It is published by the media conglomerate SDZ Druck und Medien GmbH & Co. KG in Aalen.
It uses the outer jacket or Mantel [de] (the national section of a regional newspaper) composed by the editorial department of Südwest Presse in Ulm.
SDZ Druck und Medien has 312 employees, including graphic designers, salesmen for both digital and print, IT systems support specialists, economists, editorial volunteers and 30 editors.
On 25 February 1948, John Binkowski and Konrad Theiss applied for a license at the Office of Military Government, United States for the newly established publisher Süddeutsche Zeitung to print the Schwäbischen Post – Zeitung für den Kreis Aalen newspaper for the region of Baden-Württemberg.
In order to emphasize continuous news service for Aalen since 1837, Süddeutsche Zeitung reassigned both the book publishing rights of WA Stierlin and the publishing rights for the Kocherzeitung to the Schwäbische Post.