{{short description|German eyewear company}} {{Multiple issues| {{Advert|date=June 2019}} {{COI|date=June 2019}} }} {{Infobox company | name = Fielmann Group AG | logo = Fielmann Group AG Logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | type = Aktiengesellschaft | traded_as = {{FWB|FIE}}<br>SDAX | foundation = 1972 | founder = Günther Fielmann | location = Hamburg, Germany | subsid = | key_people = * Marc Fielmann <small>(CEO)</small>,<br> * Mark K. Binz <small>(Chairman of the Supervisory Board)</small> | industry = Retail, optician | services = | revenue = €2.44 billion <small>(2025)</small><ref name="AR2025">{{cite web |url=https://www.fielmann-group.com/fileadmin/fielmann/Dokumente/Publikationen/Geschaeftsberichte/EN/Fielmann_Annual_Report_2025.pdf?tab=tab_1_2 |title=Annual Report 2025|accessdate=30 April 2026 |publisher=Fielmann}}</ref> | operating_income = €291.7 million <small>(2025)</small><ref name=" AR2025" /> | net_income = €205.5 million <small>(2025)</small><ref name=" AR2025" /> | num_employees = 23,807 <small>(2025)</small><ref name=" AR2025" /> | num_locations = 1,262 <small>(2025)</small><ref name=" AR2025" /> | homepage = {{URL|fielmann-group.com/en/}} }} '''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<ref name=" AR2025" /> and Europe's largest optician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110726/bloomberg-markets-hidden-billionaires/slides/2|title=Bloomberg Markets: Hidden Billionaires|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|date=September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929173107/http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110726/bloomberg-markets-hidden-billionaires/slides/2|archive-date=2011-09-29}}</ref>
==History== [[File:Fielmann koeln schildergasse.jpg|thumb|Fielmann store in Cologne]] 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nwzonline.de/wirtschaft/in-esens-blickte-fielmann-durch_a_1,0,3312825785.html|title=In Esens blickte Fielmann durch (In Esens Fielmann looked through)|first=Rolf|last=Seelheim|publisher=Nordwest-Zeitung|language=German|date=17 September 2009}}</ref>
Fielmann has been listed on the German stock exchange since 1994.<ref>{{citation|title= Fielmann – eine Aktie für Anleger mit Weitblick (Fielmann – a share for investors with visions)|first=Roger|last=Hausmann|publisher=Finanz und Wirtschaft|language=German|date=21 September 1994}}</ref> Its stock indexing advanced from a listing in the SDAX (small and medium-sized companies) to MDAX on 6 January 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-de/presse/pressemitteilungen/Ausserplanmaessige-Aenderungen-in-MDAX-und-SDAX/2586488|title=Unscheduled Adjustments in MDAX and SDAX|publisher=Deutsche Börse|access-date=2018-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427044443/http://deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-de/presse/pressemitteilungen/Ausserplanmaessige-Aenderungen-in-MDAX-und-SDAX/2586488|archive-date=2018-04-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> but was relegated to SDAX in December 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stoffels|first=Johannes|title=Fielmann: Der Abstieg ändert wenig {{!}} www.4investors.de|url=https://www.4investors.de/nachrichten/boerse.php?sektion=stock&ID=138713|access-date=2021-03-15|website=4investors.de|language=de}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Goos|first=Diethart|date=2000-12-12|title="Ganz viel dazubezahlt": Fielmann kauft Plöner Schloss|work=DIE WELT|url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article553082/Ganz-viel-dazubezahlt-Fielmann-kauft-Ploener-Schloss.html|access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref>
Since 2019, Marc Fielmann has been the sole CEO of the company, succeeding his father Günther Fielmann.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/mittelstand/familienunternehmer/optiker-kette-guenther-fielmann-zieht-sich-aus-dem-vorstand-zurueck/25255518.html|title=Günther Fielmann zieht sich auch dem Vorstand zurück (Günther Fielmann retires from the managing board)| publisher=Handelsblatt|language=German|date=13 November 2019}}</ref>
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. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fielmann-group.com/en/head-office|title=Fielmann Group opens new Head Office in Hamburg| publisher=Fielmann Group AG|date=1 September 2025}}</ref>
== Corporate affairs == 220x124px|thumb|right|Brands of Fielmann Group AG {{legend|#003399|Fielmann}}{{legend|#00B1EB|Optika Clarus}}{{legend|#FED300|Óptica & Audiología Universitaria}}{{legend|#008F39|Medical Óptica Audición}} The key trends of Fielmann are (as at the financial year ending December 31):<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fielmann Fundamentalanalyse {{!}} KGV {{!}} Kennzahlen |url=https://www.boerse.de/fundamental-analyse/Fielmann-Aktie/DE0005772206 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=boerse.de |language=de}}</ref> {| class="wikitable float-left" style="text-align: center;" !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 |2,264 |154 |24,363 |}
==Other activities== Fielmann plants a tree for every employee every year.<ref>[https://www.fielmann.de/gesellschaftliches-engagement/fielmann-baeume Fielmann.de – Gesellschaftliches Engagement: Fielmann-Bäume]</ref> In 2009, chancellor Angela Merkel, minister-president Peter Harry Carstensen and Günther Fielmann planted the one-millionth tree in Büdelsdorf.<ref>[http://www.abendblatt.de/region/article1023127/Angela-Merkels-Stippvisite-beim-Brillenkoenig.html Angela Merkels Stippvisite beim Brillenkönig] 20. Mai 2009</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite web|url=http://www1.ndr.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/unternehmensportraet40.html|title=Fielmann - zwischen Discount und Qualität (Fielmann - between quality and discount)|publisher=NDR online|date=2 December 2008}}
==External links== * [https://www.fielmann.de/ German Website Fielmann Germany] * [https://www.fielmann-group.com/ Corporate Website Fielmann Group AG] * [https://www.fielmann-akademie.com/ Fielmann-Akademie at Plön Castle]
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Category:Companies based in Hamburg Category:German brands Category:Eyewear retailers in Germany Category:Eyewear brands of Germany Category:Retail companies established in 1972 Category:1972 establishments in West Germany Category:Eyewear companies of Germany Category:Companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange