Arepo Solutions

What Arepo Solutions does

Arepo Solutions Limited is a UK-based private software company founded in 1998 in London, specializing in affordable web-based software solutions for the transport industry, with adjacent offerings in aviation ground handling, parking, and legal/trade-mark management. Its product portfolio is built on a proprietary Rapid Application Development (RAD) toolset called the Arepo Platform, which generates web-based database applications directly from metadata, enabling automated interface regeneration and rapid adaptation to changing business requirements. Core SaaS products include Tracerit (a transport operations database managing incidents, CCTV, assets, driver performance, customer contact, and police data retrieval for bus operators), Inkara (parking, environmental enforcement, and revenue protection), GOSS (aviation ground operations covering ISAGO accreditation, accidents, delays, audits, vouchers, and airside transport), Cautus (trade mark portfolio management), and MobileRP (mobile revenue protection app for train operators).

The company operates a subscription-based SaaS revenue model with annual support and license contracts, supplemented by bespoke software development and legacy system migration services. Pricing is quote-based, with fixed annual fees, no per-user or per-workstation licensing, minimum 6-month contracts on managed solutions, and included hosting, updates, and disaster recovery. Go-to-market is direct sales via phone, email, and the corporate website, targeting enterprise and mid-market clients in public transport, aviation ground handling, parking operations, and legal sectors primarily in the UK with deployments extending into continental Europe, North America, and Australia. Notable customers include Arriva London, Stagecoach London, First UK Bus, Go-Ahead London, Southeastern Railway (RPSS), dnata UK, London City Airport, LNER, Virgin Trains East Coast, and Saba Parking. Arepo is ISO 9001:2015 certified (held since 2004), runs with a 1-10 person team from a single London office, and has maintained client relationships spanning over 20 years with no external institutional funding.

Name

Arepo Solutions

Legal name

Arepo Solutions Limited

Website

https://arepo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Arepo Solutions is a UK private software company (founded 1998) that provides subscription-based web-based SaaS products for the transport industry, built on its proprietary Arepo Platform RAD toolset, serving bus operators, aviation ground handlers, parking operators, and legal firms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription Services: Annual subscription-based software-as-a-service model covering maintenance, hosting, support, and license fees. Applications are fully managed with regular updates and improvements included under the annual support agreement.
2. Bespoke Software Development: Custom software development services using the Arepo Platform. Development is rapid (days/weeks rather than months), cost-effective, and provides bespoke solutions with the reliability of tried-and-tested platform features.
3. Legacy System Upgrades: Migration and upgrade services for legacy database applications, enabling clients to move to web-based solutions while retaining existing business processes and data.
4. Online Database Solutions: Hosted database solutions including data security, encryption, disaster recovery, and business rules analysis as part of the service offering.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Arepo Solutions develops and delivers hosted, web-based SaaS applications for the transport, aviation, parking, and legal sectors, built on its proprietary Arepo Platform (a Microsoft-based Rapid Application Development tool). Its core offerings include Tracerit for public transport operations, GOSS for aviation ground handling, Inkara for parking and environmental enforcement, and Cautus for trade mark management, sold primarily via annual subscription with managed hosting and support.

Product overview

Arepo Solutions offers a platform-plus-modules architecture built on the proprietary Arepo Platform (Microsoft-based RAD tool). The core SaaS products include: Tracerit (transport operations database with modules for incident management, CCTV, asset management, driver performance, customer contact, and police data retrieval); Inkara (parking and enforcement software with pre-booking, permit management, mobile enforcement, and environmental crime modules); GOSS (aviation ground operations system with modules for accidents, delays, audits, documents, vouchers, and passenger transport); and Cautus (trade mark management). Additional offerings include MobileRP (mobile revenue protection app), Contracts Register, and bespoke solutions. Products share the Arepo Platform infrastructure providing centralised data, web access, and automated interface generation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tracerit: Transport Operations Database - software for public transport providers helping with incident management, CCTV recording, asset management, driver risk assessment, and customer service
• Inkara
• GOSS (Ground Operations Software System)
• Cautus
• MobileRP
• The Arepo Platform

