What NORGAY does

NORGAY (legal entity NORGAY, SAS) is a French IT services firm (ESN — Entreprise de Services du Numérique) headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France, and operating as a subsidiary of the diversified Lorenz & Hamilton group. The company has approximately 40 years of operating history (founded 1984) and is led by President Ludovic Bourg. NORGAY provides digital transformation and IT consulting services to large French enterprises (CAC 40 and ETI tier), with a stated community of 350 experts serving 120+ client companies across banking, insurance, energy, transport, logistics, and public administration verticals.

The company's service portfolio is organized around four core domains: project management and IT governance, application development, infrastructure services, and Data & AI. Differentiated capabilities include 35+ years of mainframe and z/OS expertise delivered by former senior consultants, 20+ years of data management experience, and an industrialised delivery model spanning DevOps, SecOps and DataOps. Service is delivered through three engagement models — assistance technique (time-and-materials consulting embedded at client sites), forfaits (fixed-price projects), and dedicated service centers — supported by five application service centers and two operational service centers across eight French sites, with a total of 11 office locations.

NORGAY monetizes primarily through professional services, with multi-year contracts negotiated on a quote basis. Strategic technology alliances with IBM Interactive Experience, TIBCO, UiPath, Contextor and EPSON extend its solution portfolio, and the company is recognized among the top 20 best ESN in France for RSE (Corporate Social Responsibility), with an Ecovadis score at the 83rd percentile of its sector and a 2025 Index Egalité Professionnelle score of 89/100. Geographic operations are entirely domestic (France), and no international expansion, venture funding, M&A activity, or revenue figure is disclosed in the available data.

Name

NORGAY

Legal name

NORGAY, SAS

Website

https://norgayitservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

NORGAY is a French ESN (IT services firm) with 350 experts across 11 locations, providing digital transformation, application development, infrastructure, and Data & AI consulting to 120+ large French enterprises in banking, insurance, energy, and the public sector.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Consulting Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Database/Application Data Layer Modernization (DB migration, ORM, caching) (BPAEAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Network Architecture & Design Services (BPAEAEAA), Data Center Operations & Managed Services (Remote Hands, NOC/SOC) (HDABANAA)

Keywords

• IT consulting services
• Application development
• Infrastructure services
• Data and AI services
• Managed IT services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Assistance Technique (Technical Assistance): B2B staffing model where NORGAY consultants are embedded in client teams on a time-and-materials basis, providing IT expertise across all four domains (project management, application development, infrastructure, data & AI).
2. Forfaits (Fixed-Price Projects): Fixed-scope, fixed-price project engagements covering application development, infrastructure, and data projects with defined deliverables, timelines, and budgets.
3. Centres de Services Dédiés (Dedicated Service Centers): Long-term managed services contracts providing dedicated NORGAY teams for continuous IT operations, application maintenance (TMA), system maintenance (TMS), and operational services. Clients receive a single point of contact for all IT needs with SLA and KPI commitments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

NORGAY is a French ESN (Entreprise de Services du Numérique) providing IT consulting and engineering services across four core domains: project management and IT governance, application development (including Legacy/Mainframe and ERP), infrastructure services (Mainframe, cloud migration, security), and Data & AI. The company delivers services through three engagement models: assistance technique (embedded consultants on time-and-materials), forfaits (fixed-price projects), and dedicated service centers (managed services with SLA/KPI commitments). Its flagship specializations include 35+ years of mainframe (z/OS) expertise and 20+ years of data management experience.

Product overview

NORGAY IT Services is an ESN (Entreprise de Services du Numérique) offering a comprehensive portfolio of IT consulting and services organized around four core domains: project management and IT governance, application development, infrastructure services, and Data & AI. The company delivers these services through multiple engagement models including technical assistance (assistance technique), fixed-price projects (forfaits), and dedicated service centers (centres de services). Core service offerings include Assistance à Maîtrise d'Ouvrage (AMOA), consulting, application development as a service, Mainframe as a Service, and Data & IA services. The portfolio is complemented by transversal capabilities in DevOps, SecOps, and DataOps with continuous integration and delivery processes, all delivered through a network of 8 service centers across France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Project Management and IT Governance
• Application Development
• Infrastructure Services
• Data & AI Services
• Mainframe as a Service
• Dedicated Service Centers (Centres de Services)
• AMOA and Consulting (Conseil)

Quantifiable outcome

• Top 20 ESN in France for RSE
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• TIBCOcoreTechnology or IntegrationTIBCO Software develops infrastructure software for organizations in a cloud computing context. Their solutions enable management of information, decision-making, processes, and real-time applications. NORGAY partners with TIBCO to deliver connected intelligence and cloud application integration services.
• IBM Interactive ExperiencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs a certified IBM iX partner, NORGAY serves as a global business design partner working at the intersection of strategy, creativity, and technology to help clients digitally reinvent their businesses. Partnership focuses on customer experience and AI-enabled UI/UX.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Aubay: Aubay is a French IT services and consulting firm with a similar mid-tier ESN profile, specializing in application development, infrastructure, and data for banking, insurance, and industry in France and abroad. Similar size (4k+ employees), services, and client types to NORGAY - among the closest direct competitors.
• Devoteam: Devoteam is a French-headquartered digital transformation consultancy serving banking/insurance/energy with similar consulting + service-center delivery mix. Closely comparable on size (~7k employees) and service portfolio (cloud, data, AI), though Devoteam's brand is more cloud-platform focused while NORGAY's is more mainframe/infrastructure weighted.
• Hardis Group: Hardis Group is a French IT services and consulting firm with very similar mid-tier ESN positioning, focused on logistics, supply chain, banking, and insurance digital transformation. Comparable size and proximity-first service model make it a direct French-market competitor.
• Alten: Alten is a French IT/engineering consulting and services firm with comparable technical assistance and forfait delivery models, serving similar enterprise verticals. Its technical-consulting DNA and French-headquartered scale place it among NORGAY's most direct competitive analogues for engineering talent and project-based engagements.
• SQLI: SQLI is a French IT services and digital transformation firm focused on application development, e-commerce, and enterprise digital experiences. Comparable mid-tier ESN serving similar French enterprise and international accounts, with similar technology and consulting capabilities to NORGAY.
• Talan: Talan is a French digital transformation and consulting firm with comparable size and service portfolio (data, AI, application, infrastructure) targeting CAC 40 and large enterprises. Similar culture of French-proximity-based consulting, with comparable headcount and growth profile to NORGAY.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini: Capgemini is France's largest IT services and consulting group with global delivery, serving the same banking, insurance, and energy clients as NORGAY. It competes across all four of NORGAY's service domains (application, infrastructure, data/AI, governance) but at massive scale and with nearshore/offshore capacity NORGAY lacks.
• Atos: Atos is a major French-headquartered IT services group serving the same banking, public sector, and enterprise infrastructure modernization market as NORGAY. Although currently in financial restructuring, it remains a top-tier competitor for mainframe/infrastructure and transformation deals in France.
• CGI Group: CGI is a large IT services and consulting firm with significant presence in France and deep expertise in banking/insurance IT outsourcing, mainframe, and application services. Competes with NORGAY for large French enterprise and international accounts, particularly in regulated industries.
• Sopra Steria: Sopra Steria is a major French IT services and consulting firm serving banking, insurance, and public sector across Europe - directly comparable verticals to NORGAY. Far larger (50k+ employees), it competes for the same CAC 40/ETI accounts that NORGAY targets, but operates at a different scale and footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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