{{Short description|Netherlands-based global professional services company}} {{Multiple issues| {{Primary sources|date=April 2020}} {{Promotional|date=March 2026}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Wolters Kluwer N.V. | logo = Wolters Kluwer logo.svg | type = Public | traded_as = {{EuronextAmsterdam|WKL|NL0000395903|XAMS}}<br>AEX component | foundation = {{Start date and age|1968}} | location = Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands (global) | key_people = Stacey Caywood (CEO)<ref name="wolters kluwer">{{cite web |url=https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/news/wolters-kluwer-2025-full-year-report|title=Wolters Kluwer 2025 Full-Year Report}}</ref> | products = Health, corporate services, finance, tax, accounting, law and regulatory software, services, workflow tools, and publications | industry = Software, information services | revenue = €6.1 billion (2025)<ref name="earnings report">{{cite web|url=https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/news/wolters-kluwer-2025-full-year-report|title=Wolters Kluwer 2025 Full-Year Report}}</ref> | num_employees = 21,100 (2026)<ref name="annual report">{{cite web|url=https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/about-us|title=Wolters Kluwer About Us|website=Wolters Kluwer|access-date=1 May 2026}}</ref> | homepage = {{URL|wolterskluwer.com}} }}
'''Wolters Kluwer N.V.''' is a Dutch multinational company that provides information, software, and services for accountants, doctors, lawyers, and other professionals. The company serves legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance, and healthcare markets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wolters Kluwer's Expert Solutions Journey {{!}} MIT CISR |url=https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/MIT_CISRwp465_WoltersKluwerExpertSolutions_WixomBeathDuaneVanderMeulen |access-date=2025-10-06 |website=cisr.mit.edu |language=en}}</ref>
Wolters Kluwer's product portfolio includes: UpToDate, CCH, Enablon, CT Corporation, Lippincott, CCH Tagetik, Inview, Brightflag, Ovid, TeamMate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Solutions Directory |url=https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions |access-date=2025-10-06 |website=www.wolterskluwer.com |language=en}}</ref>
The company's global headquarters are in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands.<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite web |date=1 September 2009 |title=Wolters Kluwer Corporate Office Relocated to Alphen aan den |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&tkr=WKL:NA&sid=ajaT3pQBnc1o |access-date=17 April 2015 |website=Bloomberg News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.lww.com/offices|title=Offices|website=Wolters Kluwer|access-date=17 April 2015}}</ref>
==History== ===Early history=== Jan-Berend Wolters founded the Schoolbook publishing house in Groningen, Netherlands, in 1836.<ref name=fundinguniverse>{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/wolters-kluwer-nv-history/|title=Wolters Kluwer History|access-date=16 April 2015|website=Funding Universe}}</ref> In 1858, the Noordhoff publishing house was founded alongside the Schoolbook publishing house.<ref name=fundinguniverse/> The two publishing houses merged in 1968. Wolters-Noordhoff merged with Information and Communications Union (ICU) in 1972 and took the name ICU. ICU acquired Croner in 1977, ICU changed its name to Wolters-Samsom in 1983. The company began serving foreign law firms and multinational companies in China in 1985.<ref name=bloomberg2>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-31/wolters-kluwer-says-explosive-china-growth-fuels-sales-for-law-firms.html|title=Wolters Kluwer Says 'Explosive' China Legal Growth Fuels Sales|website=Bloomberg News |date=30 August 2010|access-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> In 1987, Elsevier, the largest publishing house in the Netherlands, announced its intentions to buy up Kluwer's stock.<ref name=fundinguniverse/> Kluwer merged with Wolters-Samsom to fend off Elsevier's takeover bid and formed Wolters Kluwer.<ref name=textline>{{cite news|title=Kluwer and Wolters Samsom Groep, the Two Dutch Publishing Groups Planning to Merge, Have Announced That Their Merger Intentions Pre-dated the Elsevier Takeover Bid|date=18 June 1987|publisher=Textline Multiple Source Collection}}</ref> The merger made Wolters Kluwer the second-largest publishing house in the Netherlands.<ref name=fundinguniverse/><ref name=textline/>
