CléSup'

What CléSup' does

CléSup' is a French consulting firm specialized in student housing strategy for higher education institutions. Structured as a SARL (Société à Responsabilité Limitée) and headquartered in Vanves, France, the firm was formally constituted around June 2020 and serves French public universities, grandes écoles, and partner foundations seeking to develop student accommodation without committing significant capital or building dedicated in-house real estate structures. The company's positioning is deliberately asset-light: it is not a developer, investor, landlord, or real estate operator, and its sole asset is intellectual expertise and advisory methodology.

The firm operates three core products. Le Pré-diagnostic is a fixed-fee pre-diagnostic consulting engagement priced at €6,900 HT (hors taxes), delivering a tailored analysis of student housing development opportunities including market analysis, territorial environment assessment, an economic approach, and a proposed action plan. L'Accompagnement is a longer-term strategic accompaniment service providing assistance à maîtrise d'ouvrage, covering housing information creation, reserved placement management, housing stock management, and real estate valorization. Le Club CléSup' is a free membership community for ESR (Enseignement Supérieur et Recherche) actors, hosting seminars and workshops where institutional leaders share student housing initiatives. Underlying technology is limited to a WordPress-based corporate website and content publishing — there is no proprietary platform, API, or software product.

CléSup' monetizes exclusively through professional services fees on a project-by-project basis, primarily through enterprise field sales targeting institutional decision-makers (university presidents, school directors, foundation heads). Distribution and credibility are reinforced by team members' embedded leadership roles across the French higher education housing ecosystem: Universités & Territoires publication, AIRES (the interprofessional association of student residence operators), and the co-founded RDV du logement étudiant (RDVLE) conference series. Marketing relies on content marketing through the website and partner publication, press coverage in specialist media, and the peer community channel, with no self-serve or reseller distribution.

Name

CléSup'

Legal name

Société sarl CléSup'

Website

https://clesup.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CléSup' is a French consulting firm that advises universities, grandes écoles, and foundations on developing student housing without capital investment, offering fixed-fee pre-diagnostics, multi-year strategic accompaniment, and a free peer community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Student Housing Consulting

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Contracting, Billing & Occupancy Management (EDALACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Student housing consulting
• Higher education advisory
• University strategy consulting
• Student residence planning
• Real estate advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Vanves

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Pre-diagnostic consulting service: CléSup' offers a fixed-price pre-diagnostic consulting service priced at 6,900 HT (hors taxes), providing institutions with a tailored analysis of student housing development opportunities. This is a one-time professional services engagement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CléSup' is a consulting agency dedicated to student housing, partnering with French universities, grandes écoles, and partnership foundations. It provides a fixed-price Pré-diagnostic (6,900 HT) to assess student housing development opportunities, an L'Accompagnement strategic project assistance service to implement housing offerings, and Le Club CléSup', a free peer community for higher education stakeholders. The firm acts as a neutral intermediary that connects institutions with relevant housing operators.

Product overview

CléSup' is a consulting agency dedicated to student housing, partnering with French universities and schools. The company operates as a consulting/advisory firm (not a technology platform) and offers three interconnected services: Le Pré-diagnostic (a fixed-price 6,900 HT diagnostic to define housing development opportunities), L'Accompagnement (strategic project management assistance for implementing housing projects), and Le Club CléSup' (a free peer-sharing network for higher education professionals). The company connects educational establishments with relevant housing operators and provides expertise across real estate, managed residences, and institutional relations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Le Pré-diagnostic A tailored pre-diagnostic service priced at 6,900 HT (hors taxes) that helps French university and school leadership define opportunities for developing dedicated student housing. Includes market analysis, territorial environment assessment, economic approach, and a proposed action plan, delivered as a one-time professional services engagement to a single institution.
• L'Accompagnement Strategic project management assistance for establishing student housing offerings at higher education institutions. Services include housing information creation, reserved placement management, housing stock management, and real estate valorization and acquisition support. Delivered as a longer-term accompaniment engagement following a pre-diagnostic.
• Le Club CléSup' A free membership community for higher education stakeholders (ESR actors) to share experiences on student accommodation, attend seminars and workshops, and learn from initiatives at other establishments. The Club operates without economic or commercial pressures and functions as a peer-sharing network.

