Aareon France

What Aareon France does

Aareon France SAS, founded in 1982, is a French software publisher that builds ERP and digital solutions exclusively for French social housing landlords (bailleurs sociaux), serving approximately 160 social housing organizations managing roughly 2 million housing units. The core technology stack consists of two ERP platforms—PortalImmo Habitat and Prem'Habitat—that cover the full property management lifecycle including tenant accounts, lease administration, rent collection, maintenance, and financial workflows, supplemented by an ecosystem of modular digital solutions (tenant portal, mobile field apps, supplier portal, electronic invoicing, call center, e-signature, BIM/asset management) connected through the open Aareon Connect integration platform, with cloud hosting offers (private cloud, Cloud Pro, Cloud PRA) and a nascent AI expertise domain referenced in a Group-level AI whitepaper.

The company operates a subscription-based enterprise SaaS model, charging annual fees scaled to housing units managed, user seats, modules selected, and hosting mode (cloud vs. on-premise), with additional professional services revenue from implementation, training, and consulting. Distribution is entirely direct enterprise field sales targeting Offices Publics de l'Habitat (OPH), Entreprises Sociales pour l'Habitat (ESH), and Coopératives HLM, complemented by a partner ecosystem of 15+ specialist integrators (e-signature, e-invoicing, energy, payments, document management). Co-development with clients occurs through user clubs (Association Logic, Club Prem'Unir) and the Digital Academy community initiative.

Aareon France is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aareon Group, the European proptech leader backed by private equity sponsors TPG and Advent International. The French subsidiary employs 210 people across four French sites (Meudon-la-Forêt headquarters, Orléans, Toulouse, Nantes) and reported FY2024 revenue of €37.4 million. Certifications include ISO 9001 (held since 2001, renewed 2026) and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (obtained February 2026), and the entity operates as a SAS with share capital of €3.8 million.

Name

Aareon France

Legal name

Aareon France SAS

Website

https://aareon.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Aareon France is a French ERP and digital solutions publisher serving roughly 160 French social housing landlords managing 2 million housing units, via a subscription SaaS model with tenant, supplier, and field-mobility modules integrated through its Aareon Connect platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social housing property management software (ERP and digital ecosystem)

NAICS

Services to Buildings and Dwellings (5617)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Core ERP Suites (Financials, Procurement, Projects) (HDAEAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

HOA / Condominium Association Management (BPAJAFAH)

Keywords

• Social housing ERP
• Property management software
• Tenant portal software
• Field mobility apps
• Electronic invoicing software

Headquarters

HQ city

La Forêt

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. ERP Software Subscriptions: Annual subscription revenue from ERP systems (PortalImmo Habitat and Prem'Habitat), which form the core of the offering for social housing property management. The subscription model includes software licenses, maintenance, updates, and support delivered as SaaS.
2. Digital Solutions Subscriptions: Recurring subscriptions for modular digital solutions including tenant portal, call center, mobile apps, supplier portals, and invoicing portals. Offered as part of an interoperable ecosystem, with upsell and cross-sell opportunities across the solution portfolio.
3. Cloud Hosting Services: Revenue from cloud hosting offerings including private cloud, Cloud Pro (ERP hosting), and Cloud PRA (disaster recovery). 80 clients use the private cloud, with both per-client and consumption-based elements.
4. Professional Services: Implementation, deployment, training, and consulting services associated with onboarding clients and customizing solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Aareon France develops, sells and supports ERP software and an ecosystem of digital solutions for French social housing landlords. Its offerings span two core ERP platforms (PortalImmo Habitat and Prem'Habitat) covering tenant administration, lease and rent workflows, and accounting, extended by tenant portals, mobile field applications, supplier and electronic invoicing portals, cloud hosting, and the Aareon Connect open integration platform. Approximately 160 social housing organizations managing about 2 million housing units run on these solutions.

Product overview

Aareon France is a software publisher and digital solutions provider serving the social housing sector with a portfolio of ERP systems (PortalImmo Habitat and Prem'Habitat) and an ecosystem of modular digital solutions. The core ERP systems manage core property management processes (Manage, Pay), supplemented by tenant-facing solutions (Espace Locataire, Borne Locataire, Centre d'Appels, Bail Numérique, Paiements Locataires), field mobility tools (App de Proximité, Portail de Proximité, Estados des Lieux Mobiles, Visites Techniques, Régie d'Entretien Mobile), and supplier relationship tools (Espace Fournisseurs, Espace Factures). These are complemented by cloud hosting offers, Business Intelligence, and the Aareon Connect open integration platform. The suite is connected through Aareon's expertise domains (Manage, Pay, Sustain, Engage, Connect) and augmented by AI capabilities, all serving approximately 160 social housing organizations managing 2 million lots.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PortalImmo Habitat: ERP solution for property management covering all business processes
• Prem'Habitat
• App de Proximité
• Espace Locataire
• Espace Fournisseurs
• Espace Factures
• Aareon Connect
• Digital Academy

