Trained People

What Trained People does

Trained People (legal entity SAS TRAINED PEOPLE, Paris) is a French professional services firm specializing exclusively in the Drupal CMS ecosystem. Founded in 2007 and operating from 32 rue de Cambrai in Paris's 19th arrondissement, the company describes itself as the European leader in Drupal training, having delivered more than 700 training sessions and trained over 3,400 participants across 1,000+ client organizations. The headcount is small — six active-practitioner trainers plus management and client-relations staff — and the company maintains an average pedagogical rating of 8.95/10 over 24 months.

The product portfolio centers on 8 distinct Drupal training programs covering beginner webmaster skills through advanced back-end development, front-end theming, security and performance, deployment and industrialisation, Git version control, and essential developer tools (Composer, Drush, Git), plus a newer Formation Cursor AI covering AI-assisted development. Curriculum content emphasizes Drupal 8/9/10 and adjacent Symfony components. Each program ships with 130-250 pages of materials, and a "Learning by Doing" methodology customizes content to client-specific Drupal projects. Beyond training, Trained People sells expertise services — Drupal audits (security, performance, technical 360°, rationalization), load testing at 650-900€ HT per day, and architecture consulting — as well as régie (staff augmentation) placing Drupal webmasters, developers, DevOps engineers, architects, and project managers into client teams. The company operates under the DropTeam group umbrella, with DropTeam referring clients to Trained People for training.

The business model is multi-stream professional services revenue with four pricing tiers: INTER public sessions (600-1,500€ HT per participant, max 8 participants per session), INTRA on-site training (1,600€ HT per day, available internationally), consulting/audits (fixed-fee engagements from 2,970€ HT for a 3-day technical audit to 4,950€ HT for a 5-day rationalization audit), and régie staffing at daily rates. INTER sessions are delivered across 8 French cities; INTRA and consulting are delivered in France and abroad. Distribution combines direct sales, drupalfrance.com as a content and booking hub, partner referrals through Drupal agencies (Actency, Eurelis, DropTeam), and public funding channels (CPF, OPCO, POEI, AIF) enabled by Qualiopi certification (renewed 2024-2027) and Datadock registration. Customer base spans enterprise IT (Capgemini, OVH Cloud, GFI, Claranet), public sector (RATP, DGAC STAC), insurance (Malakoff Humanis), transport (TGV Lyria), real estate (Bouygues Immobilier), retail (Quechua), and environment (Citeo).

Name

Trained People

Legal name

SAS TRAINED PEOPLE

Website

https://drupalfrance.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Trained People is a Paris-based firm specializing in Drupal CMS training, consulting, and staff augmentation. It delivers 8 specialized training programs, technical audits, and Drupal expert staffing to French and international enterprises, positioning itself as a European leader in Drupal education since 2007.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Training and Consulting Services

NAICS

Computer Training (61142), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDABAFAN

IT Support & End-User Computing (Helpdesk, Desktop, M365/Google Workspace)

Education/Corporate Training & Professional Development/Technical & IT Skills Training

SECONDARYBPAEANAE

Technical Bootcamps & Accelerated Reskilling (Full-time/Part-time)

Business & Public Services/IT & Digital Services (Managed Services, Systems Integration)/IT Training & Technical Enablement Services

Keywords

• Drupal training services
• CMS professional education
• IT staff augmentation
• Technical consulting audits
• Web development training

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. INTER Training (Public Sessions): Group training sessions delivered in Trained People facilities or partner locations in major French cities. Participants register individually or companies send multiple employees. Priced per participant per session.
2. INTRA Training (On-site/Custom): Customized training delivered at client premises in France or abroad, tailored to client's specific project and Drupal ecosystem. Priced per day with higher daily rate.
3. Expertise/Consulting Services: Technical consulting including Drupal audits (security, performance, architecture), load testing, and rationalization audits for organizations managing multiple Drupal sites. Billed at daily rates.
4. Régie (Staffing): Provision of qualified Drupal specialists (webmasters, back-end developers, front-end developers, devOps, architects, project managers) for client project teams on a staffing/regie basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Trained People delivers Drupal CMS-focused professional training, technical consulting, and staff augmentation services. Its core is a portfolio of 8 standardized Drupal training programs (covering webmaster, front-end, back-end, advanced back-end, security/performance, deployment/industrialization, Git, and AI-assisted development) delivered both as public INTER sessions in 8 French cities and as customized INTRA programs on client sites, complemented by Drupal audits, load testing, and Régie (staffing) services.