After the merger, Wolters Kluwer began expanding internationally with the purchase of IPSOA Editore, Kieser Verlag, Technipublicaciones, and Tele Consulte in 1989.<ref name=ulib>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/kluwer.htm|title=Wolters Kluwer|access-date=16 April 2015|website=Northern Illinois University Libraries|archive-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103181503/http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/Kluwer.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> By the end of the year, Wolters Kluwer expanded its presence to Spain, West Germany and France.<ref name=fundinguniverse/> The company also launched LEX, its legal information system, in Poland.<ref name=paralegalalliance>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralegalalliance.com/wolters-kluwer-law-and-business-advantages-and-disadvantages/|title=Wolters Kluwer Law and Business Advantages and Disadvantages|date=5 February 2013|access-date=16 April 2015|website=Paralegal Alliance}}</ref> In 1989, 44% of the company's revenue was earned in foreign markets.<ref name=fundinguniverse/>
===1990s=== The following year, Wolters Kluwer purchased J. B. Lippincott & Co. from HarperCollins.<ref name=ulib/> The company acquired Liber, a Swedish educational publishing company, in 1993.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ikpartners.com/investments/liber/ | title=Liber I Private Equity Investment I Mid Cap I IK Partners |access-date=16 April 2015|website=IK Partners}}</ref> The following year, it established its first Eastern European subsidiary, IURA Edition, in Bratislava, Slovakia. The company acquired Jugend & Volk, Dalian, Fateco Fîrlag and Juristfîrlaget, Deutscher Kommunal-Verlag Dr. Naujoks & Behrendt, and Colex Data in 1995. Wolters Kluwer was operating in 16 countries and had approximately 8000 employees by the end of that year.<ref name=fundinguniverse/>
In 1994, Wolters Kluwer expanded its US legal business by acquiring Prentice Hall Law & Business from Simon & Schuster.<ref>{{Cite web| title = S&S Sells Two Peripheral Assets| work = Publishers Weekly| access-date = 15 October 2019| date = 28 November 1994| url = http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A15907600/LitRC?sid=googlescholar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| pages = 3| last = Benjamin| first = Jeff| title = Aspen Buys Prentice Hall Journals| work = The Daily Record| location = Baltimore, Md., United States| access-date = 6 July 2021| date = 23 November 1994| url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/389921776| id = {{ProQuest|389921776}}}}</ref> In 1995, Wolters Kluwer acquired CT Corporation. The following year, it purchased CCH Inc., a tax and business materials publisher, for $1.9 billion. The purchase assisted in expanding the company's business in Asia because of CCH Inc.'s involvement in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong.<ref name=fundinguniverse/> It also purchased Little, Brown and Company's medical and legal division that year.<ref name=ulib/> John Wiley & Son's legal division was purchased in 1997.<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 1531-2607| pages = –1| last1 = Bean| first1 = Joanna| last2 = GAZETTE| first2 = THE| title = Publisher Plans to Buy Wiley Law Operation/ Deal Probably Will Result in Layoffs for Most of the 44 Employees in Springs Division| work = The Gazette; Colorado Springs, Colo.| location = Colorado Springs, Colo., United States, Colorado Springs, Colo.| date = 17 September 1997| id = {{ProQuest|268129585}}}}</ref> Waverly, Inc., Ovid Technologies, Inc. and Plenum Publishing Corporation were acquired in 1998 to develop Wolters Kluwer's medical and scientific publishing industry.<ref name=fundinguniverse/>
