What EILYPS does

EILYPS is a French agricultural consulting firm founded in 1933 and headquartered in Pacé, Brittany. Operating as an Organisation Professionnelle Agricole (Agricultural Professional Organization), it serves livestock farmers—primarily dairy, with adjacent beef, goat, and sheep producers—through technical advisory, diagnostic services, training, and digital farm-management tools. Its service lines span technical-economic management (GTE Breeder), herd management (Breeder web and mobile), a portfolio of milk and herd diagnostic tests (GestaTEST, Génocellules, LactoTEST, AcidoTEST, EpidémioTEST, UréaTEST, PROFILtank), grassland and grazing support (Man'AGe), organic compliance (Mon Pass'Bio), heifer delegation (Délég'Génisse), agricultural building design (subsidiary Tecmatel), and methanization consulting, alongside a training catalogue and the Eilyps Infos magazine.

The firm monetizes through recurring advisory subscriptions, per-test diagnostic fees, paid training programs, and project-based consulting engagements (including building design and methanization). Distribution relies on a regional field-advisor network embedded across Brittany, supported by digital channels (webinars, the Breeder platform, magazine content). The customer base is a long tail of small and mid-sized independent farms, with no large enterprise anchors disclosed.

The business model combines the recurring characteristics of a subscription advisory practice with project-based services and a small product-attached hardware/services subsidiary. Leadership is technical and operational, with named directors across agronomy-environment, development and territories, and technical functions; the firm does not disclose revenue, funding, or pricing publicly, consistent with its Professional-Organization status.

Name

EILYPS

Legal name

EILYPS GROUP

Website

https://eilyps.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1933

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

EILYPS is a French agricultural consulting firm founded in 1933 in Brittany, serving dairy and livestock farmers with technical advisory, proprietary diagnostic tests, training, and digital herd-management platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Consulting

NAICS

Support Activities for Animal Production (11521)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Livestock & Herd/Flock Operations Management Advisory (Nutrition, Housing, Performance) (AFACAJAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Reproductive & Theriogenology Services (Breeding Soundness, Fertility, AI Support) (AFACADAC), Genetic Testing & Genomic Profiling Services (Parentage, Trait Testing) (AFACAEAE)

Keywords

• Agricultural consulting services
• Dairy herd management
• Livestock breeding advisory
• Farm management software
• Ruminant health diagnostics

Headquarters

HQ city

Pacé

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advisory and Consulting Services: Eilyps provides a full range of tailor-made consulting services for livestock farmers including cattle farming, goat breeding, agronomy, building design, organic farming, and environmental management. Revenue is generated through recurring service contracts with farmers and agricultural operations.
2. Training Services: Eilyps offers professional training programs for livestock farmers, including classroom and field sessions on topics such as calf rearing, trimming, nutrition, and organic farming through its catalogue of formations.
3. Diagnostic and Analysis Services: The company conducts and sells various diagnostic tests (Gestatest, Lactotest, AcidoTEST, EpidémioTEST, UréaTEST, PROFILtank) and technical analysis services for farm performance monitoring.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EILYPS is a French agricultural consulting firm that provides technical, economic, and environmental advisory services to livestock farmers, specializing in dairy, beef, goat, and sheep breeding. The company combines on-site field consulting with the proprietary Breeder digital herd management platform, in-house diagnostic tests (GestaTEST, LactoTEST, AcidoTEST, EpidémioTEST, UréeTEST, PROFILtank, Génocellules), a heifer delegation service (Délég'Génisse), methanization consulting, agricultural building design (Conception Bâtiment), and farmer training programs.

