Meteorage

What Meteorage does

Meteorage is a French private company founded in 1987 and headquartered in Pau, France, that operates the European Lightning Detection Network (ELDN), a dense, seamless electromagnetic sensor network across Europe. The company detects, processes, and distributes high-precision real-time and historical lightning data using Vaisala LS7002 sensors and the proprietary IMPACT method (combining angle-of-arrival and time-of-arrival measurements), achieving 100-meter localization precision and exceeding 98% detection efficiency, with data delivered to subscribers within roughly 11 seconds of a flash. Its product portfolio comprises six core service modules (Evaluate, Be Alerted, Monitor, Check, Integrate, Training), the CATS software platform for partner-developed lightning services, the Geoflash mobile safety solution for field teams, and Vé rifoudre (Lightning Check Advisor) for automated post-storm wind turbine reports; it also distributes Vaisala's GLD360 global lightning data outside Europe.

The company serves more than 4,000 clients across approximately 70 countries, including utilities, telecom operators, wind farm operators, construction firms, defense and explosives-handling sites, maritime operators, event organizers, railway operators, and insurance companies. Each major vertical relies on lightning data for distinct outcomes: wind operators use post-storm reports for maintenance scheduling and insurance claims; construction and outdoor-work clients use real-time alerts for personnel safety; defense sites use compliant Thunderstorm Warning Systems to meet regulations such as the UK's DSA03-OME; insurers and energy/telecom network operators use the data for risk modeling and infrastructure resilience. Customer retention exceeds 98%, suggesting deep integration of Meteorage data into customer operational workflows.

Meteorage operates as a subscription SaaS business with quote-based pricing for enterprise contracts and an eShop for direct purchase of discrete data products (e.g., community-level lightning density). Distribution combines direct sales, a network of national meteorological service partners (AEMET, MET Eireann, KNMI, MeteoSwiss, SAWS among others), specialized channel resellers in regional markets (RECASE in Germany, TROPOSFERICA in Spain, Weatherquest in the UK, LPS Experts in Belgium, COFAS in Morocco, SAEI in the Philippines), and a CATS developer program that lets partners build downstream lightning applications. Météo-France and Vaisala are both strategic shareholders and core technology partners, dating to the company's origins; Meteorage acquired CESI SIRF in November 2020 to expand satellite-based lightning capabilities. The company holds ISO 9001 and Qualifoudre certifications and has been recognized with the Varysian Global Hydrometeorological Excellence Award 2025.

Name

Meteorage

Legal name

METEORAGE

Website

https://meteorage.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Meteorage operates the European Lightning Detection Network (ELDN), providing high-precision real-time lightning detection and risk-management SaaS to 4,000+ clients across 70 countries in wind energy, construction, telecom, energy, defense, insurance, and maritime sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Lightning Detection & Thunderstorm Risk Management

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Early Warning, Event Monitoring & Forecasting (Extreme Weather Alerts, Nowcasting) (EUABALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Crisis Management & Communications Support (Mass Notification) (BPABANAF), Outage Management & Restoration Optimization (FLISR, Crew/Resource Optimization) (EUADAHAJ)

Keywords

• Lightning detection services
• Thunderstorm risk management
• Lightning alert systems
• Lightning data subscription
• Weather monitoring services

Headquarters

HQ city

Pau

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Lightning Detection Subscription Services (SaaS): Subscription-based access to real-time and historical lightning data services delivered as Software-as-a-Service. Customers pay recurring fees to access alerts, monitoring, and reporting tools. Over 4,000 users in 70 countries, with a >98% renewal rate, indicating strong recurring revenue from this stream.
2. Tailored Solutions and Professional Services: Custom-built solutions for specific sectors (wind energy, defense, construction, telecom) including risk evaluation, real-time alerts, post-storm inspection reports, training, and integration services. Revenue generated through bespoke service contracts tailored to client needs.
3. Geoflash Mobile Subscription: Mobile-based thunderstorm alert service for field teams, available as a subscription with multi-account management platform.
4. Vérifoudre / Lightning Check Advisor: Online service delivering automated post-storm lightning strike reports on wind turbines, likely offered as a subscription or per-report fee.
5. Lightning Data Products (eShop): Online sale of lightning data, including community-level lightning density data and historical statistics, through the company's eShop platform.
6. GLD360 Global Lightning Data: Provision of worldwide lightning data through partnership with Vaisala's GLD360 network, enabling global coverage beyond Europe for international clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Meteorage operates the European Lightning Detection Network (ELDN) and delivers real-time and historical lightning detection data, alerts, and post-storm reports as subscription-based SaaS. Its portfolio spans six core service modules (Evaluate, Be Alerted, Monitor, Check, Integrate, Training) plus the CATS software toolbox, the Geoflash mobile alert solution, the Vérifoudre wind-turbine damage reporting service, and global lightning data distributed via the GLD360 partnership with Vaisala.

