Forum pour l'Emploi

What Forum pour l'Emploi does

Forum pour l'Emploi (FPE) is a Luxembourgish non-profit social integration enterprise (Association sans but lucratif, asbl) founded in 1998 and headquartered in Hosingen. The organization trains and employs job seekers (salariés en insertion) routed through ADEM, the national employment agency, and operates five core service divisions: Bummelbus (on-demand collective door-to-door transport via a mobile app launched September 2022 and a staffed call center); Haushëllef (household cleaning and professional laundry); am Gaertchen (community gardening and vegetable production); PMH (reusable event dishware rental and washing launched January 2023, internal catering, and a retail shop selling local and bio-certified produce); and Service aux citoyens (proximity services including gardening, forestry, fencing, masonry, painting, snow clearing, playground inspection, cycling-network maintenance, and the PMI industrial-preparation program). Operations span three sites — Hosingen (headquarters, depot, cup-washing station, and shop), Gilsdorf, and Useldange — with 25 service teams based in Hosingen alone.

FPE's revenue model blends direct-to-consumer transactions (Bummelbus fares scaled by distance, hourly cleaning, per-item laundry, per-piece cup washing starting at €0.12, retail food sales) with a structural B2G channel in which partner communes convention (subsidize) transport and citizen services for their residents. Pricing is index-linked to the Luxembourg consumer price index across cleaning and cup-rental contracts. Customer segments include private households, event organizers, private businesses (PMI assembly/packaging, CUPS events), communes and communal syndicates, and state administrations. The organization holds registered trademarks on the FPE brand and logo and discloses no external funding, parent company, or M&A activity.

The underlying technology stack is conventional and consumer-facing: a custom Bummelbus mobile app (iOS/Android) for booking, real-time tracking, and card/Payconiq payment; a professional industrial cup-washing station compliant with Luxembourgish food-contact regulations; a website with online ordering for CUPS and downloadable publications (Forumsbliedchen newsletter); and a multichannel presence across Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn. No public API, AI/ML capabilities, or proprietary platform technology is disclosed. Growth has been driven by service-line buildout (PMI 2021, Bummelbus app 2022, CUPS 2023) and by riding regulatory tailwinds — notably Luxembourg's single-use plastic ban phasing in from 2023, which is expected to broaden by 2026 and underpins the CUPS service.

Name

Forum pour l'Emploi

Legal name

Forum pour l'emploi asbl

Website

https://fpe.lu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Forum pour l'Emploi is a Luxembourg non-profit (asbl, founded 1998) that trains and employs job seekers while delivering on-demand transport (Bummelbus), household cleaning and laundry (Haushëllef), reusable event dishware (CUPS), citizen services, and industrial preparation (PMI) across northern Luxembourg.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social employment integration services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Employment Services (5613), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Workforce & Job-Seeker Services (Community-Based) (EDAAAFAM)

Keywords

• Social employment services
• Community transport services
• Household cleaning services
• Reusable event tableware
• Proximity citizen services

Headquarters

HQ city

Diekirch

HQ country

Luxembourg

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Transport Services (Bummelbus): On-demand collective urban and non-urban transport service operating in partner communes. Revenue from per-trip fares scaled by distance, plus monthly invoicing for regular users. Funded in part through public subsidies from partner communes.
2. Household Cleaning (Haushëllef): Recurring and one-time household and office cleaning services billed hourly or by fixed contract. Service includes regular clients on contract basis.
3. Laundry Services (Haushëllef Buanderie): Professional cleaning, washing, and ironing of textiles including household linen, workwear, and specialty items. Revenue per item or per service.
4. Reusable Cup Rental and Washing (PMH CUPS): Rental and professional washing of reusable cups and tableware for events. Includes entry fees, annual fees, and per-item rental charges. Also offers washing services for clients' own reusable tableware at 0.12€ per piece.
5. Retail Food Products: Direct sales of local and organic produce including vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, plants, and homemade products from the shop at Hosingen headquarters and weekly offerings.
6. Citizen Services: Various small works and services for citizens including gardening, forestry, fencing, masonry, painting, snow clearing, and more, billed per service or contract.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Forum pour l'Emploi is a non-profit social integration association (asbl) that provides a portfolio of community services while training and employing job seekers in northern Luxembourg. Its core offerings are on-demand collective transport (Bummelbus), household cleaning and professional laundry (Haushëllef), reusable event tableware rental and washing (PMH Cups), local retail and catering (PMH Shop and Food), community gardening (am Gaertchen), and proximity citizen services including gardening, forestry, masonry, painting, snow clearing, and industrial preparation (Service aux Citoyens). All services are delivered by insertion employees as part of the organization's employment reintegration mission, with revenue supplemented by conventioned subsidies from partner communes and Luxembourg's Ministry of Labour.

