What Fusacq does

Fusacq is a French-language digital marketplace dedicated to SME business transfer and acquisition, headquartered in Paris and structured as a SARL. Founded in 2002, the platform connects individual and corporate buyers (repreneurs), business sellers (cédants), and M&A intermediaries through anonymized listings, professional matchmaking, and an ecosystem of directories (buyers, repreneur CVs, investment funds, business angels, experts). Operational scale includes 2,208 active sale listings, 10,189 potential buyers, 9,337 historical acquirers, and a 60,000+ email database, with affiliated sub-brands extending into commercial real estate (Place des Commerces), franchise opportunities (Place des Franchises), and M&A news (FUSACQ Buzz).

The platform's technical architecture combines a web-based listing marketplace with two distinct AI-supported modules: FUSACQ Elite, launched in 2025, which generates AI-powered strategic analysis of listed companies across market positioning, customer value, and development potential; and La Cote FUSACQ, a proprietary valuation service that derives market benchmarks from two decades of accumulated transaction data using statistical analysis and market comparables. Hosting is provided by OVH and webinars are run on GoToWebinar (LogMeIn). Integration with Editions Francis Lefebvre provides authoritative legal and tax content within the premium Expert subscription.

Fusacq operates a hybrid transaction- and subscription-based revenue model. Transaction-based revenues come from matchmaking (€50-65 HT per contact), matchmaking bundles (€150-325 HT for 5-20 contacts), and operation report sales (€40 HT each). Subscription revenues include FUSACQ Elite (€35-336 HT), FUSACQ Expert (€150 HT/month), expert directory referencing (€20 HT/month per sector/location), and the repreneur CV directory (€125-690 HT). Acquisition search listings are free (freemium). The go-to-market is product-led and self-serve, supplemented by content marketing (FUSACQ Buzz news portal), email campaigns to the 60,000+ address database, advertising sales, and event sponsorships (GO Entrepreneurs, Franchise Expo Paris, Festival des Entrepreneurs).

Name

Fusacq

Legal name

FUSACQ

Website

https://fusacq.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fusacq is a French-language digital marketplace, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Paris, connecting SME business buyers, sellers, and M&A intermediaries through anonymized listings, matchmaking, valuation services, and an ecosystem of professional directories covering French and select international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Transfer Marketplace

NAICS

Directory and Mailing List Publishers (51314)

SIC

Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Business-for-Sale Marketplaces & Listing Platforms (FSAEAIAK)

Keywords

• Business transfer marketplace
• SME mergers acquisitions
• Business valuation services
• Repreneur matching platform
• M&A intermediary directory

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Matchmaking / Mise en Relation: Core revenue stream. Users pay to receive contact details of listing owners (sellers or intermediaries). Unit pricing ranges 50-65€ HT based on company revenue. Forfait bundles (5/10/20 connections) priced 150-325€ HT. Monthly subscriptions (10/20/30 connections/month) priced 695-1195€ HT annually. Revenue is consumption-based, driven by buyer intent signals.
2. FUSACQ Elite Subscription: Premium subscription giving access to AI-powered strategic analysis, Elite search engine, and early access to new listings 7 days before public release. Tiered pricing: 35€ HT/month, 99€ HT/3 months, 189€ HT/6 months, 336€ HT/12 months.
3. FUSACQ Expert Full-Service Package: Comprehensive premium offering for M&A professionals including database access (15,000+ M&A news items), buyer directory (9,337 historical acquirers), investment fund directory, fund participation records (2,988 participations), Business Angel directory, legal/tax news feed, expert directory with blog and rankings, and subscription to listing/buying databases. Priced at 150€ HT/month.
4. Expert Directory Referencing: Professionals (M&A advisors, lawyers, accountants) pay to be listed in FUSACQ's expert directory. Pricing: 20€ HT per month per sector/location combination. Additional keyword bidding allows experts to outrank competitors.
5. Operation Report Sales: Transaction reports documenting M&A deals are sold for 40€ HT each. Sellers receive 2 free consultations of any report upon publishing their own completed deal.
6. Repreneur CV Directory Access: Access to the repreneur (buyer) CV database. Forfait bundles: 5/10/20 connections at 125-260€ HT annually. Annual package 'CV Repreneurs only' at 370€ HT, 'Annonces et CV Repreneurs' at 690€ HT.
7. Acquisition Search Listing (Free): Companies seeking to be acquired or seeking partners can post listings for free. This generates a supply of acquisition targets that attracts repreneurs, creating a two-sided marketplace network effect.
8. Advertising & Webinar Services: FUSACQ sells advertising banners on its website and newsletters, targeted advertising by sector or geography, email campaigns to its database of 60,000+ addresses segmented by profile type and region, and webinar hosting/production services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

