LE FOUR A PIZZA

What LE FOUR A PIZZA does

Le Four à Pizza is a family-owned, independent pizzeria chain founded in 2002 and operating in the Nantes metropolitan area of France. The company runs a small multi-site footprint — currently three active locations in Nantes, Saint-Herblain, and Les Sorinières, with a fourth Les Sorinières site temporarily closed for post-fire renovation. The core product is wood-fired artisanal pizza, with the menu extended to salads, pastas, and complementary Italian-style items. Service channels include dine-in, takeout, and delivery.

The business is organized through several single-purpose French legal entities (SARL CRDIS, SAS GAROPIZ, E.I. RIOUAT JULIEN), consistent with a multi-site owner-operator structure. There are no franchise agreements, external investors, or disclosed funding rounds. The brand has earned editorial recognition, including a 5/5 quality rating from ELLE Magazine.

Revenue mechanics are transactional and per-cover: each location serves walk-in customers, takeout orders, and delivery within its local catchment. There is no subscription, contract, or enterprise revenue stream; volume and ticket size at each site are the sole drivers. Headcount per site is small (approximately five employees), and the company maintains a recruitment channel via its website. There is no evidence of proprietary technology platforms, data assets, or AI/ML deployment; the digital footprint consists of a marketing and ordering website.

Name

LE FOUR A PIZZA

Legal name

SARL CRDIS

Website

https://lefourapizza.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Le Four à Pizza is a family-owned independent pizzeria chain founded in 2002, operating wood-fired artisanal pizzerias across the Nantes metropolitan area in France, serving dine-in, takeout, and delivery customers locally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pizzeria / Casual Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251), Limited-Service Restaurants (722513)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Pizza Fast Casual (THAFABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pizza QSR (THAFAAAB)

Keywords

• Artisanal wood-fired pizza
• Pizzeria restaurant chain
• Pizza takeout delivery
• Nantes French pizzeria
• Thin crust pizza

Headquarters

HQ city

Carquefou

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Pizza sales (dine-in, takeout, delivery): Primary revenue stream from selling pizzas across 4 categories: Les Fromagères, Les Terroirs, Les Saveurs du Monde, Les Océanes. Pizzas are sold in three sizes (26cm, 33cm, 45cm) with prices ranging from €4.90 to €22.90. Revenue generated through dine-in service, takeout orders, and home delivery.
2. Beverages: Sale of beverages including sodas (€1.00-€3.90), wines (€8.90 per bottle), and beers (€3.00-€3.50).
3. Desserts: Sale of desserts including Ben & Jerry's ice cream (€7.50), brownies (€3.00), and chocolate fondants.
4. Appetizers/Starters: Sale of appetizers including Crousti'Box (€9.90), onion rings, nuggets, mozzarella sticks, and camembert croquettes.
5. Delivery fee: €4.00 delivery fee charged for orders in Carquefou and Orvault zones.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Le Four à Pizza is a family-owned pizzeria chain operating three restaurant locations in the Nantes metropolitan area (Carquefou, Orvault, Les Sorinières). It sells artisanal thin-crust pizzas cooked in wood-fired rotative ovens, organized into four flavor categories (Les Fromagères, Les Terroirs, Les Saveurs du Monde, Les Océanes) available in three sizes (26cm, 33cm, 45cm). The chain also offers appetizers, desserts, and beverages, served via dine-in, takeout, and home delivery channels.

Product overview

Le Four à Pizza is a family-owned French pizzeria chain (not a franchise) established in 2002, operating four locations in the Nantes metropolitan area (Carquefou, Orvault, Les Sorinières, and formerly Vertou). The offering centers on artisanal thin-crust pizzas cooked in wood-fired ovens, organized into four categories: Les Fromagères (cheese-focused), Les Terroirs (regional French), Les Saveurs du Monde (international flavors), and Les Océanes (seafood). The menu is complemented by appetizers, desserts, and beverages. Services include dine-in, takeout, and home delivery. All pizzas are made daily with fresh ingredients, featuring quality cheeses like French Emmental and Italian Mozzarella.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wood-fired artisanal pizzas

Quantifiable outcome

• 5/5 quality rating from ELLE Magazine mystery shopping survey - only pizzeria in the survey to achieve perfect score

Named customers5 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

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Pizza Hut France: Established nationwide casual-dining pizza brand competing for the same dine-in and family-meal occasions as Le Four à Pizza but with significantly greater scale and brand awareness.
• Domino's Pizza France: National French arm of the global delivery-focused pizza chain; broader incumbent with deep delivery infrastructure, app-driven ordering and marketing budgets that dwarf Le Four à Pizza's local footprint.
• Papa John's France: French subsidiary of the US delivery-led pizza chain; broad incumbent competing on delivery convenience and digital ordering in the same suburban markets where Le Four à Pizza operates.

Direct peers

• La Pizza de Nico: French regional pizzeria chain offering artisanal pizzas across multiple locations, directly comparable to Le Four à Pizza's dine-in, takeaway and delivery model with similar menu breadth.
• Speed Rabbit Pizza: French home-delivery and takeaway pizza chain with comparable artisanal positioning and multi-site regional presence, making it a close direct peer to Le Four à Pizza in terms of menu depth and consumer-facing pizza model.
• Pizza Sprint: French pizza chain operating dine-in, takeaway and home delivery from multiple sites, overlapping directly with Le Four à Pizza on service model, menu categories and mid-tier pricing.

Emerging players

• Big Mamma Group: Fast-growing French artisanal Italian restaurant group with strong brand identity on wood-fired and traditional pizza; an emerging premium player that competes for the same quality-conscious customer.

Others

• Buitoni (frozen pizza): Major French grocery frozen-pizza brand owned by Nestlé; an adjacent retail-channel competitor that targets home consumption occasions rather than the dine-in/delivery channel Le Four à Pizza operates in.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Lefourapizzas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/le-four-a-pizza

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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