What INCITAT Environnement does

INCITAT Environnement is a French privately-held SAS founded in 2010 and headquartered in Bayonne (Anglet area), Nouvelle-Aquitaine, that designs, manufactures, and deploys electromechanical access control systems for voluntary waste deposit points (Points d'Apport Volontaire, PAV). The company serves French municipalities and, to a lesser extent, private waste operators with the core objective of enabling pay-as-you-throw (tarification incitative) waste collection — measuring per-household waste production, supporting individual billing, and optimizing organic waste (biodéchets) collection flows. Its offering is a full-stack solution comprising (i) hardware access control kits with electronic locks, servomotors, 4G and Bluetooth connectivity, dual position detection, and rechargeable battery management; (ii) a cloud-based online supervision platform for real-time collection monitoring, daily updates, and remote message management; (iii) over 60 mechanical and electronic adaptation kits for seamless integration with diverse container types (buried, semi-buried, surface, Abribac, solar compactors) from manufacturers including Citec, Astech, Plastic Omnium, Temaco, Conteneur, and Polytri; and (iv) a dual-format badge system (digital Android/iPhone plus physical cards/key fobs) supporting up to 300,000-800,000 cards per container with usage limits, pay-at-deposit, and sectorization features. The business operates on a multi-year, custom-quoted enterprise sales model combining one-time hardware sales, recurring subscription revenue for the supervision platform, and transaction-fee revenue from badge/PAYT activity.

The company monetizes through direct enterprise field sales to French municipalities, with installation, configuration, and ongoing maintenance handled in-house from design (using SOLIDWORKS) through manufacturing, testing, and deployment. A flagship 2026 strategic partnership with Waste Vision — described as the European leader in intelligent waste management technologies — extends the product stack with intelligent sensors, digital tracking tools, and AI-driven logistics platforms, positioning INCITAT as an integrator of advanced waste-management technology for French local authorities and private operators. Mobile applications (UVTRI on iOS and Android) extend the customer interface into the self-serve/app channel, including Bluetooth fallback for poor-coverage areas. With 8 employees, share capital of 302,250 EUR, a France-only geographic footprint, and no disclosed funding rounds or revenue figures, INCITAT is a small, focused specialist whose growth prospects are tightly linked to the pace of French PAYT regulatory rollout and the commercial leverage of the Waste Vision alliance.

Name

INCITAT Environnement

Legal name

INCITAT Environnement

Website

https://incitat.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

INCITAT Environnement is a French SAS (founded 2010, 8 employees, Bayonne) that designs and deploys electromechanical access control systems and a cloud supervision platform for voluntary waste deposit points, enabling French municipalities to implement pay-as-you-throw waste collection and per-household measurement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Waste Access Control Hardware

NAICS

Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

E-waste & Universal Waste Collection/Transfer (Electronics, Lamps, Batteries) (EUAIABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Waste, Recycling & Circularity (On-site Programs) (BPABAAAL)

Keywords

• Waste access control
• Voluntary deposit points
• Pay-as-you-throw systems
• Municipal waste hardware
• Waste supervision platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Bayonne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Access Control Hardware Systems: Sale of electronic and mechanical access control kits that integrate with waste containers. Equipment includes locks, sensors, communication modules, and adaptation hardware for various container types.
2. Supervision Platform and Software: Cloud-based operational platform providing real-time monitoring, daily updates, and remote management capabilities for deployed access control systems.
3. Badge/Card Systems: Physical and digital badges enabling user identification at waste deposit points. Supports payment-at-deposit models and sectorized access.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

INCITAT Environnement designs, manufactures and maintains electronic and mechanical access control systems for voluntary waste deposit points (PAV), pairing purpose-built electromechanical hardware (badges, locks, 4G/Bluetooth-connected modules, 60+ mechanical adaptation kits) with a cloud-based supervision platform that enables municipalities and private waste operators to control household access, measure waste production, and operate pay-as-you-throw (TEOM/REOM) pricing. The company also provides installation, training, maintenance, and integration services via its API gateway.

