What Espoir does

Espoir (legally ASSOCIATION ESPOIR, operating as Espoir 62) is a French Association loi 1901 non-profit headquartered in Hucqueliers, Pas-de-Calais, France. It is an association intermédiaire agréée par l'État, a regulated status that authorises the organisation to provide personalised accompaniment to job seekers (up to 24 months under PASS IAE delivered by France Travail) and to place those workers with end clients. The association operates four physical agencies across Pas-de-Calais (Hucqueliers, Berck-sur-Mer, Desvres, Hesdin-la-Forêt) and employed more than 450 unique workers in 2023, of which 240+ were dedicated to personal services (services à la personne) and 300+ served associations and collectivités.

The business is organised around three service lines plus a job-seeker accompaniment programme. (1) Services à la personne for individual households: house cleaning (from €11.42/hr post-tax credit as of 01/01/2026), gardening (€12.02/hr), and other personal services including childcare for children over 3, moving assistance, and minor repairs (€15.00/hr), with a 50% immediate reduction applied via the Urssaf Avance immédiate system; non-eligible trades such as painting and minor masonry are billed from €31.25/hr. (2) Personnel provision for associations and local authorities (collectivités): temporary replacements for absences, event staffing, facility maintenance, and administrative support, with full administrative management (contracts, social declarations, payroll) handled by Espoir. (3) Personnel provision for professionals and artisans: flexible staffing for production surges and absences across building, maintenance, production, administrative, delivery, agricultural, and gardening roles. (4) Accompagnement des demandeurs d'emploi: socio-professional support covering housing, health, and skills, plus qualifying training.

The revenue model is transactional hourly billing on three streams (services à la personne, collectivités/associations, professionals), supplemented by a €20 annual membership fee invoiced at first engagement. Espoir operates in a social-and-solidarity-economy (économie sociale et solidaire) framework, with partners including Opale Emploi, Opale Intérim (insertion temporary employment companies), France Travail (regulatory partner for PASS IAE delivery), and Mutualia (complementary health insurance). Technology stack is limited to digital document management and an online personal account/payment portal; no AI/ML, mobile app, or API surface is present in the data.

Name

Espoir

Legal name

ASSOCIATION ESPOIR

Website

https://espoir62.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Espoir is a French non-profit association intermédiaire agréée par l'État, headquartered in Pas-de-Calais, providing personal services (cleaning, gardening, childcare), staffing for collectivités and professionals, and job-seeker accompaniment under the IAE framework across four local agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Services & Temporary Staffing

NAICS

Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional Employer Organization (PEO) / Co-Employment Services (BPACAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Onboarding, Offboarding & Employee Lifecycle Administration (BPACAHAL)

Keywords

• Personal services staffing
• Household cleaning services
• Temporary staffing solutions
• Job seeker accompaniment
• Intermediate employment association

Headquarters

HQ city

Hucqueliers

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Personal services to individuals: Fees for household services including cleaning, gardening, and other personal services. Services qualify for 50% tax credit through Avance immédiate system. Revenue collected via CESU préfinancé, direct debit, or bank transfer.
2. Personnel provision to collectivités and associations: Staffing and personnel delegation services to local governments, associations, and public entities for temporary staffing needs, replacements, and activity peaks.
3. Personnel provision to professionals: Staffing services to businesses, artisans, and independent professionals for replacements and activity increases. Administrative management handled by the association (contracts, declarations, payroll).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Espoir is a state-approved intermediate association delivering personal services to individuals (house cleaning, gardening, childcare for children over 3, minor repairs, moving assistance) and personnel staffing/delegation to associations, local collectivities, and professionals. It also provides up to 24 months of personalized accompaniment to job seekers under the PASS IAE framework issued by France Travail. Services to individuals are eligible for the Urssaf Avance immédiate system, which delivers an immediate 50% tax credit on the invoice.

