The Otava Group in brief

The Otava Group is the leading diversified media group in Finland. We engage in some way with almost all Finns. Our business areas are Books, Learning Services, Media and Logistics.

• Books business area includes:
  • Suomalainen Kirjakauppa which is the largest book-retailer in Finland and serves customers at 55 locations around Finland and online.
  • Otava Publishing Company’s general literature unit which publishes both fiction and non-fiction. Books are also published under the names of Like Publishing, F-Publishing, Nemo, Moreeni, Karisto and Atena Publishing.
  • Otava Book Printing Ltd.
• Otava Learning is a Finnish expert in learning. The business area publishes digital and printed content and provides services from preschool to adult education, exports Finnish know-how and learning to international markets, and coaches schools for change.
• Otavamedia Ltd publishes magazines that are well known to the Finnish public and runs online services. Otavamedia B2B commercial unit provides services such as multichannel advertising solutions, native advertising and the design and production of own media. Otavamedia also owns 76 % of WordDive which provides a mobile application and online service that is jointly developed by Finnish language teachers for language learning.
• Storia Ltd provides logistics and procurement services for the whole book industry in Finland. Otava owns 47 % of Storia.

In addition to the traditional businesses, Otava acts as an active owner in three stock listed companies:

• Alma Media Corporation, where Otava is the largest single shareholder and owns 39,2 % of the shares. Alma Media is active in Finland, Sweden, Central Eastern Europe and Baltic countries with services ranging from digital media to B2B services and online marketplaces.
• Enento Group Plc, where Otava is the largest single shareholder and owns 26,5% of the shares. Enento provides digital business and consumer information services in the Nordic markets.
• Storytel AB (publ.), where Otava is the fourth largest single shareholder and owns 4,5 % of the shares. Sweden based Storytel in one of the largest audiobook and e-book streaming services and operates globally in over 25 countries.

With an independent mindset, we – over 1,000 employees at Otava – harness our operations and draw on our long roots to build the future.

Our parent company is Otava Ltd.

Read the 2025 Annual Report and financial statements.