What Groupe Xerfi does

Groupe Xerfi, operating through its legal entity Xerfi-DGT (a French SAS headquartered at 13-15 rue de Calais, 75009 Paris), is France's first private, independent economic studies institute, founded in 1993. The firm delivers economic and sectoral intelligence to enterprise decision-makers, B2B professionals, and individual consumers through three interconnected product lines: (i) the XERFI Foresight AI-powered platform, a generative-AI interface that synthesizes market studies, competitive analyses, and strategic notes from a proprietary corpus of more than 1,000 updated studies, 10,000 videos, and hundreds of articles via natural-language prompts; (ii) a Publications catalog of standardized market studies covering 18 industry sectors (food, insurance, automotive, banking, consumer goods, construction, energy, real estate, industry, media, healthcare, business services, household services, technology, tourism, transport, and adjacent verticals) sold via one-time licenses with both digital and paper/international delivery; and (iii) Études ad hoc, bespoke multi-year research engagements carried out by in-house experts and an external associate researcher network.

The business is monetized through a mix of recurring subscriptions (XERFI Foresight), transactional catalog purchases, and professional-services engagements, with pricing conducted via a quote-based direct sales motion (phone at 01 53 21 81 51 and online contact form). Go-to-market is sales-led, combining a professional sales team for enterprise and ad hoc contracts with self-service e-commerce for catalog buyers and an international delivery option for physical studies. Distribution runs through owned digital properties (xerfi.com, XERFI Foresight, Xerfi Canal, Xerfi Abonnés, Xerfi Knowledge), direct enterprise sales, and thought-leadership content including a video platform and blog. Hosting infrastructure is provided by Scaleway SAS.

Groupe Xerfi employs 101–250 staff, raised growth capital from NextStage in July 2021, and extended its vertical coverage in October 2023 with the acquisition of IDM Families (a French specialist in studies on babies, children, and families). Legal representative is M. Cyrille Moleux; named in-house experts include Alexandre Mirlicourtois (Director of Economic Forecasting) and Cathy Alegria (Director of Studies), with associate researcher Anaïs Voy-Gillis affiliated with IAE de Poitiers.

Name

Groupe Xerfi

Legal name

Xerfi-DGT

Website

https://xerfi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Groupe Xerfi is a Paris-based independent economic studies institute founded in 1993 that delivers market intelligence to enterprise decision-makers, B2B professionals, and consumers through its AI-powered XERFI Foresight platform, a catalog of 1,000+ studies across 18 sectors, and bespoke ad hoc research.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Market Research and Economic Intelligence

NAICS

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (541910)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Competitive & Market Intelligence (Competitive Tracking, TAM/SAM/SOM) (MPAAALAL)

Keywords

• Market research services
• Economic intelligence studies
• Sector competitive analysis
• Strategic foresight consulting
• Industry intelligence reports

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Published Studies Catalog: Sale of individual market studies from the Xerfi catalog covering 18 industry sectors. Studies are available in digital and paper formats with delivery tracking.
2. XERFI Foresight Platform Subscription: Subscription-based access to the AI-powered platform with full corpus of 1,000 studies, 10,000 videos, and articles. Provides on-demand market intelligence generation.
3. Ad Hoc Custom Studies: Customized research engagements where Xerfi experts develop tailored solutions for specific strategic challenges faced by clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Groupe Xerfi sells economic and sectoral market intelligence through three core offerings: (1) the XERFI Foresight AI-powered subscription platform that generates market studies, competitive analyses, and strategic notes via prompt from a corpus of 1,000+ studies and 10,000+ videos; (2) a catalog of standardized Publications covering 18 industry sectors; and (3) Études ad hoc bespoke research engagements where in-house experts develop customized analyses for client-specific strategic challenges.

Product overview

Groupe Xerfi operates as a market research firm offering three interconnected products: (1) the AI-powered XERFI Foresight platform for on-demand generation of market studies via prompts; (2) a catalog of standard Publications covering 18 industry sectors with pre-packaged market studies; and (3) Études ad hoc for customized research. The platform serves as the primary interface for accessing the corpus of 1,000 studies and 10,000 videos, while Publications and ad hoc studies represent the company's analytical output across sectors including food, insurance, automotive, banking, construction, energy, healthcare, technology, and transport.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• XERFI Foresight: AI-powered platform that leverages Xerfi's corpus of 1,000 studies, 10,000 videos, and hundreds of articles to generate market studies, competitive analyses, and strategic notes.
• Xerfi Canal

Products and services

• Plateforme XERFI Foresight AI-powered subscription research platform that generates market studies, competitive analyses, and strategic notes via natural-language prompts, drawing on Xerfi's proprietary corpus of 1,000+ studies, 10,000+ videos, and hundreds of articles for enterprise and professional decision-makers.
• Publications (Études sectorielles) Standardized catalog of market research publications providing data, tools and sector perspectives to guide strategic decisions across 18 industry sectors, sold as individual studies to enterprises, professionals and consumers.
• Études ad hoc Bespoke market research studies developed by Xerfi experts tailored to specific strategic challenges and decision-making needs of clients, providing customized competitive, demand, risk and value-lever analyses.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Euromonitor International: Global market research firm publishing syndicated country and sector studies. Closely comparable to Xerfi in delivering cross-sector industry intelligence to enterprise decision-makers, though Euromonitor operates at significantly broader geographic scale.
• Mintel: Subscription-based market intelligence publisher covering consumer goods, finance, and sector trends. Mirrors Xerfi's combination of a catalog of pre-published studies plus bespoke research for enterprise clients.
• Forrester Research: B2B research and advisory firm offering syndicated reports and analyst-led consulting. Comparable to Xerfi in selling research subscriptions and bespoke engagements to executives making strategic market decisions.

Broad incumbents

• Gartner: Large-scale research and advisory firm covering technology and adjacent sectors. Overlaps with Xerfi on research subscriptions and analyst advisory, but operates at much broader global scale and across a wider portfolio of services.
• Kantar: Global market research and consulting firm offering consumer and sector intelligence. Comparable to Xerfi's enterprise market intelligence offering but as part of a broader data, insights, and consulting portfolio.
• NielsenIQ: Global consumer intelligence firm providing syndicated market data and research. Comparable to Xerfi in delivering sectoral market intelligence to enterprise buyers, though with a heavier focus on retail/consumer measurement data.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence: Large-scale provider of research, data, and analytics across sectors. Overlaps with Xerfi in delivering cross-sector market intelligence, but pairs research with proprietary datasets and a much broader global footprint.

Regional players

• BIPE: French economic and sector forecasting firm producing market studies and macroeconomic analysis. Directly comparable to Xerfi's French-market economic intelligence offering, competing for the same domestic enterprise and institutional buyers.
• Rexecode: Paris-based economic research and forecasting institute covering French and European macro and sector trends. Competes with Xerfi for French enterprise and institutional clients seeking macroeconomic and sector intelligence.
• AlphaValue: European equity research and sector analysis firm producing independent research for institutional investors. Comparable to Xerfi's independent research positioning, though focused on investment research rather than multi-sector strategic intelligence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Xerfi_Presse
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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