Kelio

Name

Kelio

Legal name

KELIO SAS

Website

https://kelio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cholet

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. HRIS Software Subscriptions: Kelio sells modular HRIS software subscriptions covering workforce management (time & attendance, leave, planning, remote working), HR administration, talent management (recruitment, onboarding, training, interviews), and access control. Customers select and pay for modules matching their needs, with the platform scaling as organizations grow.
2. Payroll Software (123Paie): Cloud-based payroll processing software sold as a subscription, covering the full payroll cycle from variable element calculation to payslip generation, declarations, and accounting integration.
3. Hardware Sales: Kelio designs and manufactures a complete range of clocking terminals, access readers, badges, locks, barriers, and video surveillance equipment. Hardware is shipped from Kelio's French factory (Trémentines). Both hardware and software evolve together with guaranteed backward compatibility.
4. Professional Services: Kelio offers implementation, deployment, training, and ongoing technical support services. This includes functional/technical audit, deployment, terminal installation, customized configuration, change management, user training, and post-production support. 110+ support advisors provide multilingual assistance.
5. Maintenance Contracts: Kelio provides international maintenance contracts covering software and hardware updates, technical support, and helpdesk services. The company is ISO 9001 certified for quality management.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Kelio provides a modular Human Resources Information System (HRIS) software platform that combines time and attendance management, HR administration, talent management (recruitment, onboarding, training, performance reviews), payroll processing, and access control in a single integrated system. The platform is complemented by Kelio-designed and manufactured hardware (clocking terminals, access readers, badges, locks, barriers, video surveillance) and is delivered with project-managed deployment, training, and ongoing multilingual support.

Product overview

Kelio is a comprehensive, modular HRIS (Human Resources Information System) platform that combines workforce management, HR administration, talent management, payroll processing, and access control into a unified solution. The core platform consists of Kelio HRIS for employee data management, combined with dedicated modules for Time and Attendance management (including leave/absence and scheduling), Talent Management (covering ATS recruitment via TalentView, onboarding, jobs/skills, interviews, and training), Administrative HR (staff administration, HR Portal, expense forms, communication, electronic signature), Payroll via 123Paie cloud solution, and Access Control systems. The company also designs and manufactures complementary hardware including clocking terminals (Kelio Visio touch screen), access readers (Kelio Pass), badges, locks/barriers/turnstiles, video surveillance, and intercom systems. The offering is delivered through deployment assistance, project management, training (Qualiopi certified), and ongoing technical support via BSupport. The product supports multi-country operations across 6 European subsidiaries and is used by over 20,000 organisations with 5 million daily users.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 123Paie: 100% Cloud payroll software solution for online payroll processing
• TalentView
• BSupport

