Aramis Group may be a key player within the booming online used car sector, and owns major brands in France, the UK, Spain and Belgium. it's planning a June 2021 IPO.

What does Aramis Group do?

“Reinventing how Europe buys cars,” is that the tag-line on the Aramis Group website. the corporate is recognised as a eu leader within the booming sector of online used car sales. It brings together four brands: Aramisauto (France), Cardoen (Belgium), CarSupermarket (UK), and Clicars (Spain).


Aramis claims to sell one car every three minutes and says it's 480,000 customers. It aims to require the pain out of adjusting cars and pledges to deliver vehicles on to new customers’ homes within 48 hours.

How does Aramis make money?

As with the other second-hand car dealership, Aramis makes money by selling cars for quite it acquires them for. Where Aramis differs is that it doesn't require overheads like multiple showrooms dotted around each country it services. many purchasers will buy a car they need never seen before just by making a variety online.


The money Aramis saves on owning significantly less land per car sold, and centralising all its marketing services, allows it to take a position during a powerful digital offering during a sector that's otherwise somewhat behind the days therein regard.


It further saves money through its very close links with Amsterdam-based Stellantis, the sixth-largest car maker within the world.

Is Aramis profitable?

Aramis is indeed a profitable business and has been since its creation in 2001. it's been ready to achieve sustainable, strong growth at scale through a highly cost efficient, vertically integrated business model also . Its proprietary technology and data platform are claimed to possess allowed it to further increase its profitability


It delivered profits of a record €38 million, expressed as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, representing a 4.6% margin. 

What is the Aramis business strategy?

The majority shareholder of Aramis Group is Stellantis which will remain the case after the IPO. 


Stellantis may be a multinational car maker , formed in 2021 on the idea of a 50-50 cross-border merger between the Italian-American conglomerate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and therefore the French PSA Group. As of May 2021, Stellantis is that the sixth-largest automaker worldwide.


The link with Stellantis gives Aramis direct access to a source of used cars with no intermediaries, giving it higher margins.

By steadily increasing its presence across Europe, Aramis – or rather its associated owned brands - seeks to become the well-liked choice for second-hand car buyers within the continent.


It says its refurbished used car offering is “unique” and well placed to satisfy the strong expected demand of “a rapidly digitising European market of over €400billion in size.”

How much is Aramis worth?

On June 8, 2021 Aramis set the worth range for its stock exchange debut, valuing the group at up to 2.3 billion euros. It hopes to boost between 446 and 481 million euros through its IPO.

Who owns Aramis?

Around 70% of Aramis shares are owned by Stellantis. it'll not sell down its shares within the IPO. The sale of stock to Stellantis happened in March 2021 and at the time was cited as a mechanism that might allow Aramis to intensify the expansion of its UK concern, Car Supermarket.


When is that the Aramis Group IPO?

The French public offering is predicted to shut on June 16, 2021 at 5pm Paris time for orders placed at branches of monetary institutions and at 8pm (Paris time) for orders placed online.


The international offering is predicted to shut on June 17 at 1pm (Paris time). On an equivalent date, the pricing of the offering is predicted to require place.


Trading of Aramis Group shares on the regulated market of Euronext Paris is predicted to start out on June 18. 


The indicative price range of both the French public offering and of the international offering is between 23 euros and 28 euros per share.


The initial size of the offering comprises new common stock valued at approximately 250 million euros on top of the sale of six million existing shares by co-founders Nicolas Chartier, Guillaume Paoli and certain minority shareholders for a complete initial amount of roughly 388 million euros.


Who are the key personnel at Aramis Group?

The leadership group at Aramis consists of the subsequent individuals:

Nicolas Chartier, co-founder

Guillaume Paoli, co-founder

Fabrice Farcot, chief treasurer 

Laurent Salanié, international development director

Anne-Claire Baschet, chief data officer

Jean-Michel Berthelier, chief technology officer

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