Coopénates

What Coopénates does

Coopénates is a Coopérative d'Activité et d'Emploi (CAE) headquartered at 5 Rue de la Coopérative, Strasbourg, France, founded in 2007 and structured as a Société Coopérative à Capital Variable et à Responsabilité Limitée under French cooperative law. The cooperative legally hosts and supports independent entrepreneurs operating in the personal services (services à la personne) sector, allowing members to retain professional independence while delegating administrative management, invoicing, payroll smoothing, and social-coverage handling to the cooperative structure.

Entrepreneurs integrate through a CAPE support contract, transition to an entrepreneur-salarié employment contract once activity is stable, and may become cooperative associates after three years, participating in governance. The cooperative operates no proprietary technology platform; its core infrastructure is a WordPress-based website, an entrepreneur directory, billing and contract templates, and human-led accompaniment workshops managed by a 7-person team. Pricing for end services is set individually by entrepreneurs (visible examples include tutoring at €54–79/hour, IT dépannage per intervention, and yoga/pranatherapy sessions priced at €20–450 per package).

Revenue flows through entrepreneur-hosting fees, gross-of-disbursed-salary turnover, and institutional funding from regional partners. End customers are individuals and households — primarily elderly/dependent persons (APA/PCH eligible), families with school-age children, and adults seeking tutoring, IT, or wellness services — across the Strasbourg metropolitan area and wider Grand Est region (Mulhouse, Haguenau, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Haut-Rhin). The value proposition rests on the regulatory 'Services à la Personne' framework (SAP 500 738 992), which unlocks 50% tax credits (and since 2022, immediate advance payment of that credit) for clients using registered providers — a structural advantage unavailable to unregistered competitors.

Name

Coopénates

Legal name

Coopénates

Website

https://coopenates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Coopénates is a Strasbourg-based Coopérative d'Activité et d'Emploi founded in 2007 that legally hosts independent entrepreneurs in the French personal services sector, providing administrative infrastructure and 50% tax-credit access while serving individual households across the Grand Est region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Strasbourg

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Entrepreneur hosting and administrative services: Coopénates acts as a legal host for entrepreneurs' activities. Entrepreneurs generate revenue through their personal services (gardening, housekeeping, tutoring, IT support, etc.) and the CAE handles administrative management, invoicing, and salary smoothing. Entrepreneurs pay for the cooperative's support services through the revenue sharing structure of the CAE model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Coopénates is a Coopérative d'Activité et d'Emploi (CAE) that legally hosts independent entrepreneurs operating in the French personal services (services à la personne) sector. It provides administrative management, invoicing, smoothed salary processing, collective training, and access to the 50% personal-services tax credit for end clients. Entrepreneurs progress from an initial CAPE support contract to an entrepreneur-salarié employment contract and, after three years, can become associates in the cooperative's governance.

Product overview

Coopénates is a Coopérative d'Activité et d'Emploi (CAE) that provides a unified cooperative platform hosting independent entrepreneurs in the personal services sector. The core offering is the CAE structure itself, which legally hosts entrepreneurs' activities and provides administrative support, fiscal advantages, and employee-like social rights. Entrepreneurs progress through the CAPE (initial support contract) to entrepreneur-salarié contracts, with accompaniment and training workshops available throughout. The cooperative offers fiscal advantage services including 50% tax credits and immediate advance payments. The network includes multiple entrepreneurs offering distinct services: tutoring (Mathieu AUGÉ), IT troubleshooting (Guillaume MERKEL), wellness services (Andrea BERNAL VELASQUEZ), and administrative/tutoring services (Laurent BIANCHETTI).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coopérative d'Activité et d'Emploi (CAE) - Coopénates Cooperative structure that legally hosts and supports independent entrepreneurs in the personal services sector, providing administrative management, fiscal advantages, and employee-like social rights while allowing entrepreneurs to maintain their independence.
• Contrat d'Appui au Projet d'Entreprise (CAPE)

