Operis

Name

Operis

Legal name

Operis

Website

https://operis.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Orvault

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing and Subscriptions: Operis generates revenue primarily through software licenses and subscriptions for its urban planning, property management, and school planning solutions. The company offers different deployment options including hosted (SaaS) and on-premise solutions.
2. Implementation and Configuration Services: Professional services including software installation, configuration, and deployment support, particularly through channel partners who ensure proper setup at customer sites
3. Training Services: Operis is an approved training organization (organisme de formation agréé) offering training sessions either at customer premises or remotely, including weekly webinars
4. Support and Maintenance: Customer support services including a dedicated support center based in Nantes with product experts and technical specialists, accessible via phone and email

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Operis is a French software publisher that designs, sells and supports proprietary digital solutions for territorial communities (collectivités territoriales). Its product portfolio covers urban planning and land management (GNAU electronic authorization portal and Oxalis/EXPERT instruction software), real-estate and heritage management (VSL), and school planning studies (Prospective Scolaire). It also delivers related services: turnkey software deployment, geomatics consulting for PLU(i) construction, training (approved organism), and tailored large-project solutions for major accounts.

Product overview

Operis is a French software publisher specializing in digital solutions for local and territorial authorities (collectivités territoriales) in three core domains: urban planning and land use (urbanisme & foncier), heritage/real estate property management (patrimoine), and school planning (scolaire). The product portfolio is organized as a platform-plus-modules architecture. The central platform is the GNAU (Guichet Numérique des Autorisations d'Urbanisme), a comprehensive dematerialization suite for urban planning authorizations, supplemented by the Oxalis / Oxalis.Expert instruction software and the EXPERT module (new-generation instruction tool). These core products are complemented by sub-modules including SVES (electronic submission), AVIS (service consultation), EPRO (professional portal extension), Numeris (document digitization), SIGN (electronic signature via FAST/Docaposte), and NAVIGATIS (Flash compatibility). In property management, VSL handles real estate portfolios, with VSLocatif serving rental management and CimetPro covering cemetery management. For territorial intelligence, AGORA powers territorial observatories incorporating ONECAD for development capacity analysis. In school planning, the Prospective Scolaire service offers studies and participatory approaches for school district map management. Operis also offers a packaged SaaS offer (e-ADS) for small communes, hosted solutions, training services, and geomatics consulting through its study bureau.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GNAU (Guichet Numérique des Autorisations d'Urbanisme) Comprehensive suite for the dematerialized management of urban planning and land-use authorization dossiers (permits, declarations, certificates), enabling communes to receive and process applications electronically in compliance with the ELAN law. It addresses all actors in the chain: citizens, professionals, instruction services and consulted services.
• Oxalis / Oxalis.Expert Urban planning instruction software used by local-authority services to process and manage authorization applications, with role-based dashboards, alerts, integrated cartographic functions, BIM integration and connectivity to Plat'AU, @ctes and Sitadel government platforms.
• VSL (Gestion de Patrimoine) Real-estate heritage management software that enables local authorities, landlords or tenants to efficiently manage their property portfolios regardless of size or nature, while supporting compliance with regulations and legal obligations.
• e-ADS Packaged SaaS offer for communes with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants that bundles a digital citizen portal (Guichet), a dossier reception and instruction tool, and routing to State services, including hosting and support.
• Logiciels clés en main (Turnkey Software Deployment) Turnkey deployment services that adapt Operis solutions to each territorial community's context, including installation, configuration, training and ongoing support, delivered on-site or remotely.
• Formations (Training Programs) Training services delivered as an approved French training organization, covering urban planning, land management and Operis software, conducted on-site at client localities or remotely (including weekly webinars).
• Service Géomatique Geomatics consulting service that supports local authorities at each stage of PLU(i) construction, from conception to dissemination, leveraging Operis's GIS and territorial expertise.
• Prospective Scolaire Nationally recognized school planning and forecasting service offering more than 20 years of expertise in managing the carte scolaire, including participatory approaches, demographic forecasting, sector recomposition studies and school-network planning.
• Grands Projets (Large Projects) Large-project solution line for major accounts, with engagements and renewed trust from large organizations such as DGFIP, Suez eau France and ViaMichelin.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of urban planning requests submitted digitally at La Frette-sur-Seine, achieving 'zero paper' objective
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability1 record

