Transit

What Transit does

Transit is a Montreal-based software company that operates a multimodal urban mobility platform centered on a consumer mobile app for real-time public transit navigation, complemented by agency-facing tools and a developer API. The core product aggregates raw transit data (GTFS static schedules, GTFS-realtime feeds, and proprietary on-demand APIs) from more than 1,000 cities across 37 countries, normalizes it, and delivers real-time bus and train arrival predictions, step-by-step GO navigation, multimodal trip planning across fixed-route transit, on-demand services, bikeshare, and scooters, and crowdsourced vehicle tracking contributed by 8 million monthly active users. The platform processes 3.5 billion API calls per year, tracks 130,000 vehicles in real-time, and integrates 11+ on-demand operators including Uber, Lyft, Via, Spare, and RideCo via open standards (GTFS-flex) and its co-developed GOFS specification.

The company operates three commercial revenue streams. First, a B2C subscription product called Transit Royale, available via app store monthly or annual auto-renewing subscriptions, offers unlimited departure schedules, additional trip planning options, and custom app themes. Second, a B2B agency partnership product has 180+ transit agencies sponsoring Royale for their riders and purchasing access to the Transit Terminal dashboard, dedicated analyst support, and in-app messaging and marketing tools; agencies report 91% more app opens and 65% more GO trips after sponsorship. Third, a B2B API licensing business serves 160+ customers including SNCF Connect (1.65 billion annual API calls), CoStar, IKE digital kiosks, and various transit agencies, with a freemium tier and paid enterprise scaling. A fourth emerging stream layers transaction fees on contactless fare payment integrated through Apple Wallet and Google Wallet.

The company has raised approximately $26.6 million across rounds from 2015 to 2018, with investors including Accel, Real Ventures, Alliance Ventures, InMotion Ventures, BDC, and Accomplice. Founded in 2012 by Sam Vermette (CEO) and Guillaume Campagna (CTO), Transit operates as an independent, privately-held company headquartered in Montreal's Mile End neighborhood with 11-50 employees, and has no disclosed parent company, acquisition history, or subsequent institutional funding rounds.

Name

Transit

Legal name

Transit App Inc.

Website

https://transitapp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Transit operates a multimodal urban mobility platform anchored by a consumer transit navigation app used by 8 million monthly active riders across 1,000+ cities, monetized via premium Royale subscriptions, 180+ transit agency sponsorships, and a developer API serving customers such as SNCF Connect.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Transit Navigation Software

NAICS

Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (485)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Ride-Hailing & Taxi Aggregation Platforms (BPAMAIAE)

Keywords

• Public transit app
• Transit navigation software
• Mobility API platform
• Real-time transit data
• Multimodal trip planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Montreal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Transit Royale Consumer Subscription: Transit offers a premium subscription called Royale, available on iOS and Android app stores via monthly or annual auto-renewing subscriptions. Riders can also receive Royale for free if their transit agency sponsors it. The subscription provides unlimited departure schedules, additional trip planning options, custom app themes and icons.
2. Transit Agency Partnership (Royale Sponsorship): Transit agencies pay to sponsor Royale for their riders, gaining branded app experience, in-app messaging, Transit Terminal dashboard access, dedicated analyst support, and targeted marketing campaign tools. Over 180 agencies sponsor Royale. Agencies can also pay for on-demand transit integrations.
3. Transit API Licensing: Transit provides APIs to third-party developers, platforms, and transit agencies. Free tier offers up to 5 API calls/minute and 1,500 calls/month. Paid tiers with higher call volumes are available for enterprise customers. Notable API customers include SNCF Connect (1.65B+ API calls annually), CoStar, IKE digital kiosks, and University of Toronto researchers.
4. Fare Payment Integration: Transit integrates contactless fare payment information, allowing riders to purchase transit fares via Apple Wallet and Google Wallet through the app. Agencies can optionally enable fare display and purchase flows using GTFS-Fares V2.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Transit operates a multimodal urban mobility platform centered on its consumer mobile app, which delivers real-time bus and train arrivals, step-by-step GO navigation, crowdsourced vehicle tracking, and multimodal trip planning across more than 1,000 cities and 37 countries. The company monetizes via the Transit Royale premium subscription, partnerships with 180+ transit agencies that sponsor Royale for their riders, and developer-facing Transit APIs that power third-party apps, departure screens, and digital kiosks with 3.5 billion API calls per year.

