ESAT SIMONIERE

What ESAT SIMONIERE does

ESAT La Simoni\u00e8re is a French sheltered workshop (Établissement et Service d'Accompagnement par le Travail) established in 1982 and managed by the non-profit Association La Bret\u00e8che, headquartered in Saint-Symphorien, Ille-et-Vilaine, approximately 25 km north of Rennes. It employs roughly 100 disabled workers organized in teams of 6–15, supervised by 23 management and support staff including 10 workshop monitors, and operates a Section Annexe for workers who can no longer continue in active professional activity due to age or pathology. Its social mission is to provide vocational rehabilitation and workforce integration for people with disabilities.

The establishment runs six commercial workshops: a Pépinière (plant nursery) with 30+ years of expertise in trees, shrubs, perennials, and rare collectible plants; Espaces Verts (green space creation and maintenance); Vente de Volailles (free-range poultry sales including the regionally unique "cou nu blancs à pattes bleues" chicken, guinea fowl, and turkeys, plus processed products like rillettes and terrines); a CEE-approved Abattoir de Volailles (slaughterhouse); Sous-traitance (industrial subcontracting — packaging, assembly, labeling, sorting, weighing, electrical assembly); and Prestation de Services (personnel provision for gardens, industrial sites, and private premises). The core "technology" is agricultural and manual labor supported by the workers and monitors; no proprietary software, API, or digital platform is disclosed.

ESAT La Simoni\u00e8re generates revenue through one-time sales (plants, poultry, ready-to-cook and live birds) and per-transaction service fees (slaughter, green space work, subcontracting). Customers fall into four segments — individuals (particuliers), private businesses (entreprises), local governments (collectivités), and employee committees (CE) — and benefit from regulated fiscal advantages: a 50% income-tax deduction for individuals under the Service à la Personne regime and AGEFIPH-related tax reductions for businesses engaging disabled workers. Distribution is primarily direct via the on-site nursery/farm shop (Tuesday–Saturday, with summer Saturday closures), phone and contact-form ordering, and on-site service delivery across the Brittany region. Marketing is limited to organic social media (Instagram, Facebook) and a basic website; no paid acquisition is detected.

Name

ESAT SIMONIERE

Legal name

Association La Bretèche

Website

https://esatsimoniere.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ESAT La Simoni\u00e8re is a French sheltered workshop near Rennes employing roughly 100 disabled workers across six workshops — nursery, green spaces, poultry farming, CEE-approved slaughterhouse, industrial subcontracting, and personnel provision — serving individuals, businesses, local governments, and employee committees with tax-advantaged services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sheltered Workshop / Vocational Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG), Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

Keywords

• Sheltered workshop services
• Plant nursery sales
• Green space maintenance
• Free-range poultry farming
• Industrial subcontracting

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-Symphorien

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Plant & Nursery Sales: Sale of trees, shrubs, perennials, fruit trees, climbing plants, vegetable seeds, soil amendments, mulch, tools, and garden supplies to individuals and professionals. Phone ordering available.
2. Poultry Sales: Sale of free-range poultry (chickens, guinea fowl, turkeys) raised on farm cereals. Products sold ready-to-cook or alive. Delivery possible. Pre-order system by Monday for Wednesday pickup.
3. Slaughterhouse Services: CEE-approved poultry slaughterhouse providing processing services to professionals and individuals. Quality and hygiene compliant with European standards.
4. Subcontracting Services: Industrial subcontracting work including packaging, assembly, labeling, sorting, and weighing. Services provided to businesses with AGEFIPH tax benefit for employers.
5. Green Space Services: Creation and maintenance of gardens and green spaces. Service à la Personne approved, allowing 50% tax deduction for individuals. Also serves businesses and local governments.
6. Personnel Provision Services: Provision of disabled workers for simple maintenance tasks (gardens, industrial and private premises). Tax advantages for individuals (fiscal benefits) and companies (AGEFIPH reduction).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ESAT La Simonière is a French sheltered workshop (Établissement et Service d'Accompagnement par le Travail) that employs approximately 100 disabled workers across six service divisions: a plant nursery (Pépinière), green space creation and maintenance (Espaces Verts), free-range poultry sales (Vente de Volailles), a CEE-approved poultry slaughterhouse (Abattoir de Volailles), industrial subcontracting (Sous-traitance), and personnel provision services (Prestation de Services). The organization's dual purpose is to provide meaningful vocational rehabilitation for people with disabilities while delivering commercial services to individuals, businesses, and local authorities in the Ille-et-Vilaine / Bretagne region.

Product overview

ESAT La Simonière is a sheltered workshop (Établissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail) providing vocational rehabilitation and work integration for people with disabilities. The organization operates multiple service divisions: a Pépinière (nursery) selling plants, trees, and garden supplies; Espaces Verts (green spaces) offering garden creation and maintenance; Vente de Volailles (poultry sales) of free-range chickens, guinea fowl, and turkeys; an Abattoir de Volailles (poultry slaughterhouse) with CEE approval; Sous-traitance (subcontracting) for packaging and assembly operations; and Prestation de Services (service provision) placing workers for cleaning and maintenance tasks. The portfolio comprises six distinct service offerings delivered through physical workshops and on-site client locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pépinière (Plant Nursery)

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% tax deduction on home services labor costs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• AFPA: France's national vocational-training agency; adjacent to the ESAT vocational-rehabilitation mission and a common referral pathway, though it focuses on training rather than sheltered-employment production.

Others

• AGEFIPH: Funds disability-employment initiatives and collects the employer contribution that underpins the AGEFIPH tax advantage ESAT La Simonière offers its enterprise clients; central to the regulatory economics of the ESAT model.
• Réseau GESAT: National network and B2B catalog that aggregates ESAT and Entreprise Adaptée offerings for enterprise buyers — comparable institutional infrastructure channeling subcontracting and personnel-provision demand to operators like ESAT La Simonière.
• OETH: Manages the mandatory employment contribution for blind and severely visually impaired workers in France; analogous institutional role to AGEFIPH and a key policy/funding counterpart for sheltered-employment operators.
• Cap Emploi: France's specialized vocational-rehabilitation placement service for people with disabilities; complementary rather than competing — it sources candidates who can transition into ESATs like La Simonière and adjacent work-inclusion structures.

Broad incumbents

• UNAPEI: National federation of associations supporting people with intellectual disabilities; its member associations operate ESATs and similar work-inclusion workshops across France, sharing the same regulatory and funding regime as ESAT La Simonière.
• APF France Handicap: Major French federation running ESATs, enterprises, and disability-services programs nationwide; broader scope than ESAT La Simonière but operates the same sheltered-employment model with the same AGEFIPH-aligned economics.

Direct peers

• ADAPEI 35: Departmental association in Ille-et-Vilaine that operates multiple ESATs and similar sheltered-employment services for people with intellectual disabilities — directly comparable as a same-region ESAT operator with the same regulatory and funding framework.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/P%C3%A9pini%C3%A8re-La-Simoni%C3%A8re-110836772859617
• Instagraminstagram.com/pepinierelasimoniere
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/esat-simoniere

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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