CECOGETI

What CECOGETI does

CECOGETI is a French Association de Gestion et de Comptabilité (AGC) — an accounting and management association — founded in May 1973 and registered with the Compagnie Régionale des Commissaires aux Comptes de Rhône-Alpes. The firm operates six offices across the Ardèche and Drôme departments in southeastern France, serving small and medium-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, liberal professions, and associations with outsourced accounting, tax, legal, HR/payroll, IT, and consulting services. Its scale is small, with 9 employees delivering professional services across the two-department footprint.

The operating model is a member-based association: clients are typically SMBs that pay membership and service fees in exchange for recurring accounting and advisory support. The technology layer above this professional-services core consists of a member portal (Espace Adhérent), 16 online financial calculators and simulators, a newsletter, and a business-owner guide — a modest digital infrastructure built on top of standard accounting software rather than a proprietary platform. Distribution is anchored physically: six local offices provide in-person service across a sparse, predominantly rural territory.

Commercially, CECOGETI's reach is regionally bounded to Ardèche and Drôme, with no disclosed expansion beyond this two-department perimeter. The firm is affiliated with CLCG FNAGA, the national AGC professional body, and maintains a partnership with Réseau Initiative Portes de Provence, a regional entrepreneur-support network. The 50th anniversary milestone in September 2023 indicates a long-tenured, locally embedded business with no visible signals of inorganic growth, fundraising, or geographic expansion.

Name

CECOGETI

Legal name

CECOGETI, Association de Gestion et de Comptabilité

Website

https://cecogeti.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CECOGETI is a French accounting and management association (AGC) founded in 1973, operating six offices across Ardèche and Drôme to deliver accounting, tax, payroll, and advisory services to SMBs, entrepreneurs, and associations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tournon-sur-Rhône

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Accounting Services: CECOGETI generates revenue through professional accounting services including bookkeeping, annual accounts preparation, tax declarations, legal advisory, HR/payroll management, and business consulting for businesses and entrepreneurs in Ardèche and Drôme departments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CECOGETI is a chartered-accountancy association that provides bookkeeping, annual accounts preparation, tax-return filing, legal and fiscal advisory, HR/payroll administration, management consulting, and IT services to businesses, entrepreneurs, liberal professions, and associations across the Ardèche and Drôme departments. The firm supplements its advisory work with client-facing digital tools, including 16 online financial simulators and a member portal.

Product overview

CECOGETI is an Association de Gestion et de Comptabilité (AGC) - an accounting and management association registered with the Order of Chartered Accountants of Rhône-Alpes region, founded in May 1973. The company operates as a multi-office accounting firm with six locations (Tournon-sur-Rhône, Annonay, Guilherand-Granges, Aubenas, Privas, Montélimar) serving businesses in Ardèche and Drôme departments. The portfolio consists of core accounting and advisory services (Comptabilité, Juridique & Fiscal, Social, Informatique, Conseil & Gestion) complemented by digital tools including 16 financial simulators, a business owner guide, and a member portal. The company positions itself as a comprehensive business management partner supporting entrepreneurs throughout their business lifecycle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Réseau Initiative Portes de ProvenceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCECOGETI partners with Réseau Initiative Portes de Provence, a local initiative network supporting entrepreneurship in the Portes de Provence area. This partnership provides business creators with access to CECOGETI's accounting and advisory services.
• CLCG FNAGAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCECOGETI is affiliated with CLCG FNAGA (Confédération Libre des Chambres de Gestion/Fédération Nationale des Artisans, Commerçants et Gestionnaires), a professional organization providing network and resources for small businesses and artisans.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Pennylane: Pennylane is a French AI-native accounting platform that automates bookkeeping, invoicing, and financial management for SMBs and accountants. Emerging player relative to CECOGETI because it competes for the same SMB client base with a tech-first model that could displace traditional chartered-accountant services.
• Indy: Indy is a French fintech offering automated accounting, invoicing, and tax filings for freelancers, micro-businesses, and SMBs. Emerging player to CECOGETI because it addresses the same entrepreneur/business-creator segment with a low-cost, self-serve model that could erode CECOGETI's Créateurs onboarding funnel.
• Dougs: Dougs is a French online chartered-accounting firm providing automated bookkeeping, tax filings, and advisory for entrepreneurs and small businesses via a digital-first platform. Emerging player relative to CECOGETI because it directly targets the same SMB/entrepreneur segment with a scalable digital model that competes against traditional AGC offices.

Broad incumbents

• Fiducial: Fiducial is one of France's largest private accounting, legal, and advisory firms with extensive nationwide branch coverage serving SMBs, artisans, and liberal professions. Broad incumbent to CECOGETI because it offers overlapping SMB accounting and advisory services at significantly larger scale across France.
• Grant Thornton France: Grant Thornton France is a mid-tier international accounting and advisory firm serving SMBs, mid-market, and listed companies with audit, tax, and consulting. Broad incumbent to CECOGETI because it overlaps on SMB accounting and advisory mandates with significantly larger resources and reach.
• RSM France: RSM France is a mid-tier international accounting network serving SMBs, mid-market, and growing companies with audit, tax, and consulting services. Broad incumbent to CECOGETI because it competes for similar SMB clients in France with broader geographic and capability coverage.
• Baker Tilly France: Baker Tilly France is a mid-tier national accounting and advisory network offering audit, accounting, tax, and consulting to SMBs and mid-market companies. Broad incumbent to CECOGETI because it competes in the same SMB chartered-accounting space but at substantially larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Cerfrance: Cerfrance is France's leading national network of Associations de Gestion et de Comptabilité, serving small businesses, farmers, and artisans with accounting, tax, legal, and advisory services across regional offices. Direct peer to CECOGETI because both operate the AGC model chartered by the Ordre des Experts-Comptables with comparable SMB service portfolios.
• In Extenso: In Extenso is a major French network of chartered accounting and advisory firms serving SMBs, entrepreneurs, and associations across regional offices. Direct peer to CECOGETI because both offer multi-office, regionally focused accounting/tax/legal/HR service bundles to small business clients in France.

Regional players

• Sogexpert: Sogexpert is a regional AGC operating chartered-accounting services across parts of southeastern France, serving SMBs with accounting, tax, and advisory offerings. Regional player to CECOGETI because both are AGC-format associations but Sogexpert operates in adjacent southeastern French departments rather than overlapping Ardèche/Drôme.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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