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Dils announces its entry into the French market with the acquisition of EOL, a leading real estate advisory firm with over 25 years of experience and a strong track record in industrial and logistics real estate, reinforced by a high-performing and firmly established retail department.
Founded in 2000, EOL (Entrepôt Online) averages approximately one million square metres transacted annually and has completed more than 300 transactions by year. The company relies on a team of 70 professionals across 10 offices in France’s major metropolitan hubs. In 2025, the company exceeded €15 million in revenues.
This move represents a further step in Dils’ broader European expansion strategy, following its presence in the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain, and confirms the strength of a consolidated business model developed in Italy and successfully exported internationally.
Dils has outlined a significant investment plan in France aimed at accelerating growth and driving innovation within the logistics segment, while progressively expanding into additional asset classes including offices, hospitality and residential. The strategy is focused on attracting top professionals and market-leading talent. The objective is to build an integrated service platform headquartered in Paris, reaching approximately 250 professionals within five years and generating annual revenues in the region of €60 million. The management of EOL, its organization and its teams remain unchanged. This strategic shift in no way affects the quality of the support provided, the availability of the teams, or client relationships. Joining DILS is, on the contrary, a new performance lever that will enable EOL to grow, innovate, and strengthen its capabilities while continuing to strive for operational excellence.
The French real estate investment market (across all segments) grew by 10% year-on-year in 2025, reaching a total volume of approximately €19.4 billion. Offices remained the leading asset class by investment volume, with nearly €7 billion, supported by a particularly strong fourth quarter. Logistics and living followed, each accounting respectively for around 3€ and €4 billion in investment volumes.
In the logistics sector specifically, take-up reached approximately 3.2 million sq m. The Île-de-France region attracted the largest share of transactions in 2025, followed by Hauts-de-France (Lille) and Centre-Val de Loire (Orléans), regions benefiting from the continued expansion of e-commerce and industrial activity.
Within the office market, Paris – Île-de-France confirmed its position as the leading hub in continental Europe, with total take-up of approximately 1.6 million sqm in 2025.
With EOL, Dils continues its European growth trajectory, which began in 2023 with a first partnership with Dutch commercial real estate advisory firm Van Gool Elburg.This dynamics continued in 2024 with an expansion into Portugal alongside Castelhana, followed in 2025 by Spain with Lucas Fox — two major residential market leaders in their respective countries.
In 2025, the Group, which now counts approximately 700 professionals, continued its strong growth trajectory, exceeding €100 million in consolidated revenues and confirming the resilience of its diversified business model across all core locations. These results further strengthen the Group’s strategic positioning and provide a solid foundation for accelerating an international development, consolidating market leadership and supporting further expansion into additional markets, with a pipeline including Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom.
Giuseppe Amitrano, Founder and Group CEO of Dils, commented:
“We are proud to welcome the outstanding EOL team to our Group. EOL represents excellence in its field, with a strong and recognised track record. This transaction marks a further milestone in our internationalisation journey, strengthening a European network built over just a few years on solid industrial and strategic foundations. Surpassing €100 million in revenues one year ahead of the targets set out in our 2021 Business Plan confirms the strength of our model and supports our ambition to further consolidate Dils’ position as a leading European real estate platform.”
Laurent Sabatucci, CEO of EOL, added:
“This is a historic milestone for EOL, after 25 years of an exceptional human adventure that enabled us to become a key player in corporate real estate. Today we are joining the Dils group, which is expanding in Europe in a structured manner across a wide spectrum of expertise. This strategy is aligned with our ambition to support our clients at the European level. We share the same values: team spirit, close relationships with clients, and the desire to offer tailormade solutions based on deep market knowledge. A new phase of growth and innovation is opening up for all EOL employees and partners, and we thank Dils for their trust.”
Dils was advised by Gide Loyrette Nouel on legal matters and by EY-Parthenon on tax and financial aspects; EOL was advised by Euredit on accounting matters and by Denis Hontang on legal matters.
The entire Dils international team, including the newly established French platform, isattending MIPIM in Cannes, providing an opportunity to meet investors, partners and market.