LES ÉLÉPHANTS DE CHAMBÉRY - HOCKEY

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Les Éléphants de Chambéry is a semi-professional ice hockey club founded in 1972, based in Chambéry (Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France), and competing in French Division 1 under the FFHG. The club operates from the Patinoire de Buisson Rond arena and plays its home matches in front of a near-capacity crowd, with a stated 92% arena fill rate. The professional squad consists of approximately 21 players with an average age of around 22, intentionally constructed as a young development-focused roster managed through a three-year strategic partnership with the elite Ligue Magnus club Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble, under which Grenoble U20 prospects are loaned to Chambéry to gain Division 1 competitive experience.

The business operates through a dual structure: an association (SOC Hockey sur Glace) overseeing the amateur and youth activities, and a professional entity (SASP Chambéry Hockey 73, created December 2020) managing the first team. Revenue is generated across four streams: match-day ticket sales, season subscriptions (abonnements), official merchandise sales (jerseys at €120, replica kits at €70, apparel and accessories ranging from €2 to €35), and sponsorship income from a roster of Savoie-region businesses (Momentum Assurances, BTP Savoie, Allianz/Pizzolo, SUEZ, Rent a Car, DLG, Diagamter, Verdis, Château de la Mar). The SASP budget of €300,000–€350,000 is the smallest in Division 1, against peer D1 budgets of €500,000–€1.4 million.

The commercial and fan-engagement layer includes a main informational website, a dedicated online ticketing platform (billetterie.hockey-chambery.com), and an e-commerce merchandise boutique (boutique-bdl.com), with active social media presence across Instagram, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn totaling 16,000+ followers. The club has been recognized twice by the Observatoire Sport & Digital as one of the most performant teams on social networks across all sports. Customer segments comprise local ice hockey fans (primary), aspiring young hockey players in the development pathway, and local Savoie-region businesses as sponsors. Distribution is regionally concentrated in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, with no current geographic expansion outside this catchment.

Name

LES ÉLÉPHANTS DE CHAMBÉRY - HOCKEY

Legal name

CH73 - Les Éléphants de Chambéry

Website

https://hockey-chambery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Les Éléphants de Chambéry is a semi-professional French Division 1 ice hockey club founded in 1972, based in Chambéry, that fields a 21-player development-focused roster, generates revenue from tickets, subscriptions, merchandise, and local sponsorships, and serves regional fans, youth players, and Savoie-area businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chambéry

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Match Ticket Sales: Match-day revenue generated from individual ticket sales for regular season and playoff games at the Buisson Rond arena.
2. Season Subscriptions: Season-long access to all home games included in subscription packages.
3. Merchandise Sales: Official club merchandise including jerseys, apparel, accessories, and novelty items sold through the online boutique.
4. Sponsorship Revenue: Financial support from local businesses and major regional partners in exchange for brand visibility and marketing activations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Les Éléphants de Chambéry is a French Division 1 ice hockey club that fields a 21-player competitive team playing home matches at the Patinoire de Buisson Rond in Chambéry. The club generates revenue through match ticket sales, season subscriptions, official merchandise (jerseys, apparel, accessories), and corporate sponsorship packages, supported by an official ticketing platform and an online merchandise boutique.

Product overview

LES ÉLÉPHANTS DE CHAMBÉRY is a French Division 1 ice hockey club offering a unified product portfolio centered on its professional hockey team and associated services. The core offering includes the competitive hockey team, supplemented by a dedicated ticketing platform for match tickets and season subscriptions, and a merchandise store featuring official team apparel and accessories. The club's digital ecosystem integrates a main informational website, a specialized ticketing system, and an e-commerce merchandise platform, all serving fans and supporters of the team.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Championship victory in 2018 resulting in promotion from Division 2 to Division 1

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and major.

