GROUPE GRAND COMPTOIR:
a family history and a modern vision

The Group’s history

1889

Founding of LEGALLAIS

1990

Founding of DFC²

Founding of WPLUSM

1993

Founding of PROTECTHOMS

2007

Founding of FGC (Financière Groupe Comptoir)

2010

Founding of BRICOZOR / (LCE | SAS Le Comptoir d’Émile)

BRICOZOR joins the Group

2013

Founding of PIÈCES EXPRESS
(within the Group)

The Group owns 20% of Pièces Express

The Group acquires German company WPLUSM

2014

The Group acquires DFC²

2021

The Group acquires PROTECTHOMS

2023

PROTECTHOMS celebrates its 30th anniversary

2024

LEGALLAIS celebrates its 135th anniversary

Key figures 2024

billion € in sales

425

sqm of inventory

45 000

Employees

1 500

billion € in sales

11.7

sqm of inventory

+ 1 000

Employees

37

billion € in sales

12

sqm of inventory

1 200

Employees

55

billion € in sales

44.7

sqm of inventory

+ 15 500

Employees

200

billion € in sales

14

sqm of inventory

2 000

Employees

35

billion € in sales

8

sqm of inventory

700

Employees

27

Group governance

Philippe Casenave-Péré

Chairman

Mathilde Casenave-Péré

Chief Administrative Officer

Guillaume Leroy

Chief Executive Officer

Group Chief Financial Officer

Supervisory board & shareholders

Philippe Casenave-Péré

Chairman

Philippe Dudouit

Family shareholder

Paul Dudouit

Family shareholder

Guillaume Leroy

Managing shareholder

Anne-Cécile GUITTON

Financial shareholder

Jean-Pierre CLAVEL

Independent director

Shareholder structure

53%

family

31%

reference shareholder

10%

management

6%

NCI

Awarded Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies label

A label that recognises the Group’s overall performance and sustained growth (beyond financial performance alone) and celebrates efforts made throughout the entire organisation. This label, given in 46 countries, has been awarded to 1,300 companies, including 19 in France in 2024.

This label rewards excellence across 4 pillars :

  1. Strategy
  2. Capabilities & innovation
  3. Culture & commitment
  4. Governance & financials
These brilliant achievements and our responsible actions are only possible thanks to the incredible commitment of the Group’s 1,800 employees, the constant and loyal support of our shareholders, and the sharing of simple yet powerful and timeless values: our love for a job well done, our passion to serve our customers, our desire to keep improving, and the pursuit of excellence.

2030

3 000

Employees

1

Billion € in sales