Turnover: 100 million EUR (2023)
Country: France
Buffet Crampon is the world's leading manufacturer of professional wind instruments, with 12 emblematic brands benefiting from almost one hundred years of know-how.
The company offers a wide range of wind instruments, including trumpets, flugelhorns, trombones and saxhorns, under the Antoine Courtois brand. Besson, meanwhile, is one of the world's leading brass band brands.
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Buffet Crampon acquires percussion manufacturer Bergerault 09/06/2024
- Bergerault founded: 1932 in Ligueil, Indre-et-Loire, France.
- Bergerault workforce: 38 employees.
- Buffet Crampon founded: 1835.
- Owner of Buffet Crampon: Trail Capital 12 brands acquired, 6 production sites (France, China, USA, Germany).
- Around 1000 employees (25% in France).
- Buffet Crampon 2023 sales: 110 million euros.
- Buffet Crampon's share of export sales: Over 95%.
- Buffet Crampon's main markets: United States, Japan, Germany... .

Buffet Crampon, know-how in demand in China 16/03/2020
- Buffet Crampon has been designing, manufacturing and marketing wind instruments for over 200 years.
- Buffet Crampon generates annual sales of 100 million euros.
- Only 5% of sales come from the French market.
- The company's production sites are located in France, China, Germany and the USA.
- Japan is the company's second-largest market.
- China is the company's fourth-largest market.
Financial Data
DUNS: 445363518
Legal Name: BUFFET CRAMPON
Address: 5 RUE MAURICE BERTEAUX , 78711 MANTES-LA-VILLE
Number of employees: Entre 250 et 499 salariés (2020)
Capital: 33 056 507 EUR
Financial Data:
Year | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
---|---|---|---|
Turnover | 54 666 120 | 55 038 480 | 51 847 643 |
Gross margin (€) | 37 771 115 | 38 627 250 | 35 290 236 |
EBITDA (€) | 6 963 701 | 4 579 578 | 5 543 245 |
Operating profit (€) | 5 860 187 | 6 534 877 | 5 157 645 |
Net profit (€) | 3 630 744 | 4 414 491 | 3 843 467 |
Turnover growth rate (%) | -0,7 | 6,2 | - |
Ebitda margin rate (%) | 12,7 | 8,3 | 10,7 |
Operating margin rate (%) | 10,7 | 11,9 | 9,9 |
Working Capital (turnover days) | -61,7 | -79 | -111,7 |
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) | 99,4 | 85,6 | 82,2 |
Net margin (%) | 6,6 | 8 | 7,4 |
Added value / Turnover (%) | 35,7 | 36,7 | 36,6 |
Wages and social charges (€) | 14 895 852 | 14 684 465 | 15 277 719 |
Salaries / Turnover (%) | 27,2 | 26,7 | 29,5 |
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