What Sotravest does

SOTRAVEST (legal name SAS SOTRAVEST, doing business as Sotravest / Société des Travaux de l'Est) is a French multi-trade construction and public works company headquartered at Route de Zinswiller in Oberbronn, Bas-Rhin, and operating across the Grand-Est region. Founded in 1949 by Henri Heitzmann, the firm is now in its fourth generation of family ownership and operates as part of the GROUPE BECK family group under President Thomas Beck. It employs approximately 211 salariés and holds an owned equipment fleet valued at roughly €5 million.

The company is organized into four business lines: Travaux Publics (21% of activity) covering earthwork, drinking water and sanitation networks, dry utility networks, road infrastructure, and the Sandholz construction materials recycling platform in Niederbronn-les-Bains; Bâtiment (49%) covering public buildings, collective housing, commercial and office buildings, healthcare facilities, and major rehabilitations; Génie Civil (14%) covering industrial buildings, environmental civil engineering such as water treatment and methanization facilities, and art structures; and Entreprise Générale (16%) coordinating all trades from design to delivery as general contractor. Its technology base is conventional construction equipment and project execution rather than software or digital platforms.

Sotravest generates revenue primarily through project-based contracts awarded via French public procurement and direct negotiation with private clients. Customers are predominantly government and institutional — including Eurométropole de Strasbourg, Région Grand Est, communes, communautés de communes, social housing operators, and industrial developers — with named contracts ranging from sub-€500K municipal works to multi-million-EUR flagship projects such as the €13.17M Parc des Expositions de Strasbourg and the €3.37M Molsheim train station parking. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales and tendering, supported by FNTP, Qualibat, MASE, and Les Canalisateurs certifications required to bid on regulated public works and water network contracts. A Schiltigheim commercial agency within Strasbourg Eurométropole supplements the Oberbronn headquarters and Sandholz site in the regional footprint.

Name

Sotravest

Legal name

SAS SOTRAVEST

Website

https://sotravest.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Sotravest is a family-owned French construction and public works contractor (founded 1949, ~211 employees) operating across Travaux Publics, Bâtiment, Génie Civil, and Entreprise Générale, primarily serving government and institutional clients in the Grand-Est region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oberbronn

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction and Public Works Projects: SOTRAVEST generates revenue through construction and public works projects as a general contractor or specialized trade contractor. Revenue comes from public procurement contracts (government, municipalities, communities) and private sector projects (industries, developers, social housing operators). The company bids on projects and executes them from conception to delivery, with a presence across four business sectors: Public Works (21%), Building (49%), Civil Engineering (14%), and General Contracting TCE (16%).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sotravest is a multi-trade construction and public works contractor delivering integrated project execution across four domains: Travaux Publics (earthwork, water supply and sanitation networks, dry utility networks, road infrastructure, and construction materials recycling), Bâtiment (public buildings, collective housing, commercial/office buildings, healthcare facilities, and major rehabilitations), Génie Civil (industrial buildings, environmental civil engineering, and art structures such as bridges and retaining walls), and Entreprise Générale (general contracting coordinating all trades from design to delivery). It serves both public-sector and private-sector clients in the Grand-Est region of France.

