What Alteca does

Alteca is a French IT services company (ESN - Entreprises de Services du Numérique) founded in 1996 in Lyon and led since inception by founder and PDG Jean Mougin. The company operates with approximately 750 employees across 10 regional agencies throughout France (Lyon/Villeurbanne HQ, Paris, Grenoble, Dijon, Toulouse, Nantes, Montpellier, Lille, Strasbourg, Annecy), delivering IT consulting, application development and maintenance, end-user services, software integration, and data engineering to enterprise and mid-market clients. Alteca's primary verticals are banking and retail, with secondary presence in insurance, industry/manufacturing, energy, transportation, and media.

The company's service portfolio is organized around five core offerings: Consulting & Innovation (R&D and transformation accelerators), Application Services (transformation and legacy maintenance including Cobol/Pacbase environments), End-User Services, Software Integration (Microsoft, Google Cloud, UiPath, Esker), and Data by DataFab© (data engineering, data lake architecture, AI/ML, and generative AI). The April 2023 acquisition of DataFab — a Paris-based data engineering specialist — established the Data by DataFab© brand and significantly expanded the company's AI and data capabilities, particularly for banking clients where Alteca maintains a strategic partnership with BPCE Solutions Informatiques dating back to 2000. Technology breadth spans full-stack development (Java, Angular, C# .NET), DevOps and CI/CD under Kubernetes, RPA via UiPath, and emerging AI/ML capabilities including Llama 3-based generative AI search and GitHub Copilot code generation.

Alteca generates revenue primarily through professional services (time-and-materials and fixed-price project engagements) and managed services (application maintenance, end-user support), with software integration contributing additional revenue through vendor partnerships. The company is privately held, founder-controlled, with no disclosed external funding or institutional shareholders. Go-to-market is sales-led through direct enterprise engagement from the 10 regional agencies, supported by content marketing (case studies, white papers including 'Data Mesh en Banque et Assurance'), webinars with technology vendors, and employer branding initiatives (Happy at Work Top 10 since 2020, HappyTrainees for 8 consecutive years, Ecovadis Platinum 2025). Certifications include Google Cloud Platform Partner Level, Microsoft Gold Partner (application development), Microsoft Silver Partner (data platforms), and certified Microsoft PowerApps partner status (one of approximately 30 in France).

Name

Alteca

Legal name

Alteca

Website

https://alteca.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Alteca is a French IT services company (ESN) founded in 1996 with ~750 employees across 10 regional agencies, providing application development, data engineering, managed services, and AI solutions to enterprise clients in banking, retail, and other sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Services and Digital Transformation

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Integration, API & Middleware Consulting (BPAHAEAJ)

Keywords

• IT consulting services
• Digital transformation
• Application modernization
• Data engineering services
• Managed IT services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: IT consulting and project-based services covering application development, maintenance, testing, and digital transformation. Revenue generated through time-and-materials or fixed-price engagements with enterprise clients.
2. Managed Services: Application maintenance (TMA), End-User Services, and ongoing operational support delivered through dedicated service centers and client-site teams.
3. Software Integration: Integration of third-party software solutions (financial software, ERP systems, payment solutions) with client infrastructure.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Alteca is a French proximity-based IT and digital services company (ESN) offering end-to-end IT services including consulting, application development and maintenance, end-user services, software integration, and data engineering (Data by DataFab©). The firm delivers digital transformation projects to enterprise clients across banking, retail, insurance, industry, energy, and transportation sectors through its 10 regional agencies in France.

Product overview

Alteca is a French digital services company (ESN) offering a portfolio of IT services organized around five core offerings: Consulting & Innovation (including R&D and transformation accelerators), Application Services (transformation and legacy maintenance), End-User Services (deployment and hardware support), Software Integration (financial software including ESKER), and Data by DataFab© (data engineering, data science, and AI). The Data by DataFab© brand, which resulted from Alteca's acquisition of Datafab in 2023, provides the company's data-centric capabilities including data lake architecture, ETL pipelines, data visualization, and generative AI solutions such as natural language database search and code generation. Related offerings include sector-specific white papers and AI-powered solutions targeting banking, insurance, and retail sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DataFab: Data engineering and AI specialist subsidiary of Alteca, offering data lake architecture, data science, and AI implementations for banking and financial sector clients.

Products and services

• Consulting & Innovation

Quantifiable outcome

• 21-30% time savings in development using AI code generation (GitHub Copilot)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability13 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• DataFabcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 April 2023Alteca acquired DataFab, a Paris-based pure-player data engineering specialist, to strengthen its data engineering and AI capabilities for the banking sector. The acquisition aims to develop joint offerings and leverage regional synergies, particularly in Paris.
• BPCE Solutions informatiquescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing strategic partner since 2000, providing IT development services for the Banque Populaire network. Alteca accompanies BPCE on major transformation projects including payment autoroute, credit digitalization, and agile transformation.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Aubay: French IT consulting and services firm with strong banking, insurance, and telecom exposure; competes head-to-head for the same skill profiles and French enterprise accounts as Alteca.
• SII: French-origin IT services group with deep banking/financial-services sector presence and a multi-region French-agency model — close functional overlap with Alteca's proximity-based ESN profile.
• Inetum: French digital services firm (formerly Gfi Informatique) covering application services, integration, and managed services in banking, public sector, and retail — same ESN profile and same primary verticals as Alteca.
• Hardis Group: French digital services and consulting firm with supply-chain, retail, and financial-services practices; comparable French mid-market ESN profile with similar vertical and integration emphases.
• Sopra Steria: French-headquartered IT services group with a long-standing specialty in banking and financial-services digital transformation, overlapping directly with Alteca's primary banking vertical and legacy-modernization positioning.
• Devoteam: French digital-transformation consultancy with strong cloud and AI practices; competes for the same French enterprise and bank modernization engagements and operates a comparable multi-region French delivery model.
• SQLI: French digital-services and e-commerce integrator with comparable retail and financial-services engagements; similar T&M / fixed-price model and emphasis on digital experience and integration.
• ALTEN: French-listed IT and engineering consulting firm with substantial French onshore bench and established banking, energy, and industrial verticals — directly comparable in ESN model, sector mix, and proximity focus.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini: Global French-headquartered IT services leader with deep banking and retail practices that compete for the same enterprise accounts; operates at much larger scale and is the dominant broad incumbent in Alteca's primary verticals.
• Atos: Global French-rooted IT services and digital transformation provider with significant banking-sector delivery; competes for the same French enterprise and financial-services wallet from a broader portfolio posture.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/alteca_esn

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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