Profile number 67678

Investing in or taking over localization - translation company with offices in Denmark, the Netherlands and Spain

03/09/2019 Date added

Located in

The Netherlands

General information

Sector

Service industry

Type of company

Business services

Legal entity

Limited company

Type of transaction

Shares

Life phase enterprise

Full-grown

Employees in FTE

25 - 50

Type of buyer

  • MBI candidate
  • Strategic acquisition


Financial information

Turnover last financial year

€ 2.500.000 - € 5.000.000

Asking price

€ 1.000.000 - € 2.500.000

Earnings before taxes

€ 100.000 - € 250.000


Company history/background

Who we are: Our company is a translation and localization company devoted to primarily European languages such as Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese and German. Since early 2012 we have also been offering Russian, Turkish and other languages. With offices in The Netherlands and Spain, a franchisee in Denmark and more than 18 years of experience we have a team of highly professional Project Managers and in-house translators/reviewers as well as a pool of more than 900 freelance translators (some of which are working almost exclusively for us) so we can take care of all requests from our clients. All our translators are native speakers and only translate into their mother tongue to ensure quality and fluency in the text – this ensures that the text is seen as an original text and not as a translation.

We are looking for an increase of our working capital, this can be done on the one hand through the sale of shares. On the other hand, a total acquisition of the company is also possible.


Company activities

We are specialized in the localization and translation of:

  • Software/Information Technology
  • Marketing
  • Healthcare/Medical
  • Legal
  • Machine Translation Post editing
  • Technical/Engineering
  • Automotive/Mechanical
  • Finances
  • Travel/Tourism
  • Education

The projects we typically work on are from leading companies in the fields of IT, Telecommunications, Life Sciences and Automotive Industry, among others. We also do sworn translations.


Unique selling points

Advantages of choosing this company. We have been included in the 2012 Top100 of global language service providers by the independent market research firm Common Sense Advisory and in the Top 35 of Western European LSPs in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. One-stop-shopping! Only one vendor for all languages enables you to focus on your more important core activities without the hassle of dealing with several suppliers. All our clients get a dedicated (personal) PM who handles all your requests. Work with a highly professional and international Project Management team. High capacity for big volumes. Completion check. Timely delivery. Quality assurance.


Other

Opportunity Summary

  • A group in the Top 35 LSP´s in Europe
  • A well-known brand
  • Excellent representation in Europe with offices in Spain and The Netherlands
  • One franchisee in Denmark
  • Excellent representation on Internet in terms of web site, blogs and social media
  • Advanced infrastructure with automated knowledge sharing and exceptional user-friendly eProcurement system developed by Jensen Localization
  • +/- 30 dedicated and very well qualified staff covering project management, in-house translators, multilingual accounting, IT team with individual specialties and PR and marketing
  • +/- 100 active clients worth EUR 2,8-3,500.000, - of business most with a long-term relationship up to 18 years
  • 900 qualified and tested freelance translators from all over the world
  • Self-supporting complete business unit with no significant debts. 
This opportunity could be very interesting for a translation company, which intends to expand to or within Europe. Our company covers all of Europe with a strategic spread of offices. It could also be very attractive for a silent investor because the net profit would increase considerably with sufficient cash flow. The operating margin would increase from 5% to 12% and the potential ROI of an investment of 500,000 would increase to 25%

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Investing in or taking over localization - translation company with offices in Denmark, the Netherlands and Spain
Region
The Netherlands
Sector
Service industry
Type
For sale
Turnover
2.500.000 - 5.000.000
Overname
1.000.000 - 2.500.000