Evolea

What Evolea does

Evolea is a French social-housing cooperative (Société Coopérative d'Intérêt Collectif d'HLM, or SCIC HLM) headquartered in Moulins, Allier, in central France. Formed in 2019 from the merger of three predecessor operators — Opac de Commentry, Moulins Habitat, and France Loire Allier — the cooperative manages a portfolio of approximately 7,500 dwellings across 349 sites in the Allier (Bourbonnais) department, with 140 employees organised across six directorates (Digital Services and Uses, Finance and Performance, Social Innovation and Specialised Housing, Client Relations, Development and Heritage, and HR/General Means/Communications) under General Director Anne-Laure VENEL. Its core activity is the rental and stewardship of social housing for eligible households, complemented by specialised residences for students, young workers, seniors, and people with disabilities, supported home-ownership ("accession à la propriété"), garages, and commercial premises.

Evolea distributes its services through three physical agencies (Moulins, Commentry, Vichy) and a commercial branch in Montluçon, backed by a digital ecosystem comprising the evolea.fr website, an Espace locataire tenant extranet (XNet), online rent payment (secure payment, direct debit, in-agency), a searchable property catalogue, and integration with the regional Fichier Partagé Régional shared social-housing application form. Its proprietary technology stack is conventional — a web platform with RGPD-compliant personal-data processing, a designated DPO, and 13-month retention rules — built and maintained by external partners Adaka (development) and Résonance Publique (design).

Revenue is generated primarily through recurring rental income on the ~7,500-unit portfolio, supplemented by one-time home-ownership sales under supported accession schemes, ancillary rentals (garages, commercial premises), and EU/FEDER co-financing for new-build and rehabilitation programmes. The cooperative self-describes as a "major social-housing actor in the Allier" and disclosed a 99/100 gender equality index score for 2026, reflecting a stable, mission-driven operating model with no disclosed revenue, external investors, or M&A activity.

Name

Evolea

Legal name

Evolea – Société Coopérative d'Intérêt Collectif d'HLM

Website

https://evolea.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Evolea is a French SCIC HLM social-housing cooperative headquartered in Moulins, managing ~7,500 dwellings across 349 sites in the Allier department for tenants, students, seniors, and specialised-housing residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Housing Services

NAICS

Residential Property Managers (531311), Lessors of Real Estate (5311), Services to Buildings and Dwellings (5617), Administration of Housing Programs (925110)

SIC

Real Estate (6500), Real Estate Investment Trusts (6798), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable & Subsidized Housing Property Management (LIHTC, Section 8) (BPAJAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Affordable Housing Property Management (BPAJAGAJ), Student Housing Roommate Matching, Assignments & Occupancy Management (BPAJAJAJ)

Keywords

• Social housing rental
• Housing cooperative
• Property management
• Rental housing services
• Residential real estate

Headquarters

HQ city

Commentry

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Rental income (gestion locative): Primary recurring revenue from rental of approximately 7,500 social housing units across the Allier department, plus commercial premises, garages, and student/young-worker/senior-specific housing. Average rents disclosed publicly by property type.
2. Home ownership / accession à la propriété: Revenue from selling existing and new-build housing to tenants seeking ownership, facilitated through several "accession" (home-ownership support) schemes.
3. Garage and commercial premises rental: Secondary rental income from garages and commercial premises ("locaux commerciaux") offered separately from residential lettings.
4. Public funding and EU grants (FEDER): Co-financing from the European Union through the FEDER (Fonds Européen de Développement Régional) programme, displayed via co-branded logos on the website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Evolea is a French social housing cooperative (SCIC HLM) that rents and manages approximately 7,500 social-housing dwellings across the Allier department through three physical agencies and a commercial branch. It also facilitates pathways to home ownership, runs construction-for-others and rehabilitation services, and supports tenants with a digital ecosystem (tenant extranet, online rent payment, property search, regional housing application form).