FUSACQ operates a two-sided digital marketplace connecting business buyers, sellers, and M&A intermediaries for SME business transfers in France and internationally. The platform combines anonymized listings, paid matchmaking services (mise en relation), valuation tools (La Cote FUSACQ), AI-powered strategic analysis (FUSACQ Elite), expert directories, and M&A news content. It monetizes through transaction-based matchmaking fees, subscription tiers (Elite, Expert), advertising, and directory referencing.

Product overview

FUSACQ is a marketplace platform for business transfer and acquisition operations in France and internationally. The platform operates as a unified ecosystem comprising a core listing database, multiple professional directories (buyers, investment funds, business angels, experts), AI-powered analysis tools (FUSACQ Elite), valuation services (La Cote FUSACQ), financial simulation tools, and news portals (FUSACQ Buzz). The ecosystem also includes related brands for commercial real estate (Place des Commerces) and franchises (Place des Franchises), all designed to facilitate connections between business sellers, buyers, and M&A intermediaries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FUSACQ Buzz: News portal covering M&A activity in France and internationally.
• FUSACQ Elite
• Place des Commerces
• Place des Franchises
• La Cote FUSACQ

Products and services

• FUSACQ Platform Core two-sided marketplace platform connecting business buyers, sellers, and intermediaries for SME transfers in France and internationally. Hosts 2,208+ sale listings, 322 acquisition listings, 10,189 potential buyers, and 168 active funds. Provides free listing deposit, public listing consultation, paid matchmaking, and alert subscriptions.
• FUSACQ Elite Premium subscription service offering AI-powered strategic analysis of business transfer announcements, early access to new listings 7 days before public release, advanced search filters based on intangible capital criteria, strategic profile search engine, and financial feasibility simulator. Priced EUR 35-336 depending on duration.
• FUSACQ Expert Comprehensive premium package for M&A professionals and PE investors at EUR 150/month (or custom quote). Includes access to M&A database (15,000+ news items), listing database (2,500+), buyer directory (9,337 historical acquirers), fund directory, 2,988 fund participations, Business Angel directory, legal/tax news feed from Editions Francis Lefebvre, expert directory with blog, and 10 monthly listings.
• La Cote FUSACQ Proprietary business valuation service providing market benchmarks, estimates, indicators, and analyses for business transfers, assets or projects using standard valuation methods, market comparables, and statistical analysis derived from FUSACQ's transaction database.
• FUSACQ Buzz News portal covering French and international M&A activity with 15,000+ indexed items and approximately 300 new items added monthly. Includes expert articles, weekly polls, FUSACQ rankings of M&A advisors, and press releases. Serves as the primary content marketing vehicle for organic search traffic.
• Place des Commerces Affiliated digital marketplace dedicated to buying and selling commercial establishments and retail premises. Integrated into the FUSACQ account system, extending the platform's marketplace model to adjacent commercial real estate transactions.
• Place des Franchises Affiliated digital marketplace focused on franchise business opportunities and franchisee-franchisor connections. Integrated into the FUSACQ account system, extending the platform to entrepreneurs interested in buying into established franchise networks.
• Matchmaking Service (Mise en Relation) Core transaction-based service enabling users to obtain contact details of listing owners (sellers or intermediaries). Unit pricing EUR 50-65 HT per connection based on target company revenue. Forfait bundles of 5/10/20 connections priced EUR 150-325 HT. Monthly subscriptions of 10/20/30 connections/month priced EUR 695-1,195 HT annually.
• Simulateur de reprise d'entreprise (Acquisition Simulator) Financial simulator enabling users to evaluate whether proposed acquisitions are financeable based on key bank ratios. Available for EUR 40 HT for 3 months of usage, or included in FUSACQ Elite subscription.
• Expert Directory Referencing Paid directory listing service for M&A advisors, lawyers, accountants, and other professionals. Priced at EUR 20 HT per month per sector/location combination, with additional keyword bidding to outrank competitors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 companies successfully sold through the platform since inception
