PLM software publisher since 2010

Who are we?

beCPG publishes PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software for the consumer packaged goods industries: food and beverage, cosmetics, personal care and household products, and food supplements. Since 2010, we have been helping manufacturers digitise and take control of their product data.

Product repository · Finished products
beCPG product repository: tart, quiche, éclair, soap and body lotion, with family, legal name, product state and codeFood and cosmetics in the same repository
Key figures

A growing independent software publisher

2010beCPG has been helping manufacturers take control of their product data since 2010
+100customers, 100% in consumer packaged goods
50%of our revenue generated outside France
2014source code published as open source since 2014
  • Growth every year: revenue almost doubled between 2022 and 2025
  • Profitable, self-funded and debt-free, owned by its two founders
  • A team 100% dedicated to a single product, growing every year, with almost zero staff turnover
  • More than 100 customers, 100% in consumer packaged goods: food, food supplements, cosmetics, personal care and household products, chemicals
  • 50% of our revenue generated outside France
Our approach

An industry-focused approach

beCPG relies on industry expertise and hands-on support.

With more than 15 years of experience in PLM projects for the food, beverage and cosmetics industries, we have built a user-friendly solution that meets the current challenges of these industries, on robust, modern and proven technologies.

Through workshops, we involve your users in the implementation and in change management. We work on real use cases and on their feedback, so that teams quickly make the software their own. Each project is run by a dedicated team of PLM consultants who know your industry.

How we implement beCPG: method, schedule and project examples

01WorkshopsYour users involved in the implementation.
02Real use casesWe work on their feedback.
03Fast adoptionTeams make the software their own.
04Dedicated teamPLM consultants who know your industry.
The team

The founders

With our software experience in consumer packaged goods, we understand your needs and want to help you reach goals that grow more complex every day.

Portrait of Philippe Quéré, co-founder of beCPG

Philippe Quéré

Philippe Quéré has more than 20 years of experience in PLM, mainly for the food and consumer packaged goods industries. He has led the roll-out of product repositories, formulation tools and new product development processes.

Before beCPG, Philippe spent 5 years at Lascom as a PLM solution architect. He holds an engineering degree from ESSTIN in Nancy.

Portrait of Matthieu Laborie, co-founder of beCPG

Matthieu Laborie

With more than 20 years of experience, Matthieu Laborie has in-depth expertise in open source Java architectures. An expert in open source content management solutions such as Alfresco, he leads the technical design of beCPG.

Before beCPG, Matthieu spent 6 years at Linagora as a J2EE architect and developer. He holds an engineering degree from ESSTIN in Nancy.

Recognition

Named by Gartner

beCPG was named a Representative Vendor in the Gartner® Market Guide for PLM in Food and Beverage Industries (June 2025) and in the Gartner® Market Overview for PLM Software in Food and Beverage Manufacturing (August 2026).

The software is built on Alfresco, the content management platform developed by Hyland (4,000 employees), rated a Leader and a Strong Performer by Forrester. Alfresco has been named several times in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant, and Hyland is named in it today.

Representative Vendor

Market Guide for PLM in Food and Beverage Industries · Gartner® · June 2025

Representative Vendor

Market Overview for PLM Software in Food and Beverage Manufacturing · Gartner® · August 2026

Gartner, Market Guide for PLM in Food and Beverage Industries, Brady Barnes, Sudip Pattanayak, Marc Halpern, Michelle DeClue, 2 June 2025. Gartner, Market Overview for PLM Software in Food and Beverage Manufacturing, Brady Barnes, Rajan Saini, Claudia Clemens, 19 August 2026.

Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. GARTNER is a trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates.

Trust

Security and hosting

  • SaaS hosted on Google Cloud, in Europe (Belgium, France) or in the United States
  • Information security management system aligned with ISO 27001 and a formal GDPR compliance policy
  • Encrypted data, single sign-on (SSO) and optional multi-factor authentication
  • Daily off-site backups, 99.5% monthly availability
  • Regular security audit by Vaadata, with penetration testing and verification of fixes
Vaadata security audit seal

Security audited by Vaadata: at least 5 days of penetration testing, followed by verification of fixes (April 2026).

Open source

Long-term viability and openness

  • Source code available, published as open source since 2014
  • Full data export (SQL and files) at any time
  • Complete administration documentation and knowledge transfer to your teams
  • Innovations requested by customers are built into the standard version, for everyone

They develop their products with beCPGSee all our customer references

Bridor Valrhona Groupe Rocher Délifrance L’Occitane Jacquet Brossard Flora Food Group Boiron SVA Jean Rozé Lallemand Ontex Boncolac Havea Europe Snacks KellyDeli Panier des Sens Mix Buffet

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