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Conférence des présidents d'université (CPU) / Universités & TerritoirescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversités & Territoires is a specialist publication for university presidents and territorial actors. CléSup' team members Nicolas Delesque and Philippe Campinchi hold key editorial and management roles in this publication (Directeur de la Rédaction and Directeur de la Publication respectively). CléSup' also sources photography from the CPU photothèque. This close institutional relationship provides CléSup' with deep access to the university leadership ecosystem and serves as a primary distribution and credibility channel.
• AIRES (Association interprofessionnelle des résidences pour étudiants et services)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRES is the Association of Professional Residences for Students and Services. Philippe Campinchi, a CléSup' team member, serves as the Délégué Général of AIRES. This connection gives CléSup' direct access to and influence within the professional student housing operator ecosystem, including private and public residence operators.
• RDV du logement étudiantminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRDV du logement étudiant (RDVLE) is an event/conference series on student housing. Nicolas Delesque and Philippe Campinchi are co-founders of RDVLE. This event platform positions CléSup' team members as thought leaders and conveners in the student housing space.
• CROUS (Centres régionaux des œuvres universitaires et scolaires)minorOthersCROUS is a public institution providing student social services including housing. Referenced as a potential partner in student housing projects in the pre-diagnostic analysis of institutional environments.
• Social landlords (Bailleurs sociaux)minorOthersSocial landlords are identified as potential partners in pre-diagnostic analyses for student housing development. Nicolas Delesque is noted as a consultant specializing in student housing for social landlords and local authorities.
• Private student residence operators (Exploitants de résidences étudiantes)minorOthersPrivate operators of managed student residences are identified as key partners for institutions seeking to create housing offers for their students. CléSup' connects institutions with these operators as part of its core intermediary mission.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ayming: French management and performance consulting firm advising organisations on optimisation, financing, and operational strategy. Comparable to CléSup' as a specialised consultancy selling advisory engagements into French institutions and corporates.
• Studapart: French student-housing platform connecting students with operators and institutions. Like CléSup', Studapart operates in the French student-housing ecosystem serving higher-education institutions, though it is a digital marketplace rather than a consulting intermediary.

Broad incumbents

• PwC France: Big-4 professional services firm with a French real-estate and public-sector consulting practice. Comparable to CléSup' in management consulting for institutions, but operating across all sectors rather than specialising in student housing.
• JLL France: Global real-estate advisory and investment firm with a substantial French practice. Overlaps with CléSup' in real-estate strategy and capital-advisory work for institutions and investors, though as a broad incumbent rather than a student-housing specialist.
• CBRE France: Major global real-estate services firm operating in France across advisory, valuation, and investment. Comparable to CléSup' as a real-estate advisor to French institutions and investors, but at much broader scale and without the student-housing niche focus.
• Knight Frank France: International real-estate consultancy with a French footprint covering advisory, valuation, and capital markets. Comparable to CléSup' in real-estate advisory to institutional clients, though without a higher-education specialisation.

Others

• Nexity Studéa: Student-residence brand of Nexity, one of France's largest real-estate developers and operators. Connected to CléSup' as a potential operator partner in institutional student-housing projects, though operating at substantially greater scale.
• Cardinal Campus: French student-residence operator partnering with higher-education institutions to deliver managed housing. Comparable to CléSup' through its presence in the same French student-housing ecosystem, but as an operator rather than an advisor.
• ARPEJ: French student-residence operator working with universities and grandes écoles. Connected to CléSup' through AIRES (where a CléSup' team member is Délégué Général) and as a potential operator partner in client engagements.

Emerging players

• Espelia: French consulting firm specialising in public-sector housing, social-landlord strategy, and territorial development. Closely comparable to CléSup' where it serves social landlords and local authorities on residential-housing strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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