LDS

What LDS does

LDS (legal entity LDS Expertise Conseil Audit, SIREN 017 250 192) is an independent French accounting, audit, and consulting firm headquartered in Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France, founded in 1972 by Michel LEVY. The firm operates as a partner-led professional services practice with 10 Chartered Accountants (Experts-Comptables) and 5 Statutory Auditors (Commissaires aux Comptes) registered with the orders of Burgundy-Franche-Comté, supported by 120+ specialists across 11 strategically located offices in the Yonne, Côte-d'Or, Jura, Haute-Saône, Vosges, and Meurthe-et-Moselle departments. Its service portfolio spans nine interconnected lines: traditional accounting (bookkeeping, payroll, social declarations), statutory audit, legal and tax advisory, labor law and HR consulting, M&A advisory (acquisition/cession/transmission), cost accounting and management control, social protection advisory, wealth and financial advisory, and recruitment/HR support. The firm also publishes educational content on France's mandatory electronic invoicing reform effective September 2026.

The firm's revenue model is engagement-based professional services billing across accounting, audit, advisory, and HR support engagements, with no public pricing. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: client acquisition relies on local proximity through the physical office network, referrals, and direct outreach to entrepreneurs and SMBs in eastern France, with no digital self-serve or marketplace channel. Customer concentration is intentionally low — over 4,500 clients spread across diverse verticals including agriculture/viticulture, artisans, associations, automobile, construction, retail, large retail, industry, and health. Ownership remained with founder Michel LEVY until his retirement in January 2010, when a succession team of Franck SADOINE, Didier CUCHE, and Thomas BLANC took over; the firm remains private with no external investment, parent company, or disclosed funding rounds. Growth has been driven primarily by geographic expansion (multiple office openings 2017–2023) and a single tuck-in acquisition (Soreco in 2019), with the addition of wealth management and recruitment services in 2024 extending the service surface.

Name

LDS

Legal name

LDS Expertise Conseil Audit

Website

https://cabinetlds.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Short description

LDS is an independent French accounting, audit, and consulting firm serving 4,500+ SMBs and entrepreneurs across eastern France through 11 offices, with 120+ staff including 10 Chartered Accountants and 5 Statutory Auditors, operating since 1972.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fontaine-lès-dijon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Expertise Comptable (Accounting): Traditional accounting services including bookkeeping (tenue des comptes), payroll processing (bulletins de paies), and social declarations (déclarations sociales). Core recurring service for SMEs and entrepreneurs.
2. Commissariat aux Comptes (Statutory Audit): Statutory audit services providing external oversight of financial information and guaranteeing security for companies.
3. Legal and Tax Advisory: Business law, tax advisory, and social/HR consulting services supplementing core accounting offerings.
4. M&A Advisory: Acquisition, transfer, and succession planning advisory including feasibility studies, financial modeling, legal constitution, and financing assistance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

LDS is an independent accounting, statutory audit, and consulting firm that delivers traditional chartered-accountant services (bookkeeping, payroll, social declarations, statutory audit) alongside multidisciplinary advisory covering legal, tax, labor law, M&A (acquisition, cession, transmission), cost accounting/management control, social protection, wealth management, and recruitment support. Services are delivered through 11 physical offices across eastern France to entrepreneurs, SMEs, artisans, retailers, liberal professionals, healthcare providers, and industrial companies.

Product overview

LDS is a professional services firm offering a unified portfolio of traditional accounting, audit, and consulting services rather than a technology product platform. The core offering consists of nine interconnected service lines: Expertise Comptable (accounting/bookkeeping), Commissariat aux Comptes (audit), Droit Social & Ressources Humaines (labor law/HR), Conseil Juridique et Fiscal (legal/tax), Accompagnement Acquisition/Cession/Transmission (M&A advisory), Comptabilité Analytique et Contrôle de Gestion (cost accounting/management control), Conseil en Protection Sociale (social protection), Conseil en Gestion de Patrimoine et Finance (wealth management), and Recrutement/Coaching/Accompagnement RH (recruitment/HR support). Additionally, the firm provides informational resources on electronic invoicing reform. These services are designed to address the full lifecycle of business needs from creation through transfer, delivered through a network of 11 physical office locations across eastern France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Expertise Comptable (Accounting Services)

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves 4,500+ clients across eastern France

Named customers1 record

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SorecocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019In 2019, accounting firm Soreco joined the LDS group, bringing 3 new locations (Dole, Salins-Les-Bains, Lons-Le-Saunier) and extending LDS's presence in the Jura department. This integration strengthened LDS's regional coverage and expanded its client base in eastern France.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• RSM France: French member of the RSM international accounting network, focused on mid-market audit, tax and consulting. Comparable on SMB/mid-market positioning and integrated service lines.
• Baker Tilly France: French member of Baker Tilly International, providing accounting, audit and advisory to mid-market and SMB clients. Comparable service portfolio and regional delivery footprint.
• Grant Thornton France: French member of Grant Thornton International, providing audit, tax and advisory services with a strong regional office network across France. Comparable to LDS on multidisciplinary service portfolio and regional delivery model.
• Mazars: France-headquartered international audit, accounting and consulting firm serving SMEs through to large corporates. Comparable on the integrated accounting/audit/tax/HR advisory portfolio, though operating globally and at far larger scale.
• In Extenso: French network of regional accounting and advisory firms serving SMBs and entrepreneurs across France. Most directly comparable to LDS in business model (accounting + advisory, regional proximity, SME focus), though operating at significantly larger scale with national coverage.
• BDO France: French member of the BDO international accounting network, offering audit, accounting, tax and advisory services to mid-market companies. Closely comparable service mix to LDS, with regional French offices and SMB/mid-market focus.
• Fiducial: France's largest privately-held provider of accounting, legal, payroll and SMB advisory services. Comparable to LDS on SMB focus, multidisciplinary offering and private ownership, but national in scale and far larger headcount.

Broad incumbents

• PwC France: Big 4 firm in France offering audit, tax, legal and advisory services. Comparable service taxonomy to LDS but operating at enterprise and large-cap scale with global delivery capability.
• Deloitte France: Big 4 incumbent in France with full audit, tax, consulting and legal practice. Significant overlap with LDS service lines for larger SMB and mid-market clients, though brand and scale are vastly different.
• KPMG France: Big 4 accounting and advisory firm with national French coverage. Overlaps with LDS on audit, tax and advisory services for SMB and mid-market, but operates at much larger scale with a global brand and broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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