It is partner of the holding company DBH Deutsche Buch Handels GmbH & Co. KG and itself it is owned by the dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church of Germany.

[2] As of 2006, Weltbild claims to be Germany's largest media and mail-order company, with a market share of ten percent.

[3] On 2 August 2014 the financial investor Droege International Group bought 60% of the company's shares and started a recapitalisation.

[8] In June 2013, Weltbild ran into controversy when they notified Canadian based publishing house Icon Empire Press that they would no longer be carrying their book titles.

Weltbild informed the publishing house that they were owned by the Diocese of the Catholic Church of Germany and the book titles carried by Icon Empire Press did not meet the standards of traditional values.