What Inhabit Place does

Inhabit Place Ltd. is an Australian private company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Canberra (ABN 93 629 209 436), operating a public space auditing platform that combines a web-based application with trained human auditors to systematically capture observational data on how people use and experience urban public spaces. The platform standardises the audit methodology so outputs are comparable across locations and over time, then converts captured data into automated easy-to-read Place Audit Reports, raw datasets, and Place Insights Videos. The product surface includes three tiers — Pulse (one-off audit), Plus (3-month self-service subscription with up to three audits per month, training, and capacity-building sessions), and Premium (fully-managed audit service with all Plus features plus the Place Insights Video) — alongside a Place Audit Toolkit resource. Commercial delivery is enterprise field sales: government agencies are the primary customer segment (local councils, state agencies, federal departments such as ACT Government, Suburban Land Agency, City of Melbourne, City of Launceston, City of Stirling, Queanbeyan Palereg Regional Council, Liverpool City Council), with property developers committed to design excellence and private businesses as secondary verticals. The go-to-market is direct, initiated through website contact forms with bespoke engagement for larger organisations; no channel partners or resellers are used. Distribution is global in ambition (the company claims a global footprint), with international project work in Kenya, India, and Peru executed primarily through partnerships with UN-Habitat's Her City programme, the United Nations Global Public Space Programme, Mano a Mano, and Red Dot Foundation. Revenue mechanics are subscription recurring for Plus and Premium, one-time fees for Pulse, and managed-services/custom pricing for enterprise work.

Name

Inhabit Place

Legal name

Inhabit Place Ltd.

Website

https://inhabitplace.info

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Inhabit Place Ltd. is a Canberra-based Australian company that operates a standardised public space auditing platform, combining trained human observers with a web app to deliver observational data, automated reports, and training to government councils, developers, and private businesses in Australia and selected international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Canberra

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Services: Inhabit Place generates revenue primarily through subscription-based plans (Plus and Premium) that provide recurring access to the platform, place audits, training sessions, and support services. The subscriptions operate on 3-month terms with no automatic renewal.
2. One-time Place Audit (Pulse): The Pulse package provides a single one-off place audit for organizations wanting to conduct a one-time assessment, including a Place Audit Report, raw datasets, and access to one monthly capacity building session.
3. Enterprise Custom Solutions: Enterprise plans are available for larger teams requiring a personalized place audit output, with custom engagement and potentially bespoke pricing negotiated through direct contact.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Inhabit Place operates a public space monitoring platform that uses trained auditors to collect systematic observational data on how places are used, who uses them, and why. The platform generates automated easy-to-read reports and raw datasets, and is delivered through subscription tiers (Pulse, Plus, Premium) and bespoke enterprise engagements targeted at government agencies, property developers, and private businesses.

Product overview

Inhabit Place is a unified public space monitoring platform that combines data collection tools, training resources, and reporting capabilities. The core Inhabit Place Platform serves as the central system for conducting place audits and generating insights. Three subscription tiers serve different organisational needs: Pulse for one-off audits, Plus for organisations conducting regular audits with their own teams, and Premium for fully-managed audits. Key deliverables include automated Place Audit Reports, raw datasets, and Place Insights Videos. The platform is designed for governments, developers committed to design excellence, and private businesses looking to create better outcomes for their premises and community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inhabit Place Platform A unified public space monitoring platform that enables systematic, cost-effective, and reliable collection and analysis of observational data through place auditing. Trained auditors use the platform to capture data on space usage, visitor interactions, and place experiences, after which the platform generates automated easy-to-read reports and exports raw datasets. The platform underpins subscription tiers (Pulse, Plus, Premium) and is targeted at governments, property developers, and private businesses seeking evidence-based insights about their public spaces.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% of world population expected to live in cities by 2030, driving demand for public space monitoring
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mano a ManocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInhabit Place delivered place audits with Mano a Mano and Her City (UN-Habitat) in Lima, Peru, across two passages: Pasaje Rosario and Pasaje Los Alamos in Puente Piedra. The audits created data outlining safety risks and how to better connect neighbouring communities.
• Red Dot FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInhabit Place collaborated with the Red Dot Foundation and Her City (UN-Habitat) in 2022 for the Swedbio project 'Youth Led, Nature - Culture Living Labs in India'. The collaboration focused on on-the-ground observational work in Delhi.
• UN-Habitat / Her CitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple collaborations with UN-Habitat's Her City initiative including projects in Peru and India. UN-Habitat is the United Nations Human Settlements Programme focused on urban development.
• United Nations Global Public Space ProgrammecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInhabit Place expanded into Africa in 2021, working with the United Nations Global Public Space Programme to gain insights into the Kamukunji area of Nairobi, Kenya.
• Liverpool City CouncilminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCompleted Healthy Streets demonstration pilot in 2023 in partnership with qualified healthy streets practitioners from Liverpool City Council, overseen by South Western Sydney Local Health District.
• South Western Sydney Local Health DistrictminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOversaw the Healthy Streets demonstration pilot with Liverpool City Council, integrating health district expertise into public space assessments.
• Transport for NSWcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInhabit Place played a pivotal role in the Transport for NSW Smart City Innovation Challenge in 2023, securing funding to develop innovative solutions for safer public spaces for women and girls. The project advanced through the Feasibility stage.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM Urban Planning: Global infrastructure consultancy with a substantial urban planning and masterplanning practice serving governments and developers worldwide. Overlaps with Inhabit Place in public space and urban design advisory, but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• Sidewalk Labs (urban analytics spinouts): Alphabet-affiliated urban technology organisation (and successor entities such as Replica) that built data-driven tools for cities. Represents the kind of well-capitalised analytics competitor that could subsume public space monitoring as part of a broader smart-city offering.
• ESRI: Dominant GIS software provider used extensively by urban planning and government agencies. While not a direct observational-audit competitor, ESRI's ArcGIS platform is embedded in the same customer workflow and could absorb or partner around place-audit functionality.
• Arup Urban Planning: Global engineering and design firm with significant urban planning, public realm, and city-shaping practices. Comparable customer base (councils, developers) and overlap in public space strategy, though offerings span much wider infrastructure domains.

Emerging players

• UrbanFootprint: Urban planning software platform providing scenario analysis and land-use analytics to public agencies. Targets overlapping government customers and addresses similar 'evidence-based planning' pain points, though with quantitative land-use models rather than observational audit data.
• StreetLight Data: Mobility and activity analytics platform using big-data and sensor inputs to inform transportation and urban planning decisions. Competes for the same government-customer wallet with alternative (data-driven rather than observational) methodologies for understanding public space use.

Direct peers

• 8 80 Cities: Non-profit focused on improving public spaces and urban vitality through observation-based assessments and community engagement. Operates in a similar methodology space to Inhabit Place and works with cities on public realm strategy.
• Center for Active Design: Non-profit advisory focused on public space design for health, equity, and inclusion outcomes. Overlaps with Inhabit Place's gender-inclusive and community-focused design orientation and shares a government and developer customer base.
• Project for Public Spaces: A non-profit centre focused on placemaking and public space improvement, advising communities and governments on how public spaces are used and improved. Highly comparable to Inhabit Place in mission, methodology, and target customer (government/civic), though operates as advocacy/consulting rather than a SaaS platform.
• Gehl (formerly Gehl Architects): Urban planning consultancy founded by Jan Gehl that pioneered observational public life studies and 'Cities for People' methodology — directly aligned with Inhabit Place's observational auditing approach. Targets similar public-sector and developer clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inhabit-place
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Compliance2 records

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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