The short answer
A business-sale trigger fires when a French business (fonds de commerce) is sold or transferred to the subject company, as published in a BODACC sale notice. MarketPrior records the price in euros, the previous owner, the sale category, the effective date and the trade name where the notice gives them, and links the event to the notice.
At a glance
- Event type
- Business sale
- Country
- France
- Source
- BODACC sale and transfer notices (ventes et cessions)
- Evidence
- Price (EUR), previous owner, category, effective date, trade name
- In the default feed
- Yes
- Licence
- Licence Ouverte 2.0
What is a fonds de commerce sale?
A fonds de commerce is the business itself — clientele, trade name, lease rights, equipment — as distinct from the company that owns it. Its sale is a legal event that is published so creditors can react, which is why it appears in BODACC.
For a seller, the new owner is taking over an operating business and often reviews suppliers, insurance, financing and software. For an analyst, it documents an acquisition that would not otherwise be visible.
How do teams use business-sale triggers?
- Reach new owners of shops, restaurants and service businesses in the weeks after takeover.
- Spot roll-up strategies: one buyer acquiring several businesses in a region.
- Add context to a diligence report on a French company that has been acquiring.
What does a business-sale event carry?
Each event keeps the facts the BODACC notice publishes: the price in euros, the previous owner, the sale category, the effective date and the trade name, plus a link to the notice. The buyer is identified by its SIREN, so the event attaches to the right French company.
Like every trigger, it is de-duplicated with a stable key, so a re-run refreshes the evidence on the existing event instead of creating a second one.