Le Courrier des maires et des élus locaux

What Le Courrier des maires et des élus locaux does

Le Courrier des maires et des élus locaux is a French B2B media publication serving mayors, local elected officials, and territorial civil servants across France. It provides daily news, in-depth analyses, practical guides, and reference content covering urban planning, local finance, environmental policy, intercommunal cooperation, public service management, and territorial governance. The publication is operated by Groupe Moniteur SAS, a French SAS registered in Créteil (RCS 403 080 823), within the Infopro Digital media group whose principal shareholder is Info Services Holding SAS. Its headquarters are at 20 rue des Aqueducs, 94250 Gentilly, France.

The platform is built on a web-based content management and digital publishing system with online subscription management, webinar hosting infrastructure, and employment listing integration with partner platforms. Core products include a subscription-based digital and print magazine (Le Courrier des maires), the "Les 50 Questions-Réponses" reference series, thematic editorial dossiers, weekly newsletters, expert video series (including a 12-question series on the first 100 days of a mandate), a recurring webinar program, open data indices for demographic analysis, and job listings for territorial civil service positions. Distribution combines the gated courrierdesmaires.fr website, print magazine delivery, email newsletters, and physical/virtual events.

The business model rests on three revenue streams: recurring subscription revenue (digital and print, with a 15-day free trial), advertising and sponsorship from B2B brands targeting local government professionals (webinar sponsors include Orange Business, Salesforce, MNT, GEOPTIS), and professional services revenue from webinars, training courses, and job listings. Go-to-market is sales-led, leveraging Infopro Digital's broader B2B media network for demand generation and cross-promotion with sister titles such as La Gazette des communes and Le Moniteur des travaux publics. Operating geographies are limited to France, with audience coverage spanning all French departments (72% of departments represented in dataset on violence against elected officials, with North, Eure-et-Loir, and Isère most affected).

Name

Le Courrier des maires et des élus locaux

Legal name

GROUPE MONITEUR SAS

Website

https://courrierdesmaires.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Le Courrier des maires et des élus locaux is a French B2B media publication serving mayors and local elected officials with news, analysis, practical guides, webinars, and training. It operates a subscription-based digital and print platform under the Infopro Digital group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

B2B Media and Professional Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK), Government, Public Policy & Regulatory Reference (Public Administration, Regulatory Guidance) (EDAGAGAK)

Keywords

• B2B media publishing
• Local government news
• Professional editorial subscription
• Elected officials content
• Public sector webinars

Headquarters

HQ city

Gentilly

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription revenue: The company generates primary revenue through paid digital and print subscriptions. Readers can subscribe to access premium content, the magazine archive, expert Q&A resources, and analytical dossiers. Subscriptions are offered through Infopro Digital's platform with tiered plans including trial periods.
2. Advertising and sponsorship: The platform carries sponsored webinar listings, partner-branded video content, and display advertising from B2B brands targeting French local government professionals. Webinar partners (e.g., ORANGE BUSINESS, Salesforce, MNT, GEOPTIS) sponsor educational content.
3. Professional services and events: The company organizes and hosts webinars, and lists professional training courses and job openings for the public sector. These services create revenue through registration fees, partner sponsorships, and job listing partnerships with emploipublic.fr.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Le Courrier des maires et des élus locaux is a specialized French B2B media publication that delivers news, expert analysis, practical guides, dossiers, webinars, and professional services targeted at mayors, local elected officials, and territorial civil servants. Its core offering is a subscription-based digital and print magazine accompanied by reference resources such as Q&A articles, video series, newsletters, and a job-listing service for French municipal governance.

Product overview

Le Courrier des maires et des élus locaux is a specialized media platform providing news, analysis, and professional resources for French local elected officials. The core offering is its subscription-based editorial content (articles, magazine archives, newsletters), complemented by educational modules including video series on mandate management, Q&A references, webinars, job listings, and professional training. The platform is part of the Infopro Digital group and serves as the reference publication for mayors and local officials throughout their six-year mandate.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Le Courrier des maires - Édition Abonnée Subscription-based access to premium editorial content including articles, analyses, and in-depth reports for local elected officials and mayors. Offered through Infopro Digital's acquisition platform with a 15-day free trial and annual billing.
• Le Magazine (archives) Digital and print magazine archives providing reference content to accompany elected officials throughout their 6-year mandate. Issue No. 389 was featured on the homepage and the print edition is distributed via the Infopro Digital boutique (boutique.territorial.fr).
• Nos Webinars Online seminars covering topics relevant to local officials, often featuring expert speakers and partners such as MNT, Orange Business, and GEOPTIS. Sessions attract 245-874 registered participants and are available as live and on-demand replays.
• Offres d'emploi Job listing service for public sector positions, operated in partnership with La Gazette Emploi / emploipublic.fr, cross-distributing civil service job openings (e.g., DGS, Médecin du travail) to local government HR departments and job seekers.
• Formations Professional training programs for local elected officials covering topics such as design thinking, elected official onboarding, GDPR compliance, and municipal council governance.

