ADAC 37

What ADAC 37 does

ADAC 37 (Agence Départementale d'Aide aux Collectivités locales de l'Indre-et-Loire) is a French public administrative establishment founded in 2009 by the Conseil général d'Indre-et-Loire under Article L 5511-1 of the Code Général des Collectivités Territoriales. Headquartered at 34 Place de la Préfecture in Tours, it provides free technical, legal, and financial advisory services to communes and Établissements Publics de Coopération Intercommunale (EPCI) across the Indre-et-Loire department. As of September 2025 it covers 261 communes, representing 96% of the department.

Its service offering is organized across seven domains: architecture (pre-diagnostics, programs, thermal advice), landscape (public-space feasibility and design), intercommunalité, operational urban planning, public finance (fiscal simulations and subsidy research), energy (energy diagnostics and thermal programs), and renewable energy development (photovoltaic, heating networks). Delivery is handled by a 14-person pluridisciplinary team that includes architects D.P.L.G., landscape architects/landscape engineers, public-law lawyers, a public-procurement lawyer, a public-finance specialist, operational urban-planning specialists, and energy project managers. There is no software product or proprietary technology platform; outputs are advisory deliverables.

The operating model is non-commercial. Funding is provided by (i) a fixed annual participation of €490,000 from the Conseil départemental d'Indre-et-Loire and (ii) recurring contributions of €1.10 per inhabitant from member communes and communautés de communes. Services are unbilled and limited to the non-competitive advisory perimeter; access is via formal member adhesion (deliberation) and direct solicitation by mayors and EPCI presidents. ADAC is not privately owned, not VC-backed, and not publicly traded; it is governed by an administrative council chaired by the President of the Departmental Council.

Name

ADAC 37

Legal name

Agence Départementale d'Aide aux Collectivités locales de l'Indre-et-Loire (ADAC 37)

Website

https://adac37.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tours

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Departmental Council participation: Fixed annual participation from the Conseil départementale d'Indre-et-Loire of 490,000€ per year
2. Commune and community contributions: Contributions from communautés de communes and communes based on 1.10€ per inhabitant

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ADAC 37 (Agence Départementale d'Aide aux Collectivités locales de l'Indre-et-Loire) is a public administrative establishment that provides free technical, legal, and financial advisory services to local authorities (communes and EPCI) in the Indre-et-Loire department of France. Its services cover seven domains: architecture, landscape, urban planning, public procurement law, public finance analysis, energy efficiency, and renewable energy development. Interventions are pre-project advisory and limited to the non-competitive sector.

