La Fabrique Du Sport

What La Fabrique Du Sport does

La Fabrique Du Sport is a French designer, fabricator, and installer of sports equipment, founded in 2019 by two athletes and headquartered in Saint-Priest, in the Lyon metropolitan area. The firm operates an in-house metal workshop producing steel and aluminum structures with integrated surface treatment, supported by five specialized installation teams. Its product range spans basketball (including a dedicated 3x3 line), athletics equipment certified by World Athletics, volleyball, handball, football, rugby, padel, and pickleball, with custom configurability at the project level rather than standardized catalog pricing.

The company serves three principal customer segments: French municipalities and public-sector clients, schools, and sports clubs and federations, alongside selected elite private accounts such as LDLC Arena, Tony Parker Adequat Academy, and ASVEL Féminin. Revenue is generated through three streams: sale of custom hardware, turnkey installation services, and maintenance or rehabilitation of existing sports infrastructure. Geographically, operations are concentrated in the Lyon-Grenoble-Dijon corridor, with growing delivery into other French regions including Quimper and Colmar. Pricing is project-based and custom; no public pricing is offered, and revenue, funding, and headcount trend data are not disclosed.

La Fabrique Du Sport positions itself as a vertically integrated alternative to equipment distributors, combining in-house fabrication, certified product credentials, and field installation in a single supplier relationship. Its growth posture is signaled by expansion into emerging sport categories (padel, pickleball, concrete ping-pong tables) and a partnership with Bodet Sport for venue scoreboards, intended to broaden the bundled offering available to municipal and club procurement processes.

Name

La Fabrique Du Sport

Legal name

LA FABRIQUE DU SPORT

Website

https://lafabriquedusport.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

La Fabrique Du Sport is a French sports equipment manufacturer and installer, founded in 2019 in Saint-Priest (Lyon), serving French municipalities, schools, and sports clubs with custom hardware, installation, and maintenance across basketball, athletics, and other sports.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Equipment Manufacturing and Installation

NAICS

Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing (33992), Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing (339920)

SIC

Sporting & Athletic Goods, Nec (3949)

akta.pro primary industry

Team Sports Goals, Nets & Field Equipment Retail (CRAMAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Team Sports Protective Gear & Sports Medicine Retail (CRAMAEAJ), Team Sports Training Aids & Coaching Equipment Retail (CRAMAEAL), Physical Education & Athletics Equipment (Gym, Sports Gear, Scoreboards) (EDAEAIAG)

Keywords

• Sports equipment manufacturing
• Athletic facility installation
• Custom metal fabrication
• Competition sports infrastructure
• Municipal sports equipment supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-Priest (Lyon)

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sports Equipment Manufacturing and Sale: Design, manufacture, and commercialize sports equipment including basketball goals, volleyball poles, throwing cages, hurdles, nets, protective covers, and custom-made products. Revenue generated from product sales to municipalities, schools, and sports clubs.
2. Installation and On-Site Services: On-site installation of sports equipment including embedding/anchoring, marking, high-altitude installation, and structural embedding. Five specialized teams perform installation and rehabilitation work.
3. Maintenance and Rehabilitation Services: Repair, rehabilitation, and maintenance of existing sports equipment, extending product lifecycle instead of full replacement. Offered as an alternative to new procurement for budget-conscious municipalities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

La Fabrique Du Sport designs, manufactures, and installs a comprehensive range of sports equipment — including basketball 3x3 goals, handball goals, volleyball posts, football/soccer goals, World Athletics-certified athletics equipment (hurdles, throwing cages, jumping apparatus), badminton, rugby, padel, pickleball, multi-sport goals, and concrete ping-pong tables — together with custom metalwork (steel/aluminum fabrication and surface treatment), nets, tarps, protective padding, and ancillary equipment. Products are delivered as bundled equipment-plus-installation solutions to French municipalities, schools, and sports clubs, with dedicated installation teams handling embedding, marking, height work, load testing, and rehabilitation of existing facilities.

Product overview

La Fabrique Du Sport is a French manufacturer and installer of sports equipment serving municipalities, schools, and sports associations across Lyon, Grenoble, and Dijon. The company operates a workshop in Saint-Priest (Lyon) where they fabricate custom metalwork (steel and aluminum transformation, surface treatment including galvanization, zinc plating, and powder coating) and produce custom tarps, covers, and nets. Their product portfolio includes competition-grade basketball goals (3x3 and traditional formats with World Athletics-adjacent certifications), handball goals (NK100), volleyball posts and nets, football/soccer goals (A7, A11 models), athletics equipment (World Athletics-certified hurdles, throwing cages, jumping apparatus), badminton equipment, rugby posts, padel and pickleball installations, concrete outdoor ping-pong tables, protective wall padding, dojo rolling mats, locker room benches, and multi-sport goal structures. They also offer complementary products including Bodet sports scoreboard displays, interlock sport tiles, player tunnel access systems, and touchline shelters. Services encompass full installation (with specialized teams for in-ground anchoring, height work, and load testing), rehabilitation of existing facilities, and custom design consultation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Basketball 3x3 Goals (TP3310, TP3300, TP3330, TP3340, TP3350)

Quantifiable outcome

• World Athletics certified athletics equipment range enabling officially sanctioned competition use
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 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

Integration1 record

Feature7 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Schelde Sports: Netherlands-based manufacturer of premium basketball, handball, volleyball, and team sports goals. Comparable in basket and team sports equipment manufacturing, with broader international distribution.
• Pila: French sports equipment manufacturer specializing in basketball, handball, and volleyball goals, plus gymnasium and outdoor installations. Overlaps directly with La Fabrique Du Sport's core product categories and target buyers.
• Husson Collectivités: French supplier of sports and urban equipment to local authorities. Comparable customer base (collectivités) and overlapping product categories including goals, nets, and outdoor sports infrastructure.
• Casal Sport: Long-standing French distributor and installer of sports equipment serving municipalities, schools, and sports clubs. Most directly comparable competitor in team sports goals, nets, and athletics equipment for the collectivités segment.
• SMAB: French manufacturer of sports equipment (goals, athletics, gymnasium equipment) with comparable municipal and club customer base. Directly competes on custom metal fabrication and installation services.
• Agora Sport: French manufacturer and supplier of sports equipment for municipalities and schools. Closely comparable in product range (goals, athletics, gymnasium) and B2G/B2B go-to-market approach.

Regional players

• Harrod Sport: UK-based manufacturer and installer of sports equipment for schools, clubs, and local authorities. Comparable product portfolio (goals, athletics, nets) but serves the British market rather than France directly.

Broad incumbents

• Spieth (Gymnova): Internationally established gymnastics and sports equipment manufacturer with a much broader catalog and global distribution. Provides competition-grade apparatus across multiple sports, overlapping with La Fabrique Du Sport's athletics and gymnasium ranges.
• Schaefer Sport: German manufacturer of sports equipment (team sports goals, athletics, gymnasium) with deeper catalog and longer track record. Comparable as a manufacturer targeting the European public-sector sports infrastructure market.

Others

• Bodet Sport: French scoreboard and timing display specialist that is both a partnership partner and adjacent category provider. Comparable in serving the same municipal sports-facility customer base with complementary equipment (electronic displays for basketball 3x3).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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