Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises

What Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises does

Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises, rebranded as "Les Entrepreneurs" in June 2026, is France's national federation representing business leaders from micro-enterprises (TPE) to mid-sized enterprises (ETI), including artisans, traders, independents, and social-economy firms. Founded in 1944 as CGPME and renamed CPME in 2017, the organization operates through a dense network of 120 professional federations, 117 territorial unions, and 13 regional unions, collectively representing roughly 320,000 companies that employ about 6 million people. Its functional role is representation and advocacy rather than product delivery: it acts as a recognized social partner in collective bargaining, carries members' positions to French and European policymakers, and runs engagement programs such as the annual "Grande Assemblée des Entrepreneurs" (expected 4,000 participants) and the "Trophées Numériques CPME" digital awards (€42,000 prize pool across six categories including AI and cybersecurity).

The organization is funded primarily through membership dues from affiliated businesses, professional federations, and territorial/regional unions, making it a subscription-based representative body rather than a technology or product vendor. It does not operate a proprietary technology platform; its digital footprint is limited to the lesentrepreneurs.fr website, event registration, content publications, and partner-supported awards. There is no disclosed revenue, no external funding rounds, and no parent company. The leadership team is headed by President Amir Reza-Tofighi, with functional vice-presidents covering reindustrialization, local government relations, and overseas territories, plus a general press contact (Pierre Guyot). In 2025–2026 the federation expanded its role as a facilitator of digital and AI adoption among SMEs, notably through a partnership with the Conseil National du Commerce to collect concrete AI deployment cases from companies under 2,000 employees for a national experience-sharing platform.

Name

Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises

Legal name

Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises

Website

https://cpme.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Les Entrepreneurs (formerly CPME) is France's national federation representing 320,000 SMEs, artisans, traders, and independents through 120 professional federations and 117 territorial unions, advocating in collective bargaining and policy at French and European levels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Puteaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: The organization is funded through membership dues from affiliated businesses and federations. As a social partner and representative organization, revenue is generated through the collective membership structure of TPE, PME, ETI companies and professional federations across France.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CPME / Les Entrepreneurs is France's national business federation that represents, protects, and accompanies business leaders from micro-enterprises (TPE) to mid-sized enterprises (ETI), including artisans, traders, and independents. It delivers collective representation in social dialogue and collective bargaining, advocates members' interests to public authorities at national and European levels, and runs flagship events and resources for its 320,000 member companies.

Product overview

Les Entrepreneurs (formerly Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises - CPME) is a national federation that represents, protects, and supports business leaders from TPE (micro-enterprises) to ETI (mid-sized enterprises) across France. The organization provides representation services, advocacy, networking events, resources, and awards programs. It does not offer technology products or software services. Key offerings include: La Grande Assemblée des Entrepreneurs (annual flagship event), Trophées Numériques CPME (digital awards recognizing entrepreneurs' digital transformation efforts), and various working groups and publications on topics including AI, EU policy, and business regulation. The organization operates through 120 professional federations, 117 territorial unions, and 13 regional unions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Membership Representation Services Collective representation of member companies in collective bargaining, advocacy with public authorities at national and European levels, and accompaniment of entrepreneurs across France. Available to TPE, PME, ETI, artisans, traders, and independents through affiliated federations and territorial unions.
• La Grande Assemblée des Entrepreneurs Annual flagship gathering featuring plenaries, conferences, workshops, and networking for entrepreneurs across France. Designed for TPE, PME, and ETI business leaders seeking to engage with CPME's policy work and expand their professional networks.
• Trophées Numériques CPME Annual awards program recognizing entrepreneurs who have leveraged digital tools to transform, develop or strengthen their businesses. Features six prize categories (Croissance, Notoriété, Site internet en .fr, Emploi & Inclusion, Cybersécurité, Intelligence artificielle) with 7,000€ prizes each, backed by 40 partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• 320,000 companies represented, employing 6 million people
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Trophées Numériques CPME PartnerscoreOthers · 2 December 2025The annual Trophées Numériques CPME awards feature 40 partners who support the recognition of entrepreneurs' digital initiatives. Categories include Croissance, Notoriété, Site internet en .fr, Emploi & Inclusion, Cybersécurité, and Intelligence artificielle with 42,000€ in total prizes.
• Salon des Maires et des Collectivités localesminorOthers · 18 November 2025Les Entrepreneurs/CPME participated for the first time at the Salon des Maires 2025 with a collective pavilion of 90m² featuring six member federations. The event gathered 1,450 exhibitors and 62,000 visitors, providing opportunities to strengthen links between economic actors and local authorities.
• Consell National du Commerce (National Commerce Council)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on AI deployment experience sharing platform. CPME/Les Entrepreneurs is working with the National Commerce Council to collect and disseminate concrete AI use cases from businesses with less than 2,000 employees, with contributions due by June 22, 2026.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SMEunited: European association representing crafts, trades, and SMEs at the EU level. Peer as CPME's primary supranational counterpart for shaping EU SME policy, including competitiveness, single market, and digital transition files.
• CCI France (Chambres de Commerce et d'Industrie): Public chambers of commerce providing representation and services to French businesses across all sizes and sectors. Comparable to CPME as a parallel French business-representation infrastructure with overlapping membership and policy influence.
• BUSINESSEUROPE: The main European employers' confederation representing companies of all sizes across 35+ countries. Comparable to CPME as a higher-level social partner engaging in EU policy dialogue and collective employer positioning.

Direct peers

• MEDEF (Mouvement des Entreprises de France): France's largest employer federation representing companies of all sizes. Direct peer as the dominant counterpart in French social dialogue and policy advocacy, competing with CPME for institutional influence and member representation.
• U2P (Union des entreprises de proximité): French federation representing very small businesses, artisans, traders, and independents — overlapping significantly with CPME's traditional TPE/PME base. Direct peer in social-partner representation and collective bargaining for proximity-based enterprises.

Regional players

• FNSEA (Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants Agricoles): France's dominant agricultural employers' federation and a fellow social partner. Comparable as a sector-specific French federation with formal collective-bargaining standing and dense territorial structure.
• FFB (Fédération Française du Bâtiment): National federation representing French construction employers. Comparable as a sectoral French employer federation operating within the same social-partner framework and engaging in similar collective-bargaining structures.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CPMEnationale
• Facebookfacebook.com/CPMEnationale
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cgpme-nationale

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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