Who owns NRJ?
NRJ is owned by NRJ Group (France, EPA: NRG).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: NRJ Group — Document d'enregistrement universel 2025, NRJ Group SA, 31 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- NRJ Group SA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Paris
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France, Paris
- Founded
- 1981 by Jean-Paul Baudecroux
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Radio & audio › Radio networks
- Parent ticker
- EPA: NRG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About NRJ
NRJ is a French music radio network that began as a free radio station set up in Paris by Jean-Paul Baudecroux in 1981. It was the most listened-to station in France among 25 to 49 year olds in 2025, with a 10.2 per cent audience share. Outside France it is broadcast in a dozen other countries, in several of them under the name ENERGY, through NRJ Group subsidiaries, partnerships and trademark licences.
Ownership timeline of NRJ
Where NRJ sits in NRJ Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by NRJ Group
NRJ Group controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Chérie FM (1987)
- Nostalgie
- NRJ Hits (2007)
- Rire & Chansons (1990)
Other brands in radio networks, and who owns them
The 26 brands in radio networks on Brandtree belong to 11 owners. The largest is NZME, with 5; NRJ Group has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Coast | NZME | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| ERA | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Europe 1 | Lagardère | 🇫🇷 France |
| La 100 | Grupo Clarín | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Hit Network | Southern Cross Media Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Radio One | Urban One | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Westwood One | Cumulus Media | 🇺🇸 United States |
| iHeartRadio | iHeartMedia | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: NRJ Group
NRJ Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Paris, France, founded in 1981. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: NRG.
NRJ Group is a French media company that grew out of the radio station NRJ, which Jean-Paul Baudecroux started in Paris in 1981. It runs four national radio networks in France, NRJ, Chérie FM, Nostalgie and Rire & Chansons, which together reached 9.4 million listeners a day in 2025, along with about 270 digital radio stations and the pay-television music channel NRJ Hits. Its subsidiary TowerCast is the second-largest broadcast transmission operator in France. In 2025 the group left free-to-air television: NRJ 12 stopped broadcasting on 1 March and Chérie 25 was sold on 30 September. Its shares are listed on Euronext Paris.
🇫🇷 NRJ and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 318 brands that began in France. 99 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; NRJ is not one of them.
- Bragelonne — Lagardère 🇫🇷
- Canal+ — Canal+ 🇫🇷
- ELLE (US) — Hearst 🇺🇸
- Marie Claire (UK) — Future 🇬🇧
- A-Derma — Pierre Fabre 🇫🇷
- AMIVAC — HomeToGo 🇱🇺
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of NRJ?
The parent company of NRJ is NRJ Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is NRJ French?
Yes. NRJ originated in France in 1981 and its owner, NRJ Group, is also headquartered in France.
Is NRJ still owned by NRJ Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, NRJ is still owned by NRJ Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] NRJ Group — Document d'enregistrement universel 2025 — NRJ Group SA, Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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