GEDES 35

What GEDES 35 does

GEDES 35 (Groupement d'Employeurs De l'Économie Sociale d'Ille-et-Vilaine) is a French non-profit association (association loi 1901), founded in 2005 and headquartered at 15 rue Martenot in Rennes. It operates as a groupement d'employeurs (employer group) dedicated to the Social and Solidarity Economy (ESS) sector in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany. The organization acts as the single legal employer of record for workers who are then shared across multiple member associations, cooperatives, and ESS organizations on a part-time basis.

The core service is the mutualization of employment: GEDES 35 aggregates fragmented part-time needs from member structures into 104 stable full-time-equivalent CDI positions filled by 41 employees, each working across 2-4 organizations. The internal operations team of 7 handles all HR administration, including payroll processing, employment contracts, and French labor-law compliance, while each member association acts as a co-employer for the time its shared employees spend on its projects. The technology stack is non-proprietary (standard WordPress website, Brevo for email marketing, long-term hosting by Brest-based free-software association INFINI), with no software products or AI capabilities disclosed.

Revenue is generated through monthly billing to each co-employing member structure based on the volume of working time consumed by shared employees, supplemented by membership fees from affiliated ESS structures. Go-to-market is community-led: acquisition occurs primarily through word-of-mouth and referrals within the Breton ESS network, supported by an expertise blog, LinkedIn and Facebook presence, and a newsletter. Governance is democratic (one association, one vote) via a General Assembly, a Board of Directors, and a 7-member Collegial Presidency installed in July 2023.

Name

GEDES 35

Legal name

GEDES 35 (Groupement d'Employeurs De l'Economie Sociale d'Ille-et-Vilaine)

Website

https://gedes35.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GEDES 35 is a French non-profit association founded in 2005 that mutualizes employment for the Social and Solidarity Economy sector in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany. It serves as the single employer of record for 41 shared employees deployed across 90 member associations in 104 mutualized positions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employment Mutualization Services

NAICS

Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional Employer Organization (PEO) / Co-Employment Services (BPACAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Contractor Management Systems (CMS) & Workforce Management (BPACAGAE)

Keywords

• Employment mutualization
• Co-employment services
• Shared HR administration
• ESS sector staffing
• Payroll management

Headquarters

HQ city

Rennes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees and co-employment billing: GEDES 35 generates revenue through membership fees from affiliated ESS structures. As the single employer, GEDES 35 centralizes all HR management including payroll processing, and invoices each co-employing structure monthly for the time worked by the shared employee. Revenue scales with the number of mutualized positions and member structures.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GEDES 35 is a non-profit employer group that mutualizes employment for the Social and Solidarity Economy (ESS) sector in Ille-et-Vilaine, France. It acts as the single legal employer for shared employees who work part-time across multiple member associations, aggregating fractional employment needs into full CDI (permanent) positions. The organization centralizes HR administration including payroll, employment contracts, and compliance, and invoices member structures monthly for the time worked by each shared employee.

Product overview

GEDES 35 (Groupement d'Employeurs De l'Économie Sociale d'Ille-et-Vilaine) is a non-profit association providing employment mutualization services for structures in the Social and Solidarity Economy (ESS). The organization does not offer software products; instead, it provides HR services including shared employment contracts, co-employment orchestration, payroll management, and skills coordination across member associations. Its core offering is facilitating part-time employment arrangements by aggregating demand from multiple ESS organizations to create full-time-equivalent positions filled by CDI (permanent) employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment Mutualization (Co-employment) Service
• Shared Employee Job Portal and Career Service
• ESS Sector Expertise Blog (expertise.gedes35.fr)

Quantifiable outcome

• 41 employees and 90 member structures benefitting from mutualized employment arrangements

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CRESS BretagnecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Chambre Régionale de l'Économie Sociale et Solidaire de Bretagne - the regional chamber promoting and supporting the ESS sector. GEDES 35 participates in CRESS activities and shares the mission of developing the social economy.
• €ko SynergiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective mutualization project for the purchasing function for ESS structures. GEDES 35 supports this initiative for sustainable and solidarity-based procurement.
• GALLECOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal complementary currency of Ille-et-Vilaine. GEDES 35 supports this resilience-building initiative for the territory.
• Mutuelle des Pays de VilaineminorOthersMutual health insurance organization based in Redon, providing health coverage for GEDES 35 employees. Aligned with ESS values of solidarity and mutual aid.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GEDES35
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gedes-35
• Xx.com/gedes35

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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