RECO-Quebec

What RECO-Quebec does

RÉCO-Québec (legal name: Le Réseau d'Échange en Continuité des Opérations du Québec) is a non-profit professional membership association, founded in 1994 as DRIE-Montréal and renamed in 2007, that promotes business continuity and organizational resilience best practices across Quebec's private and public sectors. It serves business continuity professionals, crisis managers, and the public-sector entities responsible for civil security, organizing 4–5 activities annually (an annual Symposium, Café Continuité webinars, joint sessions with partner associations, and 5-à-7 networking events) primarily in Montréal and Québec City. As the Quebec chapter of DRIE (Disaster Recovery Information Exchange) and a signatory of a 2022 four-way collaboration with ASCQ, CRAIM, and AGSICQ — plus a 2023 international partnership with France's Club de Continuité d'Activité — it occupies a unique provincial anchor role, validated by an enterprise membership roster that includes Hydro-Québec, CDPQ, Desjardins, Banque Nationale, Ubisoft, Ville de Montréal, and Héma-Québec. There is no proprietary technology platform; the offering is membership-based with three subscription tiers (corporate at CAD 450/up to 6 employees, individual at CAD 105, student at CAD 25), Gold/Bronze sponsorships, and content assets including the annually published Baromètre de la Continuité and a French-language glossary. The organization completed a legal restructuring on July 8, 2025, transitioning from an unincorporated association of persons to a non-profit corporation (personne morale sans but lucratif) under the Quebec Civil Code.

Name

RECO-Quebec

Legal name

Le Réseau d'Échange en Continuité des Opérations du Québec – RECO Québec

Website

https://reco-quebec.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

RÉCO-Québec is the only Quebec-wide non-profit professional association dedicated to business continuity and organizational resilience, serving ~115 members across private enterprise and public-sector organizations through subscription tiers, 4–5 annual events, and content assets including the Baromètre de la Continuité survey.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services (Business Continuity)

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192), All Other Support Services (561990)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

ESG Governance, Sustainability Reporting & Assurance Advisory (BPAHAFAJ)

Keywords

• Business continuity
• Crisis management
• Operational resilience
• Professional membership
• Disaster recovery

Headquarters

HQ city

Repentigny

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: RÉCO-Québec's primary revenue stream is annual membership dues, structured in three tiers: corporate members ($450/year for up to 6 employees), regular members ($105/year, individuals), and student members ($25/year). Membership provides access to events, webinars, a member-only portal with past presentations, tools, guides, and references. Corporate members exceeding six employees can purchase additional annual attendance rights at $90 each.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

RÉCO-Québec is a Quebec-based non-profit professional membership association (founded 1994, renamed 2007) that promotes business continuity and operational resilience best practices. It sells annual memberships in three tiers (corporate, individual, student) and delivers value through member-only events (webinars, the Café Continuité series, an annual Symposium, networking 5 à 7s, and joint civil-security colloquiums), a member portal with past presentations and reference tools, recertification points for DRI/BCI credentials, and the annual Baromètre de la Continuité benchmarking survey.

Product overview

RECO-Quebec is a professional membership association, not a software product company. It does not offer a software platform, SaaS product, or technology suite. Its offering consists entirely of membership services including access to conferences, webinars, networking events, training programs, and resources (presentations, guides, tools) for business continuity and organizational resilience practitioners. It publishes the annual 'Baromètre de la Continuité' survey, facilitates certification pathways (CBCI via Premier Continuum, DRI Canada, BCI), and organizes events including symposiums, Café Continuité sessions, and general assemblies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Membership

Named customers16 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and significant.

