Private company

Valeo

Logo: Valeo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

French global automotive supplier

Valeo is a French global automotive supplier headquartered in France, listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (CAC Mid 60 Index). It supplies a wide range of products to automakers and the aftermarket.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1923Founded1
  • Tickeron Euronext Paris1
  • Industryautomotive industry, holding company activities1
  • HeadquartersParis1
  • Founded inSaint-Ouen-sur-Seine1
  • Websitewww.valeo.com
  • Legal formsociété européenne1
  • Listed onEuronext Paris (FR)1
  • Slogan“Smart technology for smarter cars”1

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Photo: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Valeo is a French global automotive supplier headquartered in France, listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (CAC Mid 60 Index). It supplies a wide range of products to automakers and the aftermarket. The Group employs 113,600 people in 29 countries worldwide. It has 186 production plants, 66 R&D centers and 15 distribution platforms. In 2018, Valeo's sales rose 4% to €19.1 billion. It frequently ranks as France's leading patent filer.2

How it started

History

The Société Anonyme Française de Ferodo was founded in 1923 in Saint-Ouen, near Paris. It first distributed brake linings and clutch facings under license from Ferodo.

In 1932, the company began producing clutches. In the same year, it was listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.

In the 1950s, the company expanded outside the Paris area, opening new factories in France.

The firm produced braking systems (1961), thermal systems (1962), lighting systems and electrical systems (1971-1978 and 1984).

The 1960s saw the start of the company's international development, first in Europe, especially in Spain and Italy, and then all over the world: Brazil (1974), the United States (1980), Tunisia (1984), South Korea and Turkey (1988), Mexico (1989), China (1994), India (1997), Central and Eastern Europe (Poland and the Czech Republic in 1995, Romania in 2002, Slovakia in 2004) and Egypt in 2005, to total 33 countries at the end 2018.

From Wikipedia’s article on Valeo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Leadership

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

Chief executive

  1. Jacques Vandier1928–1987
  2. Noël Goutard1987–2000
  3. André Navarri2000–2001
  4. Thierry Morin2001–2009
  5. Jacques Aschenbroich2009–2022
  6. Christophe Perillat2022–now
197019801990200020102020

Products and brands

  • automotive part

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Marchal (business)
  • Valeo (Brazil)
  • Valeo (Czechia)
  • Valeo (Germany)
  • Valeo (Ireland)
  • Valeo (Japan)
  • Valeo (South Korea)
  • Valeo (Spain)
  • Valeo (United States)

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Ferodo Limited1

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Valeo revenue by year122.0B EUR in 2023+73% since 2014
010.0B EUR20.0B EUR30.0B EUR2014: 12.7B EUR12.7B EUR20142015: 14.5B EUR14.5B EUR2015+14%2016: 16.5B EUR16.5B EUR2016+14%2017: 18.6B EUR18.6B EUR2017+12%2018: 19.1B EUR19.1B EUR2018+3%2019: 19.5B EUR19.5B EUR2019+2%2020: 16.4B EUR16.4B EUR2020−16%2021: 17.3B EUR17.3B EUR2021+5%2022: 20.0B EUR20.0B EUR2022+16%2023: 22.0B EUR22.0B EUR2023+10%
  • 202322.0B EUR1
  • 202220.0B EUR1
  • 202117.3B EUR1
  • 202016.4B EUR1
  • 201919.5B EUR1
  • 201819.1B EUR1

Net income

Valeo net income by year1221.0M EUR in 2023−61% since 2014
-2.0B EUR-1.0B EUR01.0B EUR2014: 562.0M EUR562.0M EUR20142015: 729.0M EUR729.0M EUR2015+30%2016: 925.0M EUR925.0M EUR2016+27%2017: 886.0M EUR886.0M EUR2017−4%2018: 546.0M EUR546.0M EUR2018−38%2019: 313.0M EUR313.0M EUR2019−43%2020: -1.1B EUR-1.1B EUR20202021: 175.0M EUR175.0M EUR20212022: 230.0M EUR230.0M EUR2022+31%2023: 221.0M EUR221.0M EUR2023−4%
  • 2023221.0M EUR1
  • 2022230.0M EUR1
  • 2021175.0M EUR1
  • 2020-1.1B EUR1
  • 2019313.0M EUR1
  • 2018546.0M EUR1

Timeline

  1. 2022New chief executive Christophe Perillat becomes CEO1
  2. 2009New chief executive Jacques Aschenbroich becomes CEO1
  3. 2001New chief executive Thierry Morin becomes CEO1
  4. 2000New chief executive André Navarri becomes CEO1
  5. 1987New chief executive Noël Goutard becomes CEO1
  6. 1928New chief executive Jacques Vandier becomes CEO1
  7. 1923Founded Founded in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine1

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