Turnover: 135 million EUR (2021)

Country: France

  • Created in 1965 by Fred DeLuca, the Subway concept offers tailor-made sandwiches made in front of the customer's eyes.
  • The first restaurant opened in 2001 in Paris, France, and opened its 500th restaurant in December 2015 in Nantes.
  • The network operates on a franchise basis, and manages to expand rapidly thanks to low start-up costs and ongoing training.
  • Subway positions itself primarily as a healthy fast-food restaurant, featuring meats with no trace of antibiotics and displaying the energy value of its products. The brand hopes to increase its customer base by deploying a mobile-to-store strategy that sends promotional messages to customers near its points of sale.

News

Subway relies on a master franchisee to double its size in France 20/03/2024

  • - Roark Capital acquires Subway
  • - Master franchise agreement with McWin Restaurant Fund, an investment fund advised by McWin Capital Partners.
  • - The announced partnership covers France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Czech Republic.
  • - The partnership includes some 400 existing restaurants, including around 375 in France.
  • - Around 600 new restaurants are planned over the next decade.
  • - The aim is to more than double Subway's size in France and Luxembourg, and strengthen its presence in Belgium and the Czech Republic.
  • - The agreement provides for the possibility of McWin subsidiaries entering into further master franchise agreements.
  • - McWin had already acquired a majority stake in Big Mamma in September, and is now rolling out Burger King in Germany and Poland.
  • - The digitalization of the chain is underway, notably with the deployment of ordering terminals.
  • - Subway is present in around 100 countries, with nearly 37,000 restaurants.
  • - There are plans to double the number of restaurants in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa)

Subway ready to sell for over ten billion dollars 16/01/2023

  • Founded in 1965, Subway is the world's second-largest fast-food chain behind McDonald's
  • Subway plans to sell itself for over ten billion dollars
  • 37.000 restaurants in over 100 countries
  • More than 20,000 independent franchisees pay royalties to Subway
  • More than 500 restaurants (France). Sales under the banner are expected to reach €135 million in France in 2020. [Snacking]
  • Sales reached around 200 million before the health crisis
  • Company and franchisees hit hard by health crisis

Financial Data

DUNS: 452808652

Legal Name: REX SUBS EUROPE

Address: 198 AVENUE DE FRANCE , 75013 PARIS

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

Capital: 7 500 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 2 533 167 2 405 263 2 429 369 2 231 349 2 116 199 1 962 576 2 162 598
Gross margin (€) 2 535 837 2 405 266 2 429 401 2 231 368 2 116 207 1 962 582 2 162 621
EBITDA (€) 60 614 209 232 151 143 172 880 172 075 316 211 183 409
Operating profit (€) 53 651 202 049 137 910 149 554 145 134 284 516 148 011
Net profit (€) 37 729 135 568 70 642 131 469 113 743 213 403 121 050
Turnover growth rate (%) 5,3 -1 8,9 5,4 7,8 -9,2 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 2,4 8,7 6,2 7,7 8,1 16,1 8,5
Operating margin rate (%) 2,1 8,4 5,7 6,7 6,9 14,5 6,8
Working Capital (turnover days) 165,7 25,6 154,6 87,2 111 28 65,5
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 0,2 - 1,5 -10,5 -10,1 -4,1 -13,3
Net margin (%) 1,5 5,6 2,9 5,9 5,4 10,9 5,6
Added value / Turnover (%) 76,7 81,1 81,3 73,3 77,6 69,8 77,1
Wages and social charges (€) 1 849 920 1 705 506 1 779 748 1 413 467 1 429 805 1 009 123 1 435 774
Salaries / Turnover (%) 73 70,9 73,3 63,3 67,6 51,4 66,4

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président Sandra Chassan 47

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