AFT Transport & Logistique

What AFT Transport & Logistique does

AFT Transport & Logistique, legally the Association pour le développement de la formation professionnelle dans le transport, is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 1961 to develop professional training and workforce orientation for France's transport and logistics sector. AFT operates as the recognized national reference body for sector training, maintaining 13 regional delegations across metropolitan France that provide direct support to transport companies, professional high schools, training organizations, and individual job seekers. The organization is funded primarily through the Professional Training Tax (taxe d'apprentissage) collected from transport and logistics employers, channeled through a partnership convention with OPCO Mobilités, the statutory skills operator for the sector. It co-finances over €40 million annually in driver training (FIMO and professional titles), reaching more than 30,000 beneficiaries per year, and serves as the central coordination node for over 200 professional high schools, 120 training organizations, and approximately 300 training vehicles.

Name

AFT Transport & Logistique

Legal name

Association pour le développement de la formation professionnelle dans le transport

Website

https://aft-dev.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

AFT Transport & Logistique is a French non-profit association developing professional training and workforce orientation for the transport and logistics sector. It operates 13 regional delegations, co-finances driver training for 30,000+ beneficiaries annually, and serves as France's recognized national sector training body.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Training Services

NAICS

Other Support Activities for Transportation (4889), Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Driving & Heavy Transport (CDL) (EDAOANAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Driver Staffing, Training & Compliance (CDL, Background Checks) (EDAEADAE), Transportation (Drivers/Fleet) Staffing (BPACAEAE)

Keywords

• Transport training services
• Logistics vocational education
• Driver training financing
• Career orientation programs
• Professional apprenticeship training

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Training Tax (Taxe d'apprentissage): AFT is funded primarily through the apprenticeship training tax collected from companies in the transport and logistics sector. This tax finances AFT's activities including training co-financing, pedagogical support, and orientation programs.
2. Training Co-financing for Drivers: AFT co-finances initial driver training (Fimo and Professional Titles for goods and passengers) through a 'Person Aid' (Aide à la personne) mechanism. Over 40 million euros are committed annually to co-finance driver training, benefiting over 30,000 beneficiaries per year.
3. OPCO Mobilités Partnership: AFT operates under partnership agreements with OPCO Mobilités (Professional Joint Fund for Skills) to manage and distribute training financing for the transport and logistics sector.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

AFT Transport & Logistique is a French non-profit association (Association pour le développement de la formation professionnelle dans le transport) that develops professional training for the transport and logistics sector. It co-finances initial driver training through the 'Aide à la personne' mechanism (over 40 million euros annually benefiting more than 30,000 drivers), provides pedagogical resources and a fleet of 300 training vehicles to over 200 professional high schools and 120 training organizations, orients job seekers toward transport-logistics careers, and conducts sector-wide employment research via its Observatoire.

Product overview

AFT Transport & Logistique offers a portfolio of services focused on professional training development, career orientation, and industry research in the transport and logistics sector. The organization operates primarily as a non-profit association (Association pour le développement de la formation professionnelle dans le transport) rather than a commercial software product company. Its offerings include: the SIMULTRA simulation tools project developed under Erasmus+ for pedagogical training; the LAB Transport monthly innovation newsletter; the bimonthly AFT Newsletter; the @trium Learning online training platform; the Observatoire AFT statistical observatory tracking training outcomes; regional CRFPTL committees; virtual reality training kits; and various pedagogical game-competitions. These services support enterprises, educational institutions, individuals seeking orientation, and pedagogical professionals across France's transport-logistics industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LAB Transport: A prospective commission launched by AFT in April 2019 to keep transport-logistics professionals informed about innovation and mobility trends.
• SIMULTRA
• VETMO4TL

Products and services

• Driver Training Co-financing (Aide à la personne) Financial co-financing program for individual drivers undertaking initial professional driver qualification training (Fimo and Professional Titles for goods and passenger transport), funded through professional training tax and managed in partnership with OPCO Mobilités and approved training organizations (OFA).
• Pedagogical Resources and Training Support Program providing pedagogical resources, training materials, curriculum support, and access to a fleet of 300 training vehicles to partner educational institutions, professional high schools, and training organizations (CFA) in the transport and logistics sector.
• Observatoire AFT (Statistical Observatory) Annual research and statistical observatory tracking employment outcomes, training statistics, exam results, and enrollment data for transport-logistics vocational formations, providing labor market intelligence for the sector.
• @trium Learning Platform Internet-accessible online training platform providing approximately 500 individualized road driving training modules, available to partner schools and training organizations under partnership agreement with AFT.
• SIMULTRA Simulation Tools

