Private company

Schneider Electric

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French industrial company

Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational corporation that specializes in energy technology, covering electrification, automation, and digitalization for industry and homes. Registered as a Societas Europaea, Schneider Electric is a Fortune Global 500 company, publicly traded on the Euronext Exchange, and is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1836Founded1
  • Tickeron Euronext Paris1
  • Industryelectrical industry, production of electrical distribution and control equipment1
  • HeadquartersMâcon1
  • Founded inLe Creusot1
  • Websitewww.se.com
  • Legal formsociété par actions simplifiée1
  • Listed onEuronext Paris (SU)1

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Head-office-Schneider Electric
Photo: Schneider Electric, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational corporation that specializes in energy technology, covering electrification, automation, and digitalization for industry and homes.2

The story

Founded by Eugène Schneider in 1836, in Le Creusot.1

Leadership

Who has led Schneider Electric, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Jean-Pascal Tricoire2006–2023
  2. Peter Herweck2023–2024
197019801990200020102020

Products and brands

  • electrical device
  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Capital Group Companies

Subsidiaries

  • AVEVA
  • Clipsal
  • Invensys
  • Schneider Electric
  • Schneider Electric (Australia)
  • Schneider Electric (Canada)
  • Schneider Electric (Denmark)
  • Schneider Electric (Germany)
  • Schneider Electric (United Kingdom)
  • Schneider Electric (United States)
  • APC by Schneider Electric since 2007

Also owns

  • Citect
  • Eurotherm
  • Ilevo
  • Schneider Electric DMS
  • Somua
  • Ateliers et Chantiers de France since 1956

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Jan 2014Acquired Eurotherm1
  2. 2007APC by Schneider Electric became a subsidiary1
  3. 1956Acquired Ateliers et Chantiers de France1

Employees over time

  • 2021166,0251
  • 2018155,0001

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Schneider Electric revenue by year135.9B EUR in 2023+44% since 2014
010.0B EUR20.0B EUR30.0B EUR40.0B EUR2014: 24.9B EUR24.9B EUR20142015: 26.6B EUR26.6B EUR2015+7%2016: 24.7B EUR24.7B EUR2016−7%2017: 24.7B EUR24.7B EUR2017+0%2018: 25.7B EUR25.7B EUR2018+4%2019: 27.2B EUR27.2B EUR2019+6%2020: 25.2B EUR25.2B EUR2020−7%2021: 28.9B EUR28.9B EUR2021+15%2022: 34.2B EUR34.2B EUR2022+18%2023: 35.9B EUR35.9B EUR2023+5%
  • 202335.9B EUR1
  • 202234.2B EUR1
  • 202128.9B EUR1
  • 202025.2B EUR1
  • 201927.2B EUR1
  • 201825.7B EUR1

Net income

Schneider Electric net income by year14.0B EUR in 2023+106% since 2014
02.0B EUR4.0B EUR6.0B EUR2014: 1.9B EUR1.9B EUR20142015: 1.4B EUR1.4B EUR2015−28%2016: 1.8B EUR1.8B EUR2016+24%2017: 2.1B EUR2.1B EUR2017+23%2018: 2.3B EUR2.3B EUR2018+9%2019: 2.4B EUR2.4B EUR2019+3%2020: 2.1B EUR2.1B EUR2020−12%2021: 3.2B EUR3.2B EUR2021+51%2022: 3.5B EUR3.5B EUR2022+9%2023: 4.0B EUR4.0B EUR2023+15%
  • 20234.0B EUR1
  • 20223.5B EUR1
  • 20213.2B EUR1
  • 20202.1B EUR1
  • 20192.4B EUR1
  • 20182.3B EUR1

Timeline

  1. May 4, 2023New chief executive Peter Herweck becomes CEO1
  2. 2006New chief executive Jean-Pascal Tricoire becomes CEO1
  3. 1836Founded Founded in Le Creusot1

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