ETAPE AUVERGNE

What ETAPE AUVERGNE does

ETAPE AUVERGNE is an 'entreprise adaptée' (French sheltered workshop adapted enterprise) operating as a registered non-profit association under French law (Association déclarée, SIRET 50753926000012), headquartered at 2 route de Chaumont, Vergongheon (Haute-Loire), with industrial facilities ETAPE 43 and ETAPE 63 spanning 23,000 m² across the Auvergne region. Founded around 1990, the company employs 220 collaborators, of whom 78% are in situations of disability, and it leverages this status to offer enterprise clients an OETH contribution reduction of up to 75% (for companies meeting the 3% disability employment threshold) on outsourced industrial services.

The company runs six integrated service lines from shared industrial sites: industrial laundry (ISO 9001, ECOLABEL, 180 tonnes/year), industrial sewing and workwear manufacturing (Vector cutting tables with Lectra Modaris CAD), embroidery (TAJIMA 8-head machine), collective catering (HACCP, 1,500 meals/day), industrial logistics and warehousing (5,000 m² of storage, 3 loading docks), and industrial painting with surface treatment (24 m² sandblasting cabin, work up to 6-meter metal pieces). Service delivery is direct, with pickup-and-delivery operations covering the Auvergne region up to Bordeaux and contact handled through phone, email, and website form.

Its go-to-market is sales-led and direct: outreach targets private enterprises (SMEs through international groups), public organizations, and individual consumers (the latter benefiting from a 50% tax deduction on meal delivery). Named enterprise customers include Valéo, Enedis, GRDF, Trelleborg, the French Ministry of Defence, SNOP, Eurolinks-SIPR, and Polyrey, supplemented by non-profit, education, and industrial manufacturing accounts. Revenue is generated via project-based work, recurring laundry and catering contracts, and managed logistics services; pricing is not publicly disclosed. As an association, ETAPE AUVERGNE does not raise venture capital and does not have a parent company, with governance oriented to the social mission rather than investor returns.

Name

ETAPE AUVERGNE

Legal name

ETAPE AUVERGNE

Website

https://etapeauvergne.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ETAPE AUVERGNE is a French 'entreprise adaptée' non-profit that delivers outsourced industrial services — laundry, workwear manufacturing, embroidery, catering, logistics, and industrial painting — to enterprises, public bodies, and individuals, employing 220 people of whom 78% have disabilities and leveraging OETH tax benefits for clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vergongheon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Laundry Services: Laundry and linen management services including industrial cleaning, rental-maintenance of flat linen and work clothing. Processing 180 tonnes of linen per year with pickup and delivery service across Auvergne.
2. Industrial Sewing and Manufacturing: Custom manufacturing of professional clothing, protective workwear, and textile accessories. Includes embroidery personalization services.
3. Logistics and Storage Services: Complete logistics management including reception, storage, order preparation, and shipping of goods. 5,000 m² storage facilities with loading docks.
4. Industrial Painting Services: Surface preparation (sandblasting, chemical stripping, degreasing) and industrial painting (thermolacquer, liquid paint) for metal pieces up to 6 meters.
5. Collective Catering: Meal preparation and delivery service producing 1,500 meals per day for companies, schools, and individuals. Includes catering for events.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ETAPE AUVERGNE is an "Entreprise Adaptée" (sheltered employment organization) operating as an industrial subcontracting platform that delivers laundry, collective catering, logistics/warehousing, industrial painting, industrial sewing, and embroidery services. The organization employs 220 staff, of whom 78% are workers with disabilities, and runs operations from 23,000 m² of industrial facilities in Vergongheon, Haute-Loire, structured across two entities: ETAPE 43 and ETAPE 63.

Product overview

ETAPE AUVERGNE is an adapted enterprise (social enterprise employing people with disabilities) offering an integrated portfolio of industrial services. The company operates six interconnected service lines: Blanchisserie (industrial laundry), Confection Industrielle (workwear manufacturing), Broderie (embroidery), Restauration Collective et Traiteur (catering), Logistique et Stockage (logistics), and Peinture Industrielle (industrial painting). All services leverage the company's 35 years of industrial expertise, ISO 9001 certification, and 23,000 m² of industrial facilities to deliver both B2B and B2C solutions. The company operates ETAPE 43 and ETAPE 63 industrial sites in Puy-de-Dôme and Haute-Loire, central France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Blanchisserie industrielle (Industrial Laundry)

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% OETH contribution reduction (up to 75% for companies with ≥3% disability employment rate)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Geodis: French global logistics and supply-chain operator (SNCF subsidiary). Comparable to ETAPE AUVERGNE's 5,000 m² logistics, storage, picking, and e-commerce fulfillment offering, but with vastly larger national/international footprint and enterprise customer base.
• Onet: French family-owned industrial-services and facilities-management group. Comparable across ETAPE AUVERGNE's cleaning, logistics, and industrial-services lines, but operating nationally across cleaning, security, and logistics rather than as a sheltered/adapted enterprise.
• Sodexo: Global French facilities-management and contract-catering group. Comparable to ETAPE AUVERGNE's collective catering (1,500 meals/day) and facilities-adjacent industrial services, but operating globally across food services, benefits, and property management rather than as a specialized adapted enterprise.
• Derichebourg: French multi-service industrial and environmental services group. Comparable to ETAPE AUVERGNE's industrial painting and surface treatment (sandblasting, thermolacquer, liquid paint) plus broader industrial-services offering, but operating at national scale with environmental services as a major business line.
• Atalian: French multinational facilities-services group covering cleaning, maintenance, security, and energy management. Comparable to ETAPE AUVERGNE's multi-service industrial-services bundle, but operating internationally with general-market labor rather than under an adapted-enterprise model.
• Elior Group: Major French contract catering and multiservice group. Direct overlap with ETAPE AUVERGNE's catering segment serving schools, healthcare, and businesses, but at substantially larger national/international scale with a much broader service portfolio.

Direct peers

• ID Logistics: French-headquartered international contract logistics specialist. Comparable to ETAPE AUVERGNE's industrial warehousing, picking, and e-commerce fulfillment offering, but serving large enterprise customers across multiple countries.
• Elis: French-headquartered European leader in flat-linen rental and laundry services for B2B customers. Directly comparable to ETAPE AUVERGNE's laundry segment, both targeting enterprises with recurring rental-maintenance of workwear and flat linen, though at much greater national and European scale.
• API Restauration: French contract-catering company (subsidiary of Elior) serving schools, healthcare, and corporate clients. Direct overlap with ETAPE AUVERGNE's 1,500 meals/day catering operation, but at much larger scale and broader geographic reach across France.
• Heppner: French independent logistics and freight-forwarding company with national network. Comparable to ETAPE AUVERGNE's regional logistics, storage, and order-fulfillment services, but Heppner operates a national/international forwarding network rather than a single-region adapted-enterprise facility.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/etape-auvergne-43-63

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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