Société Française de Psychologie

Name

Société Française de Psychologie

Legal name

Société Française de Psychologie

Website

https://sfpsy.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Psychology Association

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Scholarly Society & Association Publishing (EDAGAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK), Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

Keywords

• Professional psychology association
• Scientific psychology society
• Psychology research journals
• Psychology professional membership
• Psychology ethics standards

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulogne-Billancourt

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Annual membership fees from individual members (psychologists, researchers, students) and laboratory members. Individual membership ranges from €35 for students to €195 for full membership with both journals. Laboratory membership is €500 annually.
2. Journal subscriptions: Revenue from journal subscriptions to Pratiques Psychologiques and Psychologie Française publications, included as part of or in addition to membership fees.
3. Congress and event fees: Registration fees for annual congresses (Congrès SFP), study days, workshops, and other professional events organized by the society.
4. Mobility scholarships: PhD mobility grants of €3,000 awarded annually to qualifying doctoral students in psychology, funded through membership contributions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Société Française de Psychologie is a French non-profit learned society that serves the national community of psychologists and psychology researchers. Its core offerings include individual and laboratory memberships, two peer-reviewed scientific journals (Pratiques Psychologiques and Psychologie Française), an annual scientific congress, study days, webinars, doctoral mobility grants, and stewardship of the profession's code of ethics. The organization primarily sells membership subscriptions, journal access, and event registrations to its members.

Product overview

Société Française de Psychologie is a professional association for psychologists that operates primarily as a membership organization rather than a technology product company. The organization offers peer-reviewed journal publications (Pratiques Psychologiques and Psychologie Française), organizes annual congresses, provides doctoral mobility grants (€3,000 annually), and maintains laboratory membership programs. The society is structured around three main departments: DRP (Research), DAIP (Applications and Interventions), and DOA (Associated Organizations). No digital product or software platform is offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Membership

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

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

• G10coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership of ten psychology organizations working together on shared initiatives and advocacy for the psychology profession in France.
• CéRéDéPSY (Collectif de Réflexion sur la Déontologie des Psychologues)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective focused on deontology and ethics in psychology. SFP participates in joint communications and advocacy positions on professional ethics and regulatory matters.
• CNCDP (Commission Nationale Consultative de Déontologie des Psychologues)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational consultative commission on psychology deontology. SFP collaborates on ethics standards and professional conduct guidelines.
• EFPA (European Federation of Psychologists' Associations)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean federation representing national psychology associations. SFP maintains international relations through EFPA and participates in European psychology initiatives.
• IUPsyS (International Union of Psychological Science)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational union of national psychology societies. SFP maintains international representation through IUPsyS for global psychology cooperation.
• CNFPS (Commission Nationale des Formations en Psychologie)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational commission on psychology training programs. Collaborates on education standards and professional training requirements.
• CSSAF (Collège des Sociétés Savantes Académiques de France)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollege of academic learned societies in France. SFP participates in joint initiatives including the annual congress and research advocacy.
• AFPTO (Association Française de Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFounded January 14, 2006. Associated organization promoting work and organizational psychology. Represents members within SFP structure.
• AFPEN (Association Française des Psychologues de l'Education Nationale)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAssociation of educational psychologists. Represents school psychologists within the SFP network.
• AFPSA (Association Française de Psychologie de la Santé)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHealth psychology association affiliated with SFP for promoting health-related psychological practice.
• SFPS (Société Française de Psychologie du Sport)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench society of sport psychology. Associated organization representing sports psychology professionals.
• ITC (International Test Commission)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational commission of national test committees. SFP helped found ITC in 1974 and represents France at its general assemblies. SFP publishes French translations of ITC recommendations.
• CNSA (Caisse Nationale de Solidarité pour l'Autonomie)minorOthersNational fund for autonomy support. Co-funded the national action for caregivers of aphasic persons along with SFP and other organizations.
• FNAF (Fédération Nationale des Aphasiques de France)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational federation of aphasic persons. Partner in the national action for caregivers of aphasic persons.
• FNO (Fédération Nationale des Orthophonistes)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational federation of speech therapists. Partner in the national action for caregivers of aphasic persons.
• SNLF (Société de Neuropsychologie de Langue Française)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench-language neuropsychology society. Partner in the national action for caregivers of aphasic persons.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• British Psychological Society: The UK's national learned society and professional body for psychologists, operating a comparable membership-based model with chartered status, journals, annual conferences, and ethics guidelines. Direct functional mirror to SFP in France.
• Association for Psychological Science (APS): US-based scientific society focused on psychological research, with membership model, peer-reviewed journal (Psychological Science), and an annual convention. Comparable as a research-oriented psychology learned society.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs): Germany's national psychology association offering membership, journals, ethics guidelines, and an annual congress. Comparable structurally to SFP as a learned society serving a major European country's psychology profession.
• Canadian Psychological Association: Canada's national psychology association providing accreditation, journals, ethics support, and an annual convention. Direct peer in mission, structure, and member services.

Broad incumbents

• International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS): The global federation of national psychology organizations. SFP maintains international representation through IUPsyS and the organizations occupy adjacent policy spaces in scientific psychology.
• American Psychological Association: The largest professional psychology association globally, publishing numerous journals, running annual conventions, and accrediting psychology training. Operates at a much larger scale but provides the closest broad model of what SFP does at national level.
• European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (EFPA): The umbrella federation of European national psychology associations of which SFP is a member. Operates as an overarching body rather than a national society but overlaps in standards-setting and European-level advocacy.

Others

• Collège des Sociétés Savantes Académiques de France (CSSAF): The coalition of French academic learned societies of which SFP is a member. Operates a shared annual congress and joint research advocacy — an institutional peer in the broader learned-society ecosystem.
• Société Française de Sociologie: A French learned society for sociology operating under similar association loi 1901 framework with publications, congresses, and advocacy. Comparable as a peer French scholarly society even though the discipline differs.

Regional players

• Belgian Federation of Psychologists (BFP / FPB): Belgium's national federation of psychologists, providing membership, accreditation, and ethics guidelines. A nearby regional peer with similar scope and structure but focused on the Belgian market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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