What Groupe Helios does

Groupe HELIOS is a privately held French IT integration firm founded in 1991 and headquartered in Orléans, with regional offices in Nantes, Lyon, Montpellier, and Bordeaux. The company serves approximately 500 clients across a horizontal segmentation spanning small and medium enterprises (PME), small and medium industries (PMI), mid-sized companies (ETI), large accounts (Grands Comptes), institutional organizations, and the industrial vertical. Its value proposition is full-lifecycle technology integration — from needs assessment through implementation and ongoing support — under the trade names Groupe HELIOS and HELIOS Informatique.

The core product portfolio is organized into six service lines: ERP integration anchored on technology partnerships with INFOR, Divalto (including Divalto Infinity), and Cegid (including Cegid HR Sprint); digital and e-commerce; infrastructure design and cloud hosting; sector-specific business solutions (solutions métiers); decision-making tools including the My Report analytics platform; and an assistance / call center support service. The underlying technology stack is built primarily on third-party enterprise platforms rather than proprietary software, with specialized internal teams for Divalto Infinity technical development and Cegid HR/payroll functional consulting. Business intelligence is delivered via My Report within the Outils décisionnels suite.

Groupe HELIOS operates a professional services revenue model with quote-based, project-tailored pricing and no publicly disclosed rate cards. The go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales via its five-office French footprint, targeting decision-makers in target segments. The firm reports 110 collaborators and 12 million euros of revenue (chiffre d'affaires, 2021 figure shown on company materials), implying revenue per headcount of roughly €109K — consistent with French regional IT integration benchmarks. Ownership is private with no disclosed funding rounds, parent entity, M&A activity, or institutional investors.

Name

Groupe Helios

Legal name

GROUPE HELIOS

Website

https://groupehelios.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Groupe HELIOS is a French IT integration firm serving roughly 500 PME, PMI, ETI, and large account clients across five French offices. It delivers ERP (INFOR, Divalto, Cegid), infrastructure/hosting, BI, and support services through 110 professional services staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Services and ERP Integration

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

End-User Computing Outsourcing (EUC / Desktop Services) (BPAEAMAE)

Keywords

• ERP integration services
• E-commerce solutions
• Infrastructure hosting
• Business intelligence tools
• IT support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-jean-de-braye

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. IT Integration Services: Professional services for integrating IT solutions adapted to PME, PMI and ETI companies. Services span from needs analysis through implementation and ongoing support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Groupe Helios is a French IT services company that implements and integrates ERP solutions (INFOR, Divalto, Cegid) and delivers complementary digital/e-commerce, managed hosting, sector-specific business applications, decision-support tooling (My Report), and ongoing technical assistance. It sells these offerings as project, managed-service, and support engagements to approximately 500 French clients across PME, PMI, ETI, Grands Comptes, and institutional segments.

Product overview

Groupe Helios is a technology integration group providing a comprehensive portfolio of IT solutions for SMEs, mid-sized companies, and larger enterprises. The offering consists of six core service areas: ERP/Enterprise Resource Planning (featuring INFOR, Divalto, and Cegid platforms), Digital & e-commerce, Infrastructure & hosting, Solutions métiers (industry-specific solutions), Outils décisionnels (decision tools including My Report), and Assistance & call center support. The group serves over 500 clients across multiple locations in France including Orléans, Nantes, Lyon, Montpellier, and Bordeaux.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ERP integration services Implementation, customization, and integration of INFOR, Divalto, and Cegid ERP platforms for French organizations.
• Digital and e-commerce solutions Design and deployment of digital and e-commerce platforms for clients' go-to-market and online sales needs.
• Infrastructure and hosting services Managed infrastructure and hosting of client environments as a recurring IT service.
• Sector-specific business applications (Solutions métiers) Industry and function-specific business applications tailored to client operating needs.
• Decision-support and business intelligence tooling (My Report) Decision-support / BI tools, including the My Report solution, used to produce reporting and analytics for client environments.
• Technical assistance and call center Ongoing technical support and help-desk / call-center service for client users of deployed systems.

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• INFORcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for INFOR ERP solutions integration. INFOR is a major enterprise software provider and Groupe HELIOS serves as an integration partner delivering their ERP solutions to French businesses.
• DivaltocoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnership for Divalto ERP solutions (including Divalto Infinity). HELIOS Informatique specializes in Divalto ERP integration, with dedicated teams for technical development and functional consulting on the Divalto Infinity platform.
• CegidcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for Cegid HR and accounting solutions including Cegid HR Sprint. HELIOS specializes in integrating Cegid solutions in payroll and accounting functions.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hardis Group: Hardis Group is a French IT services and software publisher with significant ERP, supply chain, and infrastructure consulting practices serving enterprise customers in France. It competes with Groupe Helios on ERP integration and infrastructure services for mid-market and large French accounts.
• Neurones: Neurones is a French IT services group providing infrastructure management, application services, and consulting to mid-market and large French accounts. It is comparable in customer profile and service mix, particularly infrastructure and IT outsourcing, though it operates at larger scale than Groupe Helios.
• Econocom: Econocom is a French-headquartered IT services and equipment financing firm focused on digital transformation, infrastructure, and managed services for European enterprises. It is comparable to Groupe Helios in targeting mid-market and large French accounts with infrastructure and IT integration offerings.
• Absys Cyborg: Absys Cyborg is a French ERP and IT integration specialist serving SMEs and mid-market firms with SAGE, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics implementations. It is a direct peer given overlapping ERP integration focus, similar customer segments (PME/ETI), and comparable geographic concentration in France.

Broad incumbents

• Atos: Atos is a global IT services company headquartered in France, providing infrastructure, application services, and digital transformation to enterprise clients. It competes broadly with Groupe Helios on enterprise IT integration and managed infrastructure services, but at vastly larger scale.
• Capgemini: Capgemini is a global IT services leader with substantial French operations delivering ERP, infrastructure, and digital transformation services. It is a broad incumbent in the same enterprise IT services category as Groupe Helios, with vastly greater scale and a multinational footprint.
• Sopra Steria: Sopra Steria is a major European IT services and systems integration firm with extensive French operations covering ERP, infrastructure, and digital transformation. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with Groupe Helios across ERP and infrastructure service lines, but operates at much larger scale across multiple countries.

Others

• Cegid: Cegid is a French cloud ERP, HR, and finance software vendor and a core technology partner of Groupe Helios. It is included as a partner/ecosystem peer given the integration relationship and shared customer base in French SME/ETI segments.
• Divalto: Divalto is a French ERP software vendor whose Divalto Infinity platform is a flagship integration offering of Groupe Helios. It is a partner/ecosystem peer tied to Groupe Helios through dedicated functional and technical delivery teams.

Emerging players

• ITESOFT: ITESOFT is a French software and services firm specializing in document capture, process automation, and ERP-adjacent digital solutions. It is an emerging/adjacent player with partial overlap on digital transformation offerings for French mid-market customers served by Groupe Helios.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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