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of transport-logistics apprentices are employed upon completing their training (compared to 62% national average)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AFTRAL et PROMOTRANScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 November 2024AFT signed a charter with AFTRAL and PROMOTRANS to strengthen collaboration in transport-logistics professional training and employment promotion.
• CNAM (Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2021AFT signed a partnership agreement with CNAM to address occupational health and safety issues in transport-logistics companies, including prevention of addiction and workplace hygiene programs.
• OPCO MobilitéscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2021AFT operates under a partnership convention with OPCO Mobilités, the Professional Joint Fund for Skills for the transport and mobility sector. This partnership enables AFT to manage training co-financing and coordinate professional development programs for the transport-logistics sector.
• Ministère de l'Éducation nationale et de l'Enseignement supérieurcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 January 2021The French Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher Education signed a 3-year cooperation convention with AFT to develop and improve transport-logistics training programs and educational resources.
• APEC (Association Pour l'Emploi des Cadres)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 June 2020AFT renewed its partnership with APEC to support employment and career development for executives in the transport-logistics sector.
• Bretagne Supply ChaincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFT partnered with Bretagne Supply Chain cluster to organize 'Let's GO', a two-week regional event (February 2020) to promote transport-logistics careers in Brittany, including company visits, career forums, and a Village des Métiers in Rennes.
• France LogistiquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFT launched a joint monitoring cell with France Logistique to track employment and skills evolution in the logistics sector, conducting surveys on recruitment needs.
• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerAFT collaborates with France Travail (Pôle Emploi) to orient job seekers toward transport-logistics careers through workshops, information sessions, and joint events organized in France Travail agencies.
• AgefiphminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAFT partners with Agefiph to promote transport-logistics careers to people with disabilities, organizing discovery events and job dating sessions.
• OPCO AKTOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFT partners with OPCO AKTO to organize job dating events and logistics discovery days, such as the event at AFTRAL Limoges in February 2021.
• SIMULTRA European ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIMULTRA project partners: ITL (Italy), Ce.P.I.M. S.p.A (Italy), POLIEDRA (Italy), TPR (Belgium - University of Antwerp), CIFPA (Spain), Novadevs (Spain). The project developed six simulation tools for transport and logistics vocational training.
• VETMO4TL European ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVETMO4TL project partners: BS Kehl (Germany), Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles (Belgium), GENCAT (Spain), Graafschap College (Netherlands), IP TRANS (Portugal), and others. The project promoted European mobility for vocational training level 4 in transport-logistics.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AFTRAL: AFTRAL is France's leading private transport-and-logistics vocational training organization, operating a national network of training centers for drivers and logistics technicians. It is the most direct competitor to AFT's mission and AFT's own charter partner (Nov 2024), making it the closest functional peer.
• PROMUTRANS: PROMOTRANS (formerly known as PROMUATRANS) is a major French training provider dedicated to transport, logistics, and mobility professions. Like AFT, it offers driver certifications (FIMO, FCO, Titre Professionnel) and works with OPCOs, making it a tightly overlapping competitor and AFT's other named charter partner.

Broad incumbents

• AFPA: AFPA (Agence nationale pour la formation professionnelle des adultes) is France's largest state-adjacent adult vocational training network, offering programs across many trades including transport and logistics. Broader scope than AFT but competing for the same overall vocational training budget and learner pipeline.
• GRETA: GRETA is the national network of GRETA groups (public secondary-education adult training) providing continuing vocational education across France, including transport-logistics modules. It is a complementary public-sector trainer overlapping with AFT in school-based and apprenticeship-driven transport training.
• CCI France: CCI France is the national network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, which deliver a significant share of France's transport-logistics apprenticeships through their CFA affiliates. Comparable in mission (vocational training) and stakeholder base (companies + learners) but with broader industry coverage than AFT.
• France Travail: France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi) is the national employment agency that co-orients job seekers with AFT into transport-logistics careers and runs its own sectoral orientation workshops. It is simultaneously a key AFT channel partner and the broader national workforce-development player that AFT sector-specializes within.

Others

• OPCO Mobilités: OPCO Mobilités is the French professional skills operator (joint fund) for the transport-mobility sector and AFT's primary funding/coordination counterparty. While structurally a payer/partner rather than a peer trainer, it shapes AFT's operating envelope and includes sectoral training-coordination functions that intersect with AFT's mission.
• Constructys: Constructys is the OPCO for the construction sector, structurally identical to OPCO Mobilités but serving a different vertical. It illustrates the broader French OPCO model and intersects with AFT where transport/logistics training touches construction-supply-chain work.
• AKTO: AKTO is one of the larger French OPCOs, covering services, propreté, and distribution. AFT's own data references AKTO as a regional event partner (Limoges, Feb 2021); structurally a sectoral OPCO and therefore a useful reference for how French sectoral training ecosystems operate.
• OTRE: OTRE is a French employers' federation for transport operators that recently joined AFT's Board of Directors. It is an adjacent ecosystem participant — representing the carrier-employers who are the demand side of the workforce AFT trains, and the supply side of apprenticeship tax funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AFT_TL
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCqoP4GNbpJDxJMQ7Fai4lPg
• Facebookfacebook.com/aft.transportlogistique
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aft-tl

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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