What Ithea Conseil does

Ithéa Conseil SAS is a Paris-based study bureau founded in 2017 that provides territorial intelligence and consulting services to French local authorities, including CCAS/CIAS, communes, EPCI, social centers, and operators of Priority Urban Neighborhoods (QPV). The company serves nearly 2,000 collectivities across metropolitan and overseas France through a Paris headquarters and five regional antennas (Grand Ouest, Nord, Puy-de-Dôme, Occitanie, Sud-Est), employing approximately 20 professionals led by President Pierre Minnerath and co-founders Marion Cousin and David Simondet.

The core platform, Profils Thématiques, aggregates data from six major French public sources (INSEE, CAF, France Travail, ANCT, ARS, Education Nationale) into 12 thematic statistical profiles comprising over 1,000 indicators, delivered as PDF, PowerPoint, and Excel deliverables with monthly updates. Complementary products include Profil Quartier (IRIS-level neighborhood analysis for communes over 5,000 inhabitants) and Profil QPV (200m² grid socio-demographic profiles for Priority Urban Neighborhoods). The analytical layer is classical statistical and cartographic, with no disclosed AI/ML capability.

Revenue is generated through three streams: annual subscriptions to the Profils Thématiques system with tacit renewal, one-time report purchases delivered within seven working days, and bespoke consulting engagements covering territorial diagnostics in early childhood, youth, precarity, parenting, seniors, health, social life animation, sports policy, and QPV evaluation. Pricing for subscriptions is stratified by DGF population stratum. Distribution is direct sales-led via the Paris office and regional antennas, with content marketing through the observatory blog, Bonnes Pratiques library (>1,000 projects), LinkedIn, YouTube, and email newsletters. The firm is privately held, founder-managed, has no disclosed external funding, and operates as an SAS with a stated capital of 800 euros.

Name

Ithea Conseil

Legal name

Ithéa Conseil SAS

Website

https://ithea-conseil.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ithéa Conseil is a Paris-based study bureau, founded in 2017, that provides territorial diagnostics, statistical profiling tools, and consulting services to nearly 2,000 French local authorities (communes, EPCI, CCAS/CIAS) across eight social policy verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Consulting Services

NAICS

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (541910)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Data, Vital Statistics & Population Health Informatics (BPAIAJAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health Information Exchange & Public Health Data Integration (HLAJAJAD)

Keywords

• Territorial diagnostics consulting
• Local public policy data
• Social policy analysis
• Statistical profiling tools
• Local government advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Profils Thématiques Subscription: Annual subscription to 12 thematic profiles delivered in PDF, PowerPoint and Excel formats with monthly updates. Includes complementary Profil QPV for communes with Priority Urban Neighborhoods and Profil Quartier for municipalities over 10,000 inhabitants.
2. Profils Thématiques One-Time Purchase: Single purchase of thematic profiles at PDF, PowerPoint and Excel formats, delivered within 7 working days of order confirmation.
3. Consulting and Diagnostic Services: Bespoke territorial diagnostic missions for local authorities covering themes such as early childhood, youth, precarity, parenting, seniors, health, social life animation, and sports policy.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ithéa Conseil is a French study bureau (bureau d'études) dedicated to territorial communities, providing territorial diagnostics and statistical intelligence products. It sells subscription-based statistical profiling tools (Profils Thématiques, Profil Quartier, Profil QPV) that aggregate over 1,000 indicators from public sources (INSEE, CAF, France Travail, ANCT, ARS, Education Nationale), and delivers bespoke consulting missions covering early childhood, youth, precarity, parenting, seniors, health, social life animation, and sports policy for French communes, EPCI, and CCAS/CIAS.

Product overview

Ithéa Conseil operates as a study bureau dedicated to territorial communities, offering a combination of statistical intelligence products and consulting services for local social and educational policies. The core product portfolio centers on the Profils Thématiques system—a subscription-based statistical profiling tool available in three formats (PDF, PowerPoint, Excel) that includes specialized variants: Profil Quartier for neighborhood-scale IRIS analysis, and Profil QPV for Priority Urban Policy Neighborhoods. Complementing these data products are diagnostic and consulting services spanning early childhood, youth, parenting, seniors, health, social life animation, and sports policy domains. The company serves approximately 2,000 local authorities across metropolitan and overseas France through a combination of one-time report purchases and annual subscription models.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Profils Thématiques: Statistical profiling tools for territorial analysis covering 12 thematic areas with over 1,000 indicators for French metropolitan and overseas municipalities.
• Profil QPV
• Profil Quartier

