October 2026
Largest Electrical Parts & Equipment Public Companies in France
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Schneider Electric, Legrand, Rexel, Nexans and Mersen.
 | Schneider Electric is a French energy technology company headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris, whose products cover electrification, automation and digitalisation for buildings, homes, data centers, infrastructure and industry. It sells electrical distribution equipment, switches and sockets, building and home automation, industrial control and process safety systems, grid automation, critical power and cooling for data centers, and energy management and industrial software, under brands including Square D, APC, AVEVA, Clipsal, Merlin Gerin, Telemecanique and Modicon. The company earns most of its revenue from product and system sales to distributors, panel builders, contractors, utilities, data-center operators and industrial customers. It reported revenue of 40.15 billion euros and net income of 4.35 billion euros for 2025 and employed about 177,000 people in 2024. Schneider Electric is registered as a Societas Europaea, trades on Euronext Paris as part of the CAC 40 and Euro Stoxx 50 indices, and is led by chief executive Olivier Blum and chairman Jean-Pascal Tricoire. Its history begins in 1836, when brothers Adolphe and Eugène Schneider took over an iron foundry in Le Creusot and founded Schneider-Creusot, a maker of steel, heavy machinery and transport equipment that later refocused on electrical equipment. | $284 | 0% | $160B | $177B | 3.9x | 19.2x | ||
| Legrand is a French manufacturer of electrical and digital building infrastructure headquartered in Limoges. Its operating business dates to 1904, while the current listed holding company was incorporated in December 1998. The group supplies wiring devices, electrical installation products, cable management systems, data and communications infrastructure, power-distribution equipment and building-control solutions. Its products are used in residential, commercial and industrial buildings, including data centers. Legrand sells manufactured products through electrical distributors and other channels serving installers and professional customers. The group expanded internationally through acquisitions of local and specialist manufacturers, adding product technologies and distribution positions. KKR and Wendel acquired the business from Schneider Electric, and Legrand returned to the stock market in 2006. KKR disposed of its remaining shares in March 2012 while Legrand continued as an independent listed operating group. | $150 | -13% | $39B | $46B | 4.3x | 18.7x | ||
| Rexel SA is a provider of electrical products and services to residential, nonresidential, and industrial markets. The product offering includes electrical equipment such as appliances and accessories, cables and routing, lighting, security and communication, home automation, climate control, and building management systems used in the construction, renovation, and maintenance of buildings and infrastructures. Clients include small and midsize installers, large installers and facility managers, commercial companies, and industrial customers. Rexel has three operating segments; Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, out of which a majority of its revenue is derived from Europe. | $38 | +8% | $12B | $17B | 0.8x | 9.8x | ||
| Nexans is focused on electrification and provides cabling technologies and services across the value chain, including engineering and design, production, manufacturing, testing, installation, maintenance and repair. Its segments are: PWR-Transmission, supporting the energy transition through subsea and interconnection projects; PWR-Grid, providing cables, accessories and services for grid modernization; and PWR-Connect, which generates maximum revenue through solutions for data centers, electric vehicles and critical buildings. Its technologies include mass impregnated (MI), cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE), and dynamic cables. It focuses on the electrical safety of end users, products that are easy to handle and install, and smart products integrated into a digital ecosystem. | $142 | +1% | $6.2B | $7.4B | 0.8x | 10.5x | ||
| Mersen SA produces and sells electrical power products and materials across France, North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific, and globally. The group's operations are divided into two segments: Advanced Materials and Electrical Power. The Advanced Materials segment focuses on ormulation and manufacture of materials like graphite, silicon carbide, carbon fiber insulation and carbon-carbon composites to the design of final products in line with customer needs. Meanwhile, the Electrical Power segment offers a range of solutions and products designed to perform the following principal functions across the entire electrical chain. | $45 | +77% | $1.1B | $1.6B | 1.2x | 10.4x | ||
| Gerard Perrier Industrie SA is engaged in designing, manufacturing, installing, and maintaining industrial electrical, electronic and automation equipment in France and internationally. The company installs, services, and maintains electrical, and command and control equipment at industrial sites; and designs and manufactures electrical and electronic equipment for machine automation, continuous process, and professional equipment. | $74 | -17% | $280M | $256M | 0.7x | 6.9x | ||
| Delfingen is an automotive supplier, a world leader in protection and routing systems for electrical networks and on-board fluid transfer solutions. | $35 | -10% | $92M | $235M | 0.5x | 3.7x | ||
| MG International is engaged in the business of manufacturing of swimming pool protection equipment. The company develops alarm systems, automatic pool covers, drowning prevention equipment, among others. | $3 | -9% | $14M | $2M | 0.0x | 1.2x | ||
| i2S Corp SA is engaged in the business of designing, creating, and marketing imaging systems and equipment. | $7 | -9% | $12M | $9M | 0.4x | 9.0x | ||
| Aquila SA provides immediate alarm response services in France. The company also offers safety rounds, monitoring, personal assistance, and security guard services. | $4 | -17% | $6M | $6M | 0.2x | 8.7x | ||
| Altheora is engaged in the transformation of composite materials and plastics. It is involved in the production of plastic and composite material parts for the automotive industry. Further, also involved in the manufacturing of products for electrical networks, for telephone networks and for water and gas networks. | $0 | -31% | $5M | $16M | 0.4x | 21.0x | ||
| DBT SA designs, manufactures and sells charging stations, with standard (3-8 hours), semi-fast (1 to 3 hours) and fast-charging (20 to 30 minutes) terminals that are adapted to all types of uses and needs. The products include terminals and charging boxes for electric vehicles, current transformers, and energy distribution terminals. | $0 | +35% | $3M | $21M | 2.5x | (5.6x) | ||
| BOOSTHEAT is engaged in designing, developing, and production of heating solutions that are technological, energy-efficient, and sustainable. | $0 | -81% | $88K | $2M | - | (2.6x) | ||
| Median | $35 | -9% | $92M | $235M | 0.7x | 9.0x |
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