Name

Bathys

Legal name

BATHYS sarl

Website

https://bathys.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Gleizé

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hydrographic Surveying Services: Project-based hydrographic and bathymetric surveying engagements for clients including contracting authorities, engineering consultancies, and industrial operators. Services range from initial state-of-the-environment surveys to ongoing monitoring, priced per mission or per day of field deployment.
2. Offshore & Energy Support: Technical assistance for offshore and nearshore projects including oil & gas, marine wind energy, and submarine cable/pipe installation. Offered with or without equipment, for team reinforcement or full autonomous missions, billed per project or per deployment.
3. Sensitive Industrial Environment Surveys: Specialised bathymetric surveys in hazardous industrial environments (petrochemical, nuclear, mining clearance sites) using the bathymetric drone, charged as project-specific technical missions.
4. Real-time Positioning & Guidance Systems: Turn-key installation of embedded positioning systems on client equipment (dredges, pontoons, pushers, mechanical shovels), including on-site installation, user training, and operational support. Revenue generated through installation contracts and ongoing technical assistance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bathys is a hydrographic and bathymetric surveying services firm providing specialised field missions across France and internationally. The company deploys ultra-mobile bathymetric boats, a radio-guided boat, sonar and multibeam echosounder systems, and a proprietary bathymetric drone to deliver surveys, construction monitoring, dredging control, structure inspection, and real-time 3D positioning services for project owners, engineering consultants, industrial operators, and offshore energy clients.