Products and services

• Profils Thématiques Statistical reference documents containing essential figures, charts, maps, key data, analyses and innovative best practices for local policy decisions. Available as PDF, PowerPoint and Excel formats with monthly updates under subscription or as a one-time purchase.
• Profil Quartier Neighborhood-level statistical profile presenting objective indicators for a chosen IRIS district and comparing with relevant territories (commune, other neighborhoods, similar communes). Covers demographics, childhood-youth, families-households, housing, employment, income-precarity and local equipment.
• Profil QPV (Quartier Prioritaire de la Ville) Statistical profile for Priority Neighborhoods of Urban Policy centralizing the latest socio-demographic indicators. Enables positioning of QPV relative to the commune, EPCI, France or other QPVs in the department or country.
• Abonnement aux Profils Thématiques Annual subscription product providing recurring delivery of 12 Profils Thématiques with monthly updates, plus complementary Profil QPV and Profil Quartier for qualifying territories. Tacitly renewed annually unless terminated 3 months before expiration.
• Analyse des Besoins Sociaux (ABS) Social needs analysis service enabling CCAS/CIAS to observe population, structure local policies, and improve social action at commune and intercommunal levels through combined quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Diagnostic petite enfance Bespoke territorial diagnostic service for early childhood policy development, helping local authorities respond to the creation of the Service Public de la Petite Enfance (SPPE).
• Convention Territoriale Globale (CTG) Consulting service supporting CAF contractualization through territorial conventions, covering early childhood, youth, parenting, access to rights and equipment across EPCI and communes.
• Projet Éducatif de Territoire (PEDT) Consulting service for the development and diagnostic of educational territorial projects addressing youth population needs and childcare offerings for local authorities.
• Diagnostic jeunesse Youth diagnostic consulting service for territories experiencing declining youth populations and loss of connection with young people aged 12-25.
• Diagnostic parentalité Parenting diagnostic service helping local authorities coordinate existing parenting support and develop coherent complementary actions for family policy.
• Diagnostic seniors Seniors policy diagnostic service bringing together local stakeholders to develop coherent action covering social links, home support, care pathways, precarity and mobility for elderly populations.
• Contrat Local de Santé Local health contract development service addressing medical demographic decline and health prevention development for local authorities that do not have mandatory health competence.
• Diagnostic animation de la vie sociale Social life animation diagnostic service for territories from rural to urban areas, identifying issues and deploying devices to strengthen social links and territorial cohesion.
• Projet social Social project development and renewal service accompanying local authorities from territorial diagnostic to equipment structuring (values, implantation, human resources), including project evaluation for social facilities.
• Diagnostic sportif territorial Territorial sports diagnostic service necessary for rethinking public sports policies and defining a territorial sports project, as sport is a shared competence.
• Evaluation et renouvellement du Contrat de Ville City contract evaluation and renewal service for the 1,514 Priority Neighborhoods, measuring coherence between objectives and actions, impacts and relevance against the 2014 Lamy Law requirements.
• Diagnostic Précarité Diagnostic service for precarity policy enabling Departments and CCAS, alongside municipal services and local partners, to address the multiple and evolving situations of fragile populations.
• Diagnostic et/ou renouvellement de Cité Éducative Diagnostic and renewal consulting service for Cité Éducative programs targeting youth populations and educational continuity across local authorities.
• Projets associatifs de Missions Locales Consulting service supporting the development of associative projects for Missions Locales working with young people aged 12-25.
• Projet de service Consulting service for the development of service projects for local precarity and social action structures, aligned with territorial diagnostic findings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 2,000 collectivities accompanied since 2017
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and moderate.

• ARWYTECminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublisher partner contributing to collaborative work and territorial intelligence publications. Logo displayed in partner section.
• ASSIST-ConseilsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsulting partner in the territorial advisory ecosystem. Logo displayed in partner section.
• Collectivités-ConseilsmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvisory network for territorial collectivities providing mutual support and expertise sharing. Logo displayed in partner section.
• CREDOC (Centre de Recherche pour l'Etude et l'Observation des Conditions de Vie)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch and observation center contributing to social conditions research. Logo displayed in partner section.
• AuxiliaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport services partner for territorial collectivities. Logo displayed in partner section.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Groupe Up: Cooperative group providing services to local authorities, social economy actors, and employees. Owns Compas (territorial diagnostics) and overlaps with Ithéa in serving French local government with data and consulting services through a much broader portfolio.
• BVA: French market research firm with significant public sector practice, conducting opinion polling, citizen consultation, and policy evaluation for French government and local authorities. Comparable in research methodology but broader in scope.
• Kantar Public: Public sector research division of Kantar conducting surveys and policy research for governments and public bodies across Europe, including France. Overlaps with Ithéa in public-policy research, citizen consultation, and evidence-based analytics.
• Ipsos Public Affairs: Public sector research division of Ipsos serving government clients with policy research, citizen consultation, and territorial analytics across multiple markets. Overlaps with Ithéa in delivering evidence-based insights for public policy.
• ANCT (Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires): Government agency providing territorial data platforms, dashboards, and policy support tools to French local collectivities. Competes indirectly by offering free public-sector alternatives to Ithéa's subscription analytics products.

Direct peers

• Espelia: French public sector consulting firm providing strategy and management consulting to local authorities on territorial policies, public services, and local finance. Comparable customer base and overlapping consulting services for French local government.
• CREDOC: French research center studying living conditions and social trends, also a listed partner of Ithéa. Provides research and survey-based insights into population behaviors relevant to local policy decisions, overlapping in analytical approach and public-sector focus.
• Compas: French territorial diagnostics firm specializing in Analyse des Besoins Sociaux (ABS) for CCAS and local authorities, now part of Groupe Up. Directly competes with Ithéa in the same niche of social-policy data analytics and consulting for French communes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCo_HElFTFw3P7puRHvdt39g
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ithea-conseil
• Facebookfacebook.com/ithea.conseil.fr

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 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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