ACEP 49

What ACEP 49 does

ACEP 49 (legal name: A.C.E.P 49, Association des Centres Hospitaliers et E.H.P.A.D Publics du Maine-et-Loire) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) headquartered in Maine-et-Loire, France, that functions as a membership-based collective for public-sector nursing homes (EHPADs) and local hospitals (Centres Hospitaliers de proximité). Founded in the late 1990s by nursing home directors seeking to combat professional isolation, the association was formally rebranded as ACEP 49 on January 13, 2014, when statutes were revised to enable direct employment of staff for project execution. The association serves a defined territory — the Maine-et-Loire department — and operates with a small team of approximately 6 employees.

The association's core offering is a portfolio of shared services rather than a single product. These include a Legionella Risk Management Engineer (technical consulting on hot water installations), a Sustainable Development Engineer (energy, water, sustainable catering, and construction advisory), quarterly Professional Working Groups for HR, Psychologists, Activity Coordinators, Quality Managers, and Healthcare Supervisors, a Sustainable Laundry initiative co-developed with member CHI Lys Hyrôme using ozone technology, and the ORAD-ACEP 49 sustainable food project launched in June 2018. The association does not develop proprietary technology; its expertise lies in operational consulting, mutualized project management, and collective bargaining with regulatory authorities (ARS, Departmental Council) on tariffs and quality indicators.

ACEP 49's revenue model is subscription-based, funded through membership contributions from affiliated public EHPADs and local hospitals, supplemented by co-financing from public partners such as ADEME (Agence de la Transition Écologique) and the French Ministry of Agriculture for specific collective projects. Go-to-market is community-led: new members are recruited through director referrals, professional networks, and demonstrated value from existing member projects. The association is governed by a Bureau (President Christophe Bruand, Vice President Sylvie Dieterlen, Treasurer Laurence Vantrimpont, and others) and a General Assembly of member establishment directors, with no external investors or parent entity.

Name

ACEP 49

Legal name

A.C.E.P 49, Association des Centres Hospitaliers et E.H.P.A.D Publics du Maine-et-Loire

Website

https://acep49.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ACEP 49 is a French non-profit association serving public nursing homes (EHPADs) and local hospitals in Maine-et-Loire, providing shared consulting services, professional working groups, and collective projects in legionella risk, sustainable development, laundry, and food.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Maine-et-Loire

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: The association operates through membership contributions from affiliated public EHPADs and local hospitals. The specific fee structure is not publicly disclosed.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ACEP 49 is a non-profit association that provides shared services to its member public nursing homes (EHPADs) and local public hospitals (Centres Hospitaliers) in Maine-et-Loire, France. Its core offerings include a Legionella Risk Management Engineer service, a Sustainable Development Engineer service, quarterly Professional Working Groups across HR, psychology, activities, quality, and healthcare supervision functions, a sustainable laundry initiative using ozone technology, and a sustainable catering and food program (ORAD-ACEP 49). The association operates on membership contributions and mutualized project execution.

Product overview

ACEP 49 is an association of public hospitals and nursing homes (EHPADs) in Maine et Loire, France. Rather than a single software product, it offers a portfolio of shared services to its member establishments, including a Legionella Risk Management Engineer service, a Sustainable Development Engineer service, professional working groups (HR, Psychologists, Activities, Quality, Healthcare Supervisors), a sustainable laundry initiative with ozone technology, and a sustainable food project. These services enable member establishments to share resources, expertise, and innovative practices that would be difficult to implement individually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legionella Risk Management Engineer (Ingénieur Gestion du risque légionelles) Technical consulting service that evaluates hot water installations, proposes corrective solutions, and accompanies member healthcare establishments in managing legionella risk through assessment, planning, and ongoing monitoring.
• Sustainable Development Engineer (Ingénieur Développement Durable) Advisory service that creates and coordinates collective medium and long-term sustainable development projects for member establishments, covering energy management, water conservation, sustainable catering, and construction guidance.
• Professional Working Groups (Groupes Métiers) Collaborative professional groups including HR, Psychologists, Activities Coordinators, Quality Managers, and Healthcare Supervisors that meet quarterly to share practices and develop professional standards across member establishments.
• Sustainable Laundry (Blanchisserie Durable) Eco-friendly laundry system using ozone technology that reduces chemical use, improves working conditions, delivers energy savings, and produces cost efficiency; the system has been adopted by six member establishments with additional testing planned.
• Sustainable Catering and Food (Restauration et Alimentation Durables / ORAD-ACEP 49) Collective sustainable food project (Opération Restauration et Alimentation Durable) involving animation workshops, technical support, and networking to address environmental and nutritional challenges in institutional catering across member establishments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Development of target tariffs for daily costs in areas such as food and incontinence care
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CHI Lys HyrômecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHI Lys Hyrôme initiated and co-developed an innovative ozone-based sustainable laundry system with an industrial partner. This system has since been adopted by other member establishments, demonstrating the collaborative innovation culture within the association.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fédération Hospitalière de France (FHF): The national federation representing public hospitals in France. FHF operates at national scale on advocacy and representation for the same public hospital segment that ACEP 49 serves locally, making it a direct analog at the macro level.
• FEHAP: Federation of private non-profit healthcare, social, and medico-social establishments in France. FEHAP supports collective representation and shared services for establishments serving elderly and vulnerable populations — a comparable role to ACEP 49 at national scope.
• UNIOPSS: National federation of non-profit social and health organizations in France. UNIOPSS provides coordination, representation, and shared resources to member associations — directly comparable to ACEP 49's role at departmental level for healthcare establishments.

Direct peers

• ANFH: Association Nationale pour la Formation Permanente du personnel Hospitalier. ANFH delivers shared training and professional development services to public hospital personnel, paralleling ACEP 49's shared expertise and working group model for the same institutional customer base.
• AD-PA (Association des Directeurs au service des Personnes Agées): Association of directors serving elderly care establishments in France. AD-PA supports a similar population of healthcare facility directors with professional exchange and advocacy, closely mirroring ACEP 49's director-network and working-group model.
• SYNERPA: National union representing private nursing homes and senior care residences in France. While focused on private operators rather than public EHPADs, SYNERPA pursues analogous advocacy, professional development, and shared service objectives for the same end-customer population.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acep49

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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