Tacher Acogex

What Tacher Acogex does

Tacher Acogex SAS is a licensed French accounting and business advisory firm (cabinet d'experts-comptables) headquartered in Ifs, in the Calvados department of Normandy. Founded in 1945, the firm operates from six offices across Calvados and Orne (Caen/Ifs, Falaise, Lisieux, Argentan, Villers-Bocage, Epron), led by managing partner Stéphane Tacher and partner accountant Jean-Paul Aubé. It is structured as a Société par Actions Simplifiée with €241,800 of registered share capital and no disclosed external investors.

The firm delivers six core service lines: comptabilité (accounting), fiscalité (tax advisory), gestion sociale (payroll and HR), juridique (legal), création/transmission (business creation and transfer), and pilotage/développement (management dashboards and strategic advisory). Service delivery is face-to-face at the six physical offices, with client document exchange handled through the third-party Pennylane online accounting platform. No proprietary technology, APIs, or AI systems are disclosed; the technology stack is limited to Pennylane, Cookiebot, and RevSlider.

Tacher Acogex serves a deliberately diversified SMB and professional client base across seven vertical segments — PME/PMI, SCOP cooperatives, liberal professions, merchants, artisans, farmers, and associations — and reports accompanying "several hundreds of creators or takeover specialists" annually. Revenue is generated on a fee-for-service professional services model with quote-based engagement pricing; no public pricing is disclosed. Marketing is anchored by a weekly YouTube educational series, a category-structured blog, LinkedIn and Facebook presence, and community engagement through office inaugurations attended by local elected officials. The firm has published three consecutive years (2023-2025) of strong Gender Equality Index scores (99, 97).

Name

Tacher Acogex

Legal name

Tacher Acogex SAS

Website

https://tacher-acogex.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Tacher Acogex is a licensed French accounting and business advisory firm operating from six offices across Normandy. It delivers accounting, tax, legal, payroll, business creation, and management advisory services to SMEs, liberal professionals, artisans, farmers, merchants, cooperatives, and associations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ifs

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Expertise Comptable et Conseil: Tacher Acogex generates revenue through professional accounting and advisory service fees. Services include bookkeeping/accounting, tax advisory (fiscalité), social/HR management (gestion sociale), legal services (juridique), business creation and transfer (création, transmission), and business steering/development (pilotage, développement). The firm is a 'cabinet d'experts-comptables' (accounting firm) serving diverse client segments across Normandy, operating on a fee-for-service basis customary for French accounting firms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tacher Acogex is a chartered accountancy firm (cabinet d'expertise comptable) headquartered in Vire, Normandy, France, delivering accounting, tax, payroll/HR, legal, and business advisory services. The firm supports companies, liberal professionals, and associations with services spanning creation and transmission of businesses, ongoing accounting, social/HR management, fiscal optimization, legal secretariat, and strategic management and development. It operates multiple offices across Normandy (Vire, Saint-Lô, Bayeux, Caen) and combines multidisciplinary expertise with local proximity to clients.

Product overview

Tacher Acogex is a unified accounting and business advisory firm offering six core service lines: Création/transmission (business creation and transfer), Gestion sociale (social/HR management), Fiscalité (taxation), Juridique (legal advisory), Pilotage/développement (management and development), and Comptabilité (accounting). These services are delivered through a multi-office structure across Normandy (Caen/Ifs, Falaise, Lisieux, Argentan, Villers-Bocage, Epron) to serve diverse client segments including SMEs/PMIs, SCOPs, liberal professionals, merchants, artisans, farmers, and associations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Création et transmission d'entreprise (Business Creation and Transfer) Advisory and support service for entrepreneurs and business owners on business creation, structuring, and transfer (sale/acquisition), including legal, tax, and financial dimensioning. Designed for SMEs, liberal professionals, and associations.
• Gestion sociale (Payroll and HR Management) Outsourced payroll and HR management service including pay slips, social declarations, employment contracts administration, and labor-law compliance for SMEs, professionals, and associations.
• Fiscalité (Tax Advisory) Tax advisory, optimization, and compliance service covering corporate tax, personal income tax for business owners, and tax structuring for SMEs, liberal professionals, and associations.
• Juridique (Legal Advisory) Legal secretariat and corporate law advisory service including annual legal formalities, statutory updates, and corporate governance support for SMEs, professionals, and associations.
• Pilotage et développement (Management and Development) Strategic and operational management advisory service including financial dashboards, forecasting, performance analysis, and growth planning for SMEs and professionals.
• Comptabilité (Accounting) Core chartered accountancy service covering day-to-day bookkeeping, annual financial statements, and statutory reporting obligations for companies, professionals, and associations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Index Égalité Femmes-Hommes 2025: 97/100 — 37/40 on pay gap indicator, 35/35 on individual raise gaps, 15/15 on maternity leave raises, 10/10 on underrepresented sex in top 10 salaries
• +1 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PennylanecoreTechnology or IntegrationPennylane is the online accounting platform used by Tacher Acogex to provide digital accounting management to its clients. Clients access their accounting data and documents through Pennylane's portal (app.pennylane.com), which the firm integrates into its service delivery. The partnership enables a modern, collaborative accounting experience for clients.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BDO France: Mid-tier international accounting network with French operations. Competes for the same SME and mid-market advisory work but offers broader service portfolio, international reach, and larger deal capability.
• Baker Tilly France: International accounting network with French member firms offering audit, tax, and advisory services. Overlaps with Tacher Acogex on SME/mid-market advisory but operates at broader national/international scale.
• Grant Thornton France: Mid-tier international accounting network with French presence. Comparable for advisory, tax, and accounting services to mid-market French companies; broader scale and brand than regional cabinets.
• KPMG France: Big Four professional services firm in France offering audit, tax, legal, and advisory services. Competes for larger Normandy-based SMEs and corporates; broader scale and brand reach than Tacher Acogex.

Others

• Pennylane: French accounting SaaS platform and Tacher Acogex's technology partner. While not a direct competitor, Pennylane increasingly enables SME self-service bookkeeping and could disintermediate routine compliance work that anchors Tacher Acogex's revenue.

Direct peers

• In Extenso: French accounting and consulting network with strong regional office density across Normandy and other regions. Closely comparable as a multi-disciplinary firm (accounting, tax, payroll, advisory) serving French SMEs and liberal professions through a regional branch model.
• Cabinet Cecob Dulac: Normandy-based accounting cabinet explicitly mentioned alongside Tacher Acogex in joint communications (2024 Vœux). Closely comparable regional accounting/advisory peer serving similar SME clientele.
• Cerfrance: French agricultural-accounting network with strong presence in Normandy serving farmers, artisans, and small businesses. Directly comparable for the firm's agricultural and PME client segments.
• Cabinet Chemin: Normandy-based accounting cabinet co-mentioned with Tacher Acogex in joint Vœux 2024 communications. Regional accounting peer with comparable SME client focus.
• Fiducial: France-headquartered accounting, legal, and HR services firm with extensive regional office coverage. Comparable multi-disciplinary service model (accounting, payroll, legal) targeted at French SMEs, artisans, merchants, and liberal professions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC9wAfp8vvS3tye6nOSHei2Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/cabinettacheracogex
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tacher-acogex

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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