Product overview

Evolea operates as a unified social-housing platform (not a modular SaaS) that bundles a physical real-estate portfolio (~7,500 dwellings across the Allier department) with a set of digital tenant services. The "core" offering is the rental-housing service ("Louer") and the property-sales service ("Devenir propriétaire"), supported by three know-how lines ("Construire pour autrui", "Réhabiliter et rénover le parc existant", "Innover, pour tous") that feed the portfolio. Around this core, a connected digital ecosystem provides the Espace locataire tenant extranet, the website-embedded property search ("Rechercher un logement"), the unified social-housing request form ("Demande de logement social" via the regional Fichier Partagé Régional) and the online rent-payment service ("Paiement du loyer en ligne"). Complementary content services include the "Mon Info Santé" newsletter (with Vyv) and the careers portal ("Nos offres d'emploi"). All digital channels are tied to the cooperative's identity through a single RGPD-compliant data-protection framework (DPO designated, DPO mutualisé, [email protected]).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Louer (rental housing) Core rental service offering Evolea's portfolio of approximately 7,500 social-housing dwellings across the Allier department, with dedicated sub-ranges for students/young workers, seniors, specialised foyers (disabled persons, dependent seniors), garages, and commercial premises. Target customers are households meeting French social-housing eligibility criteria.
• Devenir propriétaire (home-ownership support) Sales service facilitating access to home ownership via several supported accession schemes applied to Evolea's existing or new-build portfolio, aimed at tenants progressing toward ownership.
• Construire pour autrui (build-to-order construction) Construction service delivered by Evolea on behalf of third parties (local authorities and partner operators), covering new-build social-housing programmes outside its own rental portfolio.
• Réhabiliter et rénover le parc existant (rehabilitation and renovation) Heritage renovation and energy-rehabilitation services applied to Evolea's existing portfolio of approximately 7,500 dwellings across the Allier department, including energy-performance upgrades.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• VYV (mutual health group)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publisher of the "Mon Info Santé" health/well-being tenant newsletter series (5 editions to date, Nov 2024 through March 2026), distributed to Evolea tenants for prevention, well-being and health advice.
• Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)coreOthersFrench data-protection regulator; Evolea has designated a Délégué à la Protection des Données (DPO) and a Référent Informatique et Libertés ([email protected]) to ensure RGPD compliance for personal data processing.
• Adaka (web development agency)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExternal web development partner that built and maintains the Evolea website and tenant extranet ("Développement : Adaka").
• Résonance PubliqueminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExternal web-design / communications partner ("Webdesign : Résonance Publique") credited on the Evolea website footer.
• DLA Auvergne / Fichier partagé régional (shared regional housing request platform)coreTechnology or IntegrationEvolea participates in the shared DLA Auvergne social-housing application platform (evolea.dlauvergne.fr): a single housing request form is transmitted to all social landlords of the Allier department.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Clairsienne: ES HLM operator in Nouvelle-Aquitaine offering affordable rental, accession, and rehabilitation across a defined territory, with comparable build-manage-rehabilitate capabilities to Evolea's model.
• Vilogia: Major French ES HLM operator with a comparable mix of rental, ownership ('accession'), and rehabilitation services across multiple regions, including in-house construction capacity — closely aligned with Evolea's product and service offering.
• ICF Habitat: SNCF group's social-housing subsidiary operating as a full-service ES landlord with construction, rehabilitation, and tenant services — directly parallel to Evolea's build-rehabilitate-manage value chain and digital tenant portal.
• Erilia: Provence-based ES HLM operator with a similar full-stack model (rental, accession, rehabilitation, student/senior housing) and a digital tenant portal, making it a close functional analogue to Evolea albeit at a different geographic scale.
• Valloire Habitat: Cooperative-form HLM operator (Coop HLM) operating a multi-segment social-housing portfolio — particularly relevant peer to Evolea given the shared cooperative governance and similar social-utility mission.
• Batigère: Mutual/cooperative-style HLM group with multi-regional rental and homeownership programmes, plus tenant services — relevant peer to Evolea's cooperative-governance, multi-segment housing offer.
• Seqens: Île-de-France-rooted ES HLM group offering rental, accession, and student housing with a strong digital tenant ecosystem — directly comparable to Evolea in service breadth and tenant engagement model.
• Immobilière 3F (Groupe 3F): One of France's largest social-housing operators (ESH), directly comparable to Evolea as a regulated HLM landlord managing tens of thousands of units across regions, with tenant digital portals, in-house construction/rehabilitation, and a similar mix of standard, student, and senior housing.

Broad incumbents

• Action Logement: Umbrella organisation for France's employer-funded housing operators; while not a direct landlord, it is the institutional counterparty for social-housing financing and policy that shapes Evolea's operating environment, making it a relevant adjacent incumbent peer.
• CDC Habitat: Subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts and France's largest social-housing landlord. Comparable to Evolea in operating model (regulated HLM with build, rehab, manage) but at national scale, with much broader geographic diversification across all French regions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Evolea03
• Facebookfacebook.com/Evolea03

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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