France Bureau

Name

France Bureau

Legal name

France Bureau

Website

https://francebureau.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Office Furniture Retail

NAICS

Furniture Retailers (449110)

SIC

Retail-Furniture Stores (5712)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Office Furniture Retail (Desks, Office Chairs, Bookcases, Filing/Storage) (CRAIAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Office Furniture & Workspace Accessories Retail (CRALABAE)

Keywords

• Office furniture
• Professional furnishings
• Ergonomic seating
• Workspace furniture
• Acoustic partitions

Headquarters

HQ city

Grenoble

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: One-time purchase of office furniture including desks, seating, storage, reception furniture, meeting tables, acoustic solutions, medical furniture, and CHR/restauration equipment. Volume-based pricing with discounts ranging from 20% to 32% based on order value.
2. Furniture Rental/Leasing: Rental/leasing solutions available for all furniture categories, with monthly payment options displayed on product pages (e.g., €8.11/month for Neblina chair, €14.62/month for bench workstation).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

France Bureau sells professional office furniture online through an e-commerce catalog of approximately 500 European-manufactured ranges, including desks, ergonomic and executive seating, storage cabinets, reception furniture, meeting tables, acoustic partitions and booths, medical examination furniture, and hospitality/CHR furnishings. The company resells products from third-party European manufacturers and bundles them with services such as consulting, 2D/3D space planning, delivery and installation, and furniture rental/leasing options. Customers include professional businesses, healthcare facilities, schools, hotels, restaurants, and cafés across France.

Product overview

France Bureau is a Grenoble-based professional office furniture e-commerce company founded in 2004, operating as a single unified platform offering a comprehensive catalog of approximately 450+ furniture ranges for businesses. The portfolio centers on core product categories: professional desks (bureaux) including individual, open-space modular, and height-adjustable models; office seating (sièges) including ergonomic chairs and executive chairs; storage solutions (rangement) including cabinets and pedestals; reception furniture; meeting tables; acoustic partitions and panels; medical furniture; and hospitality/collective furniture. The offering also includes related services such as space planning, installation, and rental options. The company positions itself as a digital-first furniture retailer with French and European manufacturing partnerships, selling directly to businesses through its website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 20,000+ satisfied customers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

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

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Carina MédicalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 February 2026Partnership to enrich France Bureau's product offerings with professional medical furniture, expanding into the healthcare sector. This collaboration adds specialized medical equipment to the catalog including examination tables and medical seating.
• ValdeliaminorOthersEco-organization approved by the French Ministry of Ecology for collecting and recycling professional furniture. Valdelia ensures free collection and recycling of used office furniture. Financed through eco-contribution included in product prices. Partners handle end-of-life furniture through reuse, upcycling, treatment, and secondary material recovery.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• IKEA: IKEA is the dominant broad-line home and office furniture retailer with deep French presence. While not a specialist office-furniture player, its workspace ranges and click-and-collect model overlap with France Bureau's home office and SMB buyer base at the value end.
• Staples: Staples is a global office products retailer with French operations, offering office furniture alongside a much broader supplies catalog. It competes with France Bureau at the SMB and enterprise procurement end, but as part of a much wider portfolio.
• Viking (Office Depot Europe): Viking is a broad office supplies and workplace solutions provider operating in France under the Office Depot brand, with deeper resources, broader assortment and stronger procurement tooling than France Bureau - a scaled incumbent competing across the same categories.

Direct peers

• Bureau Vallée: Bureau Vallée is a French office supplies and furniture retail chain with physical stores plus e-commerce, targeting SMBs and individuals. It overlaps directly with France Bureau on home/office furniture, accessories and the value-conscious professional buyer.
• Bruneau: Bruneau is a long-established French office supplies and furniture e-retailer serving businesses with a similar catalog-first, B2B positioning. Operated within the Office Depot / Viking group, it competes head-on with France Bureau in desks, seating and workspace furniture.
• Manutan: Manutan is a French-headquartered pan-European B2B distributor of workplace supplies, furniture and equipment via a catalog/e-commerce model. It is the most direct comparable to France Bureau in terms of target customer (SMEs and large enterprises), product breadth and D2C go-to-market.

Others

• Sedus: Sedus is a German manufacturer of premium office seating, desks and workspace solutions that France Bureau resells. They are an upstream supplier rather than a direct competitor, but define the product quality and pricing tier France Bureau competes within.
• Steelcase: Steelcase is a global office furniture manufacturer whose products (e.g., Series 1, Cosm) are carried in France Bureau's catalog. As an upstream brand rather than reseller, it is ecosystem-relevant but not a head-to-head competitor.
• Haworth: Haworth is an office furniture manufacturer whose products appear across France Bureau's assortment. It is a supplier/ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor, but its dealer network shapes the competitive landscape France Bureau navigates.

Regional players

• La Redoute Mobilier / Camif: La Redoute and Camif are French home furnishings retailers with office and workspace ranges; while primarily focused on home decor, they overlap with France Bureau in home office furniture and compete for the same SMB buyer in France.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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 →

Frequently asked questions about France Bureau