===2000s=== In 2002, Wolters Kluwer sold Kluwer Academic Publishers to the private equity firms Cinven and Candover Investments.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Poynder| first = Richard| title = Kluwer Academic Publishers Sold to Venture Capitalists| access-date = 25 April 2018| date = 4 November 2002| url = http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Kluwer-Academic-Publishers-Sold-to-Venture-Capitalists-17055.asp}}</ref> (It is now part of Springer).<ref>{{Cite web| last = Poynder| first = Richard| title = BertelsmannSpringer Is Sold to Private Equity Firms| access-date = 25 April 2018| date = 27 May 2003| url = http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/BertelsmannSpringer-Is-Sold-to-Private-Equity-Firms-16696.asp}}</ref> The company established its first three-year strategy to deliver sustained value to customers and shareholders in 2003.<ref name=paralegalalliance/> The New Delhi Wolters Kluwer Health office opened in 2006. In 2007, Wolters Kluwer Education was sold to Bridgepoint Capital.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Bridgepoint Acquires Wolters Kluwer Education. – Free Online Library| access-date = 25 April 2018| url = https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bridgepoint+acquires+Wolters+Kluwer+Education.-a0162469771}}</ref> In September 2008, Wolters Kluwer acquired UpToDate, an evidence-based electronic clinical information resource.<ref name=healthcareitnews>{{cite web|url=http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/wolters-kluwer-health-acquire-uptodate|title=Wolters Kluwer Health to Acquire UpToDate|date=4 September 2008|access-date=17 April 2015|website=Healthcare IT News|archive-date=27 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027000317/https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/wolters-kluwer-health-acquire-uptodate|url-status=dead}}</ref> The following month, the company received a multi-year contract to provide prescription and patient-level data to the United States Food and Drug Administration.<ref name=pharmamarketletter>{{cite news|title=Wolters Kluwer Gets FDA Contract|date=5 November 2008 |publisher=Pharma Marketletter}}</ref> In 2009, Wolters Kluwer was named the "Best Place to Work" in Spain by the Great Place to Work Institute.<ref name=greatplacetowork>{{cite web|url=http://resources.greatplacetowork.com/news/pdf/uk's_best_workplaces_09.pdf|title=Who Are the Best Workplaces in the UK and Europe|access-date=17 April 2015|website=Great Place to Work Institute}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
=== 2010s–2020s === Wolters Kluwer Deutschland, the German subsidiary of the company, launched Legal Tribune Online in April 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://assets.contenthub.wolterskluwer.com/api/public/content/d012397243fd400fb9795e88c9664309 | title=d012397243fd400fb9795e88c9664309 }}</ref> The online magazine, which provides German-language news and analysis about current developments in law and related subjects, ranked among the top 20 most visited online professional journals.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deutsche-fachpresse.de/fileadmin/fachpresse/upload/bilder-download/markt-studien/ivw_online/2016/IVW-Zahlen_Januar.pdf | title=IVW-Zahlen_Januar }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deutsche-fachpresse.de/fileadmin/fachpresse/upload/bilder-download/markt-studien/ivw_online/2017/170425_IVW-Zahlen_Ma__rz.pdf | title=IVW-Zahlen_Ma__rz }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://media.businessad.de/download/media_lto.pdf | title=media_lto }}</ref> In September of that year, Wolters Kluwer acquired FRSGlobal, a financial regulatory reporting and risk management firm.<ref name="complianceweek">{{cite web|url=http://www.complianceweek.com/blogs/grc-announcements/wolters-kluwer-financial-services-acquires-frsglobal|title=Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Acquires FRSGlobal|date=24 September 2010|access-date=17 April 2015|website=Compliance Week|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623222132/https://www.complianceweek.com/blogs/grc-announcements/wolters-kluwer-financial-services-acquires-frsglobal|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The company acquired SASGAS, a provider of financial reporting software to banks in China, in October 2011.<ref name="corporateitnews">{{Cite web |last=Nagri |first=Idris |date=2011-10-17 |title=Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Acquires SASGAS |url=https://www.theglobaltreasurer.com/2011/10/17/wolters-kluwer-financial-services-acquires-sasgas/ |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=The Global Treasurer |language=en-US}}</ref> That December, Wolters Kluwer acquired Medknow, an open access publisher.