Agence de Développement des Alpes de Haute Provence

Name

Agence de Développement des Alpes de Haute Provence

Legal name

Agence de Développement des Alpes de Haute Provence

Website

https://investinalpesdehauteprovence.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Economic Development Services

NAICS

Convention and Visitors Bureaus (561591)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Full-Service Destination Management (Ground Handling & Onsite Operations) (THAHADAA)

Keywords

• Economic development services
• Business attraction consulting
• Industrial site selection
• Tourism promotion services
• Land and real estate database

Headquarters

HQ city

Digne-les-Bains

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The agency provides economic and tourism development services for the Alpes de Haute Provence department in France, acting as the single point of contact for businesses seeking to establish or expand in the territory. It operates a searchable database of approximately 500 commercial and industrial properties (locaux, terrains, opportunités) and offers personalized assistance with funding dossiers, administrative procedures, recruitment support, and introductions to local networks. It also coordinates tourism promotion and operates the Club des Supporters business ambassador network.

Product overview

Agence de Développement des Alpes de Haute Provence (AD 04) is a regional development agency offering a comprehensive suite of economic and tourism development services. The agency operates as a unified platform combining economic information services, reception and assistance consultancy, and project follow-up support. Key offerings include a land and real estate database with approximately 500 properties, business prospecting services, tourism development coordination, and the Club des Supporters membership program for entrepreneur promotion. The agency serves as the preferential contact organization for national and international businesses seeking to establish operations in the Alpes de Haute Provence territory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Economic Information Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ commercial and industrial properties available through the agency's searchable database
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

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

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• risingSUDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerrisingSUD is the economic development agency for the Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The Agence de Développement des Alpes de Haute Provence serves as the departmental relay for risingSUD, coordinating business attraction efforts at the regional level. The partnership involves participation in regional operations such as Operations d'Intérêt Régional (OIR) and strategic planning for economic development.
• Business FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness France is the national agency for the international development of the French economy. The AD 04 is part of the Business France network, enabling coordination on attracting international businesses to the Alpes de Haute Provence territory.
• Conseil Départemental des Alpes de Haute ProvencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Departmental Board of Alpes de Haute Provence is a key governance partner of the agency. The presidency of the agency is ensured alternately every 3 years by a representative of the Conseil Départemental. The department provides institutional support and funding for the agency's operations.
• Conseil Régional Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Regional Council is a governance partner of the agency under the 1901 association structure. The region provides strategic direction and funding for economic development initiatives including the SRDE2I (Stratégie Régionale de Développement Economique, d'Innovation et d'Internationalisation des entreprises).
• CCI Territoriale des Alpes de Haute Provence (Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Chamber of Commerce and Industry provides business creation support, training information, and economic network access. The agency collaborates with CCI for company support services including business plan development and market surveys.
• Pôle EmploimajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPôle Emploi is the French national employment service. The agency coordinates with Pôle Emploi for recruitment engineering and training financing support for businesses establishing in the territory.
• Chambre d'Agriculture des Alpes de Haute ProvencemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Chamber of Agriculture supports agricultural businesses and agrifood sector development. Located at 66, boulevard Gassendi in Digne-les-Bains, it partners with the agency on agricultural economic development initiatives.
• Union des Entreprises 04 (UDE 04)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Union of Enterprises for Alpes de Haute Provence is a key economic network partner. Located in Sisteron, it represents local businesses and collaborates on economic development initiatives and territorial promotion.
• CEA Cadarache (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe CEA facility in Cadarache (near Saint-Paul-lez-Durance) is a major research center. The agency coordinates with CEA on economic development related to energy innovation and the ITER project.
• Office de Tourisme de Sisteron, les Alpes ProvençalesmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Sisteron tourism office is a co-financing partner for media initiatives like 'Météo à la carte'. The agency works with the office on destination promotion and tourism development campaigns.
• Office de Tourisme de Provence Alpes Digne les BainsmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Digne-les-Bains tourism office co-finances tourism promotion initiatives including media coverage. Partnership supports destination marketing and tourist attraction efforts.
• EPCI (Etablissements Publics de Coopération Intercommunale)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeven intercommunal structures across the department (Durance Luberon Verdon Agglomération, Provence Alpes Agglomération, Sisteronais-Buëch, Vallée de l'Ubaye Serre-Ponçon, Alpes Provence Verdon, Jabron Lure Vançon Durance, Pays de Forcalquier-Montagne de Lure) are governance partners of the agency, providing strategic direction and local implementation support.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Business France: National agency supporting French exports and international business attraction. AD 04 is part of the Business France network; comparable as a public-sector business attraction body, but operating at national scale with much larger resources.
• BPI France: French national public investment bank providing financing, guarantees, and innovation support. AD 04 refers incoming businesses to BPI; comparable as a state-backed economic development actor, though at national scale with capital deployment rather than promotion services.

Direct peers

• CCI Territoriale des Alpes de Haute Provence: Local Chamber of Commerce and Industry operating in the same department with overlapping business support services (company creation, training, networks). Strategic co-governance partner of AD 04 with shared constituency of local entrepreneurs.
• risingSUD: Regional economic development agency for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Directly comparable as AD 04 acts as its departmental relay; both attract industrialists to the same regional footprint with overlapping missions in business attraction and sector promotion.

Regional players

• London & Partners: Mayoral development company for London promoting the city to overseas visitors, students, and investors. Comparable as a destination and investment promotion agency combining tourism marketing with economic attraction under one roof.
• Choose Paris Region: Public agency promoting the Paris Region to international investors and helping businesses set up there. Direct functional analogue to AD 04 in terms of FDI attraction and aftercare services, but operating at the scale of a major metropolitan region.
• Agence de Développement et d'Urbanisme de Lille Métropole: Urban planning and economic development agency for the Lille metropolitan area. Comparable as a French local/regional development agency combining economic strategy, planning, and territorial promotion, though focused on a metropolitan rather than rural department.
• Bretagne Développement Innovation: Economic development and innovation agency for Brittany, France. Comparable in combining business attraction, innovation support, and sector promotion under a single public agency structure, though in a different French region with a different sector mix.
• Hamburg Invest: Hamburg's business development and location marketing agency providing site selection, market entry, and aftercare services. Highly comparable business model to AD 04 (territory promotion, property/inventory database, sector targeting) at the scale of a German city-state.
• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises: Regional economic development agency for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in France. Closely comparable in mission (business attraction, sector development, financing referrals) and structure (publicly funded), but operating across a much larger regional perimeter.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/alpesdehauteprovenceinvest
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agence-de-d%C3%A9veloppement-des-alpes-de-haute-provence

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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