Sportipolis

What Sportipolis does

Sportipolis is a private French sports facility management brand operated by SAS Groupe récréa, managing municipal sports infrastructure in Issy-les-Moulineaux under a public-private arrangement. The company operates three principal venues — the Cité des Sports (described as France's largest multi-sport complex at 15,000 m² indoor and 17,000 m² outdoor across six levels, inaugurated December 2023), the Palais des Sports Robert Charpentier (1,700-seat arena inaugurated 2005), and the Halle Christiane Guillaume (hosting Arkose bouldering and Hapik ludic climbing since September 2024) — supplemented by two swimming pools (Aquazena and Alfred Sevestre) operated under separate brand arrangements.

The service portfolio spans individual facility rentals (Foot à 5, Squash, Pickleball, Badminton), a personalized gym and Sport-Santé space (Care for You), running coaching (Focus Sport), children's academies and vacation camps (Académie Sportipolis, Issy Sport), senior wellness (via Issy Seniors partnership), corporate event hosting (Palais des Sports, coworking spaces), sports education (Campus Form by CFPMS), and an annual large-scale event (Corrida de Noël, 10,000-12,000 participants). The HEITZ FIT 4 mobile application enables self-serve booking for squash and foot à 5 pitches. The company serves individuals, sports clubs (50 affiliated clubs with 11,000+ members via Assolib), and corporate clients across Île-de-France.

The business model combines transactional hourly rentals (€14-€28/session), annual subscriptions (Pass Issy Sport €45, Académie Sportipolis €280-€349), per-event fees (birthday packages €220+, tournaments €20/person), and quote-based corporate and event revenue. Pricing tiers span consumer, premium-subscription, and enterprise event customers. The company employs 11-50 staff and monetizes a multi-venue, multi-segment platform of physical sports assets with partner-operated brand content (Arkose, Hapik, Issy Seniors, Issy Sport). No venture funding, public listing, or external institutional investment is evidenced.

Name

Sportipolis

Legal name

SAS Groupe récréa

Website

https://sportipolis.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sportipolis, operated by SAS Groupe récréa, manages municipal sports facilities in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France — including the Cité des Sports, France's largest multi-sport complex — serving individuals, children, seniors, sports clubs, and corporate clients with rentals, academies, wellness, and event hosting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Facility Management

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Sport Complexes & Community Sports Parks (MPAKAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arenas & Indoor Sports Centers (MPAKAEAB), Tennis & Racquet Sports Clubs (Tennis, Padel, Pickleball, Squash) (MPAKABAF), Sports & Arena Event Venues (Stadiums, Arenas) (THAHAAAF)

Keywords

• Sports facility management
• Multi-sport complex operations
• Recreation center services
• Corporate event venues
• Youth sports programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Issy-les-moulineaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sportipolis operates and manages municipal sports facilities in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, including the Cité des Sports (France's largest multi-sport complex at 15,000 m² indoor and 17,000 m² outdoor), the Palais des Sports Robert Charpentier, and the Halle Christiane Guillaume. It rents sports courts and pitches (foot à 5, squash, pickleball, badminton), runs two aquatic centers (Aquazena, Piscine Sevestre), a health-sport gym (Care for You), climbing facilities (Arkose, Hapik), children's academies, senior wellness programs, corporate events, coworking space, and a restaurant and sports bar.

Product overview

Sportipolis is a multi-sport complex operator and facilities manager for the city of Issy-les-Moulineaux, operating under SAS Groupe Récréa. Rather than a single software product, the portfolio is a platform of interconnected sports facilities and services. The core venue is the Cité des Sports, France's largest multi-sport complex (15,000 m² indoor, 17,000 m² outdoor), supplemented by the Palais des Sports Robert Charpentier (1,700-seat arena) and Halle Christiane Guillaume (climbing facilities). The service offering spans individual activities — Foot à 5, Squash, Pickleball, and Badminton courts — to facility access (two swimming pools: Aquazena and Alfred Sevestre), a gym (Care for You), climbing (Arkose and Hapik), and wellness amenities (Sports-Bar, Restaurant Le Gouverneur, coworking spaces). A parallel youth and community layer includes Issy Sport children's programs (baby gym, sports discovery, multi-sport camps, the Académie Sportipolis football academy), senior activities via Issy Seniors, and events (corporate events, the annual Corrida de Noël, the WIUC international university championships). Supporting services include Focus Sport (running health coaching), Campus Form by CFPMS (sports education partnerships), birthday packages, and the Sportipolis League weekly competition. The Cité des Sports also hosts a permanent Olympic history exhibition.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Care for You: A personalized sports health and wellness space offering custom training programs, team training sessions, personal training, and sport on prescription services.
• Focus Sport
• Académie Sportipolis

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 10,000 participants at Corrida de Noël 2023 event
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Fitness Park: Major French low-cost fitness chain with nationwide coverage. Comparable to Sportipolis's Care for You gym in service model and target customer, though operating as a single-amenity chain rather than within a municipal multi-sport complex.
• Décathlon: French sports retail giant that has expanded into operating sports facilities and activity venues (Decathlon Activités). Comparable to Sportipolis in serving amateur athletes, but with a much broader product scope and significantly larger scale.
• Keep Cool: French fitness chain operating multiple locations nationwide. Comparable to Sportipolis's Care for You gym in target customer and low-cost positioning, though distinct in single-amenity focus and multi-site national footprint.
• Basic-Fit: Large low-cost fitness chain operating extensively across France. Comparable to Sportipolis's Care for You gym offering, though focused exclusively on fitness rather than the broader multi-sport complex model.
• VVF Villages: French leisure and sports resort operator offering multi-activity vacation villages across France. Comparable to Sportipolis's multi-sport venue operations and children's sports camps, though focused on tourism stays rather than local community recreation.
• UCPA: Major French non-profit sport association operating sports facilities and outdoor centres across France. Comparable to Sportipolis as a multi-sport complex operator, though at significantly larger geographic scale and with a broader member-based association model.

Direct peers

• Vert Marine: French operator specialising in the management of municipal aquatic centres and public swimming pools under concession contracts. Directly comparable to Sportipolis's Piscine Aquazena and Piscine Sevestre operations under municipal concession.
• Arkose: France's leading climbing brand operating 27 bouldering centres across France, Belgium and Spain. Directly comparable to Sportipolis as a climbing operator; currently a partner operating the bouldering facility within Halle Guillaume.
• Le Five: French chain operating indoor 5-a-side football (Foot à 5) facilities across multiple cities. Directly comparable to Sportipolis's Foot à 5 courts at the Cité des Sports in terms of customer use case, facility type, and target audience.
• Hapik: French ludic climbing operator offering auto-belay climbing experiences. Directly comparable to Sportipolis's climbing offer; currently a partner operating the recreational climbing facility at Halle Guillaume.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/sportipolis
• Xx.com/Sportipolis
• Facebookfacebook.com/Sportipolis-100090065701931
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sportipolis

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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