Camping Paradis

Who owns Camping Paradis?

Camping Paradis was owned by MBO+ through MBO+ Buyout VI (2022 vintage) from 2023 to 2026, exited via Trade Sale.

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Hand-verified · updated 2026-05-10

About Camping Paradis

Les Vacances Camping Paradis is a France-based operator of an open-air hospitality network that franchises mid-sized campsites under the "Camping Paradis" brand, a concept licensed from the eponymous television series broadcast on TF1 since 2006 and built around an immersive, family-oriented holiday experience. Beyond franchising, the group runs a campsite management arm, Alpha Camping, that operates sites on behalf of municipalities and private owners, an online booking platform under the MisterCamp brand, and a staff training centre, the Camping Paradis Academy. It positions itself as a full-service partner to independent operators of 150 to 250 pitch sites in a highly fragmented segment. According to disclosures around its 2023 financing, the network counted roughly 90 franchised campsites at the end of 2022 and about 110 franchised and managed sites by early 2023, making it France's third-largest campsite chain. The group reported revenue of around EUR 28 million in 2022, with franchised business volume expected to approach EUR 100 million in 2023.

Ownership journey

The group was created in France in 2019 and grew rapidly by consolidating independent campsites under the licensed Camping Paradis brand, with Olivier Lachenaud as chief executive alongside Frederick Gers and Didier Bourgoin. In 2023 MBO+, investing through its MBO+ Buyout VI fund, took a minority stake in Les Vacances Camping Paradis alongside a family office active in the tourism market, marking the arrival of the company's first institutional financial backer. The stated purpose of the transaction was to accelerate development of the group's established activities and to launch an acquisition programme. MBO+ subsequently exited its position in 2026 via a trade sale. Founders and management remained central to the business through the investment period.

Under PE ownership

The 2023 investment was structured to fund both organic expansion and an external growth programme, with MBO+ contributing expertise in build-up acquisitions, organisational scaling and ESG strategy. Under the backing the group pursued acquisitions of individual campsites, with complementary financing arranged through third-party funds to support site purchases in partnership with the network. Commercially, the company continued to scale from EUR 28 million of revenue in 2022 toward a targeted franchised business volume nearing EUR 100 million in 2023, and the network later reported double-digit turnover growth at the start of a subsequent season. Across the holding period the platform broadened beyond pure franchising into managed sites via Alpha Camping, distribution via MisterCamp and workforce training via the Camping Paradis Academy, consolidating its standing as one of France's largest campsite networks.