ACTA office de Metz - Commissaires de Justice

What ACTA office de Metz - Commissaires de Justice does

ACTA office de Metz - Commissaires de Justice operates as ACTA Groupe, a French professional network of commissaires de justice (judicial officers) structured as a SELAS with a share capital of €156,080 and approximately 42 employees. The group is composed of five study offices located in Metz, Nancy, Montluçon, Stenay, and Marseille, with the Nancy office formally appointed by decree of the Garde des Sceaux on 6 November 2024. The network is operationally extended through a partnership with Leximpact, which together provide coverage across all of metropolitan France for acts that require a licensed commissaire de justice.

The core service offering spans six regulated categories: debt recovery (amiable and judicial), legal constats, judicial and voluntary auctions, mediation, contest management (jeux concours), and other procedural missions including evictions and seizures. Service economics are governed by regulated tariffs under Article R.444-3 of the Code of Commerce, with unit prices ranging from €14.92 (simplified small claims procedure) to €82.20 (wage garnishment) and beyond. The Acta Recouvrement digital platform layers a real-time tracking software on top of the traditional debt recovery workflow, allowing business clients to monitor case progress and communicate directly with their commissaire de justice, while ventes.acta.fr publicizes upcoming auction events.

The customer base is heterogeneous: primary segments are businesses seeking recovery of unpaid invoices and property owners/landlords requiring eviction or rent recovery proceedings, with secondary segments comprising legal professionals, courts, and commercial tenants requiring lease-related formalities. Distribution is direct through the five study offices supplemented by digital touchpoints (client portal at happilote.com, online payment, appointment booking), and marketing relies on a content-led Hub Juridique with organic social presence on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. The group holds ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) certifications but has no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and no public listing.

Name

ACTA office de Metz - Commissaires de Justice

Legal name

SELAS ACTA

Website

https://acta.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ACTA Groupe is a French network of five commissaires de justice (judicial officer) study offices delivering regulated legal services including debt recovery, constats, auctions, mediation, and eviction procedures to businesses, property owners, and legal professionals across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services / Judicial Officer Services

NAICS

Collection Agencies (561440), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies (7320)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal Collections & Litigation Support (Judgments, Garnishments) (FSAKAJAD)

Keywords

• Judicial officer services
• Debt recovery
• Legal enforcement
• Judicial auctions
• Legal mediation

Headquarters

HQ city

METZ

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Commissaire de Justice Services - Regulated Tariffs: Commissaires de Justice services are subject to regulated tariffs under Article R.444-3 of the Code of Commerce. Fees are set by regulation, covering significations, seizures, constats, auctions, and other legal acts. The company operates as a professional organization regulated by the National Chamber of Commissaires de Justice.
2. Acta Recouvrement - Debt Recovery Services: Amicable debt recovery services for unpaid invoices performed directly by an ACTA Commissaire de Justice. Fees are charged based on regulated tariffs for the professional services rendered. The service offers rapid, easy, and efficient debt recovery with real-time tracking.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ACTA Groupe is a network of commissaires de justice (judicial officers) providing legally authenticated acts across France, including debt recovery (amicable and judicial), legal constats, judicial and voluntary auctions, mediation, contest management, eviction procedures, and signification of legal decisions. Services are delivered through five study offices (Metz, Nancy, Montluçon, Stenay, Marseille) and the Leximpact partner network, with a digital debt recovery platform (Acta Recouvrement) offering real-time tracking of collections.

Product overview

ACTA Groupe is a network of commissaires de justice (formerly huissiers de justice) offering a comprehensive suite of legal services. The core offering includes debt recovery (Recouvrements), legal constats, auctions (Ventes aux enchères), mediation, contest management (Jeux concours), and other legal procedural missions. The network comprises five offices across France: Acta Metz, Acta Nancy, Actallier Montluçon, Actavy Meuse, and Actapaca Marseille. The group has expanded into digital services with Acta Recouvrement, a technology-enabled debt collection platform featuring real-time tracking and online payment capabilities, representing a modernized layer atop the traditional legal service portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Acta Recouvrement: Debt recovery service offered by ACTA, enabling clients to ensure the amicable recovery of their debts directly through a judicial officer.
• Acta Metz
• Acta Nancy
• Actallier Montluçon
• Actavy Meuse
• Actapaca Marseille

Products and services

• Recouvrements (Debt Recovery) Debt collection and recovery services performed by commissaires de justice, covering both amicable and judicial recovery of outstanding debts for businesses and individuals.
• Constats (Legal Constatations) Official constatation services in which commissaires de justice document and attest to facts, situations, or events to produce legally authenticated evidence admissible in court.
• Ventes aux enchères (Auctions) Auction services including both judicial auctions (ventes judiciaires) and voluntary auctions (ventes volontaires) conducted by commissaires de justice, with events published on the dedicated ventes.acta.fr platform.
• Médiation (Mediation) Mediation services to help parties resolve disputes amicably through the intervention of a neutral third party commissaire de justice.
• Jeux concours (Contest Management) Legal supervision, certification and management of promotional games and contests, including deposit and regulatory compliance handling.
• Autres missions (Other Legal Missions) Additional legal missions performed by commissaires de justice, including procedural execution, property seizure, eviction procedures, signification of court decisions, and other official acts.
• Acta Recouvrement Dedicated digital debt collection platform that lets clients initiate and track amicable debt recovery online with real-time status updates, direct professional liaison and personalised communications.
• Paiement en ligne (Online Payment) Online payment service that lets clients electronically settle debts, regulated fees, and auction purchases through ACTA's payment portal.

Quantifiable outcome

• Debt recovery thresholds: starting from €200+
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• LeximpactminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeximpact is referenced as a partner network of ACTA Groupe. The network includes studies from both ACTA and its partner Leximpact, with Dominique Mugnier serving as President of Leximpact and as an ACTA contributor on legal articles. This partnership extends the group's legal expertise and geographic coverage.
• IkoulaminorOthersIkoula is the web hosting provider for acta.fr, headquartered at 2 Cité Paradis, 75010 Paris, France. Phone: 01 84 01 02 60.
• Service d'Assurance des Risques Professionnels de la Chambre Nationale des Commissaires de JusticeminorOthersProfessional liability insurance provider for ACTA, as stated in the legal notices. The insurer's headquarters is located at the premises of the National Chamber of Commissaires de Justice.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Intrum: Large pan-European credit management and debt collection group with substantial operations in France, providing amicable and judicial debt recovery to enterprises — overlaps with ACTA Recouvrement but at vastly greater scale and broader service portfolio.
• Coface: French-headquartered trade credit management and debt collection incumbent operating globally. Adjacent to ACTA on the receivables recovery side, with broader credit insurance and information services portfolio.
• EOS France: International debt collection group with a French subsidiary offering B2B receivables management including pre-litigation and judicial phases. Comparable on debt recovery but broader geography and larger client base than ACTA.
• Hoist Finance: European specialist in non-performing loan portfolios and debt purchasing/recovery with French presence. Comparable on debt recovery execution but operates at portfolio-acquisition scale rather than per-case professional services.

Direct peers

• Leximpact: Network of commissaire de justice studies formally partnered with ACTA Groupe (president Dominique Mugnier is also an ACTA legal contributor). Operates a comparable multi-study commissaire model with shared services and geographic coverage across France.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xfacebook.com/etudeacta
• Facebookfacebook.com/etudeacta
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acta-huissiers-de-justice
• Instagraminstagram.com/actaetude

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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