| Bilan | |
| Frequency: | Monthly (until 2005) Biweekly |
| Category: | Business magazine |
| Publisher: | Tamedia Publications |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Based: | Geneva |
| Language: | French |
| Website: | Bilan |
| Issn: | 1422-2035 |
| Oclc: | 316260128 |
Bilan is a biweekly business magazine published in Geneva, Switzerland. The magazine has been in circulation since 1989.
Bilan was first published in June 1989.[1] [2] The publisher of the magazine was Alain Fabarez.[1] It was owned by the Edipresse Group[3] until November 2011.[4] Then it became part of the Tamedia Group.[2] [5] The magazine is published biweekly by Tamedia Publications on Wednesdays and has its headquarters in Geneva.[2] [6] It came out monthly until 2005 when its frequency was switched to biweekly.[1] Its headquarters was formerly in Lausanne.
Bilan is the French counterpart of the Swiss German business magazine, BILANZ,[1] and features analyses of finance markets and targets managers of small or large enterprises and decision makers.[7] It publishes several listings, including the 300 richest Switzerland, the 100 richest in Europe, the 300 most influential Switzerland, the 50 start-up invest in and the top 30 employers.[7] The biweekly also publishes interviews.[8]
Max Mabillard is one of the former editors-in-chief of Bilan. Stéphane Benoit-Godet served in the post until 1 November 2014 when Myret Zaki was named as the editor-in-chief.[2] [9]
The circulation of Bilan was 15,000 copies during its initial period.[1] Between July 2004 and June 2005 the magazine sold 18,569 copies.[10] Its circulation was 18,703 copies between July 2005 and June 2006 and 19,047 copies between July 2006 and June 2007.[10] It increased to 19,325 copies for the period between July 2007 and June 2008.[10] In 2011 the magazine sold 13,111 copies[4] and 11,448 copies in 2014.[2]