Turnover: 669 million EUR (2023)

Country: Germany

  • Founded in 1883 by a bookseller, Ravensburger is a German toy and game company
  • European market leader in puzzles.
  • Ravensburger products are exported to over fifty countries.
  • Ravensburger also expanded into video games in the late 1990s with the creation of Ravensburger Interactive, which they sold in May 2002 to JoWooD Productions.
  • The company acquired Swiss Carlit in 1970, American Wonder Forge in 2013, and Sweden's Brio and Alga in 2015, all of which have contributed significantly to the company's strong growth.

News

Against the backdrop of the toy industry slump, Ravensburger achieves a record year in 2023 11/02/2024

  • - In 2023, the global toy market recorded a decline of 7%.
  • - German toy manufacturer Ravensburger defied this trend by recording sales growth of 11.6%, reaching 669 million euros in 2023.
  • - Ravensburger's success in 2023 was strongly contributed to by the launch of its new Disney Lorcana trading card range in August 2023.
  • - Plans are also underway to revamp their Tiptoi educational range.
  • - Ravensburger plans to launch a new brand called Play + in September 2024, which will offer around 30 references mixing early-learning toys and children's books.

january 27, 2021 - Ravensburger boosts sales despite health crisis - source(SWR)

  • Record sales for Ravensburger puzzles, toys and books
  • 20% increase in sales compared to 2019
  • Ravensburger sold 28 million puzzles in 2020
  • Memory" game is a bestseller - over 2 million copies sold
  • Sales growth not only in Germany but also in the USA, estimated at 42%

april 19, 2020 - The success of the "1000 pieces" puzzle - source(Le Point)

  • On March 24, at the start of the first lockdown, the search "Puzzle Ravensburger 1000 pièces" reached 7th position on Amazon, according to Forbes
  • Ravensburger sales triple in North America

Financial Data

DUNS: 388696569

Legal Name: JEUX RAVENSBURGER SAS

Address: 21 RUE DE DORNACH LE TERTIAL 1, 68120 PFASTATT

Number of employees: Entre 50 et 99 salariés (2020)

Capital: 17 475 000 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 62 661 305 55 362 662 50 358 093 44 696 002 48 276 023 47 110 297 46 938 794
Gross margin (€) 23 808 328 22 518 374 20 883 154 20 739 878 21 093 743 21 006 847 20 537 963
EBITDA (€) 867 079 1 684 361 1 735 850 1 627 559 873 559 1 434 427 1 075 956
Operating profit (€) 1 894 572 1 643 721 1 588 028 1 218 082 1 366 112 1 310 517 1 503 057
Net profit (€) 1 307 353 1 075 335 1 073 783 998 784 896 696 819 344 1 193 438
Turnover growth rate (%) 12,5 10,1 12,7 -7,4 2,5 0,4 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 1,4 3 3,4 3,6 1,8 3 2,3
Operating margin rate (%) 3 3 3,2 2,7 2,8 2,8 3,2
Working Capital (turnover days) 110,9 140,6 145,3 182,6 191,1 207,6 183,7
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 93,1 56,6 96,6 95 104,5 104,6 109,9
Net margin (%) 2,1 1,9 2,1 2,2 1,9 1,7 2,5
Added value / Turnover (%) 11,4 13,3 13,8 16 13,3 13,4 13,6
Wages and social charges (€) 5 714 361 4 996 459 4 990 802 4 775 514 4 719 996 4 339 486 4 458 576
Salaries / Turnover (%) 9,1 9 9,9 10,7 9,8 9,2 9,5

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Directeur général Florent Jean Robert LEROUX 57
Directeur général Bruno GOUILLON 61

Studies mentioning this company

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The board game market - United Kingdom

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The board game market - United States

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