IPERIA

What IPERIA does

IPERIA is a French non-profit association (association déclarée) founded in 1994 and headquartered in Alençon, France. It operates as the exclusive national professionalization platform mandated by the professional branch of France's private employer and home employment sector. The organization delivers a 360-degree professionalization system covering career orientation, training, certification, and career advancement for domestic workers (childcare providers, personal carers, childcare assistants, family assistants) and serves the 3.4 million individual employers and 1.2 million employees in the sector. Each year, more than 100,000 individuals complete training programs under IPERIA's coordination.

IPERIA's core product is a portfolio of state-recognized certifications registered with France Compétences: 3 RNCP professional titles (Assistant de vie dépendance, Assistant maternel-garde d'enfants, Employé familial) and 6 RS competency certificates (RS7545–RS7550 covering autism, disability, MAM coordination, cognitive disorders, motor disability) plus the newer RS6748 coordination certification. These certifications are delivered through a nationwide network of authorized training organizations, with up to 58 hours of annual training entitlement per worker funded through the French skills development plan and CPF. IPERIA supplements the certification core with the COEPS career guidance service, the Professional Passport digital tool for tracking worker credentials, the RAVie mobile application for life assistants, and VAE (Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience) support.

The business model is non-commercial: as a paritary body, IPERIA is funded through the professional branch's training funds, which are themselves financed by employer contributions. Training is provided to workers at no direct cost (subject to CPF and public employment funding mechanisms), and communication tools are provided free of charge to authorized training organizations and sector partners such as Fepem, Groupe IRCEM, France Emploi Domicile, and Université du domicile. The organization is governed by President Anita Poutard and operates with 101–250 employees; no revenue or external funding figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

IPERIA

Legal name

IPERIA

Website

https://iperia.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

IPERIA is the French non-profit national platform mandated by the home employment professional branch to provide career guidance, training, and state-recognized certifications (RNCP titles and RS certificates) for domestic workers, individual employers, and authorized training organizations across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Training and Certification Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Private Households (8141)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Executive/High-Net-Worth Household Staffing (Nanny-Focused) (HSAAALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Project, Process & Quality Certification Prep (PMP, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma, ITIL) (EDANAIAE)

Keywords

• Professional certification services
• Vocational training programs
• Career guidance services
• Competency assessment certificates
• Home employment certification

Headquarters

HQ city

Alençon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government-funded professionalization services: IPERIA is a non-profit association (association déclarée) mandated by the professional branch of the home employment sector. The organization receives funding to provide professionalization services including training, certification, and career guidance to domestic workers. Funding comes from the professional branch's training funds, which are financed through employer contributions.
2. Training fund management: The organization manages skills development funds for the sector, with employees entitled to up to 58 hours of training per year under the French skills development plan (plan de développement des compétences), which can be combined with personal training accounts (CPF).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IPERIA is the national professionalization platform mandated by the French professional branch for the home and domestic employment sector. It delivers career guidance, vocational training, and recognized certification services (RNCP titles and RS competency certificates) to domestic workers — including childcare providers, personal carers, childcare assistants, and family assistants — and support services to individual employers and authorized training organizations across France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RAVie: Relais Assistant de Vie - A mobile application for care assistants in the home employment sector
• COEPS
• RAVie (Relais Assistant de Vie)

Products and services

• COEPS Career Guidance Service (Conseil en Orientation et Evolution Professionnelle Sectoriel) Free, confidential, and personalized career orientation and professional evolution service for individuals in the French domestic employment sector; provides counseling, positioning tests, career-path analysis, and follow-up support throughout the professional journey.
• RNCP Professional Title — Assistant de vie dépendance RNCP-registered professional qualification certifying skills to support individuals with loss of autonomy or disabilities in their daily living activities at home; recognized by France Compétences and renewed for 5 years.
• RNCP Professional Title — Assistant maternel garde d'enfants RNCP-registered professional qualification for childcare providers caring for children in their own homes or in shared childminding facilities (MAM), from birth through school age; recognized by France Compétences and renewed for 5 years.
• RNCP Professional Title — Employé familial RNCP-registered professional qualification for family assistants working in private homes with families, single-parent households, elderly individuals, or isolated adults; recognized by France Compétences and renewed for 5 years.
• RS Competency Certificates (Répertoire Spécifique) — Specialized Skills Portfolio Specialized competency certificates registered in France Compétences' Répertoire Spécifique, covering targeted skills such as autism support, disability support, cognitive disorders, motor disability assistance, MAM (Maison d'Assistants Maternels) creation and collaboration, and coordination of home-care interventions.
• Coordination Certification RS6748 — Coordinating Interventions to Support Home Care Maintenance New RS-registered certification preparing personal carers (Assistants de vie) to act as coordinators of interventions among stakeholders linked to individual employers to favor home-care maintenance; three modules totaling 77 hours plus evaluation.
• Vocational Training Programs (delivered via authorized training organization network) Vocational training programs in the domestic employment sector delivered through IPERIA's nationwide network of authorized training organizations; aligned to RNCP titles, RS certificates, and sector skills framework, with funding via the professional branch's training fund and personal training account (CPF).
• VAE (Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience) Support Support services helping domestic workers validate skills acquired through prior work experience toward recognized RNCP titles and RS certificates, including eligibility assessment, dossier preparation, and accompaniment through the validation process.
• Professional Passport (Passeport professionnel) Digital professional credential tracking tool that allows domestic workers to document, track, and showcase training, certifications, and professional development across their career; supports employer verification of qualifications.
• RAVie Mobile Application (Relais Assistant de Vie) Mobile application available on iOS and Android for Relais Assistant de Vie, providing resources, support, and a professional network for life assistants (Assistants de vie) working in the domestic employment sector.

Quantifiable outcome

• 76% employment rate at 18 months after certification
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SPSTN (Service de Prévention et de Santé au Travail National)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPSTN provides occupational health and prevention services for all employees hired by individual employers. The service aims to ensure workplace safety and health for domestic workers.
• APNI (Association Paritaire Nationale d'Information et d'Innovation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreated in December 2018 by social partners, APNI's mission is to carry the individual employer mandate to guarantee and better serve social rights.
• Top-AssmatminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorA 100% specialized consulting service for administrative and accounting management for licensed childcare providers, home childcare workers, and individual employers. This platform helps simplify and professionalize management.
• Fédération Mandataires (FMF)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSupports, assists, and advises a network of mandate-based organizations in the domestic employment sector. Provides professionalization guidance for mandate structures.
• Groupe IRCEMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitutional social protection group with parity management for family employment and personal services. Serves over 5 million clients including employees, employers, and retirees in the sector.
• FepemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe only professional organization representing individual employers. Member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), represents 3.3 million employers to public authorities.
• EFFE (Fédération Européenne des Emplois de la Famille)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded in 2012, EFFE facilitates exchanges with European institutions and develops new programs for recognition of Personal and Household Services (PHS) sector.
• France Emploi DomicilecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe unique social utility portal for home employment between individuals. Informs, supports, and guides employees and individual employers daily in their procedures.
• Université du domicilecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartners with IPERIA for training engineering and territorial deployment. Supports transformations recognizing home as a learning and knowledge transmission territory.
• La branche du secteur des particuliers employeurs et de l'emploi à domicilecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe professional branch resulting from convergence of the childcare providers branch and individual employer employee branch under the collective agreement.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/iperia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iperia-l'institut

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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