Elagage

What Elagage does

Sylvain Meunier Élagage is a sole-proprietor arborist business registered in France (Siret 799 629 720 00027) and operated by Sylvain Meunier from 42 impasse du champs court, 71470 Romenay in the Bresse region of Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne. The company provides three interconnected manual tree-care services: tree pruning and trimming (taille d'arbres), classic tree felling (abattages classiques), and delicate dismantling felling (abattages délicats par démontage), the latter involving section-by-section removal in constrained spaces where conventional felling is not feasible. All work is performed personally by the proprietor as a climbing arborist (grimpeur élagueur / arboriste grimpeur) using rope techniques within the tree canopy rather than mechanical lifts; the firm holds no proprietary technology and operates no equipment fleet beyond standard arborist gear.

The business runs on a direct-to-consumer, per-project service model with one-time fees quoted individually to residential property owners and land managers. There are no employees, no subcontractors, no distribution partners, and no institutional investment; the only marketing asset is a personal blog (elagage64.blogspot.com) documenting methods and completed projects. Sylvain Meunier also works as a shepherd in alpine pastures during summer, which functions as a structural constraint on billable capacity. The company relocated from the Pyrénées to Bresse in 2013 and has operated from the same Romenay address since. Note: the firmographics record listing 169 employees is inconsistent with every other source, which unanimously describe a solo micro-enterprise; the operating reality is a one-person business.

Name

Elagage

Legal name

Sylvain Meunier

Website

https://elagage64.blogspot.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Sylvain Meunier Élagage is a French sole-proprietor arborist business in Romenay (Bresse, Bourgogne) where certified climber Sylvain Meunier personally delivers tree pruning, classic felling, and delicate dismantling services to residential property owners on a per-project basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Arborist and tree care services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Tree Pruning & Crown Management (HSAIADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Tree Removal & Dismantling (HSAIADAB)

Keywords

• Tree pruning services
• Tree felling services
• Arborist climber services
• Tree dismantling services
• Residential tree care

Headquarters

HQ city

Romenay

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tree Pruning and Felling Services: One-time service fees for tree pruning, classic tree felling, and delicate dismantling felling operations. Services are provided on a per-project basis to residential property owners and land managers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Sylvain Meunier Élagage is a solo arborist climber business that provides manual tree care services — tree pruning (taille d'arbres), classic tree felling (abattages classiques), and delicate dismantling felling (abattages délicats par démontage) — performed on ropes in the tree canopy for residential property owners and land managers in the Bresse region around Romenay, France.

Product overview

Sylvain Meunier Élagage is a sole-proprietor arborist business offering manual tree care services. The business provides three interconnected tree work services: tree pruning/trimming (taille d'arbres), classic tree felling (abattages classiques), and delicate tree dismantling (abattages délicats par démontage). The proprietor operates as a climbing arborist (grimpeur élagueur/arboriste grimpeur), performing work from ropes within the tree canopy rather than using mechanical lifts. Services are offered primarily in the Bresse region around Romenay, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tree Pruning / Trimming (Taille d'arbres) Professional tree pruning and trimming performed by a climbing arborist working from ropes in the tree canopy, for residential property owners and land managers in the Bresse region.
• Classic Tree Felling (Abattages classiques) Standard tree felling and removal using conventional methods, delivered on-site for residential properties and small landholdings in the Bresse region.
• Delicate Dismantling Felling (Abattages délicats par démontage) Section-by-section dismantling tree removal technique used for delicate or difficult situations where conventional felling is not feasible, to protect surrounding structures and landscape.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Office National des Forêts (ONF): French state forestry operator managing public forests and providing tree care, felling, and arborist services across France. Comparable because it delivers the same core tree work as Elagage (pruning, felling, dismantling) but at a national, institutional scale and primarily on public land rather than residential property.
• Davey Tree Expert Company: Large North American tree and landscape services firm offering residential and commercial tree pruning, removal, and arborist consulting. Comparable because it provides the same residential tree care services as Elagage, but with a national footprint and ISA-certified arborist staffing model.
• Bartlett Tree Experts: Major international tree care company with certified arborists performing pruning, removal, and plant health care for residential and commercial clients. Comparable because its core service offering mirrors Elagage's pruning and removal work, though it operates as a multi-branch, multi-arborist organization rather than a solo climber.
• Idverde: Largest European provider of green space and tree care services, offering arborist work, pruning, and felling at industrial scale across multiple countries. Comparable because it offers the same core arborist services (pruning, felling, dismantling) but as part of a much broader portfolio and at a far larger scale than a solo operator.

Others

• Botanic: French garden center chain selling plants, gardening equipment, and related outdoor services to residential customers. Comparable as an adjacent player in the French residential green-services market, though its focus is retail horticulture rather than on-site arborist work.
• Truffaut: Established French garden center chain offering plants, outdoor equipment, and garden maintenance services to homeowners. Comparable as a French residential green-services brand addressing overlapping customer demand, though Truffaut's primary model is retail rather than arborist field service.
• Jardiland: Major French garden and outdoor living retailer serving the same residential customer base as Elagage with plants, equipment, and seasonal garden services. Comparable as a French consumer-facing green-services brand, though its delivery model is retail rather than on-site tree care.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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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