8 Best Sales Outsourcing Companies in France (2026 Edition)

TL;DR: We compared 8 sales outsourcing companies in France that work with B2B software firms. Profitbl is our pick for foreign software companies that need native French callers and full visibility in English. Seventic suits teams that want many European languages from one Paris office. Monsieur Lead suits a short, fixed-price test of the French market.

Buying sales outsourcing in France is easy. Seeing what you paid for is hard. Most French agencies hire SDRs who speak good English, and that rule shuts out many of the best French callers. Then you get a meeting count at the end of the month and very little else.

France punishes the wrong caller fast. Buyers carry Directeur titles, and VPs are rare. They expect a call in French from someone who sounds like a peer. An English script read with an accent gets a polite "envoyez-moi un mail" and nothing after it. We cover how the market works in our guide to sales outsourcing in France.

This post covers who to hire. We picked 8 firms with a real team in France and a track record with software or tech clients. We left out offshore call centres and pay-per-meeting shops. If you sell in more than one country, start with our list of the best sales outsourcing companies in Europe.

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What makes a great sales outsourcing partner in France

Six things separate the agencies worth hiring from the rest.

Native French callers. French must be the SDR's first language. Directors hear the difference in one sentence.

Software experience. Most French agencies are generalists. Selling a €30K platform to a DSI is a different call from booking a demo for office supplies.

Visibility in your language. If your team doesn't speak French, you need reports, transcripts and objections in English. Without them you are paying for a black box.

Phone first. Every French result in this post came from the phone. Directors pick up when the number is right and the caller sounds like a peer.

Bloctel discipline. Calling a personal mobile listed on Bloctel can cost up to €375,000 per breach. Ask how the agency screens its lists before the first dial.

A fair pricing model. Pay-per-meeting pushes agencies to book anyone who says yes. You get calendar filler and a burned list.

At Profitbl, every French campaign runs on a native French SDR with 8+ years in sales, a weekly report in English, and a Bloctel check on every list. Want to know what that is worth to your pipeline? Run your numbers in our
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Why the best French callers often don't speak English

Here's what most agencies won't tell you. When an agency hires SDRs for foreign clients, English comes first. Calling skill comes second.

That rule costs you the best people. Many of the strongest cold callers in France spent their whole careers selling to French buyers, in French. Their English is weak or missing. An agency that demands fluent English never meets them.

We hire the other way round. We take the best French caller we can find, English or not. Then we run the English side ourselves. Every week you get call transcripts translated into English, and every objection word for word, as the prospect said it. You, our team and the SDR all look at the same calls.

That level of visibility is rare. Most companies with their own French sales team don't have it either.

Hiring your own French SDR is also getting more expensive. According to INSEE, French hourly labour costs rose 2.4% year on year in Q3 2025. A fully loaded SDR in France already costs €110K to €160K a year, as we show in what it costs to hire an SDR in Europe.

Fibbl, a Nordic 3D and AR software company, expanded into France with us. A native French caller ran its outbound, and we reported every call in English. Fibbl hit 25 qualified meetings in its best month and signed 3 new clients in under 5 months.

The 8 Best Sales Outsourcing Companies in France

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1. Profitbl

Best for: Foreign B2B software companies that need native French callers and full visibility in English.

Profitbl is a sales outsourcing company based in Luxembourg. It works only with B2B software companies selling deals worth €10K a year or more. Its French campaigns run on native French SDRs with 8+ years in sales. They call directors and C-level buyers, phone first.

The English layer is what sets it apart. Profitbl hires the strongest French callers, even those with no English, and translates everything for you. Weekly reports, call transcripts and objections arrive in English, word for word.

The French results are public. A construction software company with Vinci, Eiffage and SNCF as clients got 62 qualified meetings and €260,400 of pipeline in 3 months. A legal CRM SaaS got 21 qualified meetings and over €70K of pipeline in its first month, with a connect rate above 20%. More results are on the case studies page.

The first 3 months are a pilot. If Profitbl books fewer than 4 qualified meetings a month from month 2, you can leave without notice.