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/wolters-kluwer-health-acquires-medknow-idINDEE7B608T20111207|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307034509/http://in.reuters.com/article/wolters-kluwer-health-acquires-medknow-idINDEE7B608T20111207|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2016|title=Wolters Kluwer Health Acquires Medknow|date=7 December 2011|access-date=17 April 2015|newspaper=Reuters}}</ref> Also in 2011, Wolters Kluwer sold its pharmaceutical industry-related Marketing and Publishing Service division to Springer Science+Business Media, which led to a workforce reduction at its facility in Ambler, Pennsylvania, eventually leading to the site's closure in 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21214491/medical_publisher_to_close_ambler_office/|title=Medical Publisher to Close Ambler Office, Move Workers|last=DiStefano|first=Joseph N.|date=17 September 2013|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=23 June 2018|page=A14|via=Newspapers.com (Publisher Extra)}}</ref>
In 2012, Wolters Kluwer acquired Acclipse, an accounting software provider, and Finarch, makers of a platform for financial institutions to manage data, compliance, and risk.<ref name="publisherweekly">{{cite web |date=19 July 2013 |title=Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Wolters Kluwer |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/58357-global-publishing-leaders-2013-wolters-kluwer.html |access-date=16 April 2015 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Panchuk |first=Kerri |title=Wolters Kluwer Financial Services acquires FinArch |url=https://www.housingwire.com/articles/wolters-kluwer-financial-services-acquires-finarch/ |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=HousingWire |language=en-US}}</ref> The company's health division tested technology to identify and treat sepsis in December.<ref name="fortune">{{cite web |date=3 December 2012 |title=The Supercomputer Will See You Now |url=http://fortune.com/2012/12/03/the-supercomputer-will-see-you-now/ |access-date=17 April 2015 |website=Fortune}}</ref> Wolters Kluwer acquired Health Language, a medical terminology management provider, in January 2013.<ref name=publisherweekly/> In May 2013, it acquired Prosoft Tecnologia, a Brazilian provider of tax and accounting software.<ref name=fortune3>{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2013/05/20/ma-and-ipos-6/|title=M&A and IPOs|date=20 May 2013|access-date=17 April 2015|website=Fortune}}</ref> The company acquired CitizenHawk, an American online brand protection and global domain recovery specialist, in September 2013.<ref name=manavigator>{{cite news|title=Wolters Kluwer Unit Takes Over CitizenHawk|date=10 September 2013|publisher=M&A Navigator}}</ref> That month, Wolters Kluwer acquired Svenson, an Austrian regulatory reporting solutions{{buzzword inline|date=October 2019}} provider.<ref name=internetbusinessnews>{{cite news|title=Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Closes Buy of Svenson|date=2 September 2013|publisher=Internet Business News}}</ref> The acquisition enabled both companies to assist Austrian banks and insurance companies in meeting national and international regulatory requirements.<ref name=internetbusinessnews/>
The company became the fifth participant in the AAISalliance, an arrangement of information providers that make their services available for member insurance companies of the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) in April 2014.<ref name=insurancebroadcasting>{{cite news|title=Wolters Kluwer Becomes Fifth Participant in the AAISalliance|date=29 April 2014|publisher=Insurance Broadcasting}}</ref> In May 2014, Wolters Kluwer launched UpToDate, a clinical decision support resource, in the United Kingdom.<ref name=healthandbeautycloseup>{{cite news|title=Wolters Kluwer Health Brings Out UpToDate Anywhere in UK|date=30 May 2014|publisher=Health & Beauty Close-Up}}</ref> UpToDate was launched throughout Western Europe a month later.<ref name=worldwidecomputerproducts>{{cite news|title=Wolters Kluwer Health Launches UpToDate Anywhere in Western Europe|date=27 May 2014|publisher=Worldwide Computer Products News}}</ref> Wolters Kluwer acquired Datacert, a Houston, Texas-based enterprise legal management software and services provider in April 2014.<ref name=fortune2>{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2014/04/08/deals-of-the-day-questcor-pharma-agrees-to-5-6-billion-deal/|title=Deals of the Day: Questcor Pharma Agrees to $5.6 Billion Deal|date=8 April 2014|access-date=17 April 2015|website=Fortune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=D. |date=2016-03-30 |title=Cybersecurity Firm Armor Appoints Diana Massaro as CMO |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/business-economy/2016/03/cybersecurity-firm-armor-appoints-diana-massaro-as-cmo/ |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=D Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
