COLBLEU - Vêtements de travail et EPI

Name

COLBLEU - Vêtements de travail et EPI

Legal name

COLBLEU

Website

https://colbleu.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workwear and PPE Retail

SIC

Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores (5600), Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Workwear, Uniforms & Safety Apparel Retail (CRAAABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Protective Disposable Wear (Masks, Gloves, Shoe Covers, Hairnets) (CRADALAJ)

Keywords

• Workwear distribution
• Safety footwear retail
• PPE equipment supply
• Work clothing customization
• Professional uniform sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-De-Calais

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Product Sales - Work Clothing and PPE: One-time sale of work clothing (clothing, footwear, PPE) to businesses and professionals. Products are sold with unit pricing (HT and TTC prices displayed). Revenue is generated through product margins across a wide range of workwear and safety equipment categories.
2. Customization and Personalization Services: Value-added services including embroidery, screen printing, and heat transfer for corporate branding. 80% of personalizations done in-house using embroidery technique. Pricing for customization included in overall order value.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

French specialized retailer and distributor of professional work clothing (vêtements de travail), safety footwear (chaussures de sécurité), and personal protective equipment (EPI/PPE). The company serves businesses and public organizations with in-house customization services including embroidery, screen printing (sérigraphie), and heat transfer (transfert thermique) marking on garments. It carries products from 25+ recognized brands and operates both a physical store and an e-commerce website with field sales coverage.

Product overview

COLBLEU is a French B2B distributor of workwear, safety shoes, and personal protective equipment (PPE) for businesses, artisans, SMEs, and public authorities. The company operates as an e-commerce platform with three distribution channels: commercial sales force, physical store, and website. Their core product portfolio comprises three main categories: (1) Vêtements de travail – professional work clothing including pants, jackets, combinations, high-visibility garments, fleeces, softshells, and personalized workwear; (2) Chaussures de sécurité – safety footwear meeting EN ISO 20345 standards; and (3) EPI – personal protective equipment including helmets, gloves, respiratory masks, safety glasses, and fall protection. Add-on services include screen printing, embroidery, and heat transfer customization, as well as internal logistics and distribution services. The company represents over 25 recognized brands including DASSY, Herock, Portwest, LMA, Molinel, PAYPER, and others.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Work Clothing (Vêtements de travail)
• Safety Footwear (Chaussures de sécurité)
• Personal Protective Equipment (EPI/PPE)
• Garment Customization Services (Personnalisation)
• Quote/Estimate Service (Devis)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 24 years of experience serving professionals with workwear and PPE
• +2 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Multiple Brand Manufacturers (25+ brands)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorColBleu serves as a distributor/reseller for more than 25 recognized brands of workwear, safety footwear, and PPE. Key brands include: Herock, Dassy, Portwest, Molinel, LMA, Cepovett, Payper, Carhartt, Coverguard, Delta Plus, Facom, ProJob, Yoko, B&C, Result, Kariban, Uniwork, Singer, Surflex, WK. Designed To Work, A10 Equipment, Stormtech, Tee Jays, Valento, Hasson, and others. These partnerships enable ColBleu to offer a comprehensive range of products across all professional sectors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Manomano Pro: Manomano is a French online marketplace for DIY, home improvement, and tools that has expanded into PPE and workwear categories. While not a direct workwear specialist, its marketplace model and growing B2B Pro offering compete with ColBleu's e-commerce channel for digitally-active SMB customers.

Others

• Cepovett: Cepovett is a French manufacturer of professional workwear and uniforms for industries, healthcare, and public services. As a ColBleu brand partner, it serves overlapping end customers (BTP, healthcare, industry) and competes indirectly through its own corporate uniform and customization services.
• Delta Plus Group: Delta Plus is a French manufacturer and distributor of PPE and workwear for industrial and construction professionals. As one of ColBleu's brand partners, Delta Plus is both a supplier and increasingly a direct competitor to ColBleu, with its own multi-channel distribution and a similar product portfolio.
• Portwest France: Portwest is a global manufacturer of workwear, safety footwear, and PPE, and is one of ColBleu's brand partners. While ColBleu resells Portwest products, Portwest itself sells directly via its own e-commerce and distributor network, making it both a supplier and a partial competitor in the B2B workwear space.

Broad incumbents

• Würth France: Würth is the French arm of the Würth Group, a global leader in B2B distribution of fasteners, tools, and PPE/workwear. It competes with ColBleu in serving trades and industrial customers with multi-brand workwear and safety equipment, but at vastly larger scale and with a much broader product portfolio beyond workwear.
• Legallais: Legallais is a French B2B distributor specializing in hardware, fittings, and workplace equipment for construction and industrial professionals. While its core focus is hardware, it offers workwear and PPE adjacencies comparable to ColBleu's product range, serving overlapping SMB and trade customers.
• Manutan France: Manutan is a major French B2B distributor of workplace equipment, supplies, and PPE to businesses, public sector, and industries. It directly overlaps with ColBleu's target segments (BTP, industry, public authorities) and offers comparable workwear, safety footwear, and PPE products, but at a much larger scale and a broader equipment portfolio.
• Prolians (Descours & Cabaud): Prolians is a major French B2B distributor serving construction, industry, and public authorities with a broad range of products including workwear, PPE, and safety equipment. Its multi-channel distribution model and customer base closely mirror ColBleu's, though it operates at a national scale with a wider product mix.

Direct peers

• Robur: Robur is a French workwear and professional apparel retailer (with physical stores and e-commerce) serving individuals and businesses with multi-brand workwear, footwear, and PPE. It competes directly with ColBleu in the same product categories and B2B customer segments, including construction and industrial workers.
• Diffusons (formerly Coutellerie-Diffusion): Diffusons is a French retailer specializing in workwear, professional clothing, and PPE for trades and industries. It overlaps with ColBleu on product categories, target customers (BTP, industry), and a multi-channel distribution model (stores + e-commerce), making it a closely comparable regional peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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