Audap

What Audap does

Audap (Agence d'Urbanisme Atlantique et Pyrénées) is a French association loi 1901 founded in 1998, operating as a public-interest urban planning agency for the Sud-Aquitain territory (Landes and Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments). It is governed by a General Assembly and a Board of Directors with four colleges, and is funded through member subscriptions and public subsidies from more than 30 institutional members including Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Conseil Départemental des Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Communautés d'Agglomération Pays Basque and Pau Béarn Pyrénées, the State (DDTM), syndicats mixtes, and the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour. Its President is Jean-René ETCHEGARAY (Mayor of Bayonne, since October 2020) and its Director General is Denis CANIAUX, an urban planner (since November 2018). The agency is an active member of the Fédération Nationale des Agences d'Urbanisme (FNAU), a network of 50 French urban planning agencies and 1,500 professionals.

The core service is to accompany member local governments in defining and implementing public projects and policies, producing urban planning documents (SCoT, PLUi, PLH, PDU), thematic studies (housing, mobility, environment, economy, demographics), and prospective analysis. The technical stack is built on GIS, cartographic tools, and spatial data analysis, packaged into a portfolio of knowledge products: Obsudaq' (partnership observatory platform with indicator search, data portraits, and interactive mapping), Datapass (cross-border France-Spain observatory), Cartothèque (215+ thematic maps), Médiathèque (2,000+ documents), the Toile collaborative mapping tools (Toile Béton, Toile des Boues, Toile Bois Construction) for circular-economy actor ecosystems, and a content dissemination suite (L'a Revue, L'a Note, L'a Lettre, L'a Une press panorama, Blog'Forum). The agency is organized into 8 multidisciplinary workshops (ateliers) covering the spectrum from urban project and design to data administration and cross-border planning.

Commercially, AUDAP does not sell services in a conventional sense: it is a cooperative in which membership adhesion is the procurement mechanism, and the annual partnership activity program is adopted by the General Assembly. The Contrat-Projet 2026/2031, adopted on 4 July 2025, sets the mandate for the next six years. Its ~40 staff operate from two sites in Bayonne (headquarters) and Pau, and the agency explicitly states that pricing, membership fees, and budgetary terms are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Audap

Legal name

Agence d'Urbanisme Atlantique et Pyrénées

Website

https://audap.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Audap (Agence d'Urbanisme Atlantique et Pyrénées) is a French non-profit urban planning agency (founded 1998) that produces territorial studies, GIS-based observatories, and planning documents for ~30 member local governments and public institutions across the Sud-Aquitain region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Planning Consulting Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120), Administration of Housing Programs (925110), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Permitting & Impact Assessment (EIA/NEPA) (BPAIAMAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

NEPA/EA/EIS & Public Consultation (EUAHAAAB)

Keywords

• Urban planning consulting
• Territorial observation
• Land use planning
• Geographic information systems
• Public policy advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Bayonne

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees and Subsidies: AUDAP is funded through membership subscriptions and subsidies from its members, which include local governments, intercommunalities, regional councils, and public institutions. The partnership activity program constitutes the framework for intervention, financed by member adhesions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Audap is an urban planning agency that delivers territorial observation, prospective diagnostics, and planning document elaboration (SCoT, PLUi, PLH, PDU) for local governments in the Sud-Aquitain region of France. It operates as a non-profit association (loi 1901) providing cartographic resources, cross-border observatories, and multidisciplinary expertise across 8 thematic workshops covering habitat, mobility, environment, demographics, and economy.

Product overview

Audap (Agence d'Urbanisme Atlantique et Pyrénées) is a public urban planning agency offering a portfolio of knowledge products and services for territorial development. The core offerings include L'a Revue (editorial publication), L'a Note (analytical notes), and L'a Lettre (newsletter) as information dissemination products; Cartothèque and Médiathèque as document repositories; Obsudaq' as a data observatory platform with interactive mapping; and specialized observatories like Datapass for cross-border monitoring. The portfolio also includes collaborative mapping tools called 'Toiles' and a Blog'Forum discussion platform. The products are interconnected through a shared focus on the Sud-Aquitain territory and serve local authorities and planning professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Obsudaq': Partnership observatory of Sud-Aquitain - a platform for mutualization of territorial knowledge managed by AUDAP for its members.
• L'a Revue
• L'a Note
• L'a Lettre
• L'a Une - Panorama de presse
• Toile Béton

