Ginkoia SA

What Ginkoia SA does

Ginkoia SA, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Passy, France, develops and operates a vertical SaaS platform for sports, ski, and outdoor retail commerce in the French market. The platform combines point-of-sale, purchasing and inventory management, equipment rental management (covering ski, cycle, and water sports), workshop and repair tracking, consignment and second-hand sales, a connected salesperson tool, a Skiman/mobile technician application, and operational reporting and analytics. Its product surfaces are explicitly tailored to French sports retail workflows, including compliance with French tax law and the tripartite commercial relationships inherent in consignment (depositor, depositary, end customer). The customer base spans enterprise anchors such as Decathlon, Nike Factory Store, and Sport 2000 alongside a long tail of independent retailers and small chains, with claimed adoption of more than 2,000 stores and 12,000 users.

Since acquisition by the Orisha Group, Ginkoia operates as the sports-retail vertical product within Orisha Commerce — the division formed when Orisha Ginkoia was rebranded to Orisha Commerce. Orisha Commerce now comprises roughly 500 staff across 6 European countries and positions Ginkoia alongside Openbravo POS, Openbravo Mobile POS, Self Checkout, Repair & Workshop, Second Hand, Commerce Cloud, WMS, and reporting modules under a unified commerce suite. Ginkoia is sold as a cloud-based SaaS subscription on a direct, demo-led sales motion targeted at network managers, store managers, and IT managers in French sports retail; public pricing is not disclosed. Customer-reported outcomes cited by the company include 80% of users saving up to 2 hours per day and 75% gaining up to 30% in additional revenue. Thierry Briet is identified as managing director of Ginkoia.

Name

Ginkoia SA

Legal name

Ginkoia SA

Website

https://ginkoia.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Ginkoia SA, founded 1989 and based in France, provides a vertical SaaS platform for sports, ski, and outdoor retailers, combining POS, rental, workshop, inventory, consignment, and analytics modules. It is the sports-retail product within Orisha Commerce, serving over 2,000 stores and 12,000 users including Decathlon and Nike Factory Store.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Retail Management Software

SIC

Retail-Computer & Computer Software Stores (5734)

akta.pro primary industry

Outdoor & Sporting Goods-Focused Catalog Department Store Retailers (CRAGAIAG)

Keywords

• Sports retail software
• Unified commerce platform
• Retail point of sale
• Ski rental software
• Inventory management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Passy

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Cloud-based SaaS solutions for unified commerce, offered as subscription model through Orisha Commerce platform

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ginkoia is a SaaS unified commerce software solution for sports, ski, and outdoor retail in France, sold to independent stores and retail chains. The platform integrates point-of-sale, purchasing and inventory management, sports equipment rental (ski, cycle, water sports), workshop and repair management, consignment/second-hand sale tracking, connected salesperson tools, mobile technician capabilities, and decision analytics into a single retail management suite.

Product overview

Ginkoia SA offers a unified commerce software platform for sports, ski, and outdoor retail. The flagship product Ginkoia is a comprehensive POS and retail management system that integrates purchasing, stock management, inventory, sports equipment rental (ski, cycle, water sports), point-of-sale/cash register, workshop repair management for bikes and skis, consignment and second-hand sales, connected seller tools, mobile technician solutions, and decision analytics. Ginkoia operates as part of the Orisha Commerce portfolio, which includes related Openbravo retail solutions and other SaaS commerce products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ginkoia Ginkoia is a SaaS unified commerce solution for independent sports retailers and retail chains in France, combining point-of-sale, purchasing and inventory management, sports equipment rental (ski, cycle, water sports), workshop/repair management, consignment and second-hand sales tracking, connected salesperson tools, mobile technician capabilities, and decision analytics for store networks.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of Ginkoia users recognize saving up to 2 hours per day
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Orisha GroupcoreOthersGinkoia joined the 500 collaborators of the Commerce division of the Orisha Group. Orisha Commerce is positioned as the new European leader in SaaS solutions for unified commerce.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cegid: Leading French retail and ERP software vendor competing for the same French mid-market retail accounts with a broad retail management suite; portfolio approach rather than sports-specific.
• Shopify: Dominant broad commerce platform increasingly used by independent sporting-goods retailers for online and in-store unified commerce; competes on breadth rather than vertical depth.
• Salesforce Commerce Cloud: Enterprise unified commerce platform competing for large sporting-goods chains and brands; broadly serves retail with deep enterprise capability rather than SME vertical focus.

Direct peers

• LS Central (LS Retail): Retail management solution built on Microsoft Dynamics used by specialty and sports retailers for POS, inventory and operations; similar mid-market unified commerce value proposition.
• Openbravo Commerce: Sister product within Orisha Commerce offering unified retail POS and commerce cloud for multi-store retailers; competes head-to-head with Ginkoia for the same mid-market retail accounts under the same parent group.
• Aptos: Specialty-retail technology provider offering POS, CRM and unified commerce for apparel and sporting goods retailers; similar vertical specialization at a larger global scale.
• Lightspeed Commerce: Cloud POS and commerce platform widely adopted by specialty and sporting-goods retailers globally; directly comparable unified commerce stack for independent and network sports retailers.

Emerging players

• Visualsoft: UK-based ecommerce and retail platform with a strong sports and outdoor retailer customer base; comparable vertical focus but primarily UK-focused ecom rather than French POS suite.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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