What CROKO does

CROKO is a French IT services firm founded in 2016 in Lyon, providing managed IT services (infogérance), infrastructure design and operations, technical support, and IT transformation consulting to SMEs and mid-market enterprises (PME/ETI). Its core technology stack spans virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox), systems administration, networking, storage, databases, and security (Cisco, Fortinet, SentinelOne), with 24/7 infrastructure supervision delivered as a managed service. The company also operates a hardware subscription offering at €59/month per workstation bundling Lenovo/HP devices with Microsoft 365, antivirus, backup, and 3-year hardware renewal.

The company generates revenue through three primary streams: recurring managed services retainers (infogérance), a subscription-based workstation leasing product, and project-based consulting engagements priced from €2,200 to €24,000 per package. Customer logos include Sanofi, Somfy, ELSAN, Almaviva Santé, Algeco, Edilians, and Equans, with notable engagements such as the audit and migration of 40 ELSAN clinics across 180 sites and security hardening of 800 Somfy servers. CROKO operates sales-led, acquiring customers through direct outreach, website inbound, and a phone hotline, with offices in Lyon (headquarters) and Bordeaux serving the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions respectively. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding or M&A activity.

Name

CROKO

Legal name

CROKO

Website

https://croko.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CROKO is a French IT managed services firm founded in 2016 in Lyon, providing infrastructure, support, consulting, and workstation leasing to SMEs and mid-market enterprises across sectors including healthcare, energy, and construction.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Managed IT / Infogérance Services: Ongoing management of client IT systems including supervision, maintenance, support, and infrastructure evolution. Delivered as a managed services retainer, providing recurring revenue from businesses outsourcing part or all of their IT operations.
2. Equipment Leasing / Hardware Subscription: Monthly subscription model for professional computer hardware (PCs, laptops, workstations) at €59/month per workstation, including Microsoft 365, antivirus, backup, support, and hardware renewal every 3 years. Generates recurring subscription revenue from SMBs and enterprises.
3. IT Consulting & Transformation Advisory: Fixed-price consulting engagements for IT transformation, organizational change management, and strategy projects. Priced as discrete project packages (e.g., Pack 1 starting at €2,200 HT, Pack 3 variable), generating one-time or periodic professional services revenue.
4. Infrastructure & Security Services: Deployment, migration, audit, and security hardening services for IT infrastructure. Includes network, virtualization, storage, and database administration. Revenue generated through project-based professional services and potentially ongoing managed service retainers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CROKO is a French IT services firm providing managed IT services (infogérance) covering full or partial outsourcing of client IT operations including supervision, maintenance, support, and infrastructure evolution. The company delivers infrastructure design and operations across virtualization, systems, networks, storage, databases, and security, complemented by IT transformation consulting, change management, organizational advisory, and a workstation leasing bundle at €59/month per user with hardware renewed every 3 years.

Product overview

CROKO is an IT services company offering a comprehensive portfolio of managed IT services for SMEs and large enterprises, consisting of core operational services (Infogérance, Infrastructure, Support) complemented by strategic consulting services (IT Transformation, Change Management, Organization Consulting, AMOA, Interim Management, Coaching), and equipment leasing offerings. The company operates primarily in the Lyon and Bordeaux regions of France, serving clients across various sectors including healthcare, industry, and professional services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 1-hour maximum response time for support requests
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Helpline: France-based managed IT services and cloud provider serving mid-market and enterprise clients with infrastructure, support, and cybersecurity offerings similar to CROKO's core portfolio.
• Trustteam (Almond/Trustteam): French regional MSP providing infrastructure management, cybersecurity and IT outsourcing to SMEs and ETIs — comparable in service breadth and target segment to CROKO.
• Econocom: French/European IT services and equipment financing group combining hardware leasing with managed services — directly comparable to CROKO's bundled workstation subscription plus infogérance model.
• Agily: French managed-services and cloud provider delivering infrastructure, modernisation, and IT support to mid-market and enterprise clients — close functional overlap with CROKO's infogérance and infrastructure practice.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini: Global French IT services giant with managed infrastructure and transformation consulting arms competing for enterprise IT outsourcing contracts alongside CROKO and its regional peers.
• SCC France: European IT services group combining hardware distribution, managed services, and infrastructure support — broader portfolio and footprint than CROKO but overlapping in mid-market IT outsourcing.
• Bechtle: European IT hardware and managed services provider with a recurring-subscription model across DACH/France — comparable on the hardware-leasing-plus-managed-services combination that CROKO sells.
• Orange Business Services: Large French-managed IT and cloud services provider competing for the same SME/enterprise IT outsourcing wallet CROKO targets, with much deeper resources and broader service catalogue.
• Sopra Steria: Major French IT services firm with managed infrastructure, application services, and transformation consulting — benchmarks pricing and delivery model for CROKO's consulting practice.
• Devoteam: French IT consulting and managed services group whose transformation advisory and infrastructure practices compete for mid-market IT contracts in the same regions CROKO serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xlinkedin.com/company/lorris-cuirinier-4a0b0b133
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/croko-ssii

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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