The company partnered with Anhembi Morumbi University, a private university in São Paulo, Brazil, to provide information and resources to healthcare students and professionals in June 2014.<ref name=professionalservicecloseup>{{cite news|title=Wolters Kluwer Health Taps Universidade Anhembi Morumbi to Introduce Drug Information Resources in Brazil|date=19 July 2014|publisher=Professional Services Close-Up}}</ref> That same year, the company's CCH eSign software won the ''CPA Practice Advisor Magazine's'' Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Award,<ref name=indiainvestmentnews>{{cite news|title=Wolters Kluwer, CCH eSign Solution Wins Prestigious Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Award|date=3 June 2014|publisher=India Investment News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Treadway |first=Clint |date=2014-06-03 |title=Honoring Innovation: 2014 Awards Spotlight Mobile Technologies |url=https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2014/06/03/honoring-innovation-2014-awards-spotlight-mobile-technologies/15404/ |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=CPA Practice Advisor |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as the Software and Information Industry Association's Best Enterprise Mobile Application Award.<ref name=siia>{{cite web|url=http://www.siia.net/codies/2014/finalists.asp|title=2014 Finalists|access-date=17 April 2015|website=Software and Information Industry Association|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402054317/http://www.siia.net/codies/2014/finalists.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> The company partnered with Broadridge Tax Services in August 2014 to facilitate tax reporting and reconciliation.<ref name=assetservicingtimes>{{cite web|url=http://www.assetservicingtimes.com/assetservicesnews/article.php?article_id=4956|title=Wolters Kluwer and Broadridge Tackle Tax Compliance|date=13 August 2014|access-date=17 April 2015|website=Asset Servicing Times}}</ref> In September, the company's UpToDate resource was released in Latin America.<ref name=uptodate>{{cite web|url=http://www.uptodate.com/home/wolters-kluwer-health-introduces-uptodate-anywhere-latin-america|title=Wolters Kluwer Health Introduces UpToDate Anywhere in Latin America|date=2 September 2014|access-date=17 April 2015|website=UpToDate}}</ref> That month the company extended its partnership with the American Internal Revenue Service.<ref name=accountingtoday>{{cite web|url=http://www.accountingtoday.com/accounting-technology/news/wolters-kluwer-chh-continues-irs-tech-partnership71970-1.html|title=Wolters Kluwer, CCH Continues IRS Tech Partnership|date=14 September 2014|access-date=17 April 2015|website=Accounting Today|archive-date=18 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418062955/http://www.accountingtoday.com/accounting-technology/news/wolters-kluwer-chh-continues-irs-tech-partnership71970-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 2014 marked the 15th year of their collaboration.<ref name=accountingtoday/> In May 2016, the company acquired Enablon, a global provider of Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability and Operational Risk Management software and SaaS solutions{{buzzword inline|date=October 2019}}.<ref name=verdantix>{{cite web|url=http://www.verdantix.com/blog/wolters-kluwer-buys-enablon-another-corporate-giant-enters-into-the-eh-s-market|title=Wolters Kluwer Buys Enablon: Another Corporate Giant Enters into the EH&S Market|date=31 May 2016|website=Verdantix}}</ref> Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory sold Croner Group to Peninsula Business Services in 2016 and sold Croner-i to Peninsula in 2017<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.consultancy.uk/news/12048/cma-gives-green-light-for-peninsula-acquisition-of-croner-group | title=CMA Gives Green Light for Peninsula Acquisition of Croner Group | date=13 May 2016 |website=Consultancy.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wolters Kluwer Sells CCH Information to Peninsula Subsidiary Croner-i |first=Sara |last=White |url= https://www.accountancylive.com/wolters-kluwer-sells-cch-information-peninsula-subsidiary-croner-i |newspaper=CCH Daily |date=2 October 2017 |access-date=23 March 2018 }}</ref>
