Collinet

What Collinet does

Collinet Sièges (also trading as Maison Collinet) is a French manufacturer of high-end, fully customizable furniture for the hospitality industry, founded in 1887 and headquartered at 4 Rue du Moulin, Baudignécourt, France. The company's entire production runs through its in-house workshop "La Manufacture Collinet," where furniture is built on solid beech or ash wood frames, padded with high-density fire-retardant foam over webbing, and finished with customizable fabric, wood stain, varnish, and base materials (including brass, stainless steel, chrome, velvet, and lacquered solid wood). The product portfolio spans 66+ seating collections (chairs, bridge chairs, armchairs, club chairs, sofas, benches, bar stools, poufs), 13+ table collections, and 10+ hotel-room collections (headboards, bedsides, desks, and complementary pieces such as minibars, luggage racks, mirrors, dressers, wardrobes), with signature lines co-developed with designers Fred Rieffel (Lam, Nog, Kan, Jil, Pause) and Laurent Maugoust / Maugoust & Chenais (James).

The business model is exclusively B2B and direct: every collection page on the corporate website surfaces a "Quote" / "Devis" call-to-action, pricing is not publicly disclosed, and all sales run through the company website and direct project consultation. Customer segments are organized vertically around five interior types — hotels, restaurants and brasseries, bars and lounges, senior living residences, and meeting rooms / workspaces — with the hotel segment (illustrated by the Hôtel Grand Cœur Latin, Paris reference project) as the lead vertical. Go-to-market is sales-led and project-based, supported by downloadable catalogues, a project showcase, a designer collaboration page, an editorial blog, a newsletter, and SEO-structured per-segment landing pages. The firm is privately held, with no disclosed parent company, no subsidiaries, no public listing, and no external funding rounds. The business carries no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, no APIs, and no third-party integrations; the technology stack is artisanal manufacturing augmented by a static catalogue and quote workflow.

Name

Collinet

Legal name

Collinet Sièges

Website

https://collinet-sieges.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1887

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Collinet is a French manufacturer of high-end, customizable furniture for hotels, restaurants, bars, and senior residences, producing entirely in-house at its Baudignécourt workshop since 1887. The firm offers 66+ seating, 13+ table, and 10+ room collections, with signature co-designed lines from Fred Rieffel and Laurent Maugoust.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Furniture Manufacturing

NAICS

Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (337)

SIC

Household Furniture (2510)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Interior Fit-Out (Multi-Family & High-End) (IMAFANAE)

Keywords

• Hospitality furniture manufacturing
• Contract furniture
• Custom hotel furniture
• Restaurant seating
• Bespoke furniture design

Headquarters

HQ city

Baudignécourt

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom furniture sales (B2B project-based): Primary revenue stream from selling made-to-measure chairs, armchairs, sofas, benches, tables, stools, and hotel-room furniture directly to hospitality professionals (hotels, restaurants, bars, brasseries, senior residences) via quote-based bespoke orders. Each project is custom configured with chosen fabrics, wood stains, varnishes, and bases.
2. Hotel-room / complementary furniture sales: Sale of hotel-room furniture range including minibars, luggage racks, mirrors, dressers, wardrobes, shelves, console tables, headboards, bedsides, and desks — sold as part of complete furnishing projects for hotel rooms.
3. Designer / heritage collection licensing (CHR «Cafés Hôtels Restaurants»): Sales of named designer and heritage-inspired collections (Louis XV, Louis XVI, Karitza, Lam, Pause, James, etc.) targeted at the CHR market, with 66 seating collections and 13 table collections on offer.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Collinet (Maison Collinet / Collinet Sièges) is a French manufacturer of high-end, made-to-measure furniture for the hospitality industry, producing seating (chairs, armchairs, sofas, bar stools), tables, and hotel-room furniture at its in-house workshop in Baudignécourt, France. All products are fully customizable in fabric, wood stain, varnish, and base material, and are sold via quote-based B2B orders to hotel, restaurant, bar, brasserie, senior-residence, and meeting-room operators.

Product overview

Collinet Sièges (Maison Collinet) is a French manufacturer of high-end professional furniture for the hospitality industry, in business since 1887, with all production carried out at its workshop in Baudignécourt, France. Its offering is structured as a single multi-category furniture portfolio with three core product families — Seating (chairs, bridge chairs, armchairs, club chairs, sofas, benches, bar stools, swivel stools, poufs, across 66+ named collections such as Adele, Ascot, Aurea, Betty, Cabaret, Calypso, Camelia, Candide, Club, Cosmos, Cosy, Dune, Factory, Félix, Gayac, Hotte, Humilis, Hypsos, James, Jil, Jules, Kan, Karitza, Kleber, Lam, London, Lou, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Lyra, Macaron, Mallorca, Manille, Marais, Meli, Mellow, Merryl, Milàn, Mist, Mona Lisa, Napoléon, Nog, Opéra, Orfeo, Passion, Pause, Portland, Poznan, Ring, Rivas, Rivoli, Robin, Saint Germain, Sanya, Scala, Scribe, Shark, Soon, Sphère, Staff), Tables (13+ dining and low-table collections such as City, Deco, Dream, Edulo, Elo, Giga, Nox, Pion, Quadro, Soho, Stan, Stylus, Blume), and Hotel-Room Furniture (10 collections such as Arcade, Belle Époque, Charme, Chloe, Cylindre, Icare, Jigsaw, Milano, Rima, Vincennes, plus headboards, bedsides, desks and complementary pieces like minibars, luggage racks, mirrors and console tables) — all of which can be specified through Collinet's Customization service (fabric, wood stain/varnish, base material, dimensions) and supported by its in-house La Manufacture Collinet workshop and an interior-design advisory service for hotels, restaurants, bars, brasseries, senior residences and meeting-room projects. Several collections are signature collaborations with external designers (e.g., the Fred Rieffel–designed Lam, Nog and Pause collections, and the Laurent Maugoust–designed James collection).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Seating furniture (chairs, armchairs, sofas, benches, bridges, bar stools, poufs) Core seating catalogue covering 66+ named collections of chairs, bridge chairs, armchairs, club chairs, sofas, benches, bar stools, swivel stools and poufs aimed at hotels, restaurants, bars, brasseries and senior residences. Each collection is fully customizable in fabric, wood stain, varnish and base material.
• Tables (dining and low tables) Collinet's table collection of 13+ named collections (e.g., City, Deco, Dream, Edulo, Elo, Giga, Nox, Pion, Quadro, Soho, Stan, Stylus, Blume) of dining and low tables for hotels, restaurants, bars and brasseries. Bases and finishes are customizable; designed and manufactured in France.
• Hotel-room furniture (headboards, bedsides, desks, complementary pieces) Room/bedroom furniture range with 10 named collections including beds, sofas, bedside tables, headboards, desks and complementary hotel-room pieces (minibars, luggage racks, mirrors, dressers, wardrobes, shelves, console tables), designed for hospitality interiors and fully customizable in finish and upholstery.
• Customization service (made-to-measure finishes, fabrics, woods) Bespoke customization service allowing clients to choose fabric, upholstery, wood stain and varnish, base material (velvet, chrome metal, faux leather, lacquered solid wood) and dimensions across Collinet's seating, table and room ranges.
• Interior project / advisory services for hospitality interiors Advisory and project services accompanying hospitality clients in furnishing hotels, restaurants and brasseries, bars and lounges, senior living residences, and meeting rooms / workspaces, including a quote request workflow.
• La Manufacture Collinet (in-house workshop production) Collinet's in-house manufacturing workshop in Baudignécourt, France, where all Collinet furniture is produced. Maison Collinet has been a specialist in hospitality furniture since 1887.

Quantifiable outcome

• 66 seating collections, 13 table collections, and 10 hotel-room collections in the active catalogue
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship.

