It’s already been five years since Alquiber – Spanish benchmark company in the rental of industrial vehicles in the medium-long flexible term – debuted on BME Growth. Since its debut on July 11th, 2018, Alquiber has achieved several notable milestones.
Since joining BME Growth, Alquiber, with wide recognition and extended sectorial experience, has been watching how its financial reports grown year by year. In 2018, Alquiber – with a fleet of 7.213 vehicles, 12 branches and 115 employees – gained 41.4M€, with a EBITDA of 22.2M€ and net profits of 2.9M€. Just five years later, the company´s fleet has grown to 16.065 vehicles, almost doubled the number of branches all over the Spanish territory (23), and employs 221 people by the end of the year 2022. As it concerns to the financial reports, on the same period, Alquiber has raised its revenue to more than 100M€, with an EBITDA of 56.9M€ and has tripling its net profits by 8.5M€.
According to Mr. José Ramón Calvo Criado, Corporate General Director, “listing on BME Growth has involved great support to accomplish our growing and expansion plans. Not only has provide Alquiber with a presentation letter to potential investors, but also it allowed us to reach new clients, new sectors, and big public tenders. It´s worth mentioning the internal change that listing has involved, to be periodically audited, and advocating for company’s transparency politics, which have boosted our work in continuously improvement, key pillar of Alquiber’s philosophy.
By providing small and medium companies access to capital and liquidity, BME Growth can help them to compete in international markets. In addition of being transparent and having systematic monitoring, the BME Growth market offers counselling services to small and medium companies to help them on the listing process, and the afterwards journey. For Alquiber, for example “the MedCap forum, held annually, serve us as a showcase and give us the opportunity to reach potential national and international investors, as well as partners interested in collaborating with the company.
Alquiber´s remarkable growth in social initiatives is also worth noting. While in 2018 sign three collaborations – donation of food and vehicles supply for Avanza ONG, Club AD Marathon sponsorship and giving more than 180 threes away to the City Council of Valdemoro – in 2022 Alquiber created a specific committee to develop the social activities of the company, not only reinforcing the collaboration with those entities, but also making new connections and relationships with other associations and foundations. Currently, Alquiber works with entities such as Fundación A La Par, Asociación CaMinus, Fundación Andrés Olivares and Fundación Mallorca Integra