SERVICE DE LA DOCUMENTATION NATIONALE DU CADASTRE

What SERVICE DE LA DOCUMENTATION NATIONALE DU CADASTRE does

SERVICE DE LA DOCUMENTATION NATIONALE DU CADASTRE operates the cadastre.gouv.fr portal, the official French government service for online consultation and ordering of cadastral (land registry) maps. The platform is operated by the Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP), the French General Directorate for Public Finance, as part of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and provides access to 598,680 cadastral plan sheets in image or vector format covering all French metropolitan departments and overseas territories (DOM). Users can search maps by address, cadastral reference, or interactive department map; view and freely print A4/A3 plans; and purchase cadastral plans in digital, paper, or plastic formats through an integrated e-commerce shopping basket.

The underlying technology is a web-based cadastral map consultation platform with an INSPIRE-compliant Web Map Service (WMS) supporting standard GIS interoperability. Two WMS tiers are offered: a free Standard service accessible to communities with vector-format maps, and a Premium service requiring account activation for authenticated, secure professional use. The platform supports multilingual access (French, English, Spanish), user account management with saved addresses and order tracking, and integration with the broader impots.gouv.fr tax ecosystem. It holds exclusive statutory authority as the official source for French cadastral data.

The business model is hybrid: free consultation and visualization, unit-priced sales of physical and digital cadastral plans via the e-commerce basket, and a tiered WMS service (free Standard, account-activated Premium for professional secure access). The service is funded primarily through the French government budget as a public administration entity, rather than commercial revenue or external capital; revenue is not publicly disclosed. Customer segments include individual citizens seeking property boundary information and professionals (surveyors, notaries, land developers) plus GIS users requiring standardized interoperable cadastral data for spatial analysis and professional workflows.

Name

SERVICE DE LA DOCUMENTATION NATIONALE DU CADASTRE

Legal name

SERVICE DE LA DOCUMENTATION NATIONALE DU CADASTRE

Website

https://cadastre.gouv.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The official French government portal (cadastre.gouv.fr), operated by the DGFiP, providing online consultation, search, and ordering of 598,680 cadastral plan sheets for citizens and professionals across France and its overseas departments, with a free INSPIRE-compliant WMS service for GIS integration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Land Registry and Cadastral Services

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH)

Keywords

• Cadastral map consultation
• Land registry services
• Web map service
• GIS interoperability
• Property parcel information

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Cadastral Map Sales: Users can purchase cadastral plans in multiple formats: paper plans, plastic plans, and digital-format plans. The service operates an e-commerce shopping basket system with a 5-step order procedure.
2. WMS Premium Access: Standard WMS access is free; premium WMS access requires account creation and activation, suggesting a tiered service model for professional users requiring secure access.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Operates the official French online cadastral (land registry) map consultation and ordering service covering 598,680 plan sheets in image or vector format across metropolitan France and overseas departments. The platform supports free map consultation and paid ordering in digital, paper, or plastic formats, and provides an INSPIRE-compliant Web Map Service (WMS) available in free Standard and authenticated Premium tiers for GIS integration.

Product overview

The Service de la Documentation Nationale du Cadastre (cadastre.gouv.fr) is a unified government portal operated by the Direction Générale des Finances Publiques. The core offering is an online cadastral map consultation and ordering service comprising 598,680 vector-format map sheets covering all of France and overseas departments. The platform integrates three main search modes (cadastral reference, address, and interactive department map), a dual-tier WMS (Web Map Service) providing INSPIRE-compliant geospatial data access (Standard for free public use, Premium for authenticated secure access), user account management with saved preferences, and a complete e-commerce ordering system for digital, paper, and plastic map formats. All services are available in French, English, and Spanish.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

Yes

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP)coreOthersThe cadastre.gouv.fr service is operated by the Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP), the French General Directorate for Public Finance, which is part of the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. This is the governing body responsible for the national cadastre system.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• IGN (Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière): French national mapping agency producing authoritative geographic data for France. Direct peer within the same French state ecosystem, offering complementary basemap and geospatial services that frequently intersect with cadastral data.
• HM Land Registry: UK government land registry providing official property and land records, including digital map and title data. Directly comparable as a national-state cadastral/land registry authority serving professionals and the public with similar official-data monopoly.
• Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen (BEV): Austrian federal office for surveying and cadastral data, providing authoritative land registry and mapping services. Comparable in offering official cadastral data with digital access and professional GIS interoperability.
• Agenzia delle Entrate – OMI / Catasto: Italian cadastral and land registry services under the Revenue Agency, providing official cadastral data and visualization. Comparable as a national-state cadastral authority serving property professionals and citizens.
• Dirección General del Catastro: Spain's national cadastral authority, offering the Sede Electrónica del Catastro with parcel search, WMS/WFS services, and downloadable cartography. Closely comparable in mission (national land registry, INSPIRE-compliant WMS, citizen + professional access).

Emerging players

• Cadasta Foundation: Non-profit platform helping governments and NGOs digitize land tenure and cadastral records, particularly in developing countries. Comparable in mission (digitizing land records for citizens and professionals), though focused on low-resource settings rather than mature national systems.

Regional players

• Geoportal.de / BKG (Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie): Germany's federal geoportal providing standardized access to authoritative geospatial data including cadastral layers via INSPIRE-compliant services. Comparable in offering public-facing INSPIRE-compliant geospatial infrastructure with cadastral integration.

Others

• Etalab (French Open Data Task Force): French government's open-data task force within the Prime Minister's office. Thematically related as a French state body driving open-data policy, including geographic data that overlaps with the cadastre service.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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