AlfaLima

Name

AlfaLima

Legal name

AlfaLima RH

Website

https://alfalima.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Recruitment placement fees: Fees charged to healthcare establishments for successful permanent recruitment placements (CDI, CDD positions).
2. Temporary staffing (intérim) margins: Margins earned on temporary staffing contracts placing healthcare professionals in healthcare facilities. CTT (Contrat de Travail Temporaire) placements generate revenue through markup on professional rates.
3. Vacation/salary substitution services: Revenue from placing doctors and healthcare professionals for temporary vacation coverage and salary substitution positions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AlfaLima is a recruitment, temporary staffing (intérim), and vacation placement agency dedicated to physicians, executives, and healthcare professionals in France. It helps hospitals, clinics, EHPADs, laboratories, and medical institutions recruit permanent staff and fill temporary vacancies to ensure continuity of care, while also enabling medical professionals to find flexible work arrangements across all French regions including overseas territories.

Product overview

Actual Médical (formerly AlfaLima Médical) is a unified medical recruitment and temporary staffing platform that offers placement services for healthcare professionals across France. The company provides a single integrated offering that includes permanent recruitment (CDI), temporary contracts (CDD), interim staffing (intérim), vacation positions (vacations), liberal collaborations, and practice installation support. Services cover all medical specialties (emergency medicine, anesthesia, general medicine, geriatrics, cardiology, surgery, psychiatry), pharmacists, midwives, nurses (DE, IADE, IBODE), radiology technicians, and physiotherapists. The company operates as both a recruitment agency for healthcare establishments (hospitals, clinics, EHPADs, laboratories) and a placement service for medical professionals seeking flexible work arrangements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Permanent recruitment (CDI/CDD) Direct placement of physicians, pharmacists, midwives, nurses, and other healthcare professionals into permanent (CDI) or fixed-term (CDD) positions at hospitals, clinics, EHPADs, laboratories, and medical institutions across France.
• Interim staffing (Intérim/CTT) Temporary staffing service placing physicians and healthcare professionals in interim positions at healthcare facilities to meet short-term staffing needs under CTT (Contrat de Travail Temporaire) contracts.
• Vacation and replacement coverage Placement of doctors and healthcare professionals for temporary vacation coverage and salary substitution positions during staff absences at healthcare facilities.
• Liberal collaboration and practice installation support Support for liberal (independent practice) collaboration arrangements and practice installation for physicians seeking to establish or join independent medical practices across France.

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Actual groupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company and brand ecosystem. Actual group is a major player in employment and work in France with over 30 years of experience. AlfaLima Médical operates under the Actual brand, rebranding to Actual Médical as of March 2, 2026. The network specializes in temporary staffing, vacation work, and recruitment of medical, paramedical, and medico-social professionals.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half France: Global staffing firm with a French presence focused on professional, finance, and healthcare support roles. Comparable in B2B direct recruitment model and French enterprise client base, though broader and not healthcare-exclusive.
• Synergie: Large French generalist staffing group with healthcare exposure across interim and permanent placement. Comparable as a broad staffing incumbent serving French healthcare establishments, though lacking AlfaLima's exclusive healthcare-only positioning.

Direct peers

• ManpowerGroup Health France: Healthcare-focused staffing arm of Manpower France, recruiting medical and paramedical professionals into French establishments. Comparable in B2B sales motion, nationwide coverage, and multi-contract-type placements for hospitals and EHPADs.
• Hays Life Sciences France: Specialist recruitment firm with a strong healthcare and life-sciences practice in France, placing physicians, executives, and scientific professionals. Comparable in vertical specialization and senior/executive medical placement, though with broader life-sciences adjacency.
• Appel Médical (Randstad): Specialist medical, paramedical, and social staffing brand of the Randstad group in France. Closest direct competitor in healthcare-only recruitment with nationwide French coverage and identical contract-type offering (intérim, CDD, CDI, vacation replacement).
• Adecco Medical France: Dedicated healthcare staffing division of Adecco France, placing physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals across hospitals, clinics, and EHPADs. Directly comparable in target customer (French healthcare establishments), candidate profile (medical professionals), and service mix (intérim, CDD, CDI).
• Michael Page Healthcare France: PageGroup's specialist healthcare division placing medical executives, physicians, and healthcare managers across France. Comparable in executive/medical recruitment focus, though typically weighted toward permanent rather than interim placement.

Emerging players

• KelDoc: French digital platform connecting physicians with healthcare establishments for replacements and vacancies. Comparable as an emerging alternative in the French medical staffing/replacement market, with a technology-led model that contrasts AlfaLima's traditional agency approach.

Others

• Doctolib: Dominant French healthcare software platform for appointment booking, telemedicine, and physician practice management. Comparable as an adjacent ecosystem player in French healthcare that increasingly influences how physicians find work and how facilities source talent.
• Actual group (parent): Parent conglomerate providing shared infrastructure, payroll, and cross-sell platform for AlfaLima. Comparable as the enabling ecosystem and strategic counterparty that defines AlfaLima's operational economics and brand trajectory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/alfalimamedical
• Facebookfacebook.com/alfalimamedical
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alfalima-rh

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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