CHOISY

What CHOISY does

Choisy (legal entity: Mairie de Choisy) is a French commune — a public administrative entity, not a commercial company — located in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, approximately 15 km northwest of Annecy. The commune spans 1,657 hectares at altitudes between 390 m and 927 m, with 70% of land in agricultural use (notably ~30 dairy farms producing 3.5 million liters of milk annually, transformed into Abondance or Emmental cheese) and 20% in forests (77 ha communal). It serves the resident population of the commune with the standard suite of municipal services: urban planning and permits, schools (école maternelle and école primaire at 5 route du Chef-Lieu), waste collection, social services via ADMR, environmental management, public safety, and administrative assistance through Maison France Services.

The commune's underlying technology is a digital municipal services platform anchored by three components: (1) an online permit application system at pu.rgd.fr, operational since January 2022, enabling 24/7 deposit of building permits and all urban planning authorization requests; (2) the Géoportail de l'urbanisme (GPU), which gives residents access to land-use regulations, zoning, prescriptions, servitudes, and downloadable geographic and textual data; and (3) the mairie website (choisy.fr) serving as the primary information and document-download channel, supplemented by a monthly newsletter (Choisy-Liens), RSS feed, and public postings. Since March 2017, urban planning authorizations have been processed through a mutualized service operated by the Communauté de Communes Fier et Usses (CCFU) rather than the commune directly.

Choisy does not generate revenue in the commercial sense; it is funded through local taxes (communal taxes, property tax), state allocations, and intercommunity contributions. Ancillary user fees exist only for specific services — Salle des Fêtes rental (€200–500 for residents/non-residents), Salle de Menulles rental (up to 40 people), and composter sales (€47 wooden, free plastic recycled under AGEC law) — which are cost-recovery instruments, not income drivers. The entity has 13 employees, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no M&A history. It is governed by an elected municipal council headed by Mayor Bernard SEIGLE and operates within the French legal framework for territorial authorities.

Name

CHOISY

Legal name

Mairie de Choisy

Website

https://choisy.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Choisy (Mairie de Choisy) is a French commune in Haute-Savoie providing municipal services — urban planning, schools, waste collection, social and environmental services — to its residents, funded through local taxes and inter-municipal cooperation with CCFU.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211)

akta.pro primary industry

Planning, Zoning, Permitting & Code Enforcement (BPAIACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Urban & Regional Planning (Land Use, Zoning, Master Planning) (BPAIANAD)

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Urban planning permits
• Community hall rental
• Waste collection services
• Public school services

Headquarters

HQ city

Choisy

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Technology or R&D

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Choisy (Mairie de Choisy) is a French commune that delivers public administrative services to its residents, including urban planning permit processing, civil registry, waste collection, public schooling, community hall rentals, environmental management, and social action. It also operates digital municipal services such as an online urban planning application portal (since January 2022) and the Géoportail de l'Urbanisme for accessing zoning regulations.

Product overview

Mairie de Choisy operates a municipal government website that provides civic information services to residents. The website serves as a digital portal for the commune of Choisy (Haute-Savoie, France), offering information about local administrative services, municipal council proceedings, public services (schools, waste collection, urban planning), community associations, economic development, and practical life information. This is not a commercial product portfolio but rather a government information and service delivery platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Salle des Fêtes Rental Community events hall rental service at 265 route de la Mairie, Choisy, accommodating up to 100 people with an equipped kitchen. Available for weekend rental (Saturday morning to Sunday evening) with tiered pricing: residents €350 with kitchen / €200 without kitchen; non-residents €500 with kitchen / €300 without kitchen.
• Salle de Menulles Rental Smaller community events hall rental at 1478 route d'Allonzier (near the stadium), Choisy, accommodating up to 40 people with an equipped kitchen. Provides a venue option for smaller community gatherings and events.
• Composter Sales Distribution of composters to commune residents: wooden composter sold at €47 per unit; plastic recycled composter provided free of charge under AGEC law, subject to conditions (1 per household, not received one in 2024, single-family home or ground floor residence).
• Online Urban Planning Permit Applications Digital service allowing residents to submit building permit applications and all urban planning authorization requests online, available 24/7. Operational since January 1, 2022, providing an ecological, simplified, and free administrative procedure via the pu.rgd.fr portal.
• Commune Schools (École maternelle and École primaire) Public primary education services provided at 5 route du Chef-Lieu, 74330 Choisy, including école maternelle and école primaire. Schools planned for expansion in 2026 with subsidies from the State, the department, and the Region. Contact: [email protected], Tel: 04 50 77 43 25.

