AKTO

What AKTO does

AKTO is a French Opérateur de Compétences (OPCO), a statutorily designated paritarian organization that collects and redistributes mandatory employer training contributions (CUFPA) across 27 professional branches of the service sector. Founded in 2019 and headquartered at 14 rue Riquet in Paris's 19th arrondissement, the organization operates under joint labor-management governance with representatives from employer federations (UMIH) and employee unions (FEETS-FO) sitting on its Board. AKTO serves 431,554 companies covering 6 million employees and temporary workers in branches spanning hospitality, cleaning, temporary work, private education, prevention-security, waste and water services, transport, and food service. In 2025 it delivered training to 582,000 employees and accompanied 148,000 alternates through 150,000 apprenticeship contracts, with an 80% company satisfaction rate.

Its core product is a unified digital platform rather than a single software offering. MonEspace is the self-service portal for managing training financing dossiers and apprenticeship contracts; Espace Formation is a catalog of 300+ competitively procured training programs; the Cartographie de la Formation en Alternance indexes apprenticeship offerings across all French territories (mainland and overseas) with daily updates from the CARIF-OREF network. Adjacent products include SERVICES+ HR advisory, Geflog for enterprises of 250+ employees, an apprenticeship cost calculator, and the Observatoire AKTO labor-market intelligence platform launched in 2024. The Cartographie integrates with La Bonne Alternance, a job board receiving over 100,000 monthly visitors, for distribution of apprenticeship offers.

AKTO's revenue mechanics are structurally distinct from a typical for-profit company: it is funded through compulsory employer contributions collected by URSSAF and redistributed according to branch-specific rules, with no equity ownership, shareholders, or venture investment. The organization supplements its branch-collective operations with partnerships to France Compétences (the national certification regulator), France Travail (public employment service), AGEFIPH (disability employment), APEC (executive employment), regional councils, and overseas mobility bodies such as LADOM and the Service Militaire Adapté. Distribution occurs through a regional advisor network, CPRI meetings, sector-specific events, digital self-service, and national awareness campaigns including #Ici c'est ma place. Pricing follows branch-collective agreements with a default pedagogical rate of €9.15/hour where no specific rate exists.

Name

AKTO

Legal name

AKTO

Website

https://akto.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

AKTO is a French paritarian OPCO (skills operator) managing mandatory employer training contributions across 27 service-sector branches, serving 431,554 companies and 6 million workers via digital platforms for training financing, apprenticeship contracts, and labor-market intelligence.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Training Operator (OPCO)

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Enablement & Adoption Services (Change Management, Adoption, Champions) (BPAEANAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Onboarding, Offboarding & Employee Lifecycle Administration (BPACAHAL)

Keywords

• Professional training operator
• Apprenticeship financing
• Skills development services
• Workforce training management
• Compulsory training contributions

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Employer Training Contributions: AKTO collects and manages the 'Contribution Unique à la Formation Professionnelle et à l'Alternance' (CUFPA) from companies within its sector scope. These mandatory contributions fund professional training and apprenticeship activities. OPCOs redistribute these funds to finance training actions, apprenticeship contracts, and skills development programs according to branch-specific rules.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AKTO is the official French OPCO (Opérateur de Compétences) — a parital (joint labor-management) skills operator — that manages and redistributes compulsory employer training contributions (CUFPA) across 27 service-sector professional branches including hospitality, restaurants, cleaning, temporary work, private education, and prevention-security. It funds training, manages apprenticeship contracts, certifies skills, supports career transitions and offers HR advisory services, delivered via regional advisor networks and integrated digital platforms (MonEspace portal, Espace Formation catalog and Cartographie Formation Alternance mapping tool).

Product overview

AKTO operates as a unified platform combining a training catalog, administrative portals, and employer-facing tools rather than a traditional software product. Its core offerings center on three integrated platforms: Mon Espace (contract and financing request management), Espace Formation (catalog of 300+ selected training programs), and the Cartographie (territory-wide apprenticeship mapping). These are complemented by the Pro-A in-company training pathway, the #Ici c'est ma place youth awareness campaign, and the SERVICES+ HR advisory tier. The Geflog add-on extends training administration capabilities to larger enterprises (250+ employees), while the apprenticeship cost calculator and multi-site job posting tool serve specific operational needs across businesses of all sizes within AKTO's 27 covered professional branches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Espace Formation: Online training catalog selected by professional branches
• Mon Espace
• Observatoire AKTO
• #Ici c'est ma place
• Perspektiv'Alternance

Products and services

• MonEspace (Mon Espace) Online self-service portal enabling French companies in AKTO's 27 service-sector branches to manage training financing requests, submit and track dossier progress, handle apprenticeship contracts and administer billing for OPCO-funded training activities.
• Espace Formation Online training catalog aggregating training offers selected through competitive bidding by AKTO's 27 professional branches, covering over 300 training programmes with up to 100% financing and simplified administrative procedures for enrolled companies.
• Cartographie de la Formation en Alternance Mapping tool indexing apprenticeship (alternance) training programmes across all French territories including overseas departments and regions, searchable by location, training level and sector. Updated daily with data contributed by the CARIF-OREF network.
• Déposer une Offre d'Emploi en Alternance Multi-site apprenticeship job-posting tool enabling businesses to publish apprenticeship vacancies to La Bonne Alternance and additional candidate-facing platforms in a single submission, automatically distributing offers to La Bonne Alternance which receives over 100,000 monthly visitors.
• Pro-A (Reconversion ou Promotion par Alternance) In-company alternating training pathway enabling employees to change occupations or achieve professional promotion through a blend of organisational and external training, financed by AKTO. As of February 2026 this replaces the previous Pro-A and Transitions Collectives programmes.
• SERVICES+ Extended service offering providing HR needs assessment, recruitment support, skills development and financing advisory to member businesses in AKTO's 27 service-sector branches, complementing the standard OPCO mandate.
• Observatoire AKTO Online prospective observatory platform providing sector studies, professional certification (RNCP) information and labour-market intelligence for the 27 professional branches covered by AKTO.
• Geflog Training management software for large companies (250+ employees) enabling administration of skills development plans, training budgets and apprenticeship contracts. Designed as an add-on module for AKTO member enterprises above 250 employees.
• 1001 Frontaliers Mobile Application Free mobile application launched by AKTO to help cross-border workers, students and employers understand recruitment rules in neighboring countries and streamline cross-border hiring processes.

