SPORTINGSOLS

What SPORTINGSOLS does

SPORTINGSOLS is a privately held French sports surface construction and maintenance company founded in 1986 and headquartered in Saint Fulgent, Vendée. The company designs, builds, and maintains outdoor and indoor sports facilities — including football, rugby, athletics, tennis, padel, hockey, baseball, multisport, and indoor halls — for French municipalities, sports clubs, educational institutions, and tourism/hospitality operators. Its core technology spans multiple surface systems (synthetic grass, hybrid grass, natural grass, terre battue clay, acrylic resin, PVC, rubber, parquet, linoleum), supported by proprietary innovations such as the registered TERRAFOOT® alveolar substrate for rugby pitches (claimed 100x permeability vs. standard mixtures) and the Sportlyne Ten acrylic resin family for tennis. The company was the first in its French sector to obtain ISO 9001 certification (1996), is an FFT Plan Qualité Tennis member, and complies with standards including NF P 90 110, NF P 90-113, and EN 15330-1.

SPORTINGSOLS operates a project-based revenue model with custom multi-year contracts and a direct enterprise field sales motion. Revenue streams split between one-time construction/installation projects and recurring maintenance, repair, and renovation services. Pricing is bespoke per project, with no public price list. The company employs 80 qualified collaborators and accepts 15 apprentices annually to support skills transmission. Its geographic focus is Western France (Pays de la Loire, Bretagne, Normandie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine), with reference installations at professional venues including Stade Rennais (Roazhon Park), FC Lorient, Stade de La Beaujoire, Racing 92 (U Arena), Stade Français Paris, and Stade Chaban Delmas. The firm is structured as an independent family-owned corporation with no parent company, subsidiaries, or external funding disclosed.

Name

SPORTINGSOLS

Legal name

SPORTINGSOLS

Website

https://sportingsols.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SPORTINGSOLS is a privately held French sports surface construction and maintenance company, founded in 1986, that designs, builds, and services outdoor and indoor sports facilities for municipalities, sports clubs, schools, and hospitality operators across western France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Infrastructure Construction & Maintenance

NAICS

Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing (33992)

SIC

Sporting & Athletic Goods, Nec (3949)

akta.pro primary industry

Sports & Performance Flooring (Gym, Courts, Tracks) (IMADAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tennis & Racquet Sports Facilities (MPAKAEAE), Arenas & Indoor Sports Centers (MPAKAEAB), Groundskeeping, Landscaping & Athletic Field Maintenance (EDAEAAAC), Athletics Facilities & Venue Management (EDALAIAL)

Keywords

• Sports facility construction
• Sports surface installation
• Synthetic turf fields
• Tennis court construction
• Sports infrastructure maintenance

Headquarters

HQ city

ST FULGENT

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sports Infrastructure Construction: Design, construction, and installation of complete sports facilities including football fields, rugby pitches, athletics tracks, tennis courts, padel courts, multi-sport areas, and indoor sports halls. Project-based revenue from municipalities, sports clubs, schools, and private sports complexes.
2. Maintenance and Repair Services: Ongoing maintenance services for sports surfaces including cleaning, brushing, decompaction, re-sanding, and repairs for synthetic turf fields, as well as maintenance for clay courts and indoor sports surfaces.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SPORTINGSOLS designs, builds, and maintains outdoor and indoor sports facilities — including football, rugby, tennis, padel, athletics, hockey, baseball, beach, multisport, and indoor sport hall surfaces — for French municipalities, sports clubs, and educational institutions using surface technologies such as synthetic turf, hybrid grass, natural grass with the proprietary TERRAFOOT® substrate, terre battue clay, acrylic resin (Sportlyne Ten), PVC, rubber, and parquet sports floors. It also provides ongoing maintenance, repair, floor protection, and marking services under ISO 9001 quality management (certified since 1996, first in the French sector).

