[1] On October 30, 2014, reinsurer SCOR SE, managed by Denis Kessler, acquired 100% of Belin's capital, end the family's ownership.

During the revolutionary period, François published the French Constitution decreed by the National Constituent Assembly and accepted by the King (1792).

Since 1977, Pour la science has been a subsidiary of Belin, which offered the eponymous magazine and other titles, and which diversified into scientific works.

Belin was interested in poetry, publishing the magazine Po&sie, in beautiful books, with the acquisition of the Herscher house in 1987, and in botany with the republication of La Grande Flore, by Gaston Bonnier.

On January 1, 2017, an editorial group was set up with Presses Universitaires de France, which has the same shareholder, SCOR SE.

[7] As of March 6, 2017, the company relocated from its historic premises on rue Férou to settle at 170 bis, boulevard du Montparnasse.