drofa ltd

What drofa ltd does

Drofa Ltd. is presented as a for-profit educational publisher serving Russian schools, teachers, parents, students, educational organizations, and wholesale buyers. Its stated core offering includes school textbooks, atlases, maps, workbooks, methodological guides, and teacher resources.

The firmographic record provides a drofa.ru website but does not identify a direct parent-company relationship between Drofa Ltd. and Prosveshcheniye Group or Publishing House Prosveshcheniye JSC. The detailed operating record associated with Prosveshcheniye describes a 10,000+ product catalog, the LECTA digital platform, e-textbooks, interactive workbooks for grades 4–11 across 16 subjects, audio applications, homework tools, Uchitel Club, Parent University, and participation in 15 federal education projects; entity-level ownership of these assets by Drofa is not established in the supplied data.

The available commercial model combines one-time printed-material sales, wholesale and retail distribution, subscriptions to digital products, federal education projects, and professional development services. A structured pricing summary places individual products broadly in the 300–2,000 RUB range, with 10% class-order and 15% bundle discounts. No revenue, headcount, funding, or active-user figures are disclosed, limiting the assessment of scale and financial performance.

Name

drofa ltd

Legal name

АО «Издательство «Просвещение»

Website

https://drofa.ru

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Drofa Ltd. publishes school textbooks, atlases, maps, workbooks, and teacher resources for students, educators, parents, schools, and wholesale buyers, with a stated digital-learning and institutional distribution footprint in the Russian education market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Educational Support Services (61171), Books Printing (323117)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Book Printing (2732), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Core Subject Textbooks (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies) (EDAGAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Assessment-Integrated Curriculum & Practice Workbooks (EDAGAAAH), K–12 Textbook Publishing (Core Curriculum) (MPAJABAA)

Keywords

• Educational publishing
• School textbooks
• Digital learning platform
• Teacher resources
• Learning materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Textbook and Educational Materials Sales: Sale of printed textbooks, workbooks, atlases, maps, and other educational literature through retail and wholesale channels
2. Digital Products Subscription: Digital textbooks, LECTA platform access, home assignment services with subscription model
3. Federal Educational Projects: Participation in 15 federal projects including career guidance, safety lessons, digital literacy, and educational initiatives
4. Professional Development Services: Teacher training and professional development through Uchitel Club platform and Parent University

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Drofa Ltd publishes printed school textbooks, workbooks, atlases, contour maps, and methodological/teacher resources covering 16 core school subjects for grades 4-11, aligned with Russian Federal State Educational Standards (FGOS). The company also operates the LECTA digital learning platform for electronic textbooks, interactive workbooks, homework completion, and exam preparation (EGE, OGE, VPR), as well as the Uchitel Club teacher community and the Parent University for parents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LECTA: Digital educational platform providing electronic textbooks, homework assignments, and digital learning materials for students and parents.
• Учитель.Клуб (Uchitel Club)

Quantifiable outcome

• 15 federal education projects in progress
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Стартех (StartTech)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 24 July 2026Prosveshcheniye participated in the semifinals of the StartTech Award 2026 partnership nomination, discussing how technology should serve educational goals.
• ВЭБ.РФ (VEB.RF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 July 2026АО «Просвещение» and VEB.RF are developing new educational outreach formats. They partnered as sponsors of the animated film «Капитан Невельской и Земли Черного дракона» (Captain Nevelskoy and the Lands of the Black Dragon), representing a cultural and educational collaboration.
• Российская академия образования (RAO - Russian Academy of Education)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026RAO and Prosveshcheniye collaborated on a unique three-volume publication about education during the Great Patriotic War, made available for reading in PDF format and the Prosveshcheniye library.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• McGraw-Hill Education: Major global K-12 textbook and educational content publisher with comparable print + digital product lines targeting schools, teachers, and students — the international analog to Prosveshcheniye's K-12 publishing model.
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: U.S. K-12 educational publisher producing textbooks, assessments, and digital learning platforms for grades K-12 — closely mirrors Prosveshcheniye's integrated print/digital curriculum strategy.
• Scholastic: Children's book publisher with strong K-12 classroom and parent channels; comparable in serving teachers, parents, and students with educational literature and learning materials.
• Binom (Knowledge Laboratory): Russian textbook publisher focused on natural sciences and mathematics for schools — direct domestic competitor to Prosveshcheniye in the Russian K-12 textbook market.
• Ventana-Graf: Russian educational publisher producing textbooks and teaching materials for schools — one of Prosveshcheniye's main domestic competitors in K-12 content.
• Russkoe Slovo (Русское слово): Russian publishing house producing school textbooks and educational literature — a comparable domestic competitor in the same K-12 textbook publishing segment.

Broad incumbents

• Pearson: Global education and publishing incumbent spanning K-12, higher education, and assessment — overlaps with Prosveshcheniye on core K-12 textbook publishing but operates across a much broader portfolio.
• Cengage Group: Educational content and digital learning provider serving K-12 and higher ed; comparable print-to-digital pivot and institutional sales motion to Prosveshcheniye.

Emerging players

• Uchi.ru: Russia's leading K-12 online educational platform with interactive lessons used widely in Russian schools; competes with LECTA in the digital homework and interactive learning category.
• Yandex.Uchebnik (Yandex Textbook): Yandex's K-12 digital education platform offering interactive textbooks, homework tools, and AI-driven learning — an emerging digital-native competitor to LECTA within the Russian market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/drofa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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