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Beate Uhse Group BV
Founded1946
FounderBeate Uhse-Rotermund
Headquarters,
Area served
In more than 60 countries worldwide
ProductsSex shops
Beate Uhse shop

Beate Uhse Group BV (formerly Beate Uhse AG) is a German industry group which focuses on selling adult entertainment in the form of sex toys, lingerie, clothing and pornography. It is the most successful company in the German sex industry,[1] and the country's leading pornography retailer.[2]

It operates in the three business units Retail, Mail Order and Wholesale. The Entertainment division was sold to tmc Content Group AG in September 2016.[3]

It currently has over 1,500 employees. It is active in 60 countries and has been listed on the

distributor of adult-related entertainment and products in the world. Profits dropped significantly between 2006 and 2007.[citation needed
]

As of 30 September 2007, the company employed 1,425 people and generated sales of just under €271 million in 2006. In 2009, just under €231 million were implemented, the number of employees at the end of the year 1,222. In 2010, €197.7 million were implemented,[citation needed] the number of employees was 975. In 2012, €144 million were still implemented, the number of employees was 704. In 2015, sales amounted to €128 million. The number of employees was 600 in 2016. 150 jobs were to be reduced. 16 of the 78 stores, including 3 in Germany, were to be closed.[4]

Since 2020, the company has been listed as Beate Uhse Group BV and headquartered in Veendam, Netherlands.

History

The company was founded by former German

Deutschmarks, and 10 million customers visited its premises.[2]

Closed Beate Uhse shop at an inner German border crossing point

Bankruptcy

With the upcoming of free internet pornography, paid services suffered decline.

On 15 December 2017, the company filed for insolvency in self-administration.[5]

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