France Espace Vert

What France Espace Vert does

France Espace Vert is a privately held, family-owned landscaping company headquartered in Léognan, Gironde, France, founded in 1987 (originally as J.M Chauffepied and rebranded to its current name in 1999). The firm operates an integrated service portfolio across five core lines: garden creation (Création de jardin), regular garden maintenance (Entretien), tree pruning and felling (Élagage), fence installation (Clôture), and land clearing (Nettoyage terrain). Service delivery is supported by an in-house design bureau with illustrators and designers, an equipment fleet that includes tractors, flail mowers, 2.5–8 tonne excavators, and a truck-crane, and a green-waste recycling program that converts biomass into compost and Bois Raméal Fragmenté (BRF). The company holds phytosanitary treatment accreditation (number 330 0009) enabling it to perform regulated chemical treatments on green spaces.

The company serves four segments in parallel: individual homeowners (Particuliers), professional businesses, property management syndicates (Syndics de Copropriété), and — to a lesser extent — developers/builders and local authorities (Collectivités). Named enterprise and institutional clients include Domofrance and Mésolia in social housing, BMW for corporate exterior maintenance, Eiffage for construction-adjacent landscaping, SIBA for public-basin public works, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Clinique Saint Martin, CPAM, various mairies, and wine estates in the Pessac-Léognan appellation. The active service territory spans four departments in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Gironde (33), Lot-et-Garonne (47), Dordogne (24), and Landes (40).

The business model is project-and-contract-based professional services with a sales-led, direct-distribution GTM. Pricing is quote-driven (free detailed devis); hourly rates across services range from €30 to over €100/hour, and unit pricing for specific installations (e.g., artificial grass) is disclosed at €20–€60 per square meter. Customer acquisition combines a SEO-optimized website with regional landing pages, word-of-mouth referrals, UNEP industry-association membership, and response to public tenders (appels d'offre). Revenue is generated through recurring annual maintenance contracts (notably with housing providers) and one-off landscape creation, fencing, clearing, and pruning projects. No external funding, parent company, or institutional ownership has been disclosed.

Name

France Espace Vert

Legal name

FRANCE ESPACE VERT

Website

https://franceespacevert.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Short description

France Espace Vert is a family-owned French landscaping company in Léognan, Gironde, providing garden design, maintenance, tree pruning, fencing, and land clearing services to homeowners, social-housing providers, enterprises, and municipalities across Nouvelle-Aquitaine since 1987.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscaping Services

NAICS

Landscaping Services (561730), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Construction Project Management & General Contracting (HSAIABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Landscaping & Lawn Care (BPABADAB), Landscape Renovation & Re-Design (Yard Makeovers) (HSAIABAC), Garden Bed Design, Layout & Planting Plans (HSAIAFAA)

Keywords

• Landscaping services
• Garden design
• Tree pruning
• Fence installation
• Land clearing

Headquarters

HQ city

Léognan

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Landscaping Services (Création, Entretien, Élagage): Core revenue from landscape design, garden creation, regular maintenance, tree pruning, and land clearing services. Services provided to both individual homeowners and professional clients including annual maintenance contracts and one-time project work.
2. Fence Installation: Installation of various fence types (wood, PVC, aluminum, concrete, welded mesh) as part of exterior amenagement services.
3. Automatic Irrigation Systems: Installation of automatic watering/irrigation systems for gardens.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

France Espace Vert is a regional landscaping company delivering five core services across Gironde and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region: garden creation (Création), regular garden maintenance (Entretien), tree pruning and felling (Élagage), fence installation (Clôture), and land clearing (Nettoyage terrain). The company serves both individual homeowners and professional clients including property managers, developers, enterprises, and municipalities, with an in-house design bureau enabling custom landscape architecture projects.

Product overview

France Espace Vert is a landscaping company offering a unified portfolio of five core services: garden creation (Création de jardin), garden maintenance (Entretien), tree pruning (Élagage), fencing (Clôture), and land clearing (Nettoyage terrain). The company operates primarily in Gironde, France, serving residential clients, property managers, developers, and municipalities. Services are delivered through specialized teams equipped with professional machinery, and projects can include custom garden design through an in-house study bureau.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Création de jardin (Garden Creation)

Quantifiable outcome

• Free detailed quotes for all service requests
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 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

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UNEP (Union Nationale des Entreprises du Paysage)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrance Espace Vert is a long-standing member of the UNEP, the national landscape industry association. Membership enables networking with other landscape professionals across France and maintains industry standards and best practices.
• Pépinières Bontemps (Mérignac)coreTechnology or IntegrationImportant partner nursery located in Mérignac providing a full range of plants and vegetation for projects. Proximity avoids delivery delays and maintains supply chain reliability.
• Chauviré Pépinières (Montrevault-sur-Evre)coreTechnology or IntegrationNationally recognized nursery providing a wide selection of plants and conditionings. Enables France Espace Vert to offer nearly all types of plants at any time of year with consistent quality.
• DomofrancecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor housing provider in the region. Regular work through maintenance contracts and public procurement bids for various residential properties.
• MésoliacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHousing provider for whom France Espace Vert provides landscape development for housing subdivisions (lotissements) and ongoing maintenance services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Environmental Services: Environmental services division of Veolia operates and maintains green spaces, parks, and urban landscaping for municipalities and large private clients in France, overlapping with France Espace Vert's public-sector maintenance and land-clearing work as part of a much broader waste and environmental services franchise.
• ISS A/S: International facility services company with a landscaping and grounds-care practice serving corporate, institutional, and public real estate across Europe, competing for the same enterprise and municipal maintenance contracts as France Espace Vert but as part of a global integrated services platform.
• Sodexo (Facility Management): Global facility management group whose outdoor services and grounds maintenance offerings overlap with France Espace Vert's maintenance contracts for enterprises, healthcare facilities, and public-sector clients, though landscaping is one line within a much broader FM portfolio.
• ENGIE Solutions: Facility management and multi-technical services arm of ENGIE providing outdoor space maintenance, green area management, and landscaping to public and private clients in France, comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same municipal and enterprise grounds contracts.

Direct peers

• SERPE: French specialist in tree pruning, felling, and forestry services with a multi-agency footprint, directly comparable to the Élagage service line of France Espace Vert and competing for similar municipal and enterprise pruning contracts in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and beyond.
• Idverde: Largest landscape services provider in Europe, headquartered in France and offering the same integrated suite of creation, maintenance, tree care, and fencing services to municipalities, social housing operators, and commercial clients across the same customer types as France Espace Vert.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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