Turnover: 7.96 billion EUR (2022)

Country: France

Groupe SEB is a French company and the world leader in small domestic equipment. Its name stands for Société d'emboutissage de Bourgogne. The company is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange. It owns a number of brands: Tefal, Calor, SEB, Moulinex , Rowenta, EMSA, IMUSA, Wilbur Curtis

The company has factories all over the world: in the USA, France, Italy, Germany, China, Vietnam, India, Russia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Colombia and Brazil.

In 2021, 92% of the company's global sales went to the general public and only 8% to professionals. Among consumer sales, 37% were generated in Western Europe, 15% in other EMEA countries, 11% in North America, 4% in South America, 25% in China and 8% in other Asian countries. The Group is present in over 150 countries, and generates around 45% of its sales in emerging markets. Western Europe still accounts for 40% of sales.

Its main shareholders are :

    • Lescure family (39.2%)
    • Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (5.3%)
    • FFP SA (5%)

News

Seb Alliance, the Seb Group's investment fund, invests in start-up Y-Brush 08/10/2023

  • Y-Brush raised €6 million last November.
  • The company was founded in 2017.
  • Y-Brush toothbrushes have 35,000 nylon filaments and sonic vibrations, enabling all teeth to be cleaned in 10 seconds.
  • Y-Brush currently has around 30 employees, half of whom work in production and logistics.
  • The company manufactures 8,000 toothbrushes a month. Y-Brush boasts over 100,000 users in France and abroad.
  • Exports accounted for over 30% of business this year.
  • The start-up's ambition is to be on the French supermarket shelves by the end of this year.

SEB consolidates part of its logistics in Côte-d'Or 19/07/2023

  • SEB employs 1,600 people in the manufacture of Tefal frying pans and saucepans in Rumilly, Haute-Savoie.
  • A 100,000 m2 warehouse was inaugurated in June at Bully-les-Mines for small electrical appliances.
  • The new warehouse at Til-Châtel will have a surface area of 38,000 m2 and an investment of 30 million euros, and is expected to employ 100 people
  • SEB employs 560 people in the Côte-d'Or region, including 400 at Selongey and 160 at Is-sur-Tille.
  • The group has 30,000 employees worldwide
  • SEB achieved sales of 7.96 billion in 2022.

SEB sets up a giga-logistics platform in Pas-de-Calais 14/06/2023

  • Surface area of the logistics gigaplatform: 100,000 m2, investment of €80 million
  • Throughput: 100 trucks per day
  • Planned workforce in 2025: 350 people
  • Number of SEB industrial sites worldwide: 40
  • Number of SEB industrial sites in France: 11
  • Sales in 2022: €7.96 billion
  • Number of employees: over 30,000 Presence in number of countries: 150
  • Total brands: 34

SEB is inviting more and more into restaurant kitchens 05/05/2023

  • Groupe SEB acquires Pacojet, the Swiss family firm behind a device of the same name which emulsifies sauces, purées, ice creams and mousses from frozen foods, and makes them smooth
  • Pacojet targets sales of 24 million euros by 2022
  • 90% of Pacojet sales are exported
  • Expanded presence in Northern Europe and Germany
  • Pacojet machine prices: 4,000 to 5,000 euros
  • Third acquisition in the sector after Spanish juice machine specialist Zummo and Italian coffee machine manufacturer San Marco
  • Sales of SEB's professional activity in 2022: 725 million euros (9% of sales)
  • Increase in SEB professional sales in 2022: 15.6

Seb acquires La San Marco, Italian icon of coffee machines 20/02/2023

  • Seb intends to step up its presence in this niche with the acquisition of La San Marco, which specializes in professional coffee machines
  • Specializing in espresso machines with the traditional lever system, it offers a diversified range of products, most of which are manufactured in Italy
  • This acquisition will enable the Seb group to consolidate its activities in the professional coffee segment, with recognized historical expertise and a genuine complement to its existing offering

SEB puts Italian-style professional coffee on its menu 17/02/2023

  • SEB enters a new segment in professional coffee machines
  • San Marco is an iconic Italian brand, founded in 1920.
  • Sales of €19.7 million in 2022.
  • Target of 50% market share in espresso machines by the end of 2022.
  • Already in 2016, the company entered the cafe and restaurant sector with the takeover of Germany's WMF
  • In 2019 Already number two in the US filter coffee market with the takeover of Wilbur Curtis

SEB acquires Spanish juice machine specialist Zummo 27/07/2022

  • Leader in automatic fruit juice machines
  • Sales of 25 million euros by 2022
  • Production plant located in Valencia, Spain

Seb targets growth in 2022 24/02/2022

  • Seb posts record results in 2021.
  • Seb's operating profit from ordinary activities (ROPA) in 2021 was 813 million euros, up 34.3% on 2020.
  • Seb's operating margin in 2021 was 10.1%, compared with 8.7% in 2020.
  • Seb's sales in 2021 were 8.05 billion euros, up 16.1%.
  • Seb's net income in 2021 was 454 million euros, up 51% on 2020.

Financial Data

DUNS: 440410637

Legal Name: GROUPE SEB FRANCE

Address: 112 CHE DU MOULIN CARRON , 69130 ECULLY

Number of employees: Between 250 and 499 employees (2020)

Capital: 42 033 850 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 822 236 340 1 029 108 883 853 324 554 845 759 237 849 428 202 882 260 243 874 572 659 835 748 811
Gross margin (€) 274 061 383 343 923 870 218 074 631 213 457 731 217 279 278 221 158 295 202 427 694 223 957 309
EBITDA (€) 43 766 593 55 735 063 33 656 799 48 479 863 51 607 719 57 484 301 47 991 656 71 408 721
Operating profit (€) 44 619 106 51 991 519 33 781 720 48 634 402 50 476 416 56 992 386 45 668 561 70 543 694
Net profit (€) 32 348 844 35 847 900 22 390 177 31 631 871 31 082 035 36 456 833 30 168 835 42 820 846
Turnover growth rate (%) -20,1 20,6 0,9 -0,4 -3,7 0,9 4,6 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 5,3 5,4 3,9 5,7 6,1 6,5 5,5 8,5
Operating margin rate (%) 5,4 5,1 4 5,8 5,9 6,5 5,2 8,4
Working Capital (turnover days) 76,6 63,5 68,7 73,4 72,4 70,7 68,5 78,6
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 50,3 23,3 42,5 39,9 36,6 54,1 50,9 48,6
Net margin (%) 3,9 3,5 2,6 3,7 3,7 4,1 3,4 5,1
Added value / Turnover (%) 8,1 8,3 6,9 9,2 11,1 11,4 10,3 13,8
Wages and social charges (€) 27 330 390 31 136 231 28 516 590 30 108 064 27 269 727 27 306 397 26 233 191 25 701 274
Salaries / Turnover (%) 3,3 3 3,3 3,6 3,2 3,1 3 3,1

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Chairman CYRIL, FRANCOIS, MARIE BUXTORF 57
Chief Executive Officer SEBASTIEN ALEGRE 50

Studies mentioning this company

The coffee machine market - France

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Chairman: Thierry de La Tour d'Artaise

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