Products and services

• Urban Planning Studies and Diagnostics Multidisciplinary consulting engagements covering housing, mobility, land use, economy, and environment for local governments and public institutions in the Sud-Aquitain region.
• Planning Document Elaboration (SCoT, PLUi, PLH, PDU) End-to-end technical support for the development and validation of statutory territorial planning documents, including Territorial Coherence Schemes (SCoT), Local Urban Planning documents (PLUi), Local Housing Plans (PLH), and Urban Mobility Plans (PDU).
• Obsudaq' Territorial Observatory Platform A partnership observatory platform providing statistical indicators, data portraits, and interactive cartography tools covering demographic, economic, environmental, and territorial data for the Sud-Aquitain territory.
• Datapass Cross-border Observatory A cross-border territorial observatory monitoring demographic, economic, and environmental indicators across the Franco-Spanish border region, supporting cross-border planning cooperation.
• Cartothèque (Thematic Map Library) A digital cartographic library containing 215+ downloadable thematic maps covering demographics, environment, housing, transport, economy, and land use planning for the Sud-Aquitain region.
• Médiathèque (Document Repository) A document repository containing over 2,000 publications, studies, reports, guides, and atlases on urban planning and territorial development topics.
• Toiles Collaborative Mapping Tools Collaborative cartographic tools (Toile Béton, Toile des Boues, Toile Bois Construction) visualizing actor ecosystems and their interrelationships for circular economy transitions in construction, wastewater, and wood sectors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,380,504 inhabitants in Sud-Aquitain territory observed and analyzed
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fédération Nationale des Agences d'Urbanisme (FNAU)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998AUDAP is an active member of the FNAU, a federation grouping 50 urban planning agencies and 1,500 professionals. The partnership enables knowledge capitalization, experience sharing, and collective mobilization on shared projects across the French network of urban planning agencies.
• GRDFminorOthersGRDF (Gaz Réseau Distribution France) provides data on biomethane production and distribution networks, used in AUDAP's cartographic and environmental observation resources for the Sud-Aquitain territory.
• Université de Pau et de Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner providing scientific cooperation. The university participates in AUDAP's governance through a scientific advisor seat on the Board of Directors and engages in cooperative research projects.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Egis: International engineering and consulting firm with significant urban planning, transportation, and territorial development practices. Adjacent to AUDAP's domain but operates as a private commercial firm rather than a cooperative membership association.

Direct peers

• Institut Paris Région: Urban planning and territorial observation institute for the Île-de-France region. Larger in scope but provides the same fundamental service of urban studies, planning support, and policy analysis to public authorities.
• ADUGA (Agence d'urbanisme de la région grenobloise): Urban planning agency serving the Grenoble region with planning documents, territorial observation, and policy support. Same cooperative association model as AUDAP.
• UrbaLyon (Agence d'urbanisme de l'aire métropolitaine lyonnaise): Urban planning agency for the Lyon metropolitan area delivering planning documents, territorial observation, and policy support. Same business model and direct functional equivalence to AUDAP.
• a'urba (Agence d'urbanisme de l'agglomération bordelaise): Urban planning agency serving the Bordeaux metropolitan area in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, providing territorial observation, urban studies, and planning document support to local governments. Direct functional peer to AUDAP with identical cooperative association membership model.
• AGURAM (Agence d'urbanisme d'agglomérations de Moselle): Urban planning agency serving Moselle agglomerations with SCoT/PLUi support and territorial observation. Membership-based association model directly comparable to AUDAP.
• auran (Agence d'urbanisme de la région de Nantes): Urban planning agency serving the Nantes region with territorial observation, prospective studies, and planning document support. Membership-based association model directly comparable to AUDAP.
• APUR (Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme): Urban planning agency for Paris providing urban studies, territorial observation, and policy support. Same fundamental role as AUDAP but serving the Paris metropolitan area at a larger scale.
• AUAT (Agence d'urbanisme et d'aménagement de Toulouse aire métropolitaine): Urban planning agency serving the Toulouse metropolitan area with SCoT, PLUi, and territorial observation services. Same cooperative membership-based model and direct functional equivalence to AUDAP.

Broad incumbents

• CEREMA (Centre d'études et d'expertise sur les risques, l'environnement, la mobilité et l'aménagement): National public-sector expert agency providing technical and scientific expertise on risks, environment, mobility, and planning. Operates at national scale with broader technical scope than AUDAP's regional cooperative focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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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