Product overview

EILYPS is a consulting company in dairy, meat, goat, and sheep breeding that offers a portfolio of services and digital tools rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include BREEDER (web and mobile herd management platform), Breeder Éco and GTE Breeder (economic monitoring modules), and Génocellules (individual somatic cell counting). Supporting services include diagnostic tests (GestaTEST, AcidoTEST, EpidémioTEST, LactoTEST, UréaTEST), the Délég'Génisse heifer delegation service, agricultural building design, methanization consulting, and farmer training programs. The company operates as a comprehensive agricultural consulting firm with digital tools integrated into its service offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Breeder: Online and mobile herd management tool developed by Eilyps for farmers to track animal movements, reproduction events, and herd performance.
• Breeder Mobile
• Breeder Web
• Breeder Éco
• Délég'Génisse
• Eilyps Infos
• GTE Breeder

Products and services

• Services de Conseil Élevage Comprehensive livestock farming consulting service covering dairy, beef, goat, and sheep production across nutrition, reproduction, health, agronomy, and economics, targeted at French livestock farmers.
• Breeder Proprietary digital herd management platform available on Web and Mobile (iOS/Android), enabling real-time farm data tracking, milk quality monitoring, and economic analysis for EILYPS advisors and member farmers.
• Délég'Génisse Heifer delegation service partnering EILYPS dairy farmers with relay farms to rear heifers off-site, reducing age at first calving and optimizing dairy farm economics.
• Méthanisation Advisory Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 5-month reduction in heifer age at first calving (24.1 months vs. ~29 months national average), saving rearing costs and improving farm profitability
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• San'élevageminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSan'élevage is referenced as a partner distributing complementary products for Eilyps clients, including ThermoSan nutritional supplement for heat stress management, Kenocox and Prophyl 75 disinfectants for coccidiosis control, refractometers for colostrum quality testing, and colostrum freezing bags. Eilyps regularly recommends San'élevage products to its farmer clients.
• SaperfelminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSaperfel is listed as a partner on Eilyps' website. Saperfel provides supplementary services to Eilyps' farmer client base, complementing the consulting services offered by Eilyps.
• Multi Services BovinminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMulti Services Bovin is listed as a partner on Eilyps' website, providing supplementary services to Eilyps' farmer client base.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Seenovia: French dairy advisory cooperative providing on-farm consulting, herd management tools, and diagnostic services to dairy farmers. Closest comparable peer: similar French cooperative structure, similar service portfolio (advisory + digital tools + diagnostics), directly overlapping target market with EILYPS.
• Littoral Normand: French dairy cooperative offering technical-economic advisory, milk quality analysis, and reproduction services to dairy farmers in Normandy. Comparable to EILYPS as a regional French dairy advisory cooperative with similar diagnostic and consulting offerings.
• Seenergi: French dairy cooperative advisory network providing milk recording, herd management, and farm economic services. Directly comparable to EILYPS in cooperative governance model and dairy-focused service mix.
• Afimilk: Israeli dairy farm management and sensor company offering AfiMilk herd management software, milk analysis, and reproductive tracking. Comparable to EILYPS in dairy-specific digital and diagnostic focus, particularly the per-cow diagnostic analytics layer (analogous to Génocellules).

Broad incumbents

• Agrial: Major French agricultural cooperative spanning crop production, livestock, retail, and agribusiness. Overlaps with EILYPS through farmer relationships and dairy supply chain exposure, but operates at much greater scale and breadth.
• DeLaval: Global dairy equipment and farm management solutions provider offering milking systems, sensors, and the DelPro herd management platform. Comparable to EILYPS on the digital farm management and advisory dimension but bundled with hardware at global scale.
• GEA: Global dairy equipment manufacturer offering milking robots, herd management software (DairyPlan), and farm advisory services. Comparable to EILYPS on integrated digital dairy management but with global footprint and deep capital base.
• BouMatic: US-headquartered dairy equipment and farm management provider serving commercial dairy operations worldwide. Comparable on the farm management software dimension (e.g., parlor data, herd analytics) with significant hardware bundling.

Emerging players

• Agriwebb: Australian-born farm management software platform focused on livestock producers. Comparable to the Breeder platform in targeting livestock farmers with cloud-based herd and grazing management, but as a digital-native challenger without an in-person advisory arm.
• Cainthus: AI-driven cattle monitoring and computer vision company (now part of Ever.Ag). Comparable to EILYPS on the dairy data analytics trajectory, representing the AI/computer-vision frontier that could augment or substitute traditional advisory services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Eilyps
• Facebookfacebook.com/EILYPSConseilExpertiseElevage
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eilyps

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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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