NANTES NATATION

What NANTES NATATION does

NANTES NATATION is a French non-profit sports association founded in 1913 and headquartered at 13 Chaussée de la Madeleine in Nantes, operating in the Nantes metropolitan area. The club runs a broad swimming program portfolio spanning leisure swimming, competitive swimming, a swimming school ("École de Natation La Source"), aquagym, NatFit, adapted sports for individuals with mental and/or psychological disabilities delivered under the Fédération Française du Sport Adapté (FFSA), the "Nagez Forme Santé" health-oriented swimming program for chronic-condition members supervised by Brevet Fédéral Éducateur NFS-certified educators, and open-water activities including outings to Pornic and Lac de Vioreau. Activities are delivered across four municipal pool facilities in Nantes: Piscine de la Petite Amazonie, Piscine Léo Lagrange, Piscine de la Durantière, and Piscine Jules Verne.

The club operates on a direct-to-consumer subscription model, with members registering and paying through the Comiti sports club management platform (nantesnatation.comiti-sport.fr). Marketing is conducted through the club website, Instagram (@nantesnatation), Facebook, and the Comiti portal, and the club is actively enrolling new members for the 2026-2027 season. Revenue is generated from recurring membership fees across the various program verticals, with no publicly disclosed pricing or financial data; the organization employs 16 staff and is structured as an independent, privately-held association without external investment or parent company.

Name

NANTES NATATION

Legal name

NANTES NATATION

Website

https://nantesnatation.comiti-sport.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NANTES NATATION is a 1913-founded non-profit swimming club in Nantes, France, offering leisure, competitive, aquagym, FFSA adapted sports, health, and open-water programs across four municipal pools via a Comiti-platform membership model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: The club generates revenue through annual and seasonal membership fees for various swimming and fitness activities including leisure swimming, competitive swimming, aquagym, and adapted sports programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

NANTES NATATION is a non-profit swimming association operating recreational and competitive swimming instruction, aquagym, NatFit, adapted sports (Sport Adapté FFSA) for people with mental and/or psychological disabilities, health-oriented swimming (Nagez Forme Santé) for individuals with chronic conditions, and open water swimming outings and training camps. The club runs a dedicated beginner swimming school (École de Natation La Source) and a competition group, delivering all activities through multiple municipal pool facilities in the Nantes metropolitan area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• École de Natation La Source (Swimming School) A dedicated swimming school (La Source) for beginner-level swimmers of all ages, offering scheduled sessions (créneaux) to teach foundational swimming skills as part of the club's membership offerings.
• Natation Loisirs (Recreational Swimming) Recreational swimming membership lanes for members who want to swim for general fitness and leisure without competitive objectives.
• Natation Compétition (Competitive Swimming) Competitive swimming training group for members pursuing performance progression and competition, delivered at the club's pool facilities.
• Aquagym Water gymnastics and fitness classes for adults, providing low-impact, joint-friendly exercise as part of the club's activity portfolio.
• NatFit Fitness-oriented aquatic sessions listed alongside swimming (leisure and competition) and Aquagym in the club's main registration activity bundle.
• Sport Adapté FFSA (Adapted Para-Swimming) Adapted swimming program for individuals with mental and/or psychological disabilities, coordinated with the Fédération Française du Sport Adapté (FFSA), with weekly sessions at Piscine Léo Lagrange and Piscine de la Durantière and the option to participate in official FFSA competitions.
• Nagez Forme Santé (Health Swimming) Health-oriented swimming program for members with disabilities or chronic conditions such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular, respiratory, and osteoarticular conditions, supervised by Brevet Fédéral Éducateur NFS certified educators and held at Piscine Jules Verne.
• Eau Libre (Open Water Outings) Open water swimming outings organized during the summer, including trips to locations such as Pornic and Lac de Vioreau (where the club runs the Défi du Lac de Vioreau 2026).
• Stage Eau Libre (Open Water Training Camps) Open water training camps delivered as part of the club's open water program, complementing the seasonal Eau Libre outings.
• Stages Natation Bassins Mobiles Été (Summer Mobile Pool Stages) Summer swimming stages run in mobile pools, listed alongside the club's main activity bundle as a seasonal program.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fédération Française du Sport Adapté (FFSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial partnership with FFSA for adapted swimming (Para-Natation Adaptée) programs for individuals with mental and/or psychological disabilities. The club operates under FFSA guidelines and can participate in official FFSA competitions.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Fédération Française de Natation (FFN): The national governing body for swimming in France. Comparable to Nantes Natation as the broader regulatory and competitive ecosystem the club operates within, and as an incumbent that defines competition standards, club affiliation, and federation pathways.

Emerging players

• MySwimPro: Digital swimming coaching platform offering training plans, technique content, and community features. An emerging player serving overlapping swimming enthusiasts, but adjacent rather than directly competitive, as it is app-based rather than a pool-based club.
• Aqua fitness studios (e.g., aquabike/aquagym chains): Specialized private aquagym/aquabike studios catering to adult low-impact fitness. Comparable to Nantes Natation's aquagym segment and a competitive threat for price-sensitive recreational members seeking premium facilities, though they generally do not offer competitive or adapted sports.

Direct peers

• Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille: A long-established French swimming club offering competitive and recreational swimming in a major French city. Comparable to Nantes Natation as a membership-based swimming club with multi-program offerings and federation participation.
• Paris Natation: Multi-program swimming club in Paris offering recreational and competitive swimming. Directly comparable to Nantes Natation as a French metropolitan swimming club serving leisure and competition members.
• Dauphins du TOEC: Toulouse-based swimming club (Toulouse Olympique Employés Club) operating competitive and recreational swimming programs. Comparable to Nantes Natation in scale, structure, and reliance on French municipal pool networks.
• ASPTT (multi-sport clubs network): National network of French multi-sport clubs including swimming sections. Comparable to Nantes Natation as a non-profit, membership-based aquatic sports program offering recreational and competitive swimming across multiple French cities.
• Cercle des Nageurs de Lyon: Major French swimming club in Lyon providing competitive and leisure swimming programs. Directly comparable as a similarly mission-oriented, multi-program swimming club operating in a French metropolitan area.
• Stade Français Natation: Swimming section of the historic Stade Français multi-sport club in Paris, offering competitive and recreational swimming comparable to Nantes Natation's swimming-school-and-competition model.

Others

• Fédération Française du Sport Adapté (FFSA): National federation for adapted sports in France and Nantes Natation's official partner for Para-Natation Adaptée. Relevant as the upstream federation enabling the club's adapted-sports offering and as a comparable established sports-federation ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/NantesNatation
• Instagraminstagram.com/nantesnatation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nantes-natation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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