Business Center

What Business Center does

Business Center SARL is a privately held French business center operator headquartered in Saint-Genis-Pouilly (Pays de Gex), near the Swiss border with Geneva, with a secondary site in Meyrin, Switzerland. Founded circa 2000-2010, the company rents furnished and unfurnished private offices (12 units, 12-70 m² each), four meeting rooms (capacity 45-100 people per room), and a co-working space of seven desks within a single 1,000 m² air-conditioned building. In addition to physical workspace, the company delivers domiciliation (registered business address) services, accounting data entry with real-time interactive account access, sworn translation in more than ten languages, bilingual telephone answering with message reporting, and corporate event services including catering.

The business is structured as a S.A.R.L. with a share capital of EUR 23,000, holds the Synaphe professional label (since 2007), AFNOR X50-772 standard compliance, and prefectural accreditation (since January 2011), and operates with a headcount of 1-10 employees. Its technology stack is conventional rather than differentiated: VDSL and fiber-optic broadband, WiFi, DDI telephone lines, and a real-time interactive accounting query portal. There is no disclosed AI capability, proprietary software product, mobile application, or public API.

The revenue model is a mix of recurring monthly subscriptions (offices, co-working, domiciliation, telephone answering) and transactional pay-as-you-go pricing (meeting rooms and add-on services). All pricing is custom-quoted rather than publicly listed. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via a multi-language website (French, English, German, Italian), phone switchboard, and a referral network of local partners including a Paris-based business center (ABTS Center), a cross-border lawyer, a payroll specialist, a nearby hotel, and the local tourism office. Customers are primarily startups, SMEs, and cross-border businesses in the Geneva region, with no named enterprise anchors disclosed.

Name

Business Center

Legal name

Business Center SARL

Website

https://businesscenter-01.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Business Center SARL operates a physical business center in Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France (with a Meyrin, Switzerland site), renting offices, meeting rooms, co-working desks, and providing domiciliation, accounting, translation, and telephone answering services to startups, SMEs, and cross-border businesses in the Geneva region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Serviced Offices and Business Center Services

NAICS

Other Business Service Centers (including Copy Shops) (561439), Office Administrative Services (5611)

akta.pro primary industry

Front Desk & Reception Services (BPABAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

General Customer Service & Contact Center Operations (BPAAAAAA), Multilingual & Global Shared-Service Contact Centers (BPAAAAAL)

Keywords

• Serviced offices
• Company domiciliation
• Meeting room rental
• Co-working space
• Virtual office services

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-genis-pouilly

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Office and Room Rental: Rental of furnished or unfurnished private offices (12-70m²) and meeting rooms for seminars, training, and conferences. Revenue generated through recurring rental fees.
2. Co-Working Space Rental: Flexible co-working desk rental in shared workspace environment
3. Company Domiciliation: Legal and commercial domiciliation services allowing businesses to establish registered address at business center premises
4. Professional Services: Accounting data entry, translation services (10+ languages), telephone answering service, and administrative support

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Business Center is a serviced-office and business support provider operating in the Pays de Gex region near Geneva. It rents furnished and unfurnished private offices (12–70 m²), meeting rooms and a conference room (capacity up to 250 people), and co-working desks, while providing company domiciliation (registered address with mail handling), bilingual telephone answering, computerized accounting, professional translation in 10+ languages, and corporate event services. Customers are predominantly startups, SMEs, and cross-border businesses seeking a Geneva-area presence with French regulatory benefits.

