Franceconcert

What Franceconcert does

Franceconcert is a French live entertainment company operating as Capitale Production SARL, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Maisons-Alfort, Île-de-France. The company functions as both a ticketing intermediary and an independent ballet producer: it distributes tickets to performances by internationally renowned companies including Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, La Scala de Milan, and Eifman Ballet, while simultaneously creating and retaining performance rights to its own original productions — Boléro (2016, after Ravel), Carmina Burana (2017, after Orff), and The Hoffmann Tales (2018, after Offenbach) — with choreography, staging, libretto, costumes and sets devised in-house by its artistic team. Geographic reach spans 15+ European countries across France (with regional sub-pages for Île-de-France, North, West, East, Center, Rhône Alpes, South-East, South-West), Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic, Spain, and Italy.

The core operational platform is a multi-region, multi-language (French/English) ticketing website backed by phone booking, email reservations, and venue box office sales, with tickets delivered electronically or by postal mail. Distribution is direct-to-consumer through regional landing pages optimised for geographic search, supported by an email newsletter, a dedicated corporate/group bookings service ("CE & Groupes"), and a related merchandise storefront (boutique.franceconcert.fr). The technical stack is light: no mobile app, no public API, no SDK, and no proprietary technology layer — the website runs on WordPress with regional URL parameters.

Revenue is generated almost entirely through ticket sales on a unit-pricing, pay-as-you-go basis, with prices starting at €5 for select performances and ranging up to €25+ for standard offerings, varying by show, venue, and seating category. The customer base is overwhelmingly individual consumers attending live ballet and concert performances, with a smaller secondary segment for corporate group bookings. The business is privately held with a €10,000 share capital, ~10 employees, and French entertainment operator licences (N°2 PLATESV-R-2022-006222 and N°3 PLATESV-R-2022-006223), indicating a lean, founder-managed operation with no disclosed institutional investment or external funding.

Name

Franceconcert

Legal name

Capitale Production SARL

Website

https://franceconcert.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Franceconcert is a French ticketing and live performance production company that distributes tickets for international ballet and concert productions across 15+ European countries and owns rights to original ballet productions including Boléro and Carmina Burana.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Entertainment

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities (711320), Dance Companies (711120)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Theater & Performing Arts Ticketing (HSACALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dance Performances (THAJAFAD), Concert & Tour Promoters (MPAIAFAA)

Keywords

• Live entertainment
• Ballet performances
• Classical concerts
• Performing arts
• Ticket distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Maisons-Alfort

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Primary revenue stream from selling tickets to live performances including ballet, concerts, and spectacles. Tickets are sold online, by phone, and at venues.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Franceconcert produces and distributes tickets for ballet, classical concert, and opera/spectacle performances across Europe, leveraging rights to its own original productions (notably Boléro, Carmina Burana, and Les Contes d'Hoffmann) and partnerships with major European opera houses and ballet companies (Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, La Scala de Milan, Eifman Ballet). The company sells tickets directly to individual consumers via its website and packages group/corporate entertainment bookings through a dedicated CE & Groupes service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Boléro – Tribute to Maurice Ravel: Franceconcert's own ballet production paying homage to Maurice Ravel, with choreography, staging, libretto, costumes and sets devised by Franceconcert's artistic team. First toured in 2016.
• Carmina Burana

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Rome Opera)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFranceconcert partners with the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma to present their ballet productions including Swan Lake, The Four Seasons, Carmen, and DIOR Habille les Nuits. The partnership involves presenting shows in France and internationally.
• Teatro alla Scala di Milano (La Scala de Milan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFranceconcert presents ballet productions from La Scala de Milan, one of the world's most prestigious opera houses. Shows like Swan Lake are presented through this partnership.
• Eifman Ballet (Boris Eifman)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFranceconcert presents Eifman Ballet's productions including Anna Karenina and Rodin. The St. Petersburg-based company is renowned for psychological ballet under choreographer Boris Eifman.
• Maria Biesu National OperaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Maria Biesu National Opera presents The Hoffmann Tales, a three-act ballet inspired by Jacques Offenbach's opera, produced in partnership with Franceconcert.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Headout: Mobile-first marketplace for tours, attractions, and live experiences expanding across Europe — comparable as a digital-native competitor targeting the same experiential live event consumer that Franceconcert serves.

Direct peers

• See Tickets: European ticketing provider for live music, festivals, theater, and family events — directly comparable to Franceconcert as a multi-country ticket distributor for live entertainment, with similar B2C and group booking channels.
• Encore Tickets: UK-based ticket agency specializing in theater, ballet, opera, and concert ticketing — closely comparable to Franceconcert's model of distributing performing arts tickets to consumers, though focused on the British market.
• Fever: Madrid-headquartered experiences and live events marketplace operating across Europe with a digital-first ticketing platform — directly comparable to Franceconcert as a promoter/distributor of live entertainment experiences rather than a venue operator.
• Stage Entertainment: Netherlands-based theatrical production company producing and distributing musicals and live shows across Europe — comparable to Franceconcert as a European producer/promoter of live stage content rather than a pure venue operator.

Broad incumbents

• Fnac Spectacles: Ticketing arm of French retail giant Fnac Darty, offering concert, theater, and spectacle tickets across France — a broad incumbent competitor in the same French-speaking performing arts ticketing space as Franceconcert.
• CTS Eventim: Germany-based leading European ticketing platform and live entertainment promoter with vertically integrated venue operations — comparable as a much larger incumbent in the same pan-European live event distribution category where Franceconcert competes.
• Ticketmaster (Live Nation Entertainment): Global ticketing and live entertainment giant — comparable as the dominant incumbent in primary ticketing for concerts, theater, and family events that Franceconcert competes against for consumer demand.
• Vivendi (Digitick / See Tickets parent): French media conglomerate owning ticketing and live entertainment assets including Digitick and See Tickets — a broad incumbent with overlapping distribution capabilities in the French and European performing arts market.

Regional players

• Olympia Production: French concert promoter and operator of the historic Olympia music hall in Paris — comparable as a France-based promoter of live performance, though it operates its own venue whereas Franceconcert distributes through third-party venues.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/franceconcertfr

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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