Institut Les Cent Arpents

What Institut Les Cent Arpents does

Institut Les Cent Arpents is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded on 6 July 1981 by the mutual society of BNP Paribas personnel, operating an integrated medico-social platform for adults with intellectual, cognitive, and physical disabilities in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its operational hub sits at 450 rue des Jonquilles, Saran, with its legal registered office at 16 boulevard des Italiens, Paris. The organization is structured around three pillars: (i) the ESAT Jean-Pinaud, a sheltered-employment establishment funded by the Agence Régionale de Santé for 100 ETP places, operating five production workshops (industrial subcontracting, reprography/printing, industrial carpentry, industrial painting, and green spaces) plus reception, maintenance, and catering services; (ii) the Plateforme de Services, delivering habitat support (RIADH inclusive residence, SAVS, SAP, SAVAS) and health/wellbeing accompaniment, including devices such as TECAP and DINAMO for ordinary-workplace inclusion; and (iii) the Pôle études et formation, providing vocational training, ergonomic and functional capacity assessments (CIF-based), accessible-document creation (30,000+ pictograms incl. ARASAAC, SCLERA, PICA), 3D-printed assistive devices, Tobii eye-tracking evaluation, and the V2AE© proprietary validation methodology recognized under Qualiopi certification.

The technology stack emphasizes assistive hardware and accessibility content rather than digital platforms: ZORTRAX M200 3D printing and Einscan-SE scanning, Tobii EyeX gaze control, a 200+ accessibility-solution library, and a methodology portfolio (V2AE©, PICA pictograms, Dispositif de Conduite Adaptée officially recognized by the Préfecture de la Région Centre Val de Loire in November 2021). The 2024 closure of the historic Foyer d'Hébergement and transition of residents to autonomous housing supported by SAVS marked a structural modernization of the housing pillar.

Revenue is multi-stream: (a) ARS recurrent financing for the 100 ETP ESAT places, (b) commercial revenue from ESAT production services to enterprises, local authorities, associations, and individuals (negotiated per project, partly offsetting clients' Agefiph contribution by up to 50%), (c) training and study services invoiced per quote (with €12/session catering), and (d) donations and legacies collected by the Solidarit\u00e9 Enfance Handicap (SEH) association supported by BNP Paribas employees and retirees. The go-to-market is relationship-driven across enterprise sales (direct outreach, open days), institutional partnerships (DUO DAY with 10+ named corporate and government partners including BNP Paribas, DIOR, John Deere, Shiseido, Decathlon, Truffaut, Orléans Métropole), community engagement (Cercle Omnisports des Cents Arpents, Conseil de la Vie Sociale), and a modest LinkedIn/blog presence. Customer segments split between (i) persons with disabilities (primary served population), (ii) enterprise clients of ESAT services, and (iii) medico-social professionals and institutions purchasing training.

Name

Institut Les Cent Arpents

Legal name

Association Institut les Cent Arpents

Website

https://centarpents.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Institut Les Cent Arpents is a French non-profit association founded in 1981 that delivers an integrated medico-social platform for adults with disabilities, combining ARS-funded sheltered employment (ESAT Jean-Pinaud, 100 places), habitat and health support services, and vocational training across the Centre-Val de Loire region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability and Medico-Social Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM), Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ), Disability & Chronic Condition Care Coordination (EDALAFAI)

Keywords

• Disability support services
• Sheltered employment services
• Medico-social accompaniment
• Adapted professional training
• Social inclusion programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Saran

