Turnover: 4 billion EUR (2020)

Country: Germany

Claas, a German company founded in 1913, is the market leader in combine harvesters. Today, production takes place in four countries, including Germany, the USA, France and Hungary, with foreign sales accounting for around 79%.

The company employs over 11,000 people and has nine sites worldwide.

In 2003, Claas acquired Renault Agriculture.

Financial Data

DUNS: 552131781

Legal Name: CLAAS FRANCE

Address: 2 CHE DES GRANDS PRES DU GUE , 28320 YMERAY

Number of employees: Entre 200 et 249 salariés (2020)

Capital: 8 842 043 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 620 993 142 573 606 860 546 039 684 616 157 238 620 131 626
Gross margin (€) 86 239 999 88 874 593 73 048 719 79 113 996 -
EBITDA (€) 24 202 988 30 013 928 16 294 333 15 754 841 -
Operating profit (€) 13 337 490 15 337 495 3 230 946 3 691 984 -
Net profit (€) 7 178 523 7 779 422 1 509 506 1 777 029 3 360 918
Turnover growth rate (%) 8,3 5 -11,4 -0,6 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 3,9 5,2 3 2,6 -
Operating margin rate (%) 2,1 2,7 0,6 0,6 -
Working Capital (turnover days) 27,1 40,2 40,7 32,1 -
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 45,2 48,4 39,3 42,9 -
Net margin (%) 1,2 1,4 0,3 0,3 -
Added value / Turnover (%) 4,9 6,7 4,9 4,3 -
Wages and social charges (€) 14 814 264 14 927 271 15 682 091 16 117 467 -
Salaries / Turnover (%) 2,4 2,6 2,9 2,6 -

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président Frédéric VERBITZKY 59
Directeur général Alain Emile GIRARD 55

Studies mentioning this company

The agricultural machinery market - France

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