Product overview

INCITAT Environnement offers a comprehensive Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) access control solution for voluntary waste deposit points (PAV). The core product, Contrôle d'Accès PAV, is an electronic and mechanical system that enables municipalities to track household waste contributions and optimize collection efficiency. The solution integrates an online supervision platform for real-time management, over 60 adaptation kits for seamless container integration, and a dual-format badge system (digital and physical). The company provides complete deployment services from design (using SOLIDWORKS) through manufacturing, testing, installation, and ongoing maintenance. A strategic partnership with Waste Vision brings AI-driven logistics platforms and intelligent sensors into the product ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contrôle d'accès pour PAV Electromechanical access control systems (electronic and mechanical badges, electromagnetic locks, 4G/Bluetooth-connected modules) for voluntary waste deposit points in France, designed to restrict and monitor household access for municipalities and private waste operators implementing pay-as-you-throw billing.
• Plateforme de supervision en ligne Cloud-based supervision and reporting platform with API gateway that monitors usage of voluntary deposit points, manages badges, measures household waste production, and exposes integration endpoints for municipal and operator information systems.
• Application mobile INCITAT Mobile application that enables end users and operators to interact with INCITAT access-controlled deposit points, manage badges, and consult waste production data.
• Kits d'adaptation mécanique Mechanical adaptation kits (more than 60 references) that allow INCITAT access control modules to be installed on the heterogeneous installed base of legacy French voluntary waste deposit point enclosures.
• Badges électroniques et physiques Electronic and physical identification badges issued to households and operators to unlock INCITAT-controlled voluntary deposit points under pay-as-you-throw schemes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Operational cost reduction through optimized waste collection and real-time monitoring
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Waste VisionflagshipTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2026Strategic partnership with Waste Vision, the European leader in intelligent waste management technologies. Incitat Environment will integrate Waste Vision's solutions including intelligent sensors, digital tracking tools, and AI-powered logistics platforms into services for municipalities and private operators across France. This collaboration strengthens Incitat's technological leadership and market position in France.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• TOMRA: Specialized in reverse vending, deposit-return, and recycling sortation technologies with growing sensor/data capabilities. Comparable as a tech-focused adjacent player in container-level waste intelligence and circular economy infrastructure.

Direct peers

• Bigbelly: Smart, sensor-equipped waste and recycling stations deployed across municipalities globally, including Europe. Closely comparable as connected public-space waste infrastructure targeting city-level operators, with overlapping GTM into municipalities.
• Sensoneo: Smart waste management platform offering ultrasonic sensors, route optimization, and waste data analytics for cities and waste haulers. Comparable in providing end-to-end sensor-plus-software for container-level visibility at municipal scale.
• Enevo: Smart waste sensors and analytics for waste containers and route optimization, used by municipal and private waste operators. Directly comparable as an IoT sensor + platform play for container-level waste monitoring.
• Waste Vision: European leader in intelligent waste management technologies; announced 2026 strategic partnership with INCITAT to integrate sensors, tracking tools, and AI logistics platforms into services for French municipalities. Both target the same PAYT/smart-waste demand with overlapping technology stacks.

Others

• Sulo: European container and bin manufacturer operating in waste collection infrastructure. Comparable as an infrastructure provider whose containers are typical candidates for third-party access-control retrofits in municipal networks.
• Contenur: Spanish manufacturer of urban waste containers (surface, semi-buried, buried). Referenced among INCITAT's adaptation-kit target manufacturers; relevant as container infrastructure provider paired with INCITAT access-control retrofits.
• Plastic Omnium: Major manufacturer of waste containers (including buried, semi-buried, and surface units) used in French municipal networks. INCITAT explicitly integrates with Plastic Omnium containers via its adaptation kits; relevant as infrastructure supplier and adjacent ecosystem player.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia: Global environmental services leader with extensive smart-waste and PAYT/incitative tariff offerings across many countries. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving French municipalities with both collection services and digital waste solutions.
• SUEZ: Major waste and recycling operator with smart-waste and incentive-pricing offerings in France and globally. Comparable as a large incumbent competing for the same French municipal waste modernization budgets.

Market position

Strengths4 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

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