Kéa & Partners: The latest figures, news and market research on Kéa & Partners

Turnover: 47.3 million EUR (2023)

Country: France

Strategy consulting firm with 500 consultants in 12 countries

New growth spurt for Kéa, the little McKinsey 20/09/2024

- Takeover of data specialist Veltys by Kéa, a company with sales of 6 million euros.
- Veltys boasts a battalion of some forty consultants.
- This is Kéa's tenth acquisition with Veltys.
- Previous acquisitions include Arkos, management expert IQo, MySezame and Nuova Vista.
- Fundraising of 23 million euros in 2021.
- Kéa to double in size in four years thanks to acquisitions.
- Kéa target: sales of 100 million euros
- Expected sales for current year: around 60 million euros
- Kéa workforce after consolidation: 300 consultants

Kéa Partners 03/02/2024

This company was founded in 2001 by five founders.
It has a total of 220 consultants in France.
Of these, 180 are dedicated to strategy consulting.
The group has opened a branch in Casablanca with 8 consultants for Kea Africa and another in Sao Paulo with 13 consultants for Kea Latino America.
It is a member and founder of The Transformation Alliance, a network of 900 consultants in 16 offices.
The group has several associated brands, including :
- - Kéa Tilt, a specialist in innovation and foresight, brought together in 2011.
- - CO, a société coopérative d'intérêt collectif, specializing in consulting for the non-profit sector, founded in 2014.
- - Kéa Euclyd, specialist in digital acceleration, integrated in September 2019.
- - Veltys, a data intelligence specialist, 100% integrated in February 2023.
- - Arkos, a specialist in operationalizing complex transformations, brought together in June 2021.
- - Kéa Ylios on business strategies, deregulation and transition.
- - MySezame, impact consulting through executive coaching.
- - Nuova Vista, French CSR consulting firm.
- - Tootak, podcast learning training organization.
- - Souffl, global design and innovation consultancy.
- - Néovian, strategy consultancy specializing in private equity.

Kea makes another strategy consulting acquisition 03/10/2022

The two strategy consulting firms Kea & Partners and Ylios (30 consultants, 6 associates, 7 million in sales in 2021) announce their merger on Thursday, October 14, 2021.
The merger with Ylios is the second of 2021, following the purchase of change management specialist Arkos, which was finalized in June 2021
For Kea, external growth is one of the two priorities on its roadmap.
The Kea group, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, had a total of 200 consultants in France prior to this operation.

With Ylios, the Kea group will cover all regulated sectors 15/10/2017

Kea & Partners: France's leading strategy consulting firm
Ylios: France's leading deregulation consultancy
Kea & Partners and Ylios announce their merger
Ambition to become the leading French general management consulting firm within 5 years
23 million euros raised to form a federation of independent firms

Consulting: Kea & Partners brings Crédit Mutuel Equity on board 05/07/2017

Kea Partners raises 23 million euros from Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale investment company
Kea Partners to become France's leading management consulting firm

Consulting: Kéa and Veltys join forces 16/03/2017

DUNS: 439291618

Legal Name: KEA & PARTNERS

Address: 3 RUE DANTON , 92240 MALAKOFF

Number of employees: Entre 100 et 199 salariés (2020)

Capital: 1 374 520 EUR

Financial Data:

Year	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Turnover	25 817 143	35 035 602	39 593 787	40 883 241	35 287 494	33 644 785
Gross margin (€)	25 897 889	35 253 991	39 722 206	40 991 728	35 326 961	-
EBITDA (€)	1 213 294	2 765 848	3 594 056	4 053 296	2 986 979	-
Operating profit (€)	844 358	2 240 115	2 929 785	3 378 732	2 261 037	-
Net profit (€)	930 158	1 823 105	2 198 604	2 296 621	1 524 770	1 297 175
Turnover growth rate (%)	-26,3	-11,5	-3,2	15,9	4,9	-
Ebitda margin rate (%)	4,7	7,9	9,1	9,9	8,5	-
Operating margin rate (%)	3,3	6,4	7,4	8,3	6,4	-
Working Capital (turnover days)	26,9	10,4	-11,5	5,2	-22,1	-
Working Capital requirements (turnover days)	126,2	114,4	90,6	123,7	96,5	-
Net margin (%)	3,6	5,2	5,6	5,6	4,3	-
Added value / Turnover (%)	77,6	78,5	76,5	77,2	78,9	-
Wages and social charges (€)	17 934 613	23 679 355	25 285 084	25 806 247	23 186 377	-
Salaries / Turnover (%)	69,5	67,6	63,9	63,1	65,7	-

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