Aramis Group - 2025 first-quarter activity
PRESS RELEASE
Arcueil, January 28, 2025
2025 first-quarter activity
Robust performance across all
geographies
Deployment of the 2027 strategy and confirmation of
financial objectives
Revenues at December 31, 2024, first quarter
of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025
- Q1 2025 revenues of
€578.2 million, up +9.9%
- B2C vehicle volumes
increased by +9.2% compared to Q1 2024, outperforming the market by
+12 points1
- Significant growth
in pre-registered vehicle sales (+14.5%) and solid growth in
refurbished vehicles (+7.8%)
- Volume growth in
all countries, with sustainable growth supported by consistently
high customer satisfaction (NPS2 of 73 as of December
2024). Strong team commitment, both in daily operations and in
implementing the strategy
- 2025 financial
objectives confirmed
Nicolas Chartier and Guillaume Paoli,
co-founders3 of Aramis
Group:
” Aramis Group continues its growth with a strong start to the
year, once again demonstrating the relevance of its value
proposition and business model. In a slightly declining used car
market1 in the first quarter, our
teams have successfully met customer expectations by offering
high-value vehicles, reaffirming our European leadership. Over the
past few months, all our teams have been fully committed to
deploying the profitable and cash-generating growth strategy
presented during the Capital Markets Day on November 27. This
strategy focuses on aligning our various geographies toward an
optimal operating system, leveraging our European scale,
continuously improving our model, and harnessing tech and data to
enhance our teams' performance. With enthusiasm and confidence, we
are opening this new chapter in Aramis Group's story.”
2025
FIRST-QUARTER ACTIVITY
Overview of volumes and
revenues
2025 first-quarter B2C volumes
In units |
Reported basis |
|
Q1 2025 |
Q1 2024 |
Change (%) |
Refurbished cars |
22,440 |
20,815 |
+7.8% |
Pre-registered cars |
6,439 |
5,625 |
+14.5% |
Total B2C volumes |
28,879 |
26,440 |
+9.2% |
2025 first-quarter revenues
By segment
In million of euros |
Reported basis |
|
Q1 2025 |
Q1 2024 |
Change (%) |
Refurbished cars |
385.5 |
360.4 |
+7.0% |
Pre-registered cars |
126.2 |
99.7 |
+26.6% |
Total B2C |
511.7 |
460.1 |
+11.2% |
Total B2B |
37.7 |
39.1 |
-3.6% |
Total services |
28.7 |
26.9 |
+6.7% |
Revenues |
578.2 |
526.2 |
+9.9% |
By country
In million of euros |
Reported basis |
|
Q1 2025 |
Q1 2024 |
Change (%) |
France |
248.5 |
230.7 |
+7.7% |
Belgium |
78.7 |
63.3 |
+24.3% |
Spain |
77.6 |
74.5 |
+4.1% |
United Kingdom |
117.5 |
101.7 |
+15.6% |
Austria |
49.0 |
49.8 |
-1.5% |
Italy |
6.8 |
6.2 |
+9.8% |
Revenues |
578.2 |
526.2 |
+9.9% |
Analysis of revenues by
segment
B2C – sales of cars to private customers (88% of
revenues)
B2C segment revenues –
corresponding to the sale of refurbished and pre-registered cars to
private customers – amounted to €511.7 million in Q1 2025, an
increase of +11.2% compared to Q1 2024. Aramis Group sold 28,879
B2C vehicles during the period, representing growth of +9.2%
year-on-year and outperforming the market for used cars under 8
years old, the Group’s core target, by 12 points4. The
average unit selling price remained nearly stable during the
period, reflecting the normalization of pricing conditions in the
market after several quarters of a downward trend.
Refurbished car segment
revenues reached €385.5 million, up +7.0% compared to Q1
2024. A total of 22,440 vehicles were delivered, a growth of +7.8%,
despite an unfavourable calendar effect in 2025 compared to 2024,
exceptional circumstances in Spain, and the extraordinary dynamism
of pre-registered cars in Belgium, which locally impacted the
performance of refurbished vehicles.
Pre-registered car segment
revenues amounted to €126.2 million, an increase of +26.6%
compared to Q1 2024. A total of 6,439 vehicles were delivered, up
+14.5% from the same period last year, which had already seen a
strong rebound in volumes.
B2B – sales of cars to professional customers (7% of
revenues)
The B2B segment revenues amounted to €37.7
million, a slight decrease of -3.6% compared to Q1 2024. The
sourcing mix for vehicles to be refurbished was slightly more
weighted toward professional channels than a year ago, with
approximately one-third of vehicles purchased from private
individuals and two-thirds from professionals. As a reminder, B2B
revenues are generated by the fact that a portion of Aramis Group's
sourcing of vehicles to be refurbished from private individuals is
resold directly to professionals (primarily vehicles over 8 years
old or with more than 150,000 km) rather than to new private
customers.
Services (5% of revenues)
Revenues generated by services reached €28.7
million, an increase of +6.7% compared to Q1 2024. The penetration
rate of financing solutions remained broadly stable at 44%.