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FAST (Docaposte)coreTechnology or Integration · 14 February 2024FAST, a Docaposte company specializing in electronic signature solutions, partnered with Operis to integrate SIGN module into urban planning instruction software. The partnership enables improved user experience through legally valid electronic signatures for authorization documents, enhancing the dematerialization chain.
• EdissyumcoreTechnology or Integration · 21 April 2023Edissyum, a software integration company specializing in dematerialization of documentary funds and electronic document management, partnered with Operis to integrate digitization solutions into urban planning instruction software. The partnership aims to improve UX for clients receiving and processing urban planning requests.
• SoluriscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSoluris is a reference in digital services for territorial communities in Charente-Maritime and Deux-Sèvres, with 35+ years of experience. They provide hosting, installation, configuration, training, and support for Operis software users in their territory.
• ISP INFORMATIQUEcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorISP INFORMATIQUE is a Guadeloupe-based company serving Antilles region (Guadeloupe and Martinique) for 32 years. They provide deployment, training (Qualiopi certified center), and weekly assistance for Operis software to local collectivités.
• IdealCominorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with IdealCo for organizing and promoting webconferences on dematerialization topics and urban planning instruction processes for territorial communities.
• Université de NantesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Université de Nantes (Faculty of Sciences) and Région Pays de la Loire on the ONECAD project (Outil Numérique d'Evaluation de la Capacité d'Accueil et de Développement) for territorial observatories.
• Région Pays de la LoireminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Région Pays de la Loire and Université de Nantes for developing territorial observatories including the AGORA project for digital evaluation of territorial development capacity.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• 1Spatial: UK-headquartered geospatial data-management and 3D/BIM software vendor serving European utilities, governments and cadastre agencies. Comparable as a peer with similar data-interoperability and territorial-software positioning, though operating primarily outside France.

Broad incumbents

• Docaposte: Digital-services subsidiary of La Poste providing electronic signature, identity, trusted data and document-dematerialization services to French public sector. Comparable both as a technology partner (FAST/SIGN integration) and as a broader digital-government incumbent with overlapping capabilities in regulatory e-signature and dematerialization workflows.
• Sopra Steria (Arcopole / INEO divisions): Large French IT-services group whose Arcopole/INEO lines historically target French local authorities with urban-planning and territorial software. Comparable as a much larger incumbent that bundles ADS/instruction functionality into broader ERP and digital-government programs, competing against Operis at renewals and mega-tenders.
• ESRI France: French subsidiary of the global GIS platform leader, widely deployed across French communes and EPCI for cartographic and territorial-data layers. Comparable as an incumbent whose mapping/BIM tooling underpins the urban-planning workflows that Operis's EXPERT and Géomatique modules integrate with and compete alongside.
• Hexagon Geospatial (Hexagon AB): Global geospatial and location-intelligence platform used by governments for land administration, urban planning and smart-city programs. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose cartographic and territorial-analytics tools compete for the geospatial data layer that Operis's Géomatique and AGORA observatoire products address.

Direct peers

• Ciril Group: French vertical-SaaS publisher serving the same collectivités territoriales customer base with HR, finance, cemetery and local-government ERP suites. Comparable as a direct niche player specializing in software for French local authorities, similar regulated sales motion and recurring-revenue model.
• Arcopole (Sopra Steria): Formerly independent French software editor specializing in urban-planning (ADS) and land-management software for collectivités, now part of Sopra Steria. Comparable as a historical head-to-head competitor for ADS dematerialization among French territorial authorities.
• GeoConcept (Coexya): French GIS and route-optimization software vendor serving local authorities and territory management. Comparable as a French-language geospatial software peer addressing similar urban-planning and territorial-management use cases, with overlapping customer type.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/operis-numerique
• Xx.com/operisfrance

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 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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