Elycoop

Professional Services Cooperativeelycoop.fr

Elycoop is an employment cooperative where people pool resources, work together and recieve training to achieve their entrepreneurial goal.

Company typePrivate
Founded2000
HeadquartersVilleurbanne, France
Headcount—
GTM typeB2B
OfferingServices

What Elycoop does

Elycoop is an employment cooperative of activities and entrepreneurs.

Elycoop firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Elycoop
Legal name: Elycoop
Website: https://www.elycoop.fr
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2000
Operating status: Operating
Short description: Elycoop is an employment cooperative where people pool resources, work together and recieve training to achieve their entrepreneurial goal.
Ownership category
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Elycoop industry classification

Industry

Product category: Professional Services Cooperative
NAICS: Professional Employer Organizations (561330)
SIC: Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)
akta.pro primary industry: Professional Employer Organization (PEO) / Co-Employment Services (BPACAHAB)
akta.pro secondary industry: Leave of Absence (LOA) & Absence Management Support (BPAAAIAF)

Keywords

Professional consulting services
Vocational training programs
Employment cooperative
Business coaching services
Independent contractor network

Where Elycoop is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Villeurbanne
HQ country: France
HQ region: Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

Elycoop business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

Service provision fees: Elycoop generates revenue through service provision fees, connecting organizations with its network of 150 independent professional providers. The cooperative model ensures 90% of billing returns to the expert, with the remaining portion covering cooperative overhead costs.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
One time/ perpetual license	Pay-as-you-go	Standard training session

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Elycoop product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Elycoop is an employment cooperative (SCOP/CAE) that connects organizations with a network of 150 independent professional providers across five core service categories: Consulting, Formation (Training), Coaching, Prestation de Services, and Conception & Distribution. The cooperative's Qualiopi-certified training arm (Elycoop Formation) offers 120+ programs delivered by 70+ certified trainers, and 90% of client billing flows back to the expert provider.

Product overview

Elycoop is a cooperative of entrepreneurs (Coopérative d'Activité et d'Emploi) providing a portfolio of professional services through a network of approximately 150 independent service providers. The offering includes five core service types: Consulting, Formation (Training), Coaching, Prestation de Services, and Conception & Distribution. The training division operates under the Elycoop Formation sub-brand with over 120 programs delivered by 70 Qualiopi-certified trainers. Clients access services through a searchable directory filtered by expertise domain and service type. The cooperative generated €6,000,000 in revenue in 2024 and serves more than 300 organizations annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Consulting Services Advisory services helping organizations solve specific problems, complete projects, or improve performance, delivered by Elycoop's network of 150 independent professionals across domains including HR, sustainability, governance, and digital responsibility.
Formation (Training) Professional training services delivered by 70 Qualiopi-certified trainers offering over 120 catalog or custom training programs, eligible for CPF funding under the Elycoop Formation sub-brand.
Coaching Personalized coaching services guiding individuals or groups toward achieving their objectives, delivered by member coaches within the cooperative.
Prestation de Services (Service Delivery) Operational, technical, or creative service provision producing concrete results for clients, spanning domains such as environmental workshops, open-source development, and specialized operational tasks.
Conception & Distribution Product design and/or commercialization of manufactured articles, allowing member artisans and makers to bring products to market through the cooperative's collective structure.
Elycoop Formation The cooperative's dedicated training center offering 120+ professional development programs in catalog or custom format, delivered by 70+ Qualiopi-certified trainers and managed through the Dendreo training management platform.

Quantifiable outcome

300+ organizations supported in 2024
+2 more outcomes

Companies that use Elycoop

Customer profile

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Elycoop technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Elycoop partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

DendreocoreTechnology or IntegrationDendreo provides the training management software platform powering Elycoop Formation's catalog, scheduling, registration, and participant management. The platform enables online course delivery, calendar management, and integration with CPF systems.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Elycoop competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Coopaname: One of France's largest Coopératives d'Activités et d'Emploi (CAEs), based in Paris, offering the same entrepreneur-salarié model across consulting, training, and services. Closest structural comparator to Elycoop with a similar cooperative governance and revenue-sharing model.
Oxalis (SCOP): French CAE/SCOP cooperative providing entrepreneur-salarié status to independent professionals across consulting, training, and service activities. Directly comparable business model with broader regional presence (Grand Paris, Lyon, PACA).
Bigre!: Paris-based CAE cooperative focused on freelancers in digital, communication, and creative fields. Comparable member-owned cooperative structure serving independent professionals across expertise domains.
Malt: Leading French freelance platform matching enterprises with independent consultants and tech experts. Competes with Elycoop for the same buyer need (specialized expertise on demand), but via a marketplace model rather than cooperative.
AFIP (Association pour la Formation et l'Insertion Professionnelle): Network of French CAEs supporting entrepreneur-salariés; offers similar cooperative employment services to Elycoop with multi-regional coverage. Strong overlap in CAE business model and target professional population.
Portage Salarial.fr (CI Coaching): French portage salarial (umbrella employment) provider offering independent consultants salaried status. Closest adjacent model to the CAE/co-employment structure Elycoop offers, targeting the same independent professional segment.

Broad incumbents

Cegos: Major international training and consulting firm with broad catalog of professional development programs. Overlaps with Elycoop Formation's Qualiopi-certified training offerings but serves a much larger enterprise client base globally.
ADP (Automatic Data Processing): Global professional employer organization (PEO) and HR services giant. Comparable PEO/co-employment functionality to Elycoop's CAE model at vastly larger scale and across international markets.

Emerging players

Comet: French consulting marketplace connecting companies with vetted independent consultants for transformation and strategy projects. Competes with Elycoop's consulting vertical via a tech-enabled marketplace approach.
Orsys: French training organization specializing in IT, management, and professional development courses. Comparable Qualiopi-certified catalog with overlapping professional training audience to Elycoop Formation.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Elycoop financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Elycoop leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Elycoop funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Elycoop M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Elycoop

What does Elycoop do?

Is Elycoop a public or private company?

Elycoop is a private company. It is classified as management employee owned and is currently operating.

When was Elycoop founded?

Elycoop was founded in 2000.

Where is Elycoop based?

Elycoop is headquartered in Villeurbanne, France, in the Europe region.

How does Elycoop make money?

One revenue line is on record: service provision fees.

Who are Elycoop's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Coopaname, Oxalis (SCOP), Bigre!, Malt, AFIP (Association pour la Formation et l'Insertion Professionnelle) and Portage Salarial.fr (CI Coaching). Broad incumbents are Cegos and ADP (Automatic Data Processing). Emerging players are Comet and Orsys.

Does Elycoop have an API?

No public API is recorded for Elycoop.

What industry is Elycoop in?

Elycoop's product category is Professional Services Cooperative. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPACAHAB, Professional Employer Organization (PEO) / Co-Employment Services, with a secondary code of BPAAAIAF, Leave of Absence (LOA) & Absence Management Support. Its NAICS code is 561330 and its SIC code is 7361.