Turnover: 3.52 billion EUR (2023)

Country: France

  • Dutch hard discount non-food retail chain
  • It offers an assortment of over 5,000 decoration, household and gardening products. Most non-food products are manufactured in China.
  • A store includes the following departments: stationery, boxes, household products, kitchenware, decoration, artificial plants and vases, DIY, seasonal, outdoor.
  • Today, the company has almost 200 stores in Belgium and over 2,000 outlets in 10 European countries
  • There are some 800 stores in France
  • consolidated sales 2022: € 8.9 billion

News

Action opens its 800th store in France at Aulnay-sous-Bois 31/01/2024

  • Eleven years of presence in France. 800 stores in France.
  • First store inaugurated in Courrières, Nord, at the end of 2012
  • Sales of 3.5 billion euros excluding tax by 2022.
  • The brand offers 6,000 products, including 1,500 for less than one euro.

Is shopping at Action a new trend? 19/07/2023

  • France accounts for a third of Action's sales
  • Inflation is a factor behind the success of low-cost stores like Action.

Action becomes France's favorite retailer 05/04/2023

  • - Action has 800 points of sale in France
  • - Action renews 70% of its offer every week

Sales of Dutch dicounter Action up in Europe 27/03/2023

  • Bazaar specialist
  • - Sales in 2022: 8.9 billion euros
  • - Number of stores open in 2022: 280
  • - Operating EBITDA in 2022: 1.2 billion euros
  • - Number of countries: 11
  • - Number of employees: 80,000
  • - Number of stores in France: 730

These French people are adept at "treasure hunting" in discount stores 13/03/2023

  • action, which now has over 700 stores in France
  • Noz, formerly Le Soldeur, with over 320 stores
  • Stokomani, with 130 stores.
  • By 2021, the Action banner will have achieved sales of almost 3 billion euros, all countries combined, compared with 550 million euros in 2021 for Noz and Stokomani.

Action, the rising discount champion 11/02/2023

  • By 2021, Action was already operating 653 stores in France
  • The company employs over 15,000 people in France.
  • Valued at €10 billion in the accounts of its shareholder 3i Capital in 2019
  • After 10 years of activity in France, Action has established itself as one of the leading discounters of non-food products (household, hygiene, decoration, storage, electronics, etc.)
  • France, Action's biggest market

Action has passed the 700-store mark in France. 26/11/2022

  • 700 stores in France
  • Founded in 1993, Action is present in ten European countries
  • More than 2100 stores

Financial Data

DUNS: 753308238

Legal Name: ACTION FRANCE

Address: 11 RUE DE CAMBRAI , 75019 PARIS 19

Number of employees: Plus de 10 000 salariés (2020)

Capital: 15 000 000 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 2 923 892 305 2 020 857 815 1 913 476 768 1 456 386 243 1 042 318 819 643 822 541 287 579 989
Gross margin (€) 665 556 818 526 933 079 489 446 622 376 946 567 278 029 454 179 118 751 9 305 452
EBITDA (€) 128 786 600 94 908 058 80 840 966 69 257 032 48 247 522 30 114 694 5 062 372
Operating profit (€) 80 350 879 52 411 274 47 297 895 40 320 378 29 184 927 17 920 992 -191 571
Net profit (€) 43 128 652 33 120 663 28 479 858 24 267 317 15 227 547 8 885 075 3 915 047
Turnover growth rate (%) 44,7 5,6 31,4 39,7 61,9 223 776,8 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 4,4 4,7 4,2 4,8 4,6 4,7 1 760,3
Operating margin rate (%) 2,7 2,6 2,5 2,8 2,8 2,8 -66,6
Working Capital (turnover days) -4,6 -12,7 -20 -28,6 -15,5 -30,7 -35 949,1
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) -15,3 -24,4 -13,6 -14,8 2,6 -12,4 -16 097,2
Net margin (%) 1,5 1,6 1,5 1,7 1,5 1,4 1 361,4
Added value / Turnover (%) 15,8 17,6 16,5 17,2 18,1 19,3 3 217,3
Wages and social charges (€) 292 328 415 224 420 077 203 745 286 160 050 889 120 627 852 80 319 793 7 864 433
Salaries / Turnover (%) 10 11,1 10,6 11 11,6 12,5 2 734,7

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Directeur général Wouter De Backer 52

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