Products and services

• PortalImmo Habitat Full-featured ERP system covering all core property management processes for French social housing landlords, including tenant accounts, lease administration, rent collection, accounting and maintenance workflows. Targeted at social housing operators (OPH, ESH, Coopératives HLM) managing large subsidized rental portfolios.
• Prem'Habitat ERP solution for social housing property management covering the full range of business processes to optimize daily management for landlords, serving a complementary segment of the French HLM market.
• Aareon Connect Open digital platform allowing clients and partners to develop, integrate and connect their own solutions or third-party solutions into the Aareon ERP using a comprehensive suite of web services, enabling customized digital ecosystems for social housing landlords.
• Cloud Offers (Offres Cloud) Suite of hosting offers for ERP environments, including Cloud Privé (private cloud used by 80 clients), Cloud Pro (ERP hosting), and Cloud PRA (disaster recovery) for French social housing organizations.
• Business Intelligence Data analytics and reporting solution enabling French social housing landlords to analyze their operational data and better steer their activities, integrated with the Aareon ERP ecosystem.
• Espace Locataire (Tenant Portal) 24/7 online tenant portal allowing social housing tenants to manage their procedures autonomously from any device, including rent payments, requests and document access. Nearly 800,000 tenants are registered on the platform.
• Borne Locataire (Tenant Kiosk) Self-service interactive kiosk installed in social housing agency offices that enables tenants, including those less comfortable with digital tools, to access online services independently.
• Centre d'Appels (Call Center) Multi-channel call center solution for social housing landlords to manage tenant interactions, improve response times and service quality, integrated with the Aareon ERP ecosystem.
• Enquêtes Sociales en Ligne (Online Social Surveys) Online tool for French social housing landlords to collect tenant feedback and social data digitally, replacing paper-based social surveys.
• Bail Numérique (Digital Lease) Digital lease solution enabling electronic signing and management of rental contracts for French social housing landlords, integrated with electronic signature partners (Nitro, Oodrive) under eIDAS compliance.
• Solution de Paiement (Tenant Payment Solution) Tenant payment solution via bank transfer with nominative virtual IBAN attribution, offered in partnership with Piloc, to modernize and secure rent collection for French social housing landlords.
• App de Proximité (Proximity App) Mobile application for field teams of French social housing landlords to manage tenant claims, intervention requests and site visits in real time, with dashboard, real-time visibility and ERP integration to avoid double data entry.
• Portail de Proximité (Proximity Portal) Web portal complementing the App de Proximité, providing French social housing field teams with a centralized view of tenant requests and interventions, integrated with the Aareon ERP.
• Etats des Lieux Mobiles (Mobile Move-in/Move-out Inspections) Digital solution for conducting and managing property condition (move-in/move-out) reports on mobile devices, replacing paper-based processes with digital data capture integrated with the ERP.
• Visites Techniques (Technical Visits) Digital tool for French social housing landlords to conduct and manage technical inspection visits on their housing stock, enabling field technicians to capture and report on property conditions.
• Régie d'Entretien Mobile (Mobile Maintenance Operations) Mobile maintenance management solution enabling French social housing technical agents to organize and plan field work, manage intervention reports, stock levels and optimize travel routes.
• Espace Fournisseurs (Supplier Portal) Web platform centralizing all exchanges between French social housing landlords and suppliers, including work orders, purchase orders, electronic invoicing and real-time tracking, integrated with the ERP. Over 400 suppliers are registered and more than 510,000 work orders have been managed on the platform since 2020.
• Espace Factures (Invoicing Portal) Electronic invoicing solution integrated with the Aareon ERP, supporting dematerialized invoice receipt, validation and processing, integrated with certified e-invoicing platforms (Chorus, Docoon.immo, Serensia by Quadient) to meet French mandatory e-invoicing requirements from September 2026.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% tenant portal adoption rate at Valophis
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration16 records

AI capability4 records

Feature18 records

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Yardi Systems: Global property management ERP (Voyager/Yardi Elevate) used by multifamily and affordable housing operators worldwide. Direct functional peer at the ERP and tenant-portal layer; less social-housing-specific than Aareon but increasingly relevant for cross-border landlords.
• ALFA (Volz Software): German vertical ERP for the Wohnungswirtschaft (housing industry) with strong social-housing footprint. Direct competitor to Aareon's German sister entity and a useful reference point for product/positioning parallels with Aareon France.
• MRI Software: International real estate ERP (MRI Residential, MRI @Site) covering leasing, accounting, and tenant portals for multifamily and affordable housing. Closest non-group direct competitor on ERP and tenant engagement functionality.
• SGA Solutions: French social-housing-focused software vendor offering ERP and tenant-facing modules to OPH/ESH/Coopératives HLM. Directly competes with Aareon France for the same buyer profile in the same domestic market.
• Aareon Group (other country subsidiaries, e.g., Aareon Deutschland, IESA España, Aareon UK): Sibling entities under the same Aareon Group, selling comparable ERP (Wohnungswirtschaft/ERP housing solutions) to social/regulated housing landlords in Germany, Spain, UK, Netherlands, Sweden, and Turkey. Closest functional peers — same product DNA, same vertical, same owner.

Broad incumbents

• IFS: Global enterprise ERP with strong asset- and service-management capabilities used by real estate operators. Competes on large, asset-heavy landlord accounts where IFS's broader ERP scope can substitute for Aareon's vertical depth.
• Sopra Steria: Large French IT services and systems integrator with a dedicated real estate and social housing practice. Competes on custom integration and large digital transformation mandates rather than packaged ERP, but overlaps on enterprise deals with major bailleurs sociaux.
• Cegid: Major French ERP, HR, and finance software vendor with real estate and property management modules. A broad-line enterprise software incumbent that can displace vertical specialists in cross-sell motions to mid-market landlords.

Regional players

• Wincasa: Switzerland's largest property management services company with proprietary real estate software. Operates in the same regulated residential housing vertical as Aareon France but in a different geography, limiting direct competition but providing a comparable vertical-services model.

Emerging players

• Planon: International Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) vendor serving corporate real estate, higher education, and housing operators. Adjacent product set with growing overlap on tenant portals, mobility, and supplier portals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A1 record

Investments

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

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