La Gazette Du Laboratoire

What La Gazette Du Laboratoire does

La Gazette Du Laboratoire, legally operating as BCE Sarl, is a French professional media company founded in 1995 and headquartered in Riorges (Loire department, near Roanne), France. The company publishes La Gazette du LABORATOIRE, a monthly journal — available in both print and digital formats — that delivers scientific and technological news, product announcements, job postings, training opportunities, webinars, and event listings to laboratory professionals across France and French-speaking markets. The core platform is a free-to-reader, advertiser-supported digital publishing property built on a traditional CMS architecture, with a monthly email newsletter, online archive of past issues spanning 30+ years, and active social media distribution across LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, and YouTube.

The company's product portfolio has expanded beyond the main French edition to include three specialized properties: La Gazette du LABORATOIRE AFRIQUE (targeting French-speaking African laboratory markets), La Gazette DIAG & SANTÉ (covering diagnostics and health verticals including oncology, infectiology, hematology, and endocrinology), and LABORATOIRE.com (a B2B supplier search engine and equipment nomenclature database). Additional content modules include sponsored articles, white papers, video content, professional webinars, job and thesis listings, a used equipment marketplace, and a tenders/auctions platform. The underlying technology is a standard digital publishing platform — there is no disclosed AI/ML capability, API offering, or proprietary technology stack.

The business model is advertising-led. Revenue is generated by selling advertising space (banner placements, sponsored articles, product showcases, homepage advertiser logos) to laboratory equipment suppliers, reagent manufacturers, and service providers. The site is free to use for readers; a print subscription is offered as a paid premium product. The company employs between 11 and 50 people, operates with a stated share capital of €8,000, and shows no evidence of external funding, institutional investment, or M&A activity. It is independently owned with Christine Bouillard serving as Director of Publication.

Name

La Gazette Du Laboratoire

Legal name

BCE Sarl – La Gazette du LABORATOIRE

Website

https://gazettelabo.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scientific Trade Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK)

Keywords

• Laboratory trade media
• Scientific professional publishing
• Lab equipment advertising
• B2B laboratory marketplace
• Diagnostics trade publication

Headquarters

HQ city

Riorges

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advertising space sales: La Gazette du Laboratoire generates primary revenue by selling advertising space (banner placements, sponsored articles, product showcase sections) to laboratory equipment suppliers, reagent manufacturers, and service providers. The site's homepage features dynamic advertiser logos (VWR, KNF, HDTS, KAIROS, ILMAC, RESEAU MESURE). CGV (terms of sale) govern advertiser contracts, with formulas for web and magazine advertising placements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

La Gazette Du Laboratoire is a French monthly professional journal and associated digital platforms aimed at laboratory professionals (research, analysis, medical biology, agro-food, cosmetics, environment). Its core activity is publishing editorial content covering laboratory products, supplier news, technology, and industry events, with the offering monetized by selling advertising space to laboratory equipment manufacturers, reagent suppliers, and service providers. The portfolio includes print editions, a B2B supplier directory (LABORATOIRE.com), newsletters, and event services.

Product overview

La Gazette Du Laboratoire operates as a multi-platform professional media network serving the laboratory and life sciences industry. The core offering is the monthly journal La Gazette du LABORATOIRE, supplemented by two specialized regional/thematic editions (La gazette du LABORATOIRE AFRIQUE and La gazette DIAG & SANTÉ), a B2B marketplace portal (LABORATOIRE.com), and various digital content modules including newsletters, archives, white papers, videos, training/webinars, job listings, product galleries, and equipment marketplaces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• La Gazette du LABORATOIRE (France edition) Flagship monthly print and digital magazine distributed free of charge to laboratory professionals in France, covering products, supplier news, applications, and industry events across research, medical biology, agro-food, cosmetics, and environmental laboratories.
• La Gazette du LABORATOIRE AFRIQUE Specialized regional edition of the flagship journal, adapted for the African laboratory market, distributed to laboratory professionals operating in African countries.
• La Gazette DIAG & SANTÉ Specialized publication dedicated to the medical biology and in-vitro diagnostics industry, covering diagnostics products, IVD suppliers, and clinical laboratory sector developments.
• LABORATOIRE.com B2B supplier directory and marketplace platform that allows laboratory professionals to search for and contact laboratory equipment manufacturers, reagent suppliers, and service providers across categories such as analysis instruments, consumables, and lab services.
• Newsletter France (digital newsletter subscription) Regular electronic newsletter distributed to subscribers, summarizing laboratory industry news, new product launches, supplier updates, and upcoming events for laboratory professionals in France.
• Print subscription (paper edition) Paid subscription to the printed monthly edition of the journal for readers who prefer physical delivery.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• LABORATOIRE.comminorOthersLABORATOIRE.com is a companion web portal operated by the same entity (BCE Sarl), offering a supplier search engine (Recherche Fournisseurs Prestataires) and equipment/materials nomenclature database for laboratory professionals. It is referenced on the Gazette du Laboratoire website as a related resource for readers to find laboratory equipment suppliers and service providers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BioSpace: Life-sciences industry news, jobs, and company directory with strong digital advertising and event monetization; comparable business model and content structure.
• Lab Manager Magazine: Trade publication serving laboratory managers with news, product information, and educational content; combines digital and print with advertiser-supported revenue.
• SelectScience: Editorial and review platform for laboratory scientists featuring product news, reviews, webinars, and advertiser content. Closely aligned business model and audience.
• Technology Networks: Online scientific media network covering laboratory techniques, products, and applications with advertising, white papers, and webinars as primary revenue streams.
• Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN): Biotech and lab-industry trade publication covering scientific news, products, and careers with advertising and sponsored content as core revenue streams.
• Labiotech: European online media outlet covering biotech and lab-industry news with advertising, sponsored content, and events revenue. Directly comparable digital-first model targeting European life-science professionals.
• News-Medical.net: Life-sciences and medical media site with editorial, product news, and advertising targeted at researchers and laboratory professionals.
• BioCentury: Long-running biotech trade publication offering subscription, advertising, and analytics; comparable vertical trade-media business serving life-science professionals.

Broad incumbents

• Springer Nature: Major scientific and academic publisher (Nature, Springer, BMC) with extensive advertising and sponsored content programs that overlap with La Gazette's lab-industry audience.
• Wiley: Large global scientific publisher offering journals, books, and advertising solutions in the laboratory sciences; broad incumbent that competes for the same advertiser budgets as niche trade titles.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/gazettelabo
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@LaGazetteDuLABORATOIRE
• Facebookfacebook.com/gazettelabo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/la-gazette-du-laboratoire
• Instagraminstagram.com/gazettelabo

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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