Relais d'Entreprises

What Relais d'Entreprises does

Relais d'Entreprises is a privately held French SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée), registered on December 17, 2013 (SIREN 799130703) and headquartered in Rieux-Volvestre, that operates the leading national network of "tiers-lieux" — coworking and telecommuting spaces — in rural and peri-urban France. The network comprises approximately 100 affiliated locations spanning metropolitan France (Alsace, Brittany, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, Grand Est, etc.) and overseas territories (Guadeloupe), and serves three principal customer segments: private enterprises (PME/ETI) and their employees seeking flexible remote work options, local and regional authorities (collectivités, communautés de communes, régions) seeking territorial economic development, and independent workers and freelancers in rural areas. The company's stated mission is to rebalance French territory by enabling "proxitravail" (proximity-based remote work), allowing employees to work within roughly 2 km of home rather than commute 28+ km each way.

Relais d'Entreprises delivers its offering through three coordinated pillars: (1) Bureau d'études, a consultancy that conducts feasibility studies and dimensions tiers-lieux for municipalities and intercommunalities; (2) Réseau, the affiliation network that recruits and manages independent coworking hosts who pay for brand and operational support; and (3) Télétravail en Tiers-Lieux, the service that connects enterprises' HR/mobility teams with the network. Underpinning these pillars is the VALO.RE digital platform, created by the company and supported by ADEME, which tracks kilometers not traveled by employees using tiers-lieux and enables employers to monetize these savings as CEE eco-cheques (via EDF) and as Label Bas Carbone CO2 tonnes. The Label Bas Carbone methodology for tiers-lieux, co-developed with SCIC Climat Local, was approved by the French Ministry of Ecological Transition and published in the Official Journal on September 1, 2021 as a first-in-class certification in the transport sector.

Revenue is generated through affiliation/management fees from network members, professional services fees for employer mobility advisory and feasibility studies, and value capture from carbon/CEE certifications (monetized via Climat Local and Climate Dividends). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; affiliate coworking day rates reportedly range from €10 to over €30, while French statutory telework allowances (€4 Titre Bureau, €2.50 Titre Télétravail) do not cover these rates, creating a structural gap the company addresses. The go-to-market is consultative and relationship-driven, combining feasibility studies for local authorities, direct sales to enterprise HR/mobility managers, public-tender participation, and active presence at industry events (Ruralitic, Innovative City, Climate Dividends). Distribution combines the franchise/affiliate model with a self-serve online directory. The company is bootstrapped and founder-led (Dominique Valentin, PDG), with €43,280 of share capital and no disclosed institutional investment, and is actively hiring for a Network Deployment & Animation role as of May 2026.

Name

Relais d'Entreprises

Legal name

SAS Relais d'Entreprises

Website

https://relais-entreprises.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Relais d'Entreprises operates a national network of approximately 100 affiliated coworking and remote work spaces in rural and peri-urban France. The company serves enterprises, local authorities, and independent workers through feasibility studies, employer mobility plans, and carbon valorization services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Third-Place Workspace Network Services

NAICS

Facilities Support Services (56121), Facilities Support Services (561210)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Operators Of Nonresidential Buildings (6512)

akta.pro primary industry

Space & Occupancy Services (Move/Add/Change, Seating, Wayfinding) (IMAIALAF)

Keywords

• Coworking network operator
• Rural office spaces
• Third-place workspaces
• Employer mobility services
• Carbon valorization consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Rieux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Network Affiliation and Franchise Fees: Relais d'Entreprises generates revenue by conducting feasibility studies and dimensioning tiers-lieux for municipalities and communities, then animating and managing affiliates in its national network. The business model involves supporting the creation and operation of coworking spaces, charging affiliation/network fees for use of the Relais d'Entreprises brand and network benefits.
2. Employer Mobility Services and CEE Valorization: Through the VALO.RE platform and CEE (Certificats d'Économies d'Énergie) convention with EDF, the company enables enterprises to receive eco-cheques and carbon credits based on employee commuting reductions, creating a revenue stream from enterprise mobility advisory services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Relais d'Entreprises operates a national network of affiliated third-place workspaces (tiers-lieux) in rural and peri-urban France, delivering feasibility studies for municipalities, network affiliation/franchise services for coworking space operators, and employer mobility and telework solutions. The company enables employees to work close to home instead of commuting, while supporting enterprises with the VALO.RE digital platform that tracks kilometers saved and monetizes CO2 reductions through the French Label Bas Carbone certification and EDF's CEE eco-cheques.

