Turnover: 650 million USD (2019)

Country: France

  • Mérieux NutriSciences (formerly Silliker) is a bioanalytical laboratory specializing in food, pharmaceutical and environmental analysis. It also carries out related tests on consumer goods (hygiene products, detergents, etc.), cosmetics and food packaging.
  • Mérieux NutriSciences has 7 analytical sites in France (chemistry, microbiology), plus 4 sensory evaluation centers.
  • This national presence ensures close proximity to all players in the agri-food sector: manufacturers, foodservice operators, retailers and private labels.
  • Over 100 laboratories in 27 countries, 8,000 employees

Financial Data

DUNS: 303434591

Legal Name: SILLIKER

Address: 25 BOULEVARD DE LA PAIX BAT C, 95800 CERGY

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

Capital: 19 674 500 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 82 894 732 78 551 637 76 290 423 70 010 239 73 461 847 64 490 067 54 273 667 51 788 244 52 182 861
Gross margin (€) 75 452 810 71 758 180 72 414 258 63 808 166 66 952 570 58 907 583 49 479 676 47 795 613 -
EBITDA (€) 5 117 823 5 110 361 4 621 843 -364 789 3 130 842 2 923 114 1 816 004 1 299 695 -
Operating profit (€) 3 227 370 3 509 205 4 121 772 -1 104 240 2 822 705 2 342 367 1 466 739 1 082 990 -
Net profit (€) 3 768 535 4 008 484 3 354 870 -1 132 638 1 529 912 1 671 782 1 223 635 585 978 1 320 183
Turnover growth rate (%) 5,5 3 9 -4,7 13,9 18,8 4,8 -0,8 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 6,2 6,5 6,1 -0,5 4,3 4,5 3,3 2,5 -
Operating margin rate (%) 3,9 4,5 5,4 -1,6 3,8 3,6 2,7 2,1 -
Working Capital (turnover days) 31 14,6 11,6 14,4 13,3 18,9 18,1 7,3 -
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 64,7 65,9 80,9 60,2 54,2 60,7 56,5 54,7 -
Net margin (%) 4,5 5,1 4,4 -1,6 2,1 2,6 2,3 1,1 -
Added value / Turnover (%) 53,9 53,9 55,6 50,6 55,6 56,2 56,2 57,1 -
Wages and social charges (€) 38 760 480 36 262 803 36 562 941 34 334 564 36 100 783 31 855 921 27 066 519 26 688 397 -
Salaries / Turnover (%) 46,8 46,2 47,9 49 49,1 49,4 49,9 51,5 -

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président Stephane, Francis, Paul Huet 51
Directeur général Nicolas Guerche 52

Studies mentioning this company

The bioanalysis market - France

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