Calicéo Sainte Foy-Lès-Lyon

What Calicéo Sainte Foy-Lès-Lyon does

Calicéo was founded in 1997 as an SAS-structured French company inspired by German thermal-bath concepts. The Sainte-Foy-Lès-Lyon site was incorporated as a separate SAS in 2005 (RCS Lyon 498 625 342), while Calicéo Holding (RCS Lyon 839 953 460, established 2018) functions as the parent brand and website operator. The group employs approximately 150 staff across all centers, operates a domestic French footprint (with terms-of-sale coverage extending to Corsica and Monaco), and obtained Great Place To Work certification in April 2024. Marc Léonard serves as legal representative of Calicéo Holding; no broader management team is disclosed. No funding rounds, M&A activity, or revenue figures are publicly available.

Name

Calicéo Sainte Foy-Lès-Lyon

Legal name

Calicéo Sainte-Foy-Lès-Lyon

Website

https://lyon.caliceo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Calicéo Sainte Foy-Lès-Lyon is a 4,000m² balneotherapy and wellness center near Lyon, part of the 12-center French Calicéo group. It serves individual consumers, corporate CSEs, and sports clubs with heated pools, Thalgo spa treatments, LPG endermologie, and aquatic fitness classes sold via time-based passes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Spa and Wellness Services

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Thermal Baths, Hot Springs & Saunas (Onsen, Hammams, Banya, Sauna Worlds) (THAJAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spa & Massage Services (Day Spas, Massage Studios, Treatment Packages) (THAJAHAC), Destination Spas & Spa Resorts (HSALAFAC), Sauna & Steam Bath Facilities (HSADAKAC), Destination Spa Resorts (THAGAMAA)

Keywords

• Balneotherapy services
• Spa wellness center
• Thermal bath facilities
• Fitness aquatics
• Corporate wellness

Headquarters

HQ city

Sainte-foy-lès-lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Bains (Baths) Entry Passes: Time-based entry passes allowing access to balneotherapy facilities, saunas, hammams, and aquagym classes. Includes Pass 2 heures, Esprit Libre, Esprit Libre Plus, and Tempo (rechargeable) options. Time is debited between entry and exit gates.
2. Spa Treatments and Massages: Individual spa treatments including massages, body care, facial care, LPG endermologie, and wellness rituals. Partnered with Thalgo for professional skincare products.
3. Vitalité Activities: Aquatic fitness activities including aquabike, aquatraining, aquapilates, and aquasculpt. Sold as individual sessions or packs of 5, 10, or 20 sessions. Reservation required.
4. Gift Cards and Vouchers: Gift cheques valid across all Calicéo centers, with amounts from 10€ to 150€ in 10€ increments. Valid for 1 year, consumable in multiple visits, no change given.
5. Corporate CSE Packages: Group rates and preferential pricing for CSE (Comité Social et Économique), associations, and groups of 10 or more people. Year-round offers and adapted ticketing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Calicéo Sainte Foy-Lès-Lyon operates an urban balneotherapy and wellness center offering thermal pools, saunas, hammams, spa treatments, fitness aquatics, and relaxation areas to individual consumers, families, and corporate clients. The center sells day passes, multi-entry cards, subscription memberships, and corporate wellness packages through its physical facility and online booking system.

Product overview

Calicéo Sainte Foy-Lès-Lyon is a 4,000 m² balneotherapy and wellness center offering three interconnected service universes: Les Bains (thermal pools, saunas, hammams), Le Spa (massages, facials, body treatments, LPG endermologie, and rituals delivered by Thalgo-trained professionals), and La Vitalité (aquatic fitness activities including aquagym, aquabike, aquatraining, aquapilates, and aquasculpt). The center operates on a modular pass system where visitors purchase time-based entry passes (Pass 2 Heures, Pass Esprit Libre, Pass Esprit Libre Plus, Pass Tempo) or vitality credits (Pass Vitalité) to access facilities and activities. Additional revenue streams include spa treatments, gift vouchers (Chèques Cadeaux), and corporate/group packages. The center is located on the heights of Sainte-Foy-Lès-Lyon, near Lyon.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Balneotherapy Day Pass

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ThalgocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional spa partner providing skincare and treatment products for massages, body care, and facial treatments. Thalgo expertise is used for Calicéo's spa services, offering treatments for both women and men.
• Insula FormationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerApproved training center based in Gruissan partnered with Calicéo to train BNSSA (Brevet National de Sécurité et de Sauvetage Aquatique) staff. Calicéo created its own internal academy to develop employees' professional evolution through BPJEPS AAN certification within the Calicéo service signature.
• LPGcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology provider for endermologie (Cellu M6) treatments used at Calicéo spas for simultaneous fat breakdown and skin quality improvement for slimming and anti-aging results.
• Les Cent CielsminorOthersRelated wellness brand (Les Cent Ciels hammam) referenced as part of Calicéo's company network.
• Sports Clubs and AssociationsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnerships with sports clubs to support athletic recovery, performance optimization, and collective wellness initiatives. Calicéo collaborates with clubs to offer members wellness experiences.
• CM2C (Centre de Médiation de la Médiation de la Consommation)minorOthersConsumer mediation service that Calicéo adheres to for dispute resolution, accessible via cm2c.net or by mail for unresolved consumer complaints.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Les Cent Ciels: Les Cent Ciels is a French hammam and spa brand explicitly affiliated with Calicéo, offering traditional hammam rituals and wellness treatments—a directly related network peer for cross-brand benchmarking.
• Deep Nature: Deep Nature operates a multi-site network of spa and wellness centers across France, offering thermal baths, massages, and beauty treatments—a directly comparable French balneotherapy/spa retail chain to Calicéo's model.
• Thermes Marins de Saint-Malo: A large French thalassotherapy and balneotherapy center on the Brittany coast offering heated seawater pools, saunas, hammams, and spa treatments—comparable multi-vertical wellness/spa offering to Calicéo's centers.

Broad incumbents

• Center Parcs: Center Parcs operates large-scale leisure and wellness resorts across Europe with integrated aquatic/wellness facilities—a broader incumbent whose Aqua Mundo concept competes for the same family and leisure-wellness wallet share.
• Evian Resort Spa: Evian Resort's spa complex is a premium French wellness destination offering thermal baths, hammams, and luxury treatments—a broader luxury incumbent in the French wellness/spa category.

Others

• Thalgo: Thalgo is Calicéo's professional spa partner supplying skincare and treatment protocols—directly comparable in the spa treatment vertical and a potential partner/competitor in branded spa retail.
• LPG Systems: LPG Systems provides the Cellu M6 endermologie technology deployed at Calicéo—an enabling technology peer in the slimming/anti-aging wellness sub-vertical.
• Phytomer: Phytomer is a French marine-cosmetics spa brand with its own spa facilities and treatments—comparable to Calicéo's Thalgo-branded offering and a partner/competitor in branded spa services.

Regional players

• Thermes de Royat: Thermes de Royat is a French thermal spa complex with wellness pools, hammams, and treatment services—an established regional peer in the French thermal/wellness category.
• Aquensis: Aquensis is a thermal spa and fitness complex in Chaudes-Aigues (France) offering indoor/outdoor pools, hammam, sauna, and aquagym—directly comparable to Calicéo's Bains/Vitalité offering but concentrated in a single region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/caliceolyon

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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