Fielmann_AG

Fielmann Group AG
TypeAktiengesellschaft
FWB: FIE
IndustryRetail, optician
Founded1972
FounderGünther Fielmann
HeadquartersHamburg, Germany
Number of locations
968 (2022)[1]
Key people
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 store in Cologne

Fielmann Group AG is a German eyewear company.

The Fielmann stock is listed in the German SDAX index and at the northern German regional HASPAX index. With 5% of all optical stores, Fielmann achieved a 22% sales market share and a 53% market share in terms of units sold. Fielmann is market leader in Germany[2] and Europe's largest optician.[3]

History

Brands of Fielmann Group AG
  Fielmann
  Optika Clarus
  Óptica & Audiología Universitaria
  Medical Óptica Audición

In 1972 Günther Fielmann established the first store in Cuxhaven. 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 covered by the insurance.[4]

Fielmann has been listed on the stock exchange since 1994.[5] Its stock indexing advanced from SDAX to MDAX on 6 January 2009,[6] but was dropped 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]

Other activities

Fielmann plants a tree for every employee every year.[10] In 2009, chancellor Angela Merkel, minister-president Peter Harry Carstensen and Günther Fielmann planted the one-millionth tree in Büdelsdorf.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Fielmann. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  2. ^ Nicolai, Birger (27 September 2004). "Fielmann vor Einigung mit Krankenkassen (Fielmann to reach agreement with health insurances)" (in German). Die Welt.
  3. ^ "Bloomberg Markets: Hidden Billionaires". Bloomberg Businessweek. September 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29.
  4. ^ Seelheim, Rolf (17 September 2009). "In Esens blickte Fielmann durch (In Esens Fielmann looked through)" (in German). Nordwest-Zeitung.
  5. ^ Hausmann, Roger (21 September 1994), Fielmann – eine Aktie für Anleger mit Weitblick (Fielmann – a share for investors with visions) (in German), Finanz und Wirtschaft
  6. ^ "Unscheduled Adjustments in MDAX and SDAX". Deutsche Börse. Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  7. ^ Stoffels, Johannes. "Fielmann: Der Abstieg ändert wenig | www.4investors.de". 4investors.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  8. ^ Goos, Diethart (2000-12-12). ""Ganz viel dazubezahlt": Fielmann kauft Plöner Schloss". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  9. ^ "Günther Fielmann zieht sich auch dem Vorstand zurück (Günther Fielmann retires from the managing board)" (in German). Handelsblatt. 13 November 2019.
  10. ^ Fielmann.de – Gesellschaftliches Engagement: Fielmann-Bäume
  11. ^ Angela Merkels Stippvisite beim Brillenkönig 20. Mai 2009

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