Trucks At Work

What Trucks At Work does

Trucks At Work is a France-based, founder-owned transport and logistics organizer specializing in the performing arts and events sector. Founded by Cécile Guériaux in 2003 and joined by partner Eric Brodin in 2011, the company operates from a 2,000m² depot in Bondoufle, approximately 25 kilometers south of Paris, combining an owned vehicle fleet with brokered road, air, and maritime freight capacity for domestic and international shipments.

Its core offering integrates five interconnected services: road, air, and sea freight for show and event equipment; furniture reception, storage, transport, and installation for retail boutiques and roadshow tours; flexible storage and technical stage management at the Bondoufle warehouse; international customs clearance including ATA Carnet preparation and CCI liaison; and complementary services such as ISPM 15 phytosanitary treatment, custom flightcases and wooden crates, Ad Valorem insurance brokerage, set-decoration recycling through a performing-arts ressourcerie, and costume laundry. Customers are predominantly French public cultural institutions — including Château de Versailles, Opéra Bastille, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Ensemble Intercontemporain, IRCAM, Radio France, and Ballet Jazz Montréal — alongside corporate clients in retail interiors and event production.

The revenue model is professional services and managed services (transport fees, storage, customs formalities) with pricing quoted via direct contact rather than published rate cards. Go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven, leveraging 20+ years of industry reputation, founder speaking engagements at IUT Transport Logistique d'Evry and the Institut de la Musique à Paris, and a content-marketing blog. The company has no app, no public API, no AI/ML capabilities, and no external funding; it remains a small human-scale structure of 1-10 employees under founder control.

Name

Trucks At Work

Legal name

Trucks At Work

Website

https://trucksatwork.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Trucks At Work is a France-based, founder-owned transport and logistics organizer specializing in performing arts and events. From a Bondoufle depot near Paris, it provides integrated road/air/sea freight, customs, storage, and furniture installation to theaters, operas, orchestras, and cultural institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bondoufle

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Transport services: Transport of performing arts equipment, event material, and furniture in road freight (with own fleet), air freight, and maritime freight, both in France and internationally.
2. Storage and logistics: Storage solutions in 2000m2 warehouse, logistics management, and technical stage management services.
3. Customs formalities: Customs clearance services including ATA Carnet management, representation before CCI (Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie), and international customs procedures.
4. Furniture installation and roadshows: Reception, storage, transport, and installation of furniture for boutiques and roadshow tours.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Trucks at Work is a specialized French transport organizer (commissionnaire de transport) for the performing arts and events sector. The company provides road freight transport using its own vehicle fleet, supplemented by air and maritime freight, along with customs clearance, storage in a 2,000 m² warehouse, furniture installation for roadshow tours, and complementary services such as ISPM 15 treatment, custom packaging, insurance, recycling, and costume laundry.

Product overview

Trucks at Work is a transport and logistics company specializing in the entertainment and events sector. The company operates as a single unified service offering comprising five interconnected core services: (1) Road, air, and sea freight transport for show and event equipment; (2) Furniture installation and roadshow tour management; (3) Storage, logistics, and technical management in their 2000m² Bondoufle warehouse; (4) International customs clearance including ATA Carnet services; and (5) Complementary services including ISPM 15 treatment, custom packaging, insurance, recycling, and costume laundry. Additional training services are offered for professionals in the entertainment and transport sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers27 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• NIMP 15 Phytosanitary Treatment PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerApproved partners present at major French ports and airports for phytosanitary treatment (high temperature) of wood packaging materials to meet ISPM 15 international regulations for international transport.
• Customs Chamber Partners (CCI)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership with Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) for ATA Carnet drafting, customs procedures, and carnet purchase. Essential for international transport formalities.
• Packaging Solutions PartnerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner providing optimized packaging solutions for performing arts and events industry: Flyghtcase (customizable reusable cases), Wrap cases (cardboard with internal cushioning), and custom wooden crates for one to two shipments.
• Insurance PartnersminorOthersInsurance partners offering Ad valorem coverage for merchandise value in case of loss or accident during transport, complementing limited carrier liability under international conventions.
• Recycling and Ressourcerie PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners for set decoration recycling solutions and a ressourcerie dedicated to performing arts for sustainable end-of-life equipment management.
• Local Pressing Service PartnerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal pressing service partner in Bondoufle, known to Scène Nationale d'Evry, for costume cleaning services included in logistics offering.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Geodis: French-headquartered global logistics and freight forwarding group with road, air, and sea freight, warehousing, and customs services — directly comparable in service stack but operating at vastly greater scale across all verticals.
• STEF: French-listed European specialist in temperature-controlled transport and logistics — comparable as a French-headquartered, specialist-focused transport operator with multimodal capabilities.
• DHL Global Forwarding: Global freight forwarding arm of DHL covering air, ocean, road, customs, and warehousing — overlapping multimodal freight and customs offering at global scale.
• DSV: Global transport and logistics group with road, air, sea, customs, and warehousing — overlapping in multimodal freight forwarding and customs clearance.
• Hellmann Worldwide Logistics: German-headquartered global forwarder with road, air, sea, customs, and contract logistics — overlapping service stack in forwarding and customs brokerage.
• Bolloré Logistics: French-rooted global freight forwarding and logistics provider offering multimodal transport, customs, and contract logistics — overlapping in core freight forwarding capabilities and customs expertise.
• DB Schenker: German global logistics provider offering land transport, air and ocean freight, and contract logistics — comparable breadth of freight services and customs capabilities.
• CEVA Logistics: French-headquartered global logistics company with multimodal transport, contract logistics, and freight management — direct overlap in trucking, freight forwarding, and warehousing services.
• Kuehne+Nagel: One of the world's largest freight forwarders with strong road, air, sea, customs, and contract logistics offerings — comparable service mix at global scale.

Direct peers

• Groupe Mousset: Family-owned French transport group operating own fleet and specialized freight services — most comparable in size profile, French family ownership, and own-fleet specialist transport model, though focused on different vertical niches.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/trucksatwork
• Instagraminstagram.com/trucksatwork.fr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trucks-at-work

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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