Product overview

Meteorage offers a comprehensive suite of thunderstorm and lightning risk management solutions, operating the European Lightning Detection Network (ELDN). The product portfolio includes six core service modules (Evaluate, Be Alerted, Monitor, Check, Integrate, Training) accessed via the CATS software platform, supplemented by specialized solutions like Geoflash for mobile team safety and Vérifoudre for wind turbine maintenance optimization. The company provides real-time lightning detection data, deferred reporting services, and training programs serving over 4,000 clients across 70 countries, with 98% customer renewal rate.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CATS: A software toolbox for developing the exploitation of lightning data, enabling clients to provide tailored lightning services to their own users.
• Geoflash
• Vérifoudre
• Alerte Foudre
• Télé-compteur Foudre
• GLD360

Products and services

• Evaluate Risk evaluation service that analyzes exposure to thunderstorms and lightning, helping clients adapt their prevention and protection measures based on risk assessment.
• Be Alerted (Alerte Foudre) Real-time lightning alert service that notifies teams and the public when thunderstorms approach and when they end, enabling timely safety measures.
• Monitor Live monitoring service for thunderstorms and lightning activity that enables optimization of preventive measures and early risk mitigation.
• Check (Vérifoudre / Lightning Check Advisor) Post-storm lightning damage reporting service that determines whether lightning has caused damage and optimizes inspection processes, particularly for wind turbines. Provides detailed strike reports for insurance claims and maintenance planning.
• Integrate Data integration service that provides high-resolution lightning data feeds and information for integration into clients' own tools, available in real-time or historical formats.
• Training Professional training programs on lightning and thunderstorm risks, developing skills for employees and organizations to manage lightning hazards.
• CATS Software Toolbox Software development toolkit allowing clients and partners to build their own lightning data exploitation services and tailor offerings to end-user requirements.
• Geoflash Mobile-based thunderstorm alert service for field teams (networks, construction, wind energy), compliant with IEC 62793 and IEC 61400-24 standards, with no app installation required. Includes multi-account management platform.
• Télé-compteur Foudre Deferred reporting service that provides detailed reports on thunderstorm activity observed the previous day at wind farms, useful for insurance claims and maintenance prioritization.
• WebApp Meteorage - Chasseurs d'Orages Professional-grade real-time storm visualization WebApp developed with the Association des Chasseurs d'Orages, featuring interactive lightning maps and integrated precipitation radar for storm chasers.
• Meteorage eShop (Online Data Store) Online platform for purchasing lightning data products, including community-level lightning density data and historical statistics, sold via pay-as-you-go unit pricing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Localization precision of 100 meters across the European network
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• TROPOSFERICAcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 November 2024Partnership with Spanish company TROPOSFERICA for lightning risk prevention distribution in Spain, announced November 2024.
• South African Weather Service (SAWS)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2024A landmark public-private partnership to enhance the South African Lightning Detection Network (SALDN) and improve lightning forecasting, real-time monitoring, and risk mitigation services in South Africa. Lightning causes approximately 264 deaths per year in South Africa. Meteorage's lightning data services will be made available to SAWS customers.
• RECASE Regenerative Energien GmbHcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 April 2024Partnership to extend wind energy lightning risk management solutions to the German market. RECASE, a German engineering firm specializing in onshore and offshore wind energy, will distribute Meteorage's lightning detection and alert services to wind farm operators in Germany.
• Météo-FrancecoreTechnology or IntegrationMétéo-France is both a shareholder of Meteorage and a key technology/integration partner. As the French national meteorological service, Météo-France provides meteorological expertise and data that complement Meteorage's lightning detection services. Meteorage was co-founded with Météo-France involvement and both companies share expertise in weather monitoring.
• VaisalacoreTechnology or IntegrationVaisala is a major shareholder of Meteorage and provides the core sensor technology (LS7002 sensors) and the IMPACT localization method used in the European Lightning Detection Network. Vaisala's GLD360 global lightning data network is also distributed by Meteorage, extending worldwide coverage.
• CitelcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCitel co-organizes free professional seminars on lightning and surge risk management across France (Lyon, Bordeaux, Paris, Strasbourg). These seminars are a key GTM channel for raising awareness among industrial professionals, insurers, and network operators.
• INDELECcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerINDELEC co-organizes free professional seminars on lightning and surge risk management across France, alongside Meteorage and Citel, targeting the same professional audience of installers, engineers, and operators.
• Alberto Garutti / Studio Alberto GaruttiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Italian artist Alberto Garutti (1952–2023) on lightning-reactive art installations. Garutti's works (Temporali series at MAXXI Rome, Ca' Corniani, Garage Bentivoglio) illuminate in response to real-time lightning data from the Meteorage network, creating a unique art-science intersection.
• AP Foudre (Association Protection Foudre)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMeteorage is a member of AP Foudre, the French Lightning Protection Association. The association organizes the International Lightning Safety Day (June 28), and Meteorage actively participates in public awareness campaigns.
• Business France and Prometeo AssociationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-organizers of the International Meteorological Seminar held in Poland, where Meteorage participates to meet key players in the meteorological sector and exchange on topics such as extreme weather and operational measurement networks.
• Association des Chasseurs d'OragesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the French storm-chasing association to co-develop a dedicated WebApp for storm chasers, providing professional-grade real-time lightning visualization.
• Météo France InternationalminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSubsidiary of Météo-France focused on international development and export of meteorological services, potentially distributing Meteorage solutions in French-speaking markets abroad.
• Weatherquest Ltd (United Kingdom)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK-based weather services company providing meteorological consulting and data, listed as a partner for the UK market.
• SAEI (Philippines)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as a partner in the Philippines, potentially distributing Meteorage services in the Southeast Asian market.
• LPS Experts (Belgium)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBelgian lightning protection specialist listed as a partner, serving the Belgian market.
• COFAS (Morocco)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMoroccan company listed as a partner for the North African market.
• InfoClimat (France)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench meteorological data company listed as a partner, distributing weather and lightning data in France.
• Meteo Consult (France)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench meteorological consulting company listed as a partner.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Vaisala: Vaisala is Meteorage's controlling shareholder and supplies its core sensors and IMPACT method, but also operates GLD360, a competing global lightning detection network. Both companies sell real-time lightning data to enterprise and government customers worldwide, making Vaisala the closest direct competitor despite the equity relationship.
• Earth Networks: Earth Networks operates the Earth Networks Total Lightning Network (ENTLN), a global real-time lightning detection network, and offers Sferic Maps, Sferic Mobile, and Sferic Signals for enterprise, energy, and public safety use cases — directly overlapping Meteorage's Geoflash and Alerte Foudre products.
• DTN: DTN (which acquired MetraWeather and the global weather data business) provides site-specific weather, lightning, and forecast services to energy, agriculture, marine, and aviation markets — directly competing with Meteorage's enterprise weather-risk subscription products.
• StormGeo: StormGeo (now part of Alfa Laval) provides decision-support weather and lightning intelligence for energy, shipping, and infrastructure operators globally, including alerts and asset-impact forecasting that closely parallel Meteorage's Be Alerted and Monitor services.
• Atmo (formerly UBIMET): Atmo, the European meteorological services company, delivers high-resolution weather forecasting, nowcasting, and severe-weather alerting to media, energy, and public-sector clients across Europe — overlapping Meteorage's real-time alert and monitoring offerings, particularly in DACH and Southern Europe.