Quantifiable outcome

• 582,000 employees trained in 2025
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ConstructysminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 April 2025Partnership to strengthen support for construction sector companies in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, and Mayotte.
• Service Militaire Adapté (SMA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 May 2024Framework agreement for professional insertion of young people in overseas territories. Supports military personnel in transitioning to civilian employment.
• Groupement ÉvolutionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 September 2023Partnership in favor of employment and professional training, supporting skills development initiatives.
• Réseau EVA Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 May 2023Partnership to strengthen complementarity of expertise in the region for employment and training.
• Refugee Food and envergureminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 April 2023Partners in the 'Sésame' experiment training 275 refugees within the Hotels-Cafés-Restaurants branch.
• Conseil Régional de Nouvelle-AquitainecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 February 2023Convention to strengthen and structure actions for youth orientation, training and employment policies, job seekers, and employees.
• LADOM (L'Agence De l'Outre-mer pour la Mobilité)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 January 2023Convention-cadre partnership to support skills development in overseas territories within AKTO's 27 professional branches.
• Transitions Pro Île-de-FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 September 2022Partnership to accompany employees in career transitions within companies providing employment opportunities in the Île-de-France region. Supports professional conversion projects.
• APEC (Association pour l'emploi des cadres)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 March 2022Partnership in Nouvelle-Aquitaine to favor professional mobility of executives. APEC and AKTO have signed similar agreements in Île-de-France, Hauts-de-France, and Bretagne regions.
• AGEFIPHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 February 2022Convention to strengthen commitment in favor of employment and training of people with disabilities across 27 professional branches. AKTO and AGEFIPH collaborate regionally in Hauts-de-France, Normandy, and nationally.
• OPCO Atlas and OPCO 2icoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 October 2019AKTO renewed delegation of service with OPCO Atlas and OPCO 2i in La Réunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Guyane for proximity advice and service deployment.
• CARIF-OREF networkcoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration with CARIF-OREF for daily updating of the alternance training cartography and certification information.
• France CompétencescoreOthersNational body responsible for managing certification professional (RNCP) and coordinating with professional branches on training standards.
• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic employment service collaborating on job seeker training programs including POEC (Preparations Opérationnelles à l'Emploi Collectives).
• Espace SUD (Communauté d'Agglomération)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional partnership in Martinique for 'Plein Feu sur l'Emploi' event bringing together employers and job seekers in hospitality and restaurant sectors.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OPCO Mobilités: OPCO dedicated to the transport, mobility, automotive and logistics sectors. Directly comparable to AKTO in business model (contribution collection, training financing, apprenticeship management) and target audience (French employers under a single industry-wide OPCO mandate).
• Constructys: OPCO for the construction industry. AKTO signed an active partnership with Constructys in April 2025 for joint support of construction-sector employers in overseas territories, making Constructys a directly comparable OPCO peer with cross-organizational cooperation.
• OPCO Santé: OPCO covering the health, medical-social and personal-services sectors. Direct peer to AKTO — same statutory role of OPCO under French labor code, same employer-contribution funding, same employer-facing portal and apprenticeship-management services.
• OPCO 2i: OPCO for industrial and inter-industrial branches (manufacturing, chemicals, paper, etc.). Direct peer to AKTO as a French OPCO with the same regulatory mandate of collecting contributions, financing training, and managing apprenticeship contracts — albeit for industrial rather than service-sector branches.
• OPCO Atlas: OPCO for services to individuals, hospitality and food services in part of the territory. AKTO actually maintains a service delegation with OPCO Atlas in La Réunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyane, making them directly comparable — and operationally intertwined — OPCOs in the same statutory ecosystem.
• AFDAS: OPCO for culture, media, entertainment, leisure and communication sectors. Directly comparable to AKTO as an OPCO administering training contributions and financing skills development for its assigned French professional branches.
• OPCO EP (Entreprises de Proximité): The OPCO designated for very small companies and small businesses across craft, proximity services and small retail. Directly comparable to AKTO as a sister OPCO funded by mandatory employer contributions, distributing training financing and managing apprenticeship contracts under the same French legal framework.

Broad incumbents

• France Compétences: The national regulatory body that oversees all OPCOs, manages the RNCP certification framework, and regulates training-funding flows. AKTO has a 'We to Them' relationship with France Compétences; it is not a direct competitor but the apex institution governing AKTO's mandate and pricing rules.
• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): French public employment service collaborating with AKTO on POEC (preparatory training collectives) for job seekers. While broader in scope than AKTO (full unemployment insurance + placement mandate), it is a relevant institutional counterpart shaping the same employer-employee training ecosystem.

Regional players

• ManpowerGroup France: Major private-sector staffing and workforce-solutions operator in France, active in temporary work and upskilling/reskilling services that intersect with AKTO's temporary-work branch coverage. Comparable as a French-scale workforce-solutions operator, but distinct as a private, for-profit, equity-owned player versus AKTO's paritarian non-profit OPCO model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@OPCO-AKTO
• Facebookfacebook.com/akto.opco
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/akto-opco
• Xx.com/akto_opco

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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