PAM ( Pantin Activités et Métiers)

What PAM ( Pantin Activités et Métiers) does

PAM (Pantin Activités et Métiers) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) operating as an Entreprise à But d'Emploi (EBE) under the national Territoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue Durée (TZCLD) policy experimentation. Founded in 2022 and formally habilitated as an EBE in March 2023, the organization is based in the Quatre-Chemins neighborhood of Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis — a district of roughly 11,000 residents with a 28% long-term unemployment rate and 38% poverty rate. PAM recruits long-term unemployed residents without diploma or experience requirements and offers them permanent contracts (CDI) with chosen working hours, coordinated with the local Comité Local pour l'Emploi (CLE).

PAM operates through seven activity poles: a Culinary Pole producing artisanal beverages and bespoke catering inspired by North and West African culinary traditions; a Textile Upcycling Pole that transforms offcuts, fabric samples, and advertising banners (including Paris 2024 Olympic banners) into accessories, bags, and insulation bricks; a Solidarity Pole running an associative café, an anti-waste boutique, and a neighborhood kiosk; a Proximity Services Pole providing concierge, cleaning, security, and maintenance to local associations and businesses; a Social Innovation Pole; a Circular Carpentry workshop; and the Quatre-Chemins de la Terre urban agriculture initiative. The organization has no proprietary technology platform — operations are conducted through three physical locations in Pantin, a partnership network, and direct community engagement.

PAM's revenue model blends public funding with commercial activity. The primary funding mechanism is the Contribution au Développement de l'Emploi (CDE) from the ETCLD (Fonds d'Expérimentation Territoriale Contre le Chômage de Longue Durée), supplemented by an initial seed allocation (dotation d'amorçage) and grants from partners including the Conseil Départemental de Seine-Saint-Denis, AGEFIPH, Action Logement, and In'li. Commercial revenue is generated through catering sales to bars, brasseries, and restaurants; anti-waste boutique transactions; textile upcycling product sales; and on-site professional services. Distribution is regional only, anchored at 148 avenue Jean Jaurès (main office, café, boutique), 62 rue Denis Papin (textile workshop), and 65 avenue Édouard-Vaillant (neighborhood kiosk), with direct delivery to professional customers.

Name

PAM ( Pantin Activités et Métiers)

Legal name

PAM! (Pantin Activités et Métiers)

Website

https://pam-pantin.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PAM is a non-profit social enterprise (Entreprise à But d'Emploi) in Pantin, France, providing permanent employment contracts to long-term unemployed residents through culinary catering, textile upcycling, solidarity retail, and proximity services under the TZCLD framework.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Pantin

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contribution au Développement de l'Emploi (CDE): The ETCLD (Fonds d'Expérimentation Territoriale Contre le Chômage de Longue Durée) provides CDE funding for each person recruited and accompanied in their employment pathway, plus a seed funding allocation (dotation d'amorçage). This is the primary public funding mechanism supporting PAM's operations.
2. Catering and culinary services: Pole culinaire generates revenue through bespoke buffet catering services, artisanal beverage sales (delivery to bars, brasseries, restaurants), and event catering with eco-responsible practices.
3. Anti-gaspi boutique sales: The solidarity pole operates a boutique selling non-food products at reduced prices, including hygiene, household products, baby supplies, and school materials, serving the most vulnerable residents.
4. Textile upcycling products: The textile pole creates accessories (trousse, pouches, bags) from recycled fabrics and advertising banners, sold through the workshop, kiosk, and partner EBE of Bagnolet.
5. Professional services: Services aux professionnels offering concierge, cleaning, gardening, event security, and maintenance services to local associations and businesses.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

PAM is a purpose-driven social enterprise (Entreprise à But d'Emploi, EBE) that delivers sustainable CDI employment to long-term unemployed residents of the Quatre-Chemins neighborhood in Pantin through four operational activity poles. The Pôle Culinaire offers bespoke catering, artisanal beverages, and event buffets; the Pôle Couture Upcycling creates accessories and bags from recycled fabrics and advertising banners; the Pôle Solidarité runs an associative café, anti-waste boutique, and neighborhood kiosk serving vulnerable residents; and the Pôle Services de Proximité provides concierge, cleaning, security, and maintenance services to local associations and businesses. Operations are funded by public ETCLD grants and earned commercial revenue.

Product overview

PAM (Pantin Activités et Métiers) is a purpose-driven employment company (Entreprise à But d'Emploi, EBE) operating under the Territoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue Durée (TZCLD) experiment. The organization operates as a multi-service social enterprise with seven interconnected divisions: a Culinary Pole offering artisanal beverages and catering; a Textile Upcycling Pole creating accessories from recycled materials; a Solidarity Pole featuring an associative café and anti-waste boutique; a Proximity Services Pole for professional support; a Social Innovation Pole developing community projects; a Circular Carpentry workshop; and an Urban Greening activity. These services are designed to provide dignified, sustainable CDI employment to long-term unemployed residents of the Quatre-Chemins neighborhood while creating useful activities for the local community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pôle Culinaire Culinary services offering bespoke catering buffets, artisanal beverage production and delivery to bars/brasseries/restaurants, and event catering with eco-responsible practices including cargo bike delivery. Inspired by North and West African culinary traditions of the PAM team.
• Pôle Couture Upcycling Textile upcycling and circular economy service transforming fabric samples, offcuts, and advertising banners (including Paris 2024 Olympic banners) into unique accessories, bags, pouches, and everyday objects. Textile scraps are recycled into insulation bricks.
• Pôle Solidarité Solidarity activities including an associative café, anti-waste boutique selling non-food products at solidarity prices (hygiene, household products, baby supplies, school supplies), neighborhood kiosk for local information and events, and senior support services including velo-taxi accompaniment.
• Pôle Services de Proximité Professional services including concierge, security/guardian services, cleaning, minor repairs, space greening and maintenance, and vegetation services for local associations, cultural venues, and businesses in Pantin.