Broad incumbents

• AccuWeather: AccuWeather is a broad weather-data and forecasting incumbent supplying lightning, severe-weather, and enterprise weather APIs across media, retail, and enterprise customers. Lightning is one component of a much larger portfolio, making it a broad incumbent rather than a specialist peer.
• The Weather Company (IBM): The Weather Company, owned by IBM, delivers enterprise weather APIs, lightning data, and severe-weather alerting to media, insurance, and enterprise clients worldwide. Lightning is part of a broad weather platform rather than a dedicated product line.

Emerging players

• Tomorrow.io: Tomorrow.io (formerly Climacell) operates a global, API-first weather and lightning intelligence platform targeting enterprise, logistics, and aviation customers. It competes for the same enterprise alerting and integration workflows as Meteorage's Integrate product, with a developer-first GTM model.
• Spire Global: Spire Global operates a constellation of radio-occultation and weather satellites that produce global atmospheric data, including weather observations adjacent to lightning detection. It overlaps with Meteorage's global data ambitions through a satellite-first architecture rather than ground sensors.

Regional players

• Campbell Scientific: Campbell Scientific, which acquired Biral, manufactures lightning detection sensors and offers related monitoring solutions primarily for research, atmospheric, and industrial customers. It is more of an upstream equipment supplier than a service competitor, but its sensor portfolio touches the same value chain.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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