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Company type | GmbH & Co. KG |
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Industry | Pharmaceuticals, logistics |
Founded | 1994 |
Founder | Adolf Merckle |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Sven Seidel (CEO) Helmut Fischer (CFO) |
Revenue | €27.3 billion (2019/2020) [1] |
€296.2 million EBIT bef goodwill (2019/2020) | |
€770 million (2011) | |
Total assets | €9.49 billion |
Total equity | €2.83 billion |
Number of employees | 39,013 (2019/2020) |
Website | www.phoenixgroup.eu |
PHOENIX Pharmahandel GmbH & Co KG (PHOENIX Group), headquartered in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, is the largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in Germany, and the second largest in Europe, with about 153 distribution centers across the country delivering drugs to approximately 12,000 independent pharmacies. Its PHOENIX Documentation is an internet-based archive offering detailed information on drugs, their components, indications, and effects. The formation of holding company PHOENIX International Beteiligungs GmbH took place. The Phoenix Group is a majority owner of the pharmaceutical wholesalers Purus A.S. in the Czech Republic and Tamro in Finland. The Phoenix Group itself is mostly owned by the pharmaceutical conglomerate Merckle Group.[2]