Turnover: 4.9 million EUR (2022)

Country: France

  • The company was founded in 1995 by Philippe Brunet, a student with a passion for sailing, who had already made a name for himself by creating the Club Nautique de Paris X-Nanterre and renting out Hobie Cats on a Breton beach in summer.
  • after completing his studies, Philippe Brunet logically launched 3 rental companies: Filovent (specialized in sailboat rentals), then RiverandBoat (specialized in river cruising on the canals and rivers of France and Europe) and finally VillaNovo in 2007, a website dedicated to luxury villa rentals.
  • The Filovent Group employs around thirty people of several nationalities, with 3 offices in Paris, Barcelona and Marrakech. Filovent offers a fleet of over 18,000 vessels, from 231 builders and 1,780 models. In February 2017, Filovent announced that it had raised €750,000 from private investors.

Financial Data

DUNS: 403240666

Legal Name: FILOVENT

Address: 8 RUE DE L'EST , 92100 BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT

Number of employees: 0 salarié (2024)

Capital: 13 014 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Turnover 4 954 901 3 095 193 2 469 474 3 573 588 3 584 447 3 474 907 - 2 162 849 2 164 226
Gross margin (€) 4 973 969 3 118 523 2 499 637 3 582 991 3 593 538 3 491 393 - 2 163 457 2 161 023
EBITDA (€) 332 469 284 364 80 284 221 527 156 320 60 258 - 115 273 -13 321
Operating profit (€) 254 032 217 247 15 802 163 604 97 345 20 890 - 103 191 -14 325
Net profit (€) 177 823 275 960 14 619 131 311 97 446 23 886 - 68 096 7 756
Turnover growth rate (%) 60,1 25,3 -30,9 -0,3 3,2 - - -0,1 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 6,7 9,2 3,3 6,2 4,4 1,7 - 5,3 -0,6
Operating margin rate (%) 5,1 7 0,6 4,6 2,7 0,6 - 4,8 -0,7
Working Capital (turnover days) -4,5 -18,3 -25,4 -8,4 -3,6 -4,7 - -23,6 -16
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) -7,3 -16,8 -37,7 -8,8 -4 -4,9 - -30,3 -38,9
Net margin (%) 3,6 8,9 0,6 3,7 2,7 0,7 - 3,1 0,4
Added value / Turnover (%) 9,1 10,5 3,3 7,2 5,7 3,5 - 9 1,8
Wages and social charges (€) 93 909 86 257 33 252 35 098 35 167 51 375 - 67 522 46 243
Salaries / Turnover (%) 1,9 2,8 1,3 1 1 1,5 - 3,1 2,1

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président Philippe, Denis, Marie Brunet 54

Studies mentioning this company

The boat rental market - France

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