Private company

Bayard Presse

French publishing company

Bayard Presse (French pronunciation: [bajaʁ pʁɛs]) is a French press and publishing companies, being founded in 1870. The company has various media outlets both in its native France and abroad. As of 2019, it reports approximately two thousand employees, two hundred magazines with five million subscribers, and eight million annual book sales.² It was founded by Emmanuel d'Alzon.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1870Founded¹

Industrypublication of journals and periodicals¹
HeadquartersParis¹
Founded inParis¹
Websitewww.bayard-editions.com
Legal formSA à directoire (s.a.i.)¹
LEI96950088RYAJDWPMF897³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered address15 BOULEVARD GABRIEL PERI, 92240 Malakoff, France³
Registered withNational Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, 428771778³

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Corporate structure

Bayard Presse is part of a group headed by BAYARD. 7 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

BAYARD Malakoff, France
- BAYARD MEDIA INTERNATIONAL ET INVESTISSEMENT Malakoff, France
  - EDITIONS MILAN Subsidiary · Toulouse, France
- Bayard Presse Malakoff, France
  - Milan Presse Subsidiary · Toulouse, France
- BAYARD JEUNESSE PRODUCTION Subsidiary · Malakoff, France
- BAYARD PRESSE BENELUX Subsidiary · Zaventem, Belgium

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Bayard Presse reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Milan Presse

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.¹

The story

Founded by Emmanuel d'Alzon in 1870, in Paris.¹

Bayard Press was founded in Paris in 1870 and has since expanded into a global publishing network. Its core publications market comes from the children's sector. The main markets are France, Spain and China, but Bayard also has a substantial presence in Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The company focuses on publications about youth, religion, seniors and nature.

The company has close connections with the Catholic Church in France, and is owned by the Assumptionists. It edits educational and Catholic publications such as La Croix and Catholic Digest. The latter was closed in summer 2020. It also publishes Notre Temps, a lifestyle magazine for seniors and The World of the Bible, a review of the Bible.

As well as being a French press company, Bayard Presse has publications in English such as the "I Love English" series for teenagers to read and practice their English. Since 1995, Bayard also produces children's magazines for English-speaking children, such as StoryBox (including the television/comic character "SamSam", for ages 3–6), AdventureBox (ages 6–9), and DiscoveryBox (ages 9–12). In addition to these its major English periodicals included Living with Christ, Catechist, and Today's Catholic Teacher. These titles were all shut down in 2020.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bayard Presse, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