Product overview

Espoir operates as an association intermédiaire (intermediate employment association) offering a unified suite of personal and professional services. The core offering comprises three main service lines: (1) Services à la personne for individuals, providing house cleaning, gardening, and childcare; (2) Staffing solutions for associations and local government entities; and (3) Recruitment and temporary staffing for businesses. A complementary job seeker accompaniment program provides up to 24 months of personalized career support. The organization maintains four local agencies and employs over 240 staff members, leveraging the Urssaf Avance immédiate system to offer immediate 50% tax credit benefits to individual clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal services for individuals (Services à la personne pour les particuliers) Domestic services delivered to individual households, including house cleaning, gardening, childcare for children over 3 years, and household maintenance. Available on a regular or ad-hoc basis, with a 50% immediate cost reduction via the Urssaf Avance immédiate tax credit system.
• Staffing services for associations and collectivities (Prestations pour les associations et collectivités) Personnel recruitment and staffing services for associations and local government entities, covering temporary replacements, event staffing, facility maintenance, and administrative support. Includes full administrative management of contracts, payroll, and social declarations.
• Staffing services for professionals (Prestations pour les professionnels) Flexible recruitment solutions for businesses and artisans, providing temporary staffing for absences, seasonal increases, and project-based needs. Covers building workers, maintenance staff, production operators, administrative roles, delivery drivers, agricultural workers, and gardeners.
• Job-seeker accompaniment (Accompagnement des demandeurs d'emploi) Personalized support services for job seekers including career guidance, social assistance (housing, health, skills development), and qualifying training. Subject to PASS IAE approval from France Travail.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% immediate reduction in service costs through Avance immédiate tax credit system
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Opale EmploicoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrivileged partnership with Opale Emploi, an insertion temporary employment company. Opale Emploi is a key partner for connecting job seekers with employment opportunities and providing staffing services.
• Opale IntérimcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with Opale Intérim, an insertion temporary employment company, for staffing and employment placement services.
• MutualiaminorOthersHealth insurance partnership providing complementary health coverage to employees of the association.
• France TravailcoreOthersGovernment employment agency that delivers the PASS IAE (Permis d'Accompagnement Social et Professionnel IAE) required for job seeker accompaniment. Association works within the France Travail ecosystem.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Crit Intérim: French staffing company focused on temporary work and recruitment across multiple sectors. Comparable to Espoir's staffing-for-professionals segment with similar multi-sector coverage but operates as a commercial firm rather than an IAE-approved association.
• Synergie: French temporary staffing and recruitment firm with regional agency network comparable to Espoir's multi-agency model. Provides overlap with Espoir's staffing-for-professionals and associations/collectivités services, though Synergie operates commercially without the IAE/insertion mission.

Others

• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): French government employment agency that delivers PASS IAE authorizations required for Espoir's job seeker insertion program. Comparable ecosystem participant: France Travail is Espoir's primary source of eligible job seekers and a key institutional partner rather than a competitor, but defines the operating environment in which Espoir operates.
• Coorace (now part of ESS France): Former French federation representing associations intermédiaires, enterprises d'insertion, and other social economy organizations providing employment reintegration services. Comparable at the federation/mission level to Espoir's IAE positioning, though not a direct operational peer.

Broad incumbents

• Manpower France: Major French temporary staffing and recruitment firm serving businesses and institutions. Comparable in offering staffing solutions to professionnels and collectivités, but operates as a commercial incumbent versus Espoir's non-profit association intermédiaire model.
• Randstad France: Large French staffing and HR services firm with national coverage. Overlaps with Espoir's staffing-for-professionals offering and provides benchmark for unit economics in French temporary staffing, though at substantially larger scale.
• Adecco France: Global staffing leader's French operations, providing temporary staffing and workforce solutions across France. Comparable to Espoir's staffing-for-professionals and associations/collectivités service lines, though at much larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Direct peers

• UNA (Union Nationale de l'Aide, des Soins et des Services aux Domiciles): French federation representing home care and personal services associations. Comparable to Espoir in its non-profit association model delivering services à la personne, with similar reliance on the Avance immédiate system and French state regulatory framework for personal services.
• ADMR (Aide à Domicile en Milieu Rural): France's largest network of associations providing personal services to individuals in rural areas (cleaning, gardening, childcare). ADMR is the closest direct peer given its similar association-based model delivering services à la personne across multiple French regions, with comparable reliance on Avance immédiate tax credit and proximity-based agency networks.

Regional players

• Opale Emploi: Insertion temporary employment company (ETTI) operating in the same Hauts-de-France region as Espoir. Listed as Espoir's privileged channel partner for staffing services, but offers overlapping insertion-employment mission and serves similar client base in Pas-de-Calais.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 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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