What Agence Forest does

FOREST (legally FOREST SAS, registered in Paris under RCS 882640543 with €10,000 share capital) is a Paris-based real estate agency founded in 2019 that specializes in the temporary occupation and activation of vacant urban properties. Since inception it has assembled a portfolio of more than 50 locations across the Grand Paris region, encompassing over 150,000 m² of space ranging from 300 m² to 11,000 m² per site, including former postal premises, historic banking buildings, car dealerships, office complexes, and rooftops in iconic districts such as Champs-Élysées, Blanche, and République.

The company operates three integrated service lines. The first is impact-oriented space rental, in which FOREST subleases vacant space to artists, artisans, associations, small businesses, and social economy actors at financial conditions below classical real estate market standards, in coordination with territorial partners. The second is event and privatization rental, in which the company rents venues to fashion, sport, and culture sector clients for fashion shows, showrooms, shootings, film productions, dinners, and presentations, drawing on a qualified network of more than 10,000 potential clients. The third is advisory and consulting services offered to property owners, covering site diagnostics, methodology design, and temporary occupation strategy.

The business model is hybrid: recurring revenue from impact rentals and below-market long-tail leases, episodic revenue from one-time event license fees, and professional services revenue from consulting mandates. GTM combines a public-facing website catalog with direct commercial outreach and curated programming for both impact and event segments. FOREST is founder-owned and operated with 11 named team members covering project, commercial, communications, and site management roles, and has no disclosed external funding, parent company, or M&A activity.

Name

Agence Forest

Legal name

FOREST

Website

https://forest.paris

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FOREST is a Paris-based real estate agency founded in 2019 that manages and activates over 50 vacant urban properties across Greater Paris, serving impact tenants, event clients, and property owners through temporary occupation, event rental, and consulting services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Temporary Space and Real Estate Activation Services

NAICS

Nonresidential Property Managers (531312)

SIC

Operators Of Nonresidential Buildings (6512), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Land & Development Site Brokerage (BPAJABAG)

Keywords

• Temporary space rental
• Vacant property activation
• Event venue management
• Transitional urbanism
• Impact workspace leasing

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary Space Rental (Impact): Rental of vacant spaces to impact-focused occupants (artists, artisans, associations, small businesses, social economy actors) at below-market financial conditions. Contributes to neighborhood revitalization and supports local creation and activity.
2. Event and Privatization Rental: Rental of event spaces to fashion, sport, culture, and other sector clients for events, showrooms, shootings, film productions, and other uses. Revenue from short-term venue rentals.
3. Consulting Services: Advisory services provided through their projects division ([email protected]) for site consultation, methodology presentation, and site evaluation.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Agence Forest manages and activates vacant urban properties across Greater Paris for temporary uses, offering impact-oriented workspace rentals to artists, artisans, associations and small businesses at below-market rates, and event/privatization rentals to fashion, sport, and culture sector clients. The company additionally provides consulting services to property owners for diagnostic studies and temporary occupation strategy.

Product overview

Agence Forest operates a unified platform for valorizing vacant properties through temporary occupation and event exploitation. The core offering consists of 14 distinct venue/location products across the Grand Paris region, ranging from 300 m² to 11,000 m², managed through three integrated service lines: (1) Impact Space Rental for social/impact occupants at below-market rates, (2) Event/Privatization services for fashion shows, showrooms, filming, and cultural events reaching 10,000+ qualified clients, and (3) Advisory consulting services for property owners. The company has invested in over 50 locations representing more than 150,000 m² since 2019.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Impact Space Rental (Occupation à Impact) Temporary space rental at below-market rates for social impact actors including artists, artisans, associations, small businesses, and social economy entities, designed to revitalize neighborhoods and support local creation and activity.
• Event and Privatization Services Event venue rental and privatization services covering fashion shows, showrooms, shootings, film productions, presentations, dinners, and cocktails, reaching a qualified network of over 10,000 potential clients from fashion, sport, and culture sectors.
• Advisory and Consulting Services Consulting services for property owners to define and implement temporary occupation projects, including diagnostic studies, territory analysis, and site evaluation methodologies.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

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

• La Fab. (Agnès Troublé / Agnès b.)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2024Exclusive partnership with La Fab., the exhibition space of stylist Agnès Troublé (known as Agnès b.), housing her contemporary art collection, gallery, and bookstore. Inaugurated in 2020, FOREST and La Fab. formed an exclusive partnership offering a unique framework for events.
• La Poste ImmobiliercoreOthersLa Poste Immobilier provides former postal premises for temporary occupation projects. FOREST manages 'Les Correspondances' and 'Iéna' sites located in former postal buildings in Levallois-Perret, destined for restructuring around 2027.
• Mairie de PariscoreOthersCity of Paris initiated 'Réinventer Paris 3' urban project call for transforming offices into housing. FOREST manages the former Citroën dealership on Avenue de la République as part of this initiative.
• Société Nouvelle Gentil & CiemajorOthersSociété Nouvelle Gentil & Cie provides the 'Chez Dodu' site in Paris 10th arrondissement, pending definition of their future project (expected to begin March 2027).
• Éditions Législatives Lefebvre-SarrutminorOthersFormer occupant of the Montrouge site (until December), now being managed by FOREST during the restructuring definition period by the Municipality.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• WeWork: Global coworking incumbent with a Paris presence. Operates in an adjacent category (flexible office) with significant overlap in target customer base (startups, small businesses, event clients), though not focused on temporary occupation of vacant stock.
• Morning Coworking: Established French coworking and flexible-office brand operating multiple sites across France. Comparable at the workspace-utilisation layer, but focused on recurring coworking rather than event/impact activation.

Direct peers

• Yes We Camp: French operator of temporary urban projects combining cultural programming, food, and shared workspaces in vacant sites. Comparable mission to FOREST, with similar focus on transitional urbanism and impact-driven activation of unused buildings.
• Bureaux à Partager (OfficeRiders): French marketplace and operator of flexible, shared, and temporary office space. Comparable to FOREST in the short-term workspace segment, particularly for startups and small businesses seeking central Paris locations.
• Locaux Motiv: French cooperative managing temporary occupation of vacant buildings for associative and social-economy actors. Closely aligned with FOREST's impact-segment philosophy and community-led activation model.
• La Cordée: French coworking and shared-workspace operator with sites in Paris and other French cities, including flexible membership and event offerings. Comparable to FOREST's temporary-office and impact-tenant proposition, though more recurring-rent oriented.
• Wecandoo: French platform monetising underused spaces through workshops, craft experiences, and short-format events. Overlaps with FOREST's event-activation and impact-tenant positioning, especially around event-driven utilisation of unique venues.
• Plateau Urbain (Plate-Forme): Paris-based cooperative specialising in temporary occupation of vacant urban properties for social, cultural, and associative uses. Closest direct competitor to FOREST, sharing the same temporary-occupation model, Paris geography, and impact-oriented positioning.
• Laho: French company that occupies vacant commercial properties for short-term uses including events, pop-ups, and exhibitions. Closely mirrors FOREST's model of leasing unused space from owners and sub-letting or programming it for events.

Regional players

• Hôtel Particulier: Paris-based operator of boutique venues and event spaces in heritage buildings. Comparable to FOREST's event-privatisation offering for fashion, culture, and luxury clients in iconic Parisian settings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/agenceforestparis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/38149107
• Instagraminstagram.com/agenceforest

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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