Comité Régional Handisport Pays de la Loire

What Comité Régional Handisport Pays de la Loire does

The Comité Régional Handisport Pays de la Loire is a French regional non-profit sports association founded in 1981 and headquartered at the Maison des Sports Alice Milliat in Nantes. It is the official regional arm of the Fédération Française Handisport (FFH) for the Pays de la Loire territory, coordinating five departmental committees (Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe, Vendé) and a network of approximately 84 affiliated clubs serving around 13,000 licensed athletes with motor or sensory disabilities.

The committee delivers a comprehensive portfolio of 20+ adapted sports disciplines organised into five families: collective sports (wheelchair basketball, cécifoot, goalball, wheelchair rugby), measurable sports (athletics, cycling, powerlifting, swimming), precision sports (boccia, bowling, sarbacane, shooting), opposition sports (showdown, table tennis), and nature sports (adapted hiking). Beyond sport practice, it runs a talent-development pipeline (Groupe Espoir Régional and Soutien Haut Niveau) supporting 18 ministerial-listed high-level athletes, an adapted-equipment lending service (wheelchairs, handbikes, joëlettes, boccia sets, blind-sports kits), and three tiers of corporate sensitization packages (Bronze, Argent, Or) sold to companies for inclusion and team-building workshops.

Revenue is generated through licensing and membership fees from approximately 13,000 athletes, equipment rental at €10–€65 per item, ticket-based events (e.g., €15 youth basketball stages, €25/€12 nature days), and corporate workshop prestations priced on request. The organization is supported by institutional partners (Région Pays de la Loire, Ministère des Sports) and a concentrated core of corporate sponsors including Société Générale, Harmonie Mutuelle, Décathlon, and the Ligue de Football des Pays de la Loire. Day-to-day operations are run on a small permanent team of two-to-three staff, a network of five departmental development officers, and a structured volunteer programme coordinated by a dedicated referent.

Name

Comité Régional Handisport Pays de la Loire

Legal name

Comité Régional Handisport Pays de la Loire

Website

https://handisportpaysdelaloire8.odoo.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Comité Régional Handisport Pays de la Loire is a French regional non-profit that coordinates adapted sports for approximately 13,000 athletes with disabilities across five departments, delivering 20+ disciplines, equipment rental, talent development, and corporate sensitization packages under the Fédération Française Handisport.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Adapted (Disabled) Sports Services

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Other Spectator Sports (711219)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability & Adaptive Sport Governing Bodies (Paralympic & Sport-Specific) (MPAKAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Adaptive & Para-Sport Event Organizers (MPAKADAM), Regional/Continental Confederations & Associations (MPAKAFAD)

Keywords

• Adapted sports services
• Disabled sports federation
• Regional sports association
• Equipment rental
• Disability sensitization training

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment rental services: The committee rents adapted sports equipment (wheelchairs, handbikes, joëlettes, archery kits, boccia sets, sarbacane kits, blind sports equipment, etc.) to licensed athletes, affiliated clubs, associations, local authorities, schools, and other organizations. Rental fees vary by category: licensed/affiliated members pay lower rates (e.g., €10–€30 per item), associations/collectivities/schools pay mid-tier rates (e.g., €15–€45), and other users pay higher rates (e.g., €45–€55). A deposit (caution) is required for each item. Maximum loan duration is 15 days with a 10-day advance written request requirement.
2. Corporate sensitization and team-building prestations (Bronze / Argent / Or): The committee sells three tiers of corporate workshop packages aimed at company employees: Prestation Bronze (handicap awareness workshop with adapted sports activities), Prestation Argent (Bronze package plus high-level athlete conference and intervention), and Prestation Or (challenge-format sports workshops in a gymnasium). These are sold directly to companies seeking team building, inclusion sensitization, and CSR initiatives.
3. Licensing and membership fees: Revenue is generated through licensing fees from approximately 13,000 licensed athletes across the regional network. Clubs and affiliated structures pay membership/affiliation fees. This revenue supports the operation of the regional committee and five departmental committees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Comité Régional Handisport Pays de la Loire is a regional non-profit federation committee that organizes and develops adapted (disabled) sports across the Pays de la Loire region, distributing FFH sport licenses, renting specialized sports equipment to members and external organizations, running corporate disability-awareness programs (Bronze, Argent, Or tiers), and managing athlete-development programs such as the Groupe Espoir Régional and Haut Niveau support. It coordinates 136 affiliated clubs through five departmental committees and runs community events such as wheelchair-basketball kids camps and the Journée Pleine Nature outing.

