid-sized professional publisher: a Magento-powered e-commerce storefront (mwv-berlin.de) for direct sales, a Content Builder CMS for content management, Mailchimp for newsletter marketing, Matomo/Piwik for web analytics, and CookieFirst for GDPR/cookie consent. No proprietary AI, data, or model assets are disclosed. The company makes money primarily through one-time book sales priced between €9.95 and €99.95 (most titles €29.99–€69.99 digital), with digital editions priced marginally above print. Distribution runs through three channels: direct-to-consumer e-commerce, traditional book trade wholesale, and a dedicated e-Library institutional service for libraries and academic institutions.

The business model is asset-light and partnership-driven rather than technology-driven. MWV monetizes its editorial credibility and relationships with major German healthcare organizations through recurring co-publishing arrangements, including the annual E-Health Monitor with McKinsey & Company, the BKK Gesundheitsreport series with BKK Dachverband, and the DIVI Jahrbuch with DIVI. It serves three primary customer segments: healthcare management professionals (hospital administrators, policy professionals), medical professionals (physicians, surgeons, specialists), and psychiatry/psychology practitioners, with a secondary segment of healthcare policy and ethics scholars. Geographic reach is concentrated in the DACH region, with no disclosed international expansion.

Name

Mwv Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsges. Mbh & Co. Kg

Legal name

MWV Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

Website

https://mwv-berlin.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MWV is a privately held Berlin-based German medical and healthcare publishing house that publishes print and digital professional literature in German across healthcare management, medicine, psychiatry, and health policy, selling primarily through its own e-commerce shop, book trade, and a library e-Library service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Periodical Publishers (513120), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Medical & Clinical Reference (Physicians, Nursing, Allied Health) (EDAGAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical, Clinical & Biomedical Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAB), STM Publishing (Science, Technical & Medical) (MPAJABAD), Health Sciences & Nursing (EDAGABAF)

Keywords

• Medical publishing
• Healthcare books
• Scientific publishing
• Medical e-books
• Professional medical literature

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Book Sales (Print and Digital): The company generates revenue primarily through the sale of printed books and e-books in the healthcare, medical, and psychology sectors. Products are sold directly through their online shop with pricing ranging from approximately €9.95 to €99.95 for print editions, with digital versions typically priced €0.04 higher.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MWV is a Berlin-based German medical and healthcare publishing house that produces and sells print books, e-books, and open access publications across four subject areas: Health Care Management, Medicine, Psychiatry & Psychology, and Medicine & Society. Products include handbooks, yearbooks, healthcare industry reports, and academic references co-published with leading organizations such as McKinsey, BKK Dachverband, and DIVI. Distribution is via the proprietary Magento online shop, wholesale book trade, and a dedicated e-Library service for institutional subscribers.

Product overview

MWV Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft is a German medical and healthcare publishing house offering a portfolio of print and digital publications. The core offering consists of scientific books and e-books across four main subject areas: Health Care Management (covering topics such as health systems, quality management, hospital management, nursing management, medical law, digitalization, and green health), Medicine (including intensive care, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, surgery, and internal medicine), Psychiatry & Psychology (covering psychiatry, psychotherapy, forensic psychiatry, child psychiatry, psychology, art therapy, and stress medicine), and Medicine & Society (including health policy, ethics, discourse, and societal topics). Additional products include Open Access publications, publication series (Schriftenreihen), whitepapers, the BookPage preview service, and interviews with authors. Publications are available in print and digital formats, with an e-Library service for institutional subscribers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Health&Care Management: Magazine/publication covering healthcare management topics
• Open Access Platform
• e-Library

Products and services

• Bücher (Books)

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• McKinsey & CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMcKinsey & Company collaborates with MWV as co-editor of multiple publications including the annual E-Health Monitor series, demonstrating a strong strategic partnership for healthcare industry research and publications.
• BKK DachverbandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBKK (Betriebskrankenkassen) collaborates with MWV on annual health reports including the BKK Gesundheitsreport series covering topics like mental health, diversity at work, mobility, and healthcare workforce.
• DIVI (Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDIVI partners with MWV to publish the annual DIVI Jahrbuch covering intensive care and emergency medicine topics.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mwv-berlin

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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