What ID formation does

ID Formation is a French professional training and vocational integration organization founded in December 1994 in Lille as a Société Coopérative de Production (SCOP), meaning it is owned and democratically governed by its employees. The company delivers vocational training (Titres Professionnels at levels 3–6), skills assessments (bilan de compétences), professional redeployment support, career evolution counseling (CEP), and specialized accompaniment programs for vulnerable populations including disabled persons (Inclu'Pro), RSA welfare beneficiaries (ARSA), and job seekers with health barriers (Parcours Emploi Santé). It also operates a dedicated apprenticeship training center — ID Alternance (CFA) — offering five work-study programs in Digital, Commerce, HR, Administration, and Accounting.

The core delivery model is blended learning that combines in-person classroom instruction with distance learning and digital tools, demonstrated during the COVID-19 period by formats such as 2 trainees in-person and 8 trainees remote. The product portfolio includes individualized career support programs, PLIE partnership accompaniments co-financed by the European Social Fund (FSE+), and the Formation Lire Écrire Agir (LEA) foundational literacy program. The company holds Qualiopi certification (March 2021) across three categories — training organization, skills assessment center, and apprenticeship training center — and is RGPD-compliant.

ID Formation generates revenue primarily through publicly funded contracts: French State, Pole Emploi (national employment agency), regional councils (notably Hauts-de-France), European Social Fund (FSE+), AGEFIPH (disability employment fund), and departmental social services. Since September 2020, it is also authorized to collect the apprenticeship tax (taxe d'apprentissage). End beneficiaries are diffuse (job seekers, apprentices, employees seeking upskilling) but paying counterparties are concentrated in public institutions. The company operates 213 training locations across seven French regions, employs between 251 and 500 staff (some sources indicate up to 550+), and has been led since 1996 by PDG Éric Faidherbe. It has executed one strategic merger — a 2020 rapprochement with digital training school POP School — and holds the ETI (Entreprise de Taille Intermédiaire) designation.

Name

ID formation

Legal name

ID Formation

Website

https://id-formation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

ID Formation is a French employee-owned cooperative (SCOP) founded in 1994 that delivers publicly funded vocational training, skills assessment, career counseling, and inclusion programs across 213 locations in 7 regions, serving job seekers, apprentices, disabled persons, and welfare beneficiaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Training and Professional Integration Services

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Credentialing, Certification Prep & Exam Training (BPACANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Software Development (Programming, Frameworks, Dev Tools) (EDABAFAA), Project, Process & Quality Certification Prep (PMP, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma, ITIL) (EDANAIAE)

Keywords

• Vocational training programs
• Apprenticeship training services
• Professional skills assessment
• Career transition counseling
• Professional integration support

Headquarters

HQ city

Lille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Training Services: ID Formation provides professional training services primarily funded by government sources including Regional councils, Pole Emploi, European Social Fund, and the French State. Revenue comes from public contracts and subsidies for training and professional integration programs.
2. Apprenticeship Training (CFA): ID Formation operates as a Centre de Formation d'Apprentis (CFA) under the brand ID Alternance, providing apprenticeship contracts and alternating training programs in partnership with employers.
3. Learning Tax (Taxe d'Apprentissage): Since September 2020, ID Formation is authorized to receive the apprenticeship tax from companies to finance vocational training and technological programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ID Formation is a French SCOP cooperative that delivers professional training programs leading to state-recognized qualifications (Titres Professionnels at levels 3-6) across sectors including commerce, digital, building, tourism, HR, and accounting. The company also provides skills assessments (Bilan de compétences), career evolution counseling (CEP), professional reintegration support, and apprenticeship training through its ID Alternance CFA. Services are delivered via 213 training centers across 7 French regions using blended learning that combines in-person instruction with distance learning.

Product overview

ID Formation is a professional training organization operating as a SCOP (cooperative company) since 1994. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of products organized around three core pillars: (1) Professional training programs (Formation professionnelle) delivering state-recognized Titres Professionnels across sectors including commerce, building, tourism, digital, and services; (2) Skills assessment and career counseling services (Bilan de compétences, Activ'Projet, CEP); and (3) Specialized accompaniment programs (Parcours Emploi Santé, Inclu'Pro Formation, ARSA, PLIE). The portfolio includes ID Alternance, the company's apprenticeship training center (CFA) offering work-study programs in 5 professional sectors. Training delivery combines classroom instruction with enterprise immersion and utilizes blended learning approaches incorporating digital tools and distance learning capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ID Alternance: Centre de Formation d'Apprentis (CFA) offering work-study programs in 5 sectors: Digital, Commerce Vente Distribution, Human Resources, Secretary Administration, and Accounting. Present in Lille, Dunkerque, Valenciennes, and Marseille.

