Turnover: 3.8 billion EUR (2023)
Country: France
- Cora is a subsidiary of the Belgian Louis Delhaize group, which specializes in food retailing. There are over 60 Cora hypermarkets in France, located on the outskirts of towns in the north-eastern quarter of the country.
- Cora's brands include Soleil Bleu, a parapharmacy store with 23 outlets in shopping malls across France.
- The group also owns the Match supermarkets.
News
Carrefour acquires one of the last regional retailers | Carrefour buys Cora 13/07/2023
- Cora is a retail chain belonging to the Louis Delhaize Group, with some sixty hypermarkets averaging 8,500 m2 and as many drives
- Cora has a particularly strong presence in the Grand Est region (27 hypermarkets), Hauts-de-France (10 hypermarkets) and Île-de-France
- The first Cora hypermarket was opened in 1969 by André Bouriez, followed by ten more between 1970 and 1975
- Cora sales have fallen by almost 20% in ten years
- In 2023, Cora and the 113 Match supermarkets generated sales "excluding tax" of 5.2 billion euros.
- In 2020, sales for hypermarkets alone were 3.85 billion euros
- Cora has divested its 10 hypermarkets and 8 Cora Urban convenience stores in Romania in April 2023.
A solid 2022 for Cora and Match in France 24/05/2023
- Cora alimentaire France (Cora, Match, Houra) : - +5.2% growth - 5.3 billion euros sales excluding VAT (including petrol)
- E. Leclerc: - +4% excluding petrol (43.9 billion euros) - +8.5% including petrol (55.6 billion euros)
- Système U : - +4% growth - sales of 23.88 billion euros (excluding petrol)
- Carrefour France: - +3.4% excluding fuel (sales of 42 billion euros) - +6.8% with petrol
- Les Mousquetaires: - +2.3% growth (36.055 billion euros in sales, excluding fuel) - +8.2% with fuel (48.93 billion euros)
- Auchan France: - +1.7% like-for-like (sales of 16.6 billion euros) - +6.2% with petrol
- Casino France Retail: - +1% growth - sales of 14.2 billion euros
Cora and Intermarché enter into partnership 05/07/2022
- Louis Delhaize Group and Intermarché (Groupement Les Mousquetaires) have just announced a supply partnership for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)
Financial Data
DUNS: 786920306
Legal Name: CORA
Address: 1 RUE DU CHENIL DOMAINE DE BEAUBOURG, 77183 CROISSY-BEAUBOURG
Number of employees: Plus de 10 000 salariés (2020)
Capital: 5 644 000 EUR
Financial Data:
| Year | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 3 821 801 109 | 3 854 072 278 | 4 086 526 316 | 4 618 437 107 | 4 688 059 196 | 4 700 261 289 | 4 719 901 198 |
| Gross margin (€) | 1 095 916 405 | 1 135 764 973 | 1 139 405 393 | 1 179 612 417 | 1 201 435 556 | 1 206 831 130 | - |
| EBITDA (€) | 73 604 724 | 83 846 839 | 117 182 379 | 161 562 291 | 186 484 218 | 196 108 374 | - |
| Operating profit (€) | 47 622 511 | 59 946 124 | 80 409 151 | 113 530 744 | 157 544 140 | 161 036 738 | - |
| Net profit (€) | 45 052 743 | 7 696 601 | 46 781 957 | 59 593 204 | 77 212 527 | 418 466 471 | 68 911 955 |
| Turnover growth rate (%) | -0,8 | -5,7 | -11,5 | -1,5 | -0,3 | -0,4 | - |
| Ebitda margin rate (%) | 1,9 | 2,2 | 2,9 | 3,5 | 4 | 4,2 | - |
| Operating margin rate (%) | 1,2 | 1,6 | 2 | 2,5 | 3,4 | 3,4 | - |
| Working Capital (turnover days) | -16,2 | -16,1 | -19,4 | -16,3 | -21,3 | -17,6 | - |
| Working Capital requirements (turnover days) | -13,6 | -5,3 | -9,7 | -11,8 | -26,3 | -25,2 | - |
| Net margin (%) | 1,2 | 0,2 | 1,1 | 1,3 | 1,6 | 8,9 | - |
| Added value / Turnover (%) | 17,2 | 18,1 | 17,5 | 16,3 | 16,6 | 16,8 | - |
| Wages and social charges (€) | 533 482 344 | 554 497 459 | 540 800 481 | 531 268 875 | 521 059 272 | 520 526 809 | - |
| Salaries / Turnover (%) | 14 | 14,4 | 13,2 | 11,5 | 11,1 | 11,1 | - |
Company Managers:
| Position | First Name | Last Name | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directeur général | Ludovic Sylvain Amedee | CHATELAIS | 49 |
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