ESAT Les Cerisiers / ESAT André Busquet APAJH Paris

What ESAT Les Cerisiers / ESAT André Busquet APAJH Paris does

APAJH Paris (Association Pour Adultes et Jeunes Handicapés), operating ESAT Les Cerisiers and ESAT André Busquet among others, is a French non-profit association headquartered at 29 Ter rue du Pré Saint-Gervais, Paris 19. Founded in 1962 (originally as AAPAH, by teachers under the leadership of Robert Séguy) and constituted in its current departmental form since 2003, it is a member of the national Fédération APAJH. The association delivers medico-social services to persons with disabilities across six Parisian establishments covering the full lifecycle: IMP Binet Simon (children aged 6–16 with intellectual disabilities, ~40 children), IMPro « Faîtes des couleurs ! » (medical-professional workshop for adolescents/young adults), the two ESATs Les Cerisiers and André Busquet (vocational training and sheltered employment for adults with mental and psychiatric disabilities), CAJ APAJH Paris (day activity center for adults unable to work in ESATs), and La Résidence Monténégro (housing for ESAT workers and young retirees).

The two ESATs form the core commercial and operational unit of the association. Their workshops are mutualized across laundry/ironing, sewing, packaging, painting-renovation, hygiene-cleaning, and cooking/catering activities, and are sold both to enterprises seeking outsourced services and to fulfill the French obligation d'emploi des travailleurs handicapés (OETH). Underlying technology is human-centered vocational training rather than a software platform; no proprietary technology stack, APIs, or digital product is disclosed. The association is operated under French medico-social law and financed primarily by Assurance Maladie (Sécurité Sociale) dotations per authorized "place," Départemental funding, and enterprise service contracts.

The go-to-market is dual-track: a public-sector funding relationship with French authorities (ARS Île-de-France, Département de Paris, MDPH) that determines capacity, and a B2B outreach to enterprises for ESAT prestations. Marketing channels are modest — the apajh75.org website, Facebook, community open days, family exchange mornings, and annual Christmas markets. The association is governed by a board electing a President (currently Bernard Pras, succeeding Viviane Molenat). No equity investors, M&A activity, funding rounds, or private commercial ownership are present; APAJH Paris is purely an association loi 1901.

Name

ESAT Les Cerisiers / ESAT André Busquet APAJH Paris

Legal name

APAJH Paris (Association Pour Adultes et Jeunes Handicapés)

Website

https://apajh75.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

APAJH Paris is a French non-profit association running sheltered workshops (ESAT Les Cerisiers and ESAT André Busquet) plus four complementary medico-social establishments, providing vocational training, day care, education, and housing for children and adults with disabilities in Paris.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability and Medico-Social Services

NAICS

Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

IEP Goals, Accommodations & Modifications Design (EDAKACAE), Accessibility, Accommodations & Assistive Services (EDALAFAN)

Keywords

• Sheltered employment services
• Disability vocational training
• Medico-social services
• Supported employment programs
• Specialized workshop services

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

APAJH Paris operates ESAT (Établissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail) sheltered workshops that provide vocational training and supported employment for adults with mental and psychiatric disabilities. Its two ESATs (Les Cerisiers and André Busquet) run mutualized workshops in laundry/ironing, sewing, packaging, painting-renovation, hygiene-cleaning and cooking, while the broader association delivers complementary medico-social, day-care, pediatric and residential services across six Parisian establishments.

