Turnover: 74.348 million EUR (2021)
Country: France
Soleil Manga, a collection of the publisher Soleil Productions, has decided to focus on the publication of shôjo. The company was founded in 1989, but the Soleil Manga collection did not appear until 2003. A radical change took place when Éditions Soleil was acquired by the Guy Delcourt group in 2011. The takeover led to a redundancy plan to turn around a publishing house in decline - Soleil had produced 367 albums in 2012, only 269 in 2014the collection has nonetheless managed to recover, with the publisher controlling 3.6% of market share.
Its main successes in 2017 were as follows:
- The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess, whose launch was the third biggest of the year, with 34,000 volumes sold
- Splatoon, whose first volume alone sold 15,000 copies
News
Comics: how Delcourt continues its rise in the comics world 24/01/2024
- The Delcourt-Soleil group exceeded the 100 million euro sales mark during the Covid period.
- Delcourt-Soleil is the third-largest player in the comics market, with a 10% share.
- Rival Glénat holds 13%.
- Market leader Média-Participations holds 20% of the market.
- Delcourt publishes 700 titles every year.
- 50% of these titles are mangas.
- The comics market has tripled in four years.
- Delcourt bought Soleil in 2011 and Tonkam in 2014.
- Delcourt owns Delsol, a distribution company that provides services for some twenty comic publishers.
- In 2021, Delcourt was the first to take an interest in Korean comics.
- The "Solo Levelling" series sold 1.5 million copies.
- The publisher's "Les Légendaires" series is its bestseller, with ten million albums sold.
Financial Data
DUNS: 334898822
Legal Name: GROUPE DELCOURT
Address: 6 RUE LEON JOUHAUX 6-8, 75010 PARIS 10
Number of employees: 92 (2018)
Capital: 1 210 520 EUR
Financial Data:
| Year | Turnover (€) | Net Profit (€) | Fiscal Year End | Fiscal Year Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 59 679 271 EUR | 7 602 340 EUR | 31/12/2019 | 12 |
| 2018 | 54 469 000 EUR | 5 881 000 EUR | 31/12/2018 | 12 |
| 2017 | 53 742 000 EUR | 4 558 000 EUR | 31/12/2017 | 12 |
| 2016 | 34 585 000 EUR | 4 348 000 EUR | 31/12/2016 | 12 |
| 2015 | 35 488 133 EUR | 3 986 606 EUR | 31/12/2015 | 12 |
Studies mentioning this company
The manga market - France
Other companies mentioned:
- Shûeisha
- Pika Édition
- Kana Editions (Dargaud Media Participations)
- Kurokawa Univers Poche (Editis)
- Kazé Crunchyroll
- Ototo Euphor
- Delcourt Groupe - Soleil Manga
- Nobi Nobi Pika Editions
- KiOon
- Komikku Éditions
- Delsol Diffusion
- Interforum (Editis Groupe)
- Scantrad
- Jaimini’s Box
- Media Participations
- Bamboo Edition
- Mangas.io
- Sony Music Entertainment France
- Shin Sekai
- Makassar