AAEC

What AAEC does

AAEC (legal name: Cabinet d'expertise comptable et social AAEC) is a privately held chartered accounting, audit, and advisory firm headquartered at 7 rue Félix le Dantec in Quimper, Brittany, France. Founded in 1986 and operating continuously for nearly 40 years, the firm delivers four integrated service lines: accounting and taxation (bookkeeping, invoicing tooling, annual financial statements); HR and payroll (bulletins de paie, employment contracts, terminations); statutory audit (commissariat aux comptes, certification of annual accounts); and advisory (business structuring for executives, wealth management, M&A). AAEC is a member in good standing of the Ordre des Experts-Comptables de Bretagne and operates within Groupe Gorioux, a larger diversified accounting and consulting group; specific ownership percentages are not disclosed.\n\nThe firm serves seven vertical segments — artisans and commerce, building and public works (BTP), transport, finance and legal, new technologies, health and wellness, and associations and administrations — covering SMB clients across the full business lifecycle from creation through development, daily management, and eventual transmission or sale. Its go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: clients engage AAEC directly via phone (02 98 53 30 29), email ([email protected]), or the website contact form, with new business sourced primarily through word-of-mouth referrals and internet search. Engagements are priced on a quote-based, multi-year basis with upfront price disclosure prior to mission start.\n\nRevenue is generated solely through professional services fees tied to engagements; no app, public API, proprietary technology product, or AI capability is disclosed. The firm's technology backbone consists of standard modern accounting and invoicing tooling rather than proprietary platforms, and geographic operations are concentrated in Brittany with no claim of broader national or international footprint. No named customer logos, headcount figures, revenue figures, M&A activity, funding events, regulatory actions, or leadership changes are disclosed in the available data.

Name

AAEC

Legal name

Cabinet d'expertise comptable et social AAEC

Website

https://cabinet-aaec.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Short description

AAEC is a privately held French chartered accounting, audit, HR/payroll, and advisory firm in Quimper, Brittany, founded in 1986, serving SMB clients across seven vertical specializations as part of Groupe Gorioux.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Quimper

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services Fees: Fee-based professional services for accounting, taxation, social/HR management, statutory audit, and business consulting. Services are provided to businesses from creation through development, daily management, and eventual transmission/sale. The firm quotes prices before missions, indicating project-based or retainer fee arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

AAEC is a chartered accounting and audit firm providing bookkeeping, taxation, payroll/HR management, statutory audit, and business advisory services to entrepreneurs and SMBs in Brittany, France. The firm delivers integrated professional services spanning the full business lifecycle — from company creation, through daily management and development, to eventual sale or transmission. AAEC operates as a member of Groupe Gorioux and is a registered member of the Ordre des Experts-Comptables de Bretagne (Order of Chartered Accountants of Brittany).

Product overview

AAEC is a unified professional services firm offering integrated accounting, audit, and advisory services. The firm provides four interconnected core service lines: (1) Comptabilité - Fiscalité for bookkeeping, taxation, and financial statement preparation; (2) Social for HR management and payroll services; (3) Audit - Commissariat aux comptes for statutory audits and financial certification; and (4) Conseils for executive advisory including business structuring and M&A. These services are delivered to entrepreneurs throughout their business lifecycle from creation through development and eventual transmission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Comptabilité - Fiscalité (Accounting and Taxation)

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Groupe GoriouxcoreOthersAAEC is a member of Groupe Gorioux, a larger group of accounting and consulting firms. This affiliation provides the firm with broader resources and expertise while maintaining its local presence in Quimper.
• Ordre des Experts-Comptables de Bretagne (Order of Chartered Accountants of Brittany)coreOthersProfessional membership organization for chartered accountants in Brittany. AAEC is a member in good standing, which is mandatory for providing certified accounting and statutory audit services in France.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cerfrance: Large French association of regional chartered accountancy firms providing accounting, payroll, and advisory to SMBs and associations — overlapping almost exactly with AAEC's vertical coverage, including associations and administrations.
• Fiducial: Major French accounting, audit, and business advisory firm with a strong SMB and SME focus across regions, offering the same multi-service bundle (accounting, payroll, audit, legal) as AAEC. Comparable on service mix and customer profile, though significantly larger in scale.
• Sogexpert: French chartered accountancy and social management network for SMBs and associations, offering accounting, payroll, audit, and advisory. Mirrors AAEC's combination of 'expertise comptable et social' positioning.
• In Extenso: French chartered accountancy network of regional firms serving SMBs with accounting, tax, payroll, and advisory services across many of the same verticals (BTP, transport, artisans, healthcare) as AAEC. Closest comparable in terms of business model, client profile, and multi-service offering.
• Absoluce: Group of independent French chartered accountancy and audit firms focused on SMB clients with sector specialisations. Comparable to AAEC on multi-firm structure, professional service offering, and SMB client base.
• Eurex: French chartered accountancy network grouping independent regional cabinets offering accounting, social, audit, and advisory services to SMBs. Structurally and commercially very similar to AAEC as a member of a larger professional group.

Broad incumbents

• BDO France: Mid-tier international accounting and advisory network with a sizeable French practice serving SMBs and mid-market companies in audit, tax, and consulting. Overlaps with AAEC in statutory audit and SMB advisory but operates at a much larger scale and brand level.
• Grant Thornton France: Global mid-tier accounting firm with a French practice providing audit, tax, and advisory to mid-market and SMB clients. Comparable in statutory audit capability and SMB segment, but with broader service portfolio and international reach.
• Baker Tilly France: International mid-tier accounting network with French member firms offering audit, accounting, and advisory to mid-market and entrepreneurial clients. Overlaps with AAEC in SMB/mid-market advisory and statutory audit.
• KPMG France: Big 4 firm with a large French practice providing audit, tax, and advisory to SMBs, mid-market, and large enterprises. Significant overlap with AAEC in statutory audit, tax, and SME advisory, but operating at a fundamentally different scale and brand tier.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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

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