Turnover: 499 million EUR (2021)

Country: France

  • American consulting firm with over 25,000 employees and a strong presence in France.
  • In 2022, it will set up offices in the renovated historic Peugeot headquarters on avenue de la Grande Armée.
  • Worldwide sales of €11 billion by 2021
  • 1200 employees in France

News

Olivier Scalabre: "The war for talent is global" 02/09/2024

  • - Presence in over fifty countries
  • - Sales in 2023: $12.3 billion
  • - Annual growth in France since 1973: nearly 13%
  • - Number of people in Paris office: 1,300

Consulting: AI already generates a quarter of BCG's revenues in France 29/04/2024

  • - 25% of sales generated in artificial intelligence (AI) support.
  • - More than a third of sales in sustainable development consulting.
  • - 2023: 8% growth and sales of less than 500 million euros.
  • - Plan to recruit 200 people by 2024, up from 180 last year.
  • - Around 80 associates/shareholders, with a dozen new associates recruited last year.
  • - Two-thirds of BCG's clients are disappointed with AI returns; only 10% are deploying AI on a large scale.
  • - Sales force productivity can be increased by 40% with AI.
  • - BCG worldwide: AI accounts for 20% of business, compared with 25% in France.
  • - Growth of BCG's global network of consultants capped at 5%, with sales of 12.5 billion euros, held back in particular by the USA.
  • - In France, BCG claims a 50% share of the "CAC 60" consulting market.

Boston Consulting Group: the secrets of its power 03/02/2024

  • - BCG has 1,200 employees in France.
  • - BCG's sales in France are expected to reach 376 million euros in 2020 and 499 million euros in 2021.

bCG the darling of buyers in the retail and consumer goods sectors 05/07/2022

  • The firm has by far the best image among a panel of decision-makers surveyed by Consultor
  • On average, retail and mass consumption account for 6-8% of sales,

BCG, business with the public sector is low 13/05/2022

  • The public sector has accounted for less than 1% of activity over the past ten years
  • 0.6% in 2021
  • Double-digit growth in 2021.

BCG: first year of single-digit growth in seven years 10/02/2022

  • Worldwide sales up 8% by 2020
  • 22,000 employees
  • Over the past 10 years, sales have risen from $3.5 billion to $11 billion in 2021

Boston Consulting Group 03/02/2022

  • BCG founded: 1963.
  • - Number of BCG offices: 90 in 51 countries.
  • - Number of BCG employees: 22,000.
  • - Number of partners: 1,500.
  • - BCG sales: $12 billion (in 2023).
  • - BCG's Paris office has over 500 consultants and around 800 staff in all.

Industry and relocation according to BCG 05/12/2017

  • Europe's lack of competitiveness in electronics, biopharmaceuticals and aeronautics
  • The country has regained competitiveness in three industries thanks to the explosion in logistics costs: consumer goods, fashion and automotive
  • Carbon prices have no effect on competitiveness

Artificial intelligence makes for happy work, says BCG 02/11/2017

  • 78% of managers see their teams' morale improve thanks to the use of AI

Large companies face the headache of measuring their CO2 emissions 13/10/2017

  • According to BCG, 9% of companies accurately measure their emissions
  • 85% of companies want to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions

Consulting: the Boston Consulting Group elects its new boss 28/05/2017

  • Christoph Schweizer, who joined BCG in Munich in 1997, has been elected to succeed the American Rich
  • BCG's new boss elected by 1,500 managing directors and associates

BCG Paris develops its new consulting model 14/02/2017

  • BCG Gamma employs 600 data scientists worldwide, including around 50 in Paris,
  • Experts in the management and fine analysis of massive amounts of data
  • BCG's Factory 4.0 on the Saclay plateau has been visited by over 3,000 customers since it opened in 2016
  • The BCG subsidiaries Platinion and BrightHouse are further building blocks in this enriched consulting offering

Financial Data

DUNS: 722055738

Legal Name: THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP ET CIE

Address: 24 RUE ST DOMINIQUE 24 AU 26, 75007 PARIS 7

Number of employees: Entre 500 et 999 salariés (2020)

Capital: 28 322 740 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 376 400 062 394 280 080 375 346 029 287 344 542 272 081 036 273 353 067
Gross margin (€) 433 127 731 434 814 324 423 102 723 334 764 711 308 109 268 300 138 576
EBITDA (€) 26 508 302 35 636 449 24 927 223 -3 337 163 -1 884 619 12 171 929
Operating profit (€) -24 412 278 -25 134 975 -15 430 210 -36 400 375 -38 429 870 -27 526 694
Net profit (€) 20 171 943 10 906 400 84 205 534 24 842 717 -958 977 -1 480 505
Turnover growth rate (%) -4,5 5 30,6 5,6 -0,5 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 7 9 6,6 -1,2 -0,7 4,5
Operating margin rate (%) -6,5 -6,4 -4,1 -12,7 -14,1 -10,1
Working Capital (turnover days) -30 -11,1 22,6 23,3 -18,4 1,2
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 101,8 90 121,5 133 76,7 102,1
Net margin (%) 5,4 2,8 22,4 8,6 -0,4 -0,5
Added value / Turnover (%) 84,6 67,9 66 64,9 60,1 61,8
Wages and social charges (€) 280 819 769 223 606 660 213 443 398 182 080 818 157 691 440 150 189 404
Salaries / Turnover (%) 74,6 56,7 56,9 63,4 58 54,9

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Gérant Guillaume Charlin 54

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