Private company

Carfax Publishing Ltd.

Carfax Publishing Ltd. is a UK academic publisher based in Abingdon-on-Thames, founded in 1970.1 It is part of Taylor & Francis.1 It ceased to exist in 2005.1

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1970Founded1

Corporate structure

Carfax Publishing Ltd. is part of a group headed by Informa. 46 entities, 10 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Informa London, United Kingdom
    • Taylor & Francis Milton Park
    • Informa Middle East Subsidiary
    • Nation's Restaurant News Subsidiary
    • New Hope Network Subsidiary · Boulder, United States
    • Penton Media Subsidiary · New York
      • Broadcast Engineering Subsidiary
    • CENTRE FOR ASIA PACIFIC AVIATION PTY LTD Subsidiary · 100% · Sydney, Australia
    • Informa Markets B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • BANGKOK EXHIBITION SERVICES CO., LTD. (บริษัท แบงค็อค เอ็กซ์ซิบิชั่น เซอร์วิสเซส จำกัด) Subsidiary · Bangkok, Thailand
    • Cinex Asia Subsidiary
    • IND GROUP FZCO Subsidiary · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Informa Connect Subsidiary
    • INFORMA GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • INFORMA GROUP LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • INFORMA HOLDINGS FZE Subsidiary · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • INFORMA MARKETS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
    • Informa Tech Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • INFORMA UK LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • RIA Edge Subsidiary
    • Seatrade Maritime Subsidiary
    • STORMCLIFF LIMITED Subsidiary · Limassol, Cyprus
    • TAYLOR & FRANCIS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · New Delhi, India
    • TAYLOR & FRANCIS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLP Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
    • THE INFORMA GROUP EMPLOYEE SHARE TRUST Subsidiary · St Helier, Jersey
    • UBM ASIA (THAILAND) CO LIMITED (บริษัท ยูบีเอ็ม เอเชีย (ประเทศไทย) จำกัด) Subsidiary · Bangkok, Thailand
    • انفورما الشرق الاوسط المحدودة (فرع دبى) Branch · London, United Kingdom
    • and 3 more

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 Carfax Publishing Ltd. 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)

  • Third World Quarterly

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

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Also owns

  • Third World Quarterly since 1990

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1990Acquired Third World Quarterly1

Timeline

  1. 2005Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1998Acquired Acquired by Taylor & Francis1
  3. 1997Acquired Acquired by Routledge1
  4. 1990Acquisition Acquired Third World Quarterly1
  5. 1970Founded Founded1

Sources

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