Cycle Zéro

What Cycle Zéro does

Cycle Zéro is a French mobile marketplace application founded in 2022 in Île-de-France that connects BTP (construction) professionals who generate surplus materials at job sites with individual consumers seeking free reusable building materials (doors, windows, tiles, flooring, wood, plumbing fixtures, and furniture). The platform operates as a two-sided marketplace where professionals post materials through a validated business interface and individuals discover, reserve, and collect them via the app. Materials listed on the platform reportedly find a new owner in an average of eight minutes, with 100% of posted materials finding a taker since launch.

The product is a single mobile application available on iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play), featuring geolocation-based material discovery with a 50 km search radius in urban areas and 100 km in rural zones, a pre-reservation system that sends pickup details by email, and a professional-side posting interface validated by the Cycle Zéro team. The platform has accumulated approximately 300,000 registered individual users, 1,000 tonnes of waste diverted since launch, and adoption on more than 100 construction sites, with named enterprise customers including Colas, RIVP (Régie Immobilière de la Ville de Paris), Groupe IGS, Darras Jouanin, Gyrard Groupe, and Nobra Menuiserie.

The business model is presently free for both sides of the marketplace: construction professionals and individual users access the platform at no charge, with no transaction fees, subscriptions, or commissions disclosed. Distribution is exclusively through app stores within France, supported by a marketing-light approach that relies on earned media coverage across major French outlets (TF1, France 2, France 3, Le Figaro, Le Moniteur, BFM) and organic social channels (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram). The company operates with approximately six employees and has not publicly disclosed any funding rounds or revenue figures to date, indicating a pre-monetization growth phase.

Name

Cycle Zéro

Legal name

Cycle Zéro

Website

https://cyclezero.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cycle Zéro is a French mobile marketplace founded in 2022 that connects BTP construction professionals with surplus job-site materials to individuals seeking free building materials. Available on iOS and Android, it serves 300,000 registered users across multiple French regions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Materials Marketplace

akta.pro primary industry

Circular Economy & Waste/Materials Reporting (Zero waste, packaging) (EUAHAJAL)

Keywords

• Construction material reuse
• Surplus materials marketplace
• BTP waste reduction
• Circular economy construction
• Building materials recovery

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Free platform for professionals and individuals: Cycle Zéro is entirely free for both construction companies (BTP professionals) and individual users. No transaction fees, subscriptions, or commissions are charged. Revenue model is not explicitly disclosed on the website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cycle Zéro operates a mobile application that functions as a two-sided marketplace connecting construction professionals (BTP companies, architects) with individuals. Construction professionals list surplus materials from job sites for free, and individuals search by geolocation, reserve, and collect those materials at no cost, enabling the reuse of building materials such as doors, windows, tiles, wood, and plumbing fixtures.

Product overview

Cycle Zéro is a mobile application operating as a two-sided marketplace for construction material reuse. The platform consists of three integrated interfaces within a single app: (1) the main Cycle Zéro app connecting professionals and individuals, (2) a Professionnels Interface for BTP companies and architects to deposit and manage material listings from construction sites, and (3) a Particuliers Interface enabling individuals to search for available materials nearby, reserve them, and arrange pickups. The platform is available on iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play), with a free service model where individuals can recover materials at no cost and professionals reduce waste disposal costs while meeting RSE objectives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cycle Zéro Mobile Application A mobile application connecting construction professionals (BTP companies, architects) with individuals to facilitate the reuse of building materials. Professionals list excess materials from construction sites on the app, while individuals search by location, reserve materials, and pick them up for free.
• Professionnels Interface A dedicated interface within the Cycle Zéro app for construction professionals to list excess materials from their construction sites, manage listings by project, and connect with individuals interested in recovering materials.
• Particuliers Interface A dedicated interface within the Cycle Zéro app for individual users to search for available materials nearby using geolocation, make reservations, receive construction site contact information, and coordinate material pickups for free.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000 tonnes of waste avoided since app launch
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Back Market: French-founded, now global marketplace for refurbished consumer electronics. While in a different vertical, Back Market shares Cycle Zéro's DNA: app-first reuse marketplace, French origin, and a model that captures value by extending product life instead of selling new goods.
• Vinted: Leading European peer-to-peer marketplace for secondhand fashion. Not a construction peer, but a closely analogous consumer-side reuse marketplace with mobile-first UX, network-effect dynamics, and a French/Lithuanian operational base — directly relevant benchmark for Cycle Zéro's marketplace scaling.
• Too Good To Go: European app-based marketplace connecting consumers with businesses to rescue surplus food. Same mobile-first, geolocation-driven, surplus-recovery playbook as Cycle Zéro, but operating in food waste at much greater scale; relevant comparable for marketplace mechanics and PR-led GTM.

Direct peers

• Cycle Up: French platform dedicated to construction-material reuse and diagnostic services for BTP professionals. Closest functional peer to Cycle Zéro: same French market, same construction-waste reuse mission, with comparable professional onboarding and individual reservation flows.
• Rheaply: US-based asset and construction-material reuse marketplace serving enterprises, schools, and facilities teams. Same two-sided model as Cycle Zéro (organizations list surplus assets/materials, users reserve them), differing primarily in geography and enterprise-led GTM.
• Backacia: French B2B/B2C marketplace specializing in the reuse and resale of surplus construction materials from building sites. Direct peer to Cycle Zéro in the same niche, geography, and two-sided model, competing for the same BTP supply and individual demand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/61579206234712
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cycle-zero
• Instagraminstagram.com/cyclezero.app

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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