What esatco does

esatco is the commercial brand of Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor, a French non-profit association (loi 1901) operating a network of ESAT (Établissements et Services d'Aide par le Travail) sheltered workshops for the professional integration of adults with disabilities (RQTH). Headquartered in Paimpol, France, and created in 2012, the brand unifies 7 operational sites in Côtes d'Armor (Paimpol/Plourivo, Saint-Brieuc, Lamballe, Dinan/Quévert, Tréguier, Loudéac, Guingamp/Plouisy) plus 3 restaurants and the Piosh retail boutique. The association is part of a broader Grand Ouest network spanning 8 departments in Brittany and Pays-de-Loire, employing ~6,000 professionals, with ~4,000 anchored in the Côtes d'Armor scope.

The organization operates 7 business lines (filières): green-space maintenance, direct sales, industrial subcontracting, building cleaning, linen and textile (including the ARTEX textile-recycling and insertion workshop processing 500 tonnes of textiles per year), service provision, and food trades (3 restaurants serving 600,000+ meals per year, organic market gardening on 4+ Ecocert-certified hectares, a 4th-range vegetable processing facility producing 400+ tonnes per year, and collective catering). It serves dual markets: B2B enterprise clients in food service (Pâtisseries Gourmandes, Sodexo), printing (Roudenn Grafik), healthcare (GHT d'Armor), aerospace (Lisi Aerospace / Blanc Aéro technologies), industrial food (Inariz, Nutri-Future Prod), public works (Eurovia), postal services (La Poste), and fishing (local Paimpol fishermen), alongside individual consumers via restaurants, the Piosh second-hand boutique, direct farm sales, and textile donation/collection points. Revenue is generated through industrial subcontracting (professional services), restaurant and catering sales (unit pricing; e.g., €13.10–€14.50 TTC set menus), second-hand retail, and facility services.

The business model is structurally a hybrid of commercial activity and French medico-social state funding for the disability-integration mission. Pricing for B2B is project-quoted; for consumer channels, unit pricing applies. The organization is governed by a board of directors; Frédéric Gloro is Director General of Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor and Morgan Donval is Director of the esatco brand (promoted from Deputy Director of ESAT de Plouisy). No revenue is disclosed. The technology stack is operational rather than software-based: organic farming, vegetable processing, textile sorting and grading, and an experimental fishing-net recycling process for 3D printing filament (in cooperation with Fil & Fab and Nanovia). No AI/ML, app, or API footprint is present.

Name

esatco

Legal name

esatco

Website

https://esatco22.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Short description

esatco is the commercial brand of French non-profit Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor, operating a 7-site ESAT sheltered-workshop network in Côtes d'Armor that delivers industrial subcontracting, catering, organic farming, textile recycling, and facility services to B2B clients and consumers while providing professional integration for adults with disabilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paimpol

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Industrial Subcontracting: ESAT provides manufacturing, assembly, packaging, and logistics services to businesses. Activities include kitting, picking, film wrapping, box packaging, and industrial subcontracting for various clients including Roudenn Grafik, Pâtisseries Gourmandes, and others.
2. Retail Sales - Piosh Boutique: Sale of second-hand clothing and accessories through the Piosh social boutique in Saint-Brieuc. Products sourced from ARTEX textile insertion workshop. Also online presence through Facebook.
3. Food Service and Restaurants: Three restaurants (Le Grand Large in Ploufragan, Ô Pifaudais in Quévert and Lamballe) serving over 600,000 meals per year. Also provides collective catering services.
4. Agricultural Production: Organic market gardening on over 4 hectares, producing vegetables sold directly to consumers, local restaurants, and school cafeterias. Includes Bio Lait festival events.
5. Facility Services: Cleaning and maintenance services for buildings, as well as green space maintenance (spaces verts).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

esatco is a sheltered workshop network (ESAT) operating across seven sites in Côtes d'Armor, France, providing professional work integration for people with disabilities while delivering industrial subcontracting, organic market gardening, vegetable processing, textile recycling, building cleaning, and food service operations. The organization serves both business clients (manufacturing, food service, healthcare, printing) through B2B contracts and individual consumers through the Piosh second-hand boutique, three company restaurants, and direct farm sales.

Product overview

esatco is a social enterprise brand operated by Adapei-Nouelles Côtes d'Armor, providing work integration services for people with disabilities across seven sites in the Côtes d'Armor region. The organization offers diverse production and service activities organized into seven filières: green spaces (espaces verts), direct sales (vente directe), industrial services (prestations industrielles), building cleaning and maintenance (nettoyage et entretien des bâtiments), linen and textile (linge et textile) including the ARTEX textile recycling workshop, service provision (prestations de services), and food trades (métiers de bouche) including restaurants, organic market gardening, vegetable processing, and catering. The Piosh sub-brand operates a second-hand clothing boutique. The company also runs restaurants (Le Grand Large in Ploufragan and Ô Pifaudais in Quévert and Lamballe) and various industrial subcontracting operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Piosh: A committed, human and casual second-hand clothing brand. Part of the adapted enterprise of Adapei Nouelles Côtes-d'Armor. Located at 18 rue Chaptal, 22000 Saint-Brieuc. Open Monday to Saturday 10h-19h. Operated by recognized disabled workers (RQTH) who work in conditions adapted to their talents.

