Heverett

What Heverett does

Heverett Group is a privately held French B2B engineering and IT staffing holding company headquartered in Lyon, operating through two core subsidiaries: AXEAL (founded 2003), which places information-systems specialists into industrial performance roles, and ACEPP (integrated 2017), which provides engineering expertise for complex infrastructure construction. The group extended internationally with the 2022 launch of ACEPP UK, a Bristol-based subsidiary. Heverett's stated differentiation is rigorous selection of experienced consultants (average 15 years of experience) with mandatory industrial certifications, and the company maintains ISO 9001, ISO 19443, MASE, and Radioprotection certifications that are prerequisites for nuclear and defense sector work.

The business model is enterprise staffing and consulting, generating revenue by mobilizing qualified experts to client projects across nine implantations in France and the United Kingdom. Heverett does not publish pricing, but the model is consistent with negotiated, project-based day-rate billing against framework agreements. The customer base is anchored on a small set of large French state-linked industrial accounts in nuclear energy (EDF, Framatome, Orano, CEA, EDF Cyclife, TechnicAtome, Newcleo), defense and naval (Naval Group, Dassault Aviation), construction and infrastructure (Eiffage, Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Liebherr), and broader industrial sectors. Marketing is relationship-driven and direct, with no broad digital acquisition motion.

Group headcount is stated at approximately 300 specialized collaborators, and reported revenue is €25M annually. Leadership is concentrated among founder-aligned executives, with Christophe Blondeau as President, Carole Noens as Directrice Générale, Tanguy Delplace leading ACEPP, Jérémie Blondeau managing ACEPP UK, and Sylvain Bianciotto leading AXEAL. The group is privately held with no external funding, parent company, or investor disclosures in the source data.

Name

Heverett

Legal name

Heverett Group

Website

https://heverett.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Heverett Group is a French privately held B2B engineering and IT staffing holding company, headquartered in Lyon, that mobilizes approximately 300 specialized consultants across nine offices in France and the UK, serving nuclear, defense, and complex infrastructure clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering & Industrial Staffing Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Skilled Trades & Industrial Direct Hire (BPACAFAG)

Keywords

• Engineering staffing services
• Industrial talent placement
• Nuclear sector consulting
• Defense engineering experts
• Complex infrastructure staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Staffing and Consulting Services: HEVERETT Group generates revenue by mobilizing qualified and highly reliable experts to demanding industrial companies. Revenue comes from staffing services placing specialized engineers and IT specialists on client projects, and engineering consulting for complex infrastructure construction. The company operates on a project-based and potentially recurring staffing model serving major industrial accounts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Heverett Group is a B2B staffing and engineering services provider that mobilizes qualified, certified experts directly to demanding industrial clients. Through its AXEAL subsidiary it places IT and information systems specialists for industrial performance, and through ACEPP (and ACEPP UK) it places civil engineering and infrastructure specialists for complex construction projects. The core deliverable is expert mobilization and consulting for nuclear, defense, aerospace, naval, and complex infrastructure clients.

Product overview

Heverett Group operates as a unified staffing and talent services platform comprising two complementary subsidiary brands. AXEAL (established 2003) provides expert IT and information systems professionals to industrial sectors. ACEPP (integrated in 2017) specializes in engineering and construction expertise for complex infrastructure projects, with an international presence through ACEPP UK (established 2022). The group connects over 300 qualified experts with demanding industries including nuclear energy, defense, aerospace, and logistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Expert Staffing (Heverett Group) Group-level B2B staffing services placing qualified, certified industrial experts with demanding sectors including nuclear energy, defense, aerospace, naval, and complex infrastructure. Mobilizes approximately 300 specialized collaborators across France and the UK to major industrial clients such as EDF, Naval Group, Dassault Aviation, Framatome, Orano, TechnicAtome, CEA, and Newcleo.
• AXEAL — Industrial Information Systems Staffing Staffing and consulting service that places IT and information systems experts with industrial clients seeking to improve industrial performance. Targets demanding industrial sectors and complements ACEPP's engineering focus.
• ACEPP — Complex Infrastructure Engineering Staffing Staffing service that places civil engineering and infrastructure professionals on complex construction projects for major industrial groups. Holds Radioprotection, MASE, and ISO 19443 certifications enabling work in nuclear and other demanding industrial environments.
• ACEPP UK — International Engineering Staffing International engineering staffing subsidiary extending ACEPP's complex infrastructure engineering staffing offering to UK-based industrial and infrastructure clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• 15 years average experience per team member
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 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

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Segula Technologies: French-origin engineering services firm providing specialized experts to automotive, aerospace, defense and energy clients, mirroring Heverett's project-based staffing of qualified engineers into demanding industrial programmes.
• Akka Technologies: European engineering and R&D staffing firm (now part of Capgemini) historically competing in aerospace, defense and energy talent supply — directly analogous to Heverett's specialized engineering staffing model.
• Wavestone: French consulting firm combining pure-play and technology advisory; it overlaps with Heverett's AXEAL on industrial IT/transformation mandates for nuclear, defense and energy majors.
• Onet Technologies: French industrial-services group with a nuclear-engineering subsidiary operating in decommissioning, waste management and radiological protection — heavily overlapping with ACEPP's nuclear-staffing domain.
• Assystem: French engineering services group with deep specialization in nuclear, energy and complex industrial infrastructure — the closest direct competitor to Heverett's ACEPP franchise, serving many of the same EDF/Framatome/Orano accounts.
• Alten: European leader in engineering and IT consulting with strong industrial client penetration comparable to Heverett's combined ACEPP+AXEAL offer across energy, defense and aerospace.
• Abylsen: French engineering consultancy placing specialized consultants in energy, aerospace and industrial projects — comparable mid-market specialist staffing competitor to Heverett.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini Engineering: Global IT/engineering services giant covering digital, systems and industrial engineering across energy and defense — a much larger incumbent that increasingly overlaps with Heverett's combined engineering+IT positioning.
• Manpower France: Major global staffing firm with significant French industrial and IT placement operations; overlaps with AXEAL on IT-talent supply and with ACEPP on technical staffing, though with a much broader portfolio.

Regional players

• Bertrandt: German engineering-services provider specialized in automotive, aerospace and defense engineering — comparable to Heverett on talent-pool-driven delivery but focused on DACH and not head-to-head in France.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/heverett-group

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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