ASEC

What ASEC does

ASEC (Association Solidarit\u00e9 Emploi Ch\u00f4mage Nord 92) is a French non-profit association founded on January 8, 1988, headquartered in Colombes, \u00cele-de-France. It operates as an Association Interm\u00e9diaire within the State-conventioned Insertion par l'Activit\u00e9 \u00c9conomique (IAE) framework and holds ESUS (Entreprise Solidaire d'Utilit\u00e9 Sociale) accreditation. The association employs 6 permanent staff and annually accompanies approximately 100 salaried workers in insertion parcours, delivering around 35,000 hours of services per year with an 80% positive outcome rate (employment or training).

The organization's core offering is personnel mise \u00e0 disposition \u2014 staffing and temporary placement across cleaning, administrative support, maintenance, BTP (construction), logistics, hospitality, and home services. It serves two primary customer segments: professionals (companies, municipalities, associations, social landlords, condominium syndicates) seeking flexible staffing and social clause fulfillment in public contracts, and individuals (households, elderly persons, disabled persons) seeking home services eligible for a 50% tax credit. Since June 2022, ASEC also facilitates immediate tax credit advances via URSSAF, and it offers a M\u00e9c\u00e9nat de comp\u00e9tences (skills sponsorship) program for corporate ESG partners.

Revenue is generated through hourly service fees (minimum 2-hour missions), supplemented by State insertion aid (1,479\u20ac per FTE/year as of May 2022) and tax-deductible donations (66% deduction under Article 200 of the General Tax Code). Annual turnover is stated at over 700K\u20ac, with approximately 750K\u20ac redistributed as salaries to insertion workers. ASEC is mandated by the Hauts-de-Seine Departmental Council and 12 local municipalities (including Asn\u00e8res-sur-Seine, Clichy, Courbevoie, Nanterre, and Neuilly-sur-Seine), and maintains referral partnerships with P\u00f4le Emploi, Mission Locale, and Cap emploi. The association is VAT-exempt as a non-profit and operates exclusively within the Nord Hauts-de-Seine territory.

Name

ASEC

Legal name

ASEC (Association Solidarité Emploi et Chommage)

Website

https://asec-emploi.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ASEC is a French non-profit (loi 1901) founded in 1988, operating as a State-conventioned Association Interm\u00e9diaire in Colombes. It provides personnel placement and home services to professionals and individuals across 12 cities in Nord Hauts-de-Seine, while annually accompanying ~100 workers in social insertion pathways with an 80% employment/training outcome rate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Insertion Staffing Services

NAICS

Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Contractor Compliance & Classification (IC vs Employee) (BPACAGAA)

Keywords

• Intermediate association staffing
• Personnel placement services
• Social insertion employment
• Home services staffing
• Temporary staffing agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Colombes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Personnel placement service fees: ASEC generates revenue by providing personnel placement services to professionals (companies, associations, municipalities) and individuals. The association charges fees for mise à disposition of personnel in various sectors including cleaning, administrative support, maintenance, BTP, logistics, and hospitality. Fees are calculated based on hourly rates with a minimum of 2 hours per mission. ASEC is not subject to VAT as a non-profit association.
2. State insertion aid (Aide au poste d'insertion): ASEC receives government funding in the form of insertion position aid. As of May 1, 2022, this aid amounts to 1,479€ per year per full-time equivalent for employees in insertion parcours. Additionally, the association benefits from exemptions on employer contributions for supplementary retirement and unemployment insurance for placed personnel.
3. Donations (tax-deductible): ASEC receives tax-deductible donations from individuals. As a recognized public interest organization, donations qualify for a 66% tax deduction under Article 200 of the General Tax Code, up to 20% of taxable income. This represents a supplementary funding source.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ASEC is a non-profit Intermediate Association (Association Intermédiaire) operating under France's Insertion par l'Activité Économique (IAE) framework, providing personnel placement (mise à disposition) services to professionals, public entities, associations, and individuals across 12 cities in the northern Hauts-de-Seine department. The association exclusively employs people distanced from the labor market in insertion pathways and places them in sectors including cleaning, administrative support, maintenance, BTP/construction, logistics, hospitality, and home services.

