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NRJ Group: brands it owns and its ownership tree

NRJ Group (EPA: NRG) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Paris, France that owns 5 consumer brands.[1][2]

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.

Company facts

Legal name
NRJ Group SA (also NRJ GROUP, Groupe NRJ)
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Founded
1981
Tickers
EPA: NRG
Website
www.nrjgroup.fr
Last verified
· 2 sources

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Everything NRJ Group owns

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything NRJ Group owns Tree of 5 brands under NRJ Group. NRJ Group Chérie FM Nostalgie NRJ NRJ Hits Rire & Chansons

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does NRJ Group own?

NRJ Group owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including NRJ, NRJ Hits, Chérie FM, Rire & Chansons and Nostalgie.

Is NRJ Group a French company?

Yes. NRJ Group is headquartered in Paris, France and was founded in 1981.

Who owns NRJ Group?

NRJ Group is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as NRG on the EPA.

Sources (2) & 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. [1] NRJ Group — Document d'enregistrement universel 2025 — NRJ Group SA, Annual report, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
  2. [2] NRJ GROUP: Availability of the 2025 Universal Registration Document — NRJ Group SA, Official press release, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.

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