GABELLA

What GABELLA does

GABELLA is a privately held French construction and civil engineering company headquartered in Sedan (Rue de Mirbritz, 08200) with a second agency in Dugny-sur-Meuse. Founded in the 1920s by the GABELLA family, the firm was acquired on 1 June 2018 by François Fetus and Jean Sébastien Ducoffre and is now co-led with Yohan Louis, who joined as an associate in October 2021. The company delivers integrated BTP services — VRD and terrassement, demolition and rehabilitation, civil engineering (including micropieux and work in occupied industrial environments), new construction (industrial, tertiary, collective housing), and ouvrages d'art — and operates the GSO (Gabella Second Œuvre) subsidiary for masonry, plastering, painting, and tiling. Notable references include the Hermès leather workshop in Ardennes, the IBIS hotel in Arlon (Belgium), ESID de Metz military facilities, a NETTO supermarket, the Fondation François Sommer research centre, and AST2M industrial extensions.

The firm's competitive position rests on a vertically integrated production stack: an owned equipment fleet (terrassement machinery, trucks, compaction equipment, Bomag asphalt finisher), an internal mechanical workshop, an internal geometer with a robotized station, in-house concrete prefabrication for bridges and foundations, and a proprietary debris recycling platform used as sub-base material. These assets are supported by QUALIBAT, Canalisateur de France, RGE, and Carte Professionnelle certifications, which prequalify the firm for French public tenders and energy-efficiency work. GABELLA employs 80–90+ collaborators and executes the majority of projects within a 1h30 radius of its two agencies across the Ardennes, Marne, and Meuse departments, with active cross-border delivery into Belgium and Luxembourg.

GABELLA monetises through project-based, one-time construction contracts awarded via direct enterprise sales and public procurement tenders, serving three customer segments: private-sector enterprises (industrial, retail, luxury, hospitality), public authorities (municipalities, departments, defense), and individual clients. Pricing is project-specific and not publicly disclosed. Marketing is principally digital and referral-driven — the corporate website gabella.fr, LinkedIn, Facebook, and X/Twitter — with conversion handled via direct phone (03 24 27 06 35) and email ([email protected]). The GTM motion is enterprise field sales managed by conductors de travaux and responsables de chantiers within the defined geographic radius. No external funding, M&A activity, or revenue figures are disclosed in available sources.

Name

GABELLA

Legal name

GABELLA

Website

https://gabella.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1920

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GABELLA is a French construction and civil engineering firm in Sedan, founded in the 1920s and under new management since 2018, delivering VRD, demolition, civil engineering, new build, and ouvrages d'art services to private, public, and individual clients across the Ardennes, Marne, Meuse, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Services

NAICS

Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237990), Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237), Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Modular/Offsite General Contracting & Installation (IMAFAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Geotechnical Design, Engineering & Consulting (Analysis, Design, Peer Review) (IMAFAOAK), Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Construction services
• Civil engineering
• Road construction
• Building rehabilitation
• Earthwork services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sedan, Grand Est

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction and Civil Engineering Services: Project-based one-time fees for construction, civil engineering, VRD, demolition, and rehabilitation services serving private, public, and individual clients. Revenue generated through direct contracts and public tenders.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GABELLA is a professional and versatile construction company (BTP) specializing in structural work (gros œuvre), road work and diverse networks (VRD), civil engineering (génie civil), new construction, demolition/rehabilitation, and ouvrages d'art (bridges and art structures). The company executes projects involving terrassement, earthwork, concrete foundations, micropieux, structural reinforcement, and infrastructure works for private companies, public authorities, and individual clients across the Ardennes, Marne, Meuse, Belgium, and Luxembourg regions, supported by its own equipment fleet, internal mechanical workshop, internal geometer, concrete prefabrication, and asphalt production capabilities.

Product overview

GABELLA is a professional, versatile construction company (BTP) specializing in structural work (gros œuvre), VRD (road work and diverse networks), civil engineering, demolition/rehabilitation, and new construction. The company operates through two main entities: the core GABELLA brand providing primary construction services (VRD-Terrassement, Démolition-Réhabilitation, Génie civil, Construction neuve, Ouvrages d'art) and GSO (Gabella Second Œuvre), a dedicated second work division offering masonry, plastering, painting, and tiling. The company serves private, public, and individual clients across Ardennes, Marne, Meuse, Belgium, and Luxembourg with over 90 collaborators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GSO (Gabella Second Œuvre): Activité dédiée au second œuvre incluant maçonnerie, plâtrerie, peinture et carrelage, pensés dans la continuité de l'exigence chantier de Gabella.

