What CONSULTIME does

Consultime is a French IT services company (ESN) founded in 2001 and headquartered in Paris, operating as a subsidiary of the Freeland group. It provides IT consulting, staffing, and managed services to enterprise clients concentrated in French banking, insurance, industry/energy, and public-sector verticals. The company positions itself as a complementary specialist alongside larger ESNs inside client supplier panels rather than as a mass-volume provider, targeting high-value expertise over commodity staffing.

The core service portfolio comprises four delivery modes — Assistance Technique Unitaire (ATU) for individual consultant deployment, Assistance Technique Groupée (ATG) for coordinated multi-resource projects, Centre de Services (CDS) for ongoing service center operations, and Prestations au Forfait for fixed-price engagements — supplemented by Infogérance and 24/7 managed support services. Layered on top of this traditional ESN delivery, Consultime operates three dedicated freelance marketplace portals (Freelance-Informatique.fr, Freelance-Engineering.fr, Freelance-Consulting.fr) supported by an in-house Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and a Freelance Management System (FMS). This dual permanent-plus-marketplace architecture — branded as the 'Entreprise Élargie' model — is the company's primary technical differentiator versus single-mode ESN competitors.

The business model is enterprise professional services revenue generated through direct field sales and regional office coverage across five French cities (Paris, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon, Nantes). Marquee customers include Banque de France, Crédit Agricole, Natixis, BPCE, MAAF, MAIF, Vinci, Engie, Suez, Saint-Gobain, La Poste, and France Télévision. With 800 consultants in service delivery and reported standalone revenue of €100M in 2025 (forecast at €120M for 2026, implying a ~20-23% CAGR), Consultime operates as a mid-sized specialist with diversified anchor accounts rather than a concentrated single-customer model.

Name

CONSULTIME

Legal name

Consultime

Website

https://consultime.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Consultime is a French IT services company founded in 2001, providing IT consulting, staffing, and managed services to enterprise clients across banking, insurance, industry, and public sector through traditional delivery and a freelance marketplace platform network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Consulting and Staffing Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

Keywords

• IT consulting services
• IT staffing solutions
• Freelance platform services
• Digital transformation consulting
• Managed IT services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. IT Consulting and Staffing Services: Professional IT services delivered through various engagement models including unit technical assistance (ATU), grouped technical assistance (ATG), service centers (CDS), fixed-price projects, and 24/7 outsourcing and support services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Consultime is a French IT services company (ESN) that delivers IT consulting, technical assistance, and staffing services to enterprise clients through multiple engagement models: unit technical assistance (ATU), grouped technical assistance (ATG), service centers (CDS), fixed-price projects, and 24/7 managed support and outsourcing. The company complements these traditional delivery models with an 'extended enterprise' approach via three freelance marketplace platforms (IT, engineering, and consulting) that enable clients to source freelance professionals directly.

Product overview

CONSULTIME is an ESN (Entreprise de Services du Numérique) established in 2001, operating a multi-platform model combining traditional managed service delivery with freelance marketplace access. The core service portfolio comprises four main delivery modes: Assistance Technique Unitaire (ATU), Assistance Technique Groupée (ATG), Centre de Services (CDS), and Prestations au Forfait, supplemented by Infogérance & Support 24/7. Alongside these, CONSULTIME operates three specialized freelance platforms — Freelance-Informatique.fr (IT), Freelance-Engineering.fr (engineering), and Freelance-Consulting.fr (consulting) — which together form the 'Entreprise Elargie' (extended enterprise) model. The platforms are complemented by tooling including an ATS de Freelances and an FMS (Freelance Management System) for monitoring and managing freelance engagements. This architecture positions CONSULTIME as a hybrid ESN that supplements traditional staffing with digitalized, automated freelance sourcing and management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Freelance-Informatique: Plateforme de freelances IT
• Freelance-Engineering
• Freelance-Consulting

Products and services

• Assistance Technique Unitaire (ATU) Unit-based technical assistance service providing individual freelance or consultant resources for specific project needs, targeted at enterprise clients requiring single-resource IT expertise.
• Assistance Technique Groupée (ATG) Group technical assistance service deploying multiple consultants or freelance resources for coordinated project delivery, targeted at enterprise clients requiring multi-resource team engagements.
• Centre de Services (CDS) Service center model providing structured, ongoing technical and consulting support capabilities for enterprise clients requiring sustained operational delivery.
• Prestations au Forfait Fixed-price project-based engagements delivering defined deliverables at an agreed scope and budget for enterprise clients.
• Infogérance & Support 24/7 Managed services and round-the-clock IT infrastructure support ensuring continuous operations for enterprise clients.
• Freelance-Informatique.fr Freelance platform providing autonomous access to IT freelance resources, enabling enterprise clients to source and manage freelance IT professionals directly.
• Freelance-Engineering.fr Freelance platform for engineering and technical disciplines, allowing enterprise clients autonomous access to freelance engineering resources.
• Freelance-Consulting.fr Freelance platform for consulting services, providing enterprise clients autonomous access to freelance consultants.
• Bureau Consultant (Consultant Portal) Authenticated web portal for consultants to access their accounts, manage credentials, reset passwords, and handle administrative tasks.

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

Integration4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ExocaOthersWeb hosting provider for consultime.com. Exoca SARL, based in Amiens, France (8 rue Jean XXIII, 80000 Amiens), handles the hosting of the company's digital platforms.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Devoteam: French-origin IT consulting firm focused on digital transformation, cloud, and cybersecurity across banking, insurance, and industry. Highly comparable to Consultime on service mix and customer base at similar mid-market scale.
• Inetum: French-headquartered IT services group (formerly GFI Informatique) with strong presence in banking, insurance, public sector, and industry — directly overlapping Consultime's four primary verticals.
• Sopra Steria: Major French-headquartered IT services and consulting firm with strong banking, insurance, and public-sector footprint. Closely comparable to Consultime on customer vertical mix and ESN-style delivery model, but at materially larger scale (~€5B revenue).
• Akka Technologies: European engineering and technology consulting firm with significant French operations serving industry, automotive, and aerospace — comparable to Consultime's Industry & Energy segment work.
• Freelance.com: French-listed freelance IT and consulting platform directly comparable to Consultime's Freelance-Informatique / Freelance-Engineering / Freelance-Consulting portals, competing for the same enterprise freelance-supply demand.
• SQLI: French digital services firm specializing in digital transformation, e-commerce, and enterprise platforms. Comparable mid-market size and customer base to Consultime, with overlap in digital transformation and consulting delivery.
• Astek: French IT engineering and consulting firm with a comparable model combining traditional ESN delivery with freelance/external resource sourcing, targeting similar enterprise accounts across France.
• Alten: French technology and engineering consulting group with extensive enterprise client base across banking, industry, and telecom. Closely comparable on engineering/IT services hybrid delivery model.

Emerging players

• Malt: France-headquartered freelance marketplace with strong brand recognition across European enterprise IT buyers. Relevant as a venture-backed, rapidly-scaling competitive threat to Consultime's freelance platform side.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini: Global IT services leader of French origin operating across all major verticals. Competes head-to-head with Consultime in French enterprise supplier panels; explicitly cited by Consultime as a complementary rather than head-on competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Consultime
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/consultime

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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