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Pearson Plc SupplierIQ Procurement Profile
Pearson PLC is a global education company that provides services and software to institutions, enterprises, and consumers of all ages and stages of learning. It organizes its business into five units: Assessment and Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Enterprise Learning and Skills, and Higher Education. It offers courseware services, including books and digital content, as well as assessment services, including test development, processing, and scoring services. It also operates schools, colleges, universities, and English language teaching centers, and provides online learning services in partnership with universities and other academic institutions. It serves government, educational institutions, corporations, and professional bodies. The firm was founded in the UK in 1844. Its headquarters are located in London, United Kingdom.
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What’s included in this SupplierIQ Profile
IBISWorld's SupplierIQ profile covering Pearson Plc includes financial statements, products & service markets, competitive position and key financial health ratios.
Company Snapshot
What’s covered in this SupplierIQ Profile?
This SupplierIQ profile on Pearson Plc covers the company’s financial statements, products & service markets, competitive position and key financial health ratios. Pearson Plc, trading as Pearson, is a public company with 33.0k employees.
What industries does Pearson Plc operate in?
Pearson Plc primarily operates in Book Publishers, as well as in Computer & IT Certification Schools in the US.
Product & Service Markets
What’s included in the Product & Service Markets chapter?
The Product & Service Markets chapter provides a breakdown of Pearson Plc’s key product and service segments, organized by standardized industry classifications like NAICS. It includes their market share in each of these markets with market share trends and insights.
Competitive Position
What’s included in the Competitive Position chapter?
The Competitive Position chapter covers Pearson Plc’s performance relative to competitors in each of the products and service markets the company operates in. This includes a detailed competitor matrix comparing the market share, return on assets, return on equity, pricing power and competitive outlook. There are qualitative insights and a detailed SWOT analysis included for each product and service market.
Income Statement
What’s included in the Income Statement chapter?
The Income Statement chapter includes datasets covering Pearson Plc’s historical financial performance. Line items include revenue, cost of sales, gross margins, general and administrative costs, research and development costs, depreciation, interest and taxes. This is available in current and historical datasets.
Balance Sheet
What’s included in the Balance Sheet chapter?
The Balance Sheet chapter includes datasets covering Pearson Plc’s historical financial health. Current asset and non-current asset accounts include line items like cash, receivables, inventories, property, plant and equipment, investments, goodwill. Current liabilities and non-current liabilities accounts include line items like accounts payable, debts, provisions and lease liabilities. The equity accounts include line items like paid-in capital, retained earnings, employee stock option plans and treasury stock. This is available in current and historical datasets.
Cash Flows
What’s included in the Cash Flows chapter?
The Cash Flows chapter includes detailed line item accounts covering Pearson Plc’s operating cash flow activities, financing cash flow activities and investing cash flow activities. This is available in current and historical datasets.
Ratios
What’s included in the Ratios chapter?
The Ratios chapter covers key financial metrics like the operating margin, gross margin, return on equity, return on assets, current ratio, quick ratio, EBIT margins, EBITDA margins, debt ratio, equity ratio and debt to equity ratios. This is available in current and historical datasets.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the 2025 revenue for Pearson Plc?
According to the 2026 IBISWorld ProcurementIQ report, Pearson Plc generated $4.8bn in revenue.
Who are Pearson Plc’s main competitors?
The 2026 ProcurementIQ report benchmarks Pearson Plc against its top competitors across execution score, operational capabilities, pricing power, and market share.
What is Pearson Plc’s EBITDA margin?
Pearson Plc’s EBITDA margin is reported across a 7-year period in the 2026 IBISWorld ProcurementIQ report. The report includes a full income statement breakdown.
What markets does Pearson Plc operate in?
The 2026 report identifies all NAICS-coded product and service markets Pearson Plc participates in, including market share, concentration, profitability trends, and average vendor risk ratings.
How many employees does Pearson Plc have?
The 2026 ProcurementIQ report lists Pearson Plc’s employee count and benchmarks workforce size against key competitors to assess relative operational capacity.
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