Castel Groupe: The latest figures, news and market research on Castel Groupe

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

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.

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
Administrateur	Philippe	CASTEL	66
Administrateur	Alain	CASTEL	64
Administrateur	Sylvie	CASTEL	61
Fondé de pouvoir	Alain	CASTEL	64
Fondé de pouvoir	Olivier	MARC	65

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