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- Société Générale Equipment Finance
Société Générale Equipment Finance
Comprehensive financial solutions
Your investments grow with us
With years of experience in financing investments in machinery, equipment, transport, agricultural technology, and construction machinery, we stay on top of modern trends and emerging technologies to offer you the best possible solutions
Supporting innovation and new technologies
SGEF snapshot
2023 year-end figures
- CZK 16 billion in new business
- 21% market share in the Czech Republic
- 142 employees
- 6 branches in the Czech Republic, 2 in Slovakia
- 28 years on the market
- Nearly 5,000 active clients
Société Générale Equipment Finance is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Société Générale Group, one of the largest financial conglomerates in Europe. It provides consulting and services to individuals, corporations, and institutional clients in retail, corporate, investment, and private banking.
Société Générale’s Czech operations include the Komerční banka group. Komerční banka is one of the leading banking institutions in the Czech Republic and across Central and Eastern Europe. The close cooperation between Komerční banka and SGEF in the Czech Republic dates back to 2003. In 2011, Komerční banka acquired a majority stake (50.1%), with the remaining 49.9% held by SGEF SA. This partnership primarily benefits clients by providing competitive offers and reducing the administrative requirements for deal approval.
In Slovakia, Komerční banka offers comprehensive financial solutions for corporate clients through the branch Komerční banka, a.s., pobočka zahraničnej banky.
2023 – closed new deals worth CZK 16 billion, including CZK 3.3 billion in sustainable investments
2020 – gained our highest ever market share of 21.3%
2018 – acquired the IKB Leasing SR portfolio
2011 – majority stake acquired by Komerční banka
1998 – entered the Slovak market
1996 – founded in the Czech Republic under the DB Leasing brand