Product overview

The Comité Régional Handisport des Pays de la Loire is a regional sports association (not a software product) offering a comprehensive portfolio of adapted sports programs and services for people with motor or sensory disabilities. The organization provides five categories of sports activities: Sports Collectifs (wheelchair basketball, goalball, wheelchair rugby, cécifoot, futsal, torball, football for deaf), Sports Mesurables (athletics, cycling, powerlifting, swimming), Sports de Précision (boccia, bowling for deaf, darts, shooting), Sports d'Opposition (showdown, table tennis), and Sport de Nature (hiking with adaptive equipment). Beyond sports programs, the committee offers equipment rental services, three tiers of corporate sensitization packages (Prestation Or/Argent/Bronze), youth wheelchair basketball camps, and nature discovery days. The organization manages five departmental committees (44, 49, 53, 72, 85) and supports talent development through the Groupe Espoir Régional program and high-level athlete coordination for 18 national-level athletes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Comité Départemental Handisport Loire-Atlantique (CD 44): Departmental committee for Loire-Atlantique (44), one of five departmental committees under the regional committee, supporting handisport development and 594 licensees across 32 clubs.
• Comité Départemental Handisport Maine-et-Loire (CD 49)
• Comité Départemental Handisport Mayenne (CD 53)
• Comité Départemental Handisport Sarthe (CD 72)
• Comité Départemental Handisport Vendée (CD 85)

