Private company
Nielsen BookScan
Book publishing data company
BookScan is a data provider for the book publishing industry that compiles point of sale data for book sales, owned by Circana in the United States and NIQ in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and Poland. In the United States, Nielsen sold BookScan to NPD in 2017, and the service was renamed NPD BookScan in that territory.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrypublishing1
- Websitewww.nielsen.com/us/en/solutions.html
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BookScan is a data provider for the book publishing industry that compiles point of sale data for book sales, owned by Circana in the United States and NIQ in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and Poland. In the United States, Nielsen sold BookScan to NPD in 2017, and the service was renamed NPD BookScan in that territory.2
Timeline
- 2001Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.nielsen.com/us/en/solutions.html1
- WikipediaBookScan
- WikidataQ7031605
Sources
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- 1WikidataNielsen BookScan on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaNielsen BookScan on Wikipedia