Product overview

Transit is a mobility super-app providing a unified platform for urban navigation combining real-time transit tracking, multimodal trip planning, and premium subscription services. The core Transit App offers free real-time bus and train arrivals for 1,000+ cities, powered by 8 million monthly active users contributing crowdsourced data through the GO feature. Transit Royale is a premium subscription (often sponsored by transit agencies) offering enhanced trip planning, custom themes, and agency-branded experiences. The Transit APIs enable third-party developers and transit agencies to embed Transit data into their own platforms, handling 3.5 billion API calls annually. Transit Terminal is an agency-facing dashboard for partner transit systems to monitor app usage, send service alerts, and access rider feedback analytics. On-demand services integrate with 11+ providers (Uber, Lyft, Via, etc.) and open standards (GTFS-flex, GOFS) to provide seamless booking within the app.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Transit Royale: Premium in-app subscription service providing unlimited departure schedules, additional trip planning options, custom app themes and icons.
• Transit API
• Transit Terminal
• GO
• GOFS

Products and services

• Transit App Free consumer mobile app for iOS and Android providing real-time bus and train arrivals, multimodal trip planning, step-by-step GO navigation, crowdsourced vehicle tracking, service alerts, and contactless fare purchase for riders in 1,000+ cities across 37 countries.
• Transit Royale Premium subscription tier of the Transit app offering unlimited departure schedules, additional trip planning options, custom themes and icons, and agency-branded experiences for individual riders and transit-agency-sponsored users.
• Transit APIs Developer APIs providing real-time transit departures, multimodal trip planning, accessibility information, service alerts, bike/scooter/carshare availability, and vehicle tracking data for third-party platforms; free tier plus paid enterprise tiers.
• Transit Terminal Web-based agency dashboard for transit agency partners to review routes, track app usage, push service alerts, monitor rider feedback (Rate-My-Ride and Instant Surveys), and access benchmarking reports.

Quantifiable outcome

• 91% increase in app opens when agencies sponsor Royale
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration17 records

AI capability2 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• TransLink (Metro Vancouver)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2026TransLink partnered with Transit to provide free Transit Royale to Metro Vancouver riders, making Transit TransLink's official recommended trip-planning platform ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The app serves nearly 300,000 TransLink riders monthly and has been enhanced with specialized routing for BC Place Stadium and the FIFA Fan Festival at PNE fairgrounds.
• SNCF Connect & TechcoreTechnology or IntegrationSNCF Connect & Tech uses Transit's API to power the trip planning capabilities for the SNCF Connect platform (app and website). The platform counts over 1.65 billion API calls annually, making it Transit's largest known API customer.
• MobilityData (GOFS development)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransit co-developed the GOFS (General On-Demand Feed Specification) standard with MobilityData, an open-source specification for real-time on-demand transit trip planning, scheduling, and booking. Transit actively supports and promotes GOFS alongside GTFS-flex.
• 180+ Transit Agencies (Royale Sponsors)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor180+ transit agencies globally sponsor Transit Royale for their riders, including TransLink (Vancouver), TTC (Toronto), OC Transpo (Ottawa), UTA (Salt Lake City), MST (Monterey-Salinas), CATA (Lansing), Omnitrans (San Bernardino), CT Transit (Connecticut), Société des transports de Lévis, Knoxville, Salt Lake City, Calgary, and others.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Uber: Uber's app includes a Transit feature for planning multimodal trips combining rideshare with public transit. It is both a deep-link partner inside Transit (Uber booking) and a partial competitor for urban mobility trip planning.
• RideCo: RideCo provides on-demand transit software for agencies, including microtransit and paratransit. It is both a deep-link integration partner in Transit and a competitor for agency-side demand-responsive transit technology contracts.
• Remix by Via: Remix (acquired by Via) provides transit planning software for agencies designing routes and networks. While focused on planning rather than rider-facing apps, it competes for transit agency technology budgets alongside Transit.
• Spare Technology: Spare operates a demand-responsive transit platform used by agencies for microtransit and paratransit. It integrates with Transit via GOFS but competes for the same on-demand transit agency contracts and rider relationships.

Broad incumbents

• HERE Technologies: HERE provides enterprise-grade mapping and transit APIs used by automakers, logistics firms, and transit platforms. It competes with Transit's API business in the developer/B2B data layer for real-time transit and routing.
• Google Maps: Google Maps bundles transit directions, real-time arrivals, and multimodal trip planning into Android and a default-installed app across iOS, providing a free alternative to Transit's core product. As the steward of GTFS, Google also sits upstream of Transit's data layer.
• Apple Maps: Apple Maps is pre-installed on every iOS device and has steadily expanded its transit and real-time arrival capabilities. It represents a powerful, free incumbent that Transit's consumer app must differentiate against on data quality and UX.

Direct peers

• Citymapper: Citymapper is a direct competitor in the urban transit navigation space, providing real-time multimodal trip planning across buses, trains, bikes, and ride-hailing in 40+ major cities. It targets the same urban commuter persona and competes for transit agency data partnerships.
• Swiftly: Swiftly provides a real-time transit data platform for agencies, including AVL (automatic vehicle location) processing, passenger information, and analytics. It competes directly with Transit's Transit Terminal dashboard and API products for agency-side contracts.
• Moovit: Moovit is the closest direct competitor to Transit, offering a multimodal transit navigation app serving 1.7B+ riders in 3,500+ cities. It was acquired by Intel in 2022 for approximately $900M and competes head-to-head for transit agency partnerships and consumer mindshare.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/transitapp
• Facebookfacebook.com/transitapp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/transit-app

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors9 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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