Turnover: 1.22 billion USD (2022)
Country: France
- French publisher of board games, card games and role-playing games
- Founded in 1995
- Acquired numerous other board game publishers
- As of 2018, the second-largest publisher of board games, after Hasbro, ahead of Ravensburger
- Sold by Eurazeo to Pai Partners for €1.2 billion in 2018
- Its most famous games include Carcassonne, Dobble and Jungle Speed.
- Creation of Asmodée Digital in 2015 with the aim of replicating its successes in physical games in paid digital versions.
Asmodée subsidiaries:jeux Descartes, Days of Wonder, Fantasy Flight Games, Asterion, Space Cowboys, Catan Studio, Plaid Hat Games, EDGE Entertainment,, Z-Man Games, Ystari, Pearl Games, HeidelBÄR, Lookout Games, Repos Production, ...
Swedish publisher Embracer to buy company from PAI fund in December 2021 for around €3 billion
News
Corinne Derudder (Asmodee): "Pokémon cards are far from being our only asset" 11/04/2024
- - Takeover of Asmodee by the Embracer group at the end of 2021 for 2.75 billion euros.
- - Position of Asmodee as number 3 in games and toys in France in 2023.
- - Annual sales in France: 8 million games.
- - Workforce in France: 700 employees.
- - Worldwide workforce: 2,600 employees.
- - Number of design studios: 25.
Asmodee strengthens its position in Oceania and the UK with the acquisition of VR Group 20/10/2022
- worldwide sales of 1.1 billion euros by 2021
- Acquisition of VR Group, one of the leading distributors of board games in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom
Takeover of Asmodee by the Embracer Group: the alliance between board games and video games 16/12/2021
- Swedish Embracer Group, 86 development studios and 9000 employees in 40 countries
- one of the major players in the video game industry
- Valued at 9.5 billion euros on the Stockholm stock exchange
- Asmodée the largest independent player in the board game sector
- In 2020, the group sold over 39 million games in more than 50 countries
- Valuation of 3 billion euros in 2020
Financial Data
DUNS: 399899806
Legal Name: ASMODEE GROUP
Address: 18 RUE JACQUELINE AURIOL QUARTIER VILLAROY, 78280 GUYANCOURT
Number of employees: Entre 50 et 99 salariés (2020)
Capital: 155 440 330 EUR
Financial Data:
| Year | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 91 351 684 | 48 716 403 | 43 009 305 | 40 596 204 | 35 925 208 | 141 096 622 | 111 261 744 |
| Gross margin (€) | 53 090 445 | 30 523 371 | 24 712 022 | 20 151 776 | 19 898 859 | 61 467 674 | 50 883 898 |
| EBITDA (€) | 4 843 491 | -335 574 | 977 179 | -1 647 887 | 815 515 | 7 777 454 | 2 614 369 |
| Operating profit (€) | 6 617 562 | -1 954 580 | -919 911 | -4 084 244 | -399 182 | 6 720 976 | 816 289 |
| Net profit (€) | 6 998 953 | 51 122 381 | 432 352 | 65 295 224 | -1 347 480 | 5 057 446 | -4 753 634 |
| Turnover growth rate (%) | 87,5 | 13,3 | 5,9 | 13 | -74,5 | 26,8 | - |
| Ebitda margin rate (%) | 5,3 | -0,7 | 2,3 | -4,1 | 2,3 | 5,5 | 2,3 |
| Operating margin rate (%) | 7,2 | -4 | -2,1 | -10,1 | -1,1 | 4,8 | 0,7 |
| Working Capital (turnover days) | -25,7 | -123,7 | 51 | 12,3 | 122,1 | -42,7 | 4,7 |
| Working Capital requirements (turnover days) | 66,2 | 60,7 | 72,1 | 45,8 | 63,1 | -9,4 | 38 |
| Net margin (%) | 7,7 | 104,9 | 1 | 160,8 | -3,8 | 3,6 | -4,3 |
| Added value / Turnover (%) | 25,9 | 17,8 | 12,5 | 5,5 | 16,8 | 14,7 | 14,5 |
| Wages and social charges (€) | 11 330 306 | 5 065 635 | 3 807 802 | 3 386 141 | 3 230 542 | 8 499 315 | 7 724 537 |
| Salaries / Turnover (%) | 12,4 | 10,4 | 8,9 | 8,3 | 9 | 6 | 6,9 |
Company Managers:
| Position | First Name | Last Name | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commissaire aux comptes suppléant | Stephane | DAHAN | 52 |
Studies mentioning this company
The board game market - Germany
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