Name

Ville de Bordeaux

Legal name

Ville de Bordeaux

Website

https://bordeaux-gironde.fr

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Business Directory

SIC

Non-Operating Establishments (9995)

akta.pro primary industry

Economic Development & Business Licensing (Local) (BPAIACAN)

Keywords

• Local business directory
• Business listing platform
• City guide service
• Website hosting services
• Neighborhood business search

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Website Creation Services: One-time fees for website creation and setup, including training on the website creation tool
2. Monthly Subscription: Monthly subscription service for website hosting and maintenance with unlimited pages

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Ville de Bordeaux operates O'Spot, a free local business directory and interactive city map guide for the Bordeaux metropolitan area that lets users search for professionals, artisans, restaurants, shops, and service providers by name, activity, products, services, streets, places, and neighborhoods. The municipality also offers paid website creation services (one-time €150 setup with training) and a monthly hosting/referencing subscription (€60/month) with unlimited pages, enabling local businesses to build and maintain their own web presence with SEO optimization.

Product overview

Ville de Bordeaux operates O'Spot, a free business directory and city map guide for Bordeaux (bordeaux-gironde.fr). The platform allows users to search for local businesses by category (rubriques) and neighborhood (quartiers). The core O'Spot directory is complemented by website creation and hosting services offered to businesses, enabling them to build and maintain their own web presence with SEO optimization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• O'Spot Bordeaux Directory Free local business directory and city map guide for Bordeaux that allows users to search for professionals, artisans, shop owners, restaurants, artists, and liberal professions by name, activity, products, services, streets, places, and neighborhoods. Categorized by 55+ Bordeaux neighborhoods and 30+ business categories. Targeted at residents and visitors looking for local businesses in specific neighborhoods of Bordeaux.
• O'Spot Website Creation Tool Self-service website building tool offered to local businesses for creating and updating their own websites, with capabilities for adding text, images, photos, links, pages, and layout changes. Priced at €150 as a one-time setup fee that includes initiation training on the website creation tool. Targeted at local businesses and professionals seeking an online presence.
• O'Spot Web Hosting & Referencing Subscription Monthly subscription service (Liberté Contract) providing web hosting and search engine referencing (SEO) services for member businesses, with unlimited pages included. Priced at €60 per month by bank transfer, with no notice period or compensation required to cancel. Targeted at local businesses using the O'Spot Website Creation Tool who need ongoing hosting and SEO optimization.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Tripadvisor: Global local-business and attraction discovery platform with reviews, maps, and category browsing. Closely comparable to O'Spot's restaurant/shop/service discovery use case, though with a tourist-tilted audience.
• Mappy: French mapping and local search service offering maps, routing, and business listings. Comparable hyperlocal French audience and SMB listing model, with stronger national brand recognition.
• Kompass: International B2B directory and lead-generation platform with strong French presence. Comparable in connecting local/national businesses with consumers or buyers via categorized, searchable listings.
• Pages Jaunes: France's dominant local business directory (yellow pages). Directly comparable to O'Spot in serving SMB visibility and consumer local discovery across France, with much broader geographic coverage and deeper monetization.
• Yelp: Global online business directory focused on local SMB discovery via search, reviews, and map-based browsing. Comparable category, target customer (SMBs), and consumer use case (neighborhood-based discovery).
• Foursquare: Local discovery and venue-mapping platform combining place search, check-ins, and SMB tools. Comparable technology stack (map-based discovery) and SMB-facing services, though with a more mobile-first delivery.

Regional players

• Citymapper: Urban mobility and city-guide app combining transport, maps, and local discovery in major cities. Comparable city-scale local discovery use case but focused on transit rather than SMB listings.

Broad incumbents

• Google Maps: Dominant global local-discovery platform with business listings, reviews, directions, and neighborhood search. Operates broadly as part of Google's portfolio and competes with O'Spot for the same hyperlocal consumer search intent.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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