List of comic strip syndicates
This is a list of comic strip syndicates. Over the years, many syndicates have been acquired and otherwise absorbed by competitors; this list attempts to illustrate that.
Comic strip syndicates
Andrews McMeel Syndication — formed by merger of Universal Press Syndicate and Uclick; formerly called Universal Uclick; includes GoComics- * Uclick — formerly named Universal New Media
- * Universal Press Syndicate — former names include Universal New Media
- ** Washington Star Syndicate
- *** George Matthew Adams Service — formerly known as the Adams Newspaper Service
- ** Chronicle Features
- ** Editors Press Service
- * United Media
- ** Newspaper Enterprise Association
- ** United Feature Syndicate
- *** Metropolitan Newspaper Service
- *** Press Publishing Co.
- *** World Feature Service
- *** Bell Syndicate — known as the Bell-McClure Syndicate from 1930 to 1972
- **** Associated Newspapers
- **** McClure Newspaper Syndicate — began syndicating comic strips c. 1903
- ***** Wheeler Syndicate — syndicated the work of Bud Fisher and Fontaine FoxCreators Syndicate — formed in reaction to King Features' acquisition of the Register and Tribune Syndicate and News America SyndicateKing Features Syndicate
- * Central Press Association
- ** North American Press Syndicate
- ** Editors Feature Service
- * Register and Tribune Syndicate,
- * Field Newspaper Syndicate — former names include the Chicago Sun Syndicate, the Field Enterprises Syndicate, and the Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate; later renamed News America Syndicate and then North America Syndicate
- ** Chicago Times Syndicate
- ** Publishers Syndicate — became Publishers-Hall
- ** Publishers-Hall Syndicate — former names include Hall Syndicate, New York Post Syndicate, Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc., Hall Syndicate
- *** New York Herald Tribune Syndicate — remaining strips taken over by Publishers-HallRoyal Comics Syndicate Torstar Syndication Services — King Features Syndicate's distribution partner in Canada; former names include Toronto Star SyndicateTribune Content Agency — former names include Tribune-New York News Syndicate, Chicago Tribune Syndicate, the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate, Tribune Company Syndicate, and Tribune Media Services
- * Los Angeles Times Syndicate — former names include Mirror Enterprises Syndicate and Los Angeles Times Mirror Syndicate
- ** General Features Corp.
- '''The Washington Post Writers Group'''
Defunct comic strip syndicates
- Al Smith Feature Service — mainly weekly strips
- AP Newsfeatures — owned by the Associated Press
- Columbia Features
- Comx Box Comics Syndicate — distributed webcomics
- Frank Jay Markey Syndicate — Markey was originally an executive at the McNaught Syndicate
- Lafave Newspaper Features
- Ledger Syndicate — outlived its corporate owner, the Philadelphia Public Ledger
- Ledger Syndicate — second iteration of the syndicate
- McNaught Syndicate
- * New York City Central Press Association
- National Newspaper Syndicate — formerly known as the John F. Dille Co.
- * Uncle Ray Syndicate