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% tax credit on qualifying personal service expenses (up to 12,000€/year, extendable to 15,000€ with dependents)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• AntigoneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperative partner providing web design services. Laura La Placa from Antigone Scop (La Toile Optimiste) designed the Coopénates website using WordPress and UDesign theme.
• CoobâtirminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperative partner listed among Coopénates' ecosystem partners, likely providing complementary services or support for entrepreneurs in the personal services sector.
• CooproductionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperative partner providing data protection officer (DPO) services. Antoine Hureau serves as DPO at [email protected]. Cooproduction is also mentioned in legal notices as a partner for data protection compliance.
• Strasbourg MetropoliscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMain institutional funder and supporter of Coopénates. Strasbourg metropolis provides financial support and legitimacy for the CAE operating in its territory.
• Grand Est RegioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional institutional funder of Coopénates. The Grand Est region provides financing and support for the cooperative's activities.
• URSCOP Grand EstcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional union of cooperatives supporting Coopénates. Part of the broader cooperative ecosystem and network for solidarity economy enterprises in Grand Est.
• Cooperer pour EntreprendrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network of entrepreneurship cooperatives that Coopénates participates in. Provides resources, best practices, and collective support for CAE models.
• CRESS Grand EstminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Chamber of Social and Solidarity Economy providing networking and advocacy for cooperatives and social enterprises in the region.
• DREETS Grand EstminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional directory of companies, providing regulatory oversight and support for personal services sector.
• CARSAT AlsaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial security institution for retirees in Alsace, potentially referring clients who need personal services to Coopénates entrepreneurs.
• URSSAF AlsaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial contributions collection body that manages the social security contributions for entrepreneurs hosted in the CAE.
• Carte Zap+88minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partnership with the Zap+88 card program in the Vosges department, providing visibility and potential client referrals for Laurent Bianchetti's tutoring services.
• Les Amis de MarcelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation partnership supporting youth education and tutoring services in the Vosges region.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ADHAP Services: National French network specialized in personal services for dependent elderly and disabled persons. Targets the same APA/PCH-funded dependent-person segment as Coopénates but through a franchise rather than cooperative model.
• Shiva: Established French household-services franchise offering housekeeping and personal services via employed staff. Overlaps with Coopénates' housekeeping/gardening segments and competes for the same SAP-tax-credit-eligible clients.
• DOMIDOM: French franchise network delivering in-home personal services (housekeeping, senior care, childcare). Comparable end-client offering to Coopénates entrepreneurs, particularly for elderly and family segments.
• O2: National franchise leader in household personal services (cleaning, childcare, senior support) in France. Competes for the same end clients as Coopénates entrepreneurs but via a centralized franchise model rather than cooperative hosting.
• AVISE: National intermediary organization supporting social and solidarity-economy enterprises, including CAEs. Operates at a broader scale and serves as a coordinating body of which Coopénates is a beneficiary ecosystem participant.

Direct peers

• Bigre!: Paris-based CAE that hosts independent workers across multiple trades using the same CAPE → entrepreneur-salarié progression. Direct structural peer to Coopénates in the national CAE network.
• Oxalis: Coopérative d'Activité et d'Emploi in the Rhône-Alpes/Auvergne region of France operating the same CAE model — legally hosting independent entrepreneurs with administrative support and employee social rights. Directly comparable business model and legal structure.
• Inter-Made: CAE and social-economy incubator in the Paris region that hosts project leaders and provides shared administrative services — the same managed-services-for-entrepreneurs value proposition Coopénates offers in Strasbourg.
• AFIP: French association/CAE structure hosting entrepreneurs in personal services and solidarity-economy activities with administrative and fiscal support. Directly comparable to Coopénates' focus on services à la personne.

Others

• Coopérer pour Entreprendre: National federation of CAEs of which Coopénates is a member. Functions as an ecosystem/network enabler rather than a direct competitor, but defines the operating standards and shared services relevant to Coopénates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 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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