Nîmes: at the age of 27, Baptiste Ibrahim launches his personal services business in La Placette

At the age of 27, after a study-work master’s degree and the beginning of his career in an important sports and leisure brand, Baptiste Ibrahim decides to create his own company, he who calls himself “optimistic. I like commerce and wanted to sell services and not products.” The experiences of his grandmother, who had just passed away, would direct him towards a domain: “I wanted to participate in the personal services project, to help others in my own way”.

And because he didn’t want to “throw alone”was supported by a franchise: in July, the young man, originally from Vaucluse and companion of a Gardoise, founded his Center Services agency, in a clean and contemporary establishment, located at la Placette. “It is an emblematic district, close to the Ecusson and Jean-Jaurès hubs, where parking is easy.”

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Six months after its establishment, the young entrepreneur does not count his hours, “working from Monday to Sunday”: the six workers, whom he hired, intervene in the homes of twenty-eight individuals, from Quissac to Remoulins, via Vauvert or Nîmes. “I’m waiting for the approval of the Apa (Personalized Autonomy Allowance). My clients are mainly entrepreneurs or young retirees”. Customers looking for cleaning, ironing, childcare, gardening, DIY, etc. “Many are still unaware of it, but the immediate advance of the tax credit is in place: we therefore pay only 50% of the bill”.
He, who has always known how to recover after thinking of being a painter in decoration or a sports teacher, is now evolving into an economic sector“Lively, but very competitive with, in Nîmes, about twenty companies and thirty associations. I am looking for reliable and reliable employees: I currently have 400 CVs pending, confides Baptiste Ibrahim.I invested all my savings in the company. I thought long and hard before starting. In hindsight, I think a little madness is also needed… Because, administratively, it is very complicated. You have to believe in your projects…”