Fielmann Group AG is a German eyewear company.
Company type | Aktiengesellschaft |
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FWB: FIE | |
Industry | Retail, optician |
Founded | 1972 |
Founder | Günther Fielmann |
Headquarters | Hamburg, Germany |
Number of locations | 968 (2022)[1] |
Key people |
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Revenue | €2.03 billion (2022)[1] |
€160.7 million (2022)[1] | |
€110.0 million (2022)[1] | |
Number of employees | 22,631 (2022)[1] |
Website | [1] |
Fielmann stock is listed in the German SDAX index and at the northern German regional HASPAX index. With 5% of all optical stores, Fielmann has achieved a 22% sales market share and a 53% market share in terms of units sold. Fielmann is the market leader in Germany[2] and Europe's largest optician.[3]
In 1972 Günther Fielmann established the first Filemann store in Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony. In 1981, Fielmann negotiated an agreement with the Esens statutory health insurance company, which allowed a larger selection of frames to be added to the portfolio for patients with insurance coverage.[4]
Fielmann has been listed on the German stock exchange since 1994.[5] Its stock indexing advanced from a listing in the SDAX (small and medium-sized companies) to MDAX on 6 January 2009,[6] but was relegated to SDAX in December 2019.[7]
The non-profit Fielmann-Akademie was established by the company in 2001. Located in Plön Castle, Schleswig-Holstein it is a training centre for optometrists since 2002.[8]
Since 2019, Marc Fielmann has been the sole CEO of the company, succeeding his father Günther Fielmann.[9]
The key trends of Fielmann are (as at the financial year ending December 31):[10]
Year | Revenue (€ m) | Net income (€ m) | Employees |
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2017 | 1,386 | 168 | 18,522 |
2018 | 1,428 | 169 | 19,379 |
2019 | 1,521 | 172 | 20,397 |
2020 | 1,429 | 116 | 21,853 |
2021 | 1,678 | 137 | 22,028 |
2022 | 1,759 | 104 | 22,631 |
2023 | 1,970 | 23,412 |
Fielmann plants a tree for every employee every year.[11] In 2009, chancellor Angela Merkel, minister-president Peter Harry Carstensen and Günther Fielmann planted the one-millionth tree in Büdelsdorf.[12]