The French digital is in top form. This is what emerges from the 100 Digital, ranking the top 100 players in the sector, published May 19, 2015 by Afdel (French association of software publishers and Internet solutions), the SNJV (National Union of video games) and PwC office. Its sales jumped 13% in 2014 to almost 8.4 billion euros, representing a marked acceleration compared to 2013 when growth was 6%.
Internet services remain the main driver of this development, with a burst of 27%. They are followed by video games, which rose by 13%. If DS still tops the ranking, with a turnover in software and Internet service over 2 billion euros, up 8.2%, the Ubisoft video game publisher grants second place with an income of 1.44 billion euros, up 14.6%. The specialist internet services Criteo advertising comes in third, with a turnover of 745 million euros and a growth of 68%.
Top 10 overall
(1) The figure for France Dassault S is an estimate
(2) Estimates – Year ending 31/03/2013
(3) The Company does not recognize the validity of this estimate
No ETI enough
Even the software (excluding games) accelerates expansion with growth of 10%, against only 2% in 2013. This improvement is explained by the migration of publishers to the SaaS model (Software as a service). The 66 publishers, who sell the software on the cloud, see their income on this model to grow 15%. But paradoxically, DS is not even in the top 20 SaaS providers. “This is due to the specificity of CAD and PLM software market , justifies Jamel Labed, president of the Afdel. Here, the model of the cloud has not yet developed as in customer relationship management software or human resources. “
The outlook is radiant. “Beyond the cloud, other locomotives as big data, internet objects or the digital factory will make the development of French in the digital future” says the boss the Afdel. But the sector remains highly fragmented with very few medium-sized companies (ETI). Only twelve players make more than 100 million euros of turnover and the top ten will account for 65% of the Top 100 of income.
Struggling to find financing
SMEs and very small businesses, which form the overwhelming majority of the 3,000 French publishers are still struggling to grow up to enter the ETI category. “If it becomes easy in France to fund the creation of start-up, it remains difficult to finance growth, says Jamel Labed. Gold software requires heavy funding. From that we need 10 or 20 million, were struggling to find financing. This is why we must create a European NASDAQ. “
However, the situation moves through consolidation. The turnover of the 100th ranking rose and 10 million euros in 2013 to 14 million in 2014. In order to grow faster, actors like Ullink, GFI Informatique, Berger-Levrault, Oodrive or chose TalentSoft external growth. “And for the first time, redemptions of foreign players by French exceed those of French foreign” , welcomes Jamel Laded. A trend to be confirmed.
Ridha Loukil
Top 10 software companies
Includes licenses, maintenance & amp; support, SaaS (excluding consulting / integration / training)
Top 10 in Internet services
(1) The company does not recognize the validity of this estimate
(2) Does not take into account the share of sales donated to E-retailers (Software publishers …)
Top 10 video game publishers
(1) Estimates – Year ending 31/03/2013
(2) Data in 2013 on which the company wants to communicate only
(3) estimates from the first 9 months
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