COOPSOC

Name

COOPSOC

Legal name

COOPSOC (Association pour la Coopération Sociale)

Website

https://coopsoc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sheltered Work and Disability Employment Services

NAICS

All Other Business Support Services (561499), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Help Supply Services (7363), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Contractor of Record (COR) / Global Contractor Management (BPACAHAE)

Keywords

• Sheltered work services
• Disability employment services
• OETH subcontracting
• ESAT adapted enterprises
• Inclusive subcontracting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Vitrolles

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Subcontracting Services: COOPSOC generates revenue through subcontracting contracts with private and public companies that need to fulfill their OETH (Obligation d'Emploi des Travailleurs Handicapés) obligations. Companies subcontract work to ESAT and EA establishments, and in return receive a deduction of up to 75% of their AGEFIPH or FIPHFP contribution. Services span packaging, industrial logistics, laundry, event catering, cleaning, grounds maintenance, vehicle washing, document management, graphic arts, sewing, assembly/cabling, and woodworking.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

COOPSOC is a non-profit association (Loi 1901) acting as the single interlocutor for French companies seeking to subcontract industrial, logistics, cleaning, catering, and ancillary services to 37 sheltered and adapted sector establishments (ESAT and EA) in the Bouches du Rhône department. Through this subcontracting model, employing more than 2,700 disabled workers, COOPSOC enables client companies to fulfill their mandatory OETH (6% disability employment) obligations and obtain up to 75% deduction on AGEFIPH or FIPHFP contributions.

Product overview

COOPSOC (Association pour la Coopération Sociale) is a not-for-profit association (Loi 1901) that serves as a unified single point of contact for companies seeking to subcontract with sheltered and adapted sector establishments. The organization comprises 37 establishments including 29 ESATs (Establishments and Services for Sheltered Work), 6 EAs (Adapted Enterprises), 2 CHRSs (Social Rehabilitation Housing Centers), and 20 managing associations, employing over 2700 people with disabilities. COOPSOC offers a comprehensive portfolio of 14 distinct service offerings: Packaging, Blanchisserie (Industrial Laundry), Événementiel Restauration (Event Catering), Entretien de locaux (Facility Cleaning), Espaces verts (Landscaping), Mise à Disposition Individuelle (Individual Placement), Prestation Logistique industrielle (Industrial Logistics), Gestion documentaire (Document Management), Lavage de véhicules (Vehicle Washing), Arts Graphiques (Graphic Arts), Couture (Sewing), Montage/Câblage (Assembly/Wiring), Factotum (Multi-service), and Ebénisterie (Cabinetry). The services enable companies to fulfill their OETH (Obligation d'Emploi des Travailleurs Handicapés) requirements through subcontracting, which can count for up to 75% deduction from AGEFIPH or FIPHFP contributions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Packaging Manual or mechanized conditioning, finishing, and quality control packaging operations using precision tools and adapted equipment, with HACCP and ECOCERT certifications for food-safe packaging. Available to French companies subject to OETH subcontracting obligations.
• Industrial Laundry (Blanchisserie) Industrial textile care for businesses, hospitals, retirement homes, and hotels, including quality controls and hygiene procedures, with dedicated capabilities such as workplace garment care for Thales DIS.
• Event Catering (Événementiel Restauration) Full-service event catering ranging from hot and cold buffets for 100-400 people to breakfast delivery and meal tray delivery in Marseille and Aix les Milles.
• Facility Cleaning (Entretien de locaux) Interior cleaning of administrative, commercial, and industrial buildings, hotels, stairwells, construction sites, and temporary structures, including inclusive cleaning services for hospital cutlery at AP-HM.
• Landscaping (Espaces verts) Green space creation, development, and maintenance including tree pruning, delivered by qualified technician teams at hospital, telecom, and aerospace client sites.
• Individual Placement (Mise à Disposition Individuelle) Individual placement service providing skilled disabled workers from ESAT for identified positions within client organizations.
• Industrial Logistics Services (Prestation Logistique industrielle) Industrial logistics services with IT and physical management capabilities, including warehouses, hardware stores, Kanban stores, marketplaces, and courier services — operationalized at scale through the Airbus Helicopters quincaillerie libre-service with pick-to-light picking technology.
• Document Management (Gestion documentaire) High-volume document processing including Electronic Document Management (GED), Automatic Document Reading (LAD), mail merge, and archiving for enterprise clients.
• Vehicle Washing (Lavage de véhicules) Professional interior and exterior vehicle cleaning plus condition checks, delivered to both professional fleets and individual customers.
• Graphic Arts (Arts Graphiques) Advertising material production using techniques adapted to chosen media, visuals, desired results, and requested volumes.
• Sewing (Couture) Multi-service sewing and garment work including simple piece manufacturing, repair, darning, re-tagging, hemming, and upholstery.
• Assembly and Wiring (Montage/Câblage) Industrial electronic work including PCB assembly and soldering, plus assembly and wiring of industrial systems and embedded computing solutions.
• Multi-service Handyman (Factotum) Multi-service workplace environment support including workspace setup and supply, equipment verification, replacement and connection, handyman services, and relocations.
• Cabinetry and Woodworking (Ebénisterie) Custom and standard pallet and crate manufacturing for industrial and retail clients, plus personalized wood structures and pyrography marking services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 75% deduction of AGEFIPH or FIPHFP contribution through subcontracting
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Decathlon FrancecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024New partnership established in 2024. ESAT workers perform truck unloading, sorting, organizing, anti-theft tagging, and size-sorting of incoming shipments at the Decathlon Vitrolles site. Decathlon actively supports integration of disabled workers into its team.
• Airbus HelicoptersflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing flagship partnership spanning the entire history of COOPSOC. Airbus Helicopters is the largest private employer in the region, with over 25 activities entrusted to COOPSOC member establishments including quincaillerie libre-service with pick-to-light technology, grounds maintenance, laundry, and workplace garment care. Site visits conducted by government officials (Préfète déléguée pour l'Egalité des chances) to COOPSOC operations at Airbus Helicopters Marignane.
• Thales Digital Identity and Security (Thales DIS)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerLaundry services for work garments at the Thales DIS Gémenos site, managed by ESAT du Rouet with dedicated Mission Handicap support. Awarded Trophée COOPSOC 'Entreprises inclusives' 2024.
• OrangecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFacilities cleaning and grounds maintenance services provided by ESAT workers. ESAT de la Manade provides maintenance agents; ESAT teams care for Orange facility gardens. Awarded Trophée COOPSOC 'Entreprises inclusives' 2024.
• Centre Hospitalier Edouard ToulousecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGrounds maintenance for hospital gardens by teams across multiple COOPSOC member establishments (3 teams). Awarded Trophée COOPSOC 'Entreprises inclusives' 2024. Workers provide pleasant working and living environment for hospital staff and patients.
• ENGIE Solutions FrancecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner recognized with Trophée COOPSOC 'Entreprises inclusives' 2024 for commitment to inclusion of persons with disabilities in the professional sphere.
• AP-HM (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerInclusive cleaning services for AP-HM cutlery delivered by ESAT Vert Pré workers. Featured in industry article 'Le nettoyage inclusif des couverts de l'AP-HM' by Jean-François Aubry.
• MONOCHROMICminorGTM or Marketing PartnerArtistic partnership with ESAT Phocéen. Workers bring ceramic creations by Karine Lanny to life; over 100 Volage swallows hand-formed and painted daily in the workshop.
• Voile ImpulsionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSailing school partner for COOPSOC Regattas (October), providing skippers who accompany disabled workers from ESAT on sailing experiences. COOPSOC organizes annual regatta events for its workers.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Vitamine T: Northern-France social enterprise group providing integration through work in logistics, industrial services and supply chain for people facing employment barriers. Operates in the same social-employment space as COOPSOC but under a different legal framework and in different French regions.
• Ares: Paris/Ile-de-France-based association offering integration through economic activity, primarily in logistics and industrial services for people in vulnerable situations. Shares COOPSOC's mission of using subcontracted work to support disadvantaged workers, but in a different French geography.

