Legrand develops and manufactures electrical and digital building infrastructure – from wiring devices and cable management to datacenter solutions.
Legrand S.A.
Limoges (France)New on Amplifa
About Legrand
Legrand S.A. is a French industrial group headquartered in Limoges (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), specialized in electrical and digital building infrastructure. The portfolio comprises more than 300,000 products, including wiring devices (switches and sockets), protection products such as circuit breakers, cable management (cable trays and trunking), emergency lighting, lighting control, charging stations for electric vehicles, and datacenter infrastructure. The company originated from a porcelain workshop founded in 1865 and has been manufacturing electrical wiring devices since 1919; porcelain and boxwood were originally used as insulating materials. Legrand is present in over 90 countries, sells its products in around 180 countries, and generates 85% of its revenue internationally. With more than 39,600 employees and revenue of around €9.5 billion (2025), the group serves building, datacenter, and energy markets worldwide, including customized modular power integration solutions (Power Pods).
- Site
- Limoges
- Processes
- Electrical and digital building infrastructure, Charging stations for electric vehicles, Lighting control, Datacenter infrastructure, Cable management, Emergency lighting, Protection products
- Materials
- Porcelain and boxwood
- Certificates
- EcoVadis Platinum
- Founded
- 1904
- Employees
- 39600+
- Industries
- Building Technology, Datacenter, Energy Transition, Residential, Commercial/Industrial Buildings
Materials & Processes
Porcelain and boxwood
Historical insulating materials of the first porcelain switches from 1919.
Sites
Limoges
FRHeadquarters
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality & Certificates
Legrand was awarded the EcoVadis Platinum medal again in July 2026, placing it among the top 1% of companies in the CSR field. In addition, the group received the "A" rating from the CDP (Climate Disclosure Project) for 2025 once again.
| Evidence | Limoges |
|---|---|
| EcoVadis Platinum |
History
- 1865
Origin: porcelain workshop in Limoges
- 1904
Acquired by Frédéric Legrand, Charles Alary and Jean Joquel; named Legrand
- 1911
Renamed Betoule Legrand & Co.
- 1919
Entry into electrical wiring devices: switches made of porcelain and boxwood (Jean Mondot)
- 1949
After a factory fire, focus exclusively on electrical wiring devices
- 1966
First foreign subsidiary in Belgium
- 1970
First stock exchange listing in Paris
- 1989
Acquisition of Bticino (Italy)
- 2000
Acquisition of Wiremold (USA)
- 2003
Acquisition by KKR and Wendel Investissement
- 2005
Acquisition of ICM Group (KZ, Cablofil)
- 2010
Growth and acquisitions including Inform (Turkey) and IndoAsian (India)
- 2011
Acquisition of Middle Atlantic Products (USA)
- 2015
Acquisition of Raritan Inc., stake in Netatmo
- 2026
Acquisition of Girtz Industries (USA, Power Pods, approx. 300 employees, approx. USD 80 million revenue)