Zooplus

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zooplus AG
legal form Corporation
ISIN DE0005111702
founding June 28, 1999
Seat Munich , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management
  • Cornelius Patt, CEO
Number of employees 713 (2019)
sales 1.5 billion euros (2019)
Branch Mail order
Website www.zooplus.com
As of December 31, 2019

The Zooplus AG (proper spelling zooplus ), headquartered in Munich, operates an Internet trading platform for pet supplies. In addition to the online shop , an online information service on the subject of pets and a community are also operated.

In a self-presentation, the company describes itself as the “leading internet retailer for pet supplies” and justifies this with a total performance (Europe-wide) of 1.111 billion euros in 2017. The range includes over 8,000 items. According to its own information, Zooplus has a customer base of around 5.8 million "active" customers.

In 2017 the company was active in 30 countries, including particularly strong in Germany , Austria , Switzerland , the United Kingdom , France , Italy , Spain , Poland and the Netherlands .

Shareholders

As of February 27, 2015, the company's largest shareholders include the company founders, various companies from the Hubert Burda Media publishing group (with a total of almost 29.84% largest single shareholder) and, since August 2014, the RAG Foundation (indirectly via funds from Maxburg Capital around 14.0% as of the reporting date).

history

Zooplus AG was founded on June 28, 1999. The company's share was listed on May 9, 2008 without the issue of new shares in the Entry Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (“ Cold IPO ”) and was later included in the Entry Standard Index . Also in 2008 the legal seat was relocated from Unterföhring to Munich . The central warehouse is located in Hörselgau in Thuringia . As of December 31, 2008, the company employed 79 people and achieved sales of 80.34 million euros.

On October 22, 2009 there was a switch to the Prime Standard . As of December 31, 2009, the number of employees increased to 108. In the same period, sales rose by more than 60 percent to 127.71 million euros. The share has been listed on the SDAX since July 29, 2011 .

Awards

In 2002, the company was awarded the German Internet Prize from BITKOM on the key topic of medium- sized companies on the Internet in the category of value-added company presentation on the Internet .

In 2013, Zooplus received the online retail award in the area of ​​pet supplies.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Annual Report 2019. (pdf) In: zooplus.com. Retrieved May 1, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c zooplus AG: Zooplus factsheet. (PDF) May 1, 2018, accessed July 3, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Zooplus: Zooplus Factsheet. May 1, 2018, accessed July 3, 2018 .
  4. ↑ RAG is investing 10 percent in Zooplus , finanzen.net, August 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ zooplus AG: Annual Report 2008 (PDF) Retrieved on June 25, 2014 .
  6. ↑ [1]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (PDF)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / zooplus.de
  7. ↑ zooplus AG: Annual Report 2009 (PDF) Retrieved on June 25, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of June 28, 2011.
  9. ↑ German Internet Prize ( Memento from May 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (information in the "Archive" menu)
  10. ↑ Online trade award in the area of ​​animal supplies ( Memento from November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )