Safer Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What Safer Nouvelle-Aquitaine does

Safer Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a regional French land operator (Société Anonyme) established in 1960 and headquartered in Bruges (Bordeaux metropolitan area), serving the 12 departments of Nouvelle-Aquitaine as part of the national FNSafer network. The organization executes public-interest missions in rural land management: it processes approximately 60,000 annual rural land sale notifications from notaires, exercises statutory preemption rights under Article L143-1 of the French Rural Code to regulate agricultural land markets, and facilitates land transactions between buyers and sellers. Its core offerings include portage foncier (land carrying — purchasing land and carrying it for up to 5 years on behalf of young farmers), calls for applications (appels de candidatures), property valuation services, and the regulatory oversight of corporate (sociétaire) land operations under the 2023 Sempastous law.

The organization operates three proprietary digital platforms: Propriétés Rurales (proprietes-rurales.com) for property listings, the Vigifoncier notifications application for sales transparency, and the national online sociétaire declaration portal. It is not a technology company; its primary capability is multi-stakeholder coordination across a 100-250 person field organization of departmental land advisors (conseillers fonciers). The revenue model combines transaction fees, administrative instruction fees (€360 TTC per sociétaire operation), and regional government co-funding for portage foncier operations. Customer segments span farmers and aspiring farmers (primary), local and regional collectivities, forestry operators, private land investors, and landowners. Strategic partnerships include the Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Crédit Agricole, Groupama, agricultural cooperatives (Océalia, Cavac), Chambers of Agriculture, Notaires de France, and the social enterprise Fermes En Vie (FEVE).

Name

Safer Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Legal name

Safer Nouvelle-Aquitaine S.A.

Website

https://saferna.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Safer Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a French public-interest land operator serving the 12 departments of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, facilitating agricultural land transactions, exercising statutory preemption rights, and providing portage foncier (land carrying) and advisory services to farmers, collectivities, and investors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Land Management Services

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532)

akta.pro primary industry

Regulatory Compliance, Permitting & Audit Readiness (Food Safety, Environmental, Labor) (AFACAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Conservation & Protected Land Brokerage (Easements, Land Trust Sales) (BPAJADAH)

Keywords

• Rural land management
• Agricultural land transactions
• Farm installation services
• Land portage financing
• Forest land brokerage

Headquarters

HQ city

Bruges

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Land transaction facilitation and preemption: As a Société Anonyme (S.A.) with public-interest missions, Safer Nouvelle-Aquitaine facilitates land transactions in rural and peri-urban markets. Revenue is derived from transaction fees, management charges, and potentially rental income from land held in portage (land carrying) arrangements. The organization also benefits from regional government co-funding for installation support programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

Safer Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a regulated public-interest land operator that facilitates rural land transactions across the 12 departments of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France. It receives statutory notifications of approximately 60,000 rural land sale projects annually from notaries, evaluates and matches properties to prospective farmers, investors, and collectivities, exercises legal preemption rights under Article L143-1 of the French Rural Code, and coordinates multi-partner financing structures including portage foncier (land carrying) to support farm installation and transmission.

Product overview

Safer Nouvelle-Aquitaine operates as a unified service platform combining multiple interconnected digital and advisory services for rural land management. The core offering centers on the Propriétés Rurales platform for property listings, the Notifications de ventes application for sales transparency, and the Opérations sociétaires service for corporate land regulation. These are supported by the Portage foncier service enabling gradual land acquisition for young farmers, property evaluation services for fair market pricing, and calls for applications (Appels de candidatures) for matching projects with available land. Additional offerings include the Prix des terres pricing database, Espace Notares portal, and the FASCINA financial aid fund for new installations. The platform serves farmers, foresters, local authorities, property owners, and investors across the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Propriétés Rurales: A property listing platform operated by Safer for rural properties including agricultural estates, forests, and rural real estate.

Products and services

• Propriétés Rurales (Rural Properties listings platform)

Quantifiable outcome

• Farm installations facilitated: young farmers such as Marion Billaud, Antoine Arlot, and Lucas/Jean-Baptiste were installed through Safer portage foncier, enabling farm acquisition without full upfront capital
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Partnerships

