What Préfecture de l'Allier does

The Préfecture de l'Allier is the official representative of the French State in the Allier department, located in Moulins within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France. Operating under the French Ministry of Interior (Ministère de l'Intérieur), the prefecture delivers a wide range of statutory administrative services to citizens and businesses, including identity documents (carte nationale d'identité, passports), driver's licenses (permis de conduire), vehicle registration (carte grise / SIV), immigration and foreign nationals services, civil status, business and agricultural authorizations, public safety, elections, and risk management. It also operates sub-prefectures across the department and participates in the France Services network to extend access into rural areas. The Préfet serves as the head of the institution and director of publication for its public communications.

The prefecture's service platform centers on the website www.allier.gouv.fr, built with standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on the national DSFR design system, with hosting provided by SGAMI Est in Metz and web analytics handled by Eulerian Analytics. The portal offers online procedures for carte grise, permis de conduire, CNI, and passport applications, plus an online appointment booking system, a case status tracking service, and a comprehensive set of publications including prefectoral orders, departmental risk files, and public consultations. Compliance posture includes RGPD/GDPR alignment, a designated DPO at the Ministry of Interior, and partial RGAA 4.1.2 accessibility compliance (72.58% of criteria met per a Numerik-ea audit).

The business model is non-commercial: the prefecture is funded through the French State budget and public taxation rather than customer payments, and administrative fees are set by national regulation rather than by the prefecture itself. As a government state entity, it has no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, no commercial M&A activity, and no pricing decisions within its control. Service distribution occurs through in-person offices, sub-prefectures, the online portal, and the France Services multi-service points.

Name

Préfecture de l'Allier

Legal name

Préfecture de l'Allier

Website

https://allier.gouv.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Préfecture de l'Allier is the French State's local administrative authority in the Allier department, delivering statutory services (identity documents, vehicle registration, driver's licenses, immigration, permits) to citizens and businesses via in-person offices, sub-prefectures, and the www.allier.gouv.fr portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration

NAICS

Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (921140), Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Licensing, Permitting & Regulatory Administration (Cross-sector) (BPAIABAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Governor/Executive Office & Cabinet Administration (BPAIABAA)

Keywords

• Public administration services
• Government administrative services
• Civil status procedures
• State regulatory services
• Administrative procedure portal

Headquarters

HQ city

Moulins

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Administrative Services: The Préfecture de l'Allier is a government administrative body that provides public services to citizens and businesses. It does not operate on a commercial revenue model. Services include administrative procedures such as identity documents, vehicle registration, business permits, civil status, and various regulatory functions. The prefecture is funded through government budgets and public taxation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Préfecture de l'Allier is the local representation of the French State in the Allier department, providing centralized administrative services to citizens and businesses. Core offerings include identity documents (carte nationale d'identité, passeport), driver's licenses (permis de conduire), vehicle registration (carte grise), foreign nationals services, civil status (état civil), business permits and authorizations, agricultural and environmental authorizations, public safety administration, and coordination of State action across the department.

Product overview

The Préfecture de l'Allier operates a government administrative portal providing digital services to citizens. The platform offers a unified online portal through which users access administrative procedures including vehicle registration (carte grise), driver's licenses (permis de conduire), national identity cards (carte nationale d'identité), and passports (passeport). The site also facilitates foreign national services, associations management, urban planning acts, weapons permits, business procedures, and general citizen services. Online appointment scheduling is available for in-person services. The platform publishes official documents including departmental risk files, administrative acts, public consultations, and activity reports. The offering functions as a single-entry government services portal integrating information about state actions across agriculture, environment, culture, economy, education, justice, health, and transportation sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Carte Grise (Système d'Immatriculation des Véhicules) Online vehicle registration service allowing citizens to complete carte grise (vehicle registration certificate) procedures electronically.
• Permis de Conduire Digital service for driver's license procedures including renewals, duplicates, and administrative updates to driving credentials.
• Carte Nationale d'Identité Online service for national identity card applications, renewals, and updates.
• Passeport Digital passport application and renewal service.
• Accueil des Étrangers dans l'Allier Service portal for foreign nationals providing information and procedures related to immigration, residence permits, and integration services.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Préfecture du Puy-de-Dôme: Neighboring departmental prefecture in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region providing the same State administrative services (identity documents, vehicle registration, driver's licenses, immigration) to its residents. Operates under the same statutory framework and Ministry of Interior oversight, making it the closest functional and structural comparable.
• Préfecture de l'Indre: Departmental prefecture in Centre-Val de Loire with a comparable rural departmental scale and population. Delivers the same array of State administrative procedures under identical statutory authority.
• Préfecture de la Sarthe: Departmental prefecture in Pays de la Loire offering the same full suite of State administrative services under the Ministry of Interior. Highly comparable in scale of territory, mix of urban and rural populations, and breadth of démarches offered.
• Préfecture du Cher: Departmental prefecture in the Centre-Val de Loire region with a similar rural departmental profile. Delivers the same statutory State services through in-person, online, and sub-prefectural channels under the same national framework.
• Préfecture de Saône-et-Loire: Departmental prefecture in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region delivering the identical portfolio of administrative procedures (cartes grises, permis, CNI, passeport, étrangers). Same legal mandate, same digital portal template, and similar rural-territory service model.
• Préfecture de la Nièvre: Departmental prefecture in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté serving a sparsely populated department comparable to Allier. Operates the same digital portal and sub-prefecture network model, making it a directly comparable peer in scale and service delivery pattern.
• Préfecture de la Loire: Departmental prefecture in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (same region as Allier) providing the same State services. Comparable in mandate and digital platform; slightly larger and more urbanized territory.
• Préfecture de la Haute-Vienne: Departmental prefecture in Nouvelle-Aquitaine operating the same State services digital portal and sub-prefecture network. Comparable in operational structure and service breadth.
• Préfecture de la Creuse: Departmental prefecture in Nouvelle-Aquitaine serving one of France's most rural departments. Structurally and operationally similar to Allier in terms of rural demographic profile, sub-prefecture network reliance, and portal-based service offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Service-Public.fr: National French government portal administered by the Direction de l'information légale et administrative that consolidates information on administrative procedures across all ministries. It is the broader incumbent that complements and partially overlaps with departmental prefecture portals such as www.allier.gouv.fr.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Prefet03
• Facebookfacebook.com/Prefet03
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/prefecture-allier

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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