Sareco

What Sareco does

Sareco is a privately held French consulting firm (SAS, founded 1975, €250,000 capital) specialized exclusively in parking management and urban mobility. Headquartered in Paris at 221 rue La Fayette, with regional offices in Lyon and Rennes (opened January 2022), the firm serves French public authorities — including over 200 local communes, transport organizing authorities such as Île-de-France Mobilités, and public infrastructure entities such as SOLIDEO — alongside private-sector clients. Named engagements include the comprehensive parking policy redesign for Argenteuil (Trophée de la mobilité 2018) and mobility expertise for Paris 2024 Olympic infrastructure via the HYSPLEX group. The firm also executed a parking study for the District d'Abidjan financed by the African Development Bank, indicating nascent international activity.

Sareco's service portfolio comprises eight integrated consulting offerings — strategic advisory (Conseil), studies (Études), data collection and statistical analysis, contract assistance (Assistance à la contractualisation), audits, feasibility and programming of parking facilities, innovation support, and training/workshops — applied across nine domains: parking policy, on-street parking, off-street parking, bicycle parking (formalized as the Pôle Vélo division in 2017), EV charging infrastructure, urban development operations, specific hubs (hospitals, social housing, stadiums), intermodality, and shared mobility. The technology stack is expertise-driven rather than platform-based; the firm operates without a proprietary software product, API, or AI/ML tooling.

Commercially, Sareco runs a sales-led, project-based professional services model, typically engaged via French public tender, direct mandates, or procurement platforms such as CATP. Revenue is generated from fees for studies, advisory engagements, audits, and training delivered to public and private clients. The firm's growth posture is supported by long-tenured relationships (nearly 50 years of operation), a body of over 3,000 completed parking studies, sector partnerships (FUB, FNMS, ATEC-ITS France), and incremental geographic and service-line expansion.

Name

Sareco

Legal name

Sareco

Website

https://sareco.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sareco is a Paris-based French consulting firm with 45+ years of specialized expertise in parking management and urban mobility, serving public authorities and private clients with policy development, feasibility studies, and mobility integration across regional offices in Paris, Lyon, and Rennes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Mobility & Parking Consulting

NAICS

Parking Lots and Garages (81293)

SIC

Services-Business Services, Nec (7389)

akta.pro primary industry

Parking Management & Enforcement (Citations, Permits, Compliance) (BPABAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Parking Facility Operations (Garages, Lots, On-/Off-Street) (BPABAKAA)

Keywords

• Parking consulting
• Urban mobility planning
• Parking policy development
• Parking feasibility studies
• Mobility advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for public and private sector clients on parking policy, urban mobility, and parking infrastructure planning
2. Studies and Research: Conducting parking studies, feasibility analyses, and research reports for clients
3. Training and Workshops: Training services and participatory workshops for clients on parking and mobility topics
4. Contract Assistance: Assistance with contractual processes related to parking services and infrastructure

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sareco is a specialized consulting firm that provides advisory, research, and studies on parking management and urban mobility to public authorities and private sector clients. Its offerings cover parking policy design, feasibility and programming of parking structures, data collection and analysis, audits, contract assistance, innovation support, and participatory training workshops across nine domains of expertise including on-street parking, off-street parking, bicycle parking, EV charging, and shared mobility.

Product overview

Sareco is a specialized consulting firm with nearly 50 years of experience providing comprehensive parking and mobility services. The company offers a unified portfolio of eight core consulting services (Conseil, Études, Collecte et analyse de données, Assistance à la contractualisation, Audits, Faisabilité et programmation de parcs de stationnement, Accompagnement à l'innovation, Formations et ateliers participatifs) that function as an integrated service offering rather than discrete software products. These services span nine key domains of expertise: Politiques de stationnement, Stationnement sur voirie, Stationnement en ouvrage, Stationnement des vélos, Bornes de recharge, Opérations d'aménagement, Pôles spécifiques, Intermodalité, and Mobilités partagées. Rather than a technology platform, Sareco delivers expertise-based consulting engagements to public and private clients across France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conseil (Consulting)

