CAAP

What CAAP does

CAAP (Comité Pluridisciplinaire des Artistes-Auteurs et des Artistes-Autrices) is a French non-profit national trade union founded in 1996 in Auvers-sur-Oise, originally by artist-authors in the visual arts (plastic artists, photographers, graphic designers). Following an Extraordinary General Assembly on 1 July 2019, the organization was opened to all domains of artistic creation — literary and dramatic, musical and choreographic, audiovisual and cinematographic, photographic, and graphic and plastic — and its acronym was redefined as Pluridisciplinaire to reflect multidisciplinary scope. CAAP defends the moral and material interests of its individual artist-author members through personalized legal and fiscal counsel, social-security guidance, and collective representation.

Its service offering is delivered as a member-funded trade union rather than a software product. Outputs include an online knowledge base of articles on social protection, taxation, legal rights, and jurisprudence; downloadable guides and tutorials for administrative procedures such as the Guichet unique operated by INPI; rapid information dissemination via an email mailing list and a closed Facebook group (caap-actif); and public social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Mastodon. CAAP also represents its members institutionally, sitting on national commissions (CNPAV, CNESERAC) and on the social-action commission of La Sécurité sociale des artistes-auteurs (2S2A), and is active on regional 1% public-commission committees.

Revenue is generated through membership dues (adhésion); pricing is not publicly disclosed. CAAP is governed by its members via an annual general assembly and a board of directors, is independent of any parent company or external investor, and operates as a founding member of FRAAP and USOPAVE alongside peer organizations such as UNPI, SELF, and SNP. The organization operates with a 9-person staff and serves a nationally bounded membership base across France.

Name

CAAP

Legal name

Comité Pluridisciplinaire des Artistes-Auteurs et des Artistes-Autrices

Website

https://caap.asso.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CAAP is a French non-profit national trade union founded in 1996 that defends the moral and material interests of multidisciplinary artist-authors, providing legal counsel, social-security guidance, and policy advocacy to individual members across all artistic creation domains.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Union / Professional Association Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920), Business Associations (813910)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAHAJ

Media Arts & Film/Photography Nonprofits

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Arts, Culture & Heritage Nonprofits

Keywords

• Artist-author representation
• Trade union services
• Copyright advocacy
• Social security counsel
• Professional association

Headquarters

HQ city

Auvers-sur-Oise

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: CAAP generates revenue through membership fees (adhésion) collected from artist-authors who join the organization. Members pay dues to access personalized counsel, information resources, and collective representation services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CAAP is a French national trade union that defends the moral and material interests of artist-authors (artistes-auteurs and artistes-autrices) across all domains of artistic creation, including literary, dramatic, musical, choreographic, audiovisual, cinematographic, graphic, plastic, and photographic works. It recruits members via an adhesion process and provides personalized legal and administrative counsel, social security guidance, fiscal information, and collective representation before national and regional public authorities.