Quantifiable outcome

• Digital permit applications available 24/7 online since January 2022
• +3 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Communauté de Communes Fier et Usses (CCFU)coreOthersChoisy is a member commune of the CCFU inter-municipal community, which provides shared services including mutualized urban planning (since March 2017), waste collection and disposal, childcare facilities, economic development support, and various public services. CCFU coordinates the déchetterie intercommunale, Plan Climat-Air-Energie Territorial (PCAET), and Plan de Gestion de la Sécurité Sanitaire des Eaux (PGSSE).
• SILA (Syndicat Intercommunal du Lac d'Annecy)minorOthersSILA is responsible for non-collective sanitation services in the Choisy commune area.
• SYR'USSES (Syndicat de Rivières les Usses)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRiver management and waterway protection organization managing the Usses rivers and associated watershed areas, including flood risk management and aquatic environment preservation.
• SIBRA (Public transport)minorOthersPublic transportation service connecting the CCFU area to Annecy, including new line 30 (since September 2025) connecting to university campus, hospital, and commercial areas.
• Initiative GenevoisminorOthersBusiness support organization present weekly at CCFU offices providing assistance to entrepreneurs and businesses wanting to develop or create their enterprise.
• ADMR (Aide à Domicile en Milieu Rural)minorOthersHome assistance services for elderly and disabled residents, operating in rural areas.
• CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)minorOthersPrefectural decree authorizes CERN agents to access private properties in Haute-Savoie for the Future Circular Collider (FCC) project investigation.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Rumilly: Slightly larger town in the same Alpine foothills with similar agricultural-industrial mix and municipal service scope. Provides a useful scaling-up comparison.
• Sillingy: Neighbor commune within the same Communauté de Communes Fier et Usses (CCFU), sharing the mutualized urban planning service. Highly comparable in size, geography, and service profile, making it the closest direct peer.
• La Roche-sur-Foron: Commune of comparable scale in northern Haute-Savoie with a similar agricultural-to-residential transition and full municipal service portfolio.
• Poisy: Peri-Annecy commune with a similar mix of residential, agricultural, and small-commercial activity. Comparable municipal service delivery model and CCFU/Grand Annecy inter-municipal dependencies.
• La Balme-de-Sillingy: Adjacent Haute-Savoie commune within the same CCFU catchment, comparable rural character and population scale. Shares the inter-municipal urban planning and waste services.
• Frangy: Small rural Haute-Savoie commune of similar scale and agricultural profile. Comparable in service scope (town hall, schools, waste, urban planning) and budget structure.
• Chavanod: Nearby Haute-Savoie commune with similar demographics, agricultural land use, and reliance on Annecy-area economic gravity. Comparable municipal service portfolio.
• Épagny-Metz-Tessy: Larger merged commune adjacent to Annecy with a more urban character but a directly comparable service portfolio (urban planning, schools, waste, environmental programs).

Broad incumbents

• Annecy: Prefecture of Haute-Savoie and the dominant urban center 15 km from Choisy. Provides the broader regional service ecosystem (transport, economic development, hospitals) that Choisy's residents access, representing the large-city incumbent peer.

Regional players

• Seyssel: Small commune in the adjoining Ain department along the Rhône. Operates a similar small-municipality service profile but in a different department and inter-municipal grouping.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/choisy

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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