Curatec

What Curatec does

Curatec is a French specialist in no-dig pipe cleaning and rehabilitation, founded in 1999 by Olivier Robert in Épinal as Aquatec and rebranded under its current name in 2009. The company restores and rehabilitates vertical drainage columns, heating networks, sanitary water circuits, and industrial process pipework in occupied buildings without demolition, serving property managers and syndicates, social housing operators, healthcare and medical-social facilities, industrial sites, and public/heritage institutions across France and Luxembourg. Its portfolio of branded, proprietary technologies—Haute-Fréquence ultra-high pressure cleaning (800-1000 bars), CURA Flow® epoxy resin projection, CuraLiner® textile liner reversion, Curabio biological treatment, and Curat-Sanit-01 anti-corrosion film—underpins the service offering, with CuraFlow holding European technical approval and DTU certification that supports a 10-year decennial warranty.

The company operates exclusively through direct field sales, with regional agencies in Épinal (headquarters), Paris, Lyon, Lille, and a Luxembourg subsidiary in Livange, employing roughly 30-40 trained and certified technicians. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific (for example, approximately €2,200 per column for standard residential lining and €2,800 per 8-metre section for continuous lining), while a growing preventive maintenance contract line adds recurring revenue through scheduled inspections, water-quality monitoring, and guaranteed re-intervention. Customer acquisition combines direct outreach to property administrators with inbound inquiries and content marketing via LinkedIn, Facebook, and a YouTube educational mini-series ('Mission Canalisations').

Curatec remains a privately held, family-controlled société with no disclosed institutional investment, funding rounds, or M&A activity. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the firm has built its position over 25+ years through organic capability development, geographic expansion across France and into Luxembourg, and deepening into verticals such as healthcare Legionella prevention, heritage building preservation, and industrial network maintenance.

Name

Curatec

Legal name

Curatec

Website

https://curatec.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Curatec is a French specialist in no-dig pipe cleaning and rehabilitation, serving property managers, social housing operators, healthcare facilities, and industrial sites across France and Luxembourg through proprietary high-pressure, resin-coating, and biological cleaning technologies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pipeline Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Janitorial Services (56172)

akta.pro primary industry

Laboratory & Cleanroom Cleaning (IMAIADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cleanroom & Controlled Environment Cleaning (BPABABAH), Deep Sanitization & Disinfection Cleaning (HSAEABAH)

Keywords

• Pipe cleaning services
• Trenchless pipe rehabilitation
• High-pressure drain cleaning
• Pipe lining services
• Sewer network maintenance

Headquarters

HQ city

Villeneuve

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, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Pipe Cleaning and Rehabilitation Services: One-time professional services for pipe cleaning (curage), rehabilitation (chemisage), descaling, decontamination, and desludging. Services are priced per column, linear meter, or project, with examples ranging from €2,200 per column to €88,000 for 40-column projects. Revenue recognized upon service completion.
2. Preventive Maintenance Contracts: Recurring maintenance contracts covering periodic inspections, preventive treatments, and condition monitoring. Contracts include annual video inspections, preventive cleaning of siphons and inspection chambers, water quality analysis, and guaranteed re-intervention. Provides predictable recurring revenue stream from property managers and syndicates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Curatec provides no-dig pipe cleaning and trenchless rehabilitation services for residential, commercial, healthcare and industrial buildings across France and Luxembourg. The company deploys proprietary high-pressure cleaning (Haute-Fréquence), epoxy resin coating (CuraFlow), textile liner systems (CuraLiner) and biological treatment (Curabio) to restore vertical columns, evacuation networks, heating circuits, sanitary water lines and VMC ducts without demolition or occupant displacement.

