AGAPES Restauration

What AGAPES Restauration does

AGAPES Restauration is a privately held French restaurant ecosystem founded in 1984, headquartered in Villeneuve, France. The company operates as the parent and brand coordinator for a portfolio of five restaurant and culinary preparation concepts: 3 Brasseurs (microbrewery and restaurant, 83 locations), Il Ristorante (Italian cuisine, 27 locations), Salad&Co (gourmet salad bar, 13 locations), Magnà (Neapolitan street food and pizza, 1 location), and Festein d'Alsace (Alsatian cuisine with 1 production factory). The group employs 2,650 collaborators and serves approximately 14.5 million meals annually across 125 restaurant locations plus one factory.

The business model is franchise-driven: AGAPES recruits independent operators ("devenez franchisé") to open and manage individual restaurant locations under the group's brand concepts, supplying brand equity, operational frameworks, and support systems. Revenue is generated via transaction-based fees from these franchised restaurant operations. No central pricing, franchise fee schedules, or consolidated financial figures are publicly disclosed. The company explicitly positions itself around a "trio" of Product, Atmosphere, and Service, with the stated mission of making dining moments accessible to the broadest consumer base via sustainably performing concepts.

The company is in active portfolio rationalization: in 2024 it spun off Flunch as an independent entity (with OGU moving under the Flunch umbrella), and in 2025 it divested Pizza Paï. No proprietary technology platform, mobile application, AI capability, or international footprint is disclosed. Operations remain entirely domestic within France.

Name

AGAPES Restauration

Legal name

Agapes Restauration

Website

https://agapes.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

AGAPES Restauration is a privately held French restaurant group operating a franchise-based ecosystem of five dining brands (3 Brasseurs, Il Ristorante, Salad&Co, Magnà, Festein d'Alsace) across 125 locations, serving 14.5 million meals annually to the general French consumer market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant Services

NAICS

Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251), Limited-Service Restaurants (722513)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias (THAFACAI)

Keywords

• Restaurant ecosystem
• Franchise dining
• Culinary preparation
• Multi-brand restaurants
• Food service brands

Headquarters

HQ city

Villeneuve

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Operations: Revenue generated through owned and franchised restaurant operations across multiple dining concepts. The company operates 125 total restaurant locations (83 + 13 + 27 + 1 + 1) plus 1 factory, serving 14.5 million meals annually.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

AGAPES Restauration operates an ecosystem of restaurant and culinary preparation brands across France. It owns and supports multiple dining concepts including 3 Brasseurs (microbrewery restaurants), Il Ristorante (Italian cuisine), Salad&Co (gourmet salad bars), Magnà (Neapolitan pizza), and Festein d'Alsace (authentic Alsatian cuisine with a production factory). The company primarily grows through a franchising model, recruiting franchisees to operate individual locations under its brand concepts.

Product overview

AGAPES Restauration is an ecosystem of restaurant and culinary preparation brands that has operated for over 40 years. The company manages a portfolio of restaurant concepts including 3 Brasseurs (microbrewery and restaurant, 83 locations), Il Ristorante (Italian cuisine, 27 locations), Salad & Co (gourmet salad bar, 13 locations), Magnà (Neapolitan street food, 1 location), and Festein d'Alsace (Alsatian cuisine with a factory). The ecosystem is coordinated to make dining experiences accessible across various segments, focused on the trio of Product, Atmosphere, and Service. The company employs 2,650 collaborators and serves 14,504,000 meals annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 3 Brasseurs: Microbrewery and generous restaurant concept - 83 restaurants with 1,997 collaborators
• Salad&Co
• Il Ristorante
• Magnà
• Festein d'Alsace

Products and services

• 3 Brasseurs Microbrewery and restaurant concept featuring craft beers brewed on-site. Operates 83 restaurants with 1,997 collaborators.
• Il Ristorante Italian cuisine restaurant concept emphasizing culinary excellence. Operates 27 restaurants with 570 collaborators.
• Salad&Co Gourmet salad bar concept offering customizable salad bowls. Operates 13 restaurants with 280 collaborators.
• Magnà Neapolitan street food concept featuring pizza, with a vice champion de France de pizza heading the kitchen. Operates 1 restaurant.
• Festein d'Alsace Authentic Alsatian cuisine reference concept featuring traditional dishes, with a production factory. Operates 1 factory with 103 collaborators.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Bertrand Restauration: Major French multi-brand casual-dining operator (Hippopotamus, Léon, Volfoni, Au Bureau, etc.) running hundreds of franchised and owned units. Most direct competitor to Agapes' multi-brand restaurant ecosystem model in France.
• Buffalo Grill: France's largest casual steakhouse chain with both owned and franchised restaurants. Comparable on multi-unit casual-dining scale, franchise model, and French domestic focus.
• Léon de Bruxelles: French full-service brasserie/mussel-restaurant chain with broad domestic footprint. Directly comparable on French brasserie-style full-service dining and franchise operations.
• La Boucherie Restaurant: French casual steakhouse chain using a strong franchise model across France. Comparable to Agapes on franchise-led expansion and casual full-service positioning.
• Brasserie Flo / Groupe Flo heritage brands: Historic French brasserie chain (Exflor/Groupe Flo). Closely comparable on French brasserie heritage dining and full-service model similar to 3 Brasseurs.

Broad incumbents

• Elior Group: Large French-listed contract catering and foodservice group with both B2B catering and branded restaurant operations. Directly comparable on the branded/multi-brand restaurant side and broader on catering/food services.
• Sodexo: Global French-headquartered food services and facility management giant. Comparable as a broader incumbent in French and European food services though much larger and more diversified than Agapes.
• Franprix Franchise / Casino Group restaurant brands: Large French retail and foodservice group operating restaurant/convenience-food brands. Adjacent incumbent with footprint overlap in French casual dining and food retail.

Emerging players

• Big Mamma: Fast-growing French-founded Italian casual-dining group expanding across Europe. Closely comparable to Agapes' Il Ristorante and Magnà brands on cuisine and target occasion.
• Marie Blachère / Groupe Marie: French bakery/restaurant franchise chain with rapid franchise-driven expansion. Comparable as a French franchise-led multi-unit food concept operator, though in the bakery segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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