What APF does

APF (Agence Parisienne de Formalités) is a Paris-based business services firm founded in 1995 that specializes in French corporate formalities, business domiciliation, and related administrative support. The firm processes more than 10,000 files per year, with 95% of workflow handled digitally, and serves a professional buyer base of lawyers, accountants, paralegals, and in-house corporate legal departments. Its core offerings span company registration (immatriculation), statutory modifications, merger operations (including cross-border), legal registers, legalization/apostille, and commercial domiciliation, sold both as one-off transactions (€365-€1,225) and as a recurring subscription bundle (Pack Formalités & Domiciliation, €29-€69/month for domiciliation, with a €10/month digitization addon and a 20% annual discount on bundled commitments).

The firm is structured as an SAS with €10,000 share capital, employs roughly 20 people, and is led by founder Cathy Brami, a former Paris Bar lawyer, with Benjamin Brami serving as Director of Publication. APF is deeply embedded in the French official registry ecosystem through formal relationships with the CCI de France, INSEE, and Infogreffe, and has built a partner network including huissiers (Franck Cherki & Virginie Rigot), Fusacq, and certified translators to support cross-border and adjacent formalities.

The business model is a hybrid of transactional fees for discrete formalities work and recurring domiciliation subscriptions, with the Pack bundle designed to migrate one-off clients onto longer-term contracts. APF has not raised external capital and operates as a self-funded, founder-controlled SME, prioritizing continuity and incremental product expansion (cross-border mergers, legalization, digitization addon) over headcount or geographic scaling.

Name

APF

Legal name

SAS Agence Parisienne de Formalités

Website

https://apf.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

APF is a Paris-based corporate formalities and business domiciliation firm founded in 1995, serving lawyers, accountants, paralegals, and corporate legal departments with 10,000+ files processed annually across 95% digital workflows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal formalities services: APF charges fees for handling various legal formalities on behalf of clients including company registration, statutory modifications, fusion operations, transfer of registered office, capital operations, dissolution/liquidation, and legalizations. Each formality type has a specific pricing (provisions ranging from 365€ to 1,225€).
2. Company domiciliation services: Monthly or annual subscription for company domiciliation at prestigious Paris addresses (23 rue d'Anjou 75008 or 2-4 rue Barye 75017). Services include mail forwarding, mail keeping, mail digitization, and meeting room rental.
3. Combined Pack Formalités & Domiciliation: Bundle offering combining domiciliation with formalities services, offering 20% discount on formalities when subscribing to domiciliation, creating cross-selling opportunity and customer lock-in.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

APF is a Paris-based professional services firm that handles French corporate legal formalities on behalf of legal professionals and companies, including company registration (immatriculation), statutory modifications, mergers, dissolutions, and business transfers. The firm also provides commercial domiciliation services at two prestigious Paris addresses, with mail forwarding, mail holding, mail digitization, and meeting room rental.

Product overview

APF (Agence Parisienne de Formalités) operates as a unified legal formality service platform offering a comprehensive suite of corporate administrative services. The core offering comprises eight main product categories: Immatriculation (company registration), Modifications statutaires (statutory modifications), Modifications diverses (various modifications), Opération de Fusion (merger operations), Registres et Paraphes (legal registers), Légalisation Apostille (document authentication), and Opération de cession (business transfers). These formality services are complemented by Domiciliation commerciale, providing prestigious Paris business addresses with associated mail services and meeting facilities. A Pack Formalités & Domiciliation bundle offers 20% discount when combining formality services with domiciliation. Online payment functionality is integrated as a supporting service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Immatriculation

Quantifiable outcome

• Processes over 10,000 files per year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CCI de FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial partner of Chambres de Commerce et d'Industrie de France. APF works with CCI for various legal formality procedures requiring chamber involvement.
• INSEEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial partner for company registration and statistical identification procedures (SIREN/SIRET numbers). APF handles filings with INSEE as part of company registration formalities.
• InfogreffecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial partner for Registry of Commerce and Companies filings. APF submits filings to greffe du tribunal de commerce as part of various company formalities.
• Franck Cherki & Virginie Rigot (Huissiers de Justice)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCourt bailiffs partnered for legal constats (official observations) required in certain formality procedures such as fusion website monitoring during the mandatory 30-day legal period.
• FusacqminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner specializing in mergers and acquisitions listings. Fusacq provides a platform for M&A announcements that may complement APF's fusion formality services.
• Certified translation partnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPF offers certified/ sworn translation services for documents through trusted translation partners, supporting legalization and apostille procedures for international documents.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Captain Contrat: French legaltech platform offering online company formation, legal formalities, and registered agent services. Direct competitor to APF's core formality offerings with a digital-first, lower-cost model targeting the same avocat, expert-comptable, and entrepreneur customer base.
• Paris-Domiciliation.com: Paris-centric commercial domiciliation provider offering registered office, mail forwarding, and meeting room services. Direct competitor to APF's domiciliation addresses at 23 Rue d'Anjou and 2-4 Rue Barye.
• SeDomicilier: Online French domiciliation comparison and ordering platform covering Paris and major French cities. Comparable to APF's domiciliation service with similar pricing tiers and mail management options.
• Legalstart: French online platform for company formation and legal formalities. Comparable model to APF's core formalities business with digital onboarding, competing on price and convenience for routine company registration work.
• LegalPlace: Online French legal services platform covering company creation, statutory modifications, and contract drafting. Direct peer offering a streamlined self-service alternative for the same SME and professional customer segments APF serves.
• Adresse Parisienne: Paris-focused commercial domiciliation service offering registered office addresses and mail handling. Direct competitor in APF's domiciliation line of business with overlapping target customers in the 8th and 17th arrondissements area.

Regional players

• Agence Sécuritex: French formality services firm offering company registration and statutory modifications in regional markets outside Paris. Comparable service offering to APF's formalities business but operating in different French territories.

Broad incumbents

• Multiburo: French business center chain offering domiciliation, virtual offices, coworking, and meeting rooms across Paris and major French cities. Comparable to APF's domiciliation business with a wider portfolio of workspace services.
• IWG / Regus: Global workspace and virtual office provider offering prestigious business addresses, mail handling, and meeting rooms in Paris and internationally. Comparable to APF's domiciliation business as a much larger incumbent with broader geographic reach.
• Buro Club: French coworking and domiciliation chain with multiple Paris and regional locations. Comparable to APF's domiciliation service as an established multi-site provider with broader workspace offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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