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medico-social establishment funding (ARS): The ESAT Jean-Pinaud is funded by the Agence Régionale de Santé (ARS), the regional health authority, which provides operating financing for the 100-place sheltered workshop. This represents the primary revenue stream for the institute's core mission.
2. ESAT production and services revenue: The ESAT Jean-Pinaud generates revenue by providing services to external clients — enterprises, local authorities, associations, and private individuals — across five domains: industrial subcontracting, reprography/printing, industrial carpentry, industrial painting, and green spaces. Services include conditionning, reception, premises maintenance, and catering. This is a direct commercial revenue stream.
3. Training and study services: The pole études et formation generates revenue by delivering professional training to persons with disabilities and medico-social professionals. Training is invoiced per session/day, with prices available on a quote basis. A catering service is offered at €12 per person per session.
4. Donations and legacies (SEH): Solidarité Enfance Handicap (SEH), the institute's historical donor association supported by BNP Paribas employees and retirees, collects donations and legacies to fund projects that improve living conditions for persons with disabilities at the institute.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Institut Les Cent Arpents runs an integrated medico-social platform for persons with disabilities centered on three poles: the ESAT Jean-Pinaud sheltered workshop (100 ETP places) delivering industrial subcontracting, printing, carpentry, industrial painting, green spaces, reception, maintenance and catering; the Plateforme de Services coordinating habitat, health-wellbeing and work accompaniment; and the P\u00f4le \u00c9tudes et Formation providing professional training, adapted driving and the proprietary V2AE methodology. Operations are primarily funded by the Agence R\u00e9gionale de Sant\u00e9 and supplemented by commercial revenue, training fees and donations.

Product overview

Institut Les Cent Arpents operates as a comprehensive medico-social platform for people with disabilities, consisting of three main divisions: the Services Platform (Plateforme de Services) providing integrated support across housing, health, well-being, and work; ESAT Jean Pinaud offering professional workshop activities across five domains (industrial subcontracting, reprography, woodworking, industrial painting, and green spaces) plus reception, maintenance, and restaurant services; and the Training and Studies Pole providing professional development, accessibility solutions, and specialized programs like the Adapted Driving Device and V2AE methodology. The organization serves approximately 100+ people with disabilities, facilitating their social inclusion, professional development, and autonomy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ESAT Jean Pinaud: Établissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail (Establishment and Service for Sheltered Employment) providing professional integration services for people with disabilities. Offers services in industrial subcontracting, printing, carpentry, industrial painting, and green spaces maintenance.

Products and services

• ESAT Jean Pinaud \u00c9tablissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail (ESAT) providing sheltered employment for persons with disabilities whose work capacity is below one-third of a valid worker. Operates 100 ETP places across five production domains (industrial subcontracting, reprography/printing, carpentry, industrial painting, green spaces) and three service areas (reception, premises maintenance, catering). Services are sold to enterprises, local authorities, associations and private individuals.
• Plateforme de Services (Services Platform) Integrated medico-social platform coordinating habitat, health-wellbeing and work pathways for adults with disabilities, encompassing RIADH inclusive housing, Service d'Accompagnement \u00e0 la Vie Sociale (SAVS), Service d'Accompagnement de Proximit\u00e9 (SAP), Service d'Accompagnement \u00e0 la Vie Autonome (SAVA), day-activity services and pre-professional pathways (TECAP, DINAMO, Atelier PASSerelle).
• P\u00f4le \u00c9tudes et Formation (Training and Studies Pole) QUALIOPI-certified training and study centre delivering professional training, ergonomic and functional capacity assessments, document accessibility (FALC), educational software and technology-resource expertise (including 3D printing and eye-tracking) for persons with disabilities, medico-social professionals and institutions.
• ESAT Industrial Services (Conditionnement, Sous-traitance) Industrial subcontracting and packaging services provided by ESAT Jean-Pinaud including cable assembly, quality control, sorting, labelling and conditioning, sold to enterprises and local authorities.
• ESAT Printing and Reprography Printing and reprography services from ESAT Jean-Pinaud, covering offset printing, digital printing, routing, finishing and large-format printing for enterprises, local authorities, associations and individuals.
• ESAT Woodworking Professional carpentry services from ESAT Jean-Pinaud, producing urban furniture, interior furniture and packaging crates for institutional and private clients.
• ESAT Industrial Painting Industrial painting services from ESAT Jean-Pinaud, covering renovation and multi-surface painting applications for institutional and private clients.
• ESAT Green Spaces Green-space maintenance and landscaping services delivered by ESAT Jean-Pinaud to local authorities, enterprises and individuals.
• Platform Services (Reception, Maintenance, Restaurant) Reception, premises maintenance and restaurant/catering services associated with the platform's facilities and offered to enterprises and partners.
• Dispositif de Conduite Adapt\u00e9e (Adapted Driving Program) Adapted driving program for persons with disabilities seeking to obtain or regularize their driver's license (permit B). Combines functional evaluation, signed or standard code courses, sequential learning with reflexive approach, accessible vehicle use and adapted theoretical examinations administered at the institute's premises in cooperation with the Pr\u00e9fecture's driving-license service.
• V2AE (Validation Adapt\u00e9e des Acquis de l'Exp\u00e9rience) Proprietary adapted validation of experiential learning (VAE) methodology supporting the professionalization of persons with disabilities working in ESAT or adapted enterprises, enabling them to formalize their experiential know-how through cooperative, collective and individual accompaniment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% satisfaction rate among persons and professionals trained in 2024
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mutuelle du Groupe BNP ParibascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe original founding organization — the mutual insurance society of BNP personnel — established the institute in 1981. The mutual society provided the initial infrastructure and continues to host the association's administrative bureau at its Paris headquarters (16 boulevard des Italiens, 75009 Paris).
• Auto-école SoteaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner driving school that works in close collaboration with the pole études et formation to deliver the Dispositif de Conduite Adaptée (adapted driving program) for persons with disabilities. Together they offer an adapted pathway to obtaining a driver's license (permit B) using V2AE© methodology.
• Gen'InclusiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMovement for disability inclusion that organizes the national open days of ESATs and adapted enterprises (Portes Ouvertes nationales des ESAT & EA). The institute participates in this annual event each May as part of the Week of Socially and Ecologically Responsible Purchasing.
• Préfecture du Loiret (service des permis de conduire)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe prefecture's driving license service uses the institute's premises and accessibility resources for the administration of adapted theoretical driving tests (ETG). The Dispositif de Conduite Adaptée was officially recognized by the Préfecture de la Région Centre Val de Loire in November 2021.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• AGEFIPH: French fund managing the compulsory employer contribution for disability employment. Not a direct service competitor but the central financial enabler of the ESAT inclusion model — and the partner whose contribution rules drive enterprise demand for ESAT contracts like those Institut Les Cent Arpents delivers.
• FEGAPEI: Federation of non-profit disability service managers, providing sectoral representation, training, and best-practice sharing for medico-social establishments. Functions as a sector coordinator and benchmarking reference for organizations like Institut Les Cent Arpents.

