Private company

ArianeGroup

Logo: Philip Terry Graham, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

European aerospace company

ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris.2 It employed 8,000 people in 2025.1 Its revenue was €3.1 billion in 2021.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 2015Founded1
  • Industryaircraft and space construction, space industry1
  • HeadquartersLes Mureaux1
  • Websitewww.ariane.group/de
  • Legal formsociété par actions simplifiée1
  • LEI969500PQFG3KKR3L7W583
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address51 ROUTE DE VERNEUIL, 78130 Les Mureaux, France3
  • Registered withNational Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, 5190322473

ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris.2

Corporate structure

ArianeGroup is part of a group headed by ARIANEGROUP HOLDING. 10 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • ARIANEGROUP HOLDING Les Mureaux, France
    • ArianeGroup Les Mureaux, France
      • Eurockot Launch Services Subsidiary · 51% · Bremen, Germany
      • CILAS Subsidiary · Orléans
      • Sodern Subsidiary · Limeil Brevannes, France
      • Starsem Stake · 35% · Evry-Courcouronnes, France
      • ArianeWorks Subsidiary
      • Orbital Propulsion Centre Subsidiary · Hardthausen am Kocher, Germany
    • Arianespace Les Mureaux, France
    • MAIASPACE Subsidiary · Vernon, France

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What ArianeGroup reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Leadership

Who has led ArianeGroup, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

Also owns

Parent company (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Employees over time

  • 20258,0001
  • 20199,0001

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

ArianeGroup revenue by year13.1B EUR in 2021−14% since 2018
01.0B EUR2.0B EUR3.0B EUR4.0B EUR2018: 3.6B EUR3.6B EUR20182021: 3.1B EUR3.1B EUR2021−14%
  • 20213.1B EUR1
  • 20183.6B EUR1

Timeline

  1. Apr 1, 2026New chief executive Christophe Bruneau becomes CEO1
  2. Apr 4, 2023New chief executive Martin Sion becomes CEO1
  3. Jan 1, 2019New chief executive André-Hubert Roussel becomes CEO1
  4. Mar 2015New chief executive Alain Charmeau becomes CEO1
  5. Jan 1, 2015Parent Directly consolidated by ARIANEGROUP HOLDING3
  6. Jan 2015Founded Founded1

Sources

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