Product overview

Curatec offers a comprehensive portfolio of pipeline rehabilitation and cleaning services for building management professionals, industries, and municipalities. The core offering combines three specialized treatment categories: (1) High-pressure cleaning technologies including ultra-high pressure curage Haute Fréquence and biological Curabio treatment for fragile networks; (2) Trenchless rehabilitation methods using Curaflow resin spray coating and CuraLiner continuous liner/gasket systems for pipes 50-300mm diameter; and (3) Preventive services including video inspection audits, water network conditioning, and scheduled maintenance contracts. Additional treatments cover heating circuit desilting (désembouage), sanitary descaling (détartrage), Legionella disinfection, and hydrodynamic rinsing. All services are designed for occupied buildings with minimal disruption, operating throughout France and Luxembourg from the Epinal headquarters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ultra-high pressure pipe cleaning (Curage Haute Fréquence) Ultra-high pressure pipeline cleaning service using proprietary Haute-Fréquence technology at 800-1000 bars with under 17 L/min flow rate and water projected at 600+ km/h, designed to completely decalcify and clean drainage networks in occupied buildings without demolition.
• Biological pipe cleaning (Curabio) Biological pipeline cleaning service using selected bacterial strains that digest organic deposits including biofilms, greasy residues, scale, hair and urea in wastewater and sewage networks, recommended as a soft method for aging or fragile pipelines without chemicals, caustic soda or acids.
• Resin spray coating rehabilitation (CuraFlow) Trenchless pipe rehabilitation service using a robot equipped with HD camera to spray epoxy resin at 360° onto internal pipe walls in 2 passes, creating a new 3mm thick seamless, waterproof and corrosion-resistant lining suitable for vertical columns with many connections.
• Continuous liner pipe rehabilitation (CuraLiner) Trenchless pipe rehabilitation service inserting a textile sleeve coated with hardening resin into the pipeline, reverted with a bathyscaphe reversion drum and polymerized with steam at 70°C for 60 minutes to create a new PVC-like pipe inside the existing one.
• Hydrodynamic desilting (Désembouage) Active hydrodynamic desilting service for collective heating networks using chemical pre-treatment followed by air-water mixture circulation to dislodge and eliminate mud, scale and corrosion deposits while maintaining heating operation.
• Sanitary descaling and deoxidation (Détartrage) Chemical descaling and deoxidation service for sanitary water circuits using circulating acidic solutions followed by passivation and neutralization to eliminate scale, oxides and biofilms from hot water systems.
• Shock disinfection of water networks (Légionelle) Shock disinfection service for sanitary water networks using chlorine-based or potassium permanganate solutions over 3-72 hours followed by high-pressure rinsing; mandatory before first service, after major work, or when Legionella exceeds 1000 UFC/L.
• Hydrodynamic rinsing (Rinçage hydrodynamique) Hydrodynamic rinsing service using water and compressed air mixture at approximately 4 bars to create micro-shock waves that dislodge suspended particles from heating circuits, used for emergency unblocking or post-desilting flushing.
• Network audits and video inspection Diagnostic and video inspection service using HD or thermal cameras to examine non-accessible pipelines, identify corrosion, scale, cracks, leaks, blockages and assembly defects, and recommend appropriate treatments.
• Water network conditioning (Conditionnement) Preventive water network conditioning service including chemical film-forming products for heating circuits, industrial water optimization, sanitary water biocide treatments, and installation of softeners or reverse osmosis systems.
• Maintenance and service contracts (Contrats d'entretien) Periodic maintenance contracts for pipeline managers covering preventive monitoring, first-level maintenance operations, free re-intervention guarantees, 24/7 on-call service, annual video inspections, preventive cleaning of siphons and inspection chambers, and water quality analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Scaling of 5mm thickness increases energy consumption by 29-30% in heating systems
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SPIE: European multi-technical building and infrastructure services group offering HVAC, plumbing and facility maintenance. Comparable to Curatec as a broader-scope provider of building network services to property managers and public-sector clients, but operating across many trades and geographies.
• Suez: International water and environmental services group offering pipe rehabilitation, network diagnostics and water-quality management. Highly comparable to Curatec in service scope (cleaning, rehabilitation, Legionella prevention) but as part of a much larger portfolio across many countries.
• Wavin: Major European manufacturer of plastic pipe systems and drainage solutions for buildings and infrastructure. Comparable to Curatec as a partner/incumbent in the pipe network ecosystem, though Wavin supplies new pipe systems while Curatec rehabilitates existing ones.
• Veolia: Global water and waste-management giant with significant pipe network inspection, cleaning and rehabilitation services through its water technologies division. Comparable to Curatec as an end-to-end provider of pipe services to municipalities and industrial clients, but operating at vastly larger scale and across far broader geographies.

Direct peers

• iMPREG: Manufacturer of GRP CIPP liner systems for trenchless pipe rehabilitation. Directly comparable to Curatec's CuraFlow®/CuraLiner® family in the pipe-rehabilitation value chain and the same no-dig customer set.
• RS Technik: Provider of UV-CIPP equipment, light-curing technology and installation services for pipe rehabilitation. Comparable to Curatec as a specialist in trenchless pipe rehabilitation with proprietary curing technology and a European installer footprint.
• Brandenburger Liner: Manufacturer of UV-curable CIPP glass-fiber liners used by installers worldwide for pipe rehabilitation. Comparable to Curatec in the trenchless pipe-rehabilitation category and as a technology enabler for the same kind of CuraLiner®-style projects.
• Sekisui SPR Europe: European subsidiary of Sekisui providing spiral-wound pipe rehabilitation technology for gravity and pressure networks. Directly comparable to Curatec's resin-coating and lining services in serving aging sewer and water networks in Europe.
• Rädlinger primus line: German manufacturer and licensor of trenchless pipe rehabilitation systems using flexible high-pressure liner technology. Directly comparable to Curatec's CuraLiner® CIPP offering in technology, target market (aging building and infrastructure networks) and no-dig positioning.
• Hammelmann: German manufacturer of ultra-high pressure water-jet pumps and systems used in industrial and pipe cleaning applications. Closely comparable to Curatec's Haute-Fréquence 800–1000 bar technology as both a technology peer and an equipment supplier to the same cleaning market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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 →

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