Babolat: The latest figures, news and market research on Babolat

Turnover: 220 million EUR (2022)

Country: France

A century-old family business founded in 1875 by Pierre Babolat, the brand has earned its letters of nobility thanks to its particular know-how, notably concerning natural gut strings for tennis rackets.
Wholly owned by the founder's family, the brand has diversified slightly in recent years, with the launch of a textile range in 2003, and the development of a connected racket in 2012.
The brand has also maintained a partnership with startup PIQ since 2015.

Tennis: Babolat still holds the line 07/08/2024

- age at which Rafael Nadal started using a Babolat racket: 9.
- Year of Nadal's first Roland Garros victory with a Babolat racket: 2005.
- Babolat company anniversary: 150th in 2025.
- Percentage of sales represented by gut strings: 5%.
- Year Babolat invented its first electric stringing machine: 1975.
- Year Babolat launched its first racket: 1994.
- Year Babolat launched its first tennis balls: 2001.
- Year of launch of tennis shoes in partnership with Michelin: 2003.
- Number of rackets sold per year: 1.5 million.
- Sales 2023: close to 200 million euros.
- Year B. Braun acquired a stake in Babolat: 1981.
- Number of players under contract with Babolat: 170.
- Babolat's first market: United States.
- Babolat's second market: Japan.
- Babolat's third market: France.
- Share of sales generated by padel: over 15%.
- Potential padel market in 5 to 10 years: equivalent to tennis or badminton.
- Current size of the global padel market: 150 to 200 million euros.
- Worldwide badminton (and tennis) market size: 1.5 billion euros.
- Share of European and American markets in Babolat sales: 50% for Europe and 25% for the United States.

For Babolat, padel will catch up with tennis 27/05/2024

- Current percentage of padel sales: 16%
- Target percentage of padel sales for fiscal 2024: 20%
- Sales: 197 million euros
- Number of employees: 445
- Forecast: cross-over of padel and tennis sales curves by 2030
- Main padel markets: Brazil, Argentina, Spain (5 million players, padel's nerve center)
- Number of padel players worldwide: 12 to 13 million
- Opening of a Babolat padel studio near Barcelona
- Two stringing factories, in Lyon and Ploërmel
- A logistics platform in Corbas
- A stringing machine factory in Besançon
- Partnership with the new Chamatex factory in Ardèche for shoe production

Roland-Garros: French SMEs are champions of tennis equipment 30/05/2023

4.4 million tennis players in France, including just over one million licensed players.
sales of 200 million euros for the tennis market in France.
Babolat: sales of 202 million euros in 2022, up 13% year-on-year.
1.5 million tennis rackets sold by Babolat every year.
Babolat is present in 150 countries, 20,000 clubs and 15,000 stores.
Other companies in the sector:
- - Tecnifibre: sales of 45.5 million euros in 2022.
- - Supersol: sales of around 2 million euros in 2021.
- - Tweener, leader in LED lighting for racquet sports, has installed its system on over 1,000 courts in some twenty countries.

DUNS: 552131401

Legal Name: BABOLAT VS

Address: 33 QUAI PAUL SEDALLIAN , 69009 LYON 9EME

Number of employees: Entre 200 et 249 salariés (2018)

Capital: 1 275 000 EUR

Financial Data:

Year	Turnover (€)	Net Profit (€)	Fiscal Year End	Fiscal Year Duration
2019	112 133 717 EUR	177 889 EUR	31/12/2019	12
2018	50 293 121 EUR	2 076 189 EUR	31/12/2018	6
2017	116 936 839 EUR	6 731 092 EUR	30/06/2017	12
2016	123 715 595 EUR	3 552 607 EUR	30/06/2016	12
2015	122 706 935 EUR	5 660 062 EUR	30/06/2015	12

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