Broad incumbents

• Groupe SOS: Major French social enterprise group with thousands of employees across disability, healthcare, and integration services. Comparable as a large, established French social economy player overlapping with COOPSOC's employment-of-vulnerable-populations mission, but operating at much broader national scale.
• APF France handicap: Major French disability rights organization that operates its own adapted enterprises and ESAT facilities. Competes with COOPSOC's member establishments for sheltered-work contracts while also providing broader advocacy, care and inclusion services.

Others

• CAP Emploi: National network of specialized employment placement organizations (Organismes de Placement Spécialisé) supporting disabled individuals into mainstream employment. Operates in the same disability-employment ecosystem as COOPSOC but focuses on individual placement rather than sheltered work contracting.
• Agefiph: Association de gestion du fonds pour l'insertion professionnelle des handicapés. Manages the private-sector disability-employment contribution that COOPSOC's enterprise clients seek to reduce via subcontracting. Functions as the regulator/funder rather than a direct service competitor.
• FIPHFP: Fonds pour l'Insertion des Personnes Handicapées dans la Fonction Publique. Public-sector counterpart to Agefiph; its contribution framework is the direct economic counterparty for COOPSOC's growing public-sector contracts with hospitals and ministries.
• Handirect: French media and services company focused on disability employment and inclusion. Adjacent ecosystem participant providing industry information, recruitment services and stakeholder connections thematically aligned with COOPSOC's inclusion mission but operating in media rather than direct service delivery.

Direct peers

• Réseau GESAT: National network that connects ESAT and EA establishments with private and public buyers seeking OETH compliance. Operates the same single-interlocutor subcontracting model as COOPSOC but at national scale across France, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• UNEA (Union Nationale des Entreprises Adaptées): National federation of adapted enterprises (EA) in France. Represents and supports adapted enterprises similar to COOPSOC's six EA subsidiaries, operating in the same sheltered sector and serving similar OETH-driven enterprise customers nationwide.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coopsoc-groupement-esat-et-ea

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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