Product overview

ADAC 37 (Agence Départementale d'Aide aux Collectivités locales) is a public administrative establishment that provides non-billed technical, legal, and financial advisory services to local authorities (communes and EPCI) in Indre-et-Loire. The organization operates as a single, unified service offering rather than a modular product portfolio. Its services span seven domains: Architecture (architectural project support, pre-diagnostics, programs), Paysage (landscaping, public space design, feasibility studies), Intercommunalité (inter-municipal coordination), Urbanisme (operational urban planning, urban authorizations), Finances (public finance analysis, fiscal simulations, subsidies), Énergie (energy diagnostics, thermal advice, energy programs), and Énergies renouvelables (renewable energy development, heating networks, photovoltaic installations). Services are limited to pre-project advisory (non-competitive sector) and are provided free of charge to member municipalities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Advisory Pre-diagnostics, architectural orientations, and architectural program development for communal real estate projects (housing, schools, town halls, community halls, medical offices, shops). Provided by in-house architects to member local governments.
• Landscape and Public Space Advisory Feasibility studies and design principles for communal and intercommunal public space projects, delivered by in-house landscape architects and engineers.
• Operational Urban Planning Advisory Guidance on urban planning matters and urban authorizations for member communes and EPCI, delivered by an in-house operational urban planning specialist.
• Public Procurement Legal Advice Legal counsel on public procurement matters and projects for member local governments, delivered by an in-house public procurement lawyer.
• Public Law Advisory Legal notes and advisory support on public law matters including litigation related to urban planning law and public procurement, delivered by in-house public law lawyers.
• Public Finance Analysis Fiscal simulations, financial analysis, and subsidy research for communes and communautés de communes, delivered by an in-house public finance specialist.
• Energy Efficiency Advisory Energy diagnostics, thermal advice, and energy program development for member local governments, delivered by in-house energy project managers.
• Renewable Energy Development Advisory Support for renewable energy thermal and electrical valorization projects, including heating networks and photovoltaic installations, delivered by an in-house renewable energy development officer.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Conseil départementale d'Indre-et-LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary institutional partner and funder. The Departmental Council created ADAC in 2009 and provides annual funding of €490,000. The President of the Departmental Council, Madame Nadège Arnault, serves as ex-officio president of ADAC.
• Agence d'urbanisme de Tours (ATU)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrban planning agency partner operating under formal convention. Collaborates on urban planning and territorial development matters affecting Indre-et-Loire.
• ADIL 37 France Renov TourainemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHousing information agency partner under formal convention, providing housing-related expertise to complement ADAC services.
• Mission Val de LoireminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNESCO World Heritage management body for the Loire Valley, partner under formal convention for territorial development matters.
• Syndicat Intercommunal de l'Énergie d'Indre et Loire (SIEIL)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy syndicate partner under formal convention, collaborates with ADAC on thermal advice and energy projects.
• Val Touraine Habitat (VTH)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial housing provider partner under formal convention.
• Parc Naturel Régional Loire-Anjou-TouraineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional natural park authority partner under formal convention for landscape and environmental matters.
• SolihaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHousing improvement agency partner under formal convention.
• Satese 37minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical sanitation assistance service partner under formal convention.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cerema: French national public agency for expertise on environmental, mobility, and territorial planning risks. Provides technical advisory, research, and engineering support to local governments across all French departments, with broader scope than ADAC 37 but overlapping service lines.
• ANCT (Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires): French national agency supporting local governments with engineering, technical, and financial assistance for territorial development projects. Operates at national scale but addresses the same fundamental problem of expertise scarcity in small communes.
• Banque des Territoires: Caisse des Dépôts subsidiary providing financial engineering, investment, and advisory services to French local governments. Often a co-funder and partner of departmental agencies like ADAC 37, with overlapping client base and complementary service offering.

Direct peers

• CAUE d'Indre-et-Loire (CAUE 37): Departmental Council for Architecture, Urban Planning and the Environment of Indre-et-Loire. Provides free architectural, urban planning, and environmental advisory to communes in the same department, with a similar membership/public-finance model and overlapping service domains.
• ADIL 37 — France Renov Touraine: Departmental housing information agency providing free technical, legal, and financial advice on housing to residents and communes in Indre-et-Loire. Operates a parallel public-finance model funded by departmental and state contributions.
• Agence d'urbanisme de Tours (ATU): Urban planning agency serving the Tours metropolitan area under formal convention with ADAC 37. Provides urban planning studies and territorial diagnostics to local authorities in the same geography, with shared project flows.
• SIEIL (Syndicat Intercommunal de l'Énergie d'Indre-et-Loire): Intercommunal energy syndicate serving communes in Indre-et-Loire with formal convention with ADAC 37. Provides energy distribution and thermal advisory services to municipal clients in the same territory.

Regional players

• CAUE du Loir-et-Cher: Departmental architecture, urban planning, and environment council of Loir-et-Cher. Same institutional model as CAUE 37 and ADAC 37, providing free architectural and urban-planning advice to communes in an adjacent department.
• ADAC 41 (Loir-et-Cher): Sister departmental agency in the neighboring Loir-et-Cher department. Operates under the same national 'ADAC' framework created by departmental councils to provide free technical, legal, and financial assistance to communes — closest functional analog in an adjacent geography.

Others

• SPL / SEM locales d'aménagement: Local public-private development corporations (Sociétés Publiques Locales / Sociétés d'Économie Mixte) executing operational urban planning and real-estate projects on behalf of communes. Adjacent ecosystem players that complement the pre-competitive advisory work of ADAC 37.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

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