What Vivat does

Vivat is a French home care and nursing services provider headquartered in Marcq-en-Baroeul (Nord), founded in 2006 by Arnold Fauquette and structured as a SARL with a solidarity-enterprise posture and limited profitability. It delivers two core services: home nursing care through 8 Centres de Soins Infirmiers (nursing care centers) operating 7 days a week with 24/7 availability, and home help via equipes d'auxiliaires de vie (home care aides). These are supported by medical-social coordination services and financing-solution assistance that helps patients navigate APA, CARSAT, CPAM, Mutuelles, and a 50% tax credit on home help expenses. Vivat is organized as a Groupement de Coopération Social et Médico-Social (GCSMS) integrating the solidarity enterprise with the 8 nursing care centers.

The company's operating model is built on small, self-managing neighborhood teams inspired by the Dutch Buurtzorg methodology, adopted in 2015. Vivat is the sole official national French partner of Buurtzorg and a founding partner of the European TICC Interreg program, embedding it in an international caregiver network of approximately 10,000 professionals. Approximately 250 nurses and home care aides are deployed across 50 autonomous teams serving Nord, Pas de Calais, and Franche-Comté, with the local coordinator model acting as a single point of contact for patients and families.

Vivat makes money through a mix of health-insurance-funded nursing care (Assurance Maladie), income-tiered home help pricing, and tax-credit-eligible services; coordination and administrative support are provided free of charge. The vast majority of revenue is reinvested in caregiver compensation, including SMIC +10% for auxiliaires de vie and CDI contracts under the BAD collective agreement for nurses. There is no evidence of external funding, with the company remaining founder-controlled and self-financed.

Name

Vivat

Legal name

VIVAT SARL

Website

https://vivat.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Vivat is a French solidarity-enterprise home care provider operating 8 nursing care centers and 50 autonomous Buurtzorg-style teams serving elderly, disabled, and chronically ill patients across Nord, Pas de Calais, and Franche-Comté.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Home Healthcare Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (62161), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Hospice Agencies (HLAFAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

In-Home Hospice Nursing Visits (RN/LPN) (HSABAFAL), In-Home Hospice Aide & Personal Care (Hospice ADL Support) (HSABAFAK), Community-Based Palliative Care (Home-Based Non-Hospice) (HLADAHAH)

Keywords

• Home nursing care
• Home health aide
• Medical-social coordination
• Elderly home care
• Disability home services

Headquarters

HQ city

Marcq-en-baroeul

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices17 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Home help services: Personalized home help and daily living assistance services, with pricing based on income levels and various financing options including tax credits
2. Nursing care services: Healthcare services covered by national health insurance (Assurance Maladie), including 7-day/week care center operations
3. Medical-social coordination: Free coordination and administrative file setup services for patients, working with institutional funders including CARSAT, APA, Mutuelles, and CPAM

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Vivat provides home-based nursing care through its Centres de Soins Infirmiers and personal care/home help services through teams of auxiliaires de vie, operating 7 days a week across northern France. Services cover medical care (post-operative, palliative, post-hospital discharge), daily living assistance, and medical-social coordination linking patients, families, healthcare providers, and institutional funders (CARSAT, APA, Mutuelles, CPAM). The service delivery model is built around small autonomous teams following the Buurtzorg methodology, ensuring consistent caregivers and patient-centered care.

Product overview

Vivat is a home healthcare services company offering a unified portfolio of services centered on home nursing care and home help/aide services. The core offering consists of "Centres de Soins Infirmiers" (Nursing Care Centers) providing 24/7 medical care, combined with local "auxiliaires de vie" (home care aides) teams. These services are supported by medical-social coordination services that connect patients with healthcare providers, social workers, and families. Financing solutions are provided to help clients navigate available funding options including APA, CARSAT, CPAM, and tax credits. The service delivery is organized around an innovative auto-organized teams model inspired by the Dutch Buurtzorg approach, where small neighborhood teams of nurses and aides work autonomously to provide personalized, holistic care while maintaining a work-life balance for caregivers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced number of care providers per patient through small autonomous team model
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• TICC (Transnational Innovation for Care teams Cooperation)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018European Interreg program where Vivat is a founding partner. Through this program, Vivat established methodological, technical, and functional links with Buurtzorg teams. The TICC project focused on innovation for home care team cooperation across European borders.
• BuurtzorgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Exclusive national partnership with Dutch home care pioneer Buurtzorg. Vivat is the only official French partner implementing the Buurtzorg model of small autonomous neighborhood teams with holistic patient-centered care and self-organizing nurses. Through European TICC program and joint programs since 2015, Vivat has developed innovative collaboration methods. Vivat staff join a community of nearly 10,000 caregivers across more than 10 countries.
• Buurtzorg Equilibres ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Vivat's nursing care centers are part of the Equilibres Program, an innovative initiative for home nursing care delivery in small teams of nurses, developed in collaboration with Buurtzorg methodology.
• Collectif L'Humain d'abordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective that values the work of life assistants and nurses in small organized teams. Vivat is part of this collective working to modernize and value home care professions.
• Soignons HumainminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation contributing to the emergence of new services in home care. Vivat contributes to this initiative alongside its own service development.
• CARSAT, APA, Mutuelles, CPAMcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInstitutional funding partners including pension fund (CARSAT), personal autonomy allowance (APA), mutual insurance companies, and national health insurance (CPAM). Vivat is conventionné with majority of funders to ensure minimum patient out-of-pocket costs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Domidom: Domidom is a French home care services provider offering personal care and housekeeping services for the elderly and disabled. Comparable to Vivat in target customer segments, service offerings, and direct-to-consumer GTM motion.
• Buurtzorg: Dutch home care pioneer founded by Jos de Block in 2006, creator of the self-organizing small-team model that Vivat replicates in France. Vivat is Buurtzorg's sole official French partner implementing the small autonomous neighborhood teams methodology.
• Senior Compagnie: Senior Compagnie is a French franchise network of home care agencies providing services to elderly and dependent individuals. Directly competes with Vivat in home aide services with a multi-city franchise model targeting similar consumer segments.
• Petits-fils: Petits-fils is a French home care services franchise network providing elderly care and assistance with daily living activities. Directly competes with Vivat in home aide services for elderly and dependent populations, with a national branch network.
• Azaé: Azaé is a leading French home care services provider offering personal care, housekeeping, and elderly care services across France. Comparable to Vivat in customer segments (elderly, dependent adults) and core offering (home aide services), with a broader national footprint through a franchise model.
• ADMR: ADMR is the largest French home care association network with thousands of local associations providing home help and nursing care services. Directly comparable to Vivat in core offerings (home care, aide services, elderly support), though ADMR operates a federated association model rather than Vivat's autonomous team structure.

Broad incumbents

• O2: O2 is one of France's largest home care and childcare services companies with extensive national coverage. Provides home care services comparable to Vivat but operates as a broader multi-service platform with significant scale and a much larger employee base.
• Croix-Rouge française: French Red Cross operates extensive home care services across France including aide à domicile and nursing care. Comparable to Vivat in service offerings and customer segments, with substantial national footprint, strong brand recognition, and humanitarian positioning.
• UNA: UNA (Union Nationale de l'Aide, des Soins et des Services aux Domiciles) is the leading French federation of home care associations and providers. Industry body representing many of Vivat's peer organizations and competitor network, with deep institutional influence in French home care policy.

Regional players

• Fondation Santé Service: Fondation Santé Service is a French non-profit providing home hospitalization (HAD) and home-based nursing care services. Comparable to Vivat's nursing care services, though it focuses on hospital-at-home rather than the autonomous team model, primarily serving Île-de-France.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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