• Pizzolo Assurances (Allianz)minorOthers · 1 October 2020Local insurance agency partnership providing sponsorship support. Agency specializes in professional insurance solutions and began partnership to strengthen local business ties.
• Brûleurs de Loups (Grenoble)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThree-year partnership where Chambéry serves as the second tier in the player development pathway. Young players from Grenoble's center of formation (U20) are loaned to Chambéry to gain competitive experience in Division 1 before potentially advancing to Ligue Magnus. The collaboration spans sports, communication, marketing, and logistics.
• Grizzlys de VaujanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDivision 2 team in the development pathway above youth hockey but below Chambéry's Division 1 level.
• Grand Chambéry (Agglomération)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government body providing arena access and municipal support. Vice-President A.Gennaro confirmed ongoing cooperation to maintain facilities and support club development.
• Momentum AssurancesmajorOthersListed as a major partner of the club, featured on the ticketing platform partner section.
• Syndicat Général du BTP SavoiemajorOthersListed as a major partner of the club, featured on the ticketing platform partner section.
• SUEZminorOthersEnvironmental services company listed as partner on official channels.
• Rent a CarminorOthersCar rental company listed as partner, operating a Chambery location.
• VerdisminorOthersLocal company listed as partner on official website.
• DLG Savoie HabitatminorOthersHousing company listed as partner on official website.
• Chateau de la MarminorOthersLocal establishment listed as partner on official website.
• DiagamterminorOthersDiagnostic immobilier company listed as partner.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pionniers de Chamonix: French hockey club competing in the same regional Alpine ecosystem as Chambéry, with a comparable semi-professional profile, local sponsor base, and rink-based match-day revenue model. Comparable in scale and structural position within French ice hockey.
• Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble: Ligue Magnus club in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Chambéry's formal talent-development partner. Most directly comparable as a French ice hockey organization operating in the same region with overlapping talent, marketing, and logistics resources, despite competing in a higher division.
• Image Club d'Épinal: Fellow FFHG Division 1 ice hockey club and Chambéry's most direct 2025–26 playoff opponent. Operates a similar semi-professional model in a comparable regional French market, sharing the same competition structure, revenue mix, and reliance on local sponsorship and ticketing.
• Rapaces de Gap: Ligue Magnus ice hockey club located in the French Alps, similarly anchored in a regional city and dependent on local sponsors, season subscriptions, and arena-based ticketing. Direct structural comparator despite operating one tier higher.
• Yétis de Mont-Blanc: Alpine-region French hockey club playing at a comparable semi-professional level to Chambéry. Comparable in terms of regional footprint, modest budget profile, and dependence on community engagement and SME sponsorship.
• Grizzlys de Vaujany: Division 2 team explicitly named as part of Chambéry's documented development pathway. A direct feeder/affiliate peer with very similar operating scale, semi-professional player base, and rural-Alpine sponsorship dynamics.

Broad incumbents

• Boxers de Bordeaux: Ligue Magnus club with a relatively recent professionalization trajectory, broadly comparable to Chambéry in terms of operating a French hockey franchise with multi-revenue-stream commercialization, albeit in a larger metropolitan market.
• Ducs d'Angers: Ligue Magnus ice hockey franchise with a comparable regional-city operating model. Provides a reference point for sponsorship density, ticketing strategy, and merchandise mix that an ambitious D1 club like Chambéry could aspire to as it scales.
• Gothiques d'Amiens: Ligue Magnus club operating a similar full-service hockey business model in a regional French city. Useful comparator for understanding the upper bound of regional French hockey revenue, sponsorship, and arena economics.
• Dragons de Rouen: Historic Ligue Magnus franchise and one of France's most established ice hockey clubs. Comparable as a French ice hockey operator with similar ticketing, merchandise, and sponsorship revenue streams, but at a materially larger scale and with broader national reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chamberyhockey
• Facebookfacebook.com/elephantsdechambery
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/les-elephants-de-chambery-hockey
• Instagraminstagram.com/elephantsdechambery

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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