Broad incumbents

• APF France Handicap: France's largest disability association running ESATs, residential services, and inclusion programs nationally. Comparable medico-social service mix with far greater geographic scale, representing the dominant incumbent Institut Les Cent Arpents competes against for ARS funding and family referrals.
• Coorace: National federation of ESATs and adapted enterprises (EA) across France. Comparable in offering sheltered employment, vocational training, and inclusion pathways, with an explicit focus on the same professional inclusion market the ESAT Jean-Pinaud serves.
• UNAPEI: Federation of associations managing ESATs, FAM, MAS, and medico-social services for people with intellectual disabilities. Represents the parent network most similar parent organizations to Institut Les Cent Arpents belong to.

Emerging players

• AFPAH (Alliance Française pour l'Accompagnement des personnes en situation de Handicap): Alliance of French disability inclusion associations providing medico-social and employment-inclusion services. Overlaps with Institut Les Cent Arpents on sheltered work, training, and family support but with a more recent operating history and broader federation structure.

Direct peers

• LADAPT: National French association running ESATs, sheltered employment, training, and medico-social support for people with disabilities. Operates a comparable multi-service disability platform across multiple regions, making it the closest national peer to Institut Les Cent Arpents.
• Fondation John Bost: Private non-profit foundation operating ESATs, residential care, and medico-social services for people with disabilities and mental health needs. Similar association-style governance, multi-service platform, and long operating history — a structurally comparable private foundation peer.

Regional players

• ADAPEI 45: Departmental association (Loiret, where Saran is located) managing ESATs, MAS, and FAM for people with intellectual disabilities. Direct regional peer providing the same mix of sheltered work, housing, and family services in the same Centre-Val de Loire geography.
• Mutualité Française Centre-Val de Loire: Regional health mutual network operating medico-social services (EHPAD, SSIAD, disability accommodation) in Centre-Val de Loire. Comparable regional non-profit operator serving the same disabled and elderly populations in the same geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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