• Premier Continuum inc.minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Premier Continuum is a Gold sponsor of RÉCO-Québec. The company provides training and certification courses (e.g., BCI CBCI certification) promoted through RÉCO-Québec's channels. Representatives of Premier Continuum frequently appear as speakers at RÉCO-Québec events.
• Benoit Racette Services-conseils inc.minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Bronze sponsor of RÉCO-Québec. Benoit Racette is a resilience and risk management expert and founder of BRSCinc, who regularly animates Café Continuité sessions and speaks at RÉCO-Québec events.
• Club de la Continuité d'Activité (France) — Exercice SirènecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2025Joint crisis simulation exercise organized by the French Club de la Continuité d'Activité and RÉCO-Québec, presented at the Club's Annual General Meeting on June 24, 2025. The exercise tested business continuity and crisis management tools including stakeholder mapping, action tracking, and situation reporting, with a scenario involving human impact, public-private coordination, and loss of potable water.
• DRI Canada (Disaster Recovery Institute Canada)significantGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024DRI Canada is an international non-profit offering training and internationally recognized certification for Canadian business continuity professionals. RÉCO-Québec is a member of DRIE (DRI Canada's parent network) and collaborates on the annual Barometer of Continuity survey, which is disseminated through DRI Canada and its Canadian chapters. Members earn recertification points through RÉCO-Québec activities.
• Club de Continuité des Affaires (France)significantGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024An international partner for the Barometer of Continuity survey, which is disseminated in France through this organization alongside DRI Canada chapters and other Canadian provinces. This expands the survey's geographic scope and comparative dataset beyond Quebec.
• DRI Canada Canadian ChaptersminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Canadian chapters of DRI Canada in provinces outside Quebec serve as distribution partners for the Barometer of Continuity survey, enabling cross-provincial data collection and expanding the survey's national reach.
• Club de Continuité d'Activité (France)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023A strategic partnership established in 2023 with the French Club de Continuité d'Activité (founded 2007) to share and exchange best practices in business continuity beyond Quebec's borders. The partnership offers reciprocal member advantages and joint initiatives such as the Exercice Sirène (2025), which mobilized participants in both France and Quebec. The partnership reinforces the development of business continuity and crisis management culture in both jurisdictions.
• ASCQ (Association de Sécurité Civile du Québec)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022A collaboration agreement signed in 2022 to consolidate synergies between the two organizations and jointly promote business continuity and civil security culture in Quebec. Key joint initiatives include the annual Civil Security Colloquium (co-organized since 2005) and joint webinars such as the December 2025 webinaire on resilience bringing together civil security and business continuity perspectives.
• CRAIM (Conseil pour la Réduction des Accidents Industriels Majeurs)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022CRAIM works closely with RÉCO-Québec, notably in the context of the annual civil security colloquium, contributing expertise on major industrial accident risk reduction and hazardous materials management. The collaboration supports integrated risk management across Quebec's civil security ecosystem.
• AGSICQ (Association des Gestionnaires en Sécurité Incendie et Civile du Québec)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Part of the 2022 collaboration agreement between four Quebec associations (RÉCO-Québec, ASCQ, CRAIM, AGSICQ) to consolidate synergies and promote business continuity and civil security culture. AGSICQ contributes fire and civil security management expertise to joint initiatives.
• DRIE (Disaster Recovery Information Exchange)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007RÉCO-Québec is the Quebec chapter of DRIE, an international non-profit association of business continuity professionals. This affiliation positions RÉCO-Québec within a global network of continuity practitioners and provides access to DRIE Canada's resources, certification support, and cross-chapter activities. RÉCO-Québec is also associated with DRIE's subsidiaries: the Business Continuity Management Information Exchange (BCMIE).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• DRI Canada: Canadian national chapter of DRI International, providing training, certification, and chapter network for Canadian business continuity professionals. Distributes the Barometer of Continuity and is a peer at the country-chapter level.
• Conseil pour la Réduction des Accidents Industriels Majeurs (CRAIM): Quebec association focused on major industrial accident reduction, partnered with RÉCO-Québec on annual civil security colloquium. Comparable small Quebec-based non-profit association serving risk/resilience professionals.
• Club de la Continuité d'Activité (France): French national business continuity professional association, partnered with RÉCO-Québec since 2023 on the Barometer survey and Exercice Sirène. Operates as a similarly-sized Francophone membership association for continuity practitioners.
• Association de sécurité civile du Québec (ASCQ): Quebec association dedicated to civil security, partnered with RÉCO-Québec since 2022. Adjacent membership association serving overlapping public-sector professionals in resilience/civil security domains.
• Business Continuity Institute (BCI): Global professional association for business continuity and resilience professionals, with chapters worldwide and the CBCI certification that Premier Continuum promotes through RÉCO-Québec. Directly comparable membership/credentialing model.

Broad incumbents

• DRI International (DRII): Global parent organization of which RÉCO-Québec is a Quebec chapter (via DRIE). Offers training, certification (CBCP/CBCI), and worldwide conferences for business continuity professionals — a broader, more established peer in the same professional association space.

Regional players

• ISACA Montreal Chapter: Quebec chapter of ISACA, a global professional association for IT governance, risk, and cybersecurity professionals. Overlapping membership audience with business continuity practitioners, particularly on cyber resilience.

Emerging players

• Premier Continuum Inc. Quebec-based BCI training and certification provider, Gold sponsor of RÉCO-Québec. Operates as a complementary commercial player (paid training) rather than a membership association but competes for member mindshare on education.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInca.linkedin.com/company/reco-quebec
• Xx.com/RecoQuebec

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 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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