May Geraetebau GmbH develops, manufactures and sells high-quality sun umbrellas with extensive accessories. All umbrellas are individually configured to customer specifications; value creation ranges from machining to confection of textiles at the Betzenweiler plant. Sales are made via specialist retail partners, including internationally, primarily in the sun protection specialist channel. On average 158 employees were employed during the year (121 workers, 35 salaried employees, 2 trainees). May Sonnenschirme GmbH is a family business.
Herstellung und Vertrieb von technischen Neuheiten, vor allem Garten- und Freizeitmöbel und -geräten sowie die Vornahme aller mit dem vorstehenden Gesellschaftszweck zusammenhängenden Geschäfte, die dem Gegenstand des Unternehmens dienen oder als förderlich erscheinen.
Converted using the official Destatis and Eurostat correspondence tables; ISIC Rev. 4 is the United Nations' international industry classification.
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Ulm Local Court, HRB 650155 (as of 28 October 2026)
| Name | Type | City |
|---|---|---|
| Karl-Heinz May | Geschäftsführer(in) | Biberach an der Riß |
| Klaus-Peter May | Geschäftsführer(in) | Alleshausen |
Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Ulm Local Court, HRB 650155 (as of 28 October 2026)
| Year | Revenue | Profit | Balance | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rohergebnis€14.6M2 | €3,524,316 | €32,050,351 | — |
| 2023 | Rohergebnis€13.4M2 | €3,369,171 | €28,907,200 | — |
| 2022 | Rohergebnis€17M2 | €5,437,561 | €25,835,550 | — |
| 2021 | Rohergebnis€14.2M2 | €4,027,594 | €20,568,457 | — |
| 2020 | Rohergebnis€11.3M2 | €2,915,923 | €14,540,245 | — |
| 2019 | Rohergebnis€10.1M2 | €2,118,547 | €11,497,439 | — |
| 2018 | Rohergebnis€9.5M2 | €1,601,848 | €9,506,510 | — |
| 2017 | Rohergebnis€9.6M2 | €2,199,118 | €10,422,469 | — |
| 2016 | small company1 | €572,963 | €5,908,278 | — |
| 2015 | ≤ €12M1 | €782,938 | €8,708,815 | — |
1 Small companies are not required to publish a profit-and-loss statement (§ 326 (1) HGB). The figure shown is the statutory ceiling under § 267 HGB where the balance-sheet total makes it binding — a company may exceed at most one of the three size criteria.
2 Rohergebnis nach § 276 HGB: Umsatzerlöse abzüglich Materialaufwand bzw. Herstellungskosten. Kleine und mittelgroße Kapitalgesellschaften dürfen diese Posten zusammenfassen; die Umsatzerlöse selbst sind dann nicht veröffentlicht und liegen über dem Rohergebnis.
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Ulm Local Court, HRB 650155 (as of 28 October 2026)
| Cost type | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel Costs | €6,616,921 | 93.4% |
| Depreciation | €434,823 | 6.1% |
| Interest & Similar | €32,754 | 0.5% |
