What AAGroup does

AAGROUP (AAGROUP Architectes) is a French architecture collective operating through nine regionally embedded agencies headquartered in Lyon (20A boulevard Eugène Deruelle, 69003), with offices in Paris, Rennes, Montpellier, Lille, Dijon, Clermont-Ferrand, Saint-Étienne, and Valence. The firm provides architecture, urban planning, and engineering services organized around seven verticalized expertise poles: Wood Construction, PassivHaus & Eco-Construction, Urbanism & Territorial Regeneration, Mental Health Architecture, Heritage & Rehabilitation, Industry & Environment, and Interior Architecture. Technical differentiation is anchored in deep sustainable-construction capabilities, including Passivhaus certification (15+ years, 10+ certified projects, heating needs of ~15 kWh/m²/year, roughly 2–3 times below RE2025 standards), wood and hybrid concrete-wood structural systems (25 years, including coordination of the Paris 2024 Olympic Athletes Village), and specialized psychiatric facility design (30 years). Construction costs for passive housing are reported at approximately €1,750/m² SHAB, comparable to conventional builds.

The firm serves primarily French public-sector and institutional clients—hospital groups (CHU Dijon, CHR Metz Thionville, Centre Hospitalier de Montfavet, CH Bélair, Centre Arthur Lavy), educational institutions (Université Paris-Saclay, Rectorat de Créteil, Diocèse de Rennes), departmental councils (Hérault), chambers of commerce (CCI Gard), and select private developers and banks (Espacil, Crédit Agricole Sud Rhône Alpes). Its business model is project-based, negotiated through competitive public procurement and direct enterprise engagement, with project construction costs ranging from ~€5M for residential work to over €200M for large-scale public infrastructure (hospitals, schools); architectural fees are typically structured as multi-year contracts. Public procurement is the explicit primary distribution channel.

AAGROUP has grown via partnership-style integration of independently established agencies rather than centralized build-out. Two notable 2025 additions—AMG Architectes (May, becoming AAGROUP Montpellier) and KOZ Architecture (September, Paris)—brought the network to nine agencies and added specialized wood-construction and Olympic-project credentials. The firm is privately held with no identified institutional investor, operates as a partnership-based collective of associated architects, and is governed through shared expertise poles that allow national deployment of local talent while preserving regional embeddedness. Revenue, ownership structure, and detailed financials are not publicly disclosed.

Name

AAGroup

Legal name

AAGROUP

Website

https://aagroup.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AAGROUP is a French architecture collective operating nine regional agencies that provides architecture, urban planning, and engineering services with deep specialization in Passivhaus, wood construction, and low-carbon design for public-sector clients in healthcare, education, housing, and infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520), Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Design-Build & Renovation-Integrated Builders (IMAFABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC), Residential Interior Fit-Out (Multi-Family & High-End) (IMAFANAE)

Keywords

• Architecture services
• Sustainable construction
• Urban planning
• Wood construction design
• Passive building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AAGroup is a French architecture collective delivering comprehensive architecture, urban planning, and engineering services through nine regional agencies. The firm specializes in sustainable construction with deep expertise in Passivhaus-certified design, wood construction (CLT and hybrid systems), heritage rehabilitation, and mental health facility architecture. Services span the full project lifecycle from strategic urban planning to interior design for healthcare, education, residential, sports, cultural, commercial, and public infrastructure clients.

Product overview

AAGROUP is an alliance of independently rooted architecture firms operating across France, offering a coordinated portfolio of seven specialized expertise areas: Urbanism & Territorial Regeneration, Heritage & Rehabilitation, Industry & Environment, Mental Health Architecture, PassivHaus & Eco-Construction, Interior Architecture, and Wood Construction. The group operates nine regional agencies (Clermont, Dijon, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Paris, Rennes, Saint-Étienne, and Valence) and is organized around shared knowledge poles that enable national deployment of local expertise. Projects span healthcare, education, housing, sports, cultural, commercial, and tertiary buildings, with strong emphasis on low-carbon, passive, and biosourced construction methods.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wood Construction (Construction Bois)

Quantifiable outcome

• Heating consumption reduced to approximately 15 kWh/m²/year, 2-3 times less than RE2025 standard buildings (35-40 kWh/m²/year)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AMG ArchitectescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 May 2025AMG Architectes became AAGROUP Montpellier in May 2025, strengthening the group's presence in Occitanie region with the existing team and local expertise.
• ENSA Paris-Val de SeinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership with architecture school for student development, research collaboration, and professional exchange programs.
• Ville & Aménagement Durable AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDaniel Schoen serves as co-president of this professional association that mobilizes over 2,000 professionals annually for sustainable urban development.
• KOZ ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKOZ Architecture, recognized for wood and low-carbon expertise, joined AAGROUP in September 2025, bringing extensive Olympic Athletes Village coordination experience and 20 years of wood construction specialization.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Architecture-Studio: Large Paris-based architecture firm with a comparable multi-sector portfolio spanning cultural, educational, residential and public infrastructure projects, including international presence. Operates at similar scale with comparable focus on signature public commissions.
• Valode & Pistre: Prominent French architecture practice with extensive portfolio in large-scale public, commercial, and sustainable developments. Comparable in handling major institutional commissions and emphasis on environmental performance.
• Groupe-6: French architecture firm of similar size with notable specializations in healthcare facilities (hospitals, clinics) and educational buildings. Directly overlaps with AAGroup's core healthcare and public-sector verticals and project scale.
• White Arkitekter: Leading Scandinavian sustainable architecture firm with strong credentials in wood construction, healthcare, and public-sector buildings. Comparable to AAGroup in scale, sector mix, and explicit low-carbon/wood construction identity.
• Triptyque Architecture: Paris-based architecture studio with strong emphasis on sustainable, low-carbon, and biosourced design across cultural, educational, and residential projects. Shares AAGroup's positioning at the intersection of architecture and ecological performance.
• Baumschlager Eberle: Austrian-Swiss architecture group recognized as a European leader in Passivhaus and energy-efficient design. Directly comparable to AAGroup's Passivhaus pole led by Bernd Retz, with similar repeatable low-energy design methodology.
• Ateliers 4+: French architecture practice active in education, healthcare, and cultural buildings across France. Notable overlap with AAGroup's project typologies and mid-sized multi-office operating model.
• Patriarche Group: French multi-disciplinary architecture and engineering group with offices across France and similar expertise in healthcare, residential, and commercial developments. Closely comparable in scale, geography, and integrated design-build-adjacent services.

Broad incumbents

• Snøhetta: Internationally renowned architecture and design firm with strong sustainability orientation and portfolio spanning cultural, educational, and public buildings. Larger and more global, but aligned with AAGroup's commitment to environmentally-led design.
• Egis Group: Major French engineering and architecture group with extensive healthcare, transport, and urban development practice. Overlaps AAGroup's public-sector delivery and engineering services but operates at substantially greater scale across broader verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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