CSB FORMATION

What CSB FORMATION does

CSB Formation is a privately held French micro-enterprise headquartered in Castelnaudary (Occitanie region), operating under the direction of Christian Semat. The company delivers two intertwined service lines: web development (showcase websites and e-commerce platforms for SMBs) and professional training (Microsoft Office, SEO, accounting). It holds the status of an "organisme de formation agréé" (approved training organization), enabling access to French publicly funded vocational training programs.

The company's technology foundation is built on CFML/ColdFusion, a legacy web application framework, with OVH serving as the hosting partner for client deployments. Over a 10+ year operating history, CSB Formation reports delivery of more than 150 websites to SMB clients across five verticals: tourism, gastronomy, agriculture, hospitality, and real estate. The company maintains a registered share capital of €12,500, consistent with its status as a micro-enterprise under French commercial law.

CSB Formation's business model combines project-based web development fees (likely one-off site builds with limited retainer revenue) with training program revenue (sessions on Microsoft Office, SEO, and accounting tools). Go-to-market is local/regional, leveraging proximity to Occitanie-based SMBs across tourism-, food-, and agriculture-adjacent industries. No external funding, M&A activity, or enterprise-scale clients are disclosed in the available material.

Name

CSB FORMATION

Legal name

CSB Formation

Website

https://csbformation.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CSB Formation is a Castelnaudary-based French micro-enterprise that provides web development (showcase sites, e-commerce) and professional training (Microsoft Office, SEO, accounting) to SMBs across tourism, gastronomy, agriculture, hospitality, and real estate in the Occitanie region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Castelnaudary

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Website Creation Services: Professional website development including business showcase sites and e-commerce platforms. One-time project-based revenue from custom web development projects.
2. Professional Training Services: Approved training organization (organisme de formation agréé) providing courses in Microsoft software, internet/SEO, programming, accounting, management, and quality. Training services generate revenue through course fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

CSB Formation is a French service provider based in Castelnaudary offering two main service lines: (1) custom website development, including professional showcase sites (sites vitrine) and e-commerce platforms, with more than 150 websites delivered; and (2) approved professional training (organisme de formation agréé) covering Microsoft Windows/Office, internet/SEO/programming, and accounting/management/quality. Services are delivered directly to small and medium businesses in the Occitanie region.

Product overview

CSB Formation is an approved training organization (organisme de formation agréé) offering two main service lines: web development and staff training. The web development portfolio includes professional showcase websites (site vitrine professionnel) and e-commerce sites (Site E-commerce), with over 150 professional websites completed. The training services cover Microsoft software (Windows, Office suite), internet/SEO/programming skills, and accounting/management/quality training. The company has been providing web creation and marketing services for over 10 years, serving clients primarily from their location in Castelnaudary, France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 150+ professional websites created

Named customers15 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OVHminorOthersOVH is the web hosting provider for CSB Formation's website. The hosting service ensures the company's website and potentially client websites are accessible online.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Broad incumbents

• AFPA: AFPA is France's largest publicly-recognized professional training organization, offering accredited continuing education across many of the same disciplines CSB Formation trains in (accounting, management, quality, software tools).
• Wix.com: Wix is a dominant self-service website builder used heavily by French SMBs for vitrine and small e-commerce sites, representing the primary DIY substitute for CSB Formation's bespoke website creation service.
• Squarespace: Squarespace is an international SMB website builder whose premium positioning competes for higher-end French SMB clients who might otherwise engage a local agency like CSB Formation for a professional site vitrine.
• Ionos (1&1) France: Ionos is a large European SMB website hosting and builder platform directly addressing the same French SMB segment that CSB Formation serves, plus offering DIY tools that compete with CSB's bespoke web dev projects at much lower price points.
• CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers): CNAM is a major French continuing education institution offering accredited training in management, IT, accounting, and quality — representing the much larger institutional alternative to CSB Formation's professional training services.

Direct peers

• Eskimoz: Eskimoz is a French digital marketing and web agency serving SMBs across France with services spanning site creation and SEO/internet marketing — closely overlapping CSB Formation's site vitrine plus internet/SEO training positioning.
• Orsys: Orsys is a French professional training organization delivering IT, web, and management courses to corporate clients — directly comparable to CSB Formation's training services on Microsoft Office, internet/SEO, programming, accounting, and management.
• M2i Formation: M2i Formation is an accredited French training organization providing IT, digital, and office software courses to professionals — a direct peer on the formation side of CSB Formation's business.
• 1min30: 1min30 is a French digital agency focused on SMB clients offering website creation, SEO, and digital marketing services — overlapping CSB Formation's web development and digital marketing service line.

Emerging players

• Dolist: Dolist is a French SMB-focused digital marketing and ecommerce enablement platform that competes with CSB Formation on the e-commerce site build side while also offering larger recurring services attractive to the same SMB client base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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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