Bataillon

What Bataillon does

Bataillon (legally SAS Bataillon Frères) is a privately held, family-owned French multi-service retail and visual communications company headquartered at Avenue Aristide Briand in Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne. Founded on December 13, 1996 and operated by Bernard Bataillon and Louis Bataillon as co-directors, the company bundles four service lines under a single roof: Com'Bataillon provides graphic design, offset and digital printing, custom website development, signage, and vehicle wrapping for SMB clients; Calipage operates a stationery, office supplies, and school supplies retail counter under a network of nearly 300 French distributors with 16,000+ product references; Kodak Express offers photo printing, ANTS-compliant identity photos, photo books, posters, and photo restoration under franchise; and Dalbe is a fine arts, drawing, and creative leisure supplies franchise providing access to 25,000+ art supply references and group logistics. The company is Imprim'Vert certified for its printing operations and additionally offers online ordering through ioburo.fr for stationery and a digital platform for photo products.

Bataillon serves both B2B customers (local and regional small and medium businesses needing brand identity, signage, promotional materials, and printing) and B2C customers (residents and tourists requiring stationery, photography services, art supplies, and identity photos). Its go-to-market is sales-led and physically anchored at its Sarlat-la-Canéda storefront, with two online extensions for stationery and photo products and additional reach provided by the national Calipage, Dalbe, and Kodak Express brand networks. Revenue streams are predominantly transactional and project-based (quote-based printing, signage, and design services plus unit-priced retail sales across stationery, art, and photo), with no subscription, SaaS, or recurring contract model. The customer base is highly diversified across many small transactions rather than concentrated in any named enterprise account. The company has no disclosed funding rounds, subsidiaries, parent entities, or M&A activity and operates as an independent going concern with a €50,000 registered share capital and 11–50 employees.

The business model rests on cross-selling across the four adjacent retail/service verticals under one physical roof, supported by collective purchasing power from Calipage and Dalbe network affiliations. There are no proprietary technology platforms, no APIs, no mobile applications, no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, and no patents or trademarks of record. Operational technology is described as traditional offset and digital printing equipment combined with standard digital design and web development tooling. Expansion signals within the provided material are limited to the addition of the ioburo.fr online channel and the bundling of services under Com'Bataillon; no concrete geographic expansion, M&A, or funding signals are present.

Name

Bataillon

Legal name

SAS Bataillon Frères

Website

https://bataillon.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bataillon is a family-owned French multi-service retail and printing company in Sarlat-la-Canéda operating four divisions — Com'Bataillon (graphic design, printing, signage, web), Calipage (stationery), Kodak Express (photo), and Dalbe (art supplies) — serving local SMBs and consumers in the Dordogne region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sarlat-la-canéda

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Printing Services (Imprimerie): Offset and digital printing services for business cards, flyers, brochures, posters, catalogs, and various printed materials. Services include custom graphic design and production.
2. Graphic Design and Creative Services: Logo creation, brand identity development, graphic charter design, and custom visual communication solutions.
3. Website Development: Custom responsive website design and development services for local businesses.
4. Signage and Vehicle Wrapping: Signage production, illuminated signs, vehicle covering and lettering, stands, and promotional displays.
5. Stationery and Office Supplies: Retail sale of stationery, office supplies, furniture, and school supplies through Calipage network.
6. Photography Services and Products: Photo printing, photo books, posters, identity photos, photo restoration, and photo gifts through Kodak Express.
7. Art Supplies and Fine Arts Materials: Retail sale of artistic supplies, fine arts materials, drawing supplies, framing products, and creative leisure items through Dalbe franchise.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bataillon is a multi-service communications and office supplies retailer operating four brands under one roof: Com'Bataillon delivers graphic design, offset and digital printing, signage, vehicle wrapping, and website development; Calipage supplies stationery, office, and school products; Kodak Express provides photo printing, identity photos, and photo gifts; and Dalbe retails art supplies and framing. Services are sold through a physical storefront in Sarlat-la-Canéda and online via ioburo.fr, targeting both local businesses and individual consumers.

