EPF - Etablissement Public Foncier de la Vendée

What EPF - Etablissement Public Foncier de la Vendée does

EPF Vendée (Établissement Public Foncier de la Vendée) is a French public land establishment founded in 2009–2010 and headquartered in La Roche-sur-Yon, operating under French state law to support land acquisition, urban renewal, and brownfield reconquest for municipalities across the Vendée department in Pays de la Loire. The organization provides an integrated suite of land engineering services, including feasibility studies, land acquisition (with statutory preemptive rights and expropriation authority), demolition, and pollution remediation, alongside project management for ceding prepared sites to municipal operators. Its operational reach spans housing production (with a 20% social housing floor), town center revitalization, coastal climate adaptation, and economic land optimization.

Its business model is public-sector rather than commercial: revenue is generated through municipal service fees and government funding allocations rather than published pricing, with operational expenditure of €14.4M (2022) and €15.2M (2021) covering land acquisition, eviction compensation, studies, works, and holding costs. Approximately €5.6M in annual aid is mobilizable for municipal partners. The organization employs 13 staff, covers 35% of Vendée municipalities through convention agreements, and reports 856 potential housing units on acquired and ceded land in 2025. Strategic direction is set through multi-year Programmes Pluriannuels d'Intervention (PPI), with the PPI 2025–2029 currently in elaboration following the 2020–2024 cycle.

Distribution is direct-to-municipality with no intermediary channel structure, supported by Matinale engagement events for elected officials, an active website, and regulatory publications. The organization's competitive position rests on its statutory public-law authority (preemptive and expropriation rights), public capital that absorbs holding and remediation risk, and an ecosystem of engineering and demolition partners (AD Ingé, CTCV TP, GEOUEST, Groupe Colas, SPS85, ADILE, Foncière Metropolys). Leadership is documented as Thomas Welsh in the role of Directeur de la publication; broader governance operates through a board of directors and bureau under standard French public establishment structures.

Name

EPF - Etablissement Public Foncier de la Vendée

Legal name

Établissement Public Foncier de la Vendée

Website

https://epf-vendee.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EPF Vendée is a French public land establishment serving Vendée municipalities with land acquisition, demolition, pollution remediation, and urban renewal project management under a public-law mandate and government funding model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

La Roche-sur-Yon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal service fees and government funding: As a public land establishment, EPF Vendée generates revenue through service fees charged to municipalities for land acquisition, rehabilitation, and project management services, supplemented by government funding allocations. The organization supports housing production with approximately 5.6 million euros in potential aid annually.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EPF Vendée is a public land establishment that acquires, rehabilitates, and transfers land on behalf of Vendée municipalities. It conducts land resource and feasibility studies, executes land acquisitions using preemption and expropriation procedures, coordinates demolition works and pollution remediation, and runs operator consultations to enable housing production, town center revitalization, coastal climate adaptation, and optimization of economic land in the Vendée department.

Product overview

EPF Vendée is a public land development establishment that serves as a key player for territorial development in the Vendée region. It provides land engineering services, funding mechanisms, and a network of partners to enable complex and costly projects within urban areas. Its services include land acquisition, demolition and pollution management, feasibility studies, and consultation services for operators. The organization operates through conventions with municipalities, land acquisition and ceding, and construction work coordination. As a public institution focused on urban renewal and housing production rather than a commercial product company, no discrete branded products or software modules are offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Études de gisement foncier et étude de faisabilité

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ADILE de la VendéecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 April 2026ADILE de la Vendée (Agency for Housing Information and Counseling) provides housing market data through its observatory to help EPF analyze territorial dynamics. Partnered at the April 2026 Matinale event to present housing market intelligence supporting municipal planning.
• Foncière MetropolyscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 April 2026Real estate foncière providing support for town center commerce projects. Presented at the April 2026 Matinale as a partner offering complementary financing solutions for commercial redevelopment in village centers.
• CTCV TPminorOthersConstruction company engaged for demolition work at the Moulin de Conchette project in Jard-sur-Mer.
• GEOUESTminorOthersEngineering firm providing project management for the Moulin de Conchette demolition project in Jard-sur-Mer.
• SPS85minorOthersSafety and health protection coordination for construction sites in Vendée, supporting EPF projects.
• AD IngéminorOthersEngineering bureau working on the Planty-Gobin/Champs de Foire urban renewal project in Aizenay.
• Groupe ColasminorOthersConstruction group (Gadais agency) engaged for deconstruction work in Aizenay municipality.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EPF de l'État (National network): Federating body of France's regional Établissements Publics Fonciers. While not a direct operational peer, it sets strategic direction, coordination frameworks, and PPI methodology that EPF Vendée follows, making it the closest institutional comparator for governance and policy alignment.

Direct peers

• EPF Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Sister EPF in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region executing the same land engineering, brownfield reconquest, and convention-based service model for its member municipalities. Directly comparable as a regional EPF counterpart.
• EPF Hauts-de-France: Public land establishment in northern France, directly comparable as a regional EPF engaged in land acquisition, demolition/depollution, and urban renewal for its constituent municipalities.
• EPF Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Public land establishment serving the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, including geographic overlap with the broader Pays de la Loire area near Vendée. Shares the same French EPF institutional model, land banking mandate, and convention-based engagement with municipalities.
• EPF Bretagne: Public land establishment for Brittany, sharing the same French EPF mandate, regulatory powers (preemption, expropriation), and municipal service model. Geographically adjacent to Vendée, serving a similar Atlantic-coastal clientele.
• EPF Grand Est: Sister EPF in the Grand Est region with identical institutional structure and service offering (études, acquisitions, travaux, consultation). Comparable as a regional EPF executing the same brownfield/urban renewal mandate.
• EPF Normandie: Public land establishment for Normandy operating under the same national EPF framework as EPF Vendée. Direct peer for land banking, decontamination, and convention-based municipal engagement.
• EPF Île-de-France: Public land establishment serving the Île-de-France region with the same acquisition, remediation, and ceding mandate as EPF Vendée. Sister EPF under the French national EPF network; directly comparable business model, regulatory moat, and public-mandate structure, only operating in a much larger and denser region.
• EPF PACA: Public land establishment serving the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region under the same national EPF framework. Comparable mandate for land acquisition, decontamination, demolition, and housing production; differs mainly by operating in a Mediterranean coastal context.
• EPF Occitanie: Sister EPF in southern France delivering the same land acquisition, demolition, pollution management, and operator consultation services under the national EPF network. Comparable as a regional peer in the same institutional family.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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