Quantifiable outcome

• 13 people signed CDI contracts in first year of operation (2023)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

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

• Vergers UrbainsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 February 2024Urban agriculture partner in 'Quatre Chemins de la Terre' project. Provides urban farming workshops and professional development in plant-related trades. Supports weekly Tuesday agriculture workshops.
• Green RésistancemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 February 2024Environmental association co-creating 'Quatre Chemins de la Terre' project. Conducts workshops on reusable materials construction and participates in community improvement initiatives.
• Le Pas Si LoinmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 February 2024Key social partner operating the 'Mémoires et Rêves de quartier' documentary project with PAM, supporting the solidarity pole with administrative assistance and velo-taxi services for seniors.
• Ville de PantincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary municipal partner supporting PAM's TZCLD experimentation. Provides political backing, facilities access, and coordination for neighborhood employment initiatives.
• Est EnsemblecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetropolitan intercommunality (EPCI) supporting the TZCLD project. Contributed to initial TZCLD discussions from 2018 and coordinates metropolitan-level employment policies.
• L'ApescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation for the Promotion de l'Économie Sociale. Supports PAM through the TZCLD ecosystem and provides network connections within the ESS sector.
• TZCLD AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational association (created 2016 by ATD Quart Monde, Secours Catholique, Emmaüs France, Le Pacte Civique, Fédération des acteurs de la solidarité) that developed TZCLD concept, animates and develops the project across territories.
• Pantin HabitatmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal social housing provider supporting PAM projects and serving as partner for neighborhood solidarity initiatives.
• RIVP (Régie Immobilière de la Ville de Paris)majorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegular customer receiving artisanal beverage deliveries. Represents PAM's professional client base in housing/real estate sector.
• Bar OurcqminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBar customer receiving regular artisanal beverage deliveries as part of PAM's culinary pole commercial activity.
• AuberkitchenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCulinary/social enterprise partner with cross-collaboration on food projects and initiatives in the territory.
• EGG Events agencyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEvent agency sourcing custom accessories and products from PAM's textile upcycling pole for events and communications.
• EmmaüsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in textile activities; part of the broader social and solidarity economy ecosystem supporting TZCLD experimentation.
• ElisminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProfessional textile/maintenance service company receiving custom textile products from PAM.
• ArtagonminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCultural venue receiving professional services (gardening, maintenance) from PAM's services aux professionnels pole.
• Tipis VolantsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChildcare association partnering in 'Travail et Parentalité' project with PAM, Le Pas Si Loin, Home, and Pantin Family to support mothers' return to employment.
• Pantin FamilymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation creating and animating Pantin's family solidarity network, co-partner in 'Travail et Parentalité' project supporting working parents.
• Home AssociationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation focused on women's wellbeing, partnering in 'Travail et Parentalité' project to address employment barriers for mothers.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Secours Catholique: Co-founder of the TZCLD association and major French social assistance organization running food aid, housing support, and economic integration programs. Comparable as a large incumbent in the social services / employment integration space that PAM operates within.
• Les Restos du Cœur: Major French food aid and social integration organization operating community kitchens, food distribution, and insertion activities. Comparable scale and overlap with PAM's solidarity pole (café associatif, anti-gaspi boutique) and culinary activities targeting vulnerable populations.
• Emmaüs France: National federation of social enterprises focused on inclusion through economic activity (recycling, second-hand retail, integration activities). Co-founder of the TZCLD national association, named partner in PAM's textile pole, and operates a much larger analogous model across France.
• ATD Quart Monde: Co-founder of the TZCLD national association and long-standing anti-poverty organization. Operates integration-through-work programs in priority neighborhoods analogous to PAM's mission, with comparable focus on long-term unemployed and socially excluded populations.
• Fédération des acteurs de la solidarité: National federation of associations working on social inclusion, housing, and integration through economic activity. Co-founder of the TZCLD national association and an umbrella organization analogous to the ecosystem in which PAM operates.

Direct peers

• EBE Bagnolet (Caps Comme Noue): Sister Entreprise à But d'Emploi in neighboring Bagnolet, also operating under TZCLD. Direct cross-partner cited in PAM's textile pole for product distribution, sharing the same social-employment model, funding mechanism, and constitutional right-to-employment framework.
• Réseau Cocagne: National federation of social insertion enterprises using market gardening and organic food production to integrate people excluded from employment. Highly comparable operating model (multi-pole social enterprise with circular/eco practices) and similar target population to PAM's urban agriculture pole.
• Régie de Quartier: National federation of neighborhood-based social enterprises providing professional services (cleaning, maintenance, gardening) to local residents and businesses while integrating long-term unemployed. Direct comparable to PAM's proximity services pole and similar target beneficiary profile.
• Auberkitchen: Paris-area social culinary enterprise partnering with PAM, focused on food-based insertion and economic integration. Directly comparable operating model (culinary pole serving both vulnerable populations and B2B catering) and overlapping customer/beneficiary base.
• Le Pas Si Loin: Pantin-based social enterprise and direct PAM partner operating velo-taxi services, administrative assistance, and community documentary projects. Comparable neighborhood-anchored social enterprise serving vulnerable residents of Pantin with overlapping mission and territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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