Turnover: 13.2 billion EUR (2021)

Country: France

Road builder, part of the Bouygues group

News

Bouygues takes Colas off the stock market and its CEO walks out the door 19/09/2023

Sales of 15.5 billion euros by 2022,

58.000 employees in 50 countries

Bouygues has decided to delist its subsidiary from the stock market.

Bouygues to fully absorb Colas | Bouygues absorbs Colas 19/09/2023

  • Bouygues acquired Screg 37 years ago.
  • Bouygues is about to take over the public works group Colas.
  • Bouygues already owns 96.8% of Colas and is proposing to acquire the remaining 3.2%, representing 2% of voting rights.
  • Colas has forecast sales of 15.5 billion euros in 2022, up 17% (9% on a comparable basis).
  • 60% of these sales are generated outside France.
  • Colas will employ 58,000 people by the end of 2022.
  • Colas CEO Frédéric Gardès has resigned after almost 13 years with the Group.

Colas focuses on recycling bitumen and aggregates 02/01/2023

  • Annual production of 37 million aggregates by Colas
  • Creation of two labels: Valormat for mineral waste, mainly aggregates from public works, and Ecotri for building craftsmen and SMEs
  • The Group has 30 years' experience in recycling and 560 platforms in France
  • Colas wants to upgrade 400 sites to Valormat standards and 24 to Ecotri standards

Colas boosts production of recycled aggregates 23/11/2022

  • Bouygues' largest business division, with sales of €13.2 billion in 2021
  • Network of 400 waste reception, sorting and recovery platforms in France
  • Objective: increase production of recycled materials by 50% by 2026
  • Two complementary service offerings, Valormat and Ecotri
  • Valormat: recovery of large volumes of mineral waste from the construction industry, sorting and recovery (recycled aggregates - sand, gravel, chippings)
  • Ecotri: 12 drop-off centers reserved for building craftsmen and SMEs

Public works: Colas begins its breakthrough in Germany | Travaux publics: Colas commence sa percée en Allemagne | Les Echos 18/08/2022

  • Colas Rail has signed a contract to acquire the family-run Hasselmann Group, an SME in its sector with 300 employees and sales of 70 million euros last year
  • Colas considers the expansion of its rail business in Germany to be "a strategic challenge".
  • Colas Rail plans to bring its project management skills to the Hasselmann Group for projects of "significant size"
  • Sales 1.1 billion euros in sales last year

Financial Data

DUNS: 552025314

Legal Name: COLAS SA

Address: 1 RUE DU COLONEL PIERRE AVIA , 75015 PARIS 15

Number of employees: Entre 250 et 499 salariés (2020)

Capital: 48 981 749 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 214 000 000 230 000 000 321 000 000 277 200 000 275 000 000 267 000 000 406 000 000
Gross margin (€) 253 000 000 264 600 000 294 600 000 257 600 000 330 000 000 267 100 000 -
EBITDA (€) 57 000 000 565 600 000 69 900 000 56 800 000 70 400 000 186 900 000 -
Operating profit (€) 42 000 000 545 000 000 52 500 000 41 300 000 54 700 000 174 500 000 -
Net profit (€) 156 000 000 210 000 000 210 000 000 386 100 000 163 000 000 249 000 000 105 000 000
Turnover growth rate (%) -7 -28,4 15,9 0,6 3,1 -34,2 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 26,6 246 21,8 20,5 25,6 70 -
Operating margin rate (%) 19,6 237,1 16,3 14,9 19,9 65,3 -
Working Capital (turnover days) -1 258,8 -831,2 365,4 -10,9 550,4 -91,7 -
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 494,6 26,8 29,1 6,7 16,2 -91,7 -
Net margin (%) 72,9 91,6 65,4 139,3 59,2 93,4 -
Added value / Turnover (%) 47,7 37,6 32,8 33,4 100 100 -
Wages and social charges (€) 79 000 000 86 000 000 78 800 000 77 800 000 70 200 000 72 400 000 -
Salaries / Turnover (%) 36,9 37,4 24,5 28,1 25,5 27,1 -

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président du conseil d'administration,Directeur général Frédéric Gardes 53
Administrateur Colette De Botton 78
Administrateur Catherine Ronge 63
Administrateur Olivier Roussat 59
Administrateur Arnauld Van-Eeckhout 67
Administrateur Stéphanie Rivoal 52
Administrateur Cyril Bouygues 38

> Besoin de plus d'information sur cette entreprise (SWOT, PESTEL, son marché) ? Demandez à SectorGPT (gratuit)

 

Ask Sector-GPT  

Sector-GPT est la première IA dédiée aux informations sectorielles.