# Cartamundi

> Cartamundi is the world's largest maker of playing cards and board games, a family-owned Belgian manufacturer that quietly prints and packs the cards behind Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, Disney Lorcana, UNO, Monopoly and Bicycle. Founded in 1970 in Turnhout but tracing its card-printing roots to 1765, it runs about a dozen factories worldwide and turns roughly 690 million euros a year producing the physical objects other brands put their names on.

- **Founded:** 1970
- **Headquarters:** Turnhout, Belgium
- **Founders:** Brepols (Founding printing house (merged 1970)), Van Genechten (Founding printing house (merged 1970)), Biermans (Founding printing house (merged 1970))
- **Team size:** ~3,100-4,000 employees (targeting 4,000+ by end of 2026)
- **Products:** Collectible / Trading Card Solutions, Card & Board Game Solutions, Playing Cards, Custom Playing Cards platform, Promotional & Packaging Solutions
- **Notable:** Grew to become the world's largest manufacturer of playing cards and board games, Reported ~690 million euros in revenue in 2025 with EBITDA above 100 million euros, Acquired the United States Playing Card Company (maker of Bicycle) in 2019

## Products & services

- **Collectible / Trading Card Solutions** — Turnkey design, printing and finishing of collectible and trading card games, including work for franchises such as Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering and Disney Lorcana. Now the company's largest and fastest-growing segment.
- **Card & Board Game Solutions** — Full-service manufacturing of board games and card games with dedicated project management covering optimization, packaging, logistics and toy-safety legislation - producing 60+ million board games a year.
- **Playing Cards** — Traditional and premium playing cards, including the Bicycle and Copag brands, made across the company's global plants.
- **Custom Playing Cards platform** — An online service that lets customers print their own designs onto high-quality playing cards.
- **Promotional & Packaging Solutions** — Custom card decks, packaging and promotional gifts for brands, retailers and loyalty programs.
- **Medimundi** — A pandemic-era pivot that repurposed manufacturing lines to produce certified face masks.

## Achievements

- Grew to become the world's largest manufacturer of playing cards and board games
- Reported ~690 million euros in revenue in 2025 with EBITDA above 100 million euros
- Acquired the United States Playing Card Company (maker of Bicycle) in 2019
- Produces 60+ million board games per year
- Collectible trading cards grew to ~45% of revenue and became the main growth engine
- Committed ~200 million euros to expand trading-card production capacity
- Traces continuous card-printing heritage back to 1765

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Asia Pioneer Entertainment Holdings to introduce sustainable production technologies in Macau.
- **2026-01** — Reported ~693 million euros in 2025 turnover (up ~6%), with collectible cards at ~45% of revenue and plans to hire around 1,000 people worldwide.
- **2025-01** — Announced roughly a 200 million euro investment to expand trading-card production capacity.

## Links

- Website: https://cartamundi.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cartamundi
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CartamundiCards
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/CartamundiCards

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Last updated: 2026-08-13