Product overview

Relais d'Entreprises operates as a coordinated three-pillar offering: (1) Bureau d'études provides feasibility studies and workspace dimensioning services for municipalities and intercommunalities; (2) the Réseau forms France's premier national network of third-place workspaces in rural and peri-urban areas, with affiliated locations across the country; and (3) Télétravail en Tiers-Lieux delivers employer mobility and remote work accommodation services. Supporting these core pillars are the VALO.RE platform for tracking unperformed kilometers and carbon valorization, the Label Bas Carbone certification service, and participation in the Climate Dividends sustainability program. The company also promotes the 'Proxitravail' concept through educational resources like the Petit Guide du Proxitravail. The offering is directed at private companies seeking sustainable telework solutions, public sector organizations, and local authorities aiming to revitalize rural and peri-urban territories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bureau d'études: Feasibility study bureau for third-party workspace projects
• Réseau
• Télétravail en Tiers-Lieux
• VALO.RE

Products and services

• Bureau d'études (Feasibility Studies) Conducts feasibility studies and dimensions coworking and third-place workspace projects for municipalities, intermunicipal communities, and enterprises seeking to establish proximity workspaces.
• Réseau Relais d'Entreprises (National Network) The first national network of third-place workspaces in rural and peri-urban France, connecting approximately 100 affiliated coworking spaces and telecenters across metropolitan France and overseas territories, available to enterprises and individuals via the online directory trouvez-un-relais.
• Télétravail en Tiers-Lieux (Telework in Third Places) Telework service that helps companies and employees practice sustainable and equitable remote work in third-place workspaces near employees' residences, integrating with employer mobility plans and the VALO.RE carbon valorization mechanism.
• VALO.RE Platform Digital platform that records kilometers saved by employees working in Relais d'Entreprises tiers-lieux instead of commuting to the workplace, allowing employers to monetize eco-cheques from EDF under CEE conventions and to valorize labeled tons of CO2.

