Turnover: 0 billion EUR (2024)

Country: Netherlands

  • Founded in 1989, GrandOptical is a network of 209 optical stores, 118 of which are franchises.
  • The brand has belonged to the Dutch GrandVision Group since 1989. GrandOptical focuses on customer service, with a mid- to high-end positioning.
  • The Grandvision Group has over 7,200 stores in more than 40 countries
  • Grand Vision owns the Grand Optical, Generale d'optique and Solaris banners
  • France is Grandvision's biggest market
  • Grand Vision Group acquired by Essilor Luxottica in 2019
  • In 2024, Grand Optical files for bankruptcy after heavy losses, including 9 million in 2022.

Financial Data

DUNS: 492787957

Legal Name: GRANDVISION FRANCE

Address: 1 RUE JEAN PIERRE TIMBAUD , 78180 MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX

Number of employees: Entre 2 000 et 4 999 salariés (2020)

Capital: 1 003 297 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 538 544 871 635 692 388 609 550 649 597 531 209 588 017 514 579 770 092
Gross margin (€) 402 859 862 475 729 306 461 075 514 440 312 258 442 285 562 427 654 813
EBITDA (€) 82 980 716 127 531 399 126 124 932 114 660 514 124 116 105 111 561 022
Operating profit (€) 53 615 983 102 890 001 98 398 896 93 523 530 103 345 564 88 906 223
Net profit (€) 29 093 230 61 769 138 66 444 719 62 169 803 45 785 906 38 635 266
Turnover growth rate (%) -15,3 4,3 2 1,6 1,4 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 15,4 20,1 20,7 19,2 21,1 19,2
Operating margin rate (%) 10 16,2 16,1 15,7 17,6 15,3
Working Capital (turnover days) 104 67,3 40 30,2 -12,5 -5,5
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 14,3 14,7 25,3 17,3 14,6 23
Net margin (%) 5,4 9,7 10,9 10,4 7,8 6,7
Added value / Turnover (%) 48,5 51,2 51,5 49,4 51,2 50,3
Wages and social charges (€) 157 621 877 173 317 993 166 626 129 159 368 813 156 574 064 160 822 677
Salaries / Turnover (%) 29,3 27,3 27,3 26,7 26,6 27,7

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Directeur général Frédéric DAUCHE 52
Directeur général Guillaume BROUWET 56
Commissaire aux comptes suppléant Yves NICOLAS 69

Studies mentioning this company

The optical market - France

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