What Comerso does

Comerso is a French B2B services company founded in 2012 and headquartered in Bordeaux, operating a digital platform that helps enterprises manage, valorize, and donate unsold inventory (both food and non-food) to a curated network of more than 2,500 approved charitable associations across France. The core platform coordinates association matching, on-site collection logistics (covering 220+ Darty stores and analogous enterprise footprints), traceability documentation, fiscal receipts for the 60% French mécénat tax reduction, and RSE/ESG reporting dashboards. Target customer segments are large retailers (Carrefour, E.Leclerc, Intermarché, Coopérative U, Fnac Darty, Leroy Merlin, Castorama), specialized retail (Decathlon, Nature & Découvertes, Cultura), agri-food industries (Danone, Yoplait, Laboratoire Modilac, Laboratoire Gallia), and non-food manufacturers including luxury and cosmetics (LVMH, L'Oréal Professionnel, Babolat).

The product portfolio spans six core donation and valorization lines (food donations, non-food donations, distributor donations, industrial donations, bio-waste redirection via animal feed partnerships, and short-dated product discount labeling), supplemented by advisory services for AGEC/Loi Garot regulatory compliance, the official anti-food-waste label certification, and brand-protection textile de-tagging via ESAT partnerships. The underlying technology is a proprietary digital platform providing donation tracking, reporting dashboards, and association network coordination, rather than an AI-native or software-as-a-service product. Add-on services like dégriffage textile address brand-protection concerns for luxury clients and unlock the premium textile donation vertical ahead of the EU ESPR textile destruction ban taking effect July 2026.

Comerso's commercial model is a B2B enterprise field-sales motion with a 'set-up fee plus cost per operation' pricing structure decoupled from donation value, enabling clients to capture the full 60% tax reduction. The company is B Corp certified and registered as a Société à Mission under French Loi Pacte, embedding social and environmental purpose into its statutes. The firm raised approximately €2.49M in 2016 from AQUITI Gestion, Bpifrance, and Impact Partenaires, and operates with 11-50 employees across France. Cumulative impact metrics include 12,450,000+ products saved from waste and engagement with 2,800+ companies since inception.

Name

Comerso

Legal name

SAS Comerso

Website

https://comerso.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Comerso operates a French B2B digital platform that helps enterprises valorize unsold food and non-food inventory through donations to 2,500+ approved associations, serving large retailers, food manufacturers, and consumer goods companies with logistics coordination, traceability, and AGEC regulatory compliance support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management and Circular Economy Services

akta.pro primary industry

Regulatory Consulting & Compliance Program Management (FDA/USDA/EFSA) (AFALADAC)

Keywords

• Unsold inventory management
• Food waste reduction
• Donation logistics services
• Bio-waste valorization
• Circular economy solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Agen

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, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Donation valorization services: Set-up fee plus cost per operation model. Comerso charges companies for organizing the collection, coordination with associations, logistics, and administrative management of donations. Pricing is not linked to the value of donations, allowing companies to benefit from 60% tax reduction.
2. Short date product valorization: Services for optimizing sales of short-dated products through intelligent discount labeling
3. Bio-waste valorization: Solutions for bio-waste management through animal feeding partnerships to reduce waste disposal costs

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Comerso is a B2B service provider that helps businesses valorize unsold and unsellable goods (food and non-food) through structured donation programs to a nationwide network of approved charitable associations. Services cover sourcing of partner associations, collection logistics coordination, traceability, fiscal receipt documentation, RSE reporting, regulatory compliance with Loi AGEC and Loi Garot, bio-waste valorization via animal feed, and short-date product optimization through smart discounting labels.

Product overview

Comerso operates as a unified B2B platform offering integrated solutions for unsold product valorization. The core offering consists of six interconnected donation and waste reduction services: Dons d'invendus alimentaires (food donations), Dons d'invendus non-alimentaires (non-food donations), Valorisation des biodéchets (bio-waste valorization), Stickage dates courtes (short-dated product management), Dons d'invendus distributeurs (retail distribution), and Dons d'invendus industriels (industrial donations). These are supported by the proprietary Plateforme Comerso for logistics coordination, association matching, and compliance tracking. Add-on services include the Label anti-gaspillage alimentaire certification advisory and dégriffage textile (brand label removal). The platform is accessible to large retail chains, specialized retailers, agri-food industries, non-food manufacturers, and associations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dons d'invendus alimentaires (Food unsold donations)
• Dons d'invendus non-alimentaires (Non-food unsold donations)
• Dons d'invendus distributeurs (Retail distributor unsold donations)
• Dons d'invendus industriels (Industrial unsold donations)
• Valorisation des biodéchets (Bio-waste valorization)
• Stickage dates courtes (Short-date product management)
• Label anti-gaspillage alimentaire (Anti-food-waste label advisory)
• Accompagnement conformité AGEC (AGEC compliance advisory)
• Dégriffage textile (Textile label removal)

