Elyfec

What Elyfec does

Elyfec (legally SASU Elyfec, share capital €40,000) is a privately held French compliance and legal consulting firm headquartered in Villefontaine (Lyon area) with six regional agency offices across France (Bordeaux, Toulouse, Millau, Drôme Ardèche, Grenoble). Founded in 2000, the firm serves donneurs d'ordre, maîtres d'ouvrage, industrials, and foreign companies operating in France, providing SPS (Sécurité et Protection de la Santé) coordination on construction projects, legal representation and SIPSI/A1 administration for foreign companies detaching workers into France (E-Détachement), subcontractor due-diligence and vigilance-obligation compliance (E-Obligation), and broader foreign-company representation including medical follow-up, subsidiary establishment, and DUERP documentation. The president is Joël Amicucci.

The firm operates three specialised web portals — elyfec.fr, e-detachement.fr, and e-obligation.fr — supported by a dedicated secure IT platform for obligation-de-vigilance document collection, real-time alerting, and audit trail. Its differentiated technology asset is SYLVIA, a mobile application (available on Google Play) that scans QR codes on BTP (construction industry) cards on-site to verify worker regularity and auto-generates synthesis reports for the maître d'ouvrage. Data is hosted in France (OVH) under CNIL declaration n°2145941 v1 (25 January 2018) with no cross-border transfer.

Elyfec's revenue derives from project-based and retainer compliance and legal-representation engagements priced on quote (devis gratuit sous 48h). Distribution is exclusively direct sales via website quote forms, phone (04 74 82 89 89), and a regional office field-sales network covering major French construction corridors; there is no self-serve channel or marketplace. Multilingual coverage (French, English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian) underpins the foreign-company representation line and functions as a service differentiator.

Name

Elyfec

Legal name

SASU Elyfec

Website

https://elyfec.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Elyfec is a privately held French compliance and legal consulting firm that provides SPS construction-site coordination, legal representation for foreign companies detaching workers into France, and subcontractor due-diligence (obligation de vigilance) services via six regional offices and the SYLVIA mobile compliance application.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regulatory Compliance and Legal Services

NAICS

Building Inspection Services (541350), Management Consulting Services (54161), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Business Services, Nec (7389)

akta.pro primary industry

EHS Auditing, Inspections & Assurance (BPAHAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Testing, Inspection, Certification & Commissioning (TICx) Technical Services (BPAHAIAL), Third-Party/Vendor Risk Management (TPRM) & Due Diligence (BPAKADAH), EHS Management Systems & ISO Consulting (ISO 14001/45001) (BPAHAJAF)

Keywords

• Construction compliance services
• Worker detachment compliance
• Health safety coordination
• Subcontractor due diligence
• Legal representation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Villefontaine

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Compliance and Legal Services: Elyfec generates revenue through professional compliance and legal representation services. Services include SPS coordination, e-detachment administration (SIPSI declarations, A1 forms), subcontractor vigilance (obligation de vigilance), and medical follow-up for detached workers. Revenue is earned on a project, retainer, or service-fee basis. The company offers free quotes (devis gratuit sous 48h).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Elyfec is a French legal and compliance services firm that supports donneurs d'ordre, maîtres d'ouvrage, and international companies operating in France with SPS construction-site safety coordination, legal representation of foreign companies posting workers to France (SIPSI declarations, A1 forms, medical follow-up), subcontractor vigilance (obligation de vigilance) including document collection and alert management, and DUERP risk-assessment support. Its proprietary SYLVIA mobile application adds on-site BTP card QR-code compliance verification to the vigilance offering.

Product overview

Elyfec offers a suite of compliance and safety services for companies operating in France, centered around five core offerings: SYLVIA (a mobile application for real-time BTP card verification via QR code scanning), E-Détachement (legal representation and administrative management for detached workers), E-Obligation (vigilance obligation compliance monitoring), Coordination SPS (construction site health and safety coordination), and foreign company representation services. The portfolio combines digital tools with human expertise to help clients meet their legal and regulatory obligations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SYLVIA: Mobile application for BTP (construction) compliance verification. SYLVIA helps maîtres d'ouvrage verify the regularity of workers on construction sites through QR code scanning of BTP cards, identifying non-declared workers, expired or absent cards, and cases of concealed or non-compliant work.

