Safer Bretagne

Name

Safer Bretagne

Legal name

Safer Bretagne

Website

https://safer-bretagne.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Land Management and Agricultural Land Transactions

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511), Farm Management Services (115116), Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Ranches & Livestock Properties Brokerage (BPAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Timberland & Forestry Properties Brokerage (BPAJADAC), Transitional/Development Land Brokerage (Entitled, In-Path-of-Growth) (BPAJADAJ)

Keywords

• Agricultural land transactions
• Rural land management
• Farmland preemption
• Land market monitoring
• Young farmer installation

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-Brieuc

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Intervention fees on land transactions: Safer Bretagne charges intervention fees according to a scale fixed by its Board of Directors. These fees represent services provided: technical expertise, negotiation, legal security, and property valuation. The fees are paid by the seller.
2. Response rapid processing fees: Fees charged for accelerated processing of Declarations of Intention to Alienate (DIA), with tiered pricing based on transaction value: under €60,000: €120 TTC, €60,000-€300,000: €180 TTC, over €300,000: €360 TTC.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Safer Bretagne facilitates rural and agricultural land transactions across Brittany, acting as a government-supervised intermediary that purchases, manages, and resells farmland. It supports young farmer installation through land carrying (portage foncier), provides temporary land management for municipalities, and operates the Vigifoncier digital platform for real-time land market monitoring. Its core function is to acquire, hold, and retrocede agricultural property under legal preemption rights to ensure sustainable land use and farm transmission.

Product overview

Safer Bretagne operates as a unified rural land operator platform with multiple integrated services. The core offering centers on land transaction facilitation (purchasing and reselling rural properties) and land management services. Key products include: Vigifoncier (online land monitoring portal), Propriétés Rurales (property listing platform), the Technical Committee selection process, public calls for candidates, temporary land management agreements (Convention de Mise à Disposition), and land carrying services (Portage Foncier) for young farmers. These services are interconnected, with Vigifoncier providing market intelligence that informs transaction activities, and the property portal serving as the public-facing listing for properties managed through their transaction and selection processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Vigifoncier: An online cartographic portal providing real-time land transaction monitoring and territorial analysis tools for local authorities and land planning stakeholders.

