InterGest was founded in 1972 as a Sàrl (société à responsabilité limitée) in Sarreguemines, France, by Dr. jur. Heinz Anterist.

Dr. Anterist had been working as a legal advisor for the transport company Anterist & Schneider and had become aware of the fact that clients needed a lot more than just logistic services in order to be able to sell in foreign countries. They also required assistance in establishing subsidiaries, book keeping, customs clearance, legal and tax matters.
Dr. Anterist searched for a provider of such services, but without success. He decided to fill the gap himself by launching a specialist business. The idea of InterGest was born.

The development of InterGest France in facts and figures:

1972	Formation of the affiliated company Intercommerce Sárl with a minimum capital of FF 20,000
1978	Formation of the subsidiary France-Commerce (tax agency) and transformation of the InterGest Sàrl into a French public limited company with a recapitalisation of FF 500,000 by equity capital
1980	First Rating by Banque de France, with the result of AAA (Standard and Poor's)
1982	First steps to develop a franchise system to establish the InterGest idea internationally
1986	Formation of the first franchise company in Italy; Spain, UK, USA, Belgium, Netherlands and others soon follow
1992	A new company building is erected in Sarreguemines (headquarters)
1993	Formation of InterGest Luxemburg to create a family holding and expand international business activities as well as to prepare an initial public offer
1994	InterGest is awarded the 'Trophée du Dynanisme' by RTL and 'Jeune Chambre Economique'
2001	Transformation of the InterGest SA (société anonyme) into InterGest SAS (société par actions simplifiée) with a capital of FF 26,238,280 (€ 4,000,000) Aged 65, Prof. Dr. Heinz Anterist hands on the corporate management to his son Peter. Prof. Dr. Heinz Anterist acts as chairman of the supervisory board.
2001	Formation of a foundation - with a capital of FF 1,000,000 - with the objective of promoting gifted students
2002	Increase in share capital to € 5,000,000 by equity capital; the equity ratio is now up to 85 %
2005 / 2006	Development of new business areas through 'Franchising International' (set-up and internationalisation of franchise systems) as well as 'Reporting and Controlling International'
2006	Prof. Dr. Heinz Anterist is awarded the Cross of Merit on Ribbon for the idea of InterGest
2007	The number of InterGest locations worldwide surpasses 50.
2008	Foundation of the subsidiary PaMMon International