Every company in our group is a recognised name in its market, whether in calibration, regulatory inspection, fire safety or specialised testing, run by independent local teams. Our role is to support their growth while preserving the culture that makes each of them distinctive. The Metrallia team brings together complementary backgrounds in international business development, M&A, operations, and strategy.

We run transparent, confidential and efficient sale processes. Due diligence is approached as a way to build a shared strategic vision for your business, not as a one-way exam. Our team has deep experience running short, pragmatic and focused diligence on the points that actually matter, in close partnership with you and always subject to your prior approval. We can issue an indicative offer within 10 days, and a typical transaction closes in two to six months.

We continuously welcome new businesses into the group. We focus on companies with significant recurring revenues, with revenues between €2 million and €30 million, proven profitability, and an EBITDA of at least €500,000.

No. The independence of our businesses is a core pillar of our model. Our model is unambiguously decentralised: you and your team continue to manage day-to-day operations autonomously, with no interference. Your company keeps its name, its DNA, its culture and its accreditations. Our role is that of a long-term partner: we put our network, our capital and our targeted resources behind your industry expertise to support and accelerate your growth.

We partner with entrepreneurs who are deeply invested in their clients and in the quality of relationships they have built, often over decades, in an industry where trust and traceability are everything. By giving your business a permanent home, we offer your clients the stability, continuity and confidence they need to keep building long-term relationships. Our commitment is straightforward: to preserve, develop and reinforce those relationships so they continue creating value for everyone involved, today and decades from now.

Our model is decentralised by design: we don't run your operations, we provide resources a single business cannot afford on its own. In practice, that takes four forms:We take on the support functions that consume your time without creating commercial value: accounting, payroll, tax, legal, IT, insurance, accreditation administration. Your technical and sales teams can refocus on the customer and on technical excellence.We give you a dedicated central team for high-stakes topics: commercial strategy and multi-country tenders, finance and investment, recruitment of technicians, inspectors and engineers, accreditation expertise (Cofrac, DAkkS, UKAS, ENAC, RvA, SAS audits across ISO/IEC 17020 and 17025), and the application of digital tools and AI to our group.We facilitate a peer network across the group, between general managers, between quality managers, and between specialist technicians working in the same service line.We unlock cross-selling between calibration, inspection and safety services. Many of our clients buy several of these services from separate suppliers today.What we don't do: sign off on your operational decisions, impose a common ERP, dictate price alignment or get involved in your client relationships.

The vast majority of entrepreneurs who have joined us have chosen to stay at the helm of their business. Joining Metrallia lets you monetise part of your assets while keeping operational independence and tapping our resources to accelerate growth. Sellers also have the option to reinvest part of the proceeds into Metrallia itself, remaining indirect shareholders of their own business and benefitting fully from the group effect.

Unlike traditional private equity funds, we do not intend to resell our companies. Metrallia is positioned as a permanent owner of quality & safety businesses, driven by a long-term vision. That philosophy lets us invest continuously, support the long-term development of our companies and prioritise compounded value creation over short-term exits.

We offer sellers and key executives the opportunity to reinvest part of the sale proceeds alongside us. This lets them fully participate in the consolidation of the European quality & safety market, while remaining indirect shareholders of their own company. They join a network of entrepreneurs, becoming co-shareholders in a steadily expanding group built for the long term. Reinvestment also sends a strong signal of confidence to employees and customers. And from a financial standpoint, it gives them exposure to a diversified, fast-growing platform on uniquely attractive terms.