Turnover: 8 billion EUR (2023)

Country: France

Groupe SEB is a French company and world leader in small electrical appliances. Its name stands for Société d'emboutissage de Bourgogne. The company is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange. It owns several brands: Tefal, Calor, SEB, Moulinex, Rowenta, EMSA, IMUSA, Wilbur Curtis, etc

The company has factories all over the world: USA, France, Italy, Germany, China, Vietnam, India, Russia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Colombia and Brazil.

In 2021, 92% of the company's worldwide sales were to consumers, and only 8% to professionals. 37% of consumer sales were generated in Western Europe, 15% in other EMEA countries, 11% in North America, 4% in South America, 25% in China and 8% in other Asian countries. The Group is present in over 150 countries, and generates around 45% of its sales in emerging markets. Western Europe still accounts for 40% of sales.

Its main shareholders are :

    • Lescure family (39.2%)
    • Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (5.3%)
    • FFP SA (5%)

News

Electrical appliances: SEB increasingly targets the professional market 22/02/2024

  • the Group has just signed an agreement with the Augagneur family to acquire Sofilac, the French company that owns these high-end brands and which generated sales of 62 million euros in 2023.
  • The company owns Charvet and Lacanche high-end stoves and hobs.
  • Appliances for the hotel and catering industry now account for 12% of group sales
  • They join Krampouz crepe makers, Zummo juice makers, the Pacojet cooking aid and San Marco Italian-style coffee machines. Since 2016 and the acquisition of WMF, which brought SEB into the professional coffee machine market, SEB has been steadily expanding this division.
  • In 2023, the professional division generated 962 million euros out of total sales of 8 billion.
  • China accounts for 1.96 billion euros in sales

Seb Alliance, the Seb Group's investment fund, invests in start-up Y-Brush 08/10/2023

  • Y-Brush raised €6 million last November.
  • The company was founded in 2017.
  • Y-Brush toothbrushes are equipped with 35,000 nylon filaments and sonic vibrations, which clean all teeth in 10 seconds.
  • Y-Brush currently has around 30 employees, half of whom work in production and logistics.
  • The company produces 8,000 toothbrushes a month. Y-Brush has over 100,000 users in France and abroad.
  • This year, exports accounted for over 30% of business.
  • The start-up's ambition is to be present on French supermarket shelves by the end of the year.

SEB consolidates part of its logistics in Côte-d'Or 19/07/2023

  • SEB employs 1,600 people for the production of Tefal frying pans and saucepans in Rumilly, Haute-Savoie.
  • In June, a 100,000 m2 warehouse was opened at Bully-les-Mines for small electrical appliances.
  • The new Til-Châtel warehouse, with a surface area of 38,000 m2 and an investment of 30 million euros, will employ 100 people
  • SEB employs 560 people in Côte-d'Or, including 400 in Selongey and 160 in Is-sur-Tille.
  • The group has 30,000 employees worldwide
  • In 2022, SEB achieved sales of 7.96 billion euros.

SEB creates a giga-logistics platform in Pas-de-Calais 14/06/2023

  • Giga logistics platform: 100,000 m2, investment of 80 million euros
  • Capacity: 100 trucks per day
  • Planned workforce in 2025: 350 people
  • Number of SEB industrial sites worldwide: 40
  • Number of SEB industrial sites in France: 11
  • Sales in 2022: 7.96 billion euros
  • Number of employees: over 30,000 Presence in many countries: 150
  • Total brands: 34

SEB invites itself more and more into restaurant kitchens 05/05/2023

  • Groupe SEB acquires Pacojet, the Swiss family firm which manufactures the eponymous machine for emulsifying and smoothing sauces, purées, ice creams and mousses from frozen products
  • Pacojet targets sales of 24 million euros by 2022
  • 90% of Pacojet sales are exports
  • Increased presence in Northern Europe and Germany
  • Pacojet machine prices: 4,000 to 5,000 euros
  • Third acquisition in the sector after Zummo, Spanish juice machine specialist, and San Marco, Italian coffee machine manufacturer
  • Sales of SEB's professional activity in 2022: 725 million euros (9% of total sales)
  • Increase in SEB professional sales in 2022: 15.6