Product overview

CAAP (Comité Pluridisciplinaire des Artistes-Auteurs et des Artistes-Autrices) is a national professional trade union organization that defends the moral and material interests of artistic authors in France. It is not a commercial product company. CAAP provides informational resources, legal counsel, and professional representation to its members through its website, FAQ resources, downloadable guides (tutorials on administrative procedures such as the Guichet unique), and jurisprudence databases. The organization also publishes a newsletter (Info Noir/blanc, now archived), provides policy advocacy, and facilitates collective action among artistic professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CAAP Membership (Adhésion) Annual membership adhesion for individual professional artist-authors in France, providing access to personalized legal and administrative counsel, social-security and fiscal information, representation in national and regional commissions, and rapid information dissemination via mailing list and closed Facebook group (caap-actif).
• Personalized Legal and Administrative Counsel for Members Personalized legal and administrative counsel provided to CAAP members on issues affecting artist-authors including social security (régime social), taxation (fiscalité), and legal/contractual matters (juridique).
• CAAP Information Resources and Jurisprudence Database Publicly accessible knowledge base on the CAAP website providing articles, FAQs, press releases, guides, and a jurisprudence database covering social security, taxation, and legal matters relevant to artist-authors in France.
• Collective Representation in Public Authority Commissions Collective bargaining and policy advocacy on behalf of artist-authors in French national commissions such as CNPAV and CNESERAC, as well as regional commissions for the 1% public commission, defending members' collective and individual rights vis-à-vis public authorities.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FRAAP (Fédération des Réseaux et Associations d'Artistes Plasticiens)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAAP is a founding member of FRAAP, a federation open to all associations and collectives of visual artists (plasticiens). FRAAP distributes calls for projects, residences, and other artistic opportunities, which CAAP shares with its members. The relationship is mutual, with CAAP participating in FRAAP's information distribution ecosystem.
• USOPAVE (Union des Syndicats et Organisations Professionnelles des Arts Visuels et de l'Ecrit)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAAP is a founding member of USOPAVE, which groups together: CAAP, UNPI (Union Nationale des Peintres Illustrateurs), SELF (Syndicat des écrivains de langue française), and SNP (Syndicat National des Photographes). USOPAVE represents a collective force of proposition across visual arts and literature domains.
• Urssaf Limousin (dedicated to artist-authors)coreOthersUrssaf Limousin is the social security body dedicated to artist-authors in France. CAAP provides detailed guidance to members on their rights and obligations vis-à-vis this body, including information on affiliation, social contributions, and dispensation from précompte.
• La Sécurité sociale des artistes-auteurs (formerly AGESSA/MDA)coreOthersLa Sécurité sociale des artistes-auteurs (2S2A) is the single approved body since December 1, 2022, for the social security of all artist-authors. CAAP provides guidance on this body's processes and sits on its social action commission.
• SAIF (Société des Auteurs dans les Arts Graphiques et Plastiques)minorOthersSAIF is a collective management society for authors in graphic and plastic arts. CAAP advises its members to become shareholders of SPRDs like SAIF or ADAGP for managing their copyright rights.
• ADAGP (Société des Artistes et Auteurs Graphiques et Plastiques)minorOthersADAGP is a collective management society for graphic and plastic artists. CAAP references this organization alongside SAIF as a recommended body for artist-authors to manage their copyright.
• Maison des Artistes (MDA)minorOthersMDA is a distinct association (not to be confused with the now-discontinued MDA Sécurité sociale). CAAP distinguishes between MDA and MDASS, advising artist-authors that MDA as an association is not concerned by mandatory social security declarations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• FRAAP (Fédération des Réseaux et Associations d'Artistes Plasticiens): Federation co-founded by CAAP that aggregates associations and collectives of visual artists. Directly comparable as a French arts advocacy body, with membership-driven governance and information-distribution functions overlapping CAAP's.
• SNP (Syndicat National des Photographes): French national photographers' union and co-founding member of USOPAVE alongside CAAP. Directly comparable in form and mission as a national trade union for a specific artist-author category.
• UNPI (Union Nationale des Peintres Illustrateurs): French national union for painters and illustrators, co-founding member of USOPAVE alongside CAAP. Directly comparable as a national trade union for visual artists with similar advocacy, social security, and rights-defense functions.
• SGDL (Société des Gens de Lettres): French professional society representing authors of literary works. Directly comparable to CAAP as a trade body defending the rights and interests of a specific author category in France, with overlapping advocacy, legal counsel, and social security representation missions.
• SAA (Syndicat des Artistes-Auteurs): French national trade union for artist-authors active in advocacy on social security, fiscal, and legal matters. Closely comparable to CAAP as a competing representative union for the same constituency in France.
• SELF (Syndicat des Écrivains de Langue Française): French writers' union and co-founding member of USOPAVE alongside CAAP. Directly comparable as a national trade union for authors providing representation, legal counsel, and collective bargaining.
• USOPAVE (Union des Syndicats et Organisations Professionnelles des Arts Visuels et de l'Ecrit): Union grouping CAAP, UNPI, SELF, and SNP to represent visual arts and literature professionals. Directly comparable as a supra-union body aligning with CAAP's collective bargaining and policy advocacy role.

Emerging players

• ADAGP (Société des Auteurs dans les Arts Graphiques et Plastiques): French collective management society for graphic and plastic arts authors. Comparable as a French arts-author organization serving the same constituency, though focused on copyright royalty management rather than trade union representation.
• SAIF (Société des Auteurs dans les Arts Graphiques et Plastiques): French collective management society for visual and plastic arts authors. Comparable to CAAP as an organization representing the same author base, focused on rights and royalty collection rather than union advocacy.

Broad incumbents

• La Maison des Artistes (association): Long-standing French association for visual artists, historically tied to the artist-author social security regime. Comparable to CAAP as a serving organization for artist-authors in France, though oriented as a broader professional association rather than a trade union.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/caapartsvisuels
• Instagraminstagram.com/caap.comite
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caap-asso

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