Rickard, Sales Manager, Fibbl

Strengths:

• Native French SDRs with 8+ years in sales

• Weekly reports, transcripts and objections in English

• B2B software only

• Bloctel screening on every list

• At least 4 qualified meetings a month from month 2, or you leave

Services:

• Outsourced SDRs for B2B SaaS in France, Benelux, Switzerland, the UK and Germany

• B2B cold calling, email and LinkedIn

• ICP, messaging and go-to-market planning

• 2-week market test sprint

Website | Case Studies | Contact

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2. Seventic

Best for: Software and cyber vendors who want one Paris team covering France and several other European languages.

Seventic has run B2B appointment setting from Paris since 2004. It has 46 SDRs and calls in 7 languages across France, the UK, DACH, Benelux, Spain and Italy. Its tech page lists dozens of software and cyber clients, including Wallix, HarfangLab and 360Learning.

It mixes calls, email and LinkedIn. It also fills events and spots buying projects at target accounts. One published case: an HR SaaS company got 28 qualified meetings in 3 months.

Pricing isn't public. Seventic says it works without long commitments.

Strengths:

• 20+ years in the French market

• Strong software and cybersecurity client list

• 7 languages from one office

Services:

• Appointment setting

• Calls, email and LinkedIn

• Event recruitment

• Buying project detection

Website | Case Studies | Contact

3. Oltega

Best for: SaaS teams who want call-heavy French outbound with clear cost-per-meeting numbers.

Oltega is a young Paris agency with its whole team based in France. Cold calling comes first. Multichannel outreach, CRM consulting and training sit around it, and it has a dedicated software and SaaS offer.

Its case studies show detail most agencies hide. It reports about €185 per meeting for Cafeyn and about €350 for Siradel. For Efficy, it says 96% of meetings turned into sales-qualified opportunities.

The trade-off is age. Oltega has about two years of client work, and it covers France only.

Strengths:

• Phone-led, team based in France

• Published cost per meeting

• Dedicated SaaS offer

Services:

• Cold calling

• Multichannel outreach

• CRM consulting

• Sales training

Website | Case Studies | Contact

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4. Axe Capital

Best for: Software publishers and IT services firms that want outsourced SDRs plus sales training for their own team.

Axe Capital works from Lyon and Paris. It serves software publishers, IT services firms (ESN) and consultancies. It runs outsourced SDRs, monthly calling blitzes and intent data, and it trains in-house teams on MEDDIC and SPIN.

Contracts run 3, 6 or 12 months, with a discount for longer terms. The deal is effort-based, with no meeting count promised. Axe Capital says its reps make 40 to 80 calls a day and book 3 to 5 meetings a week.

It publishes no client results, so ask for references.

Strengths:

• Built for software publishers and ESN

• Sales methodology training included

• Offices in Lyon and Paris

Services:

• Outsourced SDRs

• Calling blitzes

• Intent data

• MEDDIC and SPIN training

Website | Case Studies | Contact

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5. Re-Com

Best for: Buyers who want public monthly prices and a long-running phone programme.

Re-Com is a Lyon agency that runs outsourced SDRs and BDRs, led by the phone. It works across more than 30 sectors, with SaaS as one of them.

It is one of the few French agencies with prices on its site. Outsourced SDRs start at about €1,690 a month, and premium multichannel at about €2,490. Its case studies show long engagements: 305 meetings in 14 months for JANUS Engineering, 119 in 11 months for Tech-AM.

Re-Com is a generalist. Check that your SDR has sold software before.

Strengths:

• Public pricing

• Long client engagements

• Phone-led

Services:

• Outsourced SDRs and BDRs

• Multichannel prospecting

• Social selling

• Sales training

Website | Case Studies | Contact

6. Getalead

Best for: IT services firms and SaaS teams that want a dedicated French SDR billed by the month.

Getalead places SDRs on permanent French contracts and runs phone-only campaigns from France. It has a dedicated offer for IT services firms.

Pricing runs €3,000 to €8,000 a month per SDR, with no per-meeting fees. It claims 200+ campaigns, with logos such as Tolk.ai and Orange. Its case study page carries no numbers, so ask for results from a client like you.

Strengths:

• SDRs on permanent contracts

• Clear monthly pricing

• IT services offer

Services:

• Outsourced SDRs

• Outsourced sales teams

• Sales training

Website | Case Studies | Contact

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7. Monsieur Lead

Best for: A short, fixed-price phone sprint to test a French ICP.

Monsieur Lead is a small Paris agency that sells calling sprints of about 5 days. Each sprint costs €2,400 to €3,000, and every call is made from France.

