Auvergne Rhone Alpes Entreprises

What Auvergne Rhone Alpes Entreprises does

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises is a regional economic development agency (declared association, SIREN 827 654 351) headquartered at 30 Quai Perrache, Lyon, operating through 11 local offices across all 12 departments of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Founded in 2017/2018 and mainly funded by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, the agency provides free, tailored support to industrial companies and services-to-industry firms on innovation, business development, reshoring, European funding access, HR and recruitment, and international expansion. Its offering combines core advisory services delivered through the antenna network with specialized programs: industrial clubs (Club Industrie 7.4, Réseau RH Industrie, Club Automobile), funding vehicles (Pack Relocalisation, PERL Convention, SME Fund), the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Business Industries convention (450+ industrial actors, 1,200+ business meetings), and the Bureau Europe service for EU partnerships. In 2024 the agency logged 11,760 company accompaniments across 1,164 member companies, facilitated €121.6M of public aid to supported firms, helped unlock €1.7B of company investment, and organized 12,000+ events; foreign investment origination scaled from 198 projects in 2024 to 248 in 2025.

The business model is publicly funded rather than commercial: services are free to qualifying companies, revenue (in the form of operating grants) flows primarily from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region with supplementary European and partner contributions, and the organization holds a regulatory mandate as the Region's privileged interlocutor for company relocation and development. Go-to-market is sales-led (proximity-based support through the 11 offices) combined with event-driven programming (CES delegations, conventions, industry forums). The tech stack is non-proprietary — standard web portals (auvergnerhonealpes-entreprises.fr, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Business, Plateforme IET) for service delivery — and there is no proprietary AI/ML capability; AI surfaces only as a topic the agency curates for its member network. The competitive position rests on a regulatory mandate, public funding, and a dense physical distribution network rather than product technology.

Name

Auvergne Rhone Alpes Entreprises

Legal name

AUVERGNE-RHONE-ALPES ENTREPRISES

Website

https://auvergnerhonealpes-entreprises.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises is a publicly funded regional development agency in Lyon, France, that provides free tailored advisory services to industrial companies through 11 local offices, supporting innovation, reshoring, European funding, HR, and international expansion across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Economic Development Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technical Cooperation, Capacity Building & Policy Advisory Programs (BPADABAO), Local Entity Setup & Expansion Advisory (Market Entry, Subsidiary Formation) (BPACAHAM)

Keywords

• Regional economic development
• Industrial advisory services
• European funding support
• Business relocation services
• Manufacturing HR consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: The agency is funded mainly by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region. Additional public funding comes from European sources and other regional partners. Services to industrial companies are provided free of charge.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Auvergne Rhône Alpes Entreprises (ARAE) is a non-profit regional economic development agency that provides free advisory, networking, funding-guidance, and territorial engineering services to industrial companies across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its offerings span day-to-day business support, member-driven industrial clubs, the Pack Relocalisation funding scheme for industrial relocation, the Bureau Europe office for European funding (including the SME Fund and PERL Convention), and events such as the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Business Industries convention.

Product overview

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises is a regional economic development agency serving industrial companies across 11 departments in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The agency provides free, tailor-made advisory services including innovation support, international development, European funding access, HR and training assistance, and business establishment support. The offering consists of core business advisory services delivered through a network of 11 local antennas, supplemented by specialized programs such as industrial clubs (Club Industrie 7.4, Réseau RH Industrie, Club Automobile), funding programs (Pack Relocalisation, SME Fund, PERL convention), event programs (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Business Industries convention), and the Bureau Europe service for European funding and international partnerships. All services are funded primarily by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region and provided free of charge to qualifying companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Support and Advisory Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 11,760 company accompaniments provided annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• INPI (Institut national de la propriété industrielle)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2025Partnership renewed in May 2025 for three years to make industrial property a lever for growth, sovereignty, and international development for regional companies. Supports SME Fund initiatives for intellectual property protection.
• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes RegioncoreOthersMain financial sponsor and founding partner. The Region funds the agency and mandates it as the privileged interlocutor for companies seeking relocation and development support.
• Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member of the Enterprise Europe Network, which helps identify partnership opportunities and connect companies with European collaboration projects.
• MinalogicmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for organizing the regional delegation to CES Las Vegas. Minalogic is the competitiveness cluster for digital technologies in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
• CETIMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizes Industry 5.0 pathways and technical visits with CETIM (Technical Center for Mechanical Industries) for club members.
• CARAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAutomotive cluster in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes that collaborates with the agency's club activities for the automotive industry.
• APECminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with APEC (Association pour l'emploi des cadres) for HR-related activities and executive recruitment support for industrial companies.
• Digital LeagueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for organizing joint webinars on HR and digital transformation topics for industrial companies.
• Business FranceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner for international development activities and CES delegation organization, providing export support services.
• Village by CAminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner in international business missions, including Rendez-vous d'affaires de la Francophonie with Quebec entrepreneurs.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Business France: National agency supporting French companies' international development and attracting foreign investment. Overlaps with ARAE's export support and Bureau Europe services but at a national scale.
• Bpifrance: French national public investment bank and development agency. Comparable as a publicly funded industrial/SME support entity, but operates nationally with financing, guarantees, and innovation support rather than ARAE's regional free-advisory model.
• INPI (Institut national de la propriété industrielle): French national IP office whose 2025 renewed partnership with ARAE integrates IP support into ARAE's service catalog. Comparable as a public-sector service provider to industrial SMEs, though at national scale.
• ADEME: French national agency for ecological transition funding industrial decarbonization projects. Overlaps with ARAE's sustainability and industry transformation support but operates nationally with dedicated environmental focus.

Direct peers

• Agence régionale de développement Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Peer regional economic development agency for Nouvelle-Aquitaine performing comparable business attraction, industrial support, and regional mandate functions for a different French region.
• CETIM (Centre Technique des Industries Mécaniques): French technical center for mechanical industries partnering with ARAE on Industry 5.0 pathways. Comparable as an industrial technical advisor serving the same manufacturing client base.
• CARA (European Cluster for Automotive Mobility): AURA automotive competitiveness cluster that co-runs Club Automobile activities with ARAE. Comparable as a regional industrial cluster operator serving overlapping members in the same territory.
• Minalogic: AURA-based competitiveness cluster for digital technologies that partners with ARAE on CES Las Vegas delegations and digital transformation programs. Comparable as an AURA-rooted industry ecosystem builder.
• Hauts-de-France Développement: Regional development agency for Hauts-de-France providing investment attraction and industrial support services to companies in that region - direct functional counterpart to ARAE.
• Chambres de Commerce et d'Industrie (CCI) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Regional chamber of commerce serving AURA businesses with similar accompaniment, formation, and business creation support services. Most direct overlap in target audience and service catalog within the same geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/auvergne-rhone-alpes-entreprises
• Xx.com/AURAentreprises

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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