Turnover: 145.235 million EUR (2020)

Country: France

Photomaton is the leader in photo kiosks and photo booths, offering a wide range of photographic services: passport photos, prints, personalized objects, decoration, photocopies, fun photos and selfies...etc.

Photomaton is part of the Photo-Me® International plc group, based near London, which specializes in the vending industry. With 46,000 vending locations in 17 countries (mainly France, the UK and Japan) and 28,000 photo booths, Photo-Me® is one of the world's leading operators of photo booths.

the group is now called ME Group and has over 48,000 machines and vending machines worldwide

Photo-Me® operates a wide range of vending equipment, such as photo printing kiosks and children's rides, in high-traffic locations.

Photo-Me® has recently implemented a strategy of diversification into new vending sectors, such as laundromats, cold drinks and pizza vending machines

Financial Data

DUNS: 592033930

Legal Name: ME GROUP FRANCE

Address: 8 RUE AUBER PLN., 75009 PARIS

Number of employees: Entre 250 et 499 salariés (2021)

Capital: 2 286 766 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2020 2019 2017 2015
Turnover 145 235 156 96 579 958 84 929 373 79 189 309
Gross margin (€) 128 070 135 87 670 632 77 317 606 -
EBITDA (€) 29 785 422 13 637 552 18 891 571 -
Operating profit (€) 5 412 743 4 380 197 11 434 700 -
Net profit (€) 3 716 129 2 909 245 6 244 880 6 195 874
Turnover growth rate (%) 50,4 8,1 2,9 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 20,5 14,1 22,2 -
Operating margin rate (%) 3,7 4,5 13,5 -
Working Capital (turnover days) 60,3 113,4 14,3 -
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 5,2 37,6 14,8 -
Net margin (%) 2,6 3 7,4 -
Added value / Turnover (%) 51,3 46,1 57,5 -
Wages and social charges (€) 19 520 503 13 537 565 13 857 749 -
Salaries / Turnover (%) 13,4 14 16,3 -

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président Christian Autie 56
Commissaire aux comptes suppléant Jean, Marcel Denis 86

Studies mentioning this company

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