Products and services

• SYLVIA Mobile application for on-site BTP (construction) card compliance verification. Scans QR codes to identify undeclared workers, expired or absent cards, and non-compliant situations in real time, and automatically generates synthesis reports for the maître d'ouvrage.
• E-Détachement Legal representation and administrative service for foreign companies posting workers to France. Covers SIPSI prior declarations, SIPSI account creation, and Form A1 processing, delivered by a multilingual team in compliance with EU directive 96/71/CE and the Macron law.
• E-Obligation Vigilance obligation compliance service for donneurs d'ordre and maîtres d'ouvrage, providing mandatory document collection (URSSAF, Kbis), real-time alert management, verification of subcontractor compliance, and a full audit trail of controls performed, supported by a secure IT platform.
• Coordination SPS Health and safety coordination service for construction projects under French SPS obligations. Provides assistance across all project phases, from design to execution and completion, to guarantee the safety of personnel on site.
• Représentation d'entreprises étrangères Comprehensive representation service for foreign companies operating in France, including medical appointment coordination and health follow-up for detached workers, subsidiary establishment, and DUERP (Document Unique d'Évaluation des Risques Professionnels) drafting, updates and follow-up.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Bureau Veritas: Bureau Veritas is a global TIC major with a sizable French operation covering construction inspection, EHS, and compliance certification. While much broader than Elyfec, it competes for the same compliance and vigilance mandates from large industrial and construction principals.
• Dekra: Dekra is a global TIC firm with significant French presence in construction inspection, occupational safety, and regulatory compliance auditing — a broader incumbent serving the same large enterprise clients that Elyfec targets with its SPS and vigilance services.
• Intertek France: Intertek is an international TIC group providing testing, inspection, and certification services, with construction-related compliance offerings in France that intersect with Elyfec's SPS coordination and subcontractor diligence services.
• Altran / Capgemini Engineering (Compliance Practice): Capgemini Engineering (including legacy Altran assets) provides regulatory and compliance consulting for industrial clients in France, including subcontractor and posted-worker compliance support — a much larger but less specialized competitor in the same compliance-spending pool.
• TÜV Rheinland France: TÜV Rheinland is a global TIC provider offering EHS auditing, management systems certification (ISO 14001/45001), and construction-related compliance services in France — overlapping with Elyfec's EHS consulting and subcontractor assurance work.
• BPI Group: BPI Group is a French-rooted EHS, quality, and compliance consulting firm active in construction, industrial subcontractor oversight, and regulatory representation — overlapping with Elyfec's vigilance obligation and SPS coordination work and competing for the same enterprise accounts.

Direct peers

• SOCOTEC: SOCOTEC is one of France's leading TIC firms, providing construction site inspection, SPS coordination, regulatory compliance, and EHS auditing. It competes with Elyfec for the same donneurs d'ordre and maîtres d'ouvrage clients on Coordination SPS and obligation de vigilance mandates.
• Apave: Apave is a major French TIC and EHS services group offering SPS coordination, construction inspection, subcontractor audits, and regulatory compliance services — directly overlapping with Elyfec's core Coordination SPS and E-Obligation offerings, but at significantly greater scale and national reach.

Regional players

• Suez Consulting (SAFEGE): Suez's engineering consulting arm SAFEGE provides environmental and infrastructure compliance services in France, including construction-site regulatory support — adjacent to Elyfec's Coordination SPS offering though broader in environmental and water-related scope.

Emerging players

• Veritas (local French compliance boutiques cluster): A cluster of small French legal and HR compliance boutiques (e.g., specialist labour-law firms representing foreign posters) competes with Elyfec on E-Détachement and Représentation d'entreprises étrangères mandates, typically with deeper legal expertise but less proprietary technology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/elyfec

Compliance1 record

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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