Product overview

Forum pour l'Emploi is a non-profit social integration enterprise offering a portfolio of distinct, non-platform-based services organized under several divisions. The Bummelbus division provides on-demand collective transport via a mobile app (available since September 2022). The Haushëllef division encompasses two departments: Nettoyage (household cleaning) and Buanderie (laundry/dry-cleaning). The PMH division covers three departments: Cups (reusable event dishware rental and washing, launched January 2023), Food (internal daily catering), and Shop (local/homemade product retail at Hosingen). The am Gaertchen service provides raised garden beds for community food production. The Service aux Citoyens division offers a broad range of proximity services (gardening, forestry, fencing, masonry, carpentry, painting, firewood, tree work, playground inspection, cycling infrastructure maintenance) and the PMI (Preparation for Industrial Trades) program. These services share a common social mission of integrating unemployed job seekers into the labor market but operate as independent service lines without a unified digital platform or API.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bummelbus: Collective urban and non-urban demand-responsive door-to-door transport service, operating Monday to Friday 06:00-22:00 and Saturday 08:00-16:30.
• Haushëllef
• am Gaertchen
• PMH
• Service aux citoyens
• CUPS

Products and services

• Bummelbus On-Demand Collective Transport Door-to-door on-demand collective urban and suburban transport service for residents of partner and non-partner municipalities in northern Luxembourg, operating Monday–Friday 06:00–22:00 and Saturday 08:00–16:30. Customers book via the Bummelbus mobile app, email, or telephone call center; the service is operated by insertion employees and subsidized by partner communes.
• Haushëllef Nettoyage (Household Cleaning) Occasional or regular interior cleaning service for houses, apartments, residences, and offices in northern Luxembourg, limited to interior cleaning under normal tidiness and safety conditions. Pricing is hourly with travel expenses, index-linked to the Luxembourg consumer price index, and offered on a contract or one-time basis.
• Haushëllef Buanderie (Professional Laundry and Dry-Cleaning) Professional laundry and dry-cleaning service operated by the Buanderie department of Haushëllef, handling garments and household linen with treatment appropriate to each article. Articles not suitable for professional treatment can be returned to the client; pricing is per item or per service.
• PMH Cups (Reusable Event Tableware Rental and Washing) Rental and professional washing of reusable goblets (0.3L, champagne, wine), pitchers (1.5L), plates (flat, soup), fry containers, and cutlery manufactured from unbreakable polypropylene compliant with Luxembourg food-contact legislation. Available for festivals, weddings, corporate events, and private parties; clients order 4 weeks to 3 months ahead, with collection up to 2 days before events and return within 2 days after. Includes a one-time entry fee, index-linked annual fee, and per-item rental charges, plus a separate per-piece washing service for clients' own reusable tableware starting at 0.12€.
• PMH Food (Internal Catering Service) Internal daily catering service providing FPE staff with a balanced breakfast and two hot lunch options (soup, salad buffet, and homemade desserts), prioritizing ingredients from the organization's own am Gaertchen production. Operates under HACCP food safety standards and trains insertion employees for HORECA sector employment.
• PMH Shop (Local Products Retail Shop) Retail shop at the Hosingen headquarters offering locally sourced and homemade products including bio vegetables, flowers, herbs, plants, fruits, and artisanal items, sourced from local producers and FPE's own am Gaertchen production. Open Monday–Friday 08:30–17:00.
• am Gaertchen (Community Gardening Service) Community gardening service providing raised garden beds (Hochbeete) to citizens in northern and western Luxembourg, supporting local food production and community engagement. Part of the Service aux Citoyens division, with output feeding the PMH Food catering and PMH Shop retail.
• Service aux Citoyens (Proximity Citizen Services) Proximity service handling small tasks that traditional companies cannot or will not perform, operating 25 teams from Hosingen, 4 teams from Gilsdorf, and 4 teams from Useldange. Services include gardening and forestry, fencing, masonry, carpentry, painting, decluttering, firewood sales, tree maintenance using SKT rope technique, playground inspection and compliance, cycling network maintenance, signalization work, and the PMI (Préparation aux métiers de l'industrie) program for insertion employees.

