What APTISKILLS does

AptiSkills is a French engineering and IT consulting firm (SAS) founded in September 2013 in Lyon by Benoit, now headquartered in Levallois-Perret with nine regional agencies spanning Lyon, Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nantes, Lille, Grenoble, and Strasbourg. The firm places Ingénieurs Consultants on client projects across four service domains — Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Nuclear, Industry, and IT — serving marquee enterprise customers such as Dassault Aviation, Airbus, CEA, RATP, Société du Grand Paris, Vinci, Bouygues Construction, TotalEnergies, Colas Rail, and Chantiers de l'Atlantique. Its IT arm, Aptiskills IT (created 2018 in Paris), delivers specialized practices in Salesforce, Data Science & AI, and Digital & Applicatifs.

The company is fundamentally a professional services staffing and consulting business rather than a technology product company. AptiSkills generates revenue by deploying skilled engineers at client sites under multi-year and framework contracts, sourced through a Talent Acquisition pipeline and matched by Ingénieurs d'Affaires and Key Account Managers. Its core technology base is human expertise supported by certifications rather than proprietary software; however, the firm has built a digital layer around Salesforce CRM, AI/Data Science, and process automation services. GTM motion is enterprise field sales augmented by a tender response team (Appels d'Offres), with a horizontal segmentation across regulated industries where its certifications — ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 19443 (nuclear supply chain), 50001, MASE, CEFRI, and EcoVadis Platinum — form the primary competitive barrier.

AptiSkills is privately held, founder-owned, and bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding or M&A activity; share capital stands at €833,328. The firm employs 501-1,000 people representing 47+ nationalities and has invested heavily in employer branding (BestPlaceToWork) and ESG positioning (UN Global Compact since 2021, EcoVadis Platinum 2022-2024) as core commercial assets. Operating exclusively in France, it generated a verified carbon footprint of 19,501 tCO2e for 2024 under the GHG Protocol.

Name

APTISKILLS

Legal name

APTISKILLS

Website

https://aptiskills.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

AptiSkills is a French engineering and IT consulting firm placing Ingénieurs Consultants on enterprise projects across construction, energy, nuclear, industry, and IT for clients including Airbus, Dassault Aviation, CEA, RATP, Vinci, and Bouygues Construction.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Engineering Services (541330), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Process Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

DevOps, SRE & Platform Engineering Consulting (BPAHAEAK)

Keywords

• Engineering consulting services
• Nuclear energy consulting
• Construction infrastructure consulting
• Salesforce implementation services
• IT digital transformation

Headquarters

HQ city

Levallois-perret

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: AptiSkills generates revenue by providing engineering and consulting professionals to client organizations. Ingénieur Consultants are placed on projects at client sites, while Ingénieurs d'Affaires develop business portfolios and manage teams. The company operates as a staffing/consulting firm with consultants working on diverse projects across industry sectors.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

APTISKILLS provides specialized engineering and consulting services across construction, infrastructure, energy, nuclear, aerospace, naval, manufacturing, and IT sectors. The firm recruits and places Ingénieur Consultants at client sites to deliver technical expertise on complex industrial projects. Service domains include Construction & Infrastructure, Énergies & Nucléaire, Industrie, and IT Services (Salesforce, Data Science & AI, Digital & Applicatifs).

Product overview

APTISKILLS is a French engineering and consulting firm offering specialized professional services across multiple sectors including construction, infrastructure, energy, nuclear, aerospace, manufacturing, and IT. The company operates as a multi-disciplinary consultancy with dedicated practices in areas such as Salesforce, Data Science & AI, and digital transformation. Their service portfolio is organized into four main domains: Construction (infrastructure, transports, building, environment), Energy & Nuclear (including Structures & Materials), Industry (nuclear, aerospace, energy, naval, manufacturing), and IT (Salesforce, Data Science & AI, Digital). The company supports operational excellence through dedicated departments for key accounts, proposals, and quality/safety management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aptiskills IT: A dedicated IT and digital consulting division created in Paris in 2018, specializing in Salesforce, Data Science & AI, and Digital & Applicatifs.

Products and services

• Construction & Infrastructure Consulting

Quantifiable outcome

• EcoVadis Platinum 2024 score of 81/100, placing AptiSkills in top 1% of evaluated companies
• +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

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GIFEN (Groupement des Industriels Français de l'Énergie Nucléaire)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025AptiSkills joined GIFEN in 2025 to actively contribute to the evolution of today's and tomorrow's nuclear industry. GIFEN brings together nearly 500 major sector actors with mission to strengthen innovation, promote industry, and defend nuclear interests in France and internationally.
• Elles bougentminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2019External partnership with 'Elles bougent' association since 2019, aiming to inspire female vocations for engineering professions and encourage female students to pursue engineering studies.
• Apt'initiativesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate endowment fund through which AptiSkills supports associations in its ecosystem via skills sponsorship (mécénat de compétences), allowing employees to engage in societal projects aligned with environmental protection, social inclusion, and solidarity causes.
• Altarea CogedimminorOthersConstruction and real estate development partner.
• Bouygues ConstructionminorOthersMajor construction group partner.
• RATPminorOthersPublic transport authority partner for railway and mobility projects.
• VinciminorOthersMajor infrastructure and energy group partner.
• CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique)minorOthersAtomic energy commission partner for nuclear research projects including Laser Mégajoule.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves16 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ALTEN: French-headquartered engineering and technology consulting firm with ~50,000 consultants serving aerospace, energy, nuclear, rail and IT — the most direct large-scale competitor to AptiSkills' multi-sector Ingénieur Consultant model across France.
• AKKA Technologies (Akkodis): European engineering and digital services group (now part of Akkodis/Adecco) providing consulting and engineering services across automotive, aerospace, rail, energy and nuclear — direct French competitor with overlapping Ingénieur Consultant delivery model.
• Assystem: French independent engineering firm specialising in nuclear, energy, transport and defence infrastructure — the closest French peer in nuclear-qualified consulting and a direct rival for CEA, EDF and GIFEN contracts.
• SII (Société pour l'Informatique Industrielle): French engineering and IT services group with similar multi-sector coverage (energy, aerospace, defence, IT) and comparable consulting/staffing delivery model across France.
• CS Group: French engineering firm delivering mission-critical systems to defence, space, energy and transport — comparable in regulated-sector consulting depth and French footprint.
• Segula Technologies: French-origin international engineering group providing consulting, R&D and project support across automotive, rail, energy, aerospace and naval — direct competitor for Ingénieur Consultant placements with a broader international footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini Engineering (formerly Altran): Global engineering services and digital transformation powerhouse with deep French roots — overlaps broadly with AptiSkills across IT, industrial and energy consulting, but operates at vastly larger scale.
• Sopra Steria: European tech and digital services incumbent with significant French consulting practice — overlaps with AptiSkills' IT/Digital and Salesforce-adjacent work, and competes for major French enterprise digital transformation tenders.
• Vinci Energies / Infratek (Equans): Industrial services arm of the Vinci group providing engineering, installation and maintenance across energy, infrastructure and nuclear — both a major client of AptiSkills and an in-house competitor for engineering mandates.

Regional players

• Bertrandt: German-headquartered engineering services provider focused on automotive, aerospace and industrial sectors — comparable consulting model and multi-sector engineering depth, though primarily serving DACH-region customers rather than France.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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

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