USEP 44 Loire-Atlantique

What USEP 44 Loire-Atlantique does

USEP 44 Loire-Atlantique is the departmental committee of the Union Sportive de l'Enseignement du Premier Degré (USEP), operating from Nantes as a French non-profit association (loi 1901) and the sports sector of the Ligue de l'Enseignement. Founded nationally in 1939, the organization delivers structured sports education, departmental encounters (rencontres départementales), and pedagogical resources to 116 school-based associations serving 15,241 licensed children aged 3-11 and 717 volunteer teacher-animateurs across 12 geographic sectors in Loire-Atlantique for the 2024-2025 season. Its core activities include teacher training (Les mercredis de l'USEP), sports educator accompaniment, equipment lending, and specialized programs such as the award-winning P'tit Tour à Vélo cycling initiative, Les P'tits Reporters student journalism program, INCLUSEP! for disability inclusion, and inclusive handisport encounters.

The organization's product portfolio is built on in-house pedagogical resources developed by commissions pédagogiques rather than proprietary technology platforms. Notable offerings include the Break s'Cool dance toolkit (6-9 year olds), Attitude Santé psychosocial-competency kits across Cycles 1-3, the Mallette Sport scolaire et handicap co-produced with INS HEA, and Kin-Ball sport resources. Distribution is direct via school associations and sector-level coordinators, with online registration forms for encounters and formations, supplemented by monthly newsletter and Instagram/Twitter/X outreach. No proprietary software, AI, or API infrastructure is identified; the digital stack consists of a WordPress-based website hosted by OVH.

USEP 44 monetizes through recurring annual affiliation fees paid by school associations, with invoices issued after submission of affiliation dossiers. Specific fee amounts are not publicly disclosed. Revenue is supplemented by institutional support from the Agence Nationale du Sport (ANS), the Ministry of National Education (MENJ) under a national convention designating USEP as the privileged partner for primary school sports, and the Ligue de l'Enseignement / FAL 44 network. Pricing is not disclosed and the operating budget is constrained, supported by a small staff of 6 employees and an extensive volunteer animateur base.

Name

USEP 44 Loire-Atlantique

Legal name

USEP 44 Loire-Atlantique

Website

https://usep44.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1939

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

USEP 44 Loire-Atlantique is the Nantes-based departmental committee of France's first primary-school sports federation, delivering departmental encounters, teacher training and pedagogical resources to 116 school associations and 15,241 licensed children aged 3-11 across 12 sectors via a volunteer animateur network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

School sports education

NAICS

Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Amateur & Grassroots Sport Associations (Community/Youth Governing Orgs) (MPAKAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth & Scholastic Sports Organizations (K–12, AAU, Club Leagues) (MPAKACAF), Interscholastic Athletics (Varsity/JV Teams) (EDAJAJAA)

Keywords

• School sports federation
• Primary physical education
• Pedagogical sports resources
• Inclusive sports programs
• Teacher training workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees / Affiliation fees: School associations pay annual affiliation fees to join USEP 44. The affiliation process requires a complete dossier submission, with a separate invoice for membership dues (cotisations) issued after submission. Fees support the departmental committee's operations, training, insurance coverage, and resource provision.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

USEP 44 Loire-Atlantique is a non-profit departmental committee that organizes school sports encounters (rencontres départementales), teacher-animator training sessions, and sports-educator accompaniment for public primary schools (cycles 1-3) in Loire-Atlantique. It lends pedagogical sports kits (KIN-BALL, acrobacirque, badminton, athletics, hockey, handisport), develops inclusive-sports resources with INS HEA, and supports 116 school associations serving 15,241 licensed children across 12 sectors. Services are funded through annual school-association affiliation fees and delivered directly to schools via volunteer teacher-animators and the departmental committee staff.

Product overview

USEP 44 Loire-Atlantique is a departmental committee of the Union Sportive de l'Enseignement du Premier Degré (USEP), the first school sports federation in France. Rather than a unified technology product, the organization offers a portfolio of educational sports programs and services including departmental sports encounters (Rencontres départementales), teacher training (Formations), sports educator accompaniment, and various pedagogical resources. Key programs include the award-winning P'tit Tour à Vélo cycling initiative, Les P'tits Reporters student journalism program, and INCLUSEP! for disability inclusion. The organization provides lending of sports equipment kits (acrobacirque, badminton, athletics, hockey, kinball, handisport) and publishes pedagogical documents and the monthly departmental newsletter. As a federation under the Ligue de l'Enseignement, USEP 44 operates through 116 school associations serving 15,241 licensed children across 12 sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rencontres départementales
• Formations (Les mercredis de l'USEP)
• Accompagnement éducateur sportif
• P'tit Tour à Vélo
• Break s'Cool
• Mallette pédagogique Kin-Ball
• Mallette Sport scolaire et Handicap
• Attitude Santé (Cycles 1, 2, 3) Health-focused pedagogical materials developing children's psychosocial competencies through tools such as pleasure/effort/progress rulers, weekly physical-activity counters and witness notebooks, deployed across Cycles 1, 2 and 3.
• Prêt de matériel sportif Equipment lending service providing sports kits (acrobacirque, badminton, athletics, hockey, KIN-BALL, xister, handisport) and individual items (bibs, frisbees, rugby balls, tennis rackets, handball goals, roller helmets) to sectors and school associations on request.
• INCLUSEP! Program providing tools to facilitate inclusion of all children regardless of their needs, developed for the international day of persons with disabilities and used across USEP 44 activities.
• Les P'tits Reporters Program in which children act as reporters covering USEP sports encounters, producing articles and reports about their experiences (e.g., articles by students at École Alexandre Bernard in Ancenis about the SOP encounter).