Product overview

ESAT Les Cerisiers and ESAT André Busquet are two vocational training and employment establishments managed by APAJH Paris (Association Pour Adultes et Jeunes Handicapés), a non-profit association founded in 1962 that supports people with disabilities. Together, these ESATs form the core vocational services of the association, providing mutualized workshops in laundry/ironing, sewing, packaging, painting-renovation, hygiene-cleaning, and cooking for adults with mental and psychiatric disabilities. The broader APAJH Paris portfolio includes complementary facilities: CAJ (day activity center), IMP Binet Simon (medical-pedagogical institute for children), IMPRO Faîtes des couleurs (medical-professional workshop), and La Résidence Monténégro (housing residence), all working together to provide comprehensive support from childhood through adult professional life.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ESAT Les Cerisiers Sheltered workshop (Établissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail) providing vocational training and supported employment for adults with mental and psychiatric disabilities, with workshops in laundry, ironing, sewing, packaging, painting-renovation, hygiene-cleaning, and cooking.
• ESAT André Busquet Second ESAT facility providing vocational training and supported employment for adults with mental and psychiatric disabilities, offering mutualized workshops alongside ESAT Les Cerisiers.
• CAJ APAJH Paris (Centre d'Activités de Jour) Day activity center (Centre d'Activités de Jour) in the 20th arrondissement of Paris welcoming adults with mental disabilities who are unable to work in ordinary or ESAT environments.
• IMP Binet Simon (Institut Médico-Pédagogique) Medical-Pedagogical Institute located at 6, rue des Hospitalières Saint-Gervais in Paris's 4th arrondissement, welcoming approximately 40 children aged 6 to 16 with moderate to profound intellectual disabilities.
• IMPro "Faîtes des couleurs" (Institut Médico-Professionnel) Medical-Professional Workshop (Institut Médico-Professionnel) offering educational and professional support for young people with disabilities, including diverse pedagogical, technical, artistic, cultural, and sports activities.
• La Résidence Monténégro Housing residence (also known as Foyer de vie Claude et Léa Naveau) for ESAT workers and young retirees with disabilities, offering educational, cultural and sports activities.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Fondation des Apprentis d'Auteuil: Large French non-profit foundation serving vulnerable children, adolescents, and families, including those with disabilities. Operates comparable educational and vocational-integration establishments with overlapping IMP/IMPro-style programming.
• Coorace: Federation of social-inclusion enterprises (entreprises adaptées) and ESATs. Provides a national platform for sheltered-work operators competing for the same enterprise contracts as APAJH Paris's Les Cerisiers and André Busquet workshops.
• Groupe SOS: Large French non-profit conglomerate running disability, healthcare, and social-inclusion programs including ESATs and sheltered employment. A much larger, multi-sector incumbent that competes for departmental contracts and federation partnerships.

Others

• Nexem: Federation of French social-employer associations representing medico-social operators including ESAT, IME, MAS, and foyer providers. Indirect peer — functions as an industry body and lobbying counterpart rather than a direct service competitor.

Direct peers

• L'ADAPT: Association pour l'insertion sociale et professionnelle des personnes handicapées. Operates ESATs, ESMS, and sheltered/adapted employment programs across France, with a slightly more employment-integration orientation than APAJH Paris.
• Fédération APAJH: National federation that is the direct parent and brand operator for APAJH Paris. Operates the same ESAT/IMPro/CAJ model across dozens of French departments, making it the closest peer at a larger scale and the natural governance and funding counterpart.
• ADAPEI: Fédération française des associations départementales de parents et amis de personnes handicapées mentales. Runs comparable ESAT, Foyer, MAS, and IME structures across France for people with intellectual disabilities, making it the closest mission-aligned peer federation.
• Association des Paralysés de France (APF France Handicap): Major national disability NGO running ESATs, foyers, and medical-social establishments. Operates comparable medico-social infrastructure and B2B sheltered-work contracts, with a broader physical-disability remit than APAJH Paris.
• OEuvre de la Vie (OVE): French medico-social association operating IME, IMPRO, ESAT, MAS, and foyers for children and adults with disabilities. Direct competitor for departmental authorizations in the same regions as APAJH Paris.
• UNAPEI: National federation of associations for the defense and support of people with intellectual disabilities. Coordinates departmental associations running ESATs, IME/IMPro, foyers, and SAVS, directly comparable to APAJH Paris's service mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/apajhparis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/esat-apajh-paris

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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