SD Worx acquires French payroll provider Socialea and strengthens presence in French SME market

The leading European HR solutions provider SD Worx has acquired Socialea, a French payroll company with a strong foothold in the French SME market. With this acquisition, SD Worx continues its sustainable growth strategy and enters the domestic French SME segment, a market with promising growth potential.

Founded in 2007, Socialea has built a solid reputation in managed payroll services for small and medium-sized enterprises. The company, headquartered in Nantes and with additional offices in Saint-Nazaire and Rennes, reported a revenue of EUR 3.3 million in 2024, (+22% versus 2023).

Socialea's core business lies in managed payroll services and legal advisory services. It generates a substantial part of its business through accounting firms, a promising area SD Worx wants to further develop. 

Serving a wider range of customers

Founded in 2007, Socialea has consolidated its position as an expert in social and payroll management year on year. Backed by a wealth of experience, their team of payroll managers and labour law specialists are at the customer’s side to optimise their payroll and help them to manage their staff. A human-scale structure, Socialea is at the heart of the social life of companies with from 1 to 1,500 employees, as well as with chartered accountants. Socialea offers complete payroll outsourcing services or the provision of MySilae. Socialea is a recognised player in its sector for its reliability, rigour and the quality of its customer relations.