1PACT

What 1PACT does

1PACT SAS is a French private workforce-services company founded in 2015 by Paul Montagne and Silouane Lebreton and headquartered in Villeurbanne. It operates a national network of 23 employer groups (groupements d'employeurs, GE, and GEIQ) under the "1PACT: Le Talent Partagé" brand, with 14 regional agencies across France. Its core offering is a CDI-based "mise à disposition" model: employees are hired by 1PACT under permanent contracts and shared — full-time or part-time — across member companies in logistics, transport, industry, and increasingly BTP, hospitality, and tertiary sectors. This structure legally insulates member companies from the requalification risk, justification-motive requirement, and bonus-malus penalties attached to standard CDD and interim contracts, while giving workers stable income, training access, and benefits such as Action Logement housing support and a 50%-employer-paid mutuelle.

The business model is managed-services staffing at its core: member companies (387 in 2025) are billed on a usage basis for hours worked by placed employees, with a service fee layered on top of salary and social charges passed through. Go-to-market is field-sales-led, executed by regional "responsables de zones" who run a structured 4-step adhesion journey, complemented by a self-serve candidate portal (recrutement.1pact.com) and community sourcing partnerships (France Travail, GEIQ Impact, Emmaüs, EPIDE, Croix Rouge). 1PACT reported €61M of revenue and 1,485 placed CDI employees in 2025, alongside 230 staff/candidates trained, a 94% GEIQ Impact diploma success rate, and 70% placement into sustainable employment. Adjacent lines include the GEIQ Impact insertion subsidiary, the 1TÉGRAL environmental endowment fund launched in 2025, an online RH needs simulator, and an employee benefits program; EcoVadis Gold Medal certification was obtained in 2025.

The technology stack is deliberately light: the company describes itself as an HR services firm, with its website (1pact.com) hosted on IONOS, a WordPress-based content/blog layer, and no proprietary software platform, algorithms, or hardware. There are no apps, APIs, or disclosed AI/ML capabilities; matching and placement are handled by the human zone-manager network and the GE governance framework rather than automated systems. The company's competitive position rests on a regulatory moat (the GE legal framework, reinforced by a February 2024 Cour de Cassation decision), a distributed 14-agency field-sales footprint, and the cross-company employee mutualization logic — not on technology differentiation.

Name

1PACT

Legal name

1PACT SAS

Website

https://1pact.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

1PACT is a French employer-group network that places permanent (CDI) employees across logistics, transport, industry, BTP, hospitality, and tertiary companies through 23 regional groupements, reporting €61M in 2025 revenue from 387 member companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employer Group Staffing Services

NAICS

Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional Employer Organization (PEO) / Co-Employment Services (BPACAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Agent of Record (AOR) for Staffing & Payrolling (BPACAHAF), Workforce Compliance & Employment Law Risk Management (Local Labor Law, Tax, Statutory) (BPACAHAH), Warehousing, Distribution & Material Handling Staffing (BPACAEAD)

Keywords

• Employer group staffing
• Permanent contract staffing
• Workforce flexibility services
• Shared employee services
• Industrial recruitment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nancy

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Mise à disposition de personnel CDI (Staffing/managed services): 1PACT generates revenue by charging member companies (adhérents) for the hours worked by 1PACT CDI employees placed at their sites. The employee remains on 1PACT's payroll; the company invoices the adherent for the employee's salary, social charges, professional expenses, and a service fee. This is the core revenue stream. The business model mirrors a staffing/PEO service but uses permanent CDI contracts instead of temporary/fixed-term arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

1PACT operates a French employer group network (groupement d'employeurs [employer group]) that places employees on permanent contracts (CDI - Contrat à Durée Indéterminée [permanent employment contract]) with member companies across logistics, transport, and industrial sectors. The model converts precarious interim and fixed-term engagements into permanent employment while preserving operational flexibility for host companies, with the group acting as the sole legal employer and assigning staff to member firms based on workload.

Product overview

1PACT is a unified employment platform built around the 1PACT CDI Contract, a permanent employment model that transforms precarious temporary work into stable jobs. The core offering enables companies in logistics, transport, and industry to share CDI employees through a network of employer groups. Supporting the main product are GEIQ Impact (professional insertion and training subsidiary), the 1TÉGRAL environmental endowment fund, an RH needs simulator tool, and a comprehensive employee benefits program. All workers are employed under a single CDI framework with no separate product tiers or modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 1PACT CDI Staffing Service (Mise à disposition 1PACT)
• GEIQ Impact (Qualification and Insertion Program) Professional insertion and qualification service delivered through the GEIQ (Groupement d'Employeurs pour l'Insertion et la Qualification [Employer Group for Insertion and Qualification]) framework, aimed at helping jobseekers far from employment access training and placement in member companies.
• 1TÉGRAL Endowment Fund (Fonds de dotation 1TÉGRAL) Corporate endowment fund (fonds de dotation [endowment fund]) financing environmental projects including reforestation and carbon sink initiatives, linked to 1PACT's environmental commitments rather than a paid service offering.