27 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Confédération paysanneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural union representing small-scale farmers and peasant farmers. Partnered as part of Safer's broad stakeholder engagement in the rural land ecosystem.
• FNSEA Nouvelle-AquitaineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor agricultural union representing farmers across Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Partnered for joint advocacy and farmer engagement.
• Jeune Agriculteurs Nouvelle-AquitainecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYoung Farmers organization, a key partner for Safer's farm installation mission. Jointly developed the DNJA installation aid simulator (installation-agricole.com) and collaborated on the January 2024 partnership strengthening seminar with Safer leadership.
• Chambre d'Agriculture Nouvelle-AquitainecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional chamber of agriculture is a primary institutional partner for farm installation and transmission support. A January 2024 national convention was signed between FNSafer and Chambres d'agriculture France, with local implementation in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Joint seminars and cross-referrals are operational.
• OcéaliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural cooperative that provided a 50% surety on bank loans for young farmer Thibaut Guionneau's farm acquisition in Balanzac. Cooperative is described as 'soucieuse de la transmission' (committed to farm transmission) for 15 years.
• Ovicap (Cavac)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSheep and goat pole of the Cavac agricultural cooperative, providing a 'Plan Avenir Élevage' financing plan allowing young farmers to spread livestock acquisition costs over 5-6 years, with repayment linked to lamb sales.
• Interbio Nouvelle-AquitaineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional interprofessional organization for organic agriculture in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, partnered for organic farming development.
• Coop de France Nouvelle-AquitaineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional federation of agricultural cooperatives.
• Fédération des Grands Vins de BordeauxminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWine federation representing Bordeaux's major wine producers, partnered with Safer for vineyard land management and installation.
• Coordination Rurale Nouvelle-AquitaineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural union (CR Agriculteurs Responsables Nouvelle-Aquitaine) partnered within the Safer ecosystem.
• UGVCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnion des Grossistes de Vins de Bordeaux, wine sector partner.
• Vignerons DemainminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWinery partner focused on future-oriented viticulture.
• AMF (Association des Maires de France)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational association of French municipalities, partnered with Safer for collectivity-focused land management initiatives.
• Association des Maires Ruraux de FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation of rural mayors, partnered for rural land and development issues.
• Communauté d'agglomération du Pays BasquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnique in France: this aggomeration signed a convention with Safer for systematic preemption at revised prices to counter farmland price inflation. The community covers the financial risk and file costs, moralizing the agricultural land market in the Basque Country.
• Département des Deux-SèvrescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartment actively partnered with Safer on the Re-Sources water quality protection program since the mid-2000s, using Safer's preemption tools and foncier management to protect drinking water catchment areas.
• Département de la GirondecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered on the 'Foncière d'avenir' experimental scheme to identify and restructure bare land from vine pull-up for redistribution to new farmers, with co-funding from the State and Région.
• Communauté de Communes des Coteaux BordelaisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntermunicipal community partnered with Safer on a land storage arrangement for 6 ha of agricultural parcels at Tresses, aligned with the Région partnership convention.
• Communauté de Communes de l'Île d'OléronminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConventioned with Safer for agricultural land management, seeking farmers to exploit communal and departmental/C littoral parcels (terres hautes, prairies, marais).
• Fédération des ScotminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederation of SCOT (Schémas de Cohérence Territoriale) planning bodies.
• Agence de Service et de Paiement (ASP)minorOthersPublic agency managing agricultural aid payments, listed as a partner.
• Centre Régional de la Propriété Forestière Nouvelle-AquitaineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional forestry property center (CRPF), partnered for forest land management and transmission.
• Conservatoire d'Espaces Naturels de Nouvelle-AquitainecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNatural spaces conservatory partnered with Safer in cases where environmentally sensitive land (wetlands, biodiversity zones) is part of a farm sale. Example: 8.92 ha acquired by CEN at Flayat to protect grey shrike habitat, with neighboring farmer renting the land for summer mowing.
• FNSafer (Fédération Nationale des Safer)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational federation of Safer organizations. Safer Nouvelle-Aquitaine participates in national conventions (e.g., with Chambres d'agriculture France, with Fédérations des Conseils des Chevaux for EquiSafer) and shares best practices and tools across the network.
• Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Souveraineté AlimentairecoreOthersMinistry overseeing Safer's regulatory functions including the preemption regime and the Sempastous law for sociétaire market regulation.
• Notaires de FrancecoreOthersNotaries are legally required to notify Safer of approximately 60,000 annual rural land sale projects, forming the operational foundation of Safer's market transparency mission.
• Conseil des Équidés Nouvelle-Aquitaine / EquiSaferminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEquine sector council partnered with Safer. EquiSafer is the national network of Safer specialists for equine property operations. Safer NA participated in Jumping International de Bordeaux (2024) on the council's stand, with 17 equine sector installations facilitated in 2023.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Chambres d'agriculture France (APCA): National body of departmental chambers of agriculture, which are joint signatories with Safer on installation conventions and refer farmers to Safer portage services. Acts as complementary institutional partner rather than direct competitor.
• Fédération Nationale des Safer (FNSafer): National federation coordinating all regional Safer entities, including Safer Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Sets national conventions (with Chambres d'agriculture France, EquiSafer), shares best practices, and represents the network in regulatory dialogue.

Direct peers

• Safer Normandie: Regional Safer entity for Normandy delivering the same rural land transaction, advisory, portage foncier and preemption services under French Rural Code Article L143-1.
• Safer Pays de la Loire: Regional Safer entity for Pays de la Loire offering identical rural land brokerage, farm advisory, and preemption services. Operates within the same national FNSafer coordination framework.
• Safer Grand Est: Regional Safer entity covering the Grand Est region with the same preemption rights, portage foncier, and farm installation advisory mandate.
• Safer Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Regional Safer entity covering the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region with the same statutory preemption rights, portage foncier, and farm installation mission. Operates under identical French Rural Code framework and coordinates with FNSafer, making it the closest functional peer.
• Safer Occitanie: Regional Safer entity serving the Occitanie region. Provides the same rural land brokerage, portage foncier, and farm installation advisory services under identical statutory framework.
• Safer Bretagne: Regional Safer entity for Brittany, providing identical rural land transaction, advisory, and preemption services across the four Breton departments. Operates within the same national Safer network with comparable mission scope.
• Safer PACA: Regional Safer entity for Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, with same regulatory mandate covering rural land preemption, farm installation, and market transparency across the six PACA departments.

Emerging players

• Terre de Liens: National association using foncière and SCI crowdfunding models to acquire farmland and install organic/agroecological farmers. Competes with Safer's portage foncier for installation projects but lacks preemption rights and notarial notification flow.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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