What Outsign does

Outsign (legal entity SAS Outsign) is a French architecture and design agency founded in 1995 and headquartered in Paris at 12 Rue de la Ville Neuve / 35 Rue de la Lune in the 2nd arrondissement. The firm provides an integrated service offering spanning four practice areas — architecture & urbanism, space & service design, communication & branding, and artistic expression — delivered across eight project sectors: office, residential, urban mix, retail/commerce, hospitality, care/healthcare, urban mobility, and art. Its approach combines spatial design with branding and scenography under a single co-design methodology, with particular emphasis on heritage rehabilitation, sensory/experiential design, and stakeholder-driven creative processes.

The firm operates a sales-led, project-based professional services model, earning fees from architectural design, interior design, space programming, brand identity, and visual communication engagements. Pricing is custom per project with no publicly disclosed rates; GTM relies on direct relationships with institutional investors, developers, and public entities, supplemented by thought leadership at events such as MIPIM and a portfolio-driven website. The customer base is enterprise-heavy and includes Bouygues Immobilier, Nexity, AEW, Hammerson, Klépierre, Unibail-Rodamco, Korian, RATP, Musée du Louvre, and Palais de Tokyo, with activity concentrated in France (Île-de-France, Grand Est, PACA, Occitanie, Normandie, Hauts-de-France, Bretagne) and select international engagements in Brussels, Martinique, and Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Outsign is privately held with €40,000 registered capital, 11–50 employees, and no disclosed external funding. The firm is led by President Marc Dölger, with architect Damien Ziakovic as a co-founder/associate director. It holds a 2019 CNCC Trophée (Rénovation/Extension category) for the Noyelles Godault shopping center project. Beyond core service delivery, Outsign has productized several repeatable concepts including the OhActiv senior living platform (deployed across 20 Homnicity residences), the SWAYS smart building concept with Bouygues Immobilier/Primonial, and the Babel augmented workplace with Renault Trucks.

Name

Outsign

Legal name

SAS Outsign

Website

https://outsign.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Outsign is a French architecture and design agency offering integrated architecture, urbanism, interior design, branding, and artistic expression services to enterprise and institutional clients across real estate, retail, hospitality, healthcare, and cultural sectors in France and selectively internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Retail & Hospitality Fit-Out (Stores, Restaurants, Hotels) (IMAFANAB), ADU Interior Build-Out & Finishes (HSAPAMAI)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Urban planning design
• Interior space design
• Brand communication design
• Commercial real estate design

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Fees generated from architectural design, interior design, and space programming services for commercial, residential, hospitality, healthcare, and urban development projects.
2. Branding and Communication Services: Revenue from brand identity development, visual communication, and marketing strategy services for clients across real estate and retail sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Outsign is a Paris-based architecture and design agency delivering integrated services across architecture and urban planning, interior space and service design, visual communication and branding, and artistic expression. The firm serves institutional real estate investors, property developers, retailers, hospitality operators, healthcare providers, and public entities with end-to-end design solutions including building rehabilitation, workplace design, residential developments, shopping center revitalization, hospitality interiors, care facility design, and cultural scenography across France and select international markets.

Product overview

Outsign is a French architecture and design agency offering comprehensive services across architecture & urbanism, space & service design, communication & branding, and artistic expression. The agency operates across multiple project sectors including office, residential, urban mix, retail/commercial, hospitality, care/healthcare, urban mobility, and art installations. Their portfolio includes branded concepts like OhActiv senior living residences, urban furniture design for Concept Urbain, smart building concepts (SWAYS), and evolving housing solutions for various developers and institutional clients. Outsign functions as a service-based firm rather than a software product company, delivering projects throughout France and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture & Urbanisme (Architecture & Urban Planning) Comprehensive architectural and urban planning services spanning building design, rehabilitation, urban regeneration, mixed-use development, and urban scenography for institutional clients across real estate, retail, hospitality, healthcare, and cultural sectors.
• Design d'espaces & de services (Space & Service Design) Interior and spatial design services focused on creating functional, sensory, and aesthetically designed spaces for commercial, residential, hospitality, and healthcare environments, including service design for client experience optimization.
• Communication & Branding (Brand & Communication Design) Visual identity development, branding strategy, signage design, and marketing communication services for real estate projects, commercial centers, urban mobility, and corporate clients, integrating spatial and brand storytelling.
• Expression Artistique (Artistic Expression) Artistic integration, scenographic design, art installations, exhibition design, and immersive artistic experiences for cultural venues, museums, hospitality, and public spaces, often developed in collaboration with named artists such as Loris Gréaud.

Named customers16 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 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.

• AW StudiominorOthersWebsite development and maintenance partner responsible for Outsign's web platform.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DGT Architectes: Paris-based architecture practice working on urban, residential, and commercial projects for developers and public entities. Comparable in scale and project typology mix to Outsign.
• Valode & Pistre: Established French architecture firm with a strong portfolio in commercial real estate, offices, and urban projects for large institutional clients. Directly comparable in client base and project typologies.
• PCA-Stream (Philippe Chiambaretta): Paris-based architecture and design practice combining architecture, urbanism, and brand strategy. Closely comparable to Outsign's integrated architecture + communication + artistic-expression model.
• Architecture-Studio: Major French architecture firm headquartered in Paris, active across mixed-use, urban, cultural, and commercial projects globally. Comparable to Outsign in integrated architecture and urban-design offering for institutional developers.
• Wilmotte & Associés: Paris-based architecture and interior design firm of similar size and profile, working across residential, commercial, hospitality, and cultural sectors with French institutional clients. Directly comparable to Outsign in scope, geography, and client mix.
• TVK: French architecture and urbanism firm with strong footprint in residential, office, and public-sector projects. Comparable in focus on integrated urban-mix and residential developments.

Emerging players

• Moussyfi Architecture / Atelier Mouvements: Smaller French architecture studios operating in similar segments (retail revitalization, residential, urban furniture). Comparable to Outsign as French niche peers in the mid-market segment.
• MVRDV: Dutch architecture and urban-design firm known for mixed-use and commercial projects. Comparable to Outsign in integrated urban-mix, retail, and residential project typologies.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Internationally renowned architecture firm with strong brand and integrated design narrative, comparable to Outsign's emphasis on storytelling and brand-expression design for real estate projects.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Global design and architecture firm operating broadly across workplace, retail, hospitality, and mixed-use sectors. Relevant as a much larger incumbent competing for the same institutional RE clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/agenceoutsign
• Facebookfacebook.com/Agence.Outsign
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/outsign

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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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