COGEFI

What COGEFI does

COGEFI-HOFA is a private French accounting and business advisory firm headquartered in Villeneuve d'Ascq (Nord), with a secondary office in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache (Aisne). The firm was formed in 2017 through the merger of two independent firms: COGEFI, founded by Philippe Dupont in 1995, and HOFA, founded by Hervé Hofa in 1993. It is structured as a SARL (Société à Responsabilité Limitée) with a stated capital of €93,712 and operates without external private equity or venture capital investment.

The firm delivers a modular service portfolio built around four mission lines: Mission Comptable & Fiscale (bookkeeping, annual statements, legal formalities, management control, priced from €25/month), Mission Sociale (payroll and social declarations at €6.50/payslip), Missions Ponctuelles (ad-hoc services such as forecasts, business valuation, fiscal control), and Délégation de Compétences (outsourced CFO, HR, and family office services). Adjacent offerings include assisted company creation, business transfer/acquisition advisory, a collaborative online management platform, and an electronic invoicing (RFE) compliance accompaniment aligned with the September 2026 French reform. Service delivery is supported by a proprietary iSuite client portal and a Mon Portail HR self-service module, both hosted on French servers.

COGEFI-HOFA serves primarily French small and medium enterprises, liberal professions (physiotherapists, lawyers, nurses), traders and artisans, and individuals with ancillary real estate or agricultural income. The firm reports managing 1,200 client files across approximately 72 employees, with a stated 37 qualified collaborators at the headquarters. Distribution is sales-led via direct consultation, complemented by a member relationship with the GROUPE EXCEL national association of independent accountants since 2015. Revenue is generated through recurring subscriptions, per-unit pricing on payroll slips, fixed-fee one-time services, and custom-quoted multi-year managed engagements.

Name

COGEFI

Legal name

Cogefi Hofa

Website

https://cogefi-hofa.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

COGEFI-HOFA is a private French accounting and business advisory firm in Villeneuve d'Ascq serving SMEs, liberal professions, traders, and artisans with bookkeeping, payroll, tax compliance, and outsourced CFO services, managing 1,200 client files across roughly 72 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Villeneuve d'Ascq

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Mission Comptable & Fiscale (Accounting & Tax Mission): Monthly subscription-based accounting and tax services including bookkeeping, annual/interim balance sheets, legal formalities, and management control. Priced from €25 HT/month with various service tiers.
2. Mission Sociale (Social/Payroll Mission): Payroll processing and social declaration services. Pricing at €6.50 HT per payslip. Includes establishment of pay slips, social declarations, social advice, and HR portal access.
3. Délégation de Compétences (Skills Delegation): Outsourced financial direction, professional secretarial, HR management, and family office services. Priced on a custom estimate basis.
4. Missions Ponctuelles (One-time Services): Ad-hoc services including forecasts (€350 HT), exceptional legal formalities (€75 HT), fiscal control (estimate-based), funds raising (€350 HT/half-day), income tax declarations (€150 HT), consolidation, training, business evaluation (€750 HT), and income optimization (€450 HT).
5. Company Creation Assistance: Assisted company creation services including status selection, activity forecasts, online tools access, company creation formalities, and fundraising assistance. First consultation is free.
6. Transmission/Reprise Support: Business transfer and acquisition support services including preparation, business finding, diagnosis and evaluation, takeover plan, financing plan, negotiations, and startup support. Starting from €350 HT/month.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

COGEFI-HOFA is a French accounting and business advisory firm delivering accounting and tax compliance (Mission Comptable & Fiscale from €25/month), payroll and social declaration management (Mission Sociale at €6.50 per payslip), business creation and transmission/acquisition advisory, and outsourced competency delegation (financial direction, HR, secretarial, family office) to SMEs, liberal professions, and traders/artisans. Services are delivered through a proprietary iSuite client portal and collaborative digital tools, supported by 37 collaborators managing 1,200 client files.

