Acorus continues its growth and announces the recruitment of 800 new employees in 2024

A very buoyant market context

After a record month of December, the Acorus group ends 2023 with a turnover of 280 million euros, up 5% compared to 2022 (265 M€). All of the group's customer segments contribute to strong growth in 2023. Activity with social landlords is driven by strong demand for eco-renovation (global energy renovations and reuse in particular). The hotel and health sectors have enormous needs to modernize their establishments after two years of slump in the hotel industry and overheating in health. Demand from tertiary buildings is stimulated by the prospect of the tertiary decree coming into force. The co-owners are also resolutely committing to massive investment plans, after two years of virtual freezing of votes at general meetings, with energy prices which heavily penalize the co-owners, and with the obligation to change the energy labels for housing, under penalty of no longer being able to rent them.

Integrated and growing acquisitions

Acorus, which had completed its global eco-renovation offering with four acquisitions (JF Metz, Cloisol, Les Menuiseries Rennaises and Moncelec), announces that all the integrated companies are growing. In 2024, thanks to its acquisitions, continued very sustained organic growth and an order book that remains as full as ever, the Acorus group should achieve nearly €300 million in turnover. The 2024 activity should also benefit from the strong development of Acorus' digital offerings: Nexxio to simplify the management and monitoring of maintenance interventions, Acofor for individualized water and energy metering and Lowit for accompanying the tertiary decree. New locations in FranceAcorus is now operating in Nantes, Bordeaux, Lyon, Orléans, Rennes and very soon with the opening of an agency in Reims. As a test, the Group plans to open a regional branch in the Var, specializing in ventilation. Ultimately, Acorus aims to offer all the professions of its global eco-renovation offer in all its territories.

This year, the Group's priority areas of development will be:

• consolidate its Maintenance and Energy Rehabilitation offer for HLMs in IDF and in the provinces
• develop its eco-renovation offer for tertiary buildings, condominiums and private housing throughout France
• develop its building maintenance services
• deploy its building energy management service in France

800 hires planned for 2024

With 1.900 employees, Acorus plans to recruit 2024 new talents in 800, including 150 work-study students, to support its growth and meet daily customer demands (20.000 housing renovations per year / 193.000 on-site interventions each year). Acorus is looking for many technician profiles: plumbers, heating engineers, electricians, painters, tilers, masons, carpenters, locksmiths... and also salespeople, sales assistants, administrative assistants...

These positions will be filled throughout the country, on a permanent basis.

For Philippe Benquet, President of the Acorus Group: “Thank you to my teams who make me proud, they made 2023 another successful year for the Acorus group. Our customers are convinced of the relevance of our offers and have renewed their loyalty to us. More than ever, they need a partner, a single point of contact, capable of offering them a comprehensive renovation offer that limits their carbon impact. »