Hector le Collector

What Hector le Collector does

Hector le Collector SAS is a French professional bio-waste (biodéchets) and used cooking oil collection company founded in June 2020 in Toulouse by Quentin Saieb (President) and Valentin. The company operates a 100% electric collection fleet serving restaurants, hotels, businesses, coworking spaces, local retail shops, and event organizers across ten French cities — Toulouse, Montpellier, Paris, Niort, Bordeaux, Lille, Nantes, Marseille, and Lyon — with 600+ professional clients and more than 500 of those concentrated in Toulouse Métropole. Collected bio-waste is transported to partner anaerobic digestion (methanization) facilities in the Garonne region, where it is converted into biogas, biomethane, and electricity, with the resulting digestate returned to agricultural partners as fertilizer. A strategic partnership with Grand Marché MIN Toulouse Occitanie anchors Hector into one of France's largest regional food platforms.

The product portfolio comprises two service lines and supporting technology. The core Collecte de biodéchets is a recurring bio-waste collection service with monthly subscription billing, segment-tailored solutions, and the Hector & Moi client portal that enables franchise and multi-site customers to track volumes, attestations, traceability, and RSE indicators. The Collecte d'huiles usagées service, launched in 2025, adds used cooking oil collection with connected-sensor tanks that alert the collector when capacity is reached, dynamic route planning, and producer remuneration indexed to market biofuel prices. Connected IoT sensors on tanks, the electric fleet, and the multi-tenant portal constitute the core technology stack; partner methanization facilities perform downstream valorization. One tonne of bio-waste yields approximately 480 kWh of electricity; one tonne of used cooking oil produces over 900 liters of biofuel with a stated 92% CO2 reduction versus petroleum diesel.

Hector's business model combines recurring subscription revenue from bio-waste collection with transaction-based revenue from used cooking oil. Pricing is tailored to segment and volume on a monthly cadence, with no publicly disclosed tier rates; customers can self-serve trial through the 'Testez Hector' CTA or engage via direct phone/contact sales. The go-to-market is a hybrid of product-led growth and direct enterprise sales, evidenced by named enterprise logos including Carrefour, AXA, Pierre Fabre, Veolia, Pullman (Accor), Capgemini, Elior Derichebourg, EFS, and GA Smart Building, alongside long-tail SMB customers across the hospitality, retail, coworking, and event verticals. The company is privately held (SAS), founder-controlled, and operates from its Toulouse headquarters at 13 rue Labat de Savignac.

Name

Hector le Collector

Legal name

Hector le Collector SAS

Website

https://hectorlecollector.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hector le Collector is a French electric-fleet bio-waste and used cooking oil collection service founded in 2020 in Toulouse, serving restaurants, hotels, businesses, shops, and event organizers across 10 French cities with 600+ professional clients and partner anaerobic digestion valorization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Other Waste Collection (562119)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Source-Separated Organics (SSO) Collection & Hauling (EUAIAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grease Trap, Used Cooking Oil & FOG Services (Collection & Recycling) (EUAIAGAK), Used Oil, Lubricants & Industrial Fluids Recovery/Recycling (IMAIAFAM)

Keywords

• Food waste collection
• Bio-waste valorization
• Used cooking oil recycling
• Professional waste management
• Methanization services

Headquarters

HQ city

Toulouse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Biodéchets Collection Service: Collection and valorization of food waste from professionals (restaurants, hotels, businesses, shops, events). Waste is transformed into biogas, biomethane, and electricity through anaerobic digestion. Revenue generated through service fees for collection.
2. Used Cooking Oil Collection: Collection of used frying oil from professionals. Oil is valorized into biofuel/biodiesel. Operators can earn revenue by selling their used oil, with pricing indexed to market rates.
3. Event Waste Management: Zero-waste solutions for professional events, including collection of food waste and used cooking oil.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hector le Collector provides professional bio-waste (food waste) and used cooking oil collection services in France using a 100% electric fleet. Collected waste is transported to partner anaerobic digestion (methanization) facilities where it is converted into biogas, biomethane, and electricity, or transformed into biofuel. The company serves restaurants, hotels, businesses, coworking spaces, local shops, and professional events across 10 French cities.

