URBICAND

What URBICAND does

URBICAND is a French worker cooperative (SCOP) based in Dijon, founded circa 2000–2001, that provides urban planning, territorial development, and sustainable development consulting services. The firm serves primarily French public-sector clients — communes, inter-community structures (intercommunalités), and regional authorities — conducting studies, diagnostics, and strategic planning across land-use, mobility, landscape, and environment. Its multidisciplinary team of approximately 14 members spans urbanism, landscape architecture, geomatics, cartography, architecture, and graphic design, allowing integrated delivery on each engagement.

The firm's technology stack is built around GIS, interactive cartography, 3D visualisation, collaborative online platforms, and online participatory surveys. It has productised a portion of this capability through its Laboratoire Urbicand R&D vehicle, producing offerings such as Parcours piéton (pedestrian route tools) and Valorisation territoriale par outils numériques (territorial valorisation via digital tools). URBICAND also participates in a cooperative network of approximately 16 partner firms, which supports joint bids and resource pooling on larger tenders.

Revenue is generated through fee-for-service professional consulting under French public procurement frameworks, with project-based custom pricing tied to scope. The SCOP structure means employees are equity participants, with co-gérants Vincent Dos Santos and Xavier Bonin appointed in 2019. The firm has expanded beyond its Bourgogne-Franche-Comté base into Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and active recruitment of alternating students in 2022 signals ongoing bench expansion.

Name

URBICAND

Legal name

Urbicand

Website

http://www.urbicand.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

URBICAND is a French worker cooperative providing urban planning, territorial development, and sustainable development consulting to public-sector clients across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Planning Consulting Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional & Land Use Planning (BPAHAKAE)

Keywords

• Urban planning consulting
• Territorial development services
• Sustainable urban design
• Public sector planning
• Land use planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Dijon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Territorial Planning and Urban Development Consulting Services: Fee-for-service professional consulting engagements for public sector clients. Services include urban planning (PLU/PLUi/SCOT), feasibility studies, landscape and heritage assessments, programming studies, public policy evaluation, landscape or architectural design services, and pedestrian pathway design. Projects range from individual commune studies to large inter-community planning documents. Revenue is generated through custom project contracts with public institutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

URBICAND is a worker cooperative (SCOP) providing urban planning and territorial development consulting services to French public sector clients. Its core offering encompasses regulatory planning documents (PLU, PLUi, SCOT), feasibility and architectural programming studies, sensitive site management, landscape and heritage assessments, territorial development projects, and public policy evaluations. Two specialized offerings extend the core: digital territorial valorization tools (interactive maps, infographics, 3D visualizations, online surveys) and custom pedestrian pathway design for soft mobility.

Product overview

URBICAND is a cooperative company (SCOP) providing territorial planning and development services. The core offering consists of urban planning services (feasibility studies, PLU/PLUi/SCOT planning, sensitive site management, territorial projects, and public policy evaluation) delivered through multidisciplinary teams. The company extends its services through two specialized offerings: (1) Valorisation territoriale par outils numériques — digital visualization tools including interactive maps, infographics, 3D visualizations, and online surveys; and (2) Parcours piéton — custom pedestrian path design for heritage valorization and soft mobility. The Laborato ir e Urbicand serves as an innovation unit developing bespoke analysis methods, animation tools, and internal instruments (e.g., land hardness indicators, land potential analysis, heat island mapping) that support and differentiate the core service delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Urban Planning and Regulatory Documents (Planification urbaine - PLU/PLUi/SCOT)

Quantifiable outcome

• Revitalization of 36 communes for Vichy Communauté
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• CosphèreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCosphère is listed among the partner firms with whom Urbicand collaborates on territorial planning and urban development projects. The nature of the collaboration appears to be project-based co-engagement in the public sector consulting space.
• EspeliaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEspelia is listed as a collaboration partner in the urban planning and territorial development sector, working alongside Urbicand on various public sector engagements.
• SobercominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSoberco is listed as a partner firm collaborating with Urbicand on territorial and planning projects.
• MosaiqueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMosaique is listed as a collaboration partner in the urban planning and development space alongside Urbicand.
• SOLUCRACYminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOLUCRACY is listed as a partner firm working with Urbicand on territorial projects.
• UrbanisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrbanis is listed as a collaboration partner in urban planning and territorial development projects.
• PluricitéminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPluricité is listed as a partner firm in the urban planning and development consulting ecosystem with Urbicand.
• TerritourminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTerritour is listed as a collaboration partner alongside Urbicand on territorial planning projects.
• DonativominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDonativo is listed among the partner firms collaborating with Urbicand on public sector consulting projects.
• 3ème élémentminorStrategic or Co-development Partner3ème élément is listed as a collaboration partner in the urban planning and territorial development consulting space.
• CosinusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCosinus is listed as a partner firm collaborating with Urbicand on planning projects.
• CréationLiensminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCréationLiens is listed as a collaboration partner on territorial development projects.
• CerescominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCeresco is listed as a partner firm working with Urbicand on urban planning and development engagements.
• InDDIGOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInDDIGO is listed as a collaboration partner in the urban planning and territorial development sector alongside Urbicand.
• AtelierZOUminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAtelierZOU is listed as a partner firm collaborating with Urbicand on public sector planning projects.
• TTGEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTTGE is listed as a collaboration partner in urban planning and territorial development projects with Urbicand.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Urbanis: French urban planning and territorial development consultancy serving communes and inter-communalities. URBICAND lists Urbanis as a partner, indicating closely overlapping services and joint pursuits for public-sector planning contracts in France.
• Espelia: Public-sector consultancy with strong territorial development and public-policy evaluation practices. Listed as a URBICAND partner, Espelia competes for many of the same inter-communal and regional authority engagements.
• InDDIGO: Territorial development and sustainable planning consultancy operating across France. Listed among URBICAND's ~16 partner firms, with directly comparable service offerings to public-sector clients.
• Cosphère: French territorial consulting firm named as a URBICAND partner on urban planning and territorial development engagements, indicating overlapping client base and service scope.
• Soberco: Environmental and territorial consultancy collaborating with URBICAND on planning projects. Provides comparable diagnostic, regulatory and territorial strategy services to French public-sector clients.
• Ceresco: Territorial and social-development consultancy listed as a URBICAND partner. Competes in adjacent sub-segments of French public-sector planning and evaluation work.
• Plurïcité: French territorial development consultancy collaborating with URBICAND on public-sector projects. Directly comparable in target clients (communes, inter-communalities) and service scope (planning, feasibility, evaluation).
• Donativo: Public-sector consulting firm named as a URBICAND partner on territorial development projects, indicating overlapping practice areas and competition for similar French local-authority mandates.

Broad incumbents

• EGIS: Major French engineering and urban planning group with a much broader portfolio (transport, infrastructure, environment, urban development). Overlaps with URBICAND on larger urban planning tenders but operates at significantly greater scale and scope.
• SCE (Aménagement & Environnement): Established French consultancy in land-use planning, environment and territorial engineering. Competes with URBICAND on PLU/SCOT and territorial projects, but offers additional engineering and environmental capabilities at larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ComUrbicand
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/urbicand

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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