Turnover: 5.6 billion EUR (2021)

Country: France

  • The Casstel Group specializes in wine, beer and soft drinks in Africa
  • The group is a winemaker, wine merchant and wine merchant in France
  • France's leading player in the wine sector and the world's third-largest, with sales of around €800 million
  • Castel group sales estimated at €5.6 billion in 2021
  • In Africa, a major beer player with a presence in many countries

News

France's Castel aims to remain a key player in the African beer market 21/01/2023

  • a group with 250 subsidiaries and 37,000 employees
  • Number one in wine in Europe, with entry-level brands such as Vieux Papes and Baron de Lestac, and the Nicolas wine store chain
  • Number two in beer in Africa (85% of sales generated by beer in Africa)
  • Sold its water division in France in 2008 (Cristaline, Châteldon, Vichy Saint-Yorre...), and intends to sell this division in Africa, where it owns 17 water brands (in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Morocco, Chad and Tunisia).
  • Ain Ifrane in Morocco and local brands in Côte d'Ivoire have already been sold in 2022.
  • Two new Guinness breweries purchased by the UK Diageo (Meta Abo Brewery in Ethiopia and a brewery in Douala (Cameroon)
  • Purchase of the license to distribute Guinness in Cameroon, where it controls 80% of the local market,

Beer: Castel steps up ambitions to consolidate its beer empire in Africa 12/12/2022

  • annual sales of €6 billion, including €5 billion from beer and beverages in 21 of 56 African countries
  • Castel sells its mineral water activities in Morocco and Ivory Coast
  • Discontinuation of long-standing bottling business with Coca-Cola (2016)
  • 100 million euro investment in glass manufacturing facilities in Angola and Cameroon
  • In Madagascar, doubling of capacity at Antsirabé malting plant
  • In 2021, purchase of Diageo breweries in Ethiopia (Meta Abo Brewery) and Cameroon (Guinness Cameroon) for €460 million.

Financial Data

DUNS: 482283694

Legal Name: CASTEL FRERES

Address: 24 RUE GEORGES GUYNEMER , 33290 BLANQUEFORT

Number of employees: Entre 1 000 et 1 999 salariés (2020)

Capital: 78 080 619 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 677 059 200 699 961 209 679 113 666 690 657 780 695 478 178 746 554 754 741 845 365
Gross margin (€) 256 690 462 268 406 409 248 756 229 240 046 877 256 727 666 318 288 122 322 587 005
EBITDA (€) 42 034 683 43 906 119 33 962 830 35 604 557 33 922 392 37 162 063 42 684 365
Operating profit (€) 27 018 442 28 415 560 20 484 798 21 712 870 19 478 405 23 590 615 29 792 423
Net profit (€) 23 628 170 19 466 178 14 017 845 19 092 735 17 749 473 21 946 432 19 507 232
Turnover growth rate (%) -3,3 3,1 -1,7 -0,7 -6,8 0,6 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 6,2 6,3 5 5,2 4,9 5 5,8
Operating margin rate (%) 4 4,1 3 3,1 2,8 3,2 4
Working Capital (turnover days) 94,3 79,1 59,9 68,7 74,8 64,5 60
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 128,3 116,2 119,5 119,3 116,1 78 85
Net margin (%) 3,5 2,8 2,1 2,8 2,6 2,9 2,6
Added value / Turnover (%) 17,1 16,9 15,8 15,5 15,3 13,4 15,5
Wages and social charges (€) 57 401 405 57 034 959 55 592 757 54 899 962 53 157 677 47 388 107 57 627 629
Salaries / Turnover (%) 8,5 8,1 8,2 7,9 7,6 6,3 7,8

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Administrateur Philippe CASTEL 66
Administrateur Alain CASTEL 64
Administrateur Sylvie CASTEL 61
Fondé de pouvoir Alain CASTEL 64
Fondé de pouvoir Olivier MARC 64

Studies mentioning this company

The wine market - France

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