GROUPE HOCHE

What GROUPE HOCHE does

GROUPE HOCHE is an independent French accounting, audit, and advisory firm headquartered in Coulounieix-Chamiers (Périgueux), operating under the legal entity HOCHE & Associés, SA (share capital €607,062, registered in Périgueux, founded 1981). The firm runs 11 branch offices across the Grand Ouest corridor from Clermont-Ferrand to Bordeaux, governed by 16 locally-anchored expert-comptable associés and employing between 63 and 120 collaborators depending on the source. Its service portfolio spans core accounting (Expertise Comptable), statutory audit (Commissariat aux Comptes), tax advisory (Fiscalité), payroll and HR (Social), management consulting (Gestion & Conseil), RSE advisory, and Qualiopi-certified professional training. The firm also developed OneFact, a proprietary e-invoicing software tailored to the mandatory French PDP (Plateforme de Dématérialisation Partenaire) regime, which it positions as a digital extension of its compliance offering.

The firm's revenue model is dominated by recurring professional services engagements — annual accounting subscriptions, audit fees, and project-based advisory — supplemented by a nascent recurring SaaS stream from OneFact and pay-for-training income from its Formations program. Go-to-market is exclusively direct, office-based B2B/B2C relationship selling across four explicit client segments: TPE/PME (primary), individuals, public sector, and non-profits. Marketing relies on the firm's website (regulatory news/blog, job postings), a LinkedIn corporate page, and word-of-mouth referrals generated by physical presence in 11 local markets. The firm holds AFNOR 'Label Engagé RSE' at the 'Confirmé' grade and published its first RSE report in mid-2026, formalizing ESG positioning that feeds both internal operations and an external RSE advisory line.

From a strategic standpoint, Groupe Hoche is a mature, profitable, growth-by-organic-expansion regional professional services platform. There is no parent company, no external investor, and no disclosed funding. Its operating geographies are limited to France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). Recent strategic emphasis has been on (i) compliance-driven new product (OneFact e-invoicing), (ii) ESG/RSE positioning as both internal practice and billable service, and (iii) maintenance of a multi-site local presence as a defensive moat against national network consolidation.

Name

GROUPE HOCHE

Legal name

HOCHE & Associés, SA

Website

https://hoche.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

GROUPE HOCHE is an independent French accounting and advisory firm headquartered in Périgueux, operating 11 offices across the Grand Ouest. It serves SMEs, individuals, public sector, and non-profits with accounting, audit, tax, payroll, and proprietary e-invoicing software services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Coulounieix-Chamiers

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Expertise Comptable (Accounting Services): Core accounting services including bookkeeping, financial statement preparation, and ongoing accounting advisory for TPE and PME clients.
2. Commissariat aux Comptes / Audit: Statutory audit and audit of internal controls for small and medium enterprises.
3. Fiscalité (Tax Services): Tax advisory and compliance services for businesses and individuals.
4. Social / Gestion & Conseil: Payroll management, HR advisory, and general business consulting services.
5. OneFact (Digital Solution): E-invoicing software solution developed by the firm, offered to clients for compliance with mandatory French e-invoicing platform obligations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Groupe Hoche is an independent French accounting, audit, and advisory firm providing multi-expertise professional services to businesses (TPE/PME), individuals, the public sector, and non-profit organizations across the Grand Ouest region of France. Core offerings include accounting/bookkeeping (Expertise Comptable), statutory audit (Commissariat aux Comptes), tax advisory (Fiscalité), payroll and HR services (Social), management consulting (Gestion & Conseil), and RSE/Corporate Social Responsibility advisory. The firm also developed OneFact, a proprietary e-invoicing software solution supporting French mandatory electronic invoicing compliance.