Product overview

COGEFI-HOFA is a French accounting and business advisory firm offering a modular service portfolio built around four core mission types: Mission Comptable & Fiscale (accounting and tax compliance at €25/month), Mission Sociale (payroll and social declarations at €6.50/slip), Missions Ponctuelles (ad hoc services from €100/mission), and Délégation de Compétences (outsourced competency delegation on quotation). These are supplemented by project-specific services including business creation assistance, business transfer advisory, a collaborative digital management platform, and an electronic invoicing (RFE) compliance accompaniment. Services are delivered through a proprietary client portal and HR self-service portal, with digital tools accessible 24/7.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mission Comptable & Fiscale Core accounting and tax compliance service covering bookkeeping, annual/interim financial statements, legal formalities, and management control, priced from €25 HT/month. Designed for SMEs, liberal professions, and traders/artisans needing outsourced accounting and fiscal compliance.
• Mission Sociale Social and payroll management service covering payslip production, social declarations, social advisory, and a self-service HR portal (Mon Portail RH), priced at €6.50 HT per payslip. Three formulas available from most economical to most comprehensive.
• Missions Ponctuelles Ad hoc / one-time services including financial forecasts (€350 HT), exceptional legal formalities (€75 HT), tax audits, retirement procedures, fund-raising support (€350 HT/half-day), income tax declarations (€150 HT), consolidation, training, business valuation (€750 HT), and income optimization (€450 HT).
• Délégation de Compétences Outsourced competency delegation covering financial management direction, professional secretarial, human resources management, and family office services, priced on custom quotation. Targets businesses lacking internal CFO or operational capacity.
• Assistance à la Création d'Entreprise Assisted business creation service covering legal status selection, activity forecast, online tools, company registration formalities, and fund-raising support. First consultation is free and without commitment.
• Accompagnement à la Transmission / Reprise d'Entreprise Business transfer and acquisition advisory covering project preparation, company sourcing, diagnosis, evaluation, plan structuring, financing, negotiation, and startup support, starting at €350 HT/month.
• Pilotez votre entreprise en mode collaboratif Collaborative digital management platform enabling 100% online business management with shared workspace architecture, document dematerialization, and accelerated exchange with the firm via the iSuite portal.
• Accompagnement Facturation Électronique (RFE) Electronic invoicing reform advisory covering e-invoicing (BtoB domestic), e-reporting (BtoB international and BtoC), and payment data transmission via approved Plateformes Agréées, aligned with the September 2026 mandatory deadline.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,200 client files managed
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GROUPE EXCELcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Since 2015, COGEFI-HOFA has been a member of GROUPE EXCEL, a national association of independent accountants and statutory auditors. The success of Groupe Excel lies in the identity of regional associations that favor proximity, conviviality, benevolence, and exchange among members. Each member of Groupe Excel relies on the strength of the grouping and its complete independence to guarantee quality assistance to their own clients.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Indy: French AI-native accounting and tax automation platform for independents and small businesses — directly targets COGEFI-HOFA's professions libérales and small-business client base with lower-cost digital tooling.
• Pennylane: French digital accounting platform serving SMBs and accounting firms with bookkeeping, invoicing and e-invoicing tools — an emerging competitive threat to COGEFI-HOFA's traditional mission comptable offering.

Broad incumbents

• KPMG France: Big 4 firm with a full-service French practice across audit, tax, advisory and accounting — competes with COGEFI-HOFA for mid-market and larger SME mandates and sets the competitive ceiling on service breadth.
• Deloitte France: Big 4 firm in France with broad accounting, tax, payroll and advisory offerings — competes with COGEFI-HOFA primarily for larger and more complex SMB mandates.
• PwC France: Big 4 firm operating in France across audit, tax, legal and advisory — relevant as an incumbent competitor for SMB and mid-market mandates where COGEFI-HOFA also plays.

Direct peers

• Fiducial: Large French accounting and business services firm serving very small businesses, traders and artisans across France — overlaps directly with COGEFI-HOFA's core PME / commerçants / artisans segments.
• Grant Thornton France: Mid-tier accounting and advisory firm in France providing accounting, tax compliance and advisory services to SMB and mid-market clients — comparable positioning and service portfolio to COGEFI-HOFA.
• BDO France: Mid-tier international accounting network with a substantial French practice serving SMEs and mid-market clients with audit, accounting, tax and advisory — overlapping with COGEFI-HOFA's core offerings.
• In Extenso: Major French accounting and consulting network specialised in TPE/PME, commerçants, artisans and professions libérales — the closest direct peer given COGEFI-HOFA's identical target segments.
• Baker Tilly France: French mid-tier accounting and advisory network offering accounting, tax, payroll and advisory services to SMBs and mid-market clients — directly comparable in size, service mix and target segments to COGEFI-HOFA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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