ads COM

What ads COM does

ads-COM is a privately held French web agency founded in 1997 by G\u00e9rald INGRASSIA and headquartered in Orl\u00e9ans, Loiret. The firm operates with approximately 20 full-time employees organized into four service poles: webmarketing, webdesign, web development, and web hosting. Its core business is the design, development, and maintenance of websites, e-commerce platforms, intranet/extranet portals, custom business web applications, and mobile applications for French businesses (PME, PMI, grands comptes) and local government entities (mairies, EPCI, departments).

The agency's technical stack is built primarily on open-source CMS platforms including Drupal, WordPress, Prestashop, and Magento, with custom development using React Native, Symfony, Angular, .NET Core, and PHP. ads-COM maintains approximately 30 production servers located in France that host more than 500 client sites, supporting a recurring hosting business with three published tiers (Basique \u20ac90/year, Standard \u20ac380/year, S\u00e9r\u00e9nit\u00e9 \u20ac740/year) plus Microsoft 365 messaging. Its proprietary offering Neoville is a Drupal-based civic digital solution with 30+ native modules and RGAA accessibility compliance, marketed specifically to French municipalities and inter-municipal establishments. The firm is ISO/IEC 27005 certified for information security risk management.

Commercially, ads-COM runs a sales-led, project-based professional services model with a small recurring subscription layer from hosting and Microsoft 365. Distribution is direct, with the Orl\u00e9ans office serving clients across Centre-Val de Loire and adjacent regions (Pays de la Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Nouvelle-Aquitaine). The client roster includes the City of Orl\u00e9ans, GIP Alfa Centre-Val de Loire, AD Education, COSTIC, Codifrance (Colruyt Group), Turboself, and Orl\u00e9ans Loiret Basket, alongside smaller municipalities using Neoville. The firm has delivered more than 1,000 website projects since 1997 and operates as an independent, founder-controlled company with no disclosed external funding, acquisitions, or institutional investors.

Name

ads COM

Legal name

ads-COM

Website

https://ads-com.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ads-COM is a privately held French web agency founded in 1997 and headquartered in Orl\u00e9ans, employing ~20 experts across webmarketing, webdesign, development, and hosting. It delivers websites, e-commerce, mobile apps, and its Neoville civic platform to French businesses and municipalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Web Development and Digital Agency Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (54181), Advertising Agencies (541810)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Advertising (Brand + Performance + Media) (BPAFAAAA)

Keywords

• Web development services
• Digital marketing agency
• Web hosting services
• Mobile app development
• Web design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Orléans

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Web Development Services: Custom website development, e-commerce, and web applications using Drupal, WordPress, Prestashop, Magento, and custom frameworks. Project-based professional services from conception to deployment.
2. Web Hosting Services: Managed hosting with 3 tiers (Basic from 90€/year, Standard from 380€/year, Sérénité from 740€/year). Includes 500+ hosted sites on French servers with security, backups, and support SLAs.
3. Webmarketing Services: Digital marketing services including SEO, SEA/SMA, Google Ads, Facebook Ads, email campaigns via Brevo, analytics with Google Analytics/Matomo, and content creation.
4. UX Design Services: User experience design, graphic design, webdesign, mobile app design, and accessibility audits (RGAA compliance) for websites and applications.
5. Microsoft 365 Messaging: Microsoft 365 email and collaboration solution implementation, licensing management, and daily support for business messaging needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ads-COM is a full-service web agency that designs, develops, hosts and promotes websites, e-commerce platforms, intranets/extranets, custom business web applications and mobile applications for businesses and local authorities in France. It also delivers digital marketing services (SEO, SEA/SMA, content, email/SMS campaigns) and runs a 100% French managed-hosting infrastructure serving more than 500 client sites. The proprietary Neoville product provides a turnkey Drupal-based civic digital platform for municipalities and inter-municipalities (EPCI).

Product overview

ads-COM is a full-service web agency offering a comprehensive portfolio of digital services. The core offerings include website development (communication sites, e-commerce, intranet/extranet) built on CMS platforms (Drupal, WordPress, Prestashop, Magento), custom business web applications and mobile applications using React Native and Angular/.NET frameworks. The agency provides specialized solutions including Neoville (a Drupal-based digital citizen platform for municipal governments with 30+ modules), and MyTurboself (a React Native mobile app for school cafeteria management). Supporting services encompass webmarketing (SEO, SEA/SMA via Google Ads and Facebook Ads, content writing, email/SMS via Brevo), UX/webdesign with RGAA accessibility compliance, web hosting on French-based servers, and Microsoft 365 messaging implementation. The agency operates a 4-pole structure combining webmarketing, webdesign, development, and hosting services with over 500 hosted websites and 20+ years of experience since founding in 1997.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Neoville: Drupal-based civic digital solution for municipalities and EPCI, offering 30+ native modules, RGAA accessibility compliance, and Open Data integration.

Products and services

• Communication Website Creation and Redesign

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ websites hosted with 99.5% uptime SLA
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Smile: French open-source digital agency with deep Drupal and WordPress expertise, offering web development, hosting, and digital transformation to enterprise and government clients — directly comparable to ads-COM's service portfolio and target verticals.
• Theodo: French full-stack web and mobile development agency building custom digital products for enterprises; comparable to ads-COM in combining development, design, and webmarketing services for similar mid-market and enterprise clients.
• Kaliop: French open-source/Drupal specialist agency offering web development, hosting, and digital strategy; competes directly with ads-COM in Drupal-based enterprise and public-sector projects.
• Adimeo: French digital agency specialized in open-source technologies including Drupal and Symfony, serving enterprise clients with web development, integration, and hosting — overlapping with ads-COM's full-service digital offering.
• Actency: French Drupal-specialist agency offering consulting, development, and hosting services for enterprise and government clients; directly comparable in technology stack and public-sector focus.
• Mention: French digital agency offering web design, development, and content marketing services with a focus on brand communication — comparable to ads-COM's webdesign and webmarketing poles.

Broad incumbents

• Clever Age: Established French digital agency offering e-commerce, web development, and digital transformation to large enterprises; broader portfolio than ads-COM but overlapping service lines and customer base.
• Valtech: Global digital agency with significant French presence offering strategy, technology, and experience design to large enterprises — overlaps with ads-COM at the upper end of enterprise and government projects.
• Isobar: Global digital experience agency with French operations delivering web, mobile, and marketing services for major brands — broader scale and scope but competing for similar enterprise digital budgets.

Regional players

• Webnet: French web agency offering web development, hosting, and digital marketing primarily to SMBs and mid-market clients — comparable in service mix to ads-COM with similar SMB and local-business focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ads-com
• Facebookfacebook.com/adsCOM

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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