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% tax reduction on donation value (Réduction d'Impôts Mécénat)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Darty (Fnac Darty)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with Darty to manage unsold/non-vendable products through the 'Seconde Vie' initiative. Comerso coordinates collections from 220+ stores nationwide, manages relationships with beneficiary associations, and provides complete traceability with fiscal receipts. Partnership has resulted in 860+ collections and 200,000+ products donated.
• Nature & DécouvertescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to strengthen anti-waste actions across the entire store network, supporting Nature & Découvertes' environmental mission and solidarity initiatives.
• DanonecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerObjective of achieving zero consumable products wasted on logistics sites, with reliable and reactive logistics and guaranteed traceability of donations.
• DecathloncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership focused on placing re-use at the center of unsold valorization process, leveraging Comerso's anti-gaspi expertise and professionalism.
• ESAT (Établissements et Services d'Accompagnement par le Travail)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with ESAT for de-tagging luxury textile products before donation. This supports social inclusion of workers with disabilities while protecting brand image.
• ENVIEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation that recovers used appliances, renovates them and offers them at low prices with guarantees. Supports 24-month integration programs helping people excluded from the job market.
• Banque Solidaire de l'Équipement (BSE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiated by Emmaüs Défi, BSE helps people leaving precarious housing by providing new essential equipment at solidarity prices.
• Dons SolidairesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation fighting material and hygiene precarity by collecting new non-food unsold products for redistribution to those in need. Distributed 10+ million products to 1.1 million people in 2022.
• Agence du Don en NatureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation fighting material precarity through collection of new non-food products for redistribution to associations working with vulnerable populations.
• Apprentis d'AuteuilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation accompanying 36,000+ young people and vulnerable families through education, training, and integration programs in France and internationally.
• Bibliothèques Sans FrontièresminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerONG creating innovative cultural and educational spaces in France and 30+ countries, helping people affected by crises and precarity.
• Croix-Rouge FrançaiseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNationwide organization providing aid to people in difficulty through emergency response, first aid, social action, training, health, and international aid.
• SOLÉPI (Épicerie solidaire de Crépy-en-Valois)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSolidarity grocery distributing everyday products to the most disadvantaged at 10% of real price.
• Entr'act AlternativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSolidarity grocery in Toulouse helping people in financial difficulty by offering access to products at low prices, promoting their autonomy.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Phenix: Phenix is a France-based B2B/B2C anti-waste company that helps retailers and manufacturers valorize unsold food and non-food inventory through a marketplace model. Directly comparable to Comerso in mission, target customers (large French retail and industry), and service offering, though Phenix leans more consumer-facing via its app.
• Olio: Olio is a UK-based food-sharing app that connects neighbors and businesses to share surplus food and other items. Operates in the same anti-food-waste category as Comerso, with both consumer peer-to-peer and enterprise surplus-sharing offerings, though with a less donation-centric and more sharing/sale-oriented model.
• Dons Solidaires: Dons Solidaires is a major French non-food donation association that distributed 10+ million products to 1.1 million people in 2022. Comparable to Comerso in providing non-food donation logistics to enterprise donors, and is also listed as a Comerso partner, meaning they are both collaborators and partial competitors.
• Agence du Don en Nature: Agence du Don en Nature (ADN) is a French non-profit that collects new non-food products from companies for redistribution to associations serving vulnerable populations. Overlaps directly with Comerso's non-food donation value proposition, and is also a Comerso partner.
• Karma: Karma is a Sweden-founded surplus food marketplace that sells unsold restaurant and retail food at discounted prices to consumers via a mobile app. Comparable in anti-waste mission and B2B/B2C hybrid model, though focused on food and consumer sales rather than Comerso's donation-led model.
• Too Good To Go: Too Good To Go is a leading European anti-food-waste marketplace connecting consumers with restaurants and retailers to sell surplus meals. Operates in the same anti-waste valorization category as Comerso, serving overlapping enterprise customers (large retail and food brands), with a much larger consumer-facing user base.
• FoodCloud: FoodCloud is an Ireland-based social enterprise that connects food businesses with charities to redistribute surplus food, operating across Ireland and the UK. Directly comparable to Comerso's donation logistics and association-matching model, serving enterprise retail and food manufacturer customers.

Broad incumbents

• FNAC Darty: Fnac Darty is a major French electronics and household appliance retailer, a Comerso customer through the 'Seconde Vie' program (220+ stores, 860+ collections, 200,000+ products donated). Relevant as a flagship customer and as a retailer with internal sustainability capabilities that could expand to bypass Comerso over time.
• Carrefour: Carrefour is one of the world's largest retailers and a Comerso enterprise customer, but it also runs its own anti-food-waste programs (donation agreements, in-store surplus management) that could partially substitute for Comerso. Relevant as both customer and a potential in-house competitor in the same anti-waste space.

Emerging players

• Winnow Solutions: Winnow is a UK-based technology company that helps commercial kitchens track and reduce food waste via AI-powered scales and analytics. Overlaps with Comerso in food-waste valorization for enterprise food operators, but focuses on waste measurement and prevention upstream rather than donation logistics downstream.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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