Royal FloraHolland closed 2024 with a electropositive result , according to the 2024 yearly report published on 4 April . The pre - tax result is 10 million euros ; after revenue enhancement , 6 million euro . This is above last class ’s carry pause - even result . Cartesian product sales increased by 5 % in 2024 compared to 2023 , reach out 5.3 billion euros ( 2023 : 5.1 billion euros ) . This is the 2nd high turnover ever ( 2021 : 5.6 billion ) . The skilful overturn is mainly explain by the increase in the mediocre whole price for flowers ( 11 % ) , partly due to a 2 % lower volume . The intermediate unit price for plants persist the same as last year , as did the turn of unit .
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Strongly improve resultRoyal FloraHolland has a very solid financial foundation . CFO David van Mechelen : ' We desire to be structurally in the black . After two years of red ink , that was a ruffianly hope to keep lastyear . The solvent for 2024 was 23 million euro better than in 2023 . Our income was positively influenced by the good price for flowers and thus more committee . The high-pitched rates forgrowers and buyers also generated more income . In addition , we have tightly deal costs , with the Fit for Future programme already add in 2024 , cancel by a preparation . The 4 % collective labor agreement growth has only led to 1 % higher remuneration costs , partly due to a reduction in indirect personnel and a further improvement in productivity in logistics . Our energy costs last twelvemonth were 8 million euros low-spirited than in 2023 , while we also realised saving through a more professional purchasing insurance policy . Throughout the company there is anawareness that cost efficiency is of strategic grandness and this has been behave upon . alas , Floriway again made a loss in the same order of order of magnitude as in 2023 . However , there was a plus trend reversal , as the financial performance in the second one-half of the year was better than in the first half . Modern direction and adjusted business operations are starting to pay off .
Future - validation marketplaceOur solvency meliorate slightly in 2024 and free hard cash period was positively charged . As Royal FloraHolland , we already put to a great extent in the future tense last year , to the tune of 83 million euros . Over the preceding yr , we have been working on a comprehensive and elaborated investment program for the coming years , aimed at making our hubs more sustainable and futureproof . We are currently discussing this with our member . I also feel that we have the full confidence of our banks . This is partly demonstrated by the refinancing of our 210 million euro facility , which we finalised in 2024 . To date , we have only made limited use of this quickness , but we expect to make more use of it in the get yr . Furthermore , this facility has now been converted into a Sustainability Linked Loan , where the interest rate is linked to the accomplishment of sustainability object lens . This year , we have again taken an of import footfall in the sustainability reporting in the yearly report . We will preserve to do so so as to be able to report fully CSRD - compliant in a timely mode . '
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