Communauté d'agglomération du Choletais

What Communauté d'agglomération du Choletais does

Communauté d'agglomération du Choletais (operating as Cholet Agglomération) is a French public intercommunal structure (Établissement Public de Coopération Intercommunale) that coordinates public services across 26 communes in the Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire region. The agglomeration provides a comprehensive range of municipal and intercommunal services including waste collection and recycling (déchèteries), sanitation, urban planning and building permits, cultural programming through Théâtre Saint-Louis, sports facilities and events, educational support (school meals, youth centers), healthcare attractivity initiatives, employment services, and digital citizen services.

The entity's core technology platform centers on cholet.fr, a unified digital hub integrating multiple citizen-facing portals: Mon Espace Citoyen for administrative procedures (civil status, identity documents, senior services), the Guichet Numérique des Autorisations d'Urbanisme for digital urban planning permits, Marchés Publics for public procurement, Billetterie Théâtre Saint-Louis for cultural ticketing, and La Filature Numérique as a digital entrepreneurship hub. Additional services include a municipal cinema listings platform, interactive waste facility mapping, and Choletmag Audio for accessibility.

Revenue is generated through a diversified public-sector model: property and business taxes (taxe foncière, cotisation foncière des entreprises), service fees for waste management, sanitation, parking, and administrative permits, plus state subsidies and intergovernmental fiscal transfers. The agglomeration is governed by elected officials from member communes and operates under French territorial law, funded through taxation rather than equity investment. Customer segments span all demographics—citizens, local businesses, students, seniors, associations, and healthcare providers—served through physical offices, digital portals, cultural venues, mobile outreach, and public markets across the 26 communes.

Name

Communauté d'agglomération du Choletais

Legal name

Communauté d'agglomération du Choletais

Website

https://agglo-choletais.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Communauté d'agglomération du Choletais is a French public intercommunal authority coordinating municipal services—waste management, cultural programming, urban planning, and digital citizen portals—across 26 communes in Maine-et-Loire, serving residents, local businesses, and community organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cholet

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tax revenue: Public tax revenue including property tax (taxe foncière), business tax (cotisation foncière des entreprises), and other local taxes that fund intercommunal services and infrastructure.
2. Service fees and charges: Fees for public services including waste collection (déchèteries), sanitation (assainissement), parking, municipal and intercommunal rates (tarifs municipaux et intercommunaux), and various administrative permits.
3. Government subsidies and transfers: State subsidies and intergovernmental fiscal transfers supporting public infrastructure, economic development, and community services.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Communauté d'agglomération du Choletais is a French public intercommunal cooperation structure that coordinates and delivers essential public services — including household waste collection and recycling, sanitation, urban planning permits, economic development support, cultural programming at Théâtre Saint-Louis, sports facility operations, school-meal programs, and citizen administration — across 26 communes in Maine-et-Loire. Services are funded through local taxation, user fees, and state subsidies, and accessed through physical offices, the Mon Espace Citoyen digital portal, and dedicated platforms for urban planning and public procurement.

Product overview

Cholet.fr operates as a unified digital platform combining the official city website with multiple citizen-facing service portals. The core Cholet.fr website provides access to news, events, cultural venues (Théâtre Saint-Louis, cinema), and administrative information. Integrated citizen services include Mon Espace Citoyen for civil status and identity services, the Guichet Numérique des Autorisations d'Urbanisme for planning permits, the Marchés Publics procurement portal, and Billetterie Théâtre Saint-Louis for theater ticketing. Additional specialized services include La Filature Numérique (digital economy hub), the municipal cinema listings, waste facility mapping, and accessible audio publications via Choletmag Audio. The platform serves as the primary digital interface between the Choletais agglomeration's 31 municipalities and their citizens.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cholet.fr official website Unified digital hub for news, events, cultural venues, municipal services, agenda, and administrative information for the City and Agglomération of Cholet.
• Mon Espace Citoyen Online citizen portal providing residents access to personalized municipal services such as civil status records, identity cards, passports, waste collection scheduling, senior services, and administrative requests.
• Guichet Numérique des Autorisations d'Urbanisme (GNAU) Digital platform enabling online submission and tracking of urban planning permits, building permits, and other urban development authorizations.
• Marchés Publics Online portal listing public tender opportunities and enabling suppliers to participate in municipal purchasing processes.
• Billetterie Théâtre Saint-Louis Online ticketing platform for the Théâtre Saint-Louis, the city's main theater and cultural venue, offering live performances, concerts, and theater productions.
• La Filature Numérique Digital innovation hub under the Economy section supporting technology and digital entrepreneurship within the Choletais territory.
• Cinéma Municipal Online cinema listings and schedule service for the municipal cinema, showing current films and screening times.
• Carte des Déchèteries Interactive map showing the locations of waste disposal facilities (déchèteries) and eco-points across the Choletais agglomeration, supporting household waste management access.
• Choletmag Audio Accessible audio version of the Cholet magazine produced in partnership with the Bibliothèque Sonore to provide news and information for visually impaired residents.
• Synergences digital magazine Digital magazine publication with seasonal editions providing local news, events, and information on agglomeration activities to residents.

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 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 highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Rennes Métropole: Larger French métropole operating the full intercommunal service portfolio (waste, urban planning, economic development, culture) with more advanced digital citizen services. Useful benchmark for digital transformation trajectory.
• Tours Métropole Val de Loire: Mid-large French métropole with comparable intercommunal service mandate. Comparable in offering digital citizen portals, cultural venues, and economic development programs, but operating at larger geographic scale.
• Nantes Métropole: Larger métropole in Pays de la Loire operating the same EPCI public service mandate but at significantly greater scale (24 communes, ~650k residents). Comparable service portfolio but broader resource base and digital ambition.

Direct peers

• Caen la Mer: Communauté d'agglomération in Normandy of comparable size, delivering the same French intercommunal public service portfolio. Useful comparable for digital service deployment and citizen engagement strategies.
• Laval Agglomération: Mid-sized French communauté d'agglomération in Pays de la Loire with comparable mandate scope (waste management, urban planning, cultural programming) and similar demographic profile — directly comparable peer for benchmarking service delivery and digital transformation progress.
• Angers Loire Métropole: The nearest major French communauté d'agglomération in Maine-et-Loire, providing comparable intercommunal services (waste, urban planning, culture, economic development) for a similar Pays de la Loire urban territory. Directly comparable scale, mandate, and operating model.
• Niort Agglo: Mid-sized French communauté d'agglomération in Nouvelle-Aquitaine of comparable size and population. Operates the same EPCI service mandate (waste, urban planning, culture, economic development), making it a strong peer for cost and service benchmarking.
• Communauté d'agglomération du Saumurois: Adjacent French communauté d'agglomération in Maine-et-Loire department, operating under the same departmental and regional context with similar service mandate. Useful peer for intra-departmental service quality and cost comparisons.
• Le Mans Métropole: Communauté d'agglomération in Pays de la Loire of similar size and structure, delivering the same French intercommunal public service portfolio (waste, urbanism, cultural venues, economic development) under identical EPCI legal framework.

Regional players

• Saint-Étienne Métropole: Mid-sized French métropole in a different region (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) facing similar demographic and economic transition challenges. Comparable in operating intercommunal services with a strong focus on economic revitalization and digital transformation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/choletagglo
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/villedecholet
• Facebookfacebook.com/choletagglo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/communaut%C3%A9-d'agglom%C3%A9ration-du-choletais
• Instagraminstagram.com/choletagglo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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