arpeje

Name

arpeje

Legal name

Association régionale pour l'enfance et la jeunesse

Website

https://arpeje.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Childcare and Youth Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (6244)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Nonprofit Before/After Care Programs (Early Years) (EDACAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Early Childhood Development (ECD) & Pre-Primary Education (BPADAKAB)

Keywords

• Childcare services
• Early childhood education
• After-school care
• Extracurricular activities
• School meal programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Avenches

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Childcare fee revenue: Parents pay fees for childcare services (crèches, parascolaire, family-based childcare), school cafeteria meals, and extracurricular courses. Fees are determined by a pricing policy (politique tarifaire) and invoiced monthly.
2. Catering and meal services: ZFV provides meals for school cafeterias; parents pay for meals through the portal, billed monthly.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Arpeje (Association régionale pour l'enfance et la jeunesse) is a regional non-profit association that organizes and delivers a comprehensive ecosystem of childcare, daytime supervision, school meals, extracurricular activities, libraries, and school transport services for children and youth aged 0-15 across the Avenches and Vully-les-Lacs intercommunal area in canton Vaud, Switzerland. Its offerings span crèches (0-4 years), parascolaire after-school care (4-10 years), extrascolaire activities (11-15 years), refectories, optional courses, homework assistance, and public libraries, delivered through physical facilities and an online parent portal.

Product overview

Arpeje is a regional association for children and youth providing a comprehensive ecosystem of services organized by age group: Préscolaire (0-4 years) offers daycare and family childcare; Parascolaire (4-10 years) provides after-school care; and Extrascolaire (11-15 years) includes refectories, optional courses (sports, arts, academics), libraries, and a community center. The organization also manages school transportation and homework assistance services across the Avenches and Vully-les-Lacs regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Préscolaire (Crèches 0-4 ans)
• Parascolaire primaire (4-10 ans)
• Cours facultatifs (Optional courses)
• Réfectoires (School cafeterias)
• Bibliothèques (Libraries)
• Extrascolaire (11-15 ans)
• Centre de rencontres et d'animations
• Transports scolaires
• Aide aux devoirs (Homework assistance)

Quantifiable outcome

• Provides childcare and educational services across 4 prescolaire sites, multiple parascolaire locations, school cafeterias, libraries, and a broad extracurricular course catalog.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 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.

• ZFVcoreOthersZFV is a Swiss catering cooperative founded at the end of the 19th century with over 200 establishments across Switzerland. They serve as arpeje's exclusive restaurant/catering partner for school cafeterias, providing fresh, seasonal, regional meals. ZFV's teams accommodate allergies and intolerances, and guarantee healthy, balanced meals aligned with the Swiss food pyramid.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fondation d'accueil de jour de l'enfance (FAJE): Vaud foundation responsible for policy, financing, and oversight of the cantonal childcare network — arpeje is a beneficiary/operator within FAJE's framework. Highly comparable as the umbrella organization shaping arpeje's operating environment and tariff policy.
• Caritas Vaud: Regional Cantonal social-services association in Vaud providing family support, childcare-related services, and integration programs. Directly comparable as a non-profit social-services provider operating in the same Canton of Vaud geography as arpeje.
• Pro Juventute (Suisse): Swiss non-profit foundation delivering child, youth, and family services nationally, including childcare, parenting support, and youth programs. Closely comparable to arpeje's mission of integrated regional youth services under a non-profit structure, but at national scale.
• Crèche Veranda (Lausanne): Independent daycare operator in the Canton of Vaud offering structured early-childhood care. Comparable as a private provider of crèche services competing within the same FAJE-regulated Vaud ecosystem.
• Réseau d'accueil de jour Bébé-Gruyère: Regional intercommunal childcare network in Gruyère (Canton of Fribourg) operating crèches, parascolaire, and Accueil Familial de Jour under an integrated association model. Direct structural peer to arpeje's intercommunal organization of 0–12 childcare services.
• Crèches de Lausanne (Réseau-L): Municipal childcare network operated by the City of Lausanne under an intercommunal association structure covering crèches, UAPE, and parascolaire. Closely mirrors arpeje's service taxonomy but in an urban Vaud context, making it a direct functional comparable.

Others

• ZFV (Zürcher Frauenverein): Long-standing Swiss cooperative and arpeje's catering partner for school cafeterias. Included as an ecosystem peer — its operational model and scale demonstrate an alternative non-profit/Swiss cooperative approach to food service adjacent to arpeje's operations.

Regional players

• La Maison de l'Enfance (Geneva): Public-sector childcare operator under the City of Geneva delivering integrated early-childhood services across multiple sites. Comparable in operating model (municipal/non-profit delivery of crèches and parascolaire) but active in a different Swiss canton.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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