Product overview

ASEC (Association Solidarité Emploi Chômage Nord 92) is an Association Intermédiaire (Intermediate Association) - a social insertion through economic activity structure. It operates as a staffing agency that provides temporary personnel to professionals, local authorities, and individuals in the northern Hauts-de-Seine region of France. The core offering consists of personnel staffing services across multiple sectors (cleaning, administrative support, maintenance, construction, logistics, hospitality), complemented by home services for individuals, social clause staffing for public contracts, and a skills sponsorship program. Since 2022, ASEC also offers an immediate tax credit advance service through the URSSAF system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mise à disposition de personnel aux professionnels Staffing service providing temporary and recurring personnel to businesses, associations, local authorities, and social housing providers across multiple sectors including cleaning, administrative support, maintenance, construction, logistics, and collective catering. Missions are billed hourly with a 2-hour minimum.
• Services à la personne (SAP) Home services for individuals including house cleaning, gardening, small repairs, pet walking, errand running, and assistance to elderly or temporarily disabled persons. Eligible expenses qualify for a 50% tax credit up to 12,000€ per year under Article D7231-1.
• Personnel BTP - Clauses sociales d'insertion Construction-sector staffing service specifically targeted at fulfilling social insertion clauses (clauses sociales d'insertion) in public procurement contracts. Provides workers such as laborers, traffic controllers, and trade assistants including carpenters, masons, electricians, and painters to public-sector clients.
• Mécénat de compétences Skills sponsorship program that allows companies to lend employees to ASEC for general interest missions, providing tax benefits for the lending company and professional development opportunities for the loaned employee while contributing to ASEC's social insertion mission.

Quantifiable outcome

• 35,000 hours of work performed annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Pôle EmploicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPôle Emploi serves as a key referral partner, directing job seekers to ASEC for insertion parcours and connecting potential candidates with the association's staffing opportunities.
• Mission LocalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMission Locale partners with ASEC to refer young people under 26 facing difficulties toward insertion employment opportunities and professional accompaniment.
• Cap emploicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCap emploi collaborates with ASEC to direct workers with disabilities toward insertion parcours and suitable work missions.
• Département des Hauts-de-SeineflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerASEC is mandated by the Hauts-de-Seine Departmental Council to provide insertion services. The Council supports ASEC's mission and refers clients needing social clause fulfillment.
• Communes du territoire (Local municipalities)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerASEC is mandated by municipalities across its territory (Asnières-sur-Seine, Colombes, etc.) to support local insertion objectives and fulfill social clauses in public contracts.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Crit: French-listed staffing and HR services group with significant temporary placement activity in Île-de-France. Comparable as a competing provider of personnel to enterprises and public entities in ASEC's service geography.
• Manpower France: Global staffing group with broad France coverage offering temporary work, recruitment, and HR services. Relevant benchmark for sizing the French staffing market and pricing dynamics ASEC competes against in Hauts-de-Seine.
• Synergie: Major French staffing group operating across temporary work, recruitment, and training. Competes with ASEC for the same enterprise clients in stressed sectors and is a useful comparable for sector-level commercial pricing.
• Randstad France: Global staffing leader with extensive France operations across temporary work, permanent placement, and HR solutions. Comparable to ASEC for client overlap and the breadth of staffing services offered to enterprises and public sector clients.
• Adecco France: Largest commercial staffing firm in France, providing temporary and permanent placement across all sectors served by ASEC (cleaning, admin, BTP, logistics, hospitality). Competes on price and scale in the same Nord Hauts-de-Seine market but lacks the ESUS/social clause positioning.

Direct peers

• Groupe Ares: Major French network of social insertion enterprises (SIAE/IAE) offering insertion through economic activity across multiple regions. Operates the same dual social/staffing model as ASEC, but at significantly larger scale, making it the closest structural peer for benchmarking mission, regulatory framework, and client value proposition.
• Le Relais France: National network of SIAEs focused on textile collection, sorting, and resale for insertion. Compares to ASEC as a similarly structured French insertion actor with regional operations, state IAE conventions, and enterprise/public contracting.
• Vitamine T: Northern France SIAE association offering insertion pathways via temporary work, training, and socio-professional accompaniment. Directly comparable to ASEC in model (intermediate association/AI), client base (enterprises, public), and target population (job seekers distant from employment).
• Emmaüs Défi: Paris-based social insertion structure using economic activity to integrate people in great exclusion. Comparable in its mission-driven model combining social support with work placements in logistics, cleaning, and second-hand retail, addressing similar institutional clients in Île-de-France.

Emerging players

• Fondation Abbé Pierre (Services d'insertion): Although primarily a housing-focused social actor, its insertion and work reintegration programs targeting excluded populations intersect with ASEC's mission. Useful as a peer for understanding alternative insertion pathway models in France.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Asec-Emploi-101519219128338
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/association-asec
• Instagraminstagram.com/asecemploi/?hl=fr

Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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