Quantifiable outcome

• 116 school associations and 15,241 licensed children served in Loire-Atlantique (2024-2025), with 717 trained animateurs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Ligue régionale de Rugby des Pays de la LoireminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025The regional rugby league provided an official donation of 140 rugby balls to USEP 44, distributed to the Longchamp school. The ceremony was attended by Madame la Rectrice, Monsieur le DASEN, the president of the Rugby League, and the president of CRUSEP.
• INS HEA (Institut National Supérieur de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche pour le Handicap et les Besoins Éducatifs Particuliers)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016INS HEA co-produced the documentary 'Des rencontres sportives scolaires inclusives' and the 'Mallette Sport scolaire et handicap' with USEP. INS HEA is France's national institute for disability and special educational needs, created under the 2005 disability law, providing expertise in inclusive sports pedagogy.
• ANS (Agence Nationale du Sport)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ANS logo appears on the USEP 44 partners section, indicating institutional support for sports development. The Agence Nationale du Sport is France's national sports agency that supports sports federations and grassroots sports initiatives.
• MENJ (Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Ministry of National Education has a signed convention with USEP making it the ministry's privileged partner for sports practices in the premier degré (primary education). This institutional partnership provides official recognition and support.
• IA 44 (Inspection Académique de Loire-Atlantique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Inspection Académique is the local education authority for Loire-Atlantique. USEP benefits from the convention with IA 44 for pedagogical support, CPC (conseillers pédagogiques) animation, and recognition within the departmental school system.
• Ligue de l'Enseignement / FAL 44 (Fédération des Associations Laïques de Loire-Atlantique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSEP 44 is the sports sector of the Ligue de l'Enseignement, a major education populaire movement founded in 1866. The Ligue provides institutional framework, insurance, organizational support, and a broader network including cultural activities, holiday programs, and school trips. Membership in USEP provides access to Ligue benefits without additional fees.
• Comité Départemental Olympique et Sportif (CDOS) de Loire-AtlantiqueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDOS Loire-Atlantique led a working group (including Comités Handisport and Sport Adapté, DDCS, and Departmental sports office) to produce a guide on welcoming people with disabilities in sports, in which USEP participates.
• Comité Départemental Handisport de Loire-Atlantique (CDH 44)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the CDOS-led working group on inclusive sports, contributing expertise on adapted sports alongside CDSA (Comité Départemental Sport Adapté) and DSDEN.
• Comité Départemental Sport Adapté de Loire-Atlantique (CDSA 44)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the CDOS-led working group on inclusive sports, contributing expertise alongside CDH and DSDEN to develop inclusive sports practices for children with cognitive, motor, or behavioral disabilities.
• Fondation Française des JeuxminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvided financial support for the creation of the mallette pédagogique handisport (handisport pedagogical kit), which is made available to schools and specialized centers.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Sport dans la Ville: Leading French non-profit providing sports-based youth integration programs in priority urban neighborhoods. Comparable in mission (youth sports + citizenship via association framework) but targets disadvantaged adolescents rather than mainstream primary schools — emerging adjacency to USEP 44's INCLUSEP-style programs.
• Fédération Française d'Athlétisme (FFA) - Section Scolaire: National athletics federation running school-based discovery and training programs (e.g., Kinder Joy of Moving, Athlé Fit). Targets the same primary-school audience as USEP 44 for one specific sport but via corporate sponsorship rather than affiliation fees — a partial-overlap emerging player.
• Play International: NGO using sport and play as educational tools for child development, active in France and internationally. Comparable in mission overlap (sport + citizenship education for children) but operates through project-based funding rather than school-affiliation fees — an adjacent model that could partner or compete with USEP's pedagogical offerings.

Broad incumbents

• USEP Nationale: The national federation to which USEP 44 belongs. Operates the same USEP brand and model across 105 departmental committees and 14,500 associations, providing national resources, conventions, and brand authority — the umbrella incumbent of which USEP 44 is a regional node.
• Ligue de l'Enseignement - FAL 44: Parent movement (loi 1901) that hosts USEP 44 as its sports sector in Loire-Atlantique. Operates a much broader portfolio (cultural activities, holiday programs, civic education) and provides the institutional umbrella, insurance, and administrative backbone USEP 44 relies on.

Direct peers

• UNSS (Union Nationale du Sport Scolaire): France's national school sports federation for secondary schools (collège/lycée). Operates an identical association-based, encounter-driven, volunteer-animator model but serves the secondary-education segment — the most direct functional analog of USEP for the next age band.
• UFOLEP (Union Française des Œuvres Laïques d'Éducation Physique): Adult/community sports federation within the Ligue de l'Enseignement movement, sibling to USEP. Operates the same associative, encounter-based federation model and shares insurance/affiliation infrastructure — a comparable model targeting a different age cohort.
• USGEL (Union Sportive des Groupements d'Enseignement Libre): School sports federation serving France's private (Catholic) primary and secondary schools under contract of association with the State. Mirrors USEP's association-based delivery model but targets the private-school segment — a direct counterpart competing for school affiliation fees.
• FNSU (Fédération Nationale du Sport Universitaire): National university sports federation managing competitive sport for higher-education students in France. Continues the school-sports federation model at the post-secondary level and is the natural functional step after USEP (Collège → UNSS → FNSU).
• USEP 75 Paris: Sibling departmental committee of USEP serving Paris primary schools. Operates an identical model — sector structure, animateur network, departmental encounters, affiliation fees — providing a directly comparable benchmark for USEP 44's departmental metrics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/usep_44
• Instagraminstagram.com/useploireatlantique
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/usep-44-loire-atlantique

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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