Quantifiable outcome

• €150 per year per employee living 30 km from workplace who proxitravaille 2 days/week (employer benefit through CEE eco-cheques and CO2 valorization)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Climate DividendscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 February 2024Relais d'Entreprises joined the second cohort of the Climate Dividends pilot phase, an initiative co-founded by ADEME, Mirova, Sweep, Team For the Planet, 2050, and the Kanopée Partage Foundation. The initiative aims to deploy Climate Dividends as a standardized international indicator for decarbonization financing. Relais d'Entreprises' goal is 1,000 tonnes of CO2 to be valorized.
• Tisséo CollectivitéscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2023Tisséo Collectivités (the public transit authority for the Toulouse area) partnered with Relais d'Entreprises for a mobility webinar on 'Le Proxitravail'. Relais d'Entreprises is also listed as a service provider in Tisséo's ECOMOBILITE guide for employer mobility plans.
• Action LogementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Action Logement runs the 'Mon bureau près de chez moi' Corpoworking project, co-presented by Anne Coti (Action Logement) and Dominique Valentin (Relais d'Entreprises) at the Tisséo mobility webinar. The project offers an alternative to home-based telework for private sector employees through proximity coworking spaces.
• Région OccitaniecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 December 2018The Occitanie Region signed a convention with Relais d'Entreprises and EDF at the Energaïa forum in December 2018 to support the CEE mechanism rewarding non-traveled kilometers for remote workers in tiers-lieux.
• EDFcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 May 2018EDF and Relais d'Entreprises signed a partnership in May 2018 to reward employees who use tiers-lieux for remote work. Under the CEE (Certificats d'Économies d'Énergie) scheme, employers receive eco-cheques based on kilometers not traveled by their employees. This was later supported by the Occitanie Region.
• ADEMEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerADEME co-founded Climate Dividends (September 2022) and supports the VALO.RE platform developed by Relais d'Entreprises for tracking non-traveled kilometers. ADEME is also referenced in Relais d'Entreprises' Bas Carbone label methodology.
• SCIC Climat Local (Julien Lavaud)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRelais d'Entreprises co-developed the 'Tiers-Lieux' Bas Carbone label methodology with Julien Lavaud of SCIC SARL Climat Local, enabling the valorization of tons of CO2 avoided by employees using tiers-lieux. Climat Local puts these carbon credits on the market.
• Rémy LassetminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRémy Lasset is the author of the 'Petit Guide 2023 du Proxitravail', an 84-page e-book co-sponsored by Relais d'Entreprises. He coined the term 'proxitravail'. Relais d'Entreprises is the partner of this publication.
• VivrOvertminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVivrOvert is a platform co-founded by Dominique Valentin (founder of Relais d'Entreprises) that supports employees and individuals in choosing where to live and work. It is referenced alongside Relais d'Entreprises in the Petit Guide du Proxitravail.
• Jean ViardminorOthersJean Viard, sociologist and research director at CEVIPOF-CNRS, wrote the preface to the 'Petit Guide 2023 du Proxitravail', lending academic credibility to the proxitravail concept promoted by Relais d'Entreprises.
• ANPP - Territoires de projet / ANCTminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRelais d'Entreprises participated in the OPTER Télétravail program, launched by ANPP - Territoires de projet in 2021, as an expert contributor to an interactive tool for local authorities. The ANCT (Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires) supported this initiative.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• VivrOvert: Platform co-founded by Relais d'Entreprises' founder Dominique Valentin supporting relocation choices for remote workers. Comparable as a sibling brand within the same proxitravail ecosystem addressing the 'where to live and work' question upstream of Relais d'Entreprises' tiers-lieux access.

Direct peers

• La Cordée: French purpose-driven coworking operator with multiple sites across the country. Comparable to Relais d'Entreprises as a domestic multi-site coworking/flex-office network targeting professionals and remote workers, though without the rural/peri-urban specialisation.
• Deskeo: Premium Parisian flex-office and coworking operator serving enterprises. Comparable because it sells enterprise workplace-as-a-service subscriptions to French employers, the same customer segment Relais d'Entreprises targets via its mobility/employer-subscription offering.
• Workstation: French coworking/flex-office operator offering multi-site corporate access. Comparable because it sells enterprise mobility cards enabling employees to use any affiliated location — the same mechanism Relais d'Entreprises proposes via its employers/CEE scheme.
• France Tiers-Lieux: French national association and accelerator for the tiers-lieux ecosystem, backed by ANCT. Directly comparable because both operate as the coordinating layer for rural and peri-urban third-place workspaces in France, including Convocations, network animation and public-policy advocacy.
• Morning Coworking: French coworking/flexible-office network with branded locations across major French cities. Comparable as a multi-site domestic operator targeting remote workers and SMEs, though concentrated in larger urban areas.
• Bureaux & Co (BuroClub): French coworking/serviced-office chain serving enterprise clients across France. Comparable as a domestic operator with a multi-city affordable-flex-office footprint that competes for the same enterprise-flexibility budget Relais d'Entreprises monetises.

Broad incumbents

• IWG / Regus: Global workspace operator behind Regus, Spaces, HQ and Signature. Comparable as the global incumbent in enterprise workplace-as-a-service; sets pricing benchmarks and infrastructure standards for the category Relais d'Entreprises participates in.
• Wojo: One of the largest French coworking/flexible-office operators (formerly Coworking Sucré Salé), now majority-owned by Accor. Comparable as a French domestic workplace-on-demand network, but operates predominantly in urban and suburban catchments rather than rural tiers-lieux.

Emerging players

• CoCoworking: Independent third-place/coworking network in France with a mission-oriented positioning. Comparable because it curates and animates a community of independent spaces, much like Relais d'Entreprises' affiliate-Réseau model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ReseauRelais
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCZYmvFIi0HO6b5a78Jr88mw
• Facebookfacebook.com/RelaisEntr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/relais-d-entreprises

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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