Analysis of revenues by
country
All Aramis Group countries saw an increase in
volumes in Q1 2025.
In France, total volumes grew
by +8%, once again demonstrating the competitiveness and relevance
of Aramis Group’s refurbished vehicle offering in an overall
stagnant used car market.
In the United Kingdom, Aramis
Group teams have once more proven their agility, delivering a +12%
increase in volumes despite operating in a market marked by
persistent volatility and challenges, which saw a sharp decline
compared to the same period in 2024.
In Spain, volumes saw a slight
increase despite exceptional circumstances caused by flooding in
the Valencia region, the country’s third-largest city. This event
temporarily paralyzed the Group’s second-largest sales site, after
Madrid, in terms of size and commercial performance. The site is
gradually resuming operations and is expected to contribute to
volume growth in the coming quarters.
In Belgium, total volumes grew
by +28%. This performance was driven by a strong acceleration in
pre-registered vehicle sales, up +81% compared to Q1 2024, as the
country capitalized on significant sourcing opportunities.
Conversely, due to substitution effects between pre-registered
vehicles and the most recent refurbished vehicles, refurbished
vehicle sales declined by -3% over the period, impacting the
Group’s consolidated growth.
In Austria, volumes grew by
+3%, reflecting an unfavourable base effect after a strong growth
year in 2024, largely driven by exceptional sourcing opportunities.
The new management team has now fully taken over from the
historical founder, who, as planned, left the Group in January
2025.
Finally, in Italy, volumes sold
to private customers increased by +5% during the period, while
total volumes sold by the entity grew by +37% when including
intra-group deliveries. In recent months, the Italian entity has
played a key role in supplying the Group’s internal marketplace, a
platform dedicated to sharing specific vehicles in stock and
enabling international arbitrage that generates incremental
margins. At the same time, Italy continued its operational
optimization efforts, further reducing its cost structure to
enhance efficiency.
OUTLOOK
Aramis Group approaches 2025 with confidence. In
line with the commitments made during its Capital Markets Day last
November, the Group reaffirms its ambition to balance the pace of
its growth, margins, and cash generation, creating value for all
its stakeholders.
Aramis Group confirms its 2025 objectives:
- Double-digit growth
in refurbished B2C vehicle sales volumes, resulting in high
single-digit total B2C vehicle sales growth, on a like-for-like
basis;
- Adjusted EBITDA
exceeding €65 million;
- Continuous
improvement in operating working capital measured in days of
revenues.
All objectives set for 2027 during the Capital
Markets Day are also reiterated, and the Group will provide regular
updates to its shareholders on progress made.
***
Next financial information:
2025 first-half results: May 19, 2025 (after
market close)
2025 third-quarter activity: July 24, 2025 (after market close)
2025 annual results: November 26, 2025 (after market close)
About Aramis Group –
www.aramis.group
Aramis Group is the European leader for B2C
online used car sales and operates in six countries. A fast-growing
group, an e-commerce expert and a vehicle refurbishing pioneer,
Aramis Group takes action each day for more sustainable mobility
with an offering that is part of the circular economy. Founded in
2001, it has been revolutionizing its market for over 20 years,
focused on ensuring the satisfaction of its customers and
capitalizing on digital technology and employee engagement to
create value for all its stakeholders. With annual revenues of more
than €2 billion, Aramis Group sells more than 110,000 vehicles B2C
and welcomes close to seventy million visitors across all its
digital platforms each year. The Group employs more than 2,400
people and has eight industrial-scale refurbishing centres
throughout Europe. Aramis Group is listed on Euronext Paris
Compartment B (Ticker: ARAMI – ISIN: FR0014003U94).
Disclaimer
Certain information included in this press
release is not historical data but forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and
assumptions, including, but not limited to, assumptions about
current and future business strategies and the environment in which
Aramis Group operates, and involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results or
performance, or the results or other events, to be materially
different from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking
statements. These risks and uncertainties include those discussed
or identified in Chapter 4 "Risk Factors and Control Environment"
of the Universal Registration Document dated December 19, 2024,
filed with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) under
number D. 24-0891 and available on the Group's website
(www.aramis.group) and on the AMF website (www.amf-france.org).
These forward-looking statements and information are not guarantees
of future performance. Forward-looking statements speak only as of
the date of this press release. This press release does not contain
or constitute an offer of securities or an invitation or inducement
to invest in securities in France, the United States, or any other
area.
Investors contact
Alexandre Leroy
Head of Investor Relations,
Financing and Cash Management
alexandre.leroy@aramis.group
+33 (0)6 58 80 50 24
Press contacts
Brunswick
Hugues Boëton
Tristan Roquet Montegon
aramisgroup@brunswickgroup.com
+33 (0)6 79 99 27 15
1 Market for used vehicles less than
8 years old, on average across the 6 geographies of the Group,
source S&P Global and Aramis Group
2 Net Promoter Score
3 Guillaume Paoli is Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, and Nicolas Chartier is Deputy Chief
Executive Officer, based on a two-year rotation
4 On average across the 6 geographies of the Group, source S&P
Global and Aramis Group
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