ETED - Etudes & Développement

What ETED - Etudes & Développement does

ETED (Etudes & Développement) is a Paris-based non-profit association founded in 1986 and affiliated with the École des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris (EIVP), the only French school dedicated to urban engineering. The organization mobilizes EIVP engineering students to deliver project-based studies covering three service lines: technical studies (building analysis, architectural plans, structural, hydrological, thermal and acoustic analyses), urban planning (Smart Cities, urban studies, crisis and resilience, regulatory analysis such as PLU and PPRI, environmental surveys, transport analysis), and IT and digital services (Python-based data analysis, technical drawing on AutoCAD/Revit/3DSMax, Open Data manipulation, and GIS via QGIS and ArcGIS). All work is executed under professional supervision through a five-step consultative methodology run by dedicated Chargés d'Affaires.

ETED's customer base is concentrated in the Paris region and consists of institutional clients including Ville de Paris, RATP, Velib Metropole, Colas Rail, Veolia, Indigo Park, APUR, and qucit. Distribution is handled through direct consultative sales with quote-based, project-level pricing; the firm does not publish standardized rates or contract values. The non-profit structure, with revenue supporting operations and student experience rather than external returns, and its EIVP affiliation constitute the foundation of its cost position and talent pipeline.

Strategically, ETED operates as a low-cost, student-mobilized consultancy niche rather than a scalable technology business. Its competitive position rests on exclusive access to EIVP's urban engineering talent pool and durable institutional relationships built over 38 years. Growth is structurally constrained by the size of the mobilizable student workforce and the absence of venture funding, technology productization, or geographic expansion beyond Île-de-France.

Name

ETED - Etudes & Développement

Legal name

ETED EIVP – Etudes et Développement

Website

https://eted-eivp.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ETED is a Paris-based non-profit association within EIVP that delivers project-based urban engineering studies — technical, urban planning, and IT/digital — for municipalities, public transit operators, utilities, and infrastructure firms in the Île-de-France region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAHAEAJ

Technical Universities with Architecture, Built Environment & Design Engineering

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Technical & Polytechnic Universities

Keywords

• Urban engineering consulting
• Urban planning studies
• Technical engineering studies
• GIS spatial analysis
• Smart city consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Studies - Project-Based Services: ETED generates revenue through commissioned studies for clients in urban engineering domains. Studies are tailored to client needs and priced through individual proposals. As a non-profit association of engineering students, revenue supports operational costs and student experience.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ETED is a non-profit student association that delivers project-based urban engineering studies covering three domains: (1) Technical Studies (building analysis, architectural plans, structural, hydrological, thermal and acoustic studies), (2) Urban Planning (Smart Cities, urban studies, crisis/resilience, regulatory analysis including PLU and PPRI, environmental surveys, transport analysis), and (3) IT and Digital Services (Python-based database analysis, Open Data manipulation, technical drawing using AutoCAD/Revit/3DSMax, GIS via QGIS and ArcGIS). Studies are carried out by mobilized engineering students from EIVP under professional supervision for municipalities and infrastructure operators.

Product overview

ETED is a non-profit student engineering association affiliated with EIVP (École des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris), France's only school specialized in urban engineering. Founded in 1986, ETED provides professional services through three interconnected offerings: (1) Technical Studies for building and infrastructure analysis using CAD and BIM tools, (2) Urban Planning services for Smart Cities and regulatory compliance, and (3) IT and Digital services for data analysis and spatial mapping. These services are delivered by mobilized students and graduates, forming a single integrated consultancy offering rather than a modular software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Études techniques (Technical Studies)
• Urbanisme (Urban Planning)
• Informatique et Numérique (IT and Digital Services)

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• École des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris (EIVP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1986ETED is a non-profit association created by and affiliated with EIVP, France's only school specialized in urban engineering. This partnership provides ETED access to specialized student talent, academic expertise, and institutional credibility. EIVP benefits from practical project opportunities for students.
• APUR (Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPUR appears as a client and potential strategic partner in urban planning research and studies. Collaboration focuses on urban engineering studies and planning projects in Paris.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Egis: Large French engineering group with deep urban, transport, building, and environmental engineering practices serving RATP, SNCF, and Ville de Paris. Comparable because it operates in the same urban engineering consulting space and targets overlapping municipal/infrastructure clients as ETED, but at vastly greater scale.
• Systra: International engineering and consulting group specialized in public transport and urban mobility. Comparable to ETED's transport analysis and urban mobility work for RATP and Velib Metropole, but Systra operates globally and at much larger scale on rail and transit projects.
• Ingerop: French engineering consultancy delivering infrastructure, building, energy, and urban project services. Comparable to ETED because it serves similar French public-sector clients with technical and urban engineering studies, but operates at substantially larger scale.
• Artelia: Major French multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy covering building, infrastructure, water, and environment. Comparable to ETED because both serve urban infrastructure operators with technical, environmental, and planning studies, though Artelia operates globally with thousands of staff.

Direct peers

• Citizing: Paris-based urban strategy and smart city consulting firm working with French cities and infrastructure operators. Comparable to ETED's Smart Cities and urban planning service line and similar Paris-focused client base, though typically on higher-level strategy mandates.
• Altereo: French consulting firm specializing in urban environment, water, and infrastructure studies for municipalities and utilities. Comparable to ETED's environmental surveys, urban planning, and water-utility work for clients like Veolia and French cities, though larger and operating across France.
• Transitec: Independent French mobility and urban transport consulting firm with offices in Paris and other French cities. Comparable because it delivers urban mobility studies and transport analysis for French municipalities and transit operators — the same niche ETED serves around Velib Metropole and RATP.
• Urbanis: French consulting firm focused on urban renovation, sustainable planning, and engineering studies for municipalities and social housing operators. Comparable to ETED's urban planning, regulatory analysis (PLU/PPRI), and resilience work for French public-sector clients.

Regional players

• Institut Paris Region: Île-de-France regional urban planning research agency producing studies on transport, environment, and territorial development. Comparable to ETED's urban planning and mobility studies for Île-de-France, though as a publicly funded research agency rather than commercial consultancy.

Others

• APUR (Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme): Paris urban planning research agency associated with Ville de Paris, producing studies on housing, transport, environment, and urban development. Comparable to ETED's urban planning and Paris-focused studies, though APUR is more of a strategic research partner/client than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/eted_eivp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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