Tecnorest

What Tecnorest does

Tecnorest is a privately held French professional services firm (SARL, founded 1979, headquartered in Bron near Lyon) that provides audits, feasibility studies, and customized training programs for collective catering, hospitality, and laundry/linen operations. Its client base is concentrated in French public-sector and para-public establishments: hospitals and EHPADs (Centre Hospitalier Bugey Sud, EHPAD Départemental du Creusot), departmental and regional governments (Département du Rhône, Conseil Régional de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Ville de Rennes), higher education (INSA Lyon), and social welfare associations (GAIA Association). The company serves both metropolitan France and DROM-COM overseas territories.

Its service offering is structured in two interconnected lines: (1) Audits, Studies & Consulting, including technical feasibility studies, HACCP-based sanitary diagnostics, European Sanitary Approval dossier development, cost-management audits, operational organization analysis, recruitment assistance, and laundry/linen RABC compliance; and (2) Professional Training programs covering food hygiene and HACCP, hot/cold chain organization, EGalim law implementation, modified-texture and 'Manger Mains' meal production, distribution hygiene, hospitality management, bio-cleaning, and linen function management. Training is delivered either on-site at client establishments (intra) or in group sessions at Tecnorest's Bron offices capped at eight participants (inter).

Tecnorest operates a sales-led, consultative GTM driven by direct outreach, FCSI international federation membership, client referrals, and OPCO-financed training. Pricing is quote-based for intra-company training and project-based for audits. The firm is Qualiopi certified (since December 2020) and Data Dock registered, qualifying it for French OPCO professional development funds. There is no proprietary technology platform; the business model is anchored on the 40+ year domain expertise of a small team of recognized practitioners under Eric Martel's leadership since 2007.

Name

Tecnorest

Legal name

Tecnorest

Website

https://tecnorest.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tecnorest is a French consulting and professional training firm (founded 1979, Bron/Lyon) specializing in audits, studies, and customized training for collective catering, hospitality, and laundry operations, serving healthcare facilities, EHPADs, schools, regional governments, and social welfare associations across metropolitan France and overseas territories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bron

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Training Services: Tecnorest generates revenue primarily through professional training services (intra and inter-establishment) delivered to healthcare, social welfare, school, and territorial structures in the fields of collective catering, hospitality, and laundry/linen management. Training programs are priced on a per-quote basis for intra-company sessions and per-participant or session basis for inter-company programs.
2. Consulting, Audits & Studies: Revenue is also generated through consulting engagements, technical audits, feasibility studies, and organizational advisory services for restaurants, hospitality operations, and laundry/linen services. These are custom engagements tailored to client needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tecnorest delivers consulting, audits, and professional training services for collective catering, hospitality, and laundry operations. The firm serves healthcare, social welfare, schools, and territorial/associative structures across France, providing feasibility studies, sanitary diagnostics, operational organization analysis, cost management, and customized intra and inter-company training programs.

Product overview

Tecnorest is a consulting and professional training company founded in 1979, operating as a unified service offering in the collective catering and hospitality sector. The company provides two interconnected service lines: (1) Audits, Studies & Consulting services covering technical feasibility studies, sanitary compliance diagnostics, operational organization analysis, cost management, and specialized consulting for catering, hospitality, and laundry/linen operations; and (2) Professional Training programs covering hygiene and food safety, operational organization, cost management, meal quality and processing, management skills, meal distribution, hospitality management, facility cleaning, and linen management. Both services are Qualiopi certified since 2020 and target healthcare facilities, social/medical institutions, schools, and territorial/associative structures across France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Audits, Studies and Consulting Services Technical and organizational consulting covering feasibility studies, facility design, diagnostic assessments, project management assistance, equipment purchasing support, and delegation assistance for collective catering, hospitality, and laundry operations. Targeted at healthcare, social welfare, school, and territorial structures.
• Professional Training Programs Qualiopi-certified intra and inter-company professional training programs covering food safety and hygiene (HACCP, PMS), operational organization, cost management, meal quality and processing, meal distribution, hospitality management, facility cleaning (bionettoyage), and linen management. Sessions are delivered on client sites or at Tecnorest's offices in Bron, limited to 8 participants per inter-company session.
• Sanitary Compliance and Hygiene Audits Sanitary compliance diagnostics, hygiene audits based on HACCP principles, European Sanitary Approval dossier development, and Sanitary Control Plan (PMS) design and implementation for collective catering and laundry operations.
• Laundry and Linen Management Consulting RABC compliance audits, RABC documentation system development, norm compliance studies, outsourcing analysis, equipment purchasing assistance, and linen circuit analysis for institutional laundry and linen operations.
• HACCP and Food Safety Training Food safety and hygiene training including HACCP method application, Sanitary Control Plan (PMS) development, European Sanitary Approval dossier preparation, traceability operations, microbiological analysis interpretation, and hygiene audits for satellite and central kitchens.
• Meal Quality and Processing Training

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% trainee satisfaction rate — 99% of Tecnorest trainees are satisfied or very satisfied
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FCSI — Fédération Internationale des Professionnels du Conseil et de l'Ingénierie de l'Hôtellerie-RestaurationminorOthersTecnorest is a member of the FCSI, the international federation of hospitality and restaurant consulting and engineering professionals. This membership provides visibility within the global professional community and access to industry networks and best practices.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• CNEH (Centre National de l'Expertise Hospitalière): French hospital-sector consulting and training firm that advises public hospitals on management, organization, and operations. Directly comparable to Tecnorest in serving French healthcare establishments with consulting and skills development, though CNEH operates at broader organizational scope.
• ANFH (Association Nationale pour la Formation Hospitalière): French national association funding and coordinating training for hospital personnel, with deep engagement in healthcare catering, hygiene, and hotel-services skills. Closely overlaps Tecnorest's training footprint in French public hospitals and EHPADs.

Broad incumbents

• AFNOR (Association Française de Normalisation): French national standards body offering HACCP, ISO 22000, and quality-management consulting and certification. Larger and broader than Tecnorest, but operates in the same food-safety and quality-compliance advisory space with healthcare and hospitality clients.
• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection, and certification firm with a major food-safety and HACCP audit practice in France. Operates at much larger scale than Tecnorest and competes for compliance and audit engagements with healthcare and catering operators.
• Elior Group: Major French contract catering and food-services operator serving healthcare, education, and corporate clients. Different model (operator rather than consultant) but directly comparable end-customer base and accumulated food-safety expertise in French healthcare catering.
• ISS France: Facility-services provider in France covering cleaning, catering, and support services to healthcare and public-sector clients. Comparable end-market focus and operational expertise, though delivered as outsourced service rather than advisory.
• Socotec: France-based testing, inspection, and certification group with food-safety, HACCP, and quality-consulting practices. Larger and broader than Tecnorest, with comparable subject-matter expertise applied to similar end markets.
• Eurofins France: French arm of Eurofins, providing food-safety testing and advisory services including HACCP and hygiene audits. Larger and product-led (lab testing), but overlaps Tecnorest's food-safety and sanitation advisory space with healthcare catering clients.
• Sodexo France: Global facility-management and food-services firm with substantial French healthcare and education catering operations. Overlaps Tecnorest's target buyer base and offers its own internal training/consulting capability at much larger scale.

Others

• Restau'Co: French professional network for collective catering, gathering public and private operators across healthcare, education, and corporate segments. Indirectly comparable: provides industry intelligence, events, and best-practice sharing that overlaps with the buyer community Tecnorest serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tecnorest_fr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tecnorest

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

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