Turnover: 23.5 million EUR (2023)

Country: Italy

Founded in 1908 in Frankfurt, Merz is a pharmaceutical company and a family business that is now present in 28 countries around the world and whose products are also distributed in 90 other countries. The group's businesses are divided into four areas: beauty and aesthetics, dermatology, neurology, and self-medication and wellness.

The latter business is developed by the Merz Aesthetics division (https://www.merzaesthetics.com), which offers drugs for plastic surgery professionals, medical devices and equipment, and hyaluronic acid-based fillers. The group's aesthetics division accounted for about 50 percent of Merz Pharmaceuticals' 2017 sales. The company has recently expanded its business into noninvasive aesthetic medicine, and is now one of the leading suppliers of botulinum toxin in the world. In 2010, the German group launched a €191 million takeover bid for rival BioForm Medical, acquiring a number of filler products. The three main aesthetic medicine brands in Merz's portfolio are Belotero, Radiesse and BoCouture Xeomin.

Financial Data

DUNS: 492060215

Legal Name: MERZ PHARMA FRANCE

Address: 2 AVENUE GAMBETTA TOUR EQHO, 92400 COURBEVOIE

Number of employees: Entre 20 et 49 salariés (2021)

Capital: 862 485 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 30 605 736 26 570 108 22 978 638 19 854 860 21 193 845 19 894 748 18 955 831 15 477 312 13 265 766
Gross margin (€) 17 954 106 16 579 176 12 559 796 12 150 603 12 129 700 13 340 272 12 163 146 10 255 640 9 509 737
EBITDA (€) 315 992 1 306 868 2 111 858 1 043 382 345 808 569 749 2 390 304 498 742 -161 119
Operating profit (€) 753 897 1 785 254 991 764 747 347 251 945 692 652 1 583 819 645 971 -52 149
Net profit (€) 559 776 1 424 537 353 046 440 720 -201 581 524 328 487 825 585 965 -19 401
Turnover growth rate (%) 15,2 15,6 15,7 -6,3 6,5 5 22,5 16,7 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 1 4,9 9,2 5,3 1,6 2,9 12,6 3,2 -1,2
Operating margin rate (%) 2,5 6,7 4,3 3,8 1,2 3,5 8,4 4,2 -0,4
Working Capital (turnover days) 49,8 54,7 47,1 35,1 23,9 36,2 36,3 4,8 -5 040,7
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 25,6 -3,5 -14,3 33 26,9 17 53,2 7,4 -5 039,1
Net margin (%) 1,8 5,4 1,5 2,2 -1 2,6 2,6 3,8 -0,1
Added value / Turnover (%) 24,8 26,2 30,9 32,4 22,3 32,7 35,5 30,4 37,5
Wages and social charges (€) 7 842 060 6 624 094 5 754 305 5 574 333 5 682 317 6 362 767 5 842 131 5 259 591 5 376 210
Salaries / Turnover (%) 25,6 24,9 25 28,1 26,8 32 30,8 34 40,5

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Directeur général Ariane Ariche 54
Directeur général Francois Da Silva 49

Studies mentioning this company

The aesthetic medicine market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Allergan plc (Abbvie)
  • Galderma
  • Merz Pharmaceuticals
  • La Roche-Posay
  • Filorga Cosmétiques (Colgate Palmolive)
  • Lierac (Laboratoire Native)
  • Laboratoires Sebbin
  • Arion
  • Candela Medical
  • Deleo
  • Ipsen
  • Clinique des Champs Elysées
  • Lazeo
  • Maison Lutetia
  • Skincareagency
  • Healshape
The aesthetic medicine market - United Kingdom

Other companies mentioned:

  • Allergan plc (Abbvie)
  • Ipsen
  • Merz Pharmaceuticals
  • Cynosure
  • Alma Lasers
The aesthetic medicine market - Italy

Other companies mentioned:

  • Fidia Farmaceutici
  • Decomedical
  • ITS Group
  • BTL
  • EME Estetica
  • Ipsen
  • Merz Pharmaceuticals
  • Allergan plc (Abbvie)