Hachette Jeunesse: The latest figures, news and market research on Hachette Jeunesse

Turnover: 1.34 billion EUR (2021)

Country: France

Hachette Jeunesse is the children's book division of the French publishing group Hachette Livre. This department was created in 1826.

Hachette Jeunesse's two flagship collections are Bibliothèque verte and Bibliothèque rose.

Since 1997, Hachette Jeunesse has been split into two departments: Hachette Jeunesse Romans and Hachette Jeunesse Images.

Today, Hachette Jeunesse has more than 40 characters and universes of reference, such as Oui-Oui, Babar, Hello Kitty, etc.

Board games: Hachette acquires Catch Up Games 05/06/2023

Acquisition of Gigamic in 2019
Acquisition of Hiboutatillus (creator of Blanc Manger Coco) in 2021
Acquisition of La Boîte de Jeu (Au Creux de ta Main, Cerbère...) in 2022
Acquisition of a majority stake in French publisher Catch Up Games, founded in 2014
20 games in the Catch Up Games catalog (e.g. Sobek 2 players, Cubirds, The Loop)
8th studio to join Hachette Boardgames thanks to acquisition of Catch Up Games
Catch Up Games joins Funnyfox, Studio H, Sorry We Are French, Le Scorpion Masqué, Hiboutatillus, La Boîte de jeu and Gigamic within Hachette Boardgames

Hachette launches metavers, a publishing first 01/06/2023

Hachette is the French leader and number three worldwide in publishing (excluding the professional sector).
Hachette to acquire a stake in French start-up PowerZ in summer 2021
The launch of PowerZ's educational game project, which aims to become the "Fortnite of education"
Around ten Hachette publishing houses, mainly focused on the youth segment, are working or will be working with PowerZ
The metaverse developed jointly by Hachette and PowerZ is entitled "Beyond the pages" and is freely accessible.
Two works featured in the metaverse are "Panique dans la Mythologie" by Fabien Clavel and "Le Dernier Ours" by Charlotte Bousquet.

DUNS: 602060147

Legal Name: HACHETTE LIVRE

Address: 58 RUE JEAN BLEUZEN , 92170 VANVES

Number of employees: Entre 1 000 et 1 999 salariés (2021)

Capital: 6 260 976 EUR

Financial Data:

Year	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Turnover	1 339 357 597	1 132 698 387	1 156 304 768	1 087 079 278	1 113 606 332	1 082 403 000	1 034 770 000
Gross margin (€)	644 152 654	565 220 043	569 853 644	1 006 173 740	575 065 174	576 520 000	-
EBITDA (€)	27 321 759	19 902 492	20 303 121	15 402 277	28 877 490	33 247 000	-
Operating profit (€)	18 248 701	3 962 469	-332 567	14 572 896	20 278 406	21 752 000	-
Net profit (€)	116 570 049	77 360 225	61 406 341	75 563 433	81 277 546	71 005	42 927 000
Turnover growth rate (%)	18,2	-2	6,4	-2,4	2,9	4,6	-
Ebitda margin rate (%)	2	1,8	1,8	1,4	2,6	3,1	-
Operating margin rate (%)	1,4	0,3	-	1,3	1,8	2	-
Working Capital (turnover days)	0,8	-6,9	-6,2	5,4	-18,3	5,2	-
Working Capital requirements (turnover days)	-18,3	1,3	11,9	5,6	7,4	8,8	-
Net margin (%)	8,7	6,8	5,3	7	7,3	-	-
Added value / Turnover (%)	16,2	14,9	14,2	55,8	15,3	16,2	-
Wages and social charges (€)	137 632 272	122 903 183	121 370 500	121 224 788	117 054 734	118 556 000	-
Salaries / Turnover (%)	10,3	10,9	10,5	11,2	10,5	11	-

Company Managers:

Position	First Name	Last Name	Age
Président du conseil d'administration et directeur général	Jean-christophe	Thiery De Bercegol Du Moulin	57
Directeur général délégué	Stephanie, Jean	Ferran	46
Administrateur	Nathalie	Gruet	48
Administrateur	Pauline	Hauwel	45

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