6t

What 6t does

6t bureau de recherche is an independent French research firm founded in 2002 and headquartered in Paris, with a wholly-owned Swiss subsidiary (6t Suisse) in Geneva led by Sébastien Munafò. The firm employs approximately 15 multidisciplinary researchers — sociologists, geographers, political scientists, engineers, economists, and urban planners — and positions itself at the intersection of a consulting bureau and an academic research laboratory. Its work spans three study fields: mobility, territories, and lifestyles, and it serves both French and Swiss public institutions (City of Paris, Grand Lyon, Lille Metropole, ADEME, Geneva, Île-de-France Mobilités, RATP) and private mobility operators and corporates (Uber, Lime, Renault, Keolis, Bolt, Dott, Aramco, EDF).

The firm delivers custom commissioned studies using social-science methods (qualitative, quantitative, and cartographic analyses) and operates a small portfolio of proprietary products: ACCTIV, an automated six-month behavior-change incentive program for sustainable mobility; proprietary databases on users and uses of shared mobility services (car-sharing, VTC, scooters, free-floating bikes, e-commerce) covering France, Switzerland, and the United States; and the monthly 6t Used Bicycle Barometer, which tracks over 139,000 active secondhand bicycle listings. Its internal research program CO3MD is sanctioned by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and it maintains academic collaborations with NYU, the London School of Economics, and Université Gustave Eiffel. Scientific Director Jean-Marc Offner concurrently serves as President of Sciences Po's Urban School.

6t's business model is project-based professional services, complemented by recurring data-product activity. Revenue is generated through commissioned research engagements for public-sector bodies (diagnostics, policy evaluation, public-policy strategy) and private clients (market research, user-behavior studies, innovation support, regulatory-impact assessment). The firm is privately held with no disclosed external funding, venture capital, or private equity investment, and it distributes thought leadership via a podcast ('Lost in Transportation'), published articles, expert tribunes, newsletters, and earned press coverage. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

Name

6t

Legal name

6t bureau de recherche

Website

https://6-t.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

6t bureau de recherche is an independent French research firm (founded 2002, ~15 staff) that conducts social-science studies on mobility, territories, and lifestyles for public authorities and private mobility operators across France, Switzerland, and the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Research and Consulting Services: 6t generates revenue through commissioned research studies for public institutions and private companies. Studies cover mobility, territories, and lifestyles, with clients commissioning specific research projects or ongoing advisory work.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

6t bureau de recherche is an independent research firm that conducts social-science studies on mobility practices, territorial uses, and lifestyles for public institutions and private companies. It delivers commissioned research across four competency areas — public policy strategy, surveys and data collection, behavior analysis, and urban planning/geomatics — supported by proprietary assets including the ACCTIV behavior-change application, multi-country shared-mobility user databases, and the 6t Used Bicycle Barometer.

Product overview

6t is an independent research bureau that combines elements of a design office and academic research laboratory. The company offers a portfolio of proprietary research products including ACCTIV, an automated behavior change incentive tool; proprietary user databases on shared mobility services (car-sharing, VTC, scooters, bikes, e-commerce) across France, Switzerland, and the US; and the 6t Barometer for Used Bicycles. Beyond these named products, 6t conducts custom studies and research across three main domains: mobility, territories, and lifestyles. The company positions itself as operating at the intersection of consulting firm and research laboratory, using social science research methods to serve both public and private sector clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ACCTIV: A fully automated application for behavior change incentives in mobility, following participants for 6 months with feedback and personalized advice.

Products and services

• ACCTIV Fully automated behavior-change incentive application developed through years of research in behavior change and persuasive technologies. Follows each participant for 6 months, providing feedback on mobility practices and personalized advice to encourage voluntary shifts toward sustainable mobility. Designed to scale to any number of participants without ongoing analyst labor; targeted at public institutions and private mobility operators running behavior-change programs.
• Shared Mobility User Databases Proprietary databases on users and uses of shared mobility services — car-sharing, VTC (ride-hailing), scooters, free-floating bikes, and e-commerce — spanning France, Switzerland, and the United States. Used to guide public-sector decision-making and private-sector business development.
• 6t Barometer for Used Bicycles Monthly tracking product for the supply of used bicycles in the market, with over 139,000 active listings monitored along with e-bike presence and delivery offerings. Used to inform public-sector cycling policy and private-sector market entry decisions.
• Custom Mobility and Territorial Research Studies Project-based commissioned research and consulting across mobility, territorial uses, and lifestyles, delivered to public institutions and private companies. Spans diagnostics, public-policy strategy, behavior analysis, and urban-planning/geomatics expertise.

Quantifiable outcome

• 6t Used Bicycle Barometer tracks over 139,000 active listings in the used bicycle market
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Named customers17 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• M2o Conseil: M2o Conseil is a French independent mobility and transport consultancy producing studies and strategic advice for public authorities and operators — directly comparable to 6t's mobility/territory research model, with a similar French client base and comparable team size.
• Interface Transport: Interface Transport is a Netherlands-based independent transport research and consulting firm serving public agencies and operators with mobility studies and policy evaluation — closely parallel to 6t's positioning as a niche independent transport research bureau.
• Inddigo: Inddigo is a French sustainable mobility and territories consultancy advising public and private clients on low-carbon mobility strategies — overlapping directly with 6t's mobility and territories practice and French public-sector customer base.
• Auxilia: Auxilia is a French mobility and environmental consultancy that produces behavior studies, mobility plans and evaluations for public clients — comparable to 6t in client type (collectivités), research methods and sustainability orientation.

Emerging players

• La Fabrique de la Cité: La Fabrique de la Cité is a French think tank producing research and convening on urban mobility transitions — overlapping thematically with 6t's mobility/territories work, though structured as a foundation rather than a fee-for-service research bureau.

Broad incumbents

• Cerema: Cerema is a large French public agency providing expertise, studies and engineering on territories, transport, environment and risk — overlapping significantly with 6t's mobility and territories research but with vastly greater scale and public-sector mandate.
• Kantar Public: Kantar Public is a global public-sector research and policy evaluation firm — comparable to 6t in serving public institutions with social research, but at much larger scale and with broader thematic coverage beyond mobility.
• Ipsos Public Affairs: Ipsos is a global market and public research firm with a dedicated Public Affairs practice conducting behavioral and policy research — overlapping with 6t's social-science research methods and public-client base, but at a vastly larger scale.
• BVA: BVA is a French market and public opinion research firm with significant public-sector research practice — comparable in serving French public institutions with quantitative and qualitative studies, though broader in scope than 6t's mobility focus.

Others

• Setec: Setec is a major French engineering and consulting group with a dedicated transport and mobility practice — adjacent to 6t as a transport-sector participant serving public authorities, but operating as an engineering consultancy rather than a social-science research bureau.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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