Products and services

• Industrial Subcontracting Services
• Organic Market Gardening & Vegetable Processing
• Building Cleaning & Maintenance Services
• Textile Recycling (ARTEX)
• Restaurant & Catering Services
• Piosh Second-Hand Clothing Boutique
• Fishing Net Recycling
• Green Space Maintenance Services
• Book Rebinding Workshop
• Adapted Enterprise Services (Second Œuvre Construction)
• Solidarity Baskets Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 268 competency attestations delivered in 2025, validating professional skills of workers with disabilities
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Roudenn GrafikcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership where esatco Guingamp workers provide industrial subcontracting services (façonnage, routing, book assembly, cutting, packaging) at the printing company. Eight workers rotate through the facility annually. The company received ARESAT's Trophée de la Reconnaissance 2020 for its inclusion commitment.
• Pâtisseries GourmandescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor pastry manufacturer in France that has entrusted product packaging to esatco Loudéac for over a decade. Thirteen ESAT professionals handle conditioning operations at the Loudéac site.
• Eurovia Côtes d'ArmorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental partnership where Eurovia plants trees (1 tree per 700 tonnes of asphalt) in partner communes, with tree planting services provided by esatco teams. Initiative called 'Plantomp ar vuhez' (Plantons la vie).
• La PosteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate social responsibility partnership where La Poste donates unused work clothing (about 100 items) to esatco Paimpol for circular economy textile recycling.
• Nutri-Future ProdminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFour ESAT Loudéac professionals work at the factory specializing in gel manufacturing for young animals, providing enterprise integration services.
• InarizminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean leader in cooked rice meal production where esatco Lamballe teams work on-site as part of 'hors les murs' external integration.
• Blanc Aéro technologies (Lisi Aérospace)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership addressing training needs and disability inclusion at the aerospace manufacturing facility.
• Les Maraîchers d'ArmorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to develop organic vegetable consumption in collective catering, particularly school cafeterias in Côtes d'Armor.
• Ohé ProméthéeminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConvention signed to implement professional experience periods (PMSMP) facilitating integration pathways between esatco and mainstream employment.
• Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération et Lannion-Trégor CommunautécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-partner cooperation for experimental fishing net recycling project. ESAT Paimpol separates ralingues from nylon nets for recycling. Includes Fil & Fab (Plougonvelin) for net regeneration and Nanovia (Louargat) for 3D printing filament production.
• Unapei & EntreprisescoreGTM or Marketing Partneresatco became member of the Unapei & Entreprises network (June 2025), signed at the Unapei Congress, to strengthen connections between sheltered workshops and mainstream businesses.
• GHT d'ArmorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHospital group supplying fresh, responsibly-grown vegetables to hospital kitchens across the Armor territory.
• France Travail, Cap emploi 22, Mission Locale, Andicat, Handi-Cap 22coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFive-year framework partnership convention signed to strengthen cooperation between public employment services and ESAT in Côtes d'Armor.
• Réseau CocagneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network coordination for solidarity baskets program delivering esatco organic vegetables to food-insecure individuals at subsidized rates (€2.50/week for €8 value basket).
• CellaouateminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPaper recycling partnership where esatco Quévert serves as collection center for newspapers (60-100 tonnes/year) transformed into cellulose wadding insulation by Cellaouate in Finistère.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Réseau Cocagne: National network of organic market-gardening farms employing people in insertion, including solidarity-basket programs (already a partner of esatco Plourivo). Direct peer on the organic market gardening filiere (4+ hectares Ecocert) and on the social-inclusion employment model.
• Le Relais (Emmaüs): Social-enterprise network best known for textile sorting/recycling (Tri d'Union, Relais Paris) and second-hand retail, employing people in insertion pathways. Comparable to ARTEX on the 500 tonnes/year textile recycling stream and to Piosh on the second-hand clothing boutique — but operates under insertion (IAE) rather than ESAT framework.
• ADAPEI de l'Ain (or comparable regional ADAPEI): Regional ADAPEI association operating ESATs and adapted enterprises in its département under the same French medico-social framework. Same association structure (loi 1901), same sheltered workshop governance model, similar multi-site production network — the most natural 'sister' peer to esatco's Côtes d'Armor operations.
• ANRH (Association Nationale de Réadaptation et d'Habilitation): National French network of adapted enterprises (EA) and ESATs providing sheltered employment to disabled workers across multiple regions. Closest direct peer: similar sheltered workshop model, multi-region footprint, mixed industrial/services production for B2B clients, and identical regulatory framework (ESAT/EA under French law).
• APF Entreprises France Handicap: National network of adapted enterprises affiliated with APF France Handicap. Provides subcontracting, services, and production activities to enterprises while employing disabled workers. Directly comparable on regulatory status (EA), B2B subcontracting model, and cross-sector activity mix.

Others

• AGEFIPH: French fund managing the disabled-employment obligation tax paid by non-compliant private employers. As a key enabler/driver of RSE demand for ESAT and EA subcontracting, AGEFIPH underwrites part of the demand environment for esatco's services, even though it does not directly compete.
• Andicat: National federation representing French ESATs and adapted enterprises on regulatory and commercial matters. Serves as the sectoral trade body — also a formal partner of esatco (five-year framework convention) — and represents peer ESATs across France.
• Cellaouate: Finistère-based insulation manufacturer using recycled newspaper; downstream partner of esatco Qu\u00e9vert's paper collection center (60-100 tonnes/year). Comparable circular-economy / waste-valorization angle and adjacent to esatco's textile recycling activities, though Cellaouate is a for-profit industrial recycler rather than a sheltered workshop.
• Unapei: National federation of French parent associations for persons with intellectual disabilities; coordinates ADAPEI-style member associations including the entities behind esatco. Both a partner (esatco joins Unapei Congress annually and became a Unapei & Entreprises member in June 2025) and the umbrella body that defines sectoral standards.

Broad incumbents

• Sodexo France: Large French collective catering operator that has partnered with esatco chefs in inclusive cooking competitions and is a major buyer of RSE-aligned catering services. Comparable on the food service/restaurant filiere (esatco serves 600,000+ meals/year through 3 restaurants and collective catering), but Sodexo operates mainstream rather than sheltered employment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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