Le 400

What Le 400 does

Le 400 is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) operating a "tiers-lieu" — a coworking and community space — in Brive-la-Gaillarde, a city of approximately 47,000 inhabitants in the Corrèze department. Founded in 2011 and registered with the prefecture under number W191001899 (SIRET 538 482 266 00029), the organization occupies a 16th–17th century historic building at 12 Place Jean-Marie Dauzier and offers a flexible workspace alternative to home offices for freelancers, remote employees, occasional travelers, and HR/recruitment professionals conducting confidential interviews.

The facility includes 21 open-space positions and two private offices (bureaux confidentiels), with shared amenities comprising a kitchen, lounge area, terrace, bike storage, shower, and high-speed fiber internet. Le 400 operates three named desk-based service tiers: Bureau Nomade (pay-per-use passes ranging from €5 for discounted half-days to €250 for a 20-day pack), Bureau Confidentiel (private meeting rooms at €10/hour, €30/half-day, or €60/full day, capacity 3 persons), and Bureau Résident (dedicated desks at €165 TTC/month with 24/7 key-card access and locked storage). The association also delivers digital mediation ("aide au numérique") services aimed at improving digital literacy in the local community, positioning it as a hybrid workspace-plus-social-mission operator rather than a pure commercial coworking brand.

Revenue is generated primarily through workspace rental fees — a mix of recurring subscriptions (Bureau Résident) and usage-based pricing (Bureau Nomade, Bureau Confidentiel) — supplemented by annual association membership dues of €10–€40 and donations processed via HelloAsso. The go-to-market motion is fully self-serve: customers book online through le400.fr, by phone, or via walk-in, supported by organic social presence on Facebook and Instagram. As a non-profit, Le 400 holds no venture capital or private equity backing; governance rests with two authorized representatives, Cédric Foussard and Rémi Vinatier. No revenue, headcount growth, or expansion data is publicly disclosed.

Name

Le 400

Legal name

Association Le 400

Website

https://le400.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Le 400 is a French non-profit association operating a coworking "tiers-lieu" in Brive-la-Gaillarde. It offers flexible desk services — day passes, private offices, and annual resident desks — to freelancers, remote workers, and local community members, alongside digital literacy mediation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coworking Services

NAICS

Accommodation (721)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Coworking Cafes / Work Cafes (THAFADAJ)

Keywords

• Coworking space
• Flexible office rental
• Shared workspace
• Community workspace
• Digital mediation

Headquarters

HQ city

Brive-la-gaillarde

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Bureau résident (Long-term desk rental): Monthly subscription for dedicated desk space in open space with 24/7 access, including coffee, tea, and printing. Priced at 165€ TTC/month plus annual association membership (10-40€).
2. Bureau nomade (Day passes): Pay-per-use model offering half-day (10€), full-day (17€), and multi-day passes (150€ for 10 days, 250€ for 20 days). Discounted rate of 5€ for students, job seekers, and project holders.
3. Bureau confidentiel (Private office rental): Hourly or daily rental of private meeting rooms. Rates: 10€/hour, 30€/half-day, 60€/full day. Maximum capacity 3 persons.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Le 400 operates a community-oriented coworking tiers-lieu offering flexible desk rentals across three tiers — Bureau Nomade (drop-in passes), Bureau Confidentiel (private meeting rooms for up to 3 persons), and Bureau Résident (dedicated long-term desks with 24/7 access) — combined with digital literacy assistance and a social living space. The physical facility includes 21 open-space seats, 2 private offices, fiber WiFi, an equipped kitchen, lounge, terrace, shower, and bike parking in a historic city-center building in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France.

Product overview

Le 400 is a tiers-lieu (collaborative workspace) and coworking center in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France. Its product portfolio comprises three named desk-based service tiers: Bureau Nomade (flexible pay-per-use open-space desks), Bureau Confidentiel (private enclosed offices for up to 3 people), and Bureau Résident (a dedicated annual desk subscription with 24/7 access). All tiers share common facilities including an equipped kitchen, lounge area, terrace, bike storage, shower, and high-speed fiber/Wi-Fi internet. The space has 21 open-space seats and 2 private offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bureau Nomade Pay-per-use open-space desk rental offered on a per-half-day (€10 TTC), full-day (€17 TTC), or multi-day basis (€150 for 10 days, €250 for 20 days), with a preferential rate of €5 for students, job seekers, and project holders. Targets occasional users, digital nomads, and travelers passing through Brive-la-Gaillarde who need flexible workspace without a long-term commitment.
• Bureau Confidentiel Private enclosed office rental for up to 3 people, available by the hour (€10 TTC), half-day (€30 TTC), or full day (€60 TTC). Designed for confidential meetings, job interviews, performance reviews, telehealth consultations, and small training sessions in Brive-la-Gaillarde.
• Bureau Résident Dedicated personal desk in an open-space environment with 24/7 key-card access, locked storage cabinet, chair, and inclusion of coffee, tea, and printing. Offered on an annual subscription basis at €165 TTC/month (plus annual association membership €10–€40) for freelancers, independent professionals, and full-time remote employees based in Brive-la-Gaillarde.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Second Home: Design-led coworking operator with flagship cultural spaces. Comparable at the conceptual level of community- and design-driven coworking, though Second Home targets creative industries in major global cities.
• NUMA: Paris-based innovation hub combining coworking, incubators, and digital programs. Comparable in blending workspace with digital/innovation programming, though primarily in the startup ecosystem versus Le 400's general tiers-lieu model.

Direct peers

• Deskopolitan: Paris-based independent coworking operator offering flexible desk rentals and private offices. Comparable in offering structure (subscription + day-pass + meeting rooms), though serves a major metro rather than a regional city.
• Worklib: French coworking network focused on independent workers and small businesses across multiple French cities. Comparable product mix (open desks, dedicated desks, meeting rooms) but commercially operated.
• Morning Coworking: French coworking operator with multiple locations across France. Comparable as a French coworking space operator; operates at higher commercial scale and serves more metros than Le 400.
• La Cordée: French tiers-lieu network combining coworking, social mission, and community programming across multiple cities. Closely comparable in the tiers-lieu positioning, social-purpose focus, and the blend of coworking with non-rental community services.

Broad incumbents

• Industrious: Premium flexible workspace operator. Comparable as a coworking provider offering tiered products (day passes through dedicated offices), though targeting enterprise clients in major markets versus Le 400's regional/community focus.
• Wojo: French coworking and flex-office operator (backed by Accor), offering multi-city flexible workspaces. Comparable as a French coworking provider, though Wojo operates at much larger scale and serves major metros, whereas Le 400 is a single-site non-profit.
• WeWork: Global coworking and flex-office leader. Comparable as a coworking operator at the broadest level, but operates at vastly greater scale and in major business districts versus Le 400's regional France footprint.

Others

• France Tiers-Lieux: National association supporting and federating French tiers-lieux, including Le 400. Highly relevant as an ecosystem organization that defines the tiers-lieu category Le 400 self-identifies with.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/people/Le-400-Tiers-Lieu-Espace-coworking-M%C3%A9diation-Num%C3%A9rique/61560684298326/?locale=fr_FR
• Instagraminstagram.com/le400_brive
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/le-400

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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