What Cost House does

Cost House SAS is a French management consultancy founded in 2004 and headquartered in Paris (registered office at 11 rue Vignon) with its main operating base in Boulogne-Billancourt. The firm specializes in economic performance optimization, with core practices in cost engineering, Activity-Based Costing (ABC), Design to Cost, IT cost and Run governance, and make-or-buy analysis. It serves enterprise clients across four primary buyer functions — Direction Générale et Financière (CFO), Direction des Systèmes d'Information (CIO/IT), Direction des Achats (Procurement), and Direction Industrielle et R&D — in sectors spanning industry, financial services, insurance, energy, retail, food services, automotive, and construction.

The technical backbone is the proprietary Valoptia ABC software platform, a Business Performance Software solution for full-cost calculation and simulation, allocation of indirect costs based on activities consumed, indicators/dashboards, time and activity management, action plan sharing, and organizational modeling. Valoptia ABC integrates natively with Power BI for visualization and provides ETL connectors to ERP systems, CMDB, ticketing, time tracking, and accounting/purchasing software, enabling industrialized ABC model deployment alongside consulting missions. The firm also delivers training programs (ABC, Design to Cost, Lean Management, SI ABC economic models) co-developed with Cetim.

Cost House operates as a private SAS with wholly-owned subsidiaries in France, Switzerland (Geneva), Brazil (Porto Alegre), and Morocco (Casablanca — MEA hub), plus an Asia channel partnership with Optimal Cost Singapore for Valoptia distribution. Revenue is generated through enterprise consulting engagements and software licensing/utilization of Valoptia ABC; pricing is not publicly disclosed. GTM is enterprise field sales complemented by thought-leadership content (blog, webinars, conference co-animation with DFCG and CIGREF) and training partnerships. Marquee clients include Crédit Agricole, Michelin, Engie, Elior, Siplec E.Leclerc, and LafargeHolcim Maroc, and the firm cites hundreds of successful implementations across geographies.

Name

Cost House

Legal name

Cost House

Website

https://cost-house.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cost House is a French management consultancy specializing in cost engineering, Activity-Based Costing, Design to Cost, and IT cost governance for enterprise clients across industrial, financial, and IT functions, supported by its proprietary Valoptia ABC software platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Cost House generates revenue through consulting engagements providing economic performance optimization services including cost engineering, Activity-Based Costing implementation, Design to Cost methodologies, and related advisory services to enterprise clients across multiple sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cost House is a management consultancy that delivers economic performance optimization services built around Activity-Based Costing (ABC), Design to Cost, and cost engineering methodologies. Its practice covers cost engineering, Design to Cost, IT cost governance (Run Governance), make-or-buy analysis, and ABC model industrialization for enterprise clients in industrial, financial services, insurance, public sector, and IT verticals. Consulting engagements are supported by the proprietary Valoptia ABC software platform, which provides cost calculation, simulation, dashboarding, and integration with ERP, CMDB, and BI tools.

Product overview

Cost House is an economic performance consulting firm offering consulting services and proprietary software for cost management and performance optimization. The core offering is built around Activity-Based Costing (ABC) methodologies delivered through consulting engagements and supported by the Valoptia ABC software platform. Services span cost engineering, Design to Cost, IT governance/run governance, Make or Buy analysis, and ABC model industrialization. Training programs on costing methods (ABC, Design to Cost, Lean Management) are also offered. The Valoptia software provides the technological backbone for cost calculation, data ETL, and BI integration, while the consulting practice delivers implementation, deployment, and advisory services across industrial, financial, and IT domains.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Valoptia: Business Performance Software solutions used by Cost House for cost calculation, simulation, indicators, dashboards, time management, and organization modeling.

Products and services

• Valoptia ABC Software Activity-Based Costing (ABC) software platform that enables cost calculation, simulation, allocation of indirect costs based on activities consumed, ETL data processing, and integration with BI tools (e.g., Power BI) for visualization. Integrates with ERP systems, CMDB, ticketing systems, time tracking tools, and accounting/purchasing software.
• Cost Engineering / Ingénierie des coûts Consulting services focused on understanding cost structures and transitioning clients from cost control to cost engineering, enabling organizations to design products and processes with target costs in mind.
• Design to Cost (D2C) Consulting Consulting methodology focused on designing products and services with a target cost in mind from the conception phase, activating levers of internal and external performance to achieve cost objectives (15% to 50% gains in target costs).
• IT Cost Governance / Run Governance Advisory services for IT governance focusing on operational run management, IT cost optimization, and structured governance instances bridging IT and business functions.
• Make or Buy Analysis Consulting services for strategic decisions on internalizing or externalizing activities, using complete cost models and scenario simulation to evaluate options.
• Costing ABC Training Program Professional training program on industrial costing methods, covering fundamentals of Design to Cost, ABC economic models, and Lean Management fundamentals, co-delivered with Cetim.

Quantifiable outcome

• Indirect costs represent 15% to 25% (up to 30%) of complete product cost in industrial companies, which can be significantly optimized through ABC methodology
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ValoptiacoreTechnology or IntegrationValoptia is a specialized software company within the Cost House group providing Business Performance Software solutions including Valoptia ABC for cost calculation and simulation, indicators and dashboards, time and activity management, and organizational modeling. The software is used daily by Cost House consultants to focus on high-value-added client tasks.
• Cetim - Centre technique des industries mécaniquescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining partnership for Design to Cost professional development programs. Cost House co-delivers training courses with Cetim on Design to Cost methodologies, targeting buyers, design engineers, and R&D managers in industrial companies.
• Optimal Cost (Singapore)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership established in 2021 between Optimal Cost Singapore and Cost House to deploy Valoptia tool in Asia, specifically Singapore and surrounding region. Collaboration was successful in setting up the partnership and deploying the first project together.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Strategy: Global consultancy with cost transformation and FinOps offerings; competes at the larger end of enterprise engagements and often resourced ahead of Cost House on global accounts.
• Deloitte Consulting: Global Big Four advisory with finance transformation and cost engineering service lines; competes for enterprise finance transformation budgets across the same industries.
• Oliver Wyman: Global management consultancy with operations transformation work touching industrial cost optimization; similar client base among large European industrial/energy groups.
• Wavestone: French consulting firm with a strong IT governance and IT cost optimization practice; competes head-to-head with Cost House on Direction des Systèmes d'Information mandates.
• Sia Partners: French-founded international management consulting firm with cost optimization and finance transformation offerings; broader portfolio but directly competes for the same French enterprise clients.
• Roland Berger: European-origin strategy consultancy with operations/cost programs; competes for industrial transformation mandates for firms like Engie, Michelin, LafargeHolcim.

Direct peers

• BearingPoint: European-origin management and technology consultancy with explicit cost management and finance transformation practices serving similar enterprise CIO/CFO buyers across Europe.
• T.A. Cook: European consultancy specializing in asset performance management and cost engineering across industrial clients; most directly comparable niche methodology peer to Cost House.

Emerging players

• Cloudability / Apptio (now IBM Apptio): IT cost governance / FinOps software platform that competes with Valoptia ABC and Cost House's IT Run Governance service line on cloud and application portfolio cost transparency.
• APOGEE (a strategic cost consultancy): Specialized European cost management consultancy with Activity-Based Costing and industrial costing practices; direct methodology peer at a smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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