Product overview

GROUPE HOCHE is a multi-expertise accounting and advisory firm operating across the grand ouest region of France with 11 offices. The firm offers an integrated portfolio of professional services including core accounting/bookkeeping (Expertise Comptable), statutory audit (Commissariat aux Comptes), tax advisory (Fiscalité), payroll and HR services (Social), and management consulting (Gestion & Conseil). The group has developed proprietary digital solutions including OneFact for electronic invoicing compliance, and provides professional training services. GROUPE HOCHE positions itself as a partner for both businesses and individuals, with specialized services for public and non-profit sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Expertise Comptable (Accounting & Bookkeeping) Core accounting and bookkeeping service covering financial statement preparation, account management, and ongoing regulatory compliance for businesses (TPE/PME) across the Grand Ouest region.
• Audit (Commissariat aux Comptes / Statutory Audit) Statutory audit and financial verification services ensuring regularity, sincerity, and compliance of accounting documents and operations for small and medium enterprises.
• Gestion & Conseil (Management & Advisory) Management consulting and advisory services to help businesses optimize their operations, strategy, and financial performance.
• Fiscalité (Tax Services) Tax advisory and compliance services including tax planning, returns preparation, and guidance on French tax regulations for businesses and individuals.
• Social (Payroll & HR Services) Payroll administration, social declarations, employment contract management, and HR-related compliance services for businesses, supported by 3 specialized jurists in HR legal advisory and run on the Silaé payroll platform.
• RSE Advisory (Corporate Social Responsibility Services) RSE advisory and support services to help clients develop their own sustainability, ethics, and corporate responsibility strategies.
• OneFact (Electronic Invoicing Software) Ready-to-use electronic invoicing software solution developed by Groupe Hoche enabling clients to comply with the mandatory French e-invoicing reform via PDP (Plateforme de Dématérialisation Partenaire) platforms, supporting electronic invoice management, e-reporting, and regulatory compliance.
• Formations (Professional Training, Qualiopi-certified) Professional training services certified Qualiopi covering accounting, tax, social/HR, and business management topics.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SFC (Société Fiduciaire de Contrôle): Independent French accounting, audit and advisory firm with a multi-office regional footprint. Comparable to Groupe Hoche as an independent French accounting group serving SMEs with a similar full-service value proposition and partner-led model.
• ORCOM: Independent French accounting and advisory firm with multi-office presence. Closely comparable to Groupe Hoche as a similarly structured independent group offering accounting, audit and advisory to French SMEs without affiliation to a Big 4 or international network.
• Fiducial: Major French independent accounting, legal and payroll services firm serving SMEs and small businesses across France. Directly comparable to Groupe Hoche in target customer (TPE/PME), service mix (accounting, payroll, legal) and multi-office regional distribution model.

Broad incumbents

• Baker Tilly France: French member of Baker Tilly International, providing audit, accounting, tax and advisory services to SMEs and mid-market companies. Overlaps with Groupe Hoche in target segment and service mix, but with network advantages.
• In Extenso: Large French accounting and consulting network (part of Deloitte's French member-firm ecosystem). Comparable in target market (French SMEs) and service breadth (accounting, audit, advisory), but operates at significantly greater scale with national network coverage.
• Grant Thornton France: French member firm of Grant Thornton International, providing audit, tax and advisory services. Comparable in professional services offering and SME/mid-market focus, but with greater scale, brand recognition and international backing.
• BDO France: French member firm of the BDO international accounting network. Comparable in audit, tax and advisory service mix, but competes from a network-backed position with broader geographic reach and larger-firm capabilities than Groupe Hoche's independent regional model.
• RSM France: French member of RSM International, focused on middle-market audit, tax and consulting. Directly comparable service offering to Groupe Hoche, but operates as part of a global network with broader resources and cross-border capabilities.
• KPMG France: French Big 4 firm offering audit, tax and advisory services across France. While Groupe Hoche operates at a far smaller scale, KPMG competes for the same pool of regional SMEs and represents the upper-bound competitive threat on larger mandates.

Regional players

• Cerfrance: French associative network specializing in accounting and advisory for agricultural and rural SMEs. Comparable to Groupe Hoche's Grand Ouest SME focus, but with a distinct agricultural specialization and associative member-based structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hoche-associ-s

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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