FFRS

What FFRS does

FFRS (Fédération Française de Roller & Skateboard) is the official French national sports federation governing 16+ roller and skateboard disciplines — including Roller Artistique, Roller Course, Roller Derby, Roller Freestyle, Rink Hockey, Roller Hockey, Skateboard, Mountainboard, and Trottinette — across a network of approximately 900 affiliated clubs in France. Operating as a private nonprofit headquartered in France, FFRS standardizes competition rules, certifies instructors (CQP Initiateur en sports à roulettes), licenses clubs and members, selects and manages the Équipe de France for international competition, and channels state subsidies (Projet Sportif Fédéral) back to clubs. Its insurance coverage for clubs and licensed members is delivered through a core partnership with MAIF.

The federation's product surface consists of interconnected member services rather than a single technology platform: a public Club Finder directory, a licensed-member intranet (Espace licencié), an e-commerce boutique (Boutique FFRS), a centralized competition calendar and results system, a training/certification program (Formation / CQP), a club quality label (LABEL FFRS), and a video-based remote-coaching initiative (VISIOCLUB). School-sports integration is delivered via UNSS and the Rouler Glisser program, while a Parasport section extends the federation's reach to adaptive athletes. The organization runs with a small central staff of approximately 17 employees.

FFRS's revenue model is not publicly disclosed but is structurally composed of club and member licensing fees, MAIF-related insurance partnership income, Ministry of Sport subsidies disbursed through the PSF program, training and certification revenues from the CQP program, and merchandise sales via its online boutique. The federation is governed independently, with no parent company and no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, or external equity. Its go-to-market operates exclusively through its 900-club domestic network and its own digital channels; it has no stated international commercial footprint.

Name

FFRS

Legal name

Fédération Française de Roller & Skateboard

Website

https://ffroller.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FFRS is the official French national sports federation governing 16+ roller and skateboard disciplines across approximately 900 affiliated clubs, providing licensing, competitions, training certifications, insurance via MAIF, and Équipe de France pathways to members across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

National Sports Federation Services

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162), Spectator Sports (71121)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Amateur Sport Governing Bodies & Federations (National/Regional) (MPAKACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sports Compliance, Governance & Integrity Services (Safeguarding, Anti-Doping, Match Integrity) (MPAKAKAM), Sports Officiating & Competition Management (MPAGAMAK)

Keywords

• Sports federation governance
• Roller sports clubs
• Skateboard federation
• Sports competition management
• Coaching certification programs

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

FFRS is the official French national sports federation governing 16+ roller and skateboard disciplines through a national network of 900 affiliated clubs. It provides standardized competition calendars, instructor training and certification (CQP), national team selection pathways (Équipe de France), club quality certification (LABEL FFRS), remote coaching (VISIOCLUB), federal funding (PSF), and insurance coverage through a partnership with MAIF.

Product overview

FFRS operates as a sports federation offering a platform of interconnected services for the roller and skateboard community across France. The core offering includes a club finder directory (Trouver un club) connecting users to 900 affiliated clubs, a member intranet (Espace licencié) for licensed members, an online store (Boutique FFRS), and competition management tools. Supporting services include the Formation training and certification program for instructors, the LABEL FFRS club quality certification, VISIOCLUB for remote coaching, and the Projet Sportif Fédéral (PSF) for club funding. The federation covers 15+ disciplines including Roller Artistique, Roller Course, Roller Derby, Skateboard, Rink Hockey, and others, serving both competitive athletes and recreational participants through its national network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trouver un club (Club Finder) An online directory service enabling users to locate the 900 roller and skateboard clubs affiliated with FFRS across France.
• Espace licencié (Member Intranet)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MAIFcoreOthersMAIF serves as the insurance partner for the FFRS federation, providing coverage for clubs and licensed members. The partnership is displayed on the federation website footer, indicating a formal insurance services relationship.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• British Roller Sports Federation: National governing body for roller sports in the United Kingdom. Comparable as a peer national federation operating in a different geography, with a similar multi-discipline portfolio (inline hockey, speed, artistic, derby) under one organizational umbrella.

Direct peers

• Fédération Française d'Athlétisme (FFA): French national federation for athletics with an analogous club affiliation, competition calendar, and Équipe de France structure. Comparable as a multi-discipline national federation operating under the same French sport governance framework as FFRS.
• Fédération Française de Hockey sur Glace (FFHG): French national federation for ice hockey. Comparable to FFRS in covering a specialty wheeled/skated discipline (Rink Hockey) under its umbrella, and in operating an affiliated club network with federal competition scheduling.
• Fédération Française de Natation (FFN): French national federation governing swimming, water polo, diving, and related aquatic disciplines. Comparable to FFRS in governing multiple sub-disciplines through an affiliated club network with instructor certification and federal competition management.
• Fédération Française de Ski (FFS): French national federation overseeing multiple disciplines (alpine, Nordic, freestyle, etc.) across a regional club network. Comparable to FFRS's multi-discipline model with club-based distribution, instructor certifications, and PSF-style federal funding.
• Fédération Française de Basket-Ball (FFBB): French national sports federation governing basketball through a nationwide club network. Comparable to FFRS in governance model, club affiliation structure, federal subsidy administration, and reliance on grassroots-to-elite competition pathways.
• Fédération Française de Cyclisme (FFC): French national federation for cycling disciplines (road, track, BMX, etc.). Comparable to FFRS as a national federation managing multiple wheel/board-based disciplines with affiliated clubs, federal competitions, and instructor training programs.

Broad incumbents

• World Skate: International governing body for roller sports and skateboarding recognized by the IOC. Directly comparable as the parent international federation whose rules and discipline categories FFRS implements at the national level in France.
• USA Skateboarding: U.S. national governing body for skateboarding as a stand-alone federation. Comparable as a national governing body for a discipline that sits within FFRS's portfolio, illustrating the international pattern of skateboard-specific governance structures.

Others

• Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (CNOSF): Umbrella organization representing the French Olympic movement that federates and funds national sports federations including FFRS. Comparable as the ecosystem-level counterpart that channels government subsidies and sets shared governance standards.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FFRollerSkate
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/FFRollerSkating
• Facebookfacebook.com/FF.RollerSkateboard
• Instagraminstagram.com/ffrollerskateboard
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ffrs

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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