Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor

What Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor does

Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) headquartered in Plérin, Brittany, that accompanies approximately 2,400 persons with disabilities or in vulnerable situations through a network of 53 establishments and services staffed by 1,400 professionals across five territories of Côtes d'Armor. The organization was formed in 2016 through the merger of Adapei Côtes d'Armor and Les Nouelles (both founded in 1961) and operates the full medico-social life course: medical-educational institutes (IME) for children, specialized residential homes (MAS, foyers de vie), sheltered employment and adapted enterprises (esatco network spanning 8 departments), social and medico-social accompaniment services (SAVS, SAMSAH, PMO), and inclusive housing under the Habitat Handi Citoyen brand.

The association's service portfolio includes residential, educational, vocational, and supported-living programs, complemented by income-generating workshops (organic market gardening, laundry, textile recycling via Artex, landscaping, cardboard, subcontracting) and the esatco brand for sheltered employment services. Technology consists of standard social/medico-social management systems and operational IT infrastructure; no proprietary AI/ML or digital product platforms are evident. Underlying delivery depends on a territorial coordination pole and partnership network rather than on a technology stack.

The business model is non-commercial: revenue is derived primarily from public funding via the Agence Régionale de Santé (ARS) Bretagne and the Conseil Départemental des Côtes d'Armor, supplemented by donations, fundraising events (Opération Brioches, Course de l'Ours, Octobre Rose), and a small set of B2B contracts (e.g., produce supply to GHT d'Armor). Go-to-market is community-led — institutional placements, family referrals, public-awareness campaigns, and member/partner networks — rather than a sales motion. The association is governed by an elected Board, with a President and Director General; Anne-Marie Berthault assumed the presidency on July 1, 2026.

Name

Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor

Legal name

Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor

Website

https://adapei-nouelles.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor is a French non-profit association that accompanies 2,400 persons with disabilities across 53 establishments and services in Côtes d'Armor, employing 1,400 professionals in residential, educational, sheltered-employment, and inclusive-housing programs funded primarily by ARS Bretagne and the Conseil Départemental.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability and Medico-Social Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities (6232), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ), Service & Emotional Support Animal (ESA) Accommodations Management (EDALAGAK)

Keywords

• Medico-social services
• Sheltered employment
• Disability support
• Residential care
• Vocational training

Headquarters

HQ city

Plérin

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public funding and social contributions: The association operates primarily through government funding from the Agence Régionale de Santé (ARS) Bretagne and the Conseil Départemental des Côtes d'Armor, supplemented by social contributions and donations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor is a nonprofit medico-social association that provides accommodation, care, education, and sheltered employment to approximately 2,400 persons with disabilities or in vulnerable situations across 53 establishments and services in Côtes d'Armor, Brittany. Its core offerings include specialized residential homes (MAS), medical-educational institutes (IME) for children, sheltered employment (ESAT/esatco), inclusive housing (Habitat Handi Citoyen), social and medico-social accompaniment services (SAVS, SAMSAH, PMO), and adapted enterprises, spanning the full life course from childhood to adulthood.

Product overview

Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor is a social and medico-social association supporting persons with disabilities or vulnerable individuals. The organization operates as a multi-service provider offering residential care (MAS, foyers de vie), educational services (IME), vocational support (ESAT/esatco network, Entreprise Adaptée), and independent living programs (Habitat Handi Citoyen, SAVS, SAMSAH, PMO). The esatco brand represents the association's ESAT network across multiple departments, while Habitat Handi Citoyen is the signature inclusive housing initiative. The association also operates specialized workshops including Artex (textile recycling), blanchisseries, and agricultural ateliers, providing diverse vocational training opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• esatco: Brand name for the network of ESAT (Etablissements et Services d'Aide par le Travail) establishments providing sheltered employment for persons with disabilities across 8 departments in western France.

Products and services

• esatco (ESAT network)
• Habitat Handi Citoyen (HHC)
• MAS (Maison d'Accueil Spécialisée)
• IME (Institut Médico-Éducatif)
• SAVS (Service d'Accompagnement à la Vie Sociale)
• SAMSAH (Service d'Accompagnement Médico-Social pour Adultes Handicapés)
• PMO (Prestations en Milieu Ordinaire)
• SATRA (Service d'Accompagnement par le Travail en Adapté)
• Artex (Atelier de Revalorisation du Textile)
• Entreprise Adaptée
• Pôle de coordination et d'accompagnement

Quantifiable outcome

• 97/100 on the professional gender equality index (Index Egalité Professionnelle Femmes/Hommes) for 2025, demonstrating strong HR practices.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and flagship.