• Fred RieffelflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerFred Rieffel is presented as an "internationally renowned designer" with "many collaborations with Maison Collinet." He is profiled on the Collinet "designers" page and credited as the designer behind the Pause collection of chairs and seaters. The collaboration is highlighted as a core creative input to Collinet's high-end hospitality range.
• Fred Rieffel (Lam collection)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-designed Lam collection of armchairs and bridges. The Lam collection page explicitly states: "Discover Collinet's Lam seating collection, an exceptional collaboration with internationally renowned designer Fred Rieffel. This collection offers you a range of elegant, functional and comfortable seating, including armchairs, bridges." Fred Rieffel's creative direction is positioned as central to the collection's identity.
• Fred Rieffel (Nog collection)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-designed Nog collection of chairs and bridge armchairs. The Nog collection page credits Fred Rieffel as designer and showcases the collection as a recurring example of his "many collaborations with Maison Collinet."
• Fred Rieffel (Kan collection)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-designed Kan collection of high-end chairs and sofas for restaurants, bars and hotels. The Kan page presents the collection as a Collinet x Fred Rieffel collaboration and credits his experimental, conceptual design approach.
• Fred Rieffel (Jil collection)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-designed Jil collection of two chairs and two bridges. The Jil page highlights Fred Rieffel's design authorship and showcases his retro-chic style across multiple variants of the collection.
• Laurent Maugoust (Maugoust & Chenais)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesigner of the James collection. The James collection page states the line was "imagined by designer Laurent Maugoust" and frames Maugoust & Chenais as a strategic design partner: "Laurent Maugoust and Cécile Chenais work closely with exceptional companies with unique expertise, such as Maison Collinet." The collaboration is positioned for "high-end hospitality spaces, hotels, restaurants, lounges, and premium residential projects."

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pedrali: Italian manufacturer of contemporary contract furniture for hospitality, restaurants and bars. Closest direct competitor to Collinet: serves the same CHR customer base with made-in-Italy seating, tables and complementary pieces for hotels and restaurants.
• Andreu World: Spanish manufacturer of contract seating, tables and complementary furniture for hotels, restaurants and public spaces. Direct peer with overlapping product categories, customization services, and designer collaborations targeting the same hospitality specifier audience.
• Thonet: German heritage furniture manufacturer (founded 1819) producing iconic bentwood and tubular steel seating widely used in cafés, restaurants and hotels. Comparable to Collinet as a long-established European contract-furniture specialist with a heritage catalogue aimed at the CHR market.
• Brunner GmbH: German manufacturer of contract furniture for hospitality, restaurants and the hotel industry. Direct peer offering seating, tables and lounge furniture to professional hospitality buyers, with comparable customization and a similar B2B project-based sales motion.

Broad incumbents

• Ligne Roset: French contemporary furniture manufacturer with a wide seating, table and casegoods portfolio and a global showroom network. Larger French incumbent; comparable on French-made luxury positioning and customization, but oriented to residential retail with selective hospitality exposure.
• Roche Bobois: French luxury furniture retailer and manufacturer with a broad high-end portfolio including seating, tables and casegoods. Larger incumbent with much wider distribution; comparable on the French luxury-furniture dimension, though less concentrated on B2B hospitality contracts than Collinet.
• Cassina: Italian luxury furniture brand (Poltrona Frau Group) producing designer seating, tables and casegoods with significant hospitality and contract exposure. Broader incumbent with a wider luxury portfolio, but competes for the same premium hospitality project specifications as Collinet.
• Vitra: Swiss furniture company with a deep contract and hospitality catalogue (seating, tables, lounge systems) and signature designer collaborations. Larger broad incumbent competing for premium hospitality projects and design-led hotel interiors.

Regional players

• Fermob: French manufacturer of outdoor and indoor metal furniture for hospitality terraces, restaurants and hotels. Regional peer focused on the outdoor/terrace segment of the CHR market that Collinet also serves with its bar stool and terrace seating lines.

Others

• Kartell: Italian design furniture manufacturer with a hospitality/contract division supplying chairs, tables and lighting to restaurants, bars and hotels. Adjacent peer with overlapping design-led hospitality positioning but a broader consumer-facing catalogue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/collinetsieges

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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