ECOTIME Group

What ECOTIME Group does

ECOTIME Group is a privately held French freight and logistics operator headquartered in Pierrelaye (Val-d'Oise) that designs and executes urgent transport missions and scheduled national and international freight. Its service portfolio spans three pillars: (1) specialized transport — express road transport, dangerous goods across all nine ADR hazard classes, and temperature-controlled transport; (2) multimodal freight — chartering via a 3,000-plus vetted partner network, maritime (groupage and full container) with customs handling, and air freight; and (3) value-added services — warehousing on a 10,000 m² platform with picking/labeling/packaging, regulated-product audits and consulting, and ADR/IATA/IMDG training.

The company's core technology stack is a logistics management and dispatch system anchored by Ecoweb, a client extranet used for dispatch management and shipment tracking. Underlying operational assets include a 200-vehicle owned fleet in the Paris region (light vehicles through full trucks, supplemented by aircraft and helicopters) and a 3,000-member chartered partner network that provides capacity for non-owned regions and modes. Service-level commitments include pickup within one hour in Île-de-France, 1.5 hours nationally, two hours across the EU-27, with quote turnaround within 20 minutes.

ECOTIME operates a B2B, transaction-fee revenue model across all six disclosed streams (transport services, chartering, dangerous goods, storage, maritime/air freight, and consulting/training). Pricing is custom-quote-based on weight, volume, distance, urgency, and service type; no public pricing is available. The company serves emergency-transport clients, dangerous-goods shippers, international freight-forwarding customers, and industrial/manufacturing buyers on a 24/7/365 basis. Marketing is conducted primarily via the company website, the client portal, and direct phone/email contact, with no disclosed digital marketing channels, named customer logos, public funding, or parent-company relationships.

Name

ECOTIME Group

Legal name

ECOTIME Group

Website

https://ecotimegroup.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ECOTIME Group is a French freight and logistics operator providing 24/7 express transport, dangerous goods (ADR classes 1–9), maritime and air forwarding, chartering across a 3,000-partner network, and warehousing for enterprise and mid-market shippers in France and the EU-27.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Transportation and Logistics Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851), Scheduled Freight Air Transportation (481112)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210), Air Courier Services (4513)

akta.pro primary industry

Hazardous Materials (ADR/DG) Road Forwarding (TLACACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Express / Time-Critical Air Freight (Next-Flight-Out, AOG, Just-in-Time) (TLACAAAD), Hazardous Materials (Dangerous Goods) Air Cargo Carriers (TLADAAAH), Trade Compliance & Ocean Regulatory Services (Sanctions/Export Controls) (TLACABAL)

Keywords

• Express freight transport
• Dangerous goods logistics
• Chartering services
• Multimodal freight forwarding
• Warehousing solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Pierrelaye

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Transport Services: Express transport services using vehicles ranging from light vehicles to trucks, aircraft, and helicopters. Revenue generated from freight charges based on distance, weight, volume, and urgency level.
2. Chartering (Affrètement): Organization of national and international transport through a network of over 3,000 chartered fleet members. Revenue from coordinating and brokering transport services.
3. Dangerous Goods Transport: Specialized transport of dangerous goods (classes 1-9) with compliance services including packaging and declaration support.
4. Storage and Warehousing: 10,000 m2 storage platform providing picking, labeling, packaging, and order preparation services.
5. Maritime and Air Transport: International freight forwarding via sea and air, including customs clearance and administrative formalities handling.
6. Consulting and Training: Security advisory for packaging and declaration of regulated products, plus training services for dangerous goods transport (ADR, IATA, IMDG).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ECOTIME Group designs and executes urgent and scheduled freight transport missions across France and the EU-27 using its own 200-vehicle Paris-region fleet, a chartered-partner network exceeding 3,000 vetted members, aircraft and helicopters for emergencies, plus a 10,000 m² warehousing platform. Its offer spans express road transport, dangerous goods transport across all nine ADR classes with compliance advisory, maritime and air freight forwarding including customs handling, temperature-controlled transport, industrial relocation, specialized handling, and ADR/IATA/IMDG training and consulting.

