What I.D. COM INTERNATIONAL INC. does

I.D.COM International Inc. is a privately held professional services firm headquartered in Sainte-Adèle, Quebec, providing French-English translation, editing/revision, and proofreading services to clients primarily in the Laurentians region and across Canada. Founded in 1998 by Michèle Deslandes, who continues to own and operate the business, I.D.COM employs a curated roster of approximately 15 certified professional translators, with Deslandes personally coordinating quality control and delivery across mandates. The company explicitly relies on human translators rather than automated solutions, and bundles every translation with revision and proofreading as an integrated quality workflow.

The firm's underlying technology is essentially human expertise plus standard office tools; there is no proprietary software, AI tooling, API, or platform layer described in available data. Service delivery is direct and project-based, priced by quote per project or word count, and channeled through a bilingual French-English website, client testimonials, and referral-driven business development, with marketing and promotional agencies cited as the primary customer segment and additional work across sports, tourism, technology, insurance, cosmetics, real estate, and nonprofit clients.

I.D.COM's business model is that of a small boutique professional services agency with no external funding, no disclosed M&A activity, no subsidiaries, and no publicly disclosed revenue or pricing. Customer acquisition is sales-led and relationship-based, anchored by long-tenured accounts (notably the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association for nearly 20 years), and the firm maintains an active operating status with no documented leadership changes, regulatory actions, or corporate restructurings.

Name

I.D. COM INTERNATIONAL INC.

Legal name

I.D.COM

Website

https://idcom.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Short description

I.D. COM International Inc. is a privately held, owner-operated French-English translation, revision, and proofreading agency based in Sainte-Adèle, Quebec, founded in 1998. It serves marketing agencies and clients across sports, tourism, technology, insurance, and nonprofit sectors in Canada using a team of approximately 15 certified translators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Translation and Language Services

NAICS

Translation and Interpretation Services (541930), Translation and Interpretation Services (54193)

akta.pro primary industry

Content Localization, Translation & Transcreation (BPAFAIAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Multilingual Copywriting & Content Adaptation (MPAAANAC)

Keywords

• Professional translation services
• French English translation
• Editing and proofreading
• Bilingual text revision
• Document translation agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Sainte-Adèle

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Translation Services: Project-based translation, editing, and proofreading services in French and English, billed per project or word count.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

I.D.COM provides professional translation, editing/revision, and proofreading services between French and English for business clients in Quebec. A team of approximately 15 certified translators delivers projects across sectors including sports, tourism, real estate, technology, cosmetics, insurance, and charitable organizations, with every translated text undergoing revision and final proofreading before delivery.

Product overview

I.D.COM operates as a single-service translation and editing agency offering three interconnected services: Translation, Editing/Revision, and Proofreading. All translated texts undergo revision and proofreading before delivery, creating an integrated quality workflow.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Translation Services Professional French-English translation services for businesses across multiple sectors including sports, tourism, real estate, technology, cosmetics, insurance, and charitable organizations. Each translated text is revised before delivery to ensure quality and client-specific requirements are met.
• Editing and Revision Services Text refinement services for existing French or English content, including tone adjustment, emphasis and emphasis on key elements, integration of SEO keywords for web content, and overall polishing to improve quality and impact.
• Proofreading and Correction Services Final review of texts before publication or printing, identifying and correcting syntax, grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors to ensure publication-ready quality.

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Smartling: Technology-enabled translation management platform combining human translation with automation and CAT tools. Represents the tech-enabled direction the industry is moving and a competing model for the human-only translation workflow I.D.COM currently uses.

Direct peers

• Acutrans: Mid-sized professional translation agency offering document translation, localization, and interpretation across multiple sectors. Closely comparable in size and service profile to I.D.COM as a specialist human-translation agency.
• LanguageLine Solutions: Largest interpretation and translation provider in North America, covering document translation and live interpretation. Directly comparable core offering of professional translation services, with similar focus on quality and certified linguists.
• Welocalize: Mid-sized language services provider offering translation, localization, and interpretation to global enterprises. Closely comparable in service mix (translation + revision + proofreading) and customer overlap in marketing and technology verticals.
• Language Scientific: Professional translation company specializing in regulated and technical content for life sciences, technology, and legal sectors. Comparable as a specialized certified-translator agency serving SMB and mid-market clients in similar verticals.
• Mars Translation: Professional translation and localization services firm offering human translation, editing, and proofreading across many language pairs. Comparable in service mix (translation + revision + proofreading) and target customer profile of SMB and agency clients.

Broad incumbents

• RWS Group: Provider of translation, localization, and intellectual-property services formed around SDL and others. Competes in the same professional language-services category with technology-enabled translation workflows across regulated and marketing content.
• Keywords Studios: Global localization services provider for the entertainment, gaming, and marketing industries. Comparable in providing professional translation and content adaptation services to client-driven creative and marketing projects.
• TransPerfect: The world's largest language services provider offering translation, interpretation, and localization across 200+ languages with global delivery infrastructure. Comparable as the most direct large-scale competitor for any professional translation services engagement.
• Lionbridge: Global translation and localization company serving marketing, technology, and life-sciences clients. Operates in the same professional translation services category with multilingual content adaptation across many of the same verticals I.D.COM serves (marketing, tech, sports).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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