Abaca

Name

Abaca

Legal name

ABACA PRESS

Website

https://abacapress.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Photography Services

NAICS

Commercial Photography (541922), Photographic Services (54192), Motion Picture and Video Production (512110)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Photography & Photo Production (BPAFAIAF)

Keywords

• Press photography agency
• Corporate photography services
• Editorial photo licensing
• Event photography coverage
• Hotel photography

Headquarters

HQ city

Levallois-perret

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Corporate Photography and Video Production: Project-based professional services for corporate clients including portraits, event coverage, architecture photography, hotel photography, culinary photography, and corporate video production. Revenue generated through custom project quotes based on scope, duration, and requirements.
2. Press Photo Licensing: Licensing of editorial photographs to media outlets (newspapers, magazines, websites, TV channels). Images licensed for use in news coverage, features, and publications.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Abaca is a French photographic press agency and corporate photography provider operating through two divisions. Abaca Press supplies editorial and news photography licensed to media outlets worldwide, backed by a 60+ million image archive spanning 28 years. Abaca Corporate delivers professional photography and video production services for businesses, including portraits, event coverage, hotel, culinary, and architecture imagery, executed through dedicated project managers and a curated network of photographers in France and 33+ countries.

Product overview

Abaca operates as a dual-brand photography agency comprising Abaca Press (editorial and news photography) and Abaca Corporate (professional business photography and video). Abaca Press provides press photography across ten categories including news, celebrities, royalty, sport, and cinema, backed by a 60-million-image archive built over 28 years. Abaca Corporate delivers professional photography and video services through modular sub-products: Corporate Portraits, Corporate Photo Reporting, Corporate Video Content, Event Photography, Event Video Production, Hotel Photography, Food Photography, and Architecture Photography. Both divisions share a global network of photographers spanning France and 33+ international countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Abaca Press: Press and news photography division covering global current events, sports, celebrities, royalty, fashion, cinema, music, art, nature, and health/science.
• Abaca Corporate

Products and services

• Abaca Press Editorial news and press photography agency providing editorial images across news, politics, sports, celebrities, royalty, fashion, cinema, music, art, nature, and health/science categories to media outlets (newspapers, magazines, TV channels, digital media) globally. Backed by a 60+ million image archive and a network of 50+ partner agencies.
• Abaca Corporate Corporate photography and video production division offering commissioned professional photo and video services including portraits, reportages, events, hotels, culinary, and architecture photography for enterprises worldwide, delivered through dedicated project managers.
• Corporate Portraits

Quantifiable outcome

• 5-day delivery guarantee for high-definition images
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Cityz MediamajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Marketing partnership where Abaca provides visual content for Cityz Media brand campaigns. Abaca visuals reach 20 million French citizens through this partnership.
• justementmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Creative agency partnership for brand campaign visual content. Abaca photographers' images used in campaigns reaching 20 million French viewers.
• PA ImagescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational press photo agency partnership for content exchange and global coverage capabilities.
• SplashcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPress photo agency partnership for content sharing and international coverage.
• Everett CollectioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing access to unique historical cinema archive.
• XinhuacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChinese state news agency partnership for Asian coverage and content exchange.
• UPI (United Press International)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUS-based news agency partnership for North American coverage and content licensing.
• 50+ International Photo AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal network including DDP, Jiji Press, EFE, Aflo, ANSA, TASS, Belga, Canadian Press, Cordon, CTK, Depo Photos, DPA, Europa Press, eyevine, Instar, Isopix, News Licensing, Solo, Ritzau, Stella Pictures, SWNS, Tribune Content Agency, GTres, SPTNK, Alamy, Ukrinform enabling worldwide coverage.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gamma-Rapho: Historic French press photo agency offering editorial photography and historical archive licensing to media clients. Closest domestic peer to Abaca Press in editorial coverage, archive monetization and French-international distribution.
• Splash News: Celebrity and news photo agency listed among Abaca's partner agencies, with overlapping distribution to media clients. Comparable on editorial coverage scope and licensing-model revenue.
• PA Images (Press Association): UK-based press photo and video agency providing editorial imagery to media globally and listed as a core Abaca syndication partner. Directly comparable news-photo distribution business with shared global network coverage.
• Sipa Press: Long-established French press photo agency providing editorial news, celebrity, sports and feature photography to media outlets globally. Closest direct competitor to Abaca Press in French editorial photography syndication.
• AFP (Agence France-Presse): Major French-headquartered international press agency providing news photography, video and editorial content to media worldwide. Direct competitor to Abaca Press in editorial photo syndication with a comparable French origin and global distribution.
• Reuters Pictures: Global news photography operation within Reuters providing editorial images to media worldwide. Directly comparable international press photo distribution business with similar cross-border agency partnerships.

Broad incumbents

• Shutterstock: Global stock photography, footage and music marketplace serving enterprise marketing teams. Competes with Abaca Corporate in commercial imagery procurement and increasingly in custom commissioned content via Shutterstock Custom.
• Getty Images: Largest global commercial photo and editorial imagery platform. Operates news, sports, entertainment and stock licensing plus custom content services, competing with Abaca across both editorial syndication and enterprise content creation.
• Alamy: Large stock photography marketplace also distributing editorial content to news customers globally, listed among Abaca's international partners. Comparable on stock and editorial licensing operations and contributor network.

Emerging players

• Meero: French-headquartered tech-enabled corporate photography platform serving enterprise and real estate clients. Competes with Abaca Corporate in on-demand commercial and real estate photography with a software/platform approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AbacaPhoto
• Facebookfacebook.com/abacapressagency
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/abaca-press

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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