Product overview

ECOTIME Group operates as a unified emergency logistics and freight transport platform offering mission-critical transport services for urgent situations and scheduled freight across all transport modes. The portfolio consists of three service pillars: (1) Specialized Transport including Transport Express (24/7 emergency response with vehicles, aircraft, and helicopters), Transport de Produits Dangereux (all 9 ADR hazard classes), and Transports sous Températures Dirigées (temperature-controlled); (2) Freight Services including Affrètement (chartering via 3,000+ vetted partners), Transport Maritime (consolidated and full-container sea freight with customs handling), and Transport Aérien (all-cargo air transport); (3) Value-Added Services including Stockage (10,000 m² warehouse), Audits et Conseils (regulatory compliance advisory), Formations ADR-IATA-IMDG (dangerous goods training), Manutention Spécifique (specialized handling), and Déménagement et Transfert Industriel (industrial relocation). The platform is backed by 200+ vehicles in the Paris region and guaranteed response times.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transport Express Emergency and on-demand express road, air, and helicopter transport service for businesses requiring urgent pickup and delivery regardless of weight or volume, with guaranteed pickup times across France and the EU-27 and 24/7/365 availability on simple request.
• Transport de Produits Dangereux (Dangerous Goods Transport) Specialized transport of hazardous materials across all nine UN hazard classes, with in-house security advisors for packaging and declaration of regulated products and trained personnel operating specially equipped vehicles, serving companies that must move dangerous goods by road in compliance.
• Transport Maritime Maritime freight forwarding service offering both consolidated (groupage) and full-container shipments, with full handling of import/export customs and administrative formalities for customers needing cost- and time-optimized international sea transport.
• Transport Aérien 24/7 air freight forwarding service delivering shipments of any volume to any destination through a network of premium-tier air-cargo providers, optimized against customer deadlines and quality/security requirements.
• Affrètement (Chartering) Chartering service organizing national and international road transport through a vetted network of more than 3,000 subcontractor partners, delivering a quoted rate, lead time, and reliability assessment within 20 minutes for loads ranging from a single pallet to a full truck.
• Stockage (Warehousing and Order Preparation) Warehousing and value-added logistics service delivered through a 10,000 m² platform, providing picking, labeling, packaging, and order preparation according to customer instructions for companies needing inventory staging alongside transport.
• Formations ADR – IATA – IMDG (Dangerous Goods Training) Regulatory training service for personnel involved in road (ADR), air (IATA), and maritime (IMDG) transport of dangerous goods, enabling customer employees to obtain the certifications required to handle and ship hazardous materials.
• Transports sous Températures Dirigées (Temperature-Controlled Transport) Temperature-controlled road transport service for products that must remain within specified thermal conditions during transit, intended for pharmaceutical, food, or other temperature-sensitive industrial customers.
• Manutention Spécifique (Specialized Handling) Specialized handling service for complex or sensitive cargo requiring specific lifting equipment and procedures beyond standard loading and unloading, intended for oversized, heavy, or otherwise non-standard industrial shipments.
• Déménagement et Transfert Industriel (Industrial Relocation) Industrial relocation and transfer service for moving equipment, machinery, and complete facilities, intended for industrial customers undergoing plant moves, expansions, or consolidations.
• Organisation de Transports Multimodaux (Multimodal Transport Organization) End-to-end organization of multimodal shipments combining air, sea, and road transport into a single optimized logistics solution for customers needing coordinated cross-modal movement rather than mode-by-mode procurement.
• Audits et Conseils (Regulatory Audits and Advisory) Security advisory service where ECOTIME's safety advisors support customers in packaging and declaring regulated products, helping them achieve compliance with hazardous-materials transport regulations prior to shipment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pickup within 1 hour in Ile-de-France region
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• STEF: French specialist in temperature-controlled food logistics and multimodal transport; overlaps with ECOTIME's Transports sous Températures Dirigées and French industrial customer base but does not typically compete for DG or express.

Broad incumbents

• Geodis: SNCF-owned French 3PL giant offering freight forwarding, contract logistics, express and DG services across all modes — a much larger incumbent overlapping ECOTIME across most service lines.
• DB Schenker (now part of DSV): Global land, air, sea and contract logistics provider with strong European road and DG capability; competes with ECOTIME in time-critical and dangerous goods freight and was acquired by DSV in 2024–2025.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Swiss global freight forwarder with deep air/sea and road capabilities and a leading dangerous goods practice; overlaps ECOTIME in European multimodal DG forwarding.
• DSV: Danish global transport and logistics group, now including Schenker, with extensive road, air and sea forwarding and a sizable European dangerous goods book — a major scaled competitor to ECOTIME.

Direct peers

• Bolloré Logistics: French-headquartered international forwarder (formerly SDV) with a strong industrial, chemical and dangerous goods vertical; competes with ECOTIME for French and European DG shippers.
• Hellmann Worldwide Logistics: German global forwarder with a well-established road, air, sea and contract logistics portfolio and recognized dangerous goods expertise — comparable to ECOTIME across multimodal DG forwarding.
• Dachser: German-headquartered logistics provider combining road, air and sea freight with strong European dangerous goods capabilities; directly comparable to ECOTIME's multimodal DG and forwarding offering.
• Heppner: French multimodal logistics group headquartered near Paris offering express, dangerous goods, air/sea forwarding and warehousing — the closest functional mirror to ECOTIME in size, geography and service mix.

Emerging players

• TSE Express: Smaller French express transport and affrètement player serving similar time-sensitive, SME and industrial customers; a closer size match to ECOTIME than the global incumbents.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/100063756649498
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ecotime-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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 →

Frequently asked questions about ECOTIME Group