In the United States, Wolters Kluwer's Legal & Regulatory Education (the education division of Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.) published casebooks and legal textbooks through its Aspen Publisher's, Inc. marquee.<ref name=WKAspen>{{cite press release |title=Wolters Kluwer to Divest Its U.S. Legal Education Business |date=27 September 2021 |publisher=Wolters Kluwer |url=https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/news/wolters-kluwer-to-divest-its-us-legal-education-business |access-date=23 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026003556/https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/news/wolters-kluwer-to-divest-its-us-legal-education-business |archive-date=26 October 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=''Race, Rights, and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment'' |first1=Eric K. |last1=Yamamoto |first2=Margaret |last2=Chon |first3=Carol L. |last3=Izumi |author-link3=Frank H. Wu#Personal life |first4=Jerry |last4=Kang |author-link4=Jerry Kang |first5=Frank H. |last5=Wu |author-link5=Frank H. Wu |year=2001 |publisher=Aspen Publishers, Inc. |location=Gaithersburg |isbn=0-7355-2393-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/racerightsrepara00yama/mode/2up |access-date=23 August 2022 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=limited}}</ref> In 2021, Transom Capital Group purchased the Education division for US$88 million,<ref name=WKAspen/> renaming the entire operation as the standalone Aspen Publishing.<ref name=TCAspenPublishing>{{cite press release |title=Transom Capital Acquires Wolters Kluwer U.S. Legal Education Business |date=2 December 2021 |publisher=Transom Capital Group |url=https://transomcap.com/news/transom-capital-acquires-wolters-kluwer-u-s-legal-education-businessbusiness-goes-forward-as-aspen-publishing/ |access-date=23 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410125102/https://transomcap.com/news/transom-capital-acquires-wolters-kluwer-u-s-legal-education-businessbusiness-goes-forward-as-aspen-publishing/ |archive-date=10 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In June 2022, Wolters Kluwer signed and completed an agreement to acquire Level Programs S.L., a provider of legal practice management software in Spain.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=17 July 2025 |title=Wolters Kluwer Digitally Transforms Assurance With Launch of New TeamMate+ Controls Capabilities |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250717339744/en/Wolters-Kluwer-Digitally-Transforms-Assurance-With-Launch-of-New-TeamMate-Controls-Capabilities |access-date=17 July 2025 |work=Business Wire |language=en-CA}}</ref>
Wolters Kluwer launched new TeamMate+ for internal controls and assurance professionals on 17 July 2025.<ref name=":1" />
==Operations==
Wolters Kluwer is active in over 180 countries. Approximately 70% of our digital revenues are from AI-powered solutions as of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wolters Kluwer 2025 Full-Year Report |url=https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/news/wolters-kluwer-2025-full-year-report |access-date=1 May 2026 |website=www.wolterskluwer.com |language=en}}</ref>
The company operates under five divisions as of 2026:<ref name=WK2023>{{cite web|url=https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/about-us|title=About Wolters Kluwer|website=Wolters Kluwer|access-date=1 May 2026}}</ref> * Legal & Regulatory * Tax & Accounting * Health * Financial & Corporate Compliance * Corporate Performance & ESG
== Divisions == Wolters Kluwer operates through five global divisions, providing software and services for specialized professional markets.
=== Health === The Health division provides clinical technology and evidence-based decision support tools for clinicians and healthcare institutions. Major brands include Clinical Decision Support, Medi-Span (drug data and interaction screening), and Lippincott (medical publishing and nursing education). Its products are used by approximately two million clinicians across 180 countries.
