What Verbus does

Verbus is a French family-owned group transportation company that has operated for approximately 60 years (founded 1964 per company filings; a 1983 date also appears in firmographic data) and is headquartered in Rodez, France. The company provides bus and coach rental with professional drivers to organized groups — principally schools, businesses, tourism operators, and sports clubs — across the Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions of southwestern France, supported by a network of six agency locations spanning 12 departments.

The core offering is organized around four vehicle classes (Access, Éco, Confort, Star) ranging from 8 to 79 seats, allowing Verbus to right-size vehicles to trip requirements and price points. A fleet of 800+ vehicles forms the operational backbone. Services are delivered through two go-to-market motions: a quote-based B2B channel with an average 48-hour response time for custom group trips, and a self-serve online booking channel for individual day excursions (Sorties à la journée) including shopping trips from €25 and ski packages from €44 per person. The Mode Vert add-on, certified ISO 9001, enables customers to offset trip CO2 emissions by up to 90% via sustainable biofuel injection billed at cost. The company also operates the VERBUS Transhorizon sub-brand for long-distance travel.

Verbus is privately held by the founding family across three generations, with no external funding rounds, parent company, or institutional investors documented in the source data. Revenue streams mix long-cycle B2B contracts (schools, corporates, associations) with short-cycle consumer transactions, and the customer base is diversified across five verticals. The company holds ISO 9001 quality certification and the French Objectif CO2 eco-responsible transport label, and reports a 96.8% customer satisfaction rate.

Name

Verbus

Legal name

Verbus

Website

https://verbus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Verbus is a French third-generation family-owned group transportation company operating 800+ buses and coaches with drivers across southwestern France, serving schools, businesses, tourism groups, sports clubs, and individual travelers via four vehicle classes and six regional agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rodez

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Group Transportation Services: Core business of bus and coach rental with driver for organized groups including schools, businesses, tourism, and sports. Customers request custom quotes and pay per trip based on distance, vehicle class, and duration.
2. Individual Day Trip Bookings: Pre-organized excursions open to individual reservations. Customers book one or more seats on scheduled day trips. Payment is made securely online. Trips confirmed when minimum seat threshold is reached.
3. Vehicle Class Tiers: Four distinct vehicle classes (Access, Éco, Confort, Star) offering different comfort levels and amenities. Higher classes include premium features such as coffee machines, refrigerators, toilets, entertainment packs, and welcome packs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Verbus is a French group transportation company that rents buses and coaches with professional drivers to schools, businesses, tourism operators, sports clubs, associations, and individual travelers across France. It operates a fleet of more than 800 vehicles organized into four classes (ACCESS, ÉCO, CONFORT, STAR) and offers an optional low-emission "Mode Vert" biofuel upgrade. Customers can request quotations online or book individual day excursions directly through a self-serve booking module.

Product overview

Verbus is a French group transportation company offering coach rental with professional drivers across four vehicle classes: Classe ACCESS (8–63 seats, entry-level), Classe ÉCO (26–63 seats, standard comfort), Classe CONFORT (41–79 seats, premium), and Classe STAR (48 seats, 3-axle flagship). The offering is organized around four core service verticals — school groups, professional events, tourism, and sports & leisure — supplemented by individual seat reservations for organized day excursions (Sorties à la journée) and a carbon-offset Mode Vert add-on.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VERBUS Transhorizon: A brand or service offering under the Verbus group for long-distance or extended travel services.

Products and services

• Mode Vert eco-fuel option
• Sorties à la journée (Day Excursions)
• School group transport service
• Corporate event transport service
• Tourism and travel transport service Coach rental with driver for tour operators, travel agencies, and organized group tours across France and Europe. Targeted at travel agencies, tour operators, and associations.
• Sports and leisure transport service Coach rental with driver for sports clubs, fan travel, matches, tournaments, and leisure outings. Targeted at sports federations, amateur clubs, and fan associations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96.8% customer satisfaction rate
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AX 3 DomainescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSki resort partnership for organizing complete ski day packages for group trips. Verbus provides transportation while AX 3 Domaines provides ski access. Package pricing starting from €44 per person including transport and ski pass.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• RATP Dev: RATP Dev is the international subsidiary of Paris's RATP group, providing bus, coach, and urban transit services across multiple countries including school and tour transport. Direct peer to Verbus in operating large driver-staffed fleets for diverse group and public-sector customers under multi-year contracts.
• Keolis: Keolis, a SNCF subsidiary, operates urban, suburban, and intercity bus networks in France and internationally, including school and group transport services. Closely comparable to Verbus as a multi-vertical passenger transport operator with strong public-sector customer exposure and a focus on operating large fleets with drivers.
• FlixBus: FlixBus is the leading long-distance coach operator in France and Europe, competing with Verbus for leisure and intercity passenger flows. Comparable through bus-based group and individual passenger transport with strong digital booking and partner-operator network model.
• Transdev: Transdev is one of the largest public transport operators in France and globally, operating bus, coach, and multimodal networks with driver services for groups, schools, and public authorities. Directly comparable to Verbus in providing contracted group and passenger transportation across multiple customer verticals, though at vastly larger scale.
• Eurolines: Eurolines operates international and intercity coach services across Europe, serving group and individual passengers on long-distance routes. Directly comparable to Verbus' long-distance and tourism-oriented group coach offering, with overlapping customer types and coach-with-driver service model.
• Isilines: Isilines is a French long-distance coach operator offering intercity bus services with online booking across multiple routes. Comparable to Verbus in operating coach transport for individual passengers and groups in the French passenger mobility market.

Broad incumbents

• SNCF: SNCF is the French national rail operator with TGV, Intercités, and regional TER services that compete with Verbus' group charter and excursion business for long-distance passenger flows. Broad incumbent in French passenger transport that intersects with Verbus' tourism and event transport verticals.
• Ouigo: Ouigo is SNCF's low-cost high-speed rail service in France, providing affordable intercity passenger transport that competes with Verbus' group tourism and day-trip offerings. Broad incumbent that overlaps with Verbus' leisure passenger segment though delivered via rail rather than coach.

Emerging players

• BlaBlaCar: BlaBlaCar is a French mobility platform with carpooling, intercity bus (BlaBlaCar Bus), and more recently coach services. Comparable to Verbus as a French-headquartered passenger mobility operator competing for intercity and excursion demand, though focused on a platform/asset-light model versus Verbus' owned fleet.

Regional players

• Cars du Rhône / regional operators: Regional French coach operators such as Cars du Rhône operate school, intercity, and tour bus services in defined French regions outside Occitanie/Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Comparable to Verbus in operating owned fleets for school and group transport, but primarily serving different geographic catchments.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Transports.Verbus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/verbus
• Instagraminstagram.com/autocars.verbus

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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