What Brigade Verte does

Brigade Verte, formally the Syndicat Mixte des Gardes Champêtres Intercommunaux, is a French public intercommunal syndicate founded in 1988 and headquartered in Soultz, Haut-Rhin, in the Alsace region of northeastern France. The organization delivers rural policing, environmental protection, and public-space surveillance services on behalf of its member municipalities, with a specialized operational focus on vector control — particularly the surveillance and population management (demoustication) of mosquitoes, most notably the invasive Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito). It serves more than 380 municipalities across the Haut-Rhin department, deployed through a workforce of approximately 80 field Gardes Champêtres plus seven administrative staff (87 total).

The syndicate's technical capabilities combine biological, aerial, and digital interventions. Field operations center on aerial helicopter-based application of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti), a biological larvicide, complemented by networks of adult mosquito trapping stations deployed across member communes. Citizen reporting is channeled through APPLIMOUSTIQUE, a web application that captures geo-referenced mosquito sightings to supplement field surveillance data. Brigade Verte partners with a defined ecosystem of public scientific and regulatory bodies, including the Collectivité Européenne d'Alsace (CEA), the Agence Régionale de Santé (ARS) Grand Est, the Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB), the Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO), EID Méditerranée, and the cross-border TIGER Platform for harmonized vector surveillance along the Upper Rhine.

The syndicate is funded through a combination of member-levies from its 380+ municipalities, direct contributions from the Collectivité Européenne d'Alsace (which provides approximately 40% of operational funding), and subsidies from the Région Grand Est, supplemented by specific contracts tied to public-health vector mandates. Because it is a public-service entity operating under French local-government cooperation law, its financial model is one of cost-recovery from public budgets rather than market revenue — demand is driven by regulatory authorization (ARS vector-control standing), municipal membership growth, and the climate-driven geographic expansion of invasive mosquito species.

Name

Brigade Verte

Legal name

Syndicat mixte des Gardes Champêtres Intercommunaux

Website

https://brigade-verte.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Brigade Verte is a French public intercommunal syndicate, founded 1988 and headquartered in Soultz, Haut-Rhin, that delivers rural policing, environmental protection, and mosquito vector-control services to over 380 member municipalities across the Haut-Rhin department.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Environmental and Public Safety Services

NAICS

Exterminating and Pest Control Services (56171)

akta.pro primary industry

Mosquito & Tick Control (IMAIAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

In2Care/Trap-Based Mosquito Control (Targeted Trapping) (HSAMAEAG), Zoonotic & One Health Public Health Laboratory Networks (HLAJAIAI)

Keywords

• Environmental protection services
• Mosquito control services
• Municipal policing services
• Intercommunal pest management
• Public field services

Headquarters

HQ city

Soultz

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Intercommunal Syndicate Funding: The Brigade Verte is a public mixed syndicate (Syndicat mixte des Gardes Champêtres Intercommunaux) funded by member municipalities, the Collectivité Européenne d'Alsace (40% of operating budget), and the Région Grand Est (investment support for eligible zones). Revenue comes from membership contributions and government subsidies rather than direct customer payments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Brigade Verte (Syndicat mixte des Gardes Champêtres Intercommunaux) is a public intercommunal syndicate founded in 1988, headquartered in Soultz, Haut-Rhin, France. It deploys approximately 80 Gardes Champêtres field agents plus 7 administrative staff to deliver environmental protection, nuisance mosquito control (démoustication / lutte anti-vectorielle), and proximity policing services on behalf of more than 380 member municipalities across the Haut-Rhin department, supported by the APPLI'MOUSTIQUE citizen-reporting web application and the TIGER operational platform.

