Turnover: 35 million EUR (2022)

Country: France

Générale des services is a network of franchises operating in the personal services segment. The parent company is the GDS Expansion group, with sales of 1.35 million euros in 2018, which is certainly not representative of the sales of all the franchises in the network.

The company was founded in 1999 and had 14 branches by 2010. The following year, in 2011, it succeeded in raising 350,000 euros. By 2017, Générale des services had 55 branches in France, providing services to over 10,000 people.

Customers can request a quote for many of the services available:

  • Housework and ironing
  • Childcare and home tuition
  • Accompaniment and outings
  • Gardening and odd jobs
  • Personal services
  • Other services (including renovation work)

News

Générale des services relies on multi-franchising to grow 13/07/2023

  • Générale des Services has sales of 35 million euros.
  • The company has 85 branches in France, with a total of 2,500 employees.
  • Five new franchisees joined the company this year.
  • The company aims to reach the 100-branch mark in the near future.

Financial Data

DUNS: 424400141

Legal Name: GROUPE GDS EXPANSION

Address: 43 AV DU GRESILLE ZAC DU LAC DE MAINE, 49000 ANGERS

Number of employees: Entre 10 et 19 salariés (2020)

Capital: 70 564 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 1 731 840 1 647 732 1 402 702 1 350 000 1 269 170 981 740 905 920
Gross margin (€) 1 666 325 1 638 620 1 403 148 1 341 970 1 260 408 - -
EBITDA (€) -46 234 -34 705 71 098 118 104 52 221 - -
Operating profit (€) -193 217 -136 145 55 475 113 052 36 948 - -
Net profit (€) -213 813 -156 549 51 004 98 016 28 260 4 600 15 330
Turnover growth rate (%) 5,1 17,5 3,9 6,4 29,3 8,4 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) -2,7 -2,1 5,1 8,7 4,1 - -
Operating margin rate (%) -11,2 -8,3 4 8,4 2,9 - -
Working Capital (turnover days) -57,7 -42 20 110,3 78,7 - -
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) -52,9 -44,8 81 44,1 56 - -
Net margin (%) -12,3 -9,5 3,6 7,3 2,2 - -
Added value / Turnover (%) 34,3 38,9 29,5 28,5 24,5 - -
Wages and social charges (€) 621 003 636 687 334 193 256 651 250 786 - -
Salaries / Turnover (%) 35,9 38,6 23,8 19 19,8 - -

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Commissaire aux comptes suppléant Stéphane GRENOUILLEAU

Studies mentioning this company

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