Product overview

Hector le Collector is a French bio-waste collection and valorization company operating a platform-plus-services model. The core offering consists of electric-fleet bio-waste collection from professionals (restaurants, hotels, businesses, shops, events), transporting materials to partner methanization facilities for conversion into green energy. The portfolio includes the core Collecte de biodéchets service, the Collecte d'huiles usagées used cooking oil collection (which converts oils to biofuel and remunerates clients), the Flotte électrique operational fleet, the Hector & Moi client portal for multi-site tracking, and sector-specific solutions for Restauration/hotels, Entreprises/coworking, Commerces de proximité, and Événementiel. The Kit Hector provides clients with dedicated sorting bins. A partner methanization platform transforms collected bio-waste into biogas (480 kWh per ton) and agricultural digestat.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hector & Moi: A client management platform for franchises and multi-site networks to track collections, volumes, documents, traceability, and RSE indicators.

Products and services

• Collecte de biodéchets (Bio-waste Collection)
• Collecte d'huiles alimentaires usagées (Used Cooking Oil Collection)
• Solution Évènementiel (Events)

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 80% of market waste valorized
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MIN Toulouse (Grand Marché MIN Toulouse Occitanie)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Strategic partnership with the Grand Marché MIN Toulouse Occitanie, one of France's largest markets. MIN operates as a regional food platform with 223 companies, 237 producers, and 4,400 buyers. Hector collects biodéchets and valorizable waste from market operators, with €481M in combined revenue and 1,420 direct jobs. Partnership managed by Lumin Toulouse until 2039.
• OVHminorOthersOVH provides cloud hosting services for Hector le Collector's website (www.hectorlecollector.fr) and client platforms. OVH is a French SAS with €10,174,560 capital located in Roubaix, France.
• StandOut FranceminorOthersStandOut France is credited for website content writing and design development for hectorlecollector.fr.
• Stéphy PhotographieminorOthersPhotography services credited to Stéphy Photographie for website imagery.
• Garonne Region Anaerobic Digestion PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with anaerobic digestion facilities in the Garonne region (Gironde/Garrona) for biodéchets valorization. Biodéchets are transformed into biogas and biomethane injected into the French gas network. Digestate is returned to agricultural partners as fertilizer.
• Agricultural Digestate PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural partners who receive digestate (fertilizer byproduct of anaerobic digestion) for spreading on fields as natural fertilizer, reducing chemical fertilizer use.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sarp-Industries: French subsidiary of Veolia specialized in industrial waste management and hazardous waste services. Comparable incumbent in industrial and commercial waste services with broader hazardous capabilities.
• Pizzorno Environnement: French waste management company operating across collection, treatment, and recycling with strong presence in southern France including PACA region. Comparable incumbent serving overlapping professional customer base.
• Veolia: Global environmental services incumbent with comprehensive waste management, water, and energy services. Currently also a Hector customer, representing both a partner opportunity and a competitive threat through its national waste collection platform.
• Séché Environnement: French listed environmental services group offering waste collection, treatment, and recovery across industrial, commercial, and municipal segments. Comparable incumbent in the broader waste services category.
• Suez: Major French and global waste management and water services incumbent. Competes broadly in commercial waste collection including potential overlap in biodéchets, leveraging established municipal contracts and processing infrastructure.

Emerging players

• Elipse: French waste collection and environmental services company with multi-regional presence. Comparable emerging-to-mid player in professional waste services including organic and special waste streams.
• Renewin: Emerging French bio-waste management player focused on professional food waste valorization. Comparable emerging specialist in the same biodéchets segment, though smaller scale than Hector.

Direct peers

• Moulinot: Paris-based French specialist in bio-waste collection from restaurants and food professionals using human-powered and low-emission collection. Direct competitor in urban biodéchets collection targeting similar restaurant and hotel customer segments.
• Tri-o: French company specializing in used cooking oil collection from restaurants and food service establishments. Direct competitor in the used cooking oil vertical with similar market-indexed pricing model for producers.

Regional players

• Bionova (Coved): French organic waste collection and valorization subsidiary operating within broader waste services platform. Comparable specialist in organic/bio-waste streams with regional French operating focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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