Product overview

SOTRAVEST operates as a multi-service construction company organized into four core business lines: Bâtiment (49% of activity) covering public buildings, collective housing, commercial/office buildings, healthcare facilities, and major rehabilitations; Génie Civil (14%) encompassing industrial buildings, environmental civil engineering projects, and art structures; Travaux Publics (21%) including earthwork, water networks, sanitation, utility networks, road development, and material recycling; and Entreprise Générale (16%) providing general contracting services coordinating all trades from design through delivery. The company serves both public and private clients across the Grand-Est region of France, with approximately 211 employees and a fleet of construction equipment valued at approximately €5 million.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Travaux Publics (Public Works) Public works services including earthwork/excavation, drinking water supply networks, sanitation/sewerage systems, dry utility networks, road infrastructure development, and construction material recycling through the Sandholz platform. Targets government, municipalities, and developers in the Grand-Est region.
• Bâtiment (Building Construction) Building construction and renovation services spanning public buildings, collective housing, commercial/office buildings, healthcare facilities and retirement homes, and major rehabilitation of existing structures. Serves public authorities, healthcare operators, and developers.
• Génie Civil (Civil Engineering) Civil engineering services including industrial buildings, environmental civil engineering (water treatment plants, retention basins), art structures (bridges, retaining walls, dams), and geotechnical drilling.
• Entreprise Générale (General Contracting) General contractor services coordinating all construction trades from design through delivery, serving both public and private sectors with comprehensive project management.
• Terrassement
• Adduction en eau potable (Drinking Water Supply)
• Assainissement
• Réseaux secs (Dry Utility Networks)
• Aménagement de voirie (Road Development)
• Plateforme de matériaux du Sandholz (Materials Recycling Platform)
• Bâtiments publics (Public Buildings)
• Logements collectifs (Collective Housing)
• Bâtiments tertiaires et commerciaux (Commercial and Office Buildings)
• Etablissements hospitaliers – Maison de retraite (Hospitals and Retirement Homes)
• Réhabilitations lourdes (Major Rehabilitation)
• Bâtiments industriels (Industrial Buildings)
• Génie-Civil Environnement (Environmental Civil Engineering)
• Ouvrages d'art (Art Structures)

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduction of groundwater pumping by 700,000 m³ per year at Strasbourg La Wantzenau water treatment station

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LINGENHELD TPcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2020SOTRAVEST participates in the ambitious Parc des Expositions project in Strasbourg as part of a consortium with LINGENHELD TP, where SOTRAVEST serves as mandataire (lead contractor).
• Serue IngénierieminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering firm serving as mandataire for the Molsheim train station parking project.
• M2IminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering firm serving as maître d'œuvre for the Ingwiller town center redynamization project.
• GROUPE BECKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOTRAVEST is part of GROUPE BECK, an independent family group. The group focuses on recycling, materials recovery, and logistics infrastructure. Philippe BECK is the visionary leader of the group.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Colas: French road construction and public works specialist (part of Bouygues). Directly comparable to Sotravest's Travaux Publics and road infrastructure ('aménagement de voirie') services, though operating nationally and internationally with substantially larger resources.
• VINCI Construction: Global French construction leader covering building, civil engineering, and infrastructure. Comparable in the integrated contracting model but at vastly greater scale, with active bidding in regional French public works where Sotravest competes.
• Bouygues Construction: Major French construction group with activities in building, civil works, and public infrastructure. Comparable to Sotravest in core services but operates globally with significantly larger resources and project scale.
• NGE (Nouvelles Générations d'Entrepreneurs): Large independent French construction group with strong presence in public works, road infrastructure, earthworks, and networks — directly overlapping Sotravest's Travaux Publics and Génie Civil services, though at a substantially larger scale.
• Eiffage Construction: Major French construction subsidiary of the Eiffage group, active in building, civil engineering, and public works nationally. Comparable service offering but at much greater scale, geographic reach, and balance-sheet capacity than Sotravest.
• Spie Batignolles: Major independent French construction group covering building, public works, civil engineering, and energy infrastructure. Comparable multi-service portfolio to Sotravest but at significantly greater scale and broader geographic reach.

Others

• GROUPE BECK: Parent family group of Sotravest, focused on recycling, materials recovery, and logistics infrastructure. Included as an ecosystem/parent reference rather than a direct competitor; provides strategic context for Sotravest's vertical integration in materials recycling.

Direct peers

• Léon Grosse: Independent family-owned French construction group delivering building, public works, and civil engineering projects. Highly comparable to Sotravest in ownership structure (family-controlled), service mix, and integrated general contracting approach.
• LINGENHELD TP: French regional public works and earthmoving contractor operating in Grand-Est. Direct comparable to Sotravest and explicit consortium partner on the Strasbourg Parc des Expositions project, with overlapping service lines in earthwork, networks, and civil engineering.
• Demathieu Bard: Independent French construction group active in building, civil engineering, and public works across regional markets. Comparable to Sotravest in its general contracting and multi-trade delivery model, though operating at a larger scale with similar geographic exposure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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