SCOP ExtraCité

What SCOP ExtraCité does

ExtraCité is a French worker cooperative (SCOP — Société Coopérative et Participative) founded in 2013 and headquartered in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It provides consulting, training, facilitation, evaluation, and research services to territorial actors — including local authorities, project carriers, enterprises, elected officials, and citizens — engaged in sustainable local development. The firm addresses a wide thematic range spanning food systems, urban planning, biodiversity, cultural policy, economic development, the social and solidarity economy (ESS), mobility, urban policy, tourism, social policy, and citizen participation, and operates across multiple French territories with a primary concentration in Hauts-de-France. Service delivery is organized around six lines: Accompaniment (tailored, durable, mediating support), Animation (facilitated, participatory, inclusive), Study and Consulting (prospective, strategic, operational), Evaluation (tooled, methodical, enlightened — including social utility assessment), Training (competency-generating), and Research (societal and human-centered, with academic publication output).

The underlying "technology" is human expertise rather than software: a multidisciplinary team of approximately 12 employees, including PhD holders in political science and specialists with dual roles in regional authorities and cooperative partners, delivers engagements directly to clients. There is no proprietary software product, no public API, and no digital platform underpinning the offering. As of June 24, 2024, 100% of salaried employees are associate-owners of the SCOP, giving the workforce full collective governance over both votes and capital. ExtraCité is co-owner of the B.O.C. (Brasseurs d'Organisations Coopératives) workspace in Lille, acquired jointly with peer cooperatives in June 2023.

The business model is project-based professional services revenue, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct: long-term advisory relationships with territorial actors, complemented by training programs, evaluation mandates, and academic research partnerships (e.g., the Morphée survey for the French Office for Biodiversity). Marketing is primarily content-driven through the company website, LinkedIn, academic journals, and active participation in ESS networks (CRESS Hauts-de-France, URSCOP, PTCE Initiatives et Cité). Customer segments are diverse and no individual customer logos are publicly disclosed, implying a distributed mix of public-sector and civil-society clients.

Name

SCOP ExtraCité

Legal name

ExtraCité SCOP

Website

https://extracite.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ExtraCité is a Lille-based worker cooperative (SCOP) providing consulting, training, evaluation, and research services in sustainable local development to local authorities, project carriers, enterprises, and citizens across France, with a team of approximately 12 multidisciplinary experts including PhD-level researchers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Advisory Services: Custom-tailored, durable accompaniment and strategic consulting services to territorial actors engaging in sustainable transitions.
2. Training Services: Convivial, concrete, and competency-generating training programs for territories and organizations.
3. Evaluation Services: Tooled, methodical, and enlightened evaluation services including social utility assessment.
4. Research and Studies: Innovative, societal, and human-centered research contributing to academic publications on environmental policies and public action.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SCOP ExtraCité is a French worker-owned consulting and training cooperative that accompanies territorial actors (local authorities, project carriers, enterprises, citizens, elected officials) in sustainable transitions. It delivers six service lines — Accompaniment, Animation, Study and Consulting, Evaluation, Training, and Research — across topics including food systems, urban planning, biodiversity, culture, economic development, social economy, mobility, urban policy, tourism, and citizen participation. All salaried employees are associate-owners of the cooperative.

Product overview

ExtraCité is a SCOP (Société Coopérative et Participative) providing consulting and training services for sustainable local development. The company offers six core service areas: Accompaniment (customized, durable, mediating support), Animation (facilitated, participatory, inclusive), Study and Consulting (prospective, strategic, operational), Evaluation (tooled, methodical, enlightened), Training (convivial, concrete, competency-generating), and Research (innovative, societal, human-centered). These services are delivered to territorial actors (regions, cities, neighborhoods, citizens, elected officials, project carriers, businesses) working on sustainable transitions across domains including food systems, urban planning, biodiversity, culture, economic development, social economy, mobility, urban policy, tourism, social policies, and citizen participation. ExtraCité does not offer software products or technology platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Accompaniment (Accompagnement)
• Animation (Territorial animation)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Initiatives et CitécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015A grouping of 20 companies and associations working to establish and structure a new economic sector: sustainable local development. Labeled as PTCE (Pôle Economique de Coopération Territoriale) in 2015. Shares common values and vision for project support, enabling space sharing, equipment pooling, joint procurement, and network exchange.
• CRESS Hauts-de-FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChambre Régionale de l'Economie Sociale et Solidaire (Regional Chamber of Social and Solidarity Economy) in Hauts-de-France. ExtraCité is a member and actively participates in ESS actor networks.
• URSCOP Hauts-de-FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnion Régionale des SCOP (Regional Union of Cooperatives) in Hauts-de-France. ExtraCité serves as administrator, contributing to cooperative governance and network development.
• B.O.C. Cooperative Union PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnion of cooperatives formed in June 2023 for the acquisition of shared premises at 98 bis rue Brûle Maison, Lille. Partner structures include Humafin, Bien Fait Pour Ta Com, and On est bien là, collectively managing the B.O.C (Brasseurs d'Organisations Coopératives) space.
• Mouvement CoopératifminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe cooperative movement supporting SCOP development in France, provided support for the B.O.C. acquisition project.
• Récréations urbainesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperative partner specializing in participatory urbanism and planning, collaborating on urban development projects.
• RésonanceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunication strategy cooperative, partner in the B.O.C. ecosystem providing communication, graphic design, and event services.
• HumafinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperative partner in the B.O.C. union, providing financial advisory services.
• Bien Fait Pour Ta ComminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunication services cooperative, part of the B.O.C. cooperative union.
• Voix PubliqueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic consultation and citizen participation specialist, part of the B.O.C. ecosystem.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BeCitizen: French consultancy focused on democratic governance and citizen participation, serving local authorities and public institutions — directly comparable on the citizen-participation and concertation service line.
• Cabinet BL Evolution: French sustainable development consultancy providing strategy, evaluation, and territorial transition services to public and private actors — overlapping offering and target clients with ExtraCité.
• Utopies: Independent French consultancy specialized in sustainable development strategy and CSR advisory for territories and organizations; competes directly for sustainable-territorial development mandates across France.
• Auxilia: French sustainability and responsible-development consultancy serving local authorities and project carriers with accompaniment, training, and evaluation services — closely mirrors ExtraCité's consulting cooperative model and territorial focus.
• Missions Publiques: Paris-based consultancy specialized in public debate, citizen consultation, and participatory democracy — competes with ExtraCité's animation and concertation offerings for territorial public-sector clients.
• Res Publica: French public-affairs and public-policy consultancy advising government and territorial actors on strategy, evaluation, and stakeholder engagement — comparable on evaluation and strategic advisory.

Broad incumbents

• EcoAct: International climate consultancy providing carbon strategy, transition advisory, and sustainable development services to public and private organizations — broader incumbent competing for sustainability mandates.
• Greenflex: Larger French sustainability consultancy (subsidiary of Socomore Group) offering energy transition, CSR, and territorial development services at greater scale — a broader incumbent in ExtraCité's core domain.

Others

• France Nature Environnement: National federation of environmental protection associations involved in biodiversity and ecological-transition policy — adjacent ecosystem actor frequently commissioning ExtraCité-type territorial studies and evaluations.
• CFEF / Fédération des SCOP de la Communication: Federation representing France's cooperative ecosystem, of which ExtraCité-adjacent partners (Résonance, Bien Fait Pour Ta Com) are members — adjacent ecosystem participant rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/extracit%C3%A9

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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