What Renard does

Renard (SAS RENARD) is a French specialty construction services company headquartered in Escaudain, Hauts-de-France, providing demolition, earthwork (terrassement), and depollution services to enterprise clients and public authorities. The company operates three integrated service lines: Démolition/Déconstruction (building curage, manual and mechanical demolition, industrial process dismantling, and material recovery), Terrassement (full-mass earthwork, platform construction, specialized techniques including groundwater lowering, underwater, and ISDND sites, plus mole earthwork for discreet underground excavations), and Dépollution (contaminated site characterization, excavation-based remediation, and containment solutions, delivered in partnership with a specialized engineering firm). Service delivery is supported by a fleet of 100+ internally managed machines, including 3D-enabled earthwork equipment for precision and BROKK remote-controlled demolition robots for hazardous environments.

The business model is project-based B2B services, with quotes issued per project depending on scope, complexity, and equipment requirements. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales, responding to tenders and project requests from private-sector clients (LEROY MERLIN, KIABI, SANEF, SUEZ, VEOLIA, Bouygues Bâtiment Nord-Est) and public authorities (Métropole Européenne de Lille, Stade Bollaert). The company holds QUALIBAT 1112 (Démolition Déconstruction) and QUALIBAT 1312 (Terrassements Fouilles) certifications, both at the "technicité confirmée" (confirmed technical capability) level, which function as tender prequalifications.

Renard is a privately held family-owned SAS with 52 employees, capital social of €190,000, and no external institutional investors. The enterprise traces its origins to 1910 under founder Célestin RENARD (horse-drawn coal transport), was formally established post-WWII by the second generation, and entered demolition and earthworks in the 1950s. The fourth generation (Roger, Maryline, Olivier) consolidated the business around demolition and earthwork in the 1980s–1990s, and the fifth generation (Caroline, Christophe) joined in 2025. Operations are concentrated in the Hauts-de-France region, with deployment capability into neighboring regions for larger or specialized projects. Marketing is minimal and primarily directed through the company website and a LinkedIn presence.

Name

Renard

Legal name

SAS RENARD

Website

https://sas-renard.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Renard is a French family-owned specialty contractor providing demolition, earthwork, and depollution services to enterprise clients and public authorities in Hauts-de-France, using a fleet of 100+ machines including 3D-enabled and BROKK robotic equipment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Demolition and Earthworks Services

NAICS

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237), Remediation Services (56291), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600), Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Demolition (Structural, Selective/Interior) (IMAFAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Deconstruction & Salvage (Building Materials Reuse) (BPALAJAI), Construction & Demolition (C&D) Debris Recycling (IMAIAFAG), Deconstruction & Salvage (Building Material Reuse) (EUAIAHAJ)

Keywords

• Demolition services
• Earthwork construction
• Site remediation
• Deconstruction services
• Contaminated land cleanup

Headquarters

HQ city

Escaudain

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction and Demolition Services: Project-based B2B revenue from demolition, deconstruction, earthwork, and depollution services for professional clients and public authorities. Services range from simple stripping operations to large-scale mechanical demolition, site preparation, and contaminated land remediation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Renard is a B2B construction-services contractor that performs demolition/deconstruction, earthworks (terrassement), and contaminated-site depollution for professional clients and public authorities. Projects range from building strip-out and mechanical demolition to platform construction, specialized excavations, and brownfield remediation, executed with an in-house fleet of 100+ specialized machines including 3D-guided earthwork equipment and BROKK demolition robots.

Product overview

Renard is a demolition, earthworks, and depollution services company founded in 1910. The company offers three integrated core service lines: Démolition/Déconstruction (demolition, deconstruction, and industrial dismantling), Terrassement (earthworks including specialized techniques), and Dépollution (contaminated site remediation). These services are delivered using a fleet of over 100 specialized machines managed in-house, including 3D-equipped earthwork equipment and BROKK robots. The company operates primarily in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Démolition/Déconstruction Demolition and deconstruction services for professional clients and public authorities, including building curage (strip-out), manual demolition, mechanical demolition, industrial process dismantling, and material recovery/recycling.
• Terrassement Earthworks services including full-mass earthwork, platform construction, specialized earthwork (collapse/filling, groundwater lowering, underwater, ISDND sites), and mole earthwork for discreet underground excavations, using 3D technology for precision.
• Dépollution Depollution and rehabilitation services for former industrial sites, including contaminated area mapping and characterization, excavation-based depollution, and containment solutions for polluted soils, delivered in partnership with specialized engineering firms.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% reduction in energy consumption targeted for renovated buildings in projects like Faculty of Pharmacy of Lille
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Bureau d'étude spécialisé (Specialized Engineering Firm)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with specialized engineering firm for contaminated site assessment and remediation planning, ensuring proper characterization and treatment of polluted sites.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bouygues Bâtiment Nord-Est: Regional construction arm of Bouygues Construction and an existing client of Renard. Comparable as a demolition/renovation buyer in northern France and a potential prime-contractor competitor on larger tenders.
• Léon Grosse: Privately held French general contractor with demolition, earthworks, and rehabilitation capabilities. Comparable service mix to Renard but with national reach and a much larger employee base.
• NGE: Independent French construction group active in earthworks, demolition, and environmental works. Competes with Renard in earthworks and site preparation across multiple French regions at significantly larger scale.
• Colas: Bouygues subsidiary and major French heavy civil contractor with demolition and earthworks capabilities. Competes with Renard on infrastructure-adjacent demolition/earthwork tenders but at much greater scale and geographic reach.
• Eiffage Démolition: Demolition and earthworks arm of Eiffage, one of France's largest construction groups. Overlaps with Renard on demolition and site preparation but operates nationally with far greater scale and bonding capacity.

Others

• Veolia: Global environmental services group and a named Renard customer. Comparable in the broader environmental remediation and waste valorization theme that underpins Renard's depollution and material-recovery services.
• Suez: Major environmental services group and one of Renard's named customers for depollution work. Relevant as an ecosystem participant in contaminated-site remediation, the depollution adjacency that Renard serves.

Regional players

• Ramery: Multi-trade construction group headquartered in northern France with demolition, earthworks, and environmental remediation capabilities. Regionally adjacent competitor with overlapping service lines to Renard in Hauts-de-France.

Direct peers

• Cardinal Edifice: French demolition specialist focused on deconstruction, earthworks, and asbestos removal. Directly comparable in service mix and target customers (professional clients and public authorities) to Renard's demolition/depollution work.
• Demcy: One of France's leading pure-play demolition and deconstruction specialists. Directly comparable to Renard in core demolition/earthwork activity, with a similar project-based, multi-segment (industrial, commercial, public) service offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/renarddemolition

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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