IDETEC

What IDETEC does

IDETEC is a French engineering firm specializing in vibration measurement, structural auscultation, and construction-site acoustics. Founded in 1991 as a SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée) and headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, the company designs and deploys proprietary seismographs — the MCPC for construction-site surveillance and the MCPC-C for quarries, blasting, and air overpressure — complemented by a family of intelligent S3DS triaxial sensors. All instruments feed into MYVIB, IDETEC's in-house cloud platform that centralizes measurements, delivers real-time SMS/email alerts, performs FFT and temporal signal analysis, and generates legally defensible PDF reports. Compliance with French quarry decrees (Arrêté Carrières 1994), the 1986 construction circulaire, IN1226 for railway infrastructure, and ETSI 300 019-1-3 for telecom equipment is embedded in the product design.

The firm operates a sales-led, quote-based go-to-market across four revenue streams: one-time equipment sales of MCPC and MCPC-C seismographs, equipment rental for project campaigns, monthly MYVIB platform subscriptions, and professional services covering measurement campaigns, expert analysis, and AMO/control-office support. Customers are enterprise and government — including major construction groups (NGE, Eiffage, Jean Lefebvre Méditerranée, Bronzo Perasso), energy/nuclear operators (EDF, Orano), the railway incumbent (SNCF, for which IDETEC is a referenced supplier), telecoms (Orange), technical inspection firms (Apave), and government research bodies (CEREMA). The company claims 35+ years of expertise, 50+ construction sites monitored annually, and 300+ clients served, though headcount remains approximately 7 employees. All operations are domestic to France.

Strategic positioning is supported by public funding partners (BPI France under Innovation-Industrie 4.0, Région Sud), an RSE recognition from UIMM, and a research partnership with CEREMA. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, with quotes requested via website forms or phone and a stated 48-hour response time. The operating model is essentially a specialist niche engineering practice with proprietary hardware and a SaaS add-on, rather than a venture-scaled software business.

Name

IDETEC

Legal name

IDETEC

Website

https://idetec.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IDETEC is a French engineering firm that provides proprietary vibration measurement instrumentation (MCPC, MCPC-C seismographs; S3DS sensors) and the MYVIB monitoring platform for enterprise and government clients across construction, railway, energy, quarry, and critical-infrastructure sectors in France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Vibration Measurement Equipment

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Structural & Civil Inspection (Steel, Concrete, Foundations) (EUAEAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Shock, Vibration & Tilt Monitoring Devices (Impact Indicators, Data Loggers) (IMALAFAJ), Third-Party Certification, Code Compliance & Regulatory Inspection (ASME/API/ISO) (EUAEAHAN)

Keywords

• Vibration measurement
• Construction site monitoring
• Seismograph equipment
• Quarry blasting monitoring
• Structural auscultation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Aix-en-Provence

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales: Sale of proprietary seismographs (MCPC, MCPC-C) for autonomous use on monitored sites
2. Equipment Rental: Rental of vibration monitoring equipment for construction sites and quarry measurement campaigns
3. MYVIB Subscription: Subscription-based access to the monitoring platform, alerts, reports, and data analysis services
4. Professional Services: Technical studies, vibration measurement campaigns, expert analysis, and technical support for control offices and AMO assignments

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

IDETEC provides vibration measurement, structural auscultation, and construction site acoustics services through proprietary seismographs (MCPC for construction sites, MCPC-C for quarries and blasting), S3DS triaxial sensors, and the MYVIB web monitoring platform. The company sells and rents measurement equipment while delivering expert measurement campaigns, real-time monitoring, alerting, and legally defensible compliance reports for construction, quarrying, railway, energy, data center, heritage, and healthcare projects across France.

Product overview

IDETEC's product portfolio comprises two proprietary seismograph lines (MCPC for construction sites and MCPC-C for quarries) paired with the MYVIB cloud platform and a complementary range of S3DS triaxial sensors. The MCPC and MCPC-C are self-contained measurement instruments that can operate autonomously on-site or connect to MYVIB for real-time monitoring, alerting and centralized data analysis. This hardware-plus-platform architecture allows IDETEC to serve both field-only use cases (purchase or rental) and connected monitoring scenarios (MYVIB subscription).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MYVIB: Web-based monitoring and real-time analysis platform for vibration, acoustic, and connected equipment data.
• MCPC
• MCPC-C
• S3DS

Products and services

• MCPC Seismograph
• MCPC-C Seismograph
• MYVIB Monitoring Platform
• S3DS Triaxial Sensors
• Vibration Measurement Studies and Campaigns

Quantifiable outcome

• 35+ years of field expertise
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• CEREMAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEREMA (Centre d'études et d'expertise sur les risques, l'environnement, la mobilité et l'aménagement) is a technical partner of IDETEC for infrastructure research and expertise in vibration measurement and monitoring.
• UIMMminorOthersUIMM (Union des Industries et Métiers de la Métallurgie) recognizes IDETEC's commitment to RSE (Corporate Social Responsibility) practices within the industrial sector framework.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bureau Veritas: Global TIC leader providing testing, inspection and certification services across construction, infrastructure and industry. Adjacent to IDETEC's compliance-driven vibration measurement and auscultation services.
• Apave: Major French TIC (testing, inspection, certification) group offering broad risk management and conformity assessment services. Overlaps with IDETEC's bureau de contrôle use case and is actually one of IDETEC's customers.
• Socotec: French TIC incumbent active in construction, infrastructure and energy compliance testing. Comparable to IDETEC's bureau de contrôle and construction site vibration monitoring offerings.

Direct peers

• Instantel: Canadian-based manufacturer of vibration monitoring instruments (e.g., Minimate Pro 4, Blastmate III) widely used on construction and quarry blasting sites. Directly comparable to IDETEC's MCPC/MCPC-C seismographs and overlapping end customers.
• White Industrial Seismology: US manufacturer of seismographs and vibration monitors for mining, quarrying and construction blasting. Comparable product portfolio and customer base to IDETEC's MCPC-C quarry line.
• Nomis Seismographs: US-based supplier of seismographs for construction, mining and demolition vibration monitoring. Directly comparable product offering and end-use applications to IDETEC's MCPC line.
• Sigicom: Swedish vendor of wireless vibration and sound monitoring systems for construction, infrastructure and rail projects. Closely comparable to IDETEC's combination of proprietary field sensors and a cloud monitoring platform (MYVIB).
• Vibration Monitoring Consultants (VMC): UK specialist in construction and infrastructure vibration monitoring, providing instrumentation, data analysis and reporting services. Closely comparable business model to IDETEC's field-services-plus-equipment approach.
• Geosense: UK provider of geotechnical and structural monitoring instruments including vibration sensors and data loggers. Comparable to IDETEC's S3DS triaxial sensors and construction/infrastructure monitoring use cases.

Emerging players

• RST Instruments: Canadian manufacturer of geotechnical and structural monitoring instruments including vibration sensors. Comparable product category to IDETEC's S3DS sensors, particularly for infrastructure monitoring applications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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