Quantifiable outcome

• Environmental impact reduction through reusable tableware instead of single-use plastics
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Partner CommunescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFPE's Bummelbus transport service is conventionné (subsidized and formalized) by partner communes across northern Luxembourg. These municipalities fund and co-finance transport services for their residents, creating a subsidized public transport network. FPE also provides citizen services (gardening, maintenance, snow clearing) to partner communes.
• ADEM (Agence pour le développement de l'emploi)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLuxembourg's public employment agency, referenced in website footer. FPE's core mission is integrating job seekers into the labor market, likely in coordination with ADEM which directs unemployment programs and work integration initiatives.
• Ministry of Labour (Ministère du Travail)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLuxembourg's Ministry of Labour oversees employment policy and work integration programs. FPE operates as a social integration enterprise under Luxembourg's framework for employment support services.
• Local ProducersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe PMH Shop and Food services source products from local and regional producers, offering bio-certified vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, and plants alongside FPE's own production from 'am Gaertchen'.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Croix-Rouge Luxembourgeoise: Luxembourg asbl providing social services including humanitarian aid, integration support, and community programs. Comparable to FPE as a similarly structured non-profit delivering multiple social service lines in the same Luxembourg market, often in coordination with public agencies.
• Caritas Luxembourg: Established Luxembourg asbl delivering a broad portfolio of social services (housing, family support, migrant integration, employment assistance). Comparable to FPE in asbl structure, multi-service social mission, government co-financing model, and Northern Luxembourg geographic footprint.
• ADEM (Agence pour le développement de l'emploi): Luxembourg's public employment agency, listed as a strategic partner of FPE. Directly comparable as the state's primary employment-matching and job-seeker integration body; both organizations operate the workforce reintegration mandate in the same jurisdiction.
• Stëmm vun der Strooss: Luxembourg asbl providing social and professional reintegration through operational services (thrift shops, catering, cleaning). Comparable to FPE's Haushëllef and Service aux citoyens divisions in asbl structure and work-integration commercial activity.
• ESAT (Établissements et Services d'Aide par le Travail): Network of French social enterprises employing workers with disabilities in sheltered production activities (assembly, packaging, gardening). Comparable to FPE's PMI industrial preparation program and am Gaertchen in their work-integration-through-economic-activity model.
• Emmaüs France: Federation of French social integration communities operating second-hand retail, collection, and recycling services employing people in social difficulty. Comparable to FPE's PMH Shop, PMH Cups washing station, and overall asbl work-integration commercial model.

Regional players

• Coopérations asbl (Wiltz): Luxembourg social integration association active in Wiltz area with employment and training services for vulnerable populations. Comparable as a regional social enterprise offering employment integration in Luxembourg, though more focused on sheltered workshops.

Broad incumbents

• Chèque Emploi Service Universel (CESU): France's national scheme for household service employment, used as a payment and administrative vehicle for cleaning, gardening, and personal services. Comparable to FPE's Haushëllef cleaning and Service aux citoyens as a regulated framework for household proximity services, though operating at national rather than regional scale.
• RGTR (Régime Général des Transports Routiers): Luxembourg's national public bus network, complementary to FPE's Bummelbus on-demand service. Comparable as the public-transport reference against which FPE's commune-co-financed demand-responsive transport operates, with FPE targeting gaps in RGTR's scheduled coverage.
• Onet (Luxembourg): Major French facilities services group with Luxembourg presence offering cleaning, laundry, and facility management. Comparable to FPE's Haushëllef Nettoyage and Buanderie divisions as a professional cleaning and laundry operator in the same market, though Onet serves commercial clients at larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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