CABINET BL

What CABINET BL does

Cabinet BL (operating under the Move up! brand and the registered trademark 'Management-Développement') is an independent French management consulting firm founded in 2005 in Paris by Jean-Michel Laude and Jean-Philippe Behr. The firm is structured as a SARL with €5,000 of capital, owned and controlled by its two co-founders, and operates with a stated headcount of 1-10 — a small bench of founding partners supplemented by sector-expert consultants.

The firm delivers four integrated service lines organized around the 'Smart Enterprise' (entreprise intelligente du futur) methodology: (i) Consulting as a Service (CaaS), an agile on-demand advisory format; (ii) Executive Support Services (ESS), providing delegated project management, interim management, transition and crisis support, and shared functional directorships; (iii) Advisory & Studies, covering strategic and operational missions, innovation and functional consulting, reorganization, and M&A advisory; and (iv) Formation & Training, offering inter- and intra-company management training, coaching, and project-team skills development delivered on-site, remotely, or via distance-learning tools. Underlying technology consists of consulting methodologies and digital collaborative delivery tools rather than proprietary software products.

The commercial model is professional-services-only: project-based engagements and multi-year contracts priced per quote, sold sales-led directly by consultants. The firm targets private enterprises ranging from startups to groups of 3,500 employees, public-sector institutions (including the French Ministry of Culture and the European Commission ecosystem), and companies in judicial recovery procedures. Disclosed clients span publishing (Gallimard, Mame, Bayard), printing/packaging (Jouve, Chirat), aerospace (Vallourec), retail (Kidiliz Group), logistics (Inter-Routage, GSL), automotive (Milan), government (DGMIC), and agriculture/food (Karstedt). Marketing is content-driven — a blog with 'Perspective' and 'Actualité' categories, co-hosted Café-Conseil events with Cercle du Conseil, and LinkedIn presence for the founders — with no funding rounds, M&A, or external investment disclosed.

Name

CABINET BL

Legal name

Cabinet BL

Website

https://management-developpement.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cabinet BL is an independent Paris-based management consulting firm founded in 2005 that helps French and European SMEs, mid-market firms, and public-sector organizations transform into the 'Smart Enterprise' via four service lines: Consulting as a Service, Executive Support Services, Advisory & Studies, and Training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

C-Suite & Senior Executive Coaching (EDABANAA)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Strategic advisory services
• Organizational transformation consulting
• Executive support services
• Management training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services including Advisory & Studies, Consulting as a Service (CaaS), Executive Support Services (ESS), and Training & Formation. Revenue generated through project-based consulting engagements, operational delegation, and training services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cabinet BL is an independent management consulting firm offering four integrated service lines: Advisory & Studies (strategic and operational consulting), Consulting as a Service (CaaS) for agile transformation advisory, Executive Support Services (ESS) for project delegation and outsourcing, and Formation & Training for skills development. The firm guides organizations toward the "Smart Enterprise" model through its proprietary "Move up!" methodology covering innovation management, agile practices, digital transformation, and organizational development.

Product overview

Cabinet BL is an independent management consulting firm founded in 2005, operating under the Move up! brand. The company offers four integrated service lines: Consulting as a Service (CaaS) for agile transformation advisory, Executive Support Services (ESS) for project delegation and outsourcing, Advisory & Studies for strategic consulting and market research, and Formation & Training for skills development and knowledge transfer. These services collectively guide organizations toward the 'smart enterprise' model through methodologies covering innovation management, agile practices, digital transformation, and organizational development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advisory & Studies Strategic and operational consulting offering for organizations seeking senior-led advisory on organizational transformation, agile practices, and digital change. Targets general management, CODIR, and transformation directors across mid-market and large enterprises.
• Consulting as a Service (CaaS) Flexible, agile advisory service providing on-demand transformation consulting through a subscription or recurring engagement model. Designed for organizations needing continuous access to senior consulting expertise without long statement-of-work commitments.
• Executive Support Services (ESS) Project delegation and outsourcing service whereby Cabinet BL senior consultants act as interim managers or embedded project leads for client initiatives. Particularly used by companies in judicial recovery procedures and during transformation programs requiring interim executive coverage.
• Formation & Training Skills development and management training programs covering innovation management, agile practices, digital transformation, and organizational development. Delivered to client teams and leadership cohorts to support transformation adoption.

Quantifiable outcome

• Companies guided to become 'Smart Enterprise' with improved performance and competitiveness

Named customers12 records

Segments7 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.

• Cercle du ConseilcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 17 October 2017Cabinet BL co-organizes and co-animates Café-Conseil events with Cercle du Conseil, such as the October 17, 2017 event on 'L'entreprise du futur' held at MBA ESG, Paris. Jean-Michel Laude and Jean-Philippe Behr from Cabinet BL served as moderators for these industry events.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bossard Consultants: Paris-based independent management consulting firm offering strategic, operational, and organizational transformation services to French enterprises — a direct local boutique peer.
• Sia Partners: Paris-origin management and AI-driven consulting firm offering strategy, transformation, and operational consulting to enterprises across Europe and North America — closely comparable in service mix and geographic reach.
• Kea & Partners: Paris-based independent consulting firm specializing in strategy, organizational transformation, and innovation for SMEs and large groups in France — a direct boutique peer with similar positioning.
• PMP Strategy: French boutique strategy consulting firm focused on corporate strategy, organizational transformation, and innovation for European enterprises — a direct comparable in the same niche.
• Roland Berger: European-headquartered strategy and management consulting firm offering organizational transformation, operations improvement, and restructuring advisory to mid-market and large enterprises across industries — a directly comparable consulting peer.
• Argence: French independent consulting boutique focused on strategy, transformation, and performance improvement for mid-market firms — directly comparable in size and service scope.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini Consulting: Large global consulting and technology services firm with significant French presence offering digital transformation and organizational change services — competes for transformation budgets from the same mid-market and large enterprise clients.
• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting leader with broad transformation, organizational, and strategy practices — competing for the same large transformation mandates from Cabinet BL's enterprise clients.

Emerging players

• Eleven Strategy: European boutique strategy and transformation consulting firm with similar senior-led engagement model, partially overlapping with Cabinet BL's mid-market transformation focus.
• Archibald Stratégie: French independent consulting boutique offering strategic and organizational advisory to SMEs and mid-market — overlapping customer profile and boutique positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cabinet-b-l

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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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