Its case studies show what a sprint can do. Agora Software got 30 meetings in 14 days. Eclaircie got 68 meetings in 3 months.

It is founder-led and small. That suits a test. It is a stretch for a year-long programme across several personas.

Strengths:

• Fixed price, no long commitment

• Fast results on a narrow target

• Calls made from France

Services:

• Phone prospecting sprints

• Lead qualification

• List building

• Sales training

Website | Case Studies

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8. LeadGend

Best for: Cybersecurity vendors, MSPs and MSSPs selling to French RSSIs and DSIs.

LeadGend is a Paris agency that works only in cybersecurity. It books meetings with IT directors, security chiefs and CFOs. It also follows up event leads and supports deals through the sales cycle.

That focus is the reason to call them. Its SDRs already speak the language of French security buyers. The catch: LeadGend publishes no pricing and no client numbers, so ask for both.

Strengths:

• Cybersecurity only

• Targets DSI and RSSI

• Event lead follow-up

Services:

• Appointment setting

• Event follow-up

• Sales cycle support

Website | Contact

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How to choose the right sales outsourcing company in France

Seven checks, in the order we'd run them.

1. Listen to a real call before you sign

Ask for two recorded calls in French, with a translation if you need one. Within a minute you'll hear whether the SDR sounds like a peer of your buyer or like a call centre.

2. Ask who will make the calls

Agencies sell you the founder and staff your account with a junior. Ask for the name, the years in sales and the years selling software of the person on your account.

3. Ask what you will see each week

A meeting count tells you nothing about the calls that didn't convert. Ask for call notes, objections and transcripts. If you don't speak French, ask for them in English. If the agency can't do that, you won't learn anything about your market.

4. Check the software track record

Ask for a French case with a deal size close to yours. A €500 subscription and a €50K platform need different conversations with different people.

5. Ask how they handle Bloctel

A good answer names the screening step and when it happens. A vague answer is a risk you carry. The French government's guidance on telephone solicitation sets out the fines.

6. Avoid pay-per-meeting

When an agency is paid per meeting, it books anyone who will take one. You pay for no-shows and tyre-kickers, and your best accounts hear a weak pitch.

7. Start with a test

A short sprint or a 3-month pilot tells you more than any sales deck. If you want a scorecard to compare agencies side by side, the SDR Services Selection Framework walks through each criterion. Our guide on how to choose a sales outsourcing agency in Europe covers the full checklist.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does sales outsourcing cost in France?

Prices run from about €1,700 a month for a generalist phone programme to €8,000 a month for a dedicated SDR. Fixed-price calling sprints cost €2,400 to €3,000. Our sales outsourcing pricing guide shows what each model gets you.

Do I need a native French speaker to sell in France?

Yes. French directors hear an accent in the first sentence and treat the call as foreign. A native caller gets the conversation. A good agency pairs that caller with English reporting so you still see everything.

Is B2B cold calling legal in France?

Yes. Calling professionals on their work numbers is legal. The risk is personal mobiles listed on Bloctel, the French opt-out register, where fines reach €375,000 per breach. Your agency should screen every list before calling.

How long does it take to get meetings in France?

Our French campaigns have booked their first meetings anywhere from month 1 to month 3. A legal CRM SaaS got 21 qualified meetings in month 1. A construction software company booked 42 in month 3 alone. Plan for 3 months before you judge the channel.

Should I hire an SDR in France or outsource?

Outsource first unless you already have a French sales leader. A fully loaded French SDR costs €110K to €160K a year, takes months to hire and has notice periods to manage. An agency gets you calling within weeks and tells you if the market is worth a hire.

What is the difference between a French agency and a pan-European one?

A French agency knows France deeply but usually stops at the border. A pan-European agency runs France, Germany and the UK from one contract. If France is your only market, a strong French agency is enough. If France is one of several markets, pick a pan-European partner with native callers in each country, so you manage one vendor and one report.

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Profitbl: native French callers, full visibility in English

Most agencies selling sales outsourcing in France give you a French SDR who speaks English and a monthly number. We give you the best French caller we can hire and every call, objection and report in English. You see what your market says, word for word, every week.

That is how Fibbl, a Nordic software company, signed 3 new clients in France in under 5 months. Before you shortlist anyone, score each agency with the SDR Services Selection Framework. If you want to see how this applies to your pipeline, book a 30-minute call.