Pléiade Consulting

What Pléiade Consulting does

Pléiade Consulting is a privately-held French professional services firm (SAS, registered in Nantes, RCS B 881844252) that bundles HR consulting with corporate strategy consulting under a single integrated offering branded as "StRHatégie." Founded in 2020 by Fabien Pelletier and Anita Maillard at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the firm operates from three offices — Nantes/Carquefou (HQ), Angers, and Paris (62 Rue François 1er, 75008) — serving primarily SME/TPE leaders and HR departments across western France with stated national expansion intent.

The service catalogue spans two pillars. The HR pillar includes executive recruitment (via the "Le Job de vos rêves" candidate portal), skills and 360° evaluations, "bilan de compétences" delivered through the Qualiopi-certified subsidiary Potentiel (acquired July 2024), outplacement, and organizational mobility. The strategy pillar covers strategic diagnostic ("état des lieux"), transformation, restructuring, business-model repositioning, and ongoing pilot-committee/RetEx follow-up. Pléiade's proprietary RISE-UP framework (Retour sur Investissement Social Economique Utile et Pragmatique) frames engagements around measurable dual ROI. No proprietary technology platform is described; delivery relies on standard digital tools for candidate sourcing, soft-skills assessment, and project management.

Commercially, Pléiade runs a sales-led, project-based B2B model with no publicly disclosed pricing, recurring-revenue structure, or external funding. Customer evidence shows a broad logo wall (Videlio, Arcelor, Toyota, SCANIA, In-Extenso, ista, among 25+ brands) across automotive, industrial, energy management, accounting, and luxury hospitality, with a single detailed transformation case study in luxury hospitality during 2020. Distribution is direct, through the founding partners' networks, supplemented by LinkedIn, a content blog, and earned coverage in the ANDRH Pays de la Loire regional journal. The firm is independently owned by its two co-founders with no parent company or institutional investors identified.

Name

Pléiade Consulting

Legal name

SAS Pléiade Consulting

Website

https://pleiade-consulting.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pléiade Consulting is a privately-held French advisory firm (SAS, founded 2020) combining HR consulting and corporate strategy under its "StRHatégie" methodology to serve SME/TPE leaders and HR departments across western France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHACAA

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Management Consulting

SECONDARYBPAHAGAB

Organization Design & Operating Model Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Human Capital & Organizational Consulting

Keywords

• Human resources consulting
• Business strategy consulting
• Executive recruitment services
• Organizational transformation consulting
• Skills assessment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Carquefou

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Services: Executive recruitment and talent acquisition for client companies across various industries, handling the full hiring process from sourcing to candidate integration.
2. HR Consulting: Skills evaluation, competency assessments, career assessments (bilan de compétences), outplacement services, and organizational mobility consulting. Competency assessments delivered in partnership with Potentiel, an organization certified Qualiopi for skills assessments.
3. Business Strategy Consulting: Corporate transformation, strategic repositioning, organizational restructuring, business model review, and action planning services for business leaders.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pléiade Consulting is a French B2B consulting firm that delivers integrated HR consulting and business strategy advisory services. It offers executive recruitment, skills assessments, bilan de compétences, outplacement, and professional mobility on the HR side, and organizational transformation, restructuring, strategic repositioning, and action planning on the strategy side, sold as combined engagements under the 'StRHatégie' methodology.

Product overview

Pléiade Consulting est un cabinet de conseil qui associe Conseil RH et Conseil en stratégie d'entreprise. Son offre se compose de deux piliers complémentaires : d'une part, les services RH incluant le recrutement, l'évaluation des compétences, le bilan de compétences (réalisé via Potentiel certifié Qualiopi), l'outplacement et la mobilité professionnelle ; d'autre part, les services de conseil stratégique comprenant la transformation organisationnelle, la restructuration, l'état des lieux stratégique, l'élaboration de plans stratégiques et l'accompagnement via comités de pilotage et RetEx. L'entreprise combine ces deux dimensions (StRHatégie) pour garantir que la stratégie et sa mise en œuvre par l'humain soient indissociables.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conseil RH (Human Resources Consulting)
• Conseil en Stratégie d'Entreprise (Business Strategy Consulting)
• Recrutement (Executive Recruitment)
• Évaluation des Compétences (Skills Assessment)
• Bilan de Compétences
• Outplacement
• Mobilité Professionnelle
• Transformation Organisationnelle
• Restructuration
• État des Lieux Stratégique
• Plan Stratégique
• Comité de Pilotage et Retour d'Expérience (RetEx)

Quantifiable outcome

• Successful strategic repositioning for luxury hospitality client including new business model (Canvas), organizational restructuring, pricing strategy, process implementation, and governance reform.

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PotentielcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024Potentiel, a Qualiopi-certified organization specializing in competency assessments (bilans de compétences), was acquired and joined Pléiade Consulting in July 2024. This partnership strengthens Pléiade's HR service offerings by integrating certified skills assessment capabilities directly into their consulting practice.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Wavestone: French-listed management and technology consulting firm serving large enterprises with strategy, transformation, and HR advisory. Comparable to Pléiade on the strategy and organizational transformation side, but operates at much larger scale and across broader geographies.
• Michael Page France: Leading global recruitment and HR services firm with a substantial French franchise covering executive search, talent assessment, and HR consulting. Comparable to Pléiade on recruitment and skills evaluation, but operating at significantly larger scale with international infrastructure.
• PMP (Roland Berger): French strategy consulting firm (now part of Roland Berger) focused on corporate strategy, transformation, and organizational redesign. Comparable to Pléiade on the strategic transformation and repositioning service lines, with a much broader international platform.
• Hays France: Global recruitment and workforce solutions firm with a strong French presence in executive search, talent assessment, and HR advisory. Comparable to Pléiade's recruitment and HR consulting services, but with broader international reach.
• Talent Solutions (ManpowerGroup France): French arm of ManpowerGroup's RPO, MSP, and HR advisory business, providing recruitment process outsourcing, talent assessment, and workforce consulting. Comparable to Pléiade on the recruitment, assessment, and HR consulting services for French enterprises.
• Julhiet Steria: Major French HR and digital transformation consultancy with strong presence in organizational change, talent management, and strategic workforce advisory. Comparable to Pléiade on the HR consulting side, but operates nationally with deeper delivery capacity.

Direct peers

• Kea & Partners: Paris-based strategy and transformation consulting firm that combines strategic advisory with operational and human capital work for French mid-market and enterprise clients. Most directly comparable to Pléiade's integrated strategy + HR positioning, with similar boutique-to-mid-market culture.
• Colombus Consulting: French consulting firm focused on operational transformation, strategy, and human resources advisory for mid-market companies. Comparable to Pléiade's HR+Strategy combination and SME/TPE customer focus, with a broader national footprint.
• Archibald & Clifford: French boutique HR consulting firm specialized in executive recruitment, skills assessment, and HR strategy for mid-market and SME clients. Closely comparable to Pléiade on the recruitment, evaluation, and HR advisory service lines.
• Big Fish Recruitment: French boutique recruitment and HR consulting firm specialized in executive search and talent advisory for SMEs and mid-market accounts. Comparable to Pléiade on recruitment and HR advisory for French regional SMEs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pleiade-consulting

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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