Turnover: 600 million USD (2023)

Country: France

  • Marketing and communications agency
  • Event organizer

News

Luxury marketing: French group The Independents makes a series of acquisitions 18/01/2024

  • The Independents specializes in events and digital marketing in the fashion, luxury and lifestyle sectors.
  • The Independents was created in 2017 from the merger between K2 and the Karla Otto agency.
  • Atelier ATHEM acquired by The Independents for several tens of millions of euros. Atelier ATHEM generated revenues of 70 million euros in 2022, a figure that has almost tripled since 2021.
  • The Independents acquired Bureau Betak in 2021.
  • In 2023, The Independents raised $400 million, much of it in debt.
  • The Independents made six acquisitions in 2023.
  • The Independents employs 850 people in 12 countries.
  • The Independents forecasts sales of $700 million in 2025.
  • The Independents generated $600 million in revenues in 2023, compared with $350 million a year earlier.
  • The Independents also raised a further $180 million in debt.

Studies mentioning this company

The market of event agencies - France

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  • Novelty Magnum Dushow Groupe
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  • FL Entertainment - Banijay
  • Paris Society (Accor groupe)
  • Imagina
  • AEG Anschutz
  • Alive Groupe
  • Delight Data
  • Kactus
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