What Voluntae does

Voluntae is a France-based, privately held recruitment consulting firm founded in 2012 by Pierre-Gilles Bouquet and headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt. The firm specializes in permanent placement (CDI) of professionals across accounting, finance, HR, legal, real estate, and administrative/executive-assistant functions, with a national footprint spanning 7 French cities. In 2024, the firm extended its service portfolio into three additional verticals — digital, sustainable development (RSE), and logistics — and additionally offers an Executive Search line targeting C-suite and senior leadership roles in general management, finance, legal, and HR.

The company's delivery model combines direct (executive search/headhunting) and traditional recruitment consulting with a digital presence built around the main company website (voluntae.fr), a dedicated job portal (emplois.voluntae.fr), and an extensive content library including a 200+ page Job Description Database and a candidate-facing gross-to-net salary calculator. Voluntae markets itself across LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and operates an email newsletter funnel. It has integrated AI-enabled 'Recrutement Augmenté' (Augmented Recruitment) tooling — text-based NLP for candidate-job matching and soft-skills analysis — as a productivity layer for its consultants, without disclosed proprietary models, patents, or in-house AI research.

Voluntae generates revenue through professional-services recruitment fees on permanent placements, supplemented by executive search fees for senior mandates and ancillary training/consulting offerings. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The firm is bootstrapped (€5,000 registered capital, RCS Nanterre 753 015 346), with no institutional investors, venture capital, or private equity backing disclosed, and operates with a small team of 1-10 employees. The firm holds CNIL registration (#1652979) for its candidate database (24-month retention) and is GDPR-compliant under French data-protection law.

Name

Voluntae

Legal name

Voluntae

Website

https://voluntae.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Voluntae is a France-based recruitment consulting firm, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, specializing in permanent placement of accounting, finance, HR, legal, real estate, and administrative professionals, with executive search and a 2024 expansion into digital, sustainability, and logistics verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search & Recruitment Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Functional Leadership Search (HR/Finance/Legal/Marketing/Sales/Ops) (BPACAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

C-Suite & Board Search (BPACAAAA), Hybrid / Selective RPO (Partial Outsourcing) (BPACABAC)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Accounting recruitment
• Legal recruitment
• HR recruitment
• Permanent placement staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulogne-billancourt

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Consulting Fees: Voluntae generates revenue through recruitment consulting services, placing candidates in permanent positions (CDI) across accounting, finance, HR, legal, and administrative functions. The firm also offers executive search services for senior leadership roles.
2. Training and Consulting: Beyond recruitment, Voluntae provides training and consulting services as part of their broader offering.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Voluntae is a French executive search and specialized recruitment firm that sources permanent candidates for client companies across accounting, finance, HR, legal, administrative/assistant, payroll, real estate, digital, sustainable development, and logistics functions. The firm also provides executive search for C-suite and senior leadership roles, and supports clients with training and recruitment consulting engagements. Its delivery model is built on a proprietary "Recrutement Augmenté" methodology that combines traditional search with AI-assisted candidate evaluation.

Product overview

Voluntae is a specialized recruitment consulting firm offering a unified portfolio of recruitment services. The core offering consists of Executive Search for senior leadership positions and specialized recruitment services covering seven main sectors: Accounting, Finance, Legal, Human Resources, Real Estate, Administration/Assistant, and Payroll. In 2024, the company expanded to include three additional specializations: Digital, Sustainable Development (RSE), and Logistics. The portfolio also includes complementary tools such as a Salary Calculator and a comprehensive Job Description Database with over 200+ job role pages. Services are delivered nationwide across France to companies of all sizes, with a physical presence in 7 French cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Search Confidential senior-level and C-suite search service for French organizations, identifying directors, executives, and senior managers through a tailor-made, AI-augmented process.
• Specialized Permanent Recruitment Permanent placement recruitment across multiple functional domains — accounting, finance, HR, legal, administrative/assistant, payroll, real estate, digital, sustainable development, and logistics — for French client companies.
• Recruitment Consulting and Training Advisory and training engagements supporting client companies on recruitment process optimization and related talent topics.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Syntec ConseilminorOthersVoluntae is affiliated with Syntec Conseil, a professional association for consulting firms in France. This membership indicates alignment with professional standards in the recruitment consulting industry.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Expectra (Randstad): Expectra is Randstad's French brand focused on recruiting qualified technicians, clerical, and specialized professionals across accounting, legal, HR, and administrative functions—directly comparable function-by-function to Voluntae.
• Robert Half France: Robert Half's French operation specializes in placing finance, accounting, and administrative professionals, with dedicated legal and HR practices—exactly the verticals Voluntae pursues. Direct overlap in target customers and proposition; Robert Half operates at greater scale.
• Michael Page France: Michael Page is the French flagship of PageGroup and runs specialized practices in finance, legal, HR, and executive search across France. Closely comparable to Voluntae's Executive Search + functional specialization portfolio, including CDI permanent placements into mid-market and enterprise clients.
• Spring Professional (Adecco): Spring Professional is Adecco Group's white-collar recruitment brand, with strong France coverage placing professionals in finance, HR, legal, and support functions. Competes for the same French mid-market permanent placement mandates as Voluntae.
• Hays France: Hays operates a dedicated French practice recruiting across Accounting & Finance, HR, Legal, and office support—directly mirroring Voluntae's verticals and target client profile. Both firms serve permanent placements to French mid-market companies; Hays is far larger but pursues the same functional specialization thesis.
• Menway Executive Search: Menway is a French recruitment and HR consulting group with dedicated practices in finance, accounting, IT, and engineering, plus executive search. Comparable mid-sized French specialist competing for the same permanent-placement mandates as Voluntae.
• LHH France (ex-Lee Hecht Harrison): LHH, the Adecco-owned career transition and talent development firm, has a French executive search and HR advisory practice. Competes with Voluntae's Executive Search service for C-suite and senior leadership mandates and shares an HR-advisory orientation.
• Grafton Recruitment France: Grafton is an international recruitment firm with a French operation recruiting across accounting, finance, legal, HR, and administrative support—matching Voluntae's functional portfolio and CDI permanent placement model.
• Fed Group: Fed Group is a French multi-specialist recruitment firm (Fed Finance, Fed Legal, Fed RH, Fed Supply, etc.) operating across functional verticals very similar to Voluntae's (accounting/finance, legal, HR, admin). Comparable boutique-but-multi-vertical model targeting French mid-market clients.
• Experis (ManpowerGroup): Experis is ManpowerGroup's French professional recruitment and IT/finance staffing brand. Overlaps with Voluntae in placing finance, accounting, and HR professionals into French companies, including project-based and permanent roles.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PGBVOLUNTAE
• Facebookfacebook.com/Voluntae
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/voluntae
• Instagraminstagram.com/voluntae_recrutement

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 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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