• Ligue contre le cancer — Comité des Côtes d'ArmorminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 December 2025The Club des Présidents de CVS of Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor participated in Octobre Rose by selling pink ribbons made by persons accompanied, donating €1,470 to the Ligue contre le cancer for prevention and screening actions.
• Local partners for Opération BriochesminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 October 2025Schools, companies, training centers, shops, and supermarkets across 5 territories of Côtes d'Armor collaborate with Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor for Opération Brioches, a fundraising and awareness campaign for disability. Partners include local volunteers organizing sales points.
• Casden, Banque Populaire Grand Ouest, ACEF Grand Ouest 22minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2025Three financial partners funded new sports equipment for IME Guy-Corlay (Saint-Brieuc), promoting health and physical activity among young people with disabilities.
• Lycée Pommerit BretagnecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025In partnership with Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor, the Éducation nationale, and DRAAF Bretagne, Lycée Pommerit Bretagne inaugurated a Unitée d'Enseignement Externalisée (UEE) open since September 2025, serving young people with disabilities as part of an open, inclusive learning environment.
• Addictions FranceminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 19 June 2025Addictions France led a tobacco awareness workshop for workers from ESATs of Lamballe and Quévert, helping them understand their relationship with smoking and motivating healthier choices.
• esatco Network (8 departments)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2025The esatco network brings together 8 departments in the Grand Ouest (Côtes d'Armor, Finistère, Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Vendée, Vienne, Sarthe, Charente-Maritime) through 64 ESATs, 13 adapted enterprises, and 6,000 professionals. Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor is the Côtes d'Armor member. The network signed the Unapei & Entreprises charter in June 2025 to promote employment of persons with disabilities.
• Unapei & EntreprisescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2025Unapei & Entreprises is the leading actor for employment of persons with disabilities in France. The esatco network (including Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor) signed the charter committing to change perceptions of disability, guarantee accompaniment throughout workers' career paths, and promote quality working conditions and purchasing power.
• Groupe HandéoflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025The Groupe Handéo, directed by and for persons with disabilities, recognizes and certifies associations and structures. Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor was awarded a trophy for its strategic clarity, evaluation culture, socio-economic management, and quality of accompaniment. The MAS de Paimpol was the first in France to receive dual certification (autism and polyhandicap) from Handéo in April 2022.
• Lannion FCminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 19 April 2025Lannion FC created a section of adapted football (football adapté), opening the practice to persons with disabilities. Residents of the foyer Les Nymphéas train weekly at the stadium, fostering inclusion through sport.
• MSA d'ArmoriqueminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2025MSA d'Armorique collaborated with Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor to organize a DuoDay immersion at the Ferme de Kémo, allowing worker Fabien Lepaigneul to discover farming operations.
• GHT d'ArmorcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 15 January 2025The GHT d'Armor (Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire) sourced fresh, washed, and peeled vegetables from ESAT de Plouisy near Guingamp for its kitchens, a three-year partnership involving a Trégor cooperative and the ESAT, providing regular employment to workers with disabilities.
• GEM de Dinan (Groupe d'Entraide Mutuelle)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 April 2016Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor and the GEM de Dinan signed a partnership convention to offer beneficiaries new perspectives and enable opening toward ordinary environments through activities accessible to all.
• Association Les NouellescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 January 2016The fusion between Adapei Côtes d'Armor and Les Nouelles was finalized on January 28, 2016. Both associations, created in March 1961 and headquartered in Plérin, merged to mutualize competencies, expertise, and resources to create optimal conditions for accompanying persons served.
• ADMR 22minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 October 2014ADMR 22 is a partner of Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor working to break down barriers between social and medico-social actors, creating conditions for optimal accompaniment of persons with disabilities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ADAPEI 35 (Ille-et-Vilaine): Federated ADAPEI association serving persons with disabilities in neighboring Ille-et-Vilaine. Operates a similar mix of MAS, ESAT, IME, and inclusive-housing services and is a natural counterpart within the Unapei network — directly comparable on mission, service mix, and funding model.
• ADAPEI 44 (Loire-Atlantique): ADAPEI association in Loire-Atlantique and a fellow member of the esatco network. Provides the same range of medico-social and sheltered-employment services to persons with disabilities, making it directly comparable on operating model and territorial scope.
• ADAPEI 29 (Finistère): ADAPEI association in Finistère (Bretagne) and another esatco network member. Comparable as a regional ADAPEI offering the same full-spectrum disability services (MAS, ESAT, IME, housing) under similar public-funding mechanisms.
• ADAPEI 56 (Morbihan): Morbihan-based ADAPEI association providing medico-social and sheltered-employment services to persons with disabilities. Operates within the same Brittany ecosystem and under the same ARS Bretagne oversight, making it a direct functional peer.

Broad incumbents

• APF France Handicap: Large national association representing and supporting persons with disabilities across France. Comparable in mission and service breadth (residential, employment, advocacy) but at national rather than departmental scale, and historically focused on motor disabilities.
• Unapei: National federation of which Adapei-Nouelles is a member. Unapei does not deliver services directly but sets advocacy, quality, and partnership frameworks used by Adapei-Nouelles — a broader institutional peer rather than an operating competitor.
• Fondation des Apprentis d'Auteuil: Large French foundation operating medico-social, educational, and insertion programs for vulnerable children, families, and persons with disabilities. Comparable on operating model (multi-establishment, public-funded, mixed populations) and on workforce scale.
• Fédération des Associations pour Adultes et Jeunes Handicapés (APAJH): National federation of associations supporting persons with disabilities across all ages and disability types, with parallel medico-social establishments and sheltered-employment services. Comparable as a competing national federation model to Unapei/ADAPEI.

Emerging players

• Trisomie 21 France: National federation supporting persons with Down syndrome and their families. Provides some overlapping medico-social and employment services but focuses on a specific disability population, making it a partial rather than full peer.

Regional players

• ALYS (Fédération ALYS): Federation of medico-social associations active in other French regions (notably Île-de-France / northern France). Operates ESATs, MAS, and inclusion programs under the same national regulatory regime, making it a regional comparator on service mix and tariff exposure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries9 records

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