Turnover: 49.362 million EUR (2019)

Country: France

Woodbrass is a French musical instrument retailer founded in 1999. The company is number 1 in online sales of musical instruments and equipment in France, and also has six stores located in Paris.

In early 2016, Woodbrass raised €5.2 million from investment firm Sodero Gestion.

Since its creation, Woodbrass has sold over 3 million instruments.

Financial Data

DUNS: 422128298

Legal Name: WOODBRASS.COM

Address: 2 RUE DE MILAN , 44470 THOUARE-SUR-LOIRE

Number of employees: Entre 50 et 99 salariés (2021)

Capital: 5 600 000 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2022 2021 2020 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 48 375 619 32 614 364 49 528 207 49 362 618 47 176 172 45 418 503 36 092 224
Gross margin (€) 12 654 905 9 050 497 12 864 847 - 13 845 100 13 788 845 11 897 072
EBITDA (€) -1 630 332 -1 541 494 -1 141 110 - 518 243 1 113 687 1 037 182
Operating profit (€) -1 725 058 -1 569 789 -1 577 680 - 156 796 834 632 845 139
Net profit (€) -2 075 524 843 944 -2 165 555 -605 637 19 795 523 013 537 300
Turnover growth rate (%) 48,3 -29 - 4,6 3,9 25,8 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) -3,4 -4,7 -2,3 - 1,1 2,5 2,9
Operating margin rate (%) -3,6 -4,8 -3,2 - 0,3 1,8 2,3
Working Capital (turnover days) 3,5 27,3 9,5 - 40,6 34,5 34
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 16,1 49 16,3 - 41,5 37,2 39,4
Net margin (%) -4,3 2,6 -4,4 - - 1,2 1,5
Added value / Turnover (%) 3,9 3,5 5,6 - 9,8 10,5 12,2
Wages and social charges (€) 3 399 137 2 571 104 3 621 641 - 3 777 967 3 292 160 2 999 240
Salaries / Turnover (%) 7 7,9 7,3 - 8 7,2 8,3

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président Gerard Garnier 75
Directeur général Fabrice Jerome 55

Studies mentioning this company

The Guitar Market - France

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The musical instruments market - France

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