Product overview

Brigade Verte is a public intercommunal union (Syndicat mixte des Gardes Champêtres Intercommunaux) providing environmental protection and mosquito control services in Haut-Rhin, Alsace. The core offerings consist of mosquito control services (including nuisance control using Bti larvicide and anti-vector control against disease-carrying mosquitoes like Aedes albopictus), environmental protection services (wildlife rescue, invasive species management), and proximity policing. Supporting digital products include APPLI'MOUSTIQUE (a citizen guidance web app for identifying mosquito breeding sites) and the TIGER platform (a tri-national information system for tiger mosquito risk management). Services operate 365 days per year across approximately 380 member communes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Appli'Moustique: Mobile application tool that guides residents to identify mosquito breeding sites around their homes and take preventive action.
• TIGER

Products and services

• Mosquito Control Service (Démoustication / Lutte anti-vectorielle) Surveillance, larval treatment, and adult mosquito control operations carried out across the 380+ member communes of Haut-Rhin, with citizen sightings submitted through the APPLI'MOUSTIQUE web app driving intervention dispatch.
• Proximity Policing Service (Police de proximité) Rural and peri-urban policing delivered by Gardes Champêtres on behalf of member communes, including enforcement of municipal regulations, community safety patrols, and field presence in areas lacking dedicated municipal police.
• APPLI'MOUSTIQUE Web Application Public web application that allows residents of member communes to report and track nuisance mosquito sightings and request intervention from Brigade Verte field teams.
• Environmental Protection Service Broader environmental stewardship and field enforcement activities delivered to member municipalities as part of the syndicate's pooled services, complementing mosquito control and proximity policing.

Quantifiable outcome

• 53 communes colonized by Aedes albopictus as of January 2025, with active surveillance and treatment programs in place.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, supporting and minor.

• Collectivité Européenne d'Alsace (CEA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe CEA is the primary institutional funder, contributing 40% of the Brigade Verte's operating budget. The partnership centers on environmental surveillance, protection, and promotion actions across CEA-owned properties, sensitive natural spaces, and ordinary nature areas, often accompanied by public awareness and mediation activities.
• Région Grand EstcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Grand Est Region provides investment support to the Brigade Verte benefiting member communes within the PNR des Ballons des Vosges, the Ill floodplain zone, and Regional Natural Reserves in the Haut-Rhin.
• LPO (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the rescue, transport, and care of injured birds and protected species. The Brigade Verte retrieves injured birds and delivers them to care centers in collaboration with the LPO.
• SNA (Sentinelle Nature Alsace)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with SNA for wildlife protection actions, including rescue and transport of protected species to care centers, complementing the LPO partnership.
• Fédération des Chasseurs du Haut-Rhin (Fédération chasse 68)supportingOthersCollaborates on hunting regulation enforcement and wildlife management in the Haut-Rhin department.
• Fédération de Pêche du Haut-Rhin (Fédération pêche 68)supportingOthersWorks with the fishing federation on fishing activity surveillance and enforcement in the Haut-Rhin.
• Parc Naturel Régional des Ballons des VosgessupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint environmental protection actions within the boundaries of the PNR des Ballons des Vosges, benefiting from Grand Est regional investment.
• Conservatoire des Sites Alsaciens (CSA)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the protection of Alsatian natural sites in coordination with CSA conservation efforts.
• GEPMA (Groupe d'Étude et de Protection des Mammifères d'Alsace)supportingOthersCollaboration on Alsatian mammal protection and monitoring initiatives.
• Petite Camargue Alsacienne (PCA)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental surveillance and protection partnership within the Petite Camargue Alsacienne nature reserve, with specific authorization for mosquito control operations.
• Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB)majorTechnology or IntegrationThe Brigade Verte works closely with the OFB on hunting and fishing police controls, and serves as a departmental referent for the Castors, Loups, and Lynx monitoring networks.
• ARS Grand Est (Agence Régionale de Santé)coreTechnology or IntegrationSince 1 January 2020, ARS Grand Est has overseen vector control in the region. The Brigade Verte is officially habilitated (Arrêté ARS n°2020-0352) to implement anti-vectorial control (LAV) against Aedes albopictus in the Haut-Rhin, following national guidelines (INSTRUCTION N° DGS/VSS1/2019/258).
• EID MéditerranéesupportingTechnology or IntegrationEntente Interdépartementale de Démoustication — provides scientific and technical expertise in mosquito control operations.
• EID Rhône-AlpessupportingTechnology or IntegrationRegional expertise and technical collaboration on mosquito control methodologies.
• SLM67 (Service de Lutte contre les Moustiques du Bas-Rhin)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerJointly developed an online guide for municipalities to manage tiger mosquito issues in Alsace (moustiquetigre.alsace), funded by ARS Grand Est.
• Centre de Gestion du Haut-Rhin (CDG68)supportingOthersCDG68 manages administrative functions for the intercommunal syndicate and organizes the national competitive examination for Guarde Champêtre Chef positions.
• Fédération Nationale des Gardes Champêtres (FNGaC)supportingOthersNational professional federation representing and supporting Garde Champêtre officers across France.
• ArienaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlsace nature education and awareness network contributing to the Brigade Verte's environmental education missions.
• Office des Données Naturalistes du Grand Est (ODONAT)minorOthersContributes natural observation data and biodiversity monitoring support to Brigade Verte conservation activities.
• Observatoire des Carnivores SauvagesminorOthersScientific monitoring collaboration on wild carnivore populations relevant to Haut-Rhin surveillance.
• SPA Colmar (Société Protectrice des Animaux)supportingOthersCoordinates with SPA Colmar on stray animal management and rescue operations across member communes.
• TIGER Platform (Tri-national Initiative Group of Entomology in Upper Rhine)supportingTechnology or IntegrationINTERREG-V funded cross-border project (France–Germany–Switzerland) providing scientific and technical training to institutions managing tiger mosquito risk. Brigade Verte is a founding institutional participant.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• EID Rhône-Alpes: Rhône-Alpes regional mosquito control syndicate and named technology/integration partner to Brigade Verte. Comparable in Aedes surveillance, biological larvicide application, and public-sector mandate; useful proxy for departmental-scale operational benchmarks.
• EID Méditerranée: Entente Interdépartementale de Démoustication operating in the Mediterranean littoral — the largest and most established French public mosquito control syndicate, providing scientific and technical expertise to Brigade Verte under a formal partnership. Direct comparable in mandate, Bti methodology, and intercommunal governance structure.
• EID Atlantique: Atlantic-coast French mosquito control entity operating under the same Entente Interdépartementale model as EID Méditerranée and EID Rhône-Alpes. Directly comparable in mandate, governance structure, and Bti-based nuisance control methodology.
• SLM67 (Service de Lutte contre les Moustiques du Bas-Rhin): Bas-Rhin's public mosquito control service and Brigade Verte's direct counterpart in the neighboring département. Operates a structurally similar syndicate model for Aedes surveillance and Bti-based mosquito control, and co-developed the moustiquetigre.alsace guide with Brigade Verte.