=== Tax & Accounting === This division provides tax, accounting, and audit software to professional firms and corporate tax departments. Its core portfolio includes the '''CCH''' product line, featuring '''CCH Axcess''', '''CCH ProSystem fx''', and '''CCH AnswerConnect'''. The division serves over 210,000 accounting firms worldwide, including the "Big Four" and the majority of top-tier U.S. firms.
=== Financial & Corporate Compliance === The Financial & Corporate Compliance (FCC) division provides legal entity compliance, banking product compliance, and risk management solutions. Key brands include '''CT Corporation''' (registered agent services), '''ComplianceOne''', and '''Lien Solutions'''. The segment serves more than 200,000 businesses, including a majority of Fortune 500 companies and U.S. banks.
=== Legal & Regulatory === The Legal & Regulatory division offers information, workflow, and compliance solutions for law firms and corporate legal departments. Significant platforms include '''VitalLaw''' (formerly Cheetah), '''Legisway''', and the '''Enterprise Legal Management''' suite. Its customer base includes approximately 90% of the Am Law 100 firms.
=== Corporate Performance & ESG === The Corporate Performance & ESG division focuses on risk management, corporate finance, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting software. It includes brands such as '''Enablon''' (sustainability software), '''CCH Tagetik''' (corporate performance management), and '''TeamMate''' (internal audit software).
==Sustainability== Wolters Kluwer is listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.<ref name=euronext>{{cite web|url=https://www.euronext.com/en/content/wolters-kluwers-ongoing-commitment-sustainablity-recognized-dow-jones-sustainability-world-a|title=Wolters Kluwer's Ongoing Commitment to Sustainablity Recognized in Dow Jones Sustainability World and Europe Indexes 2010|date=9 September 2010|access-date=17 April 2015|website=Euronext}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> The company received the Bronze Class Sustainability Award 2014 from RobecoSAM.<ref name=yearbook>{{cite web|url=http://yearbook.robecosam.com/companies.html|title= RobecoSAM's Corporate Sustainability Assessment Companies|access-date=17 April 2015|website=RobecoSAM}}</ref> Wolters Kluwer is recognized as one of the "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World" by Corporate Knights.<ref name=global100>{{cite web|url=http://global100.org/global-100-index/|title=2015 GLOBAL 100|access-date=17 April 2015|website=Global 100}}</ref>
== Lawsuits == In September 2024, Lucina Uddin, a neuroscience professor at UCLA, sued Wolters Kluwer along with five other academic journal publishers in a proposed class-action lawsuit, alleging that the publishers violated antitrust law by agreeing not to compete against each other for manuscripts and by denying scholars payment for peer review services.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scarcella |first=Mike |date=13 September 2024 |title=Academic Publishers Face Class Action Over 'Peer Review' Pay, Other Restrictions |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/academic-publishers-face-class-action-over-peer-review-pay-other-restrictions-2024-09-13/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240914212841/https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/academic-publishers-face-class-action-over-peer-review-pay-other-restrictions-2024-09-13/ |archive-date=14 September 2024 |access-date=15 September 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Abdur-Rahman |first=Sulaiman |date=13 September 2024 |title='Illegal Conspiracy'?: EDNY Antitrust Class Action Challenges Publishers' Unpaid Peer Review Rule |url=https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/09/13/illegal-conspiracy-edny-antitrust-class-action-challenges-publishers-unpaid-peer-review-rule/ |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913230833/https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/09/13/illegal-conspiracy-edny-antitrust-class-action-challenges-publishers-unpaid-peer-review-rule/ |archive-date=13 September 2024 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=New York Law Journal |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Companies}} * Books in the Netherlands * Croner Group (a subsidiary from 1977 to 2015) * ''European Business Law Review''
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==External links== * {{cite web |title=Wolters Kluwer Timeline |url=http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/index.htm |work=The Academic Publishing Industry: A Story of Merger and Acquisition |author=Mary H. Munroe |year=2004 |via=Northern Illinois University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020153836/http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/Holtzbrinck.htm |archive-date=20 October 2014 }}
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