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• CCI Caen Normandie (Festival des Entrepreneurs)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2026FUSACQ is a media partner for the Festival des Entrepreneurs 2026 organized by CCI Caen Normandie (July 1-2, 2026). The event combines entrepreneurship and music festival culture (partnered with Festival Beauregard) and includes BtoB matchmaking, workshops, and M&A-related programming.
• Place des CommercescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 16 January 2013Affiliated platform dedicated to buying and selling commercial establishments and retail premises. Integrated into the FUSACQ account system — a single FUSACQ account grants access to both platforms. Represents a horizontal extension of FUSACQ's marketplace model into adjacent commercial real estate transactions.
• Place des FranchisescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAffiliated platform focused on franchise business opportunities and network development. Also integrated into the FUSACQ account system, allowing franchisors and franchisee candidates to connect through the same infrastructure used for M&A listings.
• GO EntrepreneursminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFUSACQ participates as a partner at GO Entrepreneurs Lyon (September 24, 2026), a major French entrepreneurship event attracting over a decade of track record. FUSACQ promotes its marketplace to attendees seeking business acquisition and transfer services.
• Franchise Expo ParisminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFUSACQ was a partner of Franchise Expo Paris (March 19-22, 2023), using the event to reach entrepreneurs interested in acquiring franchise businesses through the Place des Franchises platform.
• OVHminorOthersOVH is the hosting provider for the fusacq.com website and related services, located at 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• BizBuySell: The largest US business-for-sale marketplace with a similar listing/matchmaking model. Comparable in product category (business-for-sale marketplace) but US-focused and at significantly larger scale.
• BPI France (cession-transmission): French state-owned bank that runs a public SME transfer/financing platform (Cession Transmission). It competes in the same French SME M&A market but operates as part of a much broader public financing mandate, not as a specialized paid marketplace.
• D&B (Dun & Bradstreet): Global business directory and data provider. Comparable at the directory and data-monetization layer (the directory publishing activity that supports FUSACQ's expert/fund/buyer directory products), though at vastly greater scale and scope.
• BusinessesForSale.com: Global business-for-sale marketplace with French and European listings. Comparable as a paid business-for-sale listing/matching platform, though broader geographically and English-led.
• Transentreprise (CPME): Confédération des PME's Transentreprise service, which operates a business transfer matching platform as part of its broader employer organization mandate. Direct functional overlap on SME transfer matchmaking but not a paid marketplace.

Direct peers

• Cession-Acquisition.com: Direct French competitor: an online marketplace for buying and selling SMEs, with a similar listing/matchmaking model and pricing tiers. Serves the same buyer/seller personas in France.
• Repreneur.net: French business takeover marketplace that connects repreneurs with cessions d'entreprise. Comparable in target audience, business model (listing + matchmaking), and geographic focus (France).
• Affaires à Reprendre: Online marketplace dedicated to selling and buying small businesses in France; overlapping listings, repreneur CVs, and intermediary directory. Direct SME M&A competitor to FUSACQ in the French market.

Others

• Editions Francis Lefebvre: Leading French legal and tax publisher, integrated into FUSACQ Expert as a content partner. Listed as a peer because it sits in the same professional ecosystem and contributes to the data/content moat around French SME M&A, though it is not a marketplace competitor.

Regional players

• Europages: Major European B2B directory and marketplace with adjacent (but not core) overlap on business listings and supplier discovery. Comparable as a French-rooted, multilingual B2B platform with directory-style monetization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fusacq

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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