Products and services

• Kelio HRIS Platform Modular Human Resources Information System (HRIS) software platform that centralizes employee data, time and attendance, leave/absence management, planning, remote working supervision, HR administration, talent management, and access control for organizations of all sizes (10+ to 2,000+ employees).
• 123Paie Cloud Payroll 100% cloud-based payroll software covering the entire payroll cycle from variable element calculation and event consolidation to payslip generation, regulatory declarations, and accounting entries, integrated with the Kelio HRIS platform.
• TalentView ATS Recruitment Software Applicant Tracking System (ATS) recruitment software integrated into the Kelio HRIS suite, used by HR teams to manage candidate pipelines and recruitment workflows.
• Kelio Clocking Terminals (Kelio Visio) Proprietary touchscreen and collaborative clocking terminals designed and manufactured by Kelio in France for tracking employee working time, fully compatible with Kelio software.
• Kelio Access Control System Building access control software combined with proprietary hardware (access readers, badges, locks, barriers, video surveillance) that defines personalized access rights by zone and time window and tracks movements of people on premises.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% customer satisfaction rate (based on 6,500 respondents)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers32 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ESEO - Chaire Impacts Ecologiques et SociauxminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKelio is a partner of ESEO's Chair on Ecological and Social Impacts, contributing to academic research on the environmental footprint of digital products.
• UCO - Chaire RHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Université Catholique de l'Ouest (UCO) on an HR Chair, supporting academic research and education in human resources management.
• IMT Atlantique - Chaire ArchOpsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with IMT Atlantique on the ArchOps teaching and research chair, focused on architecture and operations research.
• ESUPEC - Licence Développeur InformatiqueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with ESUPEC for a Computer Developer License program, helping train future IT talent.
• MBway NantesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKelio participates in courses at MBway Nantes to share knowledge with future generations of professionals.
• Bodet GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKelio is a spin-off of the 158-year-old Bodet Group. The Bodet Group (1,070 employees, €136M revenue in 2023) encompasses 4 divisions: Bodet Campanaire (tower clocks), Bodet Sport (sports scoreboards), Bodet Time (clocks and time distribution), and Kelio (HRIS, time & attendance, payroll, access control). Kelio operates as a distinct brand under the Bodet Group umbrella.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group): UKG is the closest direct competitor to Kelio in time-and-attendance and workforce management, with a comparable hardware-plus-software footprint (clocks, terminals, access readers) and a large mid-market/enterprise customer base. Like Kelio, it also serves a deep European installed base and competes head-to-head for WFM RFPs.
• Personio: Personio is a European SMB/mid-market HRIS competitor that overlaps directly with Kelio's modular HR + payroll positioning, though currently focused more on the sub-2,000-employee segment and cloud-native only (no hardware). Kelio's deeper regulated-time and access-control breadth is its primary differentiation versus Personio.
• Cegid: Cegid is a French ERP, HR, and payroll software vendor with a directly overlapping HRIS product line and strong French-market share. Cegid competes head-to-head with Kelio in the French mid-market, particularly for customers prioritizing French payroll and accounting integration.
• SD Worx: SD Worx is a European HR and payroll services and software provider operating across Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, the UK, and beyond. It competes directly with Kelio for European multi-country HR and payroll deployments and overlaps on T&A integrations.
• Planday: Planday is a European (Denmark-based) employee scheduling and workforce management SaaS focused on shift-based, hourly-worker industries. It overlaps with Kelio's Kelio planning and T&A modules in retail, hospitality and logistics use cases, though it does not compete in Kelio's hardware or access-control segments.
• WorkForce Software: WorkForce Software is a specialist workforce management vendor with deep time-and-attendance and labor-cost capabilities, often compared to Kelio in complex, regulated scheduling environments. It targets similar mid-market and enterprise customers with a SaaS-first, modular WFM suite.

Broad incumbents

• ADP: ADP is the global workforce management and payroll incumbent with broad multi-country coverage, an HCM/WFM suite, and deep regulated-payroll capabilities. ADP overlaps with Kelio across T&A and payroll, and competes for very large multi-country accounts such as Schlumberger and DHL that Kelio also serves.
• Workday: Workday is the leading cloud-native HCM platform competing for the upper end of Kelio's enterprise segment (>2,000 employees) with natively unified HR, talent, and increasingly workforce management capabilities. Workday's scale and continuous AI investment pose the primary modern-platform competitive threat to Kelio.
• SAP SuccessFactors: SAP SuccessFactors is the HCM module of the SAP business suite, frequently competing against Kelio in large European enterprise HR transformations, particularly at SAP ERP/HR-centric customers. It addresses the same HR administration and talent management needs as Kelio's HRIS modules.
• Dayforce (Ceridian): Dayforce (formerly Ceridian) is a cloud HCM/WFM/payroll platform with strong time-and-attendance roots that competes with Kelio for global workforce management RFPs, especially with customers seeking a single-platform WFM-to-payroll suite. It overlaps with Kelio's regulated-time and payroll integration strengths.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Kelio_solutions
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCF2r3_mdYVJUedH1ipofJoQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kelio-solutions
• Facebookfacebook.com/BodetNederlandBv

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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