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• GEOPTISminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 January 2026GEOPTIS, a public sector geographic data and social analysis service (part of the Infopro Digital group), co-produced a webinar on 'Social Needs Analysis 2026: how to make it an effective management tool?' The webinar attracted 874 registered participants and explored how mayors can use social needs analysis for territorial planning and service delivery.
• ORANGE BUSINESSminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 January 2026ORANGE BUSINESS sponsored a webinar titled 'Sécuriser vos bâtiments face aux menaces hybrides : le plan d'action détaillé' (Securing buildings against hybrid threats), which attracted 245 registered participants. The webinar covered physical-cybersecurity convergence, regulatory requirements (NIS2, ISO 27001, DORA, RGPD), and building security best practices, with ORANGE Business presenting its security solutions for public sector clients.
• Salesforce (Tableau / Direction de l'Immobilier de l'État)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 8 April 2025Salesforce, through its Tableau data visualization product and in partnership with the Direction de l'Immobilier de l'État (DIE), co-produced a webinar on real estate portfolio management and ecological transition through data mastery. The webinar, attracting 457 registered participants, explored how French public entities leverage data for building energy renovation and property management decisions.
• MNT (Mutuelle Nationale Territoriale)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMNT partnered with Le Courrier des maire on a 5-video educational series covering the reform of complementary social protection (PSC) for territorial civil servants. The series provided practical guidance for mayors and intercommunal presidents on implementing the reform, distinguishing health and provident coverage components, and navigating the January 2029 deadline. MNT, as the national mutual insurance provider for territorial civil servants, provided expert content and co-branded video production.
• Seban AvocatscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLe Courrier des maire partnered with Seban Avocats, a law firm specializing in local government law, to produce a 12-video series on 'The first 100 days of the mandate.' Avocats Alexandra Aderno and Lorène Carrère provided expert legal answers on topics including elected official compensation, DGS selection, internal rules, cabinet directors, declarations of interest, and ethics. The series was promoted as practical onboarding content for newly elected mayors.
• Club Secteur Public Experts ComptablesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerClub Secteur Public Experts Comptables co-organized a webinar on 'Audit de début de mandat : le réflexe utile pour prendre les bonnes décisions' (Beginning-of-mandate audit), with 318 registered participants. The webinar addressed how newly elected mayors can use financial and operational audits to guide decision-making in their first months of office.
• La Gazette Emploi / emploipublic.frminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLe Courrier des maire maintains a job listings section (offres d'emploi) for territorial civil service positions, operated in partnership with La Gazette Emploi / emploipublic.fr. Job listings (e.g., DGS in Strasbourg, Médecin du travail in Strasbourg) are cross-distributed on both platforms, providing a revenue-sharing or referral arrangement between Infopro Digital properties targeting the French public sector.
• Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL (infrastructure)minorOthersAWS EMEA SARL (38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1885 Luxembourg) serves as the hosting provider for www.courrierdesmaires.fr, as disclosed in the site's legal mentions. AWS provides cloud hosting infrastructure (web hosting, content delivery, and data storage) that supports the publication's digital platform operations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Maires de France: Long-established AMF (Association des Maires de France) magazine serving French mayors with similar editorial coverage of municipal governance, legal updates, and best practices. Comparable in audience (mayors), content format, and subscription model.
• Territoria (Le Courrier des maires merged title): The boutique/brand under which Infopro Digital sells local-government subscriptions and publications (boutique.territorial.fr). Effectively the cross-brand subscription platform that bundles Le Courrier des maires with sister titles, representing the direct monetization channel and competitive set for French territorial public-sector B2B media.
• Intercommunalités (magazine): Publication associated with ADCF (Assemblée des Communautés de France) targeting EPCI presidents and staff on intercommunal cooperation, a primary secondary audience for Le Courrier des maires. Directly comparable in niche public-sector B2B focus.
• Actu-Juridique (Lamy): French legal-information publisher (part of Lextenso/Wolters Kluwer) covering public law, administrative law, and local government legal updates. Comparable in serving lawyers and public-sector decision-makers with subscription-based expert legal commentary, a complement to Le Courrier des maires' Seban Avocats content.
• La Gazette des communes: Sister publication within Groupe Moniteur/Infopro Digital targeting French local government officials with news, analysis, and job listings. The closest direct peer given overlapping audience, parent group, and similar subscription + advertising + job board model.
• La Lettre du cadre territorial: Historically a leading publication for French territorial civil servants and DGS, now part of the same Infopro Digital ecosystem. Direct peer in audience (territorial administrators), subscription model, and editorial format covering management, HR, and legal issues.
• Le Moniteur des travaux publics: Another flagship Groupe Moniteur title serving the French construction and public works sector, including municipal infrastructure. Directly comparable in B2B subscription model, expert Q&A resources, and webinar-based monetization, with significant audience overlap among territorial engineering staff.
• Weka (public sector): French B2B publisher specializing in practical guides, dossiers, and regulatory updates for local public-sector managers. Highly comparable in subscription-driven practical reference content, expert Q&A format, and target audience of DGS and territorial administrators.

Broad incumbents

• Les Echos (public sector coverage): Major French business newspaper with extensive public-sector and political coverage. Competes indirectly for the same elected-official reader attention at the news and policy analysis layer, though without Le Courrier des maires' mandate-specific operational guidance.
• Service Public Magazine: Official French government publication providing practical information to citizens and local officials. Represents the free public-sector alternative that competes on basic guidance content, though without the independent editorial and expert analysis Le Courrier des maires offers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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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