Products and services

• Adapted Sports Programs across the region Year-round programming in five adapted-sport families — nature sports (e.g. handbike, joëlette), measurable-performance sports (e.g. athletics, para-swimming, paracycling), precision sports (e.g. boccia, pétanque, torball), opposition/combat sports (e.g. wheelchair fencing, judo), and collective sports (e.g. wheelchair basketball, rugby, football fauteuil). Open to individual athletes with disabilities across the Pays de la Loire region.
• FFH Federation License Distribution Sole-authorized distribution of the Fédération Française Handisport sporting license (Compétition / Loisir / Découverte — with age-bracketed prices for –18, +18, –26 ans for activities fees), through regional and departmental committees. Required to participate in official FFH events.
• Adapted Sports Equipment Rental Rental of adapted sports equipment with delivery and a brief origin/presentation on the gear. Open to licensees, members of associations, schools and other groups; minimum rental period of 3 consecutive days and maximum 1 month. Equipment is rented as-is with the renter assuming responsibility for damage or loss.
• Corporate Sensitization Packages (Bronze, Argent, Or) Turnkey corporate disability-awareness workshops for companies, structured into three levels — Bronze (introduction / discovery), Argent (intermediate), and Or (advanced / immersive, including a deeper experiential and sport-discovery focus). Delivered on the company's site, on loan equipment if needed, and tailored to client needs.
• Groupe Espoir Régional (Regional Talent Program) Regional identification and progression programme for young handisport talents, pairing identified prospects with technical follow-up and an integration pathway toward national-level structures, supported by FFH.
• Haut Niveau Athlete Support Support programme for high-level (haut niveau) athletes in the region, complementing national FFH elite structures with regional resources and follow-up.
• Wheelchair Basketball Kids Camp (Stage de basket fauteuil enfants) Discovery/introduction camp for children in wheelchair basketball, organized by the committee around school holidays.
• Journée Pleine Nature (outdoor adapted-sport day event) One-day community event showcasing nature-based adapted sports activities (e.g. handbike, joëlette, cécifoot, cécivolley), targeting people with and without disabilities from across the Pays de la Loire region.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~13,000 licensed athletes across the regional network (2024 data)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DécathloncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 September 2025A new partnership with Décathlon, announced September 2025, was established around shared values of accessibility, inclusion, and sport for all. The collaboration aims to reinforce the visibility of the committee's actions and events, facilitate access to adapted sporting equipment, and promote handisport to the general public. Décathlon also hosted a sensitization intervention at its Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire logistics warehouse for its employees.
• Ligue de Football des Pays de la LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 April 2025The Ligue de Football des Pays de la Loire renewed its partnership with the committee for the second consecutive year. The collaboration aims to promote inclusion through sport, strengthen handisport visibility, develop joint actions, raise public awareness, and create opportunities for people with disabilities to practice sport in an adapted setting. The partnership aligns the values of the football league with regional inclusion objectives.
• CM CAS Loire-Atlantique-VendéeminorOthersCM CAS Loire-Atlantique-Vendée appears as a logo partner on the committee's website, indicating a supporting partnership relationship. CM CAS is a complementary health insurance provider for civil servants.
• Région Pays de la LoirecoreOthersThe Région Pays de la Loire is an institutional partner supporting the committee, visible as a logo partner. The region played a key role in the 2025 cycling race of Pays de la Loire, facilitating the committee's presence and speech opportunity at the launch of the men's race across four stages (Machecoul, Cugand, Tiercé, Sillé-le-Guillaume).
• Sports.gouv.fr (Ministère des Sports)coreOthersThe French Ministry of Sports (sports.gouv.fr) is displayed as a logo partner, indicating institutional support and alignment with national sports policy. The ministry publishes the list of French high-level athletes (sportifs de haut niveau) that the committee draws upon for elite athlete identification.
• Ligue de Football des Pays de la Loire (FFF)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Ligue de Football des Pays de la Loire (fff.fr) appears as a partner logo, indicating collaborative marketing and event support, beyond the formal partnership renewal for inclusion-by-sport initiatives.
• Société Générale (event co-organization)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerSociété Générale partnered with the committee to co-organize the Journée Pleine Nature Handisport at Étang de la Rincerie (53), in collaboration with the Comité Départemental Handisport de la Mayenne. Société Générale staff also volunteered at the event.
• Atlantique Herblinois Chessboxing ClubminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Atlantique Herblinois Chessboxing Club participated as a partner at the ParaMultijeux / Challenge Inter-Structures event at Oudon, introducing chessboxing as a new adapted sport to participants.
• ESH 44 (Nantes boccia club)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerESH 44, a boccia club based in Nantes, provides coaching and competitive structure for athletes including Yves Tisserand (French champion). The club enables athletes from Loire-Atlantique and wider region to compete in boccia at national level.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Comité Régional Handisport Bretagne: Regional FFH committee covering Brittany; structurally identical peer with departmental sub-committees, licensee base, adapted sports programs, equipment rental, and corporate sensibilisation offerings — same business model in an adjacent French region.
• Comité Régional Handisport Hauts-de-France: Regional FFH committee covering Hauts-de-France; mirrors Pays de la Loire's structure with departmental coordination, club affiliation, and adapted-sport event programming.
• Comité Régional Handisport Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Regional FFH committee covering Nouvelle-Aquitaine; delivers the same adapted-sport disciplines, departmental sub-committees, event programming, and corporate partnerships as Pays de la Loire.
• Comité Régional Handisport Normandie: Regional FFH committee covering Normandie; runs an analogous model with departmental sub-committees, licensee management, adapted-sport events, and corporate partnerships in an adjacent French region.
• Comité Régional Handisport Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: Regional FFH committee covering PACA; offers the same adapted-sport disciplines and corporate-inclusive service tiers as Pays de la Loire, with comparable departmental sub-committee structure.
• Comité Régional Handisport Occitanie: Regional FFH committee covering Occitanie; structurally and operationally comparable — same adapted-sport portfolio, departmental committees, equipment lending, and corporate sensibilisation offerings.
• Comité Régional Handisport Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Regional FFH committee covering Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; comparable in structure, mission, and service mix (licensing, equipment rental, corporate workshops, elite-athlete support) at a larger geographic scale.
• Comité Régional Handisport Grand Est: Regional FFH committee covering Grand Est; comparable FFH regional structure providing adapted-sport programming, equipment rental, and corporate sensibilisation services across multiple departments.
• Comité Régional Handisport Île-de-France: Regional FFH committee covering Île-de-France; one of the largest regional committees by licensee count, with the same adapted-sport portfolio, departmental coordination, and corporate partnership model as Pays de la Loire.

Broad incumbents

• Fédération Française Handisport (FFH): National governing federation for handisport in France, of which the Comité Régional Pays de la Loire is a regional arm. Directly comparable structure and mission (developing adapted sports from grassroots to elite, including 18 ministerial high-level athletes), with broader national scope and authority.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CRHpaysdelaloire
• Facebookfacebook.com/CRHandisportPDL
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/comit%C3%A9-r%C3%A9gional-handisport-pays-de-la-loire

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

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