Bilanea

Court-supervised takeover

Take over a company in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Every insolvency proceeding opened in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur over the last twelve months, read from a buyer's point of view: how many files still accept offers, which departments, sectors and courts concentrate the openings, and which companies to study first.

Openings since 31 Jul 2026

1,463

Safeguards, receiverships and liquidations

Takeover windows open

1,403

Offers still accepted, no ruling yet

Companies with 10+ employees

95

Out of 721 known headcounts

Openings over 12 months (BODACC)

6,700

-1 % year on year · 5th of 19

What the figures say

Between 31 Jul 2026 and 23 Oct 2026, the French official gazette of civil and commercial notices (BODACC) published 1,463 opening judgments in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: 795 judicial liquidations, 628 receiverships and 40 safeguard proceedings.

Over the last twelve months, the BODACC lists 6,700 openings in the region against 6,761 the year before, which ranks it 5th of the 19 French regions by number of business failures.

1,403 of these proceedings are still in the period during which a buyer can submit an offer to the court-appointed administrator or liquidator, with no ruling on their fate so far. This is the pool you can actually act on.

Among the 721 companies whose headcount is known in the national register, 95 employ at least ten people: these are the files where the court looks hardest for a buyer to save jobs.

Rulings already handed down on these files: 1 sale plans, 0 continuation plans, 45 conversions into liquidation and 14 closures.

Over the same period, 747 business sales were published with a stated price, at a median price of €110,000. This benchmark sets the price of a healthy business against a court-supervised takeover.

Most affected departments

Opening judgments published in the BODACC since 31 Jul 2026
DepartmentOpenings
Bouches-du-Rhône (13)582​
Var (83)313​
Alpes-Maritimes (06)311​
Vaucluse (84)185​
Hautes-Alpes (05)37​
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)35​

Most affected sectors

Opening judgments published in the BODACC since 31 Jul 2026
SectorOpenings
Retail and wholesale272​
Construction255​
Hotels and restaurants227​
Business services91​
Manufacturing75​
Consulting and engineering74​

Busiest courts

Opening judgments published in the BODACC since 31 Jul 2026
CourtOpenings
Tribunal des Activités Economiques de Marseille300​
Tribunal des Activités Economiques d'Avignon185​
Tribunal de Commerce de Toulon178​
Tribunal de Commerce d'Aix-en-Provence149​
Tribunal de Commerce de Nice130​

Opportunities to study first

Open proceedings graded A by our engine: identified and still active company, at least 20 employees, takeover window open and an indicative valuation available.

Latest proceedings opened

The most recent opening judgments, with their takeover interest score.

How a court-supervised takeover works

In receivership as in judicial liquidation, the court can order the sale of all or part of the business. The administrator or liquidator sets a deadline for offers and informs the candidates; after that date an offer can only be changed in a way that better serves the aims of the sale. In safeguard proceedings, a sale only covers part of the business, as part of the plan.

The offer is made in writing and states, among other things, the scope taken over, the price and how it is paid, the business and financing forecasts, the level and outlook of employment and the guarantees given (article L. 642-2 of the French Commercial Code). The court picks the offer that best secures lasting jobs, the payment of creditors and the strongest guarantees of performance, not necessarily the highest price.

The company's managers and their relatives cannot, as a rule, bid. Contracts needed for the business (lease, equipment leasing, supplies) can be transferred with it by court order. Deadlines are short: spot files early, ask the court officer for the documents and arrange financing in parallel.

Companies to take over by sector

Companies to take over by region

Our method for scoring and selecting opportunitiesThe national observatory of business failures

Sources: French official gazette of civil and commercial notices (DILA), national business register (INSEE Sirene), Bilanea observatory. Updated daily; latest notice included published on 23 Oct 2026.

These figures describe the published judgments; they say nothing about a company's situation or the outcome of the proceeding. Only the court officer provides the file.