CERCIS GROUP

What CERCIS GROUP does

CERCIS GROUP, legally CERCIS HOLDING, is a privately held French société par actions simplifiée (SAS) founded in 1981 in the Paris region (headquartered in Franconville) and registered under SIREN 492 078 100. The company is an international public works and urban development contractor delivering integrated solutions across six service domains: Roads & Utilities Infrastructure, Highways & Roads, Construction & Civil Engineering, Landscaping, Coastal Development, and Design & Build. Its underlying capability combines civil-engineering execution with landscaping expertise inherited from its origins as a green-space specialist, and it positions eco-responsibility and human-centered urban design as core delivery principles.

The company serves two primary customer segments. The first is government and municipal authorities (e.g., City of Dakar for the 9.5 km Corniche coastal development, City of Abidjan for the 40-hectare La Coulée Verte green corridor and 14 km Parcours Officiel, City of Erbil for EIA Airport outdoor spaces, and the Picasso Museum in Paris). The second is the private sector, particularly luxury hospitality (Four Seasons Marrakech, Hotel Oberoi Marrakech, Sofitel Rabat Jardin des Roses) and real estate (Le Navarque in Nanterre), plus educational institutions such as the American School of Paris and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. Projects are delivered through direct project-based contracts and tenders.

CERCIS generates revenue through direct project contracts with public and private sector clients; pricing is not publicly disclosed and contracts appear to be negotiated on a project basis. Following the creation of CERCIS Holding in 2006, the group expanded internationally and now operates across five countries: France, Morocco, Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Iraq. The company is privately owned with no disclosed institutional investors, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no listed parent. Its distribution relies on direct enterprise/government sales and a bilingual corporate website (cercisgroup.com) showcasing its project portfolio and integrated service offering.

Name

CERCIS GROUP

Legal name

CERCIS HOLDING

Website

https://cercisgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CERCIS GROUP is a privately held French public works contractor founded in 1981 delivering integrated urban development across roads, civil engineering, landscaping, coastal development, and Design & Build for government, municipal, and luxury private-sector clients in France, Morocco, Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Iraq.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Works & Urban Development Services

NAICS

Landscaping Services (56173), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Site Works EPC (Earthworks, Roads, Drainage, Foundations) (EUAEADAA)

Keywords

• Urban development services
• Public works construction
• Landscape architecture
• Civil engineering services
• Coastal infrastructure development

Headquarters

HQ city

Franconville

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

CERCIS GROUP provides integrated urban development and public works services across six domains: roads and utilities infrastructure, highways and roads, construction and civil engineering, landscaping, and coastal development. The company delivers Design & Build turnkey project management from conceptualization through delivery for government and private sector clients. Services combine eco-responsible construction practices with sustainable urban planning, executed by local project teams across France, Morocco, Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Iraq.

Product overview

CERCIS GROUP is a French public works company founded in 1981, offering six integrated areas of expertise: Roads & Utilities Infrastructure, Highways & Roads, Construction & Civil Engineering, Landscaping, Coastal Development, and Design & Build services. The company operates internationally across France, Morocco, Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Iraq, providing comprehensive urban development solutions from initial concept through project delivery. The portfolio covers the full lifecycle of public space development, combining ecological responsibility with aesthetic and functional urban planning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Roads & Utilities Infrastructure (Voirie & Réseaux Divers) Construction and maintenance of road infrastructure and utilities networks including access roads, grading, sanitation, landfill development, and interconnection to all main networks, delivered for government and private sector clients.
• Highways & Roads (Routes) Construction and maintenance of road infrastructure connecting urban and rural spaces with adapted road networks, serving municipalities, government authorities, and private developers.
• Construction & Civil Engineering (Bâtiment & Génie Civil) Development of civil engineering projects including buildings and structures as part of comprehensive public works missions with simplified management and optimized deadlines, delivered for government and private clients.
• Landscaping (Aménagements Paysagers) Green space development combining innovation, aesthetics, and diversity, with over 40 years of experience in plant world expertise, enhancing urban spaces with ecological dimensions for municipalities, hospitality, real estate, and institutional clients.
• Coastal Development (Aménagements Côtiers) Complete coastal development projects protecting and modernizing coastal zones while respecting natural environments and optimizing interaction between coastal inhabitants and their maritime spaces, delivered for municipal and government clients.
• Design & Build Comprehensive project management from conceptualization to delivery, with a collaborative approach and transparent cost management ensuring progress on time and construction reliability, delivered as a turnkey offering across all six expertise domains.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40+ years of continuous operation and project delivery since 1981
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Fayat Group: French family-owned construction and public works group with international operations. Comparable diversified contractor profile spanning public works, civil engineering, and infrastructure, with similar privately-held governance model.
• Eurovia: VINCI's road infrastructure subsidiary, operating worldwide including Africa. Comparable in roads/highways and transportation infrastructure delivery, with overlapping customer base in municipal and government clients.
• Colas: French roads and heavy construction group (Bouygues subsidiary) with strong presence in Africa and the Middle East. Directly comparable on highways, roads, and earthworks scope; competes with CERCIS on the same African government tenders.
• Terideal: French specialist in landscaping, utilities networks, and outdoor infrastructure services. Closest direct overlap on CERCIS's combined landscaping + voirie & réseaux divers (roads and utilities) service lines in the French market.
• Razel-Bec: French heavy civil engineering and infrastructure contractor (Fayat group). Directly comparable on civil engineering, earthworks, foundations, and large-scale public infrastructure project delivery in francophone markets.
• idverde: European leader in landscaping and green space services with multi-country footprint. Directly comparable on CERCIS's landscaping service line — design, installation, and maintenance of urban green spaces, parks, and high-end commercial landscapes.
• NGE: Major French multi-service public works group covering earthworks, roads, utilities, and environmental works. Closest peer in integrated service-line breadth and mid-to-large public/private project delivery, with comparable French-headquartered profile.

Broad incumbents

• Bouygues Construction: Major French construction group operating globally across buildings, civil works, and infrastructure. Significantly larger than CERCIS, with overlapping capabilities in civil engineering and public works but serving a much broader portfolio of mega-projects.
• VINCI Construction: World-leading French construction group with extensive African and Middle East operations. Overlaps with CERCIS on civil engineering, roads, and urban development but operates at vastly greater scale with global tendering capability.
• Eiffage Construction: Major French construction group with public works and infrastructure capabilities. Comparable industry positioning but at substantially larger scale, with the financial firepower to underwrite contracts CERCIS could not independently.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cercis-france

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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