MesMateriaux

What MesMateriaux does

MesMateriaux is a France-based online retailer of building materials founded in 2009 and headquartered in Le Mans. The company operated a website (mesmateriaux.com) offering secure online purchase as well as free direct quotation, with delivery available anywhere in France — a model designed to serve a fragmented mix of DIY consumers and small trade contractors purchasing heavy, bulky construction inputs. Its core technology stack was a standard e-commerce platform with a quotation workflow, and the business monetized through product sales of building materials, a low-margin, high-logistics-cost category.

The company raised approximately $5.25M in cumulative venture funding across two disclosed rounds: a $1.53M round in July 2012 from CapHorn Invest, and a $3.72M round in June 2014 from CapHorn Invest, Entrepreneur Venture, and Idinvest Partners. Leadership comprised Yohan Pinto as CEO and Julie Haussard as CTO. At its peak it employed between 11 and 50 people. Notably, the MesMateriaux.com domain is currently listed for sale on HugeDomains for $595, indicating that the brand asset has been relinquished — a material signal that the original operating entity has wound down, pivoted, or lost control of the domain, and no primary operating status data is available to confirm continuity.

Name

MesMateriaux

Website

https://Mesmateriaux.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MesMateriaux is a French online retailer of building materials, founded in 2009 in Le Mans, serving DIY consumers and trade contractors across France with direct purchase and free quotation, plus nationwide delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Mans

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

MesMateriaux operates an online retail website in France dedicated to selling construction and building materials. Customers can either complete a secure online purchase or request a free direct quotation. The company provides delivery service covering all of France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online purchase of building materials
• Free direct quotation (Devis) service

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Cedeo: French distributor of plumbing, heating, and sanitary equipment for building professionals; part of Saint-Gobain Distribution, it serves the same trade customer base with building materials via a digital plus branch network.
• Bricozor: France-based online retailer specializing in building materials, tools, and hardware for both individuals and professionals; operates a similar hybrid purchase-plus-quotation model and ships nationwide, making it a close direct competitor.
• Ciffreo Bona: French wholesale distributor of construction materials, sanitary equipment, and tools serving building trade professionals; directly comparable in customer base and product mix to MesMateriaux's trade offering.
• ManoMano: Leading French online marketplace dedicated to DIY, home improvement, and building materials; founded in Paris in 2013 with a similar pure-play e-commerce model targeting both DIY consumers and trade professionals across France and Europe.
• Brico Privé: French online flash-sale platform focused on DIY, building materials, and home improvement; uses a different sales mechanism but targets an overlapping customer base in French online building materials e-commerce.

Broad incumbents

• Castorama: Major French DIY and building materials retailer owned by Kingfisher, with broad assortment across construction, renovation, and home improvement; competes with MesMateriaux on the same product categories via both physical stores and online.
• Leroy Merlin: France's largest home-improvement and building materials retailer, part of ADEO; omnichannel with extensive store coverage and a growing e-commerce operation, representing the dominant incumbent against which pure-play specialists like MesMateriaux compete.
• Point.P: Saint-Gobain-owned French network distributing building materials to construction professionals; serves the same trade customer segment that MesMateriaux targets with its free-quotation model, with a branch plus digital hybrid offering.

Regional players

• Travis Perkins: UK's largest distributor of building materials serving trade professionals and DIY customers; comparable business model and product mix, but operates primarily in the UK rather than France.
• Bauhaus: European DIY and building materials retailer with a strong presence in France; comparable assortment in construction materials but anchored in physical big-box stores rather than a pure-play e-commerce model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mesmateriaux
• Facebookfacebook.com/180630601961308
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mesmateraiux-com

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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

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