coobatir

What coobatir does

Coobâtir is a Coopérative d'Activités et d'Emploi (CAE) — a worker cooperative — founded in July 2014 and headquartered at 5 rue de la Coopérative, Strasbourg, France. It is structured as a Société Coopérative à Responsabilité Limitée et à Capital Variable and is governed entirely by its worker-members (sociétaires). The cooperative is purpose-built for skilled building-trade artisans operating across the Grand Est region (departments 67, 51, 54, and 57), covering trades including roofing, carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electrical, painting, woodworking, stone cutting, locksmithing, eco-construction, and interior/exterior fitting.

The core product is the CAE hosting framework itself, which provides member-artisans with legal, social, accounting, fiscal, and insurance hosting so they can operate as salarié-entrepreneurs while retaining entrepreneurial autonomy. Members progress through a four-stage pathway — project holder (CAPE contract), accompanied entrepreneur, salaried entrepreneur, and associate member (sociétaire) — over a maximum of three years. A supplementary offering, Auto-Réhabilitation Accompagnée (ARA), lets member-artisans coach DIY homeowners through their own renovation projects. Coobâtir does not sell software, does not employ a traditional sales motion, and has no disclosed revenue, funding, or external investors. Its GTM relies on collective information meetings, word-of-mouth within the artisan community, regional press coverage, and a public member directory. Revenue mechanics are the standard CAE contribution model: member-artisans set their own end-client rates and remit a share of their gross activity to the cooperative to fund shared services and overhead.

Name

coobatir

Legal name

Coobâtir

Website

https://coobatir.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cooperative Employment Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Business Associations (813910), Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations (81393)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Association Compliance, Governance & Board Support Services (BPAJAHAN)

Keywords

• Worker cooperative services
• Building trade artisans
• Cooperative employment hosting
• Construction trade services
• Artisan legal support

Headquarters

HQ city

Strasbourg

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Coobâtir operates a Coopérative d'Activités et d'Emploi (CAE) — a worker cooperative that hosts building trade artisans and provides shared legal, social, accounting, fiscal and insurance frameworks. Member entrepreneurs (Coobâtisseur.se.s) operate their individual building trade businesses (roofing, carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electrical, painting, stone cutting, eco-construction, etc.) under the cooperative's umbrella while progressing through a four-stage pathway toward full associate membership.

Product overview

Coobâtir is a Coopérative d'Activités et d'Emploi (CAE) dedicated to building trades for artisans in the Grand Est region of France. The cooperative offers a unified organizational structure rather than a software platform — it provides a framework for artisans to exercise their trades while sharing legal, economic, social, and human resources. The core offering is the CAE structure itself, which includes administrative hosting, legal support, and collective solidarity. A supplementary service is the Auto-Réhabilitation Accompagnée (ARA), where member entrepreneurs provide hands-on guidance to clients undertaking their own renovation projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coopérative d'Activités et d'Emploi (CAE) - Coobâtir A cooperative employment structure (CAE) that enables building trade artisans to develop and secure their individual professional activities while benefiting from shared legal, economic, social and human frameworks. Entrepreneurs progress through four stages: project holder (CAPE contract), accompanied entrepreneur, salaried entrepreneur, and associate entrepreneur (sociétaire), gaining full participation in cooperative governance after a maximum of 3 years.
• Auto-Réhabilitation Accompagnée (ARA) A service where Coobâtir entrepreneurs assist clients wishing to perform their own construction or renovation work, providing professional on-site guidance to ensure projects are completed correctly and in accordance with industry rules of the art.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KaléidoscoopcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2023Coobâtir moved its headquarters to Kaléidoscoop premises in June 2023. Kaléidoscoop appears to be a shared workspace or business incubator that hosts the cooperative's headquarters at 5, rue de la Coopérative in Strasbourg.
• CG ScopminorOthersConfédération Générale des SCOP (Société Coopérative et Participative). National confederation representing worker cooperatives in France.
• URSCOP Grand EstminorOthersUnion Régionale des SCOP de la région Grand Est. Regional union representing and supporting cooperatives in the Grand Est region.
• SCOP BâtimentminorOthersSCOP Bâtiment federation representing building trade cooperatives in France.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Coopaname: One of France's largest Coopératives d'Activités et d'Emploi, providing legal, social, fiscal and accounting hosting to independent entrepreneurs. Operates the same CAE business model as Coobâtir but at national scale and across multiple sectors.
• Oxalis: Major French CAE/Scop headquartered in Lyon, hosting hundreds of entrepreneur-salariés across many trades. Closely comparable to Coobâtir in operating model and value proposition, though broader in geographic and sectoral reach.
• Bigre!: National federation of CAEs in France with overlapping membership base and CAE hosting model. Comparable as a peer cooperative structure serving independent workers, though broader and federation-led rather than single-region.

Regional players

• CAE Mosaïque: Regional French CAE offering the same entrepreneur-salarié hosting model. Comparable on structure and value proposition but typically serving a different French region than Grand Est.

Others

• Confédération Générale des SCOP (CG Scop): National federation representing worker cooperatives in France. Listed as a partner of Coobâtir and operates as the industry's apex association rather than a direct competitor.
• URSCOP Grand Est: Regional union of SCOPs in Grand Est that supports and represents member cooperatives. Listed as a Coobâtir partner; serves as an ecosystem enabler rather than a competitor.
• SCOP Bâtiment: National federation representing building trade SCOPs in France. Listed as a Coobâtir partner and serves as a sectoral advocacy and support body rather than a direct peer.

Broad incumbents

• Bouygues Construction: Major French construction group with broad residential, commercial and infrastructure capabilities. Represents the incumbent scale end of the building sector that Coobâtir members indirectly compete against for project work.
• Vinci Construction: Global construction group with significant French operations across building, civil works and renovation. A broad incumbent whose scale and renovation programs shape the competitive backdrop for Coobâtir's artisan members.
• Eiffage Construction: Large French construction and concessions group active in building, energy and infrastructure. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating in the same end markets as Coobâtir's artisan members, though at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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