Product overview

Business Center is a business center offering physical workspace and administrative support services. The portfolio includes: office rental (furnished and unfurnished), meeting room hire, and co-working spaces as core workspace offerings; complemented by domiciliation services for business registration addresses, accounting services, translation services in over 10 languages, and telephone answering services with bilingual secretaries. The company operates facilities in Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France and Meyrin, Switzerland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Domiciliation Services Legal and commercial domiciliation services allowing businesses to establish a registered address at Business Center locations in France or Switzerland, with mail reception and forwarding options. Targeted at entrepreneurs and SMEs needing a prestigious, accredited French registered address for company formation.
• Meeting Room and Conference Room Hire Rental of meeting rooms and conference spaces for seminars, training sessions, meetings, and events. Includes a 120 m² conference room and four meeting rooms (45–70 m²) with a total capacity of 250 people, available with equipment and catering add-ons.
• Furnished and Unfurnished Office Rental Rental of private furnished or unfurnished offices ranging from 12 to 70 m², accommodating up to 10 people each, with telephone lines (DDI) and internet access, within a 1,000 m² air-conditioned, fiber-connected building.
• Co-Working Space Shared workspace environment offering flexible desk rental in an open-plan co-working area with seven desks and access to the center's facilities and business services.
• Computerized Accounting Services Computerized accounting services including data entry for daily operations, account management, real-time interactive client account access, and email updates, delivered by bilingual secretaries.
• Professional Translation Services Professional translation and interpreting services in more than 10 languages, provided by sworn translators specializing in legal, financial, medical, and administrative documents.
• Bilingual Telephone Answering Service Bilingual (French/Swiss) telephone answering and reception services with company-name identification, message reporting delivered 1–2 times daily via internet, including diary management and appointment scheduling.
• Corporate Event Organization Business event organization including cocktail receptions, lunches, buffets, and corporate gatherings, with catering options and access to the center's meeting rooms and conference facilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Companies can establish professional business presence without high office rental costs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 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

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• GK Consulting formationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOnline training partner providing organization, logistics, and information systems consulting services. Located at Technoparc Pays de Gex.
• ABTS CentercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBusiness center partner in Paris offering commercial domiciliation services. Mutual referral arrangement for customers needing services in either location (Paris vs. Pays de Gex/Geneva region).
• abacus-conseilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPayroll management and social charges specialist, handling exceptional events management for client companies.
• Hôtel Balladins de Saint-Genis-PouillyminorOthersNearby hotel partner offering accommodation for business travelers. Located a short walk from Business Center and a few minutes from Geneva airport and ski resorts.
• Maître Sylvain AscensionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLawyer at the Bar of Ain (France) and Canton of Vaud (Switzerland), providing business law assistance, advice, and representation for companies.
• Office de tourisme du Pays-de-GexminorOthersLocal tourism office promoting the Pays de Gex region where Business Center is located.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Multiburo: French business center chain offering furnished offices, meeting rooms, co-working and domiciliation across France. Most direct comparable in product mix and target customer (SMEs, entrepreneurs), differentiated from Business Center by much larger national footprint (now part of IWG).
• Buro Club: Network of business centers across France providing furnished offices, meeting rooms and domiciliation. Closely mirrors Business Center's product suite and SMB/startup customer focus at a multi-city scale.
• Workstation: French coworking and flexible workspace brand operating shared offices and private offices across multiple French cities. Directly comparable co-working/office rental model targeting freelancers, startups, and SMEs.
• Blue Office: French network of business centers offering domiciliation, office rental and meeting rooms to startups and SMEs. Highly comparable in service mix and customer segment, though typically Parisian footprint.
• ABTS Center: Paris-based business center operator and active channel partner of Business Center. Offers the same core services (domiciliation, meeting rooms, secretarial) in Ile-de-France, making it a directly comparable business center operator in a different French region.

Broad incumbents

• Spaces: IWG's premium creative coworking/office brand targeting design-forward SMEs and corporates. Directly overlaps Business Center on co-working and meeting rooms but operates as part of a global brand portfolio with standardized tech and billing.
• IWG (Regus): Global leader in flexible workspaces operating Regus, Spaces, HQ and Signature brands. Provides the same office rental, meeting room and co-working services but at massive scale across 100+ countries, including strong Geneva-area presence. Not a niche France-Swiss specialist.

Regional players

• OfficeRiders: French online platform for meeting room and day-office booking. Serves same SMB meeting-room need but as a marketplace/aggregator rather than physical operator, providing indirect competition for Business Center's meeting room revenue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/business-center

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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