Product overview

SPORTINGSOLS is a sports infrastructure construction company offering a comprehensive portfolio of outdoor and indoor sports facilities. The company operates as a unified service offering rather than a modular software platform. Outdoor construction services include football, rugby, athletics, hockey, baseball, tennis, beach, padel, multisports, and playgrounds. Indoor services cover omnisport halls, fitness, squash, tennis, dojo, dance, and roller-skating facilities. The company also provides maintenance services including terrain maintenance, floor protection, and floor marking. Specialized surface products include Sportlyne Ten acrylic resin coatings (standard, Confort, and Rénovation variants) for tennis courts, TERRAFOOT innovative natural grass substrate for rugby, and traditional red clay court construction. The company operates primarily in France (Normandy, Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions) and serves municipalities, sports clubs, schools, and private complexes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Outdoor Sports Facilities Construction Turnkey design-build of outdoor sports fields and facilities for French municipalities, sports clubs, and educational institutions, including football, rugby, athletics tracks, hockey, baseball, tennis, beach, padel, multisports, and 5-a-side football surfaces.
• Indoor Sports Facilities Construction Construction of indoor sports halls and surfaces, including omnisport halls, fitness centers, squash courts, indoor tennis, dojos, dance studios, and roller-skating rinks, using PVC, rubber, parquet, and linoleum sports floors.
• Terrain Maintenance and Renovation Services Scheduled maintenance, cleaning, decompaction, re-sanding, depollution, repair, and line-marking services for synthetic turf, clay, and indoor sports surfaces to extend lifespan and preserve play quality.
• Floor Protection Services Protective treatments and solutions for indoor and outdoor sports floors aimed at preserving surface integrity and player safety over time.
• Floor Marking Services Application of sport-specific line markings on indoor and outdoor sports surfaces to federation and regulatory specifications.
• Padel Court Construction Turnkey construction of padel courts for tennis clubs, municipalities, and tourism/hospitality operators, including technical study, platform preparation, synthetic grass installation, glass wall structures, and sports lighting to FFT specifications.
• TERRAFOOT Natural Grass Substrate for Rugby Pitches Proprietary alveolar, porous substrate technology for natural grass rugby pitches offering 100x higher permeability than standard earth-sand mixtures, high water retention, stability under compaction, and resistance to freezing and intensive use.
• Sportlyne Ten Acrylic Resin System for Tennis Courts Acrylic resin surface coating system for tennis courts offered in standard, Confort (enhanced shock absorption), and Rénovation variants, compliant with NF P 90 110.
• Traditional Red Clay Tennis Court Construction Construction of traditional clay (terre battue) tennis courts with permeable stabilized surface, mechanical stabilization, and crushed brick finishing layer, compliant with NF P 90 110.

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mondo: Italian manufacturer of athletic tracks and sports flooring with extensive municipal and professional-sport reference projects. Comparable in product breadth (athletics, indoor halls, football/rugby surfaces) and federation-grade certifications to SPORTINGSOLS.
• Limonta Sport: Italian sports-surface manufacturer with a portfolio covering football, rugby, tennis, padel, and athletic surfaces; comparable to SPORTINGSOLS in federation-grade installations and European municipal client base.
• FieldTurf: Major synthetic-turf manufacturer and installer serving football, rugby, and multi-sport fields globally. Comparable to SPORTINGSOLS on synthetic-grass installation for professional stadia and municipal pitches, including Ligue 1-level projects.
• SIS Pitches: UK-based designer and installer of synthetic sports surfaces (football, rugby, hockey, athletics). Comparable to SPORTINGSOLS on multi-sport surface construction for clubs and municipalities, with a strong UK/European reference portfolio.
• Saltex: Finnish sports-surface specialist with full-service delivery across outdoor and indoor surfaces. Comparable to SPORTINGSOLS on full-cycle project delivery (design-build-maintain) and northern-European municipal customer base.
• ACT Global: Synthetic-turf specialist focused on football and rugby pitches with installed base across European professional stadiums. Comparable to SPORTINGSOLS on the synthetic-grass rugby/football vertical and professional-club customer segment.
• Polytan: German-headquartered manufacturer and installer of sports surfaces (athletics tracks, synthetic turf, multi-sport flooring) serving municipalities, clubs, and schools across Europe. Highly comparable to SPORTINGSOLS across both outdoor/indoor surface categories and project-based delivery model.

Emerging players

• Condor Grass: Synthetic-turf producer serving football and multi-sport fields in Europe and the Middle East. Comparable to SPORTINGSOLS on synthetic-turf installation for football and rugby but operates primarily as a manufacturer/distributor rather than full constructor.
• Domo Sports Grass: Belgian synthetic-grass manufacturer serving football, rugby, hockey, and padel. Comparable to SPORTINGSOLS on synthetic-turf and padel verticals, though more focused on supply/manufacture than full construction.

Broad incumbents

• Tarkett Sports: Sports division of Tarkett, a global flooring incumbent offering indoor sports floors, vinyl, and wood systems for omnisport halls, fitness, dance, and squash. Overlaps with SPORTINGSOLS on indoor sports flooring but operates at much larger scale and broader scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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