Product overview

Bathys is a hydrographic surveying and aquatic works assistance company offering eight specialized services. The core offering combines hydrographic surveying (Etat des lieux hydrographique) as the foundational capability with seven complementary services: Structure Inspection for hydraulic infrastructure safety assessment; Sensitive Industrial Environment services for hazardous sites using specialized bathymetric drones; Offshore Services for nearshore and offshore energy projects; Construction Control & Follow-up for aquatic construction monitoring; Dredging Follow-up & Control for port and waterway maintenance; Gravel Pits Control & Follow-up for extraction site monitoring; and Real-time Positioning & Guidance for precision navigation and equipment tracking. The company operates ultra-mobile bathymetric vessels and radio-guided boats, utilizing mono and multibeam echosounders, sonar, acoustic imaging, and underwater scanners to deliver integrated solutions from initial surveys through construction monitoring to operational follow-up.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hydrographic Surveying (Etat des lieux hydrographique) Provides hydrographic and topographic surveys for water bodies ranging from streams to oceans, including bathymetry, facies identification, sediment thickness evaluation, and object searching. Meets international hydrographic standards with quality geo-referencing. Designed for project owners, engineering consultancies, and industrial operators needing standards-compliant baseline and operational data.
• Structure Inspection (Inspection d'Ouvrage) Underwater structure inspection services for hydraulic installations including dams, harbors, and bridges. Uses acoustic imaging, underwater scanners, and precision topography to assess safety and quantify defects. Targets operators of dams, harbours, locks, canals, and riverine structures.
• Sensitive Industrial Environment (Industries sensibles) Specialized bathymetric surveys for hazardous industrial environments including petrochemical and nuclear sites. Features a bathymetric drone developed for dangerous zones, sediment measurements, and mine clearance site surveys. Designed for operators of industrial facilities with hazardous aquatic environments.
• Offshore Services Nearshore and offshore survey and inspection services for oil & gas installations, marine wind energy, hydroelectric turbines, submarine pipes and cables. Includes hydrographic surveys, object detection, and construction monitoring. Targets offshore energy operators requiring globally deployable survey capability.
• Construction Control & Follow-up (Contrôle & Suivi de travaux) Aquatic construction works monitoring from preparatory phases to official acceptance. Covers foundations, bridge piers, wharves, jetties, breakwaters with real-time positioning assistance and underwater works visualization. Designed for construction firms and project owners managing aquatic infrastructure.
• Dredging Follow-up & Control (Contrôle & Suivi de dragage) Dredging works assistance including port dredging, waterways, and dams. Provides bathymetric surveys, dredging template definition, volume calculations, and real-time positioning for dredges and pontoons. Designed for dredging operators and contracting authorities needing independent progress monitoring and volume quantification.
• Gravel Pits Control & Follow-up (Contrôle & Suivi de gravières) Production monitoring and regulatory compliance for extraction sites. Includes bathymetric and topographic surveys, slope stability controls, stock measurements, and extraction volume calculations. Designed for aggregate producers and quarry operators.
• Real-time Positioning & Guidance (Positionnement & Guidage) 2D and 3D positioning systems for river and maritime works. Installs embedded systems for navigation assistance, real-time workshop positioning, tool visualization, and movement traceability with turn-key installation and training. Designed for dredging, construction, and marine operators needing precision navigation and tool tracking.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 projects completed per year across France and internationally, with approximately 260 field operation days annually.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Network of Trusted Partners (unspecified)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerBathys acts in complementarity with a network of reliable and specially selected partners to deliver comprehensive solutions for aquatic environment projects. While the company maintains a broad network of partners, specific partner names are not publicly listed; the partner ecosystem is described as supporting Bathys's ability to propose global solutions beyond its own in-house capabilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Exail (formerly iXblue): Exail is a French specialist in high-precision inertial navigation, acoustic positioning (USBL/INS), and autonomous marine systems used in hydrographic survey campaigns. It overlaps with Bathys's positioning/guidance offering and serves the same offshore and dredging survey customers in France and globally.
• ECA Group: ECA Group is a French robotics and integrated systems company providing autonomous underwater vehicles, mine-countermeasure systems, and robotic inspection solutions. It overlaps with Bathys's hazardous-environment survey capabilities and is a relevant comparable for autonomous marine inspection services.
• Geocean: Geocean is a French marine engineering contractor specializing in underwater works, cable and pipeline installation, and nearshore/offshore construction support. It is comparable to Bathys's offshore and construction-control service lines that assist aquatic infrastructure projects.
• CREOCEAN: CREOCEAN is a French marine environmental and hydrographic consultancy based in La Rochelle, providing oceanographic surveys, coastal engineering studies, and aquatic environment diagnostics. It is a direct French peer to Bathys in marine surveying for ports, dredging, and environmental monitoring projects.
• ALSEAMAR: ALSEAMAR, a subsidiary of the Alcen group, provides autonomous marine and aerial systems, including unmanned surface vehicles for hydrographic and environmental surveys. It is comparable to Bathys as a French operator deploying mobile platforms (USVs/drones) for survey work in ports, dams, and industrial sites.

Broad incumbents

• DeepOcean: DeepOcean is a European subsea services provider offering survey, inspection, maintenance, and repair for offshore oil & gas and renewables. It is a larger-scale European peer to Bathys's offshore survey and inspection business, particularly for cable/pipeline and offshore wind survey projects.
• Saipem: Saipem is an Italian offshore engineering and construction major with in-house hydrographic survey capabilities for oil & gas and renewable energy projects. It is a broad incumbent comparable for large-scale offshore survey scopes that Bathys supports as a specialist sub-contractor.
• Fugro: Fugro is the global market leader in hydrographic, geotechnical, and geo-data services for offshore energy, infrastructure, and waterway projects. It is comparable to Bathys as the direct larger-scale analog offering multibeam survey, ROV inspection, and offshore positioning services—though Fugro operates at vastly greater scale and scope than the boutique French firm.
• Oceaneering International: Oceaneering is a US-based global subsea engineering, ROV, and survey services provider serving offshore energy and defense markets. It is a broad incumbent comparable to Bathys for offshore bathymetric survey, structure inspection, and subsea positioning services.

Emerging players

• Subsea Tech: Subsea Tech is a French SME specializing in underwater inspection robots, ROVs, and mini-submarines for port, dam, and industrial site surveys. It is an emerging French peer in the same underwater inspection niche as Bathys's structure-inspection and sensitive-industry service lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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