Product overview

Trained People is a Drupal-focused training and consulting company offering a portfolio of 8 distinct Drupal training programs alongside professional services. The training portfolio spans from foundational Drupal Webmaster courses for non-developers through specialized programs in back-end and front-end development, AI-assisted development with Cursor AI, security and performance optimization, deployment and DevOps practices, and version control with Git. Beyond training, the company provides consulting services including technical audits (security, performance, rationalization), staff augmentation (régie), and load testing. The Learning by Doing methodology customizes training to participants' specific Drupal project needs. The company positions itself as the European leader in Drupal training since 2007.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Drupal Webmaster 3-day beginner training program for webmasters and content managers, covering Drupal installation, configuration, content creation, Views, taxonomy, media management, multilingual setup, and site administration.
• Drupal Développement Front-end 2-day training on creating and customizing Drupal themes, covering TWIG templating, asset management, SMACSS architecture, Layout Discovery, responsive design, and JavaScript integration.
• Drupal Développement Back-end 3-day intermediate training on creating custom Drupal modules, covering routing, plugins, database API, Entity API, Form API, caching, theming with TWIG, and security controls.
• Drupal Développement Back-end Avancé 2-day advanced training covering Symfony integration with Drupal, dependency injection, Event Dispatcher, custom content entity types, plugin system, and web services.
• Drupal Sécurité & Performance 1-day advanced training on securing Drupal sites and optimizing performance, covering cache mechanisms, BigPipe, Varnish, security modules, access controls, and server-side optimizations.
• Drupal Déploiement & Industrialisation 1-day training on Drupal configuration management, deployment workflows, Drush commands, Git workflows, module staging, and content synchronization across environments.
• Formation Cursor AI Training program focused on using Cursor AI as an AI-powered code editor, covering LLM mechanisms, prompt engineering, RAG, Computer Vision, MCP servers, workspace security, and practical Drupal module development.
• Git - Maîtriser le versionning Training on the Git version control system covering repository management, branching strategies, rebasing, patch creation, and Git workflow practices.
• Les outils indispensables du développeur Drupal Training on essential Drupal development tools including Composer for dependency management, Git for version control, and Drush/Drupal Console for command-line administration.
• Expertise Drupal (Consulting & Audits) Comprehensive Drupal consulting services including audits (security, performance, technical 360°, rationalization), advisory, and staff augmentation with specialized Drupal profiles such as webmasters, developers, DevOps engineers, architects, and project managers.
• Tests de montée en charge (Load Testing) Load testing services simulating high-traffic scenarios to identify performance bottlenecks and provide recommendations for optimizing Drupal site capacity under stress; billed at day rates of 650€–900€ HT.
• Régie (Staff Augmentation) Staff augmentation service supplying specialized Drupal talent—webmasters, back-end developers, front-end developers, DevOps engineers, architects, and project managers—into client project teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8.95/10 average pedagogical rating over 24 months
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Drupal AssociationcoreTechnology or IntegrationTrained People operates Drupalfrance.com as a recognized Drupal community resource in France. The Drupal Association is the non-profit organization governing the Drupal open-source project. Trained People is positioned as a community contributor and Drupal advocate in the French market.
• SensioLabscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner in the footer of drupalfrance.com. SensioLabs is a recognized Symfony and Drupal expert agency in France, suggesting mutual collaboration or referral relationship in the Drupal/Symfony training ecosystem.
• OpenskaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner. Openska is a Drupal-focused training and services company in France, suggesting mutual collaboration in Drupal education and community activities.
• OrsysminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as a partner. Orsys is a major French IT training provider. The partnership likely enables cross-referral of Drupal training clients or co-marketing of Drupal training programs.
• DropteamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDropteam is a Drupal-certified partner and major contributor (module Admin Toolbar deployed on 250,000+ Drupal sites). Dropteam is Trained People's parent organization for Drupal training services. The Qualiopi certification reform article is authored on behalf of 'DropTeam - Trained People'. Dropteam refers clients needing Drupal training to Trained People.
• ActencyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRecommended as one of the top 3 Drupal agencies in France. Actency is a Drupal-certified partner since 2007 with expertise in Webfactory and B2B/B2C portals. Cross-referral relationship for Drupal projects and training.
• EurelisminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRecommended as one of the top 3 Drupal agencies in France. Eurelis is a Drupal-certified partner with 20+ years of Drupal expertise and AI practice. Cross-referral relationship for Drupal projects requiring specialized expertise.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Openska: French Drupal-focused training and services company, listed as a partner on drupalfrance.com. Directly overlaps with Trained People on Drupal curriculum delivery and French enterprise training demand, making it the most apples-to-apples peer.
• Smile: Major European open-source/Drupal agency offering both Drupal projects and training. Targets the same enterprise buyers evaluating Drupal as a strategic platform and is comparable on the consulting and agency-referral side of Trained People's business.
• Actency: Drupal-certified partner since 2007 listed among Trained People's top recommended French Drupal agencies. Competes for Drupal project work and, through referrals, for Drupal training engagements across French enterprise accounts.
• Eurelis: Drupal-certified partner with 20+ years of Drupal expertise and an AI practice, also listed as a top French Drupal agency alongside Trained People. Comparable in serving enterprise Drupal strategies where training demand naturally originates.
• SensioLabs: Symfony/Drupal specialist agency in France and listed Trained People partner. Overlaps on enterprise PHP/Symfony/Drupal enablement, certification preparation, and high-end training for developers — pulling from the same French engineering L&D budgets.
• Dropteam: Drupal-certified agency and major module contributor (Admin Toolbar deployed on 250,000+ sites). Acts as Trained People's parent organization for Drupal services, channels client training needs to it, and competes for the same French Drupal-services wallet.

Regional players

• Wyde: French Drupal agency that, like Actency and Eurelis, sits in the Drupal-certified partner ecosystem feeding Trained People referrals. Comparable on the agency side that Trained People complements through training and staffing.

Broad incumbents

• Orsys: Large French IT and management training incumbent with a broad multi-vendor catalog. Listed as a Trained People partner; competes for the same INTRA enterprise training budgets but with significantly wider course coverage and brand recognition.
• M2i Formation: Major French IT and digital skills training provider with a large Qualiopi-certified catalog. Competes with Trained People on Qualiopi-financed IT training seats and large-account INTRA contracts across France.

Others

• Drupal Association: Non-profit governing the open-source Drupal project. Not a commercial peer but the ecosystem orchestrator that legitimizes Trained People's Drupal Certified Partner status and whose community health directly affects demand for Drupal training.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TrainedPeople
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trained-people

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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