Fielmann AG
German eyewear company
Fielmann Group AG is a German eyewear company.
Fielmann stock is listed in the German SDAX index. With 6% of all optical stores, Fielmann has achieved a 25% sales market share and a 57% market share in terms of units sold. Fielmann is the market leader in Germany and Europe's largest optician.
01History
In 1972 Günther Fielmann established the first Fielmann store in Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony. In 1981, Fielmann negotiated an agreement with the Esens statutory health insurance company, which allowed a larger selection of frames to be added to the portfolio for patients with insurance coverage.
Fielmann has been listed on the German stock exchange since 1994. Its stock indexing advanced from a listing in the SDAX (small and medium-sized companies) to MDAX on 6 January 2009, but was relegated to SDAX in December 2019.
The non-profit Fielmann-Akademie was established by the company in 2001. Located in Plön Castle, Schleswig-Holstein it is a training centre for optometrists since 2002.
Since 2019, Marc Fielmann has been the sole CEO of the company, succeeding his father Günther Fielmann.
After almost 40 years on Weidestrasse, the Fielmann Group opened its new Head Office at Fuhlsbuettler Strasse in Hamburg's Barmbek-Nord district on September 1, 2025.
02Corporate affairs
The key trends of Fielmann are (as at the financial year ending December 31):
| Year | Revenue (€ m) | Net income (€ m) | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1,386 | 168 | 18,522 |
| 2018 | 1,428 | 169 | 19,379 |
| 2019 | 1,521 | 172 | 20,397 |
| 2020 | 1,429 | 116 | 21,853 |
| 2021 | 1,678 | 137 | 22,028 |
| 2022 | 1,759 | 104 | 22,631 |
| 2023 | 1,970 | 128 | 23,412 |
| 2024 | 2,266 | 154 | 24,363 |
| 2025 | 2,435 | 205 | 23,832 |
03Other activities
Fielmann plants a tree for every employee every year. In 2009, chancellor Angela Merkel, minister-president Peter Harry Carstensen and Günther Fielmann planted the one-millionth tree in Büdelsdorf.
Sources and credits
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- Fielmann Group AG Logo.svg by Fielmann Group AG, Public domain
- Fielmann koeln schildergasse.jpg by Fielmann AG, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fielmann retail stores.svg by Daniel Maak, CC BY-SA 4.0
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