Turnover: 1.3 billion EUR (2022)

Country: France

Founded in 1912, the Barrier Group is a French reference in the luxury hotel industry and a leader in casinos in France.

The group owns 16 hotels in mainland France, located mainly in the provinces, one in Saint-Barthélemy and one in Marrakech. The group also owns 34 casinos. The group's activities also include thalassotherapy centers and several golf courses.

 

News

The Barrière family regains control of its entire group 31/07/2023

  • Barrière is a major French player in the casino and luxury hotel sectors.
  • Fimalac owned 40% of Société de Participation Deauvillaise, but has now sold its shares for around 325 million euros.
  • The succession to the company's presidency took place last April with the arrival of Alexandre Barrière, the eldest son of CEO Dominique Desseigne.
  • The family's children, who already owned 60% of the capital before Fimalac's exit, now have full control of the company.

Heirs to Barrière hotels and casinos regain control 31/07/2023

  • Founding of the Lucien Barrière Group: 111 years ago
  • Today, the group is the leading casino operator in France and Switzerland
  • Coexistence with a minority shareholder, Accor, since 1989 and Fimalac since 2011
  • Purchase of Fimalac shares by the group's heirs: 325 million euros
  • Group made up of two entities: Groupe Lucien Barrière and SFCMC
  • Number of properties: 19 hotels (mostly 5-star, including a palace in Courchevel), 32 casinos, 1 gaming club, over 150 bars and restaurants, 16 spas, a thalassotherapy center and a balneotherapy center
  • Number of employees: approx. 6,500
  • Sales in 2022: €1.3 billion.
  • The SFCMC group includes a casino, three beach hotels and seven restaurants.

In 2018, the Lucien Barrière Group was in the process of selling the operation of its only spa site in Enghien-les-Bains to Valvital, which offers contracted spa treatments (ENT and respiratory tract) as well as treatments for voice rehabilitation, stress management and smoking cessation

Financial Data

DUNS: 320050859

Legal Name: GROUPE LUCIEN BARRIERE

Address: 33 RUE D'ARTOIS , 75008 PARIS 8

Number of employees: 0 salarié (2023)

Capital: 1 215 145 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 23 192 338 26 592 268 29 237 888 28 088 268 27 249 638 26 137 720 23 845 491
Gross margin (€) 27 159 208 30 482 531 32 814 712 33 609 833 34 967 388 69 687 819 -
EBITDA (€) -7 226 634 -12 068 681 -15 247 385 -11 460 675 -7 940 567 -10 493 489 -
Operating profit (€) -10 271 867 -17 765 393 -20 334 045 -19 125 562 -8 057 962 25 665 726 -
Net profit (€) 45 109 979 -105 083 352 44 420 825 54 154 330 48 029 416 76 539 512 4 140 688
Turnover growth rate (%) -12,8 -9 4,1 3,1 4,3 9,6 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) -31,2 -45,4 -52,1 -40,8 -29,1 -40,1 -
Operating margin rate (%) -44,3 -66,8 -69,5 -68,1 -29,6 98,2 -
Working Capital (turnover days) 4 594,9 3 431 3 505,9 3 482,2 3 319,5 3 092,3 -
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) -14,5 -44,8 -10,6 -14,1 23,3 -43,9 -
Net margin (%) 194,5 -395,2 151,9 192,8 176,3 292,8 -
Added value / Turnover (%) 37,8 17,9 16,2 20,5 36,1 28,1 -
Wages and social charges (€) 17 693 310 18 635 961 21 213 144 18 777 325 19 228 426 18 838 602 -
Salaries / Turnover (%) 76,3 70,1 72,6 66,9 70,6 72,1 -

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président du conseil d'administration Dominique Desseigne 79
Président Dominique Desseigne 79
Administrateur Jean-Henri Todt 77
Administrateur Thierry Moulonguet 72
Administrateur Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere 82
Administrateur Alexandre Desseigne-Barriere 36
Administrateur Didier Valet 55
Administrateur Nicolas Sarkozy de Nagy Bocsa 68
Administrateur David Layani 44
Commissaire aux comptes suppléant Jean-Christophe Georghiou 58

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