Products and services

• Vigifoncier Online cartographic portal providing real-time land transaction monitoring and market analysis for local authorities. Features 'Veille foncière' (land monitoring) for real-time transaction alerts and 'Observatoire' for land consumption and market dynamics indicators.
• Propriétés Rurales Online property listing platform for rural properties in Brittany (departments 22, 29, 35, 56). Aggregates all rural property advertisements from Safer Bretagne.
• Appel Public à Candidatures (Public Call for Candidates) Public call for candidates process for land and property sales. Includes 15-day public announcement period in two local legal newspapers, at town halls, and on Safer and prefecture websites as required by rural code.
• Convention de Mise à Disposition (Temporary Land Management) Temporary land management tool allowing local authorities to make their property available to Safer Bretagne for agricultural exploitation while awaiting development projects. Handles farmer recruitment, lease management, and payment guarantees under Article L142-6 of the Rural Code.
• Portage Foncier (Land Carrying) Land carrying service offered in partnership with Regional and Departmental councils. Safer Bretagne purchases land suitable for young farmer projects and manages it for several months while projects are finalized.
• Comité Technique Départemental (Departmental Technical Committee) Departmental committee that examines candidate dossiers for land or farm acquisition. Composed of representatives from agricultural organizations, local authorities, environmental groups, and state services. Emits opinions on projects based on local integration and Safer missions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 124 young farmers installed in 2025, including 100 with JA installation aid (Dotation Jeunes Agriculteurs)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Fédération Nationale des Conseils des Chevaux (FCC)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 October 2019National framework agreement signed with FN Safer for cooperation on equine sector land projects. EquiSafer network of specialized Safer advisors supports professional equine projects (racing, sports, riding centers, tourism) in regions. Approximately 3,600 hectares oriented annually toward equine activities through Safer network.
• Chambres d'Agriculture de BretagnecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 September 2015Convention de partenariat Installation-Transmission signed September 25, 2015 to strengthen collaboration between Safer Bretagne and Brittany's Chambers of Agriculture. The partnership combines their complementary expertise to improve efficiency in supporting farm transmission and young farmer installation. Joint actions include coordinated support for transmitting farmers and incoming young farmers.
• Réseau 'Transmission en Agriculture' de BretagnecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 September 2014A network of 23 agricultural organizations including Safer Bretagne created in September 2014 with a joint action program around three axes: raising farmer awareness about transmission importance, communicating available tools and methods, and accompanying transmission projects from reflection to completion. The network created website www.transmission-en-agriculture.com.
• Collectivités Territoriales (Regional and Departmental Councils)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership conventions with regional and departmental councils for land monitoring, reserve constitution, and project support. Over 80 Brittany municipalities have subscribed to the Vigifoncier service through partnership conventions. Safer assists with municipal land management through Convention de Mise à Disposition (Article L142-6 of Rural Code).
• Le Notariat (Chambre des Notaires)coreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with notaries for information exchange on rural property transactions. Notaries are legally required to notify Safer of all agricultural land sales (DIA - Déclaration d'Intention d'Aliéner). Safer provides notaries with secure document exchange, electronic notification systems integrated with GENAPI and FIDUCIAL software, and preemption procedures.
• FN Safer (Fédération Nationale des Safer)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational federation providing coordination, shared tools, and standardized procedures across all regional Safer organizations. FN Safer publishes annual forest price indicators in partnership with Société forestière de la Caisse des dépôts and developed common declaration forms used by all Safer organizations.
• Bretagne VivanteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental protection organization represented on Safer Bretagne's Board of Directors as part of the third college of administrators (Other shareholders), contributing to decisions on land attribution and environmental protection priorities.
• Fédération Régionale des Chasseurs de BretagneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional hunters federation represented on departmental technical committees and Board of Directors, contributing to land use decisions and rural land management discussions.
• ODASEAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization for agricultural installation support present on technical committees, contributing to evaluation of young farmer installation projects.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Safer de Normandie: Regional Safer covering Normandy under the same 1960 agricultural orientation law. Operates the same preemption/notification model for rural land transactions, with an analogous portfolio of Vigifoncier-like monitoring services and departmental offices.
• Safer Hauts-de-France: Regional Safer covering the Hauts-de-France region, organized after the 2014 LAAAF regionalization. Same legal mission, transaction fees, and committee-based selection process as Safer Bretagne, making it the closest functional equivalent.
• Safer Pays de la Loire: Regional Safer for the Pays de la Loire region — directly comparable mission, scale, and rural land focus. Operates the same DIA notification, preemption, and farm installation framework in a neighboring agricultural region.
• Safer Nouvelle-Aquitaine: One of the largest regional Safer organizations in France covering Nouvelle-Aquitaine, with similar transaction volumes, departmental offices, and preemption-based business model. Directly comparable in mission and structure.
• Safer Occitanie: Regional Safer covering Occitanie, another large agricultural region of France. Operates under the same legal preemption regime, with comparable product lines (property listings, technical committees, portage foncier).

Broad incumbents

• FN Safer (Fédération Nationale des Safer): National federation coordinating all 14 regional Safer organizations, including Safer Bretagne. Provides shared tools, standardized DIA forms, and forest price indicators. Comparable as the umbrella body overseeing the same regulatory framework.

Others

• Proprietes-rurales.com: National rural property listing portal aggregating listings from all Safer regional organizations, including Safer Bretagne. Comparable as the distribution channel for rural properties and a key acquisition funnel for Safer's transaction business.
• Chambres d'Agriculture de Bretagne: Strategic partner of Safer Bretagne (convention signed 2015) for farm transmission and young farmer installation. Set up as a complementary institution rather than a competitor, but addresses overlapping customer segments in agriculture.
• Crédit Agricole des Côtes d'Armor: Agricultural bank and Safer Bretagne board member that co-finances farm acquisitions. Not a direct competitor but a critical partner in the transmission value chain; comparable as an ecosystem participant in Brittany agricultural land markets.

Emerging players

• Terres d'Europe: France-based rural land investment and advisory firm focused on agricultural land for private investors. Comparable as a partial competitor in the rural property transaction and advisory space, particularly for non-farmer buyers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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