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,000+ parking studies conducted over 45+ years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Interface TransportminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on the Sareco website under the 'Nos partenaires' section. Interface Transport is a transportation consulting firm.
• LE LAB AMOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on the Sareco website under the 'Nos partenaires' section. LE LAB AMO appears to be an AMO (Assistance à Maîtrise d'Ouvrage) network.
• EXM ArchitectesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on the Sareco website under the 'Nos partenaires' section. EXM Architectes is an architecture firm.
• Bertrand FEINTE ArchitectesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on the Sareco website under the 'Nos partenaires' section. Bertrand FEINTE Architectes is an architecture firm.
• Philippe TAITHEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner - appears to be a legal expert contributing to parking policy and regulation topics, including articles on depenalization of parking.
• Nicolas ZEINATYminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on the Sareco website.
• Régis BERGERminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on the Sareco website.
• Camille LAMOUCHEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on the Sareco website.
• Christian BASSETminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on the Sareco website.
• Frédéric METZINGERminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on the Sareco website.
• HYSPLEX Group (with Une autre ville, Amoès, Elioth, Trans-Faire)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSareco participates in the HYSPLEX group alongside Une autre ville (lead), Amoès, Elioth, and Trans-Faire, providing expert mobility services for SOLIDEO projects including Paris 2024 Olympic Games infrastructure. The group operates under a 2-year framework agreement (2018-2020) with possible extensions.
• FUB (Fédération Française des Usagers de la Bicyclette)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSareco supports the ALVÉOLE program organized by FUB, providing technical recommendations for bicycle parking in social housing. Sareco's contribution to the program is voluntary (benevolent).
• CITECcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSareco was referenced by CATP with partner CITEC to assist clients with parking projects through public procurement channels.
• FNMS (Fédération Nationale des Métiers du Stationnement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSareco participated in a working group that developed FNMS's COVID-19 good practices guide for parking professionals during the deconfinement period.
• StratecminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSareco is conducting a study in Côte d'Ivoire (District d'Abidjan) in collaboration with Stratec, financed by the African Development Bank.
• IndigominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSareco and Indigo collaborated to draft a technical sheet on fire safety regarding VAE (electrically assisted bikes) batteries for the FUB.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Espelia: Espelia is a French public-sector consulting firm advising local authorities on public services, including mobility and parking concessions. It competes with Sareco on public procurement mandates from collectivités.

Direct peers

• DESMAN: DESMAN is a US/German specialist parking consulting firm offering feasibility, design, and operations advisory. Comparable to Sareco's positioning as a parking-pure specialist consultancy.
• Walker Consultants: Walker Consultants is a US-headquartered specialist parking consulting and engineering firm offering feasibility, planning, and structural advisory. It is the closest international analog to Sareco's parking-only advisory model.
• Interface Transport: Interface Transport is a French transport consulting firm already listed as a Sareco partner. Its scope (mobility planning, parking, public transport) directly overlaps with Sareco's core service lines.
• Citec: Citec is a French mobility, traffic, and ITS engineering firm referenced alongside Sareco through CATP. It competes and partners with Sareco on parking and mobility studies for public-sector clients.
• Transitec: Transitec is a French/Swiss transport and mobility consulting firm advising public authorities on mobility plans, parking, and urban transport. It overlaps directly with Sareco on French collectivités mobility mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Setec: Setec is a major French engineering group with urban planning, transport, and infrastructure capabilities. It competes with Sareco on larger integrated urban development mandates (e.g., ZAC, eco-districts).
• Egis: Egis is a major French engineering and infrastructure group with a transport and mobility practice that touches parking and urban mobility. It is a broader incumbent whose parking work overlaps with Sareco on large public tenders.
• Indigo: Indigo (formerly Indigo Infra / VINCI Park) is France's largest parking operator and a major infrastructure manager. Sareco advises on policies that operators like Indigo execute, making them ecosystem counterparts rather than direct competitors.
• Systra: Systra is a French-headquartered global transport engineering firm working on rail, urban transit, and mobility planning. Its broader scope includes parking and intermodality work adjacent to Sareco's offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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