Breheret

What Breheret does

Breheret is a French family-owned interior wood joinery manufacturer headquartered in St Pierre Montlimart, Montrevault-sur-Èvre (Pays de la Loire), founded in 1839 and currently in its sixth generation of family ownership under PDG Olivier Breheret. The company designs, manufactures, and installs custom interior wood components for the construction industry from a 5,888 m² facility with approximately 70 employees. Its product portfolio includes duct facades (façades de gaines), vertical and horizontal access hatches, glazed frames, glazed door units, pipe concealing boxes (coffres cache nourrices), landing coverings (habillages palières), sill panels (tablettes d'allèges), and base plinths, all engineered to meet fire-resistance (EI15, EI30, EI60) and acoustic (28-46 dB) performance standards validated by approved laboratories, with PEFC-certified sustainable wood content at a minimum of 70%.

The company's core technology is custom on-demand wood joinery manufacturing capable of unit, small-series, medium-series, and large-series production, combined with in-house professional installation services. It serves three primary verticals: collective housing (logement collectif), tertiary/commercial buildings, and healthcare facilities. The go-to-market is B2B and sales-led, with customers accessing technical documentation (brochures, catalogs, FDES environmental product declarations, technical data sheets) through the company website and engaging via contact form or phone for project-specific quotes. Installation coverage is concentrated in western France (Nantes, Angers, Vendée), while product-only supply is available nationally. Revenue is generated from one-time product sales with optional installation as a separate professional services stream; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

Named enterprise reference projects include EHPAD Chalonnes-sur-Loire (healthcare), Université de Caen (education), Centre Aquatique Mauges-sur-Loire / AquaLoire (public recreation), and a six-level office building in ZAC La Baule / Saint-Herblain under Nantes Métropole (commercial). Marketing is primarily direct (website, LinkedIn, Facebook, phone) with a documented GDPR-compliant data protection posture and a gender equality index score of 94/100. The company has no disclosed external funding, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no M&A activity in the available record.

Name

Breheret

Legal name

Entreprise BREHERET

Website

https://breheret.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1839

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Breheret is a sixth-generation, family-owned French manufacturer (founded 1839, ~70 employees) of custom interior wood joinery, including fire-rated duct facades, access hatches, glazed doors and frames, serving collective housing, commercial, and healthcare construction across western France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Interior Wood Joinery Manufacturing

NAICS

Custom Architectural Woodwork and Millwork Manufacturing (337212), Wood Window and Door Manufacturing (321911)

SIC

Lumber & Wood Products (No Furniture) (2400)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHSAPAIAJ

Stair Parts, Railings & Architectural Woodwork

Home & Personal Services/Residential Renovation Services/Cabinetry, Countertops & Millwork

Keywords

• Interior wood joinery
• Fire-rated doors
• Acoustic insulation
• Duct facades
• Custom millwork

Headquarters

HQ city

Belleville

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Manufacturing and sale of interior wood joinery products: The company manufactures and sells custom interior wood joinery products including duct facades, access hatches, glazed door blocks, frames, and other components. Products are sold with optional installation services.
2. Installation/Pose services: The company provides professional installation services for interior wood joinery through qualified and experienced installation teams operating in the Nantes, Angers, and Vendée regions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Breheret manufactures custom interior wood joinery products including duct facades, vertical and horizontal access hatches, glazed frames, glazed door blocks, pipe concealing boxes, landing frame coverings, and sill panels. Products are engineered for fire resistance (EI15, EI30, EI60) and acoustic insulation (28-46dB), manufactured in their 5,888 m² facility. The company also provides professional installation services in western France (Nantes, Angers, Vendée regions).

Product overview

Breheret is a French interior wood joinery manufacturer offering a comprehensive product portfolio of technical building components including duct facades (Façades de gaines), vertical and horizontal access hatches (Trappes de visite/Combles), glazed frames and door units (Châssis vitré, Bloc porte vitré), pipe concealing boxes (Coffres Cache Nourrices), landing coverings (Habillages Palières), and sill panels (Tablettes d'Allèges). The company operates two complementary activities: manufacturing in their 6000m² factory producing custom-made products in small, medium, and large series, and professional installation services across the Nantes, Angers, and Vendée regions. Products are engineered for fire resistance (EI15, EI30, EI60), acoustic insulation (28-46 dB), and thermal performance, serving collective housing, commercial, and healthcare construction sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Façades de gaines (Duct Facades)

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FCBA (Institut Technologique)coreOthersFCBA is the technological institute for forestry, cellulose, wood construction and furniture. They provide PEFC certification services and technical validation for the company's products.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Cougnaud Construction: Cougnaud is a French modular and prefabricated building manufacturer producing off-site building assemblies, including wood-based modules. Comparable to Breheret because both serve French non-residential construction with engineered, certified building components and overlap in the multi-unit/collective housing and tertiary end markets.

Direct peers

• Piveteau Bois: Piveteau Bois is a French family-owned engineered wood manufacturer producing wood-based components for the building industry. Comparable to Breheret because of similar French regional specialty-wood positioning, scale (mid-sized manufacturer), and overlap in serving technical wood components to construction professionals in western France.
• Zilten: Zilten is a French manufacturer of certified wood and mixed-material interior doors with fire and acoustic performance ratings. Directly comparable to Breheret because both compete on certified wood door blocks and frames, supply to French B2B construction channels, and emphasize fire/acoustic lab-tested product ranges.
• Huet: Huet is a French wood door and interior joinery manufacturer producing custom wood doors, frames, and architectural woodwork. Directly comparable to Breheret because both companies manufacture certified wood joinery components (frames, door blocks, fire-rated assemblies) for B2B construction customers using workshop-based custom production.

Broad incumbents

• Tryba: Tryba is a French window and door specialist operating a national retail/installation network of franchisees and accredited installers. Comparable to Breheret as a broad incumbent with overlap in certified wood/aluminum window and door products for French B2B construction, though Tryba's offering is consumer/residential-skewed and far larger.
• K-Line: K-Line is a French manufacturer of aluminum and mixed-material windows, doors, and verandas serving new-build and renovation. Comparable to Breheret as a broad French window-and-door incumbent with overlapping B2B distribution into construction professionals, even though K-Line's material focus is aluminum rather than wood.
• Lapeyre: Lapeyre is a major French home improvement brand (subsidiary of Saint-Gobain) selling doors, windows, interior fittings, and renovation products via retail and B2B channels. Comparable to Breheret as a broad incumbent overlapping in wood-based interior joinery (doors, frames, fittings) for French construction and renovation, but at far greater scale and a wider product portfolio.
• Millet Industries: Millet Industries is a French window, door, and shutter manufacturer serving new construction and renovation. Comparable to Breheret as a broad incumbent in the French building-envelope and interior joinery space, though Millet focuses on windows/exterior joinery at much greater scale than Breheret's interior wood joinery specialty.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Entreprise-Breheret-204789268238191
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/entreprise-breheret

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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