Broad incumbents

• Anticimex: European commercial pest control leader with mosquito management offerings for residential and commercial customers. Comparable as a market participant in mosquito and pest control, though structurally distinct as a private commercial operator versus Brigade Verte's public intercommunal syndicate model.
• Rentokil Initial: Global commercial pest control incumbent providing general pest management across residential and commercial segments. Comparable in mosquito and pest control delivery methodology but operates on a commercial, multi-pest model rather than Brigade Verte's public-health, single-pest mandate.
• Agence Régionale de Santé Grand Est (ARS): Regional health authority that has overseen anti-vector control since 1 January 2020 and habilitated Brigade Verte via Arrêté n°2020-0352. Comparable as the funder-regulator of mosquito-borne disease surveillance, exercising parallel authority over the syndicate's anti-vector mission.
• Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB): National biodiversity agency that depends on Brigade Verte as departmental referent for Castors, Loups, and Lynx networks. Comparable as a public-sector environmental enforcement body, though operating at national rather than departmental scale.
• Collectivité Européenne d'Alsace (CEA): Alsace's departmental authority contributing 40% of Brigade Verte's operating budget. Comparable as a public-sector partner funding environmental surveillance and protection missions; structurally distinct (elected body) but operationally overlapping on territory-wide environmental work.

Emerging players

• LPO (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux): National wildlife protection NGO partnered with Brigade Verte for bird rescue, transport, and care coordination. Comparable on the environmental protection and wildlife handling portion of Brigade Verte's mission; not a mosquito control peer but a meaningful operational counterpart.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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