Quantifiable outcome

• 94% diploma success rate for GEIQ Impact beneficiaries in 2025
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• CRGE (Coordinateur National des Réseaux de Groupements d'Employeurs)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20261PACT participates in the CRGE network, the national coordination body for employer group networks in France. CRGE advocates for the GE model, works on harmonizing practices, and promotes the GE sector at the institutional level. 1PACT's president Silouane Lebreton collaborates with CRGE director Cyrielle Berger on GE policy and development.
• France TravailsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20261PACT works with France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi) to implement POEI (Préparation Opérationnelle à l'Emploi Individuelle) programs, supporting job seekers in gaining skills needed for logistics roles. France Travail also refers job seekers to 1PACT's GEIQ Impact program for qualification and placement.
• Action LogementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20251PACT is a partner of Action Logement, France's leading housing assistance organization for employees. Through this partnership, 1PACT employees can access housing support regardless of their personal or professional situation. In 2025, 35 people accessed stable housing through this partnership.
• Le Regard FrançaissupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20251PACT partnered with Le Regard Français for handi-responsive purchasing, integrating social criteria into its supplier contracts and supporting companies that employ people with disabilities.
• GEIQ ImpactcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025GEIQ Impact is 1PACT's own specialized structure (Groupement d'employeurs pour l'insertion et la qualification) focused on professional insertion and qualification of people distant from employment. It operates alternating training and work placement programs for logistics and transport roles, with a 94% diploma success rate and 70% placement rate into sustainable employment.
• Les Bureaux du CoeursupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20251PACT joined the Bureaux du Coeur initiative, hosting people without stable housing in its offices. This initiative provides shelter while supporting professional integration.
• 1TEGRAL Fund (Fonds de dotation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20251TEGRAL is 1PACT's environmental fund (fonds de dotation) launched in 2025. It manages natural sites for biodiversity preservation and hosts people in precarious situations for educational nature stays. 2 families were welcomed in the Loiret in 2025, with 100% satisfaction and 50% experiencing their first stay outside the family environment.
• Association partners (Seuil, Parole d'Homme, Afuté)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20241PACT opened its headquarters to 3 associations — Seuil, Parole d'Homme, and Afuté — providing office space and supporting their social missions. These partnerships are part of 1PACT's community engagement and RSE commitments.
• EMMAÜS, EPIDE, Croix RougesupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20241PACT partners with EMMAÜS, EPIDE, and Croix Rouge for professional insertion of people distant from employment. These partnerships support GEIQ Impact's mission to qualify and place people in sustainable logistics employment.
• ALGEDsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024ALGED is a partner referenced in 1PACT's 2024 RSE report for professional insertion activities, alongside Afuté, Emmaüs, EPIDE, and Croix Rouge.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Groupe CRIT: Groupe CRIT is a France-rooted staffing firm particularly strong in industrial, logistics, and technical placements, mirroring 1PACT's vertical focus. Comparable as a French staffing specialist competing for the same logistics/transport/industry member companies, with CRIT also operating CDI placement and insertion (Crit Intérim and CRIT Intérim & Formation).
• Synergie (SYNERGIE SE): Synergie is a major French and European staffing group active in temporary work, permanent placement, and HR services across logistics, industry, BTP, and tertiary sectors. Directly competes in the same sourcing/customer segments and operates similar insertion-via-formation initiatives comparable to 1PACT's GEIQ Impact.
• Gi Group (France): Gi Group is a global staffing and workforce solutions provider with significant French presence in industrial, logistics, and tertiary placements. Directly comparable staffing model and customer profile, competing on the same blue-collar French assignments but without the CDI/groupement mutualisé structural advantage.
• Aquila RH: Aquila RH is a French staffing franchise network focused on CDI/CDD/intérim recruitment for SMEs, particularly in industry, BTP, logistics, and tertiary sectors. Comparable as a franchise-led, SME-focused French staffing competitor with overlapping vertical exposure and an analogous multi-region agency model, though operating under traditional CDD/intérim rather than GE mutualisé CDI.

Emerging players

• Deel: Deel is a fast-growing global Employer of Record and PEO platform with expanding European/French coverage. Comparable as a PEO competitor for multinational French employers, though Deel focuses on cross-border EOR for distributed teams rather than domestic blue-collar CDI mutualisé — a category-emerging adjacency for 1PACT's model.

Broad incumbents

• SD Worx: SD Worx is a leading European HR services and PEO provider headquartered in Belgium with French operations. Comparable as a true PEO/co-employment scale player, though SD Worx focuses on white-collar payroll and HR administration rather than blue-collar industrial/logistics CDI mutualisé.
• Randstad France (Randstad N.V.): Randstad is a top-three global staffing firm with substantial French operations across temporary staffing, permanent placement, and HR solutions including PEO-adjacent offerings. Directly comparable customer base in logistics/industrial and a structurally similar (but more diversified) workforce solutions portfolio.
• Manpower France (ManpowerGroup): ManpowerGroup is the largest global staffing and workforce solutions provider with deep French operations across interim, CDD, CDI, and PEO services. Manpower is the closest large-scale incumbent benchmark for 1PACT's employee placement model, though it operates broadly across contract types and sectors rather than specializing in CDI mutualisé within the GE framework.
• Adecco France (Adecco Group): Adecco is one of France's leading staffing agencies with nationwide coverage in logistics, industrial, and tertiary placements through interim and CDD contracts. Comparable as a direct competitor for the same client base, though 1PACT differentiates through CDI-based groupement d'employeurs rather than short-term contracts.

Others

• CRGE (Coordinateur National des Réseaux de Groupements d'Employeurs): CRGE is the national coordination body for employer-group networks in France, with which 1PACT and its president collaborate on GE policy and sector development. Comparable as an ecosystem-level peer shaping regulation and best practices for the GE framework that 1PACT's entire business model depends on.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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