What CECIA does

CECIA is a French design-build firm (concepteur-constructeur) founded in 1984 that specializes in industrial real estate construction for the food and agribusiness sector. Operating as a subsidiary of GROUPE IDEC within the Pole Agroalimentaire — a structure combining CECIA with sister entity IDEC AGRO — the company delivers turnkey (clé en main) and project management (maîtrise d'œuvre) services for new industrial, logistics, and tertiary operations across France. Its internal capability stack spans architecture, economics, engineering studies, technical lot design, BPF (Good Manufacturing Practice) and BPL (Good Laboratory Practice) compliance expertise, construction, and qualification support, enabling integrated delivery from concept through commissioning.

The company's service portfolio covers production and laboratory facilities, custom storage environments, and tertiary workspaces, with additional add-on services in Architecture & Layout, R&D for decarbonized real estate, Environment & Biodiversity certification, and Quality Hygiene Safety Environment (QHSE) compliance. Customers are enterprise food-manufacturing clients (e.g., Brioches Fonteneau, Les Vergers Boiron, JACIR, POMONE) with multi-year project lifecycles, often renewed over decades. The company operates multiple agencies across France through the GROUPE IDEC network.

Revenue mechanics are project-based and quote-driven, billed under multi-year enterprise contracts with no public pricing. GTM is direct enterprise sales targeting food/agribusiness companies seeking new or expanded facilities, with no disclosed channel partners or intermediaries. The firm is privately held, France-domiciled, and does not disclose revenue or headcount figures.

Name

CECIA

Legal name

CECIA

Website

https://cecia.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CECIA is a French design-build firm specializing in industrial real estate for the food and agribusiness sector, delivering turnkey and project management services across multiple French agencies as part of GROUPE IDEC's Pole Agroalimentaire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

France

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Design-Build Services: Project-based revenue from designing and constructing industrial real estate for food/agribusiness companies. Services include consulting, design, construction, and qualification support for industrial facilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CECIA is a French industrial real estate design-build firm specializing in turnkey (clé en main) and project management (maîtrise d'œuvre) delivery of production, laboratory, storage, and tertiary facilities for food and agribusiness companies. The firm supports clients across the full project lifecycle, including consulting, design, construction, qualification, and commissioning, with in-house architects, economists, engineering studies teams, and BPF/BPL compliance specialists. It operates as part of the Agroalimentaire Pole of parent group GROUPE IDEC, leveraging integrated resources for decarbonization, environmental certification, and QHSE services.

Product overview

CECIA operates as part of the Agroalimentaire Pole of GROUPE IDEC, offering a comprehensive suite of industrial real estate services for the agri-food sector. The company provides design-build (concepteur-constructeur) and turnkey (clé en main) solutions alongside master contractor (maîtrise d'œuvre) services. Their core offering spans production and laboratory facilities, storage solutions, and tertiary workspaces, all designed to meet the specific requirements of the food processing industry. Additional services include Architecture & Layout, R&D for decarbonized real estate, Environment & Biodiversity certification support, and Quality Hygiene Safety Environment (QHSE) compliance services. The company also emphasizes decarbonization and green energy solutions, positioning itself as a partner for sustainable industrial development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Concepteur-constructeur (Design-Build) Design-build service for industrial, logistics, and tertiary projects, providing end-to-end project management from conception through construction for food and agri-food clients in France.
• Le clé en main (Turnkey Delivery) Turnkey project delivery solution offering complete responsibility from initial concept through final qualification and commissioning of industrial facilities for food and agri-food clients.
• Maîtrise d'œuvre (Project Management) Project management and oversight service for clients who prefer to manage certain aspects themselves while benefiting from expert coordination throughout industrial construction projects.
• Architecture & Aménagement Personalized architectural design and space planning service for industrial facilities serving the food and agri-food sector.
• Recherche & Développement R&D service focused on decarbonized real estate solutions and sustainable industrial building design for agri-food clients.
• Environnement & Biodiversité Environmental certification support service for projects, including biodiversity integration and sustainability assessments for industrial real estate.
• Qualité Hygiène Sécurité Environnement (QHSE) Quality, hygiene, safety, and environmental compliance service supporting project certification and regulatory requirements for industrial facilities.
• Décarbonation & Énergie Verte Decarbonization and green energy consulting service helping clients achieve carbon neutrality in their industrial real estate projects.

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GROUPE IDECcoreOthersParent company of IDEC AGRO and CECIA. GROUPE IDEC is a major industrial real estate development group. The creation of the Agroalimentaire Pole combining IDEC AGRO and CECIA strengthens synergies between the two subsidiaries under the GROUPE IDEC umbrella.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• GSE Group: French-headquartered design-build specialist for industrial, logistics, and food-sector real estate, with turnkey project delivery closely matching CECIA's concepteur-constructeur and clé en main model. Directly competes for the same French food/agribusiness enterprise clients.
• NGE: Independent French construction group with growing industrial and turnkey real estate capabilities. Operates at a similar regional scale and pursues overlapping French enterprise clients for industrial buildings and logistics facilities.
• Spie Batignolles: Mid-sized French construction group active in industrial, logistics, and commercial real estate. Comparable scale and French footprint to CECIA, with overlap on industrial facility design-build for regional enterprise clients.
• FAYAT Bâtiment: French construction and engineering group with industrial and commercial building activity. Comparable in French geographic scope and capable of bidding on similar food-sector and industrial real estate projects.
• IDEC AGRO: Sister company within GROUPE IDEC's Agroalimentaire Pole; offers identical agri-food industrial real estate design-build services alongside CECIA under the same parent. Operates in the same niche, same geography, and same customer segment.

Broad incumbents

• Bouygues Bâtiment: Major French general contractor with industrial and commercial building capabilities including turnkey delivery. Competes with CECIA on larger industrial and tertiary builds, but does not specialize in food-sector BPF/BPL compliance.
• VINCI Construction France: One of France's largest construction groups with extensive industrial, logistics, and building activity. Overlaps with CECIA on industrial turnkey projects but operates as a diversified incumbent rather than a food-sector specialist.
• GROUPE IDEC: Parent conglomerate and major French industrial real estate developer covering logistics, business parks, and agri-food real estate. Comparable as the overarching platform whose resources and capital CECIA relies upon for project execution and financing.
• Eiffage Construction: Diversified French construction and concessions group with significant industrial building activity across France. A potential competitor on larger industrial sites and tertiary workspaces within food-sector projects.
• SEGRO: Pan-European listed developer and investor in logistics and industrial real estate. Comparable in industrial property focus and European geographic reach; overlaps with CECIA on logistics/warehouse components of agri-food real estate programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

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