Optae

What Optae does

Optae is a French waste management consulting firm founded in 2007 and headquartered in Genay, with regional agencies in Paris, Lyon, and Montpellier. The firm delivers a comprehensive suite of professional services across the waste management lifecycle, including optimization studies (route optimization, cost analysis via the COMPTACOST method), waste characterization and sampling campaigns (MODECOM methodology, Afnor standards), regulatory and technical audits of déchèteries, sorting centers, transfer stations, and incineration facilities, urban cleanliness assessments, and project management assistance (Assistance à Maîtrise d'Ouvrage) for public procurement. Optae also operates a national metalworking service that has secured, repaired, or maintained more than 1,500 storage containers across 700+ sites in France and Belgium.

The firm's primary clients are French local authorities (communautés de communes, communautés d'agglomération, métropoles), producer responsibility organizations (ECOSYSTEM, ECOLOGIC, CITEO, VALOBAT, ALCOME, OCAB), and government agencies such as ADEME. Optae complements its consulting practice with the proprietary Trackoe digital brand, which automates waste bin diagnostics, geolocated collection tracking, and field reporting for local authorities and operators. The company generates revenue primarily through multi-year professional services contracts awarded via public procurement and direct consulting engagements, with no disclosed subscription or transactional revenue component.

Name

Optae

Legal name

Optae

Website

https://optae.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Optae is a French waste management consultancy (founded 2007) delivering optimization studies, technical audits, waste characterization, and procurement assistance to local authorities, eco-organisms, and government agencies across France and Belgium.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Refuse Systems (4953), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Certified Compliance & Reporting Services (R2/e-Stewards, Audit, ESG) (BPALAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) Services (Data-Bearing Asset Handling) (BPALAIAA)

Keywords

• Waste management consulting
• Urban cleanliness services
• Waste characterization sampling
• Collection optimization studies
• Public procurement assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Genay

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Studies and Consulting Services: Optae generates revenue through professional services including waste management studies, optimization consulting, audits, technical assessments, waste sampling/characterization, and project management assistance (AMO). Services are delivered to public and private sector clients on a project basis, with contracts ranging from short-term studies to multi-year service agreements.
2. Technical Audits and Compliance Services: Revenue from conducting regulatory and technical audits on recycling centers, sorting centers, transfer facilities, incineration and composting units. Includes audits for eco-organisms verifying operator compliance with regulations and contractual requirements.
3. Container Security and Maintenance Services: Nationwide team of metalworkers providing security, repair and maintenance services for storage containers in waste facilities. Services include fabrication and installation of specific locks, key fabrication, metal wall repairs, ramp fabrication, floor replacement, and door straightening.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Optae is a French consulting firm that delivers studies, optimization analyses, technical and financial audits, waste characterization/sampling, and project management assistance (AMO) across the entire waste management lifecycle—from pre-collection and collection to sorting, treatment, and valorization. The firm also operates a proprietary digital platform under the Trackoe brand that automates waste bin diagnostics and field reporting for local authorities and operators. Services cover pneumatic collection, urban cleanliness, WEEE collection support, fee-based financing studies, and container security/maintenance through a nationwide metalworking team.

Product overview

Optae is a waste management consulting firm founded in 2007, operating across three French agencies (Paris, Lyon, Montpellier). Its core offering is a comprehensive suite of consulting and technical services covering the full waste management lifecycle: collection optimization, waste characterization/sampling, technical audits, urban cleanliness, international consulting, and project management assistance. The firm also develops proprietary digital solutions under the Trackoe brand, which provides automated waste bin diagnostics, collection point assessment, recommendation generation, and field reporting for local authorities and operators. Optae also partners with Infinitri for specific recycling material streams. The portfolio is organized around distinct but complementary service lines (AMO, operational assistance, characterizations, optimization, pricing, competence transfer, surveys, technical audits, cleanliness), all delivered by a team of specialists without affiliations to specific market operators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Trackoe: Digital solutions brand developed by Optae to enable local authorities and operators to optimize urban cleanliness and waste collection.

Products and services

• Assistance à Maîtrise d'Ouvrage (AMO)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,500 storage containers secured and maintained across 700+ sites
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ORDÉ (Association)minorOthersOptae is a member of the ORDÉ association, participating in professional community and industry networking for sustainable development and environmental management.
• Club Métiers gestion des déchets dans les ERPminorOthersOptae participates in the Club Métiers gestion des déchets dans les ERP (Waste Management Skills Club in Shopping Centers), contributing expertise to professional networking within retail environments.
• Cabinet FIDALcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOptae works in partnership with Cabinet FIDAL for the legal security of public procurement consultation procedures. FIDAL provides legal expertise for the secure implementation of client public tender processes.
• Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Marseille-ProvencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2014, Optae has collaborated with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Marseille-Provence to support the Green Med Initiative program under the auspices of the European Community and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Beirut-Mount Lebanon. The mission involves explaining and promoting selective sorting development vectors in 6 Mediterranean countries.
• TrackoecoreOthersTrackoe is a proprietary digital brand developed by Optae, providing numerical solutions for local authorities and operators to optimize urban cleanliness and waste collection. Trackoe automates waste bin diagnostics and provides localized assessments.
• InfinitriminorOthersRelated website (infinitri.eco) indicates potential collaboration or shared expertise in the waste management and recycling sector.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Ginger Group: French environmental and engineering group (parent of Burgeap) offering geotechnical, water, waste, and environmental consulting — competes with Optae on environmental mandates and has the scale to bundle multi-disciplinary engagements.
• Veolia Environmental Services: Global waste-management operator with consulting and digital-waste offerings that compete with Optae's technical advisory and Trackoe-like digital services, though from a vastly larger portfolio.
• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection and certification group with an environmental and sustainability practice that performs audits and conformity assessments — an incumbent peer for Optae's eco-organism audit and compliance work.
• Suez Consulting: Environmental-services arm of Suez providing strategic, technical, and digital waste/water consulting globally; overlaps with Optae but bundles services with much broader operating and engineering scale.

Direct peers

• Cabinet Merlin Ingénierie: French engineering firm specialized in water, environment, and waste infrastructure — providing AMO, design, and project management for local-authority clients, paralleling Optae's AMO and waste-management advisory offering.
• Burgeap: French environmental and waste-management consultancy (part of Ginger Group) providing impact assessments, site diagnostics, and waste/soils studies to public and private clients — directly comparable to Optae in service mix, customer base, and project profile.
• Altereo: Saur subsidiary offering environmental and water/waste consulting to public collectivities in France — competing for the same local-authority advisory budgets as Optae, including cost-matrix studies and AMO engagements.
• SCE (Setec group): French engineering consultancy with active environmental, waste, and urban-infrastructure practices serving local authorities and developers — competes with Optae on AMO, technical studies, and waste infrastructure advisory mandates.
• Antea Group: International environmental and water/waste consulting firm with a strong French footprint, delivering site assessments, regulatory support, and waste studies to public authorities and industrial clients — overlapping breadth and customer type with Optae.
• APAVE: French technical inspection, testing, and conformity-assessment body that conducts regulatory audits and ICPE-style compliance work on industrial and environmental sites — closely comparable to Optae's technical audit and ICPE compliance services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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