PLIE

Name

PLIE

Legal name

PLIE du libournais

Website

https://plielibournais.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Libourne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: As a non-profit association under French law 1901, PLIE du Libournais is entirely funded by public sources including local collectivities, the Gironde Department, Nouvelle Aquitaine Region, and the European Social Fund (FSE+). Services to job seekers, enterprises, and collectivities are provided free of charge.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PLIE du Libournais is a non-profit local employment insertion service that provides free personalized job search support, professional reconversion assistance, training access, and recruitment mediation for job seekers aged 26 and over across 136 municipalities in the Libournais territory. It also supports very small businesses (TPE) with HR tools and assists local authorities in implementing social clauses in public procurement.

Product overview

PLIE du Libournais is a local employment insertion service offering personalized job search support, professional reconversion assistance, and business creation guidance for job seekers aged 26 and over. The organization connects employers with candidates, implements social clauses in public procurement, and supports small businesses with dedicated HR tools including the RH-TPE service for TPE management and La Boîte aux Métiers platform for job exploration and recruitment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personalized Accompaniment (Accompagnement Personnalisé) Free, individualized career guidance and pathway support for job seekers aged 26 and over, including skills assessment, career project definition, training access, CV/cover letter preparation, interview coaching, internship and company visit organization, and job placement. Duration of accompaniment is without time limit.
• RH-TPE
• La Boîte aux Métiers A job discovery platform that enables job seekers to explore, test, and find employment in sectors actively recruiting on the Libournais territory, connecting candidates with local employment opportunities.
• Social Clauses in Public Procurement (Clauses Sociales) Insertion project engineering and responsible purchasing service for municipalities, intercommunalities, and public establishments. Includes identification of social-clause-friendly contracts, accompaniment of insertion structures (SIAE), and outreach to protected/adapted work structures (STPA).
• Enterprise Recruitment Support Recruitment support for enterprises in the Libournais territory, including job offer dissemination, candidate preselection, MRS-based simulated recruitment, professionalization contracts, and post-placement follow-up.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% of establishments undertook recruitment steps since 2021, with 85% success rate
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• CEFIL (Centre de Formation de l'INSEE Libourne)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2024Training center that collaborated with PLIE on a joint survey studying recruitment processes and difficulties of Libournais businesses, with 21.3% response rate from 3,205 establishments.
• France TravailcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic employment service referring job seekers to PLIE accompaniment. Joint coordination on recruitment solutions including MRS (Méthode de Recrutement par Simulation).
• Mission LocalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth employment support organization partnering with PLIE for recruitment solutions and alternative hiring methods.
• Cap EmploicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialized employment service for people with disabilities, collaborating on recruitment and insertion programs.
• GNFA (Groupement National pour la Formation Automobile)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNational training organization for the automotive sector providing specialized training for PLIE beneficiaries in career reconversion programs.
• SIAE (Structures d'Insertion par l'Activité Économique)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial insertion enterprises and structures referenced by PLIE for social clause implementation and reserved market promotion.
• STPA (Structures du Travail Protégé et Adapté)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProtected and adapted work structures for people with disabilities, promoted through PLIE's responsible purchasing support services.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• AFPA (Agence nationale pour la formation professionnelle des adultes): France's principal public vocational training organization. Comparable because it provides the training-to-employment pathway that PLIE beneficiaries are routed into; it is an enabling ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• France Travail: The national French public employment service (formerly Pôle Emploi) operating across all territories. Comparable because it provides job placement, employer recruitment support, and employment-services coordination to the same population segments as PLIE du Libournais, but at a national scale and with broader mandate.
• Manpower France: Major global commercial staffing and recruitment firm operating in France. Comparable to PLIE because it serves the same enterprise recruitment market (including TPEs) and the same job-seeker pool, but as a private commercial provider rather than a publicly funded non-profit intermediary.
• Adecco France: A leading global commercial staffing and recruitment firm operating in France. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the employment services space, offering recruitment and workforce solutions to enterprises — the same employer-side customer base PLIE serves — but as a paid commercial offering rather than a public-funded intermediary.

Direct peers

• Maison de l'Emploi: Territorial public-employment coordination structures (Maisons de l'Emploi) operating across France. Comparable to PLIE because they aggregate local employment actors, coordinate insertion services, and interface with collectivities and enterprises in a defined territory.
• CIBC (Centres Interinstitutionnels de Bilans de Compétences): Inter-institutional skills assessment centers providing competency evaluation and career guidance across French territories. Comparable to PLIE because they offer upstream career-pathway services to similar job-seeker populations and feed into employment or training pathways.
• Mission Locale: National network of territorial youth employment support organizations operating in France since 1982. Highly comparable to PLIE because it delivers locally rooted personalized employment accompaniment, employer liaison, and pathway coordination for job seekers in defined territories.
• Cap Emploi: National network specialized in employment support for people with disabilities. Comparable to PLIE because it operates a territory-based intermediary model between job seekers with employment barriers and local employers, using similar accompaniment and recruitment approaches.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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