Products and services

• Tracerit Transport Operations Database providing back-office software for public transport operators to manage incidents, CCTV requests, asset management, driver performance, customer service and depot operations across multiple locations.
• GOSS (Ground Operations Software System) Modular aviation ground handling software supporting ISAGO accreditation, accident recording, delay reporting, operational audits, document management, voucher management and airside passenger transport for ground service providers operating at one or multiple airports.
• Inkara Parking, environmental enforcement and revenue protection software providing car park pre-booking, permit management, Parking Charge Notices, mobile enforcement apps, hotspot reporting with Google Maps, and integration with car park consolidators for operators and enforcement teams.
• Cautus Online trade mark and IP management software for attorneys and businesses to manage portfolios of trade marks, domain names, designs and patents, with deadline reminders and regulatory form (TM3, CTM) generation.
• MobileRP Mobile revenue protection application for train operators enabling electronic notice processing (Penalty Fare Notices, Unpaid Fare Notices, Byelaws) with photographic evidence capture, postcode lookup, Bluetooth printer support and real-time upload to back-office notice processing systems.
• Bespoke Software Development (Arepo Platform) Custom software development services using the Arepo Platform Rapid Application Development toolset, delivering bespoke web-based database solutions in days or weeks rather than months for clients with needs beyond off-the-shelf products.
• Legacy System Upgrades and Migration Migration services enabling clients to move legacy on-premise database applications to Arepo's hosted web-based platform while retaining existing business processes and data.
• Meteor Permits Bespoke multi-Train Operating Company e-commerce solution for selling permits and tickets at station car parks, integrated with ANPR systems and PDA software for parking attendants.
• RPSS Web Database Bespoke legacy-upgrade web database for Revenue Protection Support Services (a Southeastern Railway subsidiary) covering notice processing, debt recovery, appeals and prosecution workflows with online payments.
• Tracerit Police CCTV Request Module Tracerit module supporting CCTV footage and data retrieval requests from transport-related police departments, including integration with the Metropolitan Police's Transport Data Retrieval Team (TDRT).

Quantifiable outcome

• 10% reduction in incidents within 12 months (Arriva London)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Trapeze Group (Modaxo / Volaris): Trapeze Group, now part of Modaxo (Volaris), is a major provider of transit operations, scheduling, and asset management software for bus and rail operators. It is the most directly comparable peer to Arepo's Tracerit product, competing for similar public-transport customers at greater scale.
• INIT Inc. INIT Inc. provides integrated ITS solutions for public transit, including CAD/AVL, depot operations, and incident management software. Directly comparable to Tracerit's back-office and operational modules for bus operators.
• Damarel Systems: Damarel provides FITGO and related ground-handling/airport operations software covering turnaround, load control, and incident reporting — a close functional analogue to Arepo's GOSS for aviation ground handlers.
• WPS Parking Solutions: WPS provides parking management software including permit management, enforcement, and back-office operations for parking operators — closely comparable to Arepo's Inkara offering in car-park operations and enforcement workflows.

Broad incumbents

• Cubic Transportation Systems: Cubic is a large incumbent in transit fare collection, real-time passenger information, and transport operations software serving major global transit agencies. Broader and much larger than Arepo, but competes in overlapping transit-technology procurement.
• SITA: SITA is the dominant provider of IT and communications solutions to the air transport industry, including airport operations, passenger processing, and ground-handling support. A much larger incumbent operating in the same airport-software space as Arepo's GOSS.
• Skidata: Skidata is a leading global provider of parking access, revenue management, and mobility solutions. It overlaps directly with Arepo's Inkara product in parking operations, enforcement, and pre-booking, though at significantly greater scale.

Emerging players

• Optibus: Optibus provides AI-driven transit operations and scheduling software for bus operators globally. It competes with Tracerit at the depot and operations-management layer, with a more modern, cloud-native, AI-led proposition.
• Padam Mobility: Padam Mobility offers SaaS solutions for public transport operators covering demand-responsive transport, fixed-route operations, and passenger information. Comparable in target customer (bus/rail operators) and SaaS delivery model to Arepo's transit product suite.
• Veovo: Veovo provides AI-based airport operations, passenger flow, and resource management software for airports and ground handlers. It competes with GOSS in the aviation ground-operations category with a more analytics- and AI-led positioning.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/arepo_solutions
• Facebookfacebook.com/ArepoSolutions
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arepo-solutions-ltd

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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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