Seb acquires La San Marco, the icon of Italian coffee machines 20/02/2023

  • Seb intends to strengthen its presence in this niche with the acquisition of La San Marco, a company specializing in professional coffee machines
  • Specialized in espresso coffee machines with the traditional lever system, it offers a diversified range of products, most of which are made in Italy
  • This acquisition will enable the Seb Group to consolidate its activities in the professional coffee segment, with recognized historical experience and a genuine complement to its existing offering

SEB adds Italian-style professional coffee to its menu 17/02/2023

  • SEB enters a new segment of professional coffee machines
  • San Marco is an iconic Italian brand, founded in 1920.
  • Sales of 19.7 million euros by 2022.
  • Target of 50% market share in espresso machines by the end of 2022.
  • In 2016, the company entered the bar and restaurant sector with the acquisition of Germany's WMF
  • In 2019 Already number two in the US filter coffee market with the acquisition of Wilbur Curtis

SEB acquires Spanish juice machine specialist Zummo 27/07/2022

  • Leader in automatic juice machines
  • Sales of 25 million euros by 2022
  • Production site in Valencia, Spain

Seb aims for growth in 2022 24/02/2022

  • Seb announces record results for 2021.
  • Seb's operating income before non-recurring items (EBITDA) in 2021 will amount to 813 million euros, an increase of 34.3% on 2020.
  • Seb's operating margin in 2021 will be 10.1%, compared with 8.7% in 2020.
  • Seb's sales in 2021 will be 8.05 billion euros, up 16.1%.
  • Seb's net profit in 2021 will be 454 million euros, up 51% on 2020.

Financial Data

DUNS: 440410637

Legal Name: GROUPE SEB FRANCE

Address: 112 CHE DU MOULIN CARRON , 69130 ECULLY

Number of employees: Between 250 and 499 employees (2020)

Capital: 42 033 850 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 822 236 340 1 029 108 883 853 324 554 845 759 237 849 428 202 882 260 243 874 572 659 835 748 811
Gross margin (€) 274 061 383 343 923 870 218 074 631 213 457 731 217 279 278 221 158 295 202 427 694 223 957 309
EBITDA (€) 43 766 593 55 735 063 33 656 799 48 479 863 51 607 719 57 484 301 47 991 656 71 408 721
Operating profit (€) 44 619 106 51 991 519 33 781 720 48 634 402 50 476 416 56 992 386 45 668 561 70 543 694
Net profit (€) 32 348 844 35 847 900 22 390 177 31 631 871 31 082 035 36 456 833 30 168 835 42 820 846
Turnover growth rate (%) -20,1 20,6 0,9 -0,4 -3,7 0,9 4,6 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 5,3 5,4 3,9 5,7 6,1 6,5 5,5 8,5
Operating margin rate (%) 5,4 5,1 4 5,8 5,9 6,5 5,2 8,4
Working Capital (turnover days) 76,6 63,5 68,7 73,4 72,4 70,7 68,5 78,6
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 50,3 23,3 42,5 39,9 36,6 54,1 50,9 48,6
Net margin (%) 3,9 3,5 2,6 3,7 3,7 4,1 3,4 5,1
Added value / Turnover (%) 8,1 8,3 6,9 9,2 11,1 11,4 10,3 13,8
Wages and social charges (€) 27 330 390 31 136 231 28 516 590 30 108 064 27 269 727 27 306 397 26 233 191 25 701 274
Salaries / Turnover (%) 3,3 3 3,3 3,6 3,2 3,1 3 3,1

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Chairman CYRIL, FRANCOIS, MARIE BUXTORF 58
Chief Executive Officer SEBASTIEN ALEGRE 51

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