Products and services

• VRD - Terrassement Road work (Voirie et Réseaux Divers) and earthwork services including terrassement, borduration, VRD implementation, and diverse networks/canalizations. Includes an internal geometer with robotized station for topographic surveys, an owned equipment fleet, and an internal mechanical workshop. Serves private, public, and individual clients in the Ardennes, Marne, Meuse, Belgium, and Luxembourg regions.
• Démolition / Réhabilitation Demolition and rehabilitation services including facade reinforcement (confortement de façade), renovation of old buildings (rénovation du bâti ancien), and extensions. Includes deconstruction, waste sorting, and waste recovery on a proprietary debris recycling platform. Serves private, public, and individual clients across the Ardennes, Marne, Meuse, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
• Génie civil Civil engineering services including structural reinforcement (reprise en sous-oeuvre), weighbridge construction (pont à bascule), retaining walls (mur de soutènement), and work in occupied industrial environments. Partners with external concrete engineering studies for methods and execution plans. Serves private, public, and industrial clients in the Grand-Est region.
• Construction neuve New construction services covering industrial buildings (bâtiment industriel), tertiary buildings, and collective/individual housing. Features synergy between structural work (gros œuvre) and VRD, with internal geometer for site plans and implementation. Serves industrial, commercial, residential, and individual clients.
• Ouvrages d'art Art structures and bridge construction/repair services including bridge-frame structures, reinforced concrete works, and various repair interventions. Demonstrated on projects such as the three Tours AFS (39 micropieux, 640m³ concrete, 20T steel) and Maroquinerie des Ardennes / Hermès workshop (155 piles, 6750m² flooring).
• GSO (Gabella Second Œuvre) Second work division offering masonry (maçonnerie), plastering (plâtrerie), painting (peinture), and tiling (carrelage) services. Completes the group's integrated approach with coordinated finishing trades from technical treatment to visible finishes. Operates from 5 rue Mirbritz, Sedan, and coordinates with external electrical partners for specialized trade work.

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Electrical Partners (unspecified)minorOthersGabella Second Œuvre coordinates with external electrical partners for projects like the EKABE industrial renovation, where specialized electrical work is outsourced while GABELLA manages masonry, plastering, painting, and tiling.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NGE (Nouvelles Générations d'Entrepreneurs): French multi-trade general contractor with comparable regional operations across VRD, civil engineering, and building construction. Closely aligned multi-trade model (gros œuvre, VRD, earthworks) and similar mid-market positioning make it the most direct comparable.
• GCC (Générale de Construction et de Carrières): French regional contractor with activities in building construction, civil engineering, and aggregates/production. Comparable vertically integrated model (own materials + contracting) and regional footprint.
• Demathieu Bard: French regional general contractor active in building, civil engineering, and infrastructure, including heritage and complex projects. Direct peer for general contracting and civil engineering work in French regional markets.
• Spie Batignolles: Mid-sized French general contractor covering construction, civil engineering, and energy infrastructure. Comparable multi-trade profile and similar enterprise/institutional client base to GABELLA.
• Leon Grosse: Independent French general contractor with regional roots and multi-trade capabilities (construction, civil engineering, rehabilitation). Comparable in size, geographic posture, and multi-trade offering to GABELLA.

Broad incumbents

• Colas: World leader in road construction and maintenance with civil engineering capabilities. Overlaps with GABELLA's VRD-terrassement and heavy civil work, particularly for public infrastructure tenders.
• Bouygues Construction: Major French general contractor with building, civil engineering, and energy/infrastructure divisions. Far larger and national in scope, but competes for the same enterprise and public tenders GABELLA targets at the smaller end.
• Eiffage Construction: Large French construction operator with general contracting and civil engineering capabilities. National reach and scale dwarf GABELLA, but the underlying services overlap for industrial and public-sector clients.
• Fayat Group: French family-owned construction and public works group combining construction, civil engineering, and equipment manufacturing. Comparable vertically integrated positioning, though at much larger scale.
• Vinci Construction: One of the largest French construction groups, active in building, civil engineering, and infrastructure. Competes for the largest public tenders GABELLA cannot access directly.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/GABELLABTP
• Facebookfacebook.com/gabella08
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gabella

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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