Products and services

• Formation professionnelle Professional training programs for job seekers and employees across sectors including commerce, building, tourism, digital, and services, leading to state-recognized professional qualifications (Titres Professionnels) at levels 3 to 6.
• Bilan de compétences Skills assessment service enabling individuals to evaluate professional competencies, aptitudes, and motivations to define career development paths. Qualiopi-certified as Centre de Bilan de compétences.
• Reclassement professionnel Professional redeployment support helping individuals position themselves in the job market and achieve sustainable return to employment.
• Conseil en évolution professionnelle (CEP) Free, personalized career evolution counseling providing professionals with support to take stock of their situation and formalize career development projects.
• ID Alternance Apprenticeship training center (CFA) offering 5 vocational work-study programs: Digital, Commerce Vente Distribution, Human Resources, Secretarial Administration, and Accounting, at qualification levels 4 to 6 (BAC to BAC+3/4). Campuses in Lille, Dunkerque, Valenciennes, and Marseille.
• Activ'Projet Career project accompaniment service for unemployed job seekers consisting of 3 mandatory individual interviews, 4 thematic workshops, and enterprise immersion opportunities over 2-3 months.
• Parcours Emploi Santé (PES) Health employment pathway supporting job seekers facing health-related barriers through psychosocial and professional accompaniment over 6 months in Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Ile-de-France.
• Inclu'Pro Formation Action AGEFIPH-funded training program helping persons with recognized work disability (RQTH) operationalize their professional projects for sustainable employment or further training access.
• Formation Lire Écrire Agir (LEA) Literacy and foundational skills training for French and foreign nationals covering reading, writing, numeracy, and basic digital skills over 2.5 months.
• Programme ARSA ARSA (Allocataires du RSA en Accompagnement) program offering four-phase professional reintegration support for RSA welfare beneficiaries in Val-de-Marne: diagnostic, project validation, remobilization, and job integration coaching.
• PLIE Accompaniment Enhanced individualized accompaniment for job seekers through Local Employment Initiative Plans (PLIE), co-financed by European Social Fund (FSE+), targeting 220 participants in Lens Liévin Hénin Carvin and Boulogne-sur-Mer territories.

Quantifiable outcome

• Training completion leading to employment: Success stories documented including former trainees finding employment in their trained fields
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Maison de l'Emploi et de l'Insertion de Lens Liévin Hénin CarvincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 December 2025ID Formation partners with the Maison de l'Emploi et de l'Insertion to deliver PLIE (Plan Local pour l'Insertion et l'Emploi) programs. The partnership provides reinforced and individualized support for 220 participants targeting sustainable employment, with four dedicated PLIE referrers providing proximity follow-up throughout participants' career paths. Co-financed by the European Social Fund (FSE+).
• AMIE du Boulonnais (Association Mission Insertion Emploi)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 December 2025ID Formation implements programs on the territory of the PLIE Boulogne-sur-Mer, carried by AMIE du Boulonnais. The objective is to develop reinforced and individualized support for people far from employment, aiming to promote access to social autonomy and facilitate access to or return to employment through co-construction of sustainable employment pathways.
• Groupement Evolution Centre-Val de LoiremajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 February 2021Partnership signed with Groupement Evolution Centre-Val de Loire to improve services rendered to beneficiaries. This is the first convention of partnership between them, aimed at enhancing professional integration support services.
• Transitions Pro Centre Val de LoiremajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 February 2021Partnership signed with Transitions Pro Centre Val de Loire to improve services rendered to beneficiaries in professional transitions and career support. First convention of partnership between Groupement Evolution and Transitions Pro.
• POP SchoolmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2020Strategic merger between ID Formation and POP School, described as 'the first national rapprochement between a Grande Ecole du numérique and a historic training actor.' POP School brings agility while ID Formation brings robustness. This union marked a new stage in their training activities.
• Ressource Handicap Formation (RHF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerID Formation is signatory of the RHF charter which aims to contribute to developing accessibility and disability compensation in mainstream training programs. Partnership involves dedicated Handicap Referents and specialized support services for disabled trainees.
• Department of Val-de-MarnemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the Val-de-Marne Department for the ARSA program (Allocataires du RSA en Accompagnement) supporting RSA beneficiaries in their path toward social and professional remobilization. 6,000 beneficiaries expected during the project duration.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AFPA: France's flagship public vocational training organization delivering Titre Professionnel and skills-development programs across more than 100 centers. Operates in the same Pôle Emploi and Regional Council tender pool as ID Formation with similar vocational qualification offerings.
• GRETA: Network of public adult-education training providers affiliated with French state secondary schools. Offers continuing-education and professional retraining programs funded by the same Regional Councils and Pôle Emploi buyers, directly competing for the same contract pool.
• L'École de la Deuxième Chance (E2C France): National network of 'second-chance' schools for NEETs aged 16-25, delivering socio-professional integration programs. Direct functional peer on the inclusion pathway, serving similar vulnerable populations via regional and EU funding.
• AFTRAL: French leader in transport- and logistics-sector professional and apprenticeship training operating multiple CFAs nationally. Direct counterpart in apprenticeship and Pôle Emploi funded contract delivery, with similar multi-site French footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Cegos: International corporate training and development group with strong French roots, offering professional and management development training at scale. Overlaps with ID Formation on corporate client and B2B training programs, with broader geographic footprint.
• ManpowerGroup France: Global staffing firm with integrated training and reclassification services in France. Provides vocational retraining and skills-development offerings that overlap with ID Formation's reclassement and integration services, leveraging employer-side placement capability ID Formation does not own.
• CNAM (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers): National public institution providing continuing professional education and Titre Professionnel-equivalent certifications across all French regions. Competes in the higher-level professional credentialing and adult continuing education market.
• AKTO: French OPCO (joint collecting body) managing employer training contributions in services and agricultural sectors. Functions as both a funder and competitor in the same French professional-training ecosystem as ID Formation.

Regional players

• CCI France (Chambers of Commerce and Industry): Chamber-of-commerce affiliated training program delivering professional qualifications, apprenticeship training, and skills assessment across French territory. Competes with ID Formation in the same public-tender framework across all 7 of ID Formation's regions.

Emerging players

• Simplon.co: French digital-skills training network ('Grande École du numérique' ecosystem peer of POP School, now merged into ID Formation). Competes for the same Pôle Emploi-funded digital reskilling contracts and learner population.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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