What SEVEL Services does

SEVEL Services is a Brittany-based French 'entreprise adaptée' (adapted company) founded in 1983 that provides professional cleaning, landscaping, and industrial/administrative subcontracting services with a workforce that includes people with disabilities. The company operates three core service lines — Propreté (cleaning), Espaces verts (green spaces), and Sous-traitance (subcontracting) — delivered through five local agencies in Brest, Morlaix, Quimper, Lorient, and Rennes (regional headquarters), serving a base of 30+ institutional and corporate clients that includes national accounts such as SNCF, EDF, Orange, La Poste, Naval Group, Caisse d'Épargne, Crédit Agricole, Leroy Merlin, and France TV, alongside municipal bodies (Rennes Métropole, Brest Métropole, Conseil Départemental du Finistère) and healthcare providers (CHRU, Centre Hospitalier de Morlaix).

The business model is professional services revenue generated through quote-based, multi-year contracts delivered via direct field sales with dedicated account managers serving as single points of contact. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is determined through per-project consultation. The company is sales-led, with distribution via direct field sales across its agency network, website-sourced quote requests, and participation in public procurement tenders. Triple ISO certification (9001 quality, 14001 environmental, 45001 occupational health & safety) supports tender eligibility.

The company's strategic positioning is built on the regulated 'entreprise adaptée' status, which embeds it in the AGEFIPH/URSSAF ecosystem. This status allows French companies and public bodies subject to the 6% disability-employment quota to offset part of their mandatory contribution by procuring services from SEVEL, combining a CSR/compliance benefit with facility services delivery. The company does not disclose revenue, has no recorded funding events, M&A, leadership changes, or disclosed technology platform; the offering is labor-intensive, regionally scoped to Brittany, and has no disclosed AI, software, or digital product component.

Name

SEVEL Services

Legal name

Sevel

Website

https://sevel-services.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

SEVEL Services is a Brittany-based French 'entreprise adaptée' providing cleaning, landscaping, and subcontracting services through five regional agencies to government, healthcare, transport, energy, and corporate clients, leveraging its disability-employment status to help clients meet French regulatory quotas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brest

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional cleaning services: Cleaning and hygiene services for businesses, institutions, and public organizations including regular maintenance, deep cleaning, and specialized cleaning solutions.
2. Green spaces maintenance: Landscaping and green space maintenance services for municipal, commercial, and institutional clients in the Brittany region.
3. Subcontracting services: Outsourced subcontracting services leveraging a workforce that includes people with disabilities, providing clients with compliant workforce solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SEVEL Services is a French "entreprise adaptée" (adapted enterprise) that provides professional cleaning services (Propreté), landscaping and green space maintenance (Espaces verts), and industrial/administrative subcontracting (Sous-traitance) to businesses, government institutions, healthcare providers, and public organizations across Brittany, France. The company employs a workforce that includes people with disabilities, enabling client organizations to meet the French legal requirement of employing 6% disabled workers.

Product overview

SEVEL Services is an 'entreprise adaptée' (sheltered workshop) offering three core service lines: Propreté (professional cleaning services), Espaces verts (landscaping and green space maintenance), and Sous-traitance (industrial and administrative subcontracting). The company operates multiple local agencies across Brittany (Brest, Morlaix, Quimper, Lorient, Rennes) and positions itself as both a service provider and a social enterprise that helps companies meet their legal obligation to employ people with disabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Propreté (Professional Cleaning Services) Professional cleaning services for commercial and public spaces, including janitorial and sanitation services for businesses, institutions, healthcare facilities, and government organizations in Brittany.
• Espaces verts (Green Spaces Maintenance) Landscaping and green space maintenance services including gardening, groundskeeping, and outdoor area management for municipal, commercial, and institutional clients in Brittany.
• Sous-traitance (Industrial and Administrative Subcontracting) Industrial and administrative subcontracting services providing compliant workforce solutions to client organizations, leveraging a workforce that includes people with disabilities to help clients meet their legal obligation to employ 6% disabled workers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 94% client recommendation rate

Named customers31 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

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AGEFIPHcoreOthersAGEFIPH (Association de Gestion du Fonds pour l'Insertion Professionnelle des Personnes Handicapées) collects contributions from French companies that don't meet the 6% disability employment quota. SEVEL as an 'entreprise adaptée' is part of the ecosystem that receives these funds and helps companies comply with their obligations.
• URSSAFcoreOthersURSSAF is the French social security collection agency that collects the disability employment tax from companies. SEVEL operates within this regulatory framework, enabling clients to reduce their contributions by engaging adapted enterprises.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Onet: Major French multiservice facility management group offering cleaning, security, and maintenance across France. Closely comparable in core service lines (cleaning, green spaces, subcontracting) and customer profile (institutional and corporate).
• Samsic: France-based facility services group (cleaning, security, hospitality, property management) operating across the country. Directly comparable in service mix and B2B/institutional customer base.
• GSF: France-headquartered specialist cleaning and hygiene services group with national branch network. Most direct French competitor in the cleaning vertical SEVEL competes in.
• Atalian: Global facility services group of French origin providing cleaning, hygiene, and maintenance to enterprises and institutions. Comparable service portfolio and customer types.
• APF France Handicap: Federation and adapted-enterprise operator supporting employment of people with disabilities in France. Comparable social-enterprise model and same regulatory framework (entreprise adaptée / EA status).

Broad incumbents

• Elis: French-listed hygiene and well-being services group (flat linen, workwear, washroom, cleanroom). Adjacent to SEVEL's hygiene/cleaning franchise with much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• ISS A/S: Global facility services group with large French operations spanning cleaning, property services, and support. Comparable offerings at a much larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• Sodexo: Global facility management and food services group with significant French operations in cleaning and maintenance. Broad incumbent in the same institutional/corporate services space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sevel-services

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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