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Phoenix Group
Company typeSocietas Europaea
IndustryPharmaceuticals, logistics
Founded1994
FounderAdolf Merckle
Headquarters,
Key people
Sven Seidel (CEO)
Helmut Fischer (CFO)
Revenue49.7 billion (2024/2025)
€608.05 million EBIT (2024/2025)
€370.15 million (2024/2025)
Total assets€15.1 billion
Total equity€3.8 billion
Number of employees
48,939 (2024/2025)
Websitewww.phoenixgroup.eu

Phoenix Pharma SE (Phoenix Group), headquartered in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, is the largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in Europe, with over 200 distribution centers across Europe delivering drugs to approximately 3,300 own and about 18,000 independent Pharmacies in 17 European countries. 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.