A market of around €110bn in 2021
A world leader
Legrand has achieved global recognition as a specialist in its fields, with leading positions in many markets. Our broad, popular range of solutions delivers benefits for every player in the value chain both professional distributors and installers, specifiers and end users. Adapted to all types of buildings, this offer targets both the new construction market and the renovation market.
A pure player and market leader
Legrand is the world’s only global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, and we’ve built up a store of unique expertise in regional and national standards everywhere we do business. The products we make are used in buildings of all types, from residential spaces (around 40% of total sales), to datacenters (over 10%), other non-residential spaces including offices, hotels, and healthcare facilities (around 40%), and industrial buildings and infrastructure (less than 10%).
Our offering has unrivalled depth with over 300,000 references of products and solutions. Legrand makes close to 2/3 of its sales with #1 or #2 positions on its markets.
Vast addressable market
Vast, our accessible market encompasses new building work and building renovation. It is essentially a wide-ranging flow-based activity with hundreds of thousands of customers, with recurring business made in renovation works (approximately 45% of Legrand’s sales in 2021) and relatively limited overall commoditization of the offering. As it is minimally affected by cyclical effects, this sector is also advantageous to the market leader.
Linked to our entire ecosystem
Legrand products are specified, sold and installed by a variety of players in our economic chain—from professional distributors and installers to specifiers and end users. Interactions throughout our ecosystem highlight the unique features of Legrand products and their particular appeal: ease of installation and use, reliability and safety, continuing integration of new technologies, and immediately recognizable design.
Meeting favorable megatrends
Our addressable market is supported by favorable long-term trends that are structurally buoyant for the Group, whether they are fundamental trends in society or essential developments in the world. These trends have accelerated with the health crisis linked to COVID-19 or the energy crisis caused by a difficult geopolitical context. In particular, they put the Group at the forefront of the challenges of a world that must be more sustainable.
Societal trends
Demographic growth, rising urbanization and the expanding middle classes have led to a rise in the number of electrical and digital building infrastructures.
Key changes
Roll-out of the buildings of tomorrow, climate emergency, increasing number needs relating to health, independent living and well-being: Legrand offers a solution to key changes in the world.
Trends accelerated by the health situation and energy crisis
Digitalization, more connected lifestyles that consume less energy, increasingly flexible ways of working, and the growth in online activities are all good reasons to install solutions for smarter, more energy-efficient buildings.
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