AQUARELIA

Name

AQUARELIA

Legal name

Aquarelia

Website

https://aquarelia.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Senior Living Services

NAICS

Other Residential Care Facilities (623990)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Luxury/Resort-Style Independent Living Communities (HLADAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Independent Living Community Ancillary Services (Dining/Transportation/Wellness Programs) (HLADAAAI)

Keywords

• Senior living residences
• All-inclusive senior housing
• Independent senior living
• Retirement residences France
• Senior hospitality services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sète

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Apartment rental income: Residents pay monthly rent for furnished apartments. The base rent includes utility charges (water, heating, electricity, internet, telephone, waste tax, insurance). This forms the primary recurring revenue stream.
2. All-inclusive service package: The 'Tout Compris' (all-inclusive) formula bundles rent with non-individualizable services: daily meals (lunch and dinner), reception/concierge 7 days a week, 24/24 security, teleassistance, and activities. Additional optional services (laundry, housekeeping, guest meals) are available for extra fees. This creates a hybrid recurring revenue stream combining base rent with ancillary service upsells.
3. Short-term trial stays: AQUARELIA offers 'Séjour Sérénité' trial stays, charged at a daily rate (e.g., 60€/day in Brest), providing a short-term non-recurring revenue stream that also serves as a customer acquisition funnel into long-term residency.
4. Personnel services (services à la personne): Additional à la carte services such as home help, small repairs, meal delivery, and administrative assistance are charged separately. These services are eligible for 50% tax deduction in France, creating an additional revenue stream from existing residents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AQUARELIA operates a network of 24 senior living residences across France, offering fully furnished, adapted apartments (T1 to T3) for autonomous seniors aged 70+. The core offering is the 'Tout Compris' (all-inclusive) formula, which bundles apartment rent, utilities, daily meals, 24/7 reception and security, teleassistance, and activities into a single monthly invoice. Additional à la carte personal services and short-term 'Séjour Sérénité' trial stays are available as add-ons.

Product overview

AQUARELIA operates a network of 24 senior living residences across France, offering independent apartments for autonomous seniors through a unified 'Tout Compris' (all-inclusive) model. The core offering combines furnished apartments (T1-T3) with comprehensive services including restaurant meals, 24/7 security, daily animations, and teleassistance. Additional services à la personne (home care) and trial stays (Séjours Découverte) are available as add-ons. Each residence signs the Charte de Bientraitance commitment to quality care. The portfolio includes diverse residences from historic properties (Le Thoronet, 1993) to new-generation facilities (Montélimar, 2022), spanning regions from Brittany to Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Résidences Services Seniors (Senior Living Residences) Network of 24 senior living residences across France offering fully furnished, PMR-adapted apartments (T1 to T3) with on-site restaurants, activity rooms, and gardens for autonomous seniors.
• Formule Tout Compris (All-Inclusive Package)

Quantifiable outcome

• The 'Tout Compris' model reduces financial planning complexity for seniors to a single monthly invoice covering rent, utilities, meals, and services.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• UNITI (promoteur immobilier)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNITI is a French real estate developer ranked in the top 20 of French property developers and listed on Euronext Growth. AQUARELIA, as a subsidiary of Groupe ORIA, can leverage UNITI's development capabilities for new residence construction and pipeline expansion.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves17 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Korian / Clariane: Europe's largest senior care operator (€5B+ revenue) with broad portfolio across nursing homes, assisted living, and résidences services across France, Germany, and Benelux. Overlaps with AQUARELIA in résidences services but at much larger scale and with medicalized care as well.
• Colisée: French senior care group with nursing homes, assisted living, and résidences services. Direct product overlap with AQUARELIA in the résidences services category, though at larger overall scale.
• DomusVi: Large French senior care operator (250+ facilities) predominantly medicalized (Ehpad, assisted living) but expanding résidences services seniors. Overlaps with AQUARELIA on the non-medicalized senior housing side.
• Orpea: Major French/European senior care group offering nursing homes, assisted living, and home care. While primarily medicalized, Orpea operates résidences services segments that compete with AQUARELIA's autonomous-senior positioning.

Direct peers

• Domitys (Aegide group): France's largest résidences services seniors operator with ~200 residences nationwide. Directly comparable to AQUARELIA on target customer (autonomous seniors 70+), product (furnished apartments + services), and GTM (direct-to-consumer family-driven sales).
• Les Jardins d'Arcadie: Mid-sized French résidences services seniors operator focused on independent seniors with similar all-inclusive service model and family-targeted GTM. Operates fewer residences than AQUARELIA but competes for the same customer profile.
• Senioriales (Vivalto Vie group): French résidences services seniors operator with ~80 residences, acquired by Vivalto Vie in 2022. Comparable business model (independent senior apartments with services bundle) and overlapping geographic footprint across regional France.
• Les Belles Années (Sergic Group): French résidences services seniors operator offering independent senior apartments with bundled services. Similar mid-market positioning and D2C GTM targeting autonomous seniors and their families.

Others

• UNITI (developer parent ecosystem): Top-20 French real estate developer (Euronext Growth-listed) and sister company to AQUARELIA within Groupe ORIA. Provides upstream development pipeline — not a competitor but a key ecosystem participant enabling new residence delivery.

Regional players

• La Compagnie de la Vie (Steva): Residences services seniors operator with a regional focus and similar all-inclusive model. Comparable customer base and product offering though geographically narrower than AQUARELIA's national network.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Aquarelia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/groupe-aquarelia

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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