SOCIETE BOURGUIGNONNE DES CIRES ET DERIVES

Name

SOCIETE BOURGUIGNONNE DES CIRES ET DERIVES

Legal name

Société Bourguignonne des Cires et Dérivés

Website

https://bougie-sb.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chatenoy-Le-Royal

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Candle and liturgical product sales: Primary revenue from manufacturing and selling candles (cierges), votive lights (veilleuses), liturgical equipment, and religious accessories. Products sold individually, in packs, or in bulk volumes. Price points range from small accessories (0.56€ cords) to premium items (967.96€ bronze incense burners).

Pricing tiers

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Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Société Bourguignonne des Cires et Dérivés is a traditional French artisan manufacturer specializing in liturgical candles and religious accessories for Catholic churches and religious institutions. The company produces large liturgical candles (cierges), votive candles (veilleuses), ecclesiastical silverware (chalices, patens, censers), liturgical furniture (lecterns, baptismal fonts, torch stands), and supporting products such as incense, mass wines, communion hosts, rosaries, and maintenance accessories. Manufacturing is carried out at its Burgundy facility using skilled cirier (wax chandler) craftsmanship refined since 1927.

Product overview

SOCIETE BOURGUIGNONNE DES CIRES ET DERIVES operates as a traditional wax and candles manufacturer specializing in liturgical products. The company produces a comprehensive portfolio centered on two core product lines: Cierges (large liturgical candles) and Veilleuses (votive candles), supplemented by Equipements (ecclesiastical equipment and silverware) and Autres produits (miscellaneous liturgical items). The Cierges category encompasses devotional candles, baptism/communion/marriage celebration candles, altar candles, Easter candles, and drip-free procession candles. The Veilleuses range includes devotional votives, standard effigy candles, personalized candles, event candles, novena lamps, and oil lamps. Equipment offerings include burners, liturgical furniture, candleholders, chandeliers, and gold/silver/bronze ecclesiastical items (chalices, patens, censers, monstrances). The miscellaneous category provides supporting items such as incense and charcoal, mass wines, missal stands, flame protectors, torches, communion hosts, crosses, rosaries, and maintenance accessories. The company serves primarily French Catholic churches and religious institutions across the Bourgogne region (departments 71, 21, 58, 89) and beyond.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cierges (Liturgical Candles) Large liturgical candles (cierges) for Catholic churches and parishes, used in Mass, baptisms, weddings, funerals, Easter celebrations, and processions. Includes specially engineered drip-free procession candles designed to resist dripping when tilted beyond 45 degrees.
• Veilleuses (Votive Candles) Votive candles (veilleuses) for devotional use in churches and chapels, available in devotional, standard effigy, personalized (custom-printed from drawings, photos, or quadrichromy), event, novena lamp, and oil lamp variants in tulip and cylindrical shapes.
• Orfèvrerie (Ecclesiastical Silverware)

Quantifiable outcome

• Recognized for French manufacturing excellence and rare artisanal savoir-faire

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Cire Trudon: Heritage French candle maker dating to 1643, producing premium wax candles with strong artisanal positioning. Directly comparable as a French artisanal candle manufacturer, though Trudon targets luxury home fragrance rather than the liturgical vertical Bougie SB serves.
• Carrière Frères: French candle brand founded in 1884 with botanical formulations and traditional production methods. Comparable on artisanal wax candle heritage and French manufacturing roots; differs by focusing on home fragrance and lifestyle retail channels.

Others

• Diptyque: Parisian luxury fragrance brand with a signature candle line and very high brand cachet. Comparable as a French premium candle brand; not a competitor in liturgical supply but a useful reference point for premium positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Esteban Paris: French home fragrance house with a candle and home fragrance portfolio and established retail distribution. Comparable on French artisanal candle production; differs in segment focus (mass home fragrance vs. liturgical).
• Durance en Provence: Established French home fragrance and candle brand operating a broad product portfolio across candles, perfumes, and body care. Comparable as a French candle manufacturer of scale, though Bougie SB operates in a more specialized liturgical vertical.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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