Product overview

Bataillon is a multi-service retail company operating under four distinct brands: Com'Bataillon provides graphic design, printing, website creation, signage, and vehicle decoration services; Calipage (part of a 300-store French network) offers stationery and office supplies with over 16,000 product references; Kodak Express delivers photo printing, identity photos, and personalized photo products; and Dalbe (member of the Dalbe creative retail group) supplies art materials, fine arts products, and framing services with access to 25,000+ references. The company serves both B2B and B2C customers from its Sarlat-la-Canéda location.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Com'Bataillon (Graphic Design, Printing, Signage, Web)
• Calipage (Stationery and Office Supplies)
• Kodak Express (Photo Printing Services)
• Dalbe (Art Supplies and Creative Materials)

Quantifiable outcome

• Environmental certification (Imprim'Vert) for printing operations
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CalipagecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBataillon operates as a Calipage distributor for stationery, office supplies, and school materials. The Calipage network comprises nearly 300 distributors across France, offering over 16,000 product references with competitive pricing through collective purchasing power.
• DalbecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBataillon operates as a Dalbe franchise store for art supplies, fine arts materials, drawing supplies, framing, and creative leisure products. Dalbe is France's first specialized network for artistic supplies with 45+ years of experience and 25,000+ product references.
• Kodak ExpresscoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerBataillon operates a Kodak Express franchise providing photo printing services, identity photos (ANTS certified), photo books, posters, and photo restoration services using the Kodak brand name and technology.
• O2SwitchminorOthersO2Switch provides web hosting services for bataillon.fr website, located at 222 Boulevard Gustave Flaubert, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Pixartprinting: European online printer offering large-format, signage, and commercial print products. Overlaps with Com'Bataillon's offset/digital print and signalétique services, targeting SMBs through a digital channel rather than a physical storefront.
• Photobox: European online photo printing and photo-gift platform. Comparable to Bataillon's Kodak Express division on photo prints, photo books, posters, and personalized photo products, but delivered through a digital-only model.
• Vistaprint (Cimpress): Large online commercial printing platform serving French SMBs with business cards, flyers, signage and marketing materials. Comparable to Com'Bataillon's core commercial-print offering, but competes via a centralized online model rather than local service.

Direct peers

• Manutan: French B2B-focused distributor of office supplies, facility products, and equipment to SMBs and public-sector buyers. Comparable to Bataillon's Calipage B2B stationery offering and supports similar local-account servicing for SMB customers.
• Photo Me (Photomaton): Operator of automated and staffed photo-printing booths in France, including compliant identity photos. Comparable to Bataillon's Kodak Express identity-photo and print services, with overlapping ANTS-certified identity-photo use cases for consumers.
• Bureau Vallée: French discount office-supply and stationery retail chain with ~300 stores nationwide. Directly comparable to Bataillon's Calipage stationery division in product mix, target SMB/consumer customer, and franchise-style local-store model.
• MaxiBuro: French office supplies and stationery distributor serving SMBs and consumers across multiple regional locations. Directly comparable to Bataillon's Calipage division in assortment (stationery, school, office furniture) and B2B/B2C go-to-market.

Others

• Antalis: Leading European distributor of paper, packaging and visual communication substrates. Comparable ecosystem player — supplies paper, board and signage substrates to French printers and visual-communication resellers like Bataillon.

Broad incumbents

• Cultura: France's largest specialist retailer for arts, hobbies, and creative supplies. Highly comparable to Bataillon's Dalbe division on product range and customer base, but operates as a multi-site national incumbent rather than a single rural shop.
• Office Dépôt (Staples): International office-supply retailer with French operations. Comparable to Bataillon's stationery and office-supply offering for SMBs, but operates at much larger scale and via multi-site and online channels.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 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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