lokal

What lokal does

Lokal is a French landscape architecture and urban planning agency (doing business as Lokal paysage et urbanisme) headquartered at 18 Rue du Bastion Saint-Nicolas in La Rochelle, with a registered share capital of €7,500 as a société. The firm delivers professional services across three interconnected practice areas: Maîtrise d'œuvre (urban project management), Études territoriales (territorial studies and strategic planning), and Concertation (public participation and citizen consultation). Its portfolio spans school courtyard renaturation, social and student housing developments, urban requalification of neighborhoods and civic squares, public space design, cemetery landscape diagnostics, and luxury hotel landscape commissions.

The business model is project-based professional services revenue, acquired primarily through competitive bidding (concours) for public tenders and direct commission for private clients. There is no proprietary technology platform, software product, or API; delivery is human-led by a small core team led by Gérant Jean-Baptiste Lacombe alongside graphic/CAD designer Clara Duval, supported by a recurring network of partner architecture firms (EPA Architectes, D Paysage, Spirale Architectes, Equator Paris, NRAU, RVA, Aude Roi) and the environmental NGO Bleu Versant. Marketing is portfolio-driven via the lokal.re website.

Customer segments are split between French municipalities and public housing offices (OPH) — including La Rochelle, Rochefort, Bourges, Dompierre-sur-Mer, La Jarne, Puilboreau, Rivedoux, Périgny, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Saint-Ouen and Épinay-sur-Seine — and a smaller set of private clients (Bristol Paris, Hôtel Peninsula Paris for HSH & Qatari Diar, Groupe Star Service, SEQUANO). Geographic focus is regional western France with selective international engagements in Morocco (Hôtel Quemado), Vietnam (Grow Harlow) and the UK (American cemetery landscape diagnostics).

Name

lokal

Legal name

Lokal

Website

https://lokal.re

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lokal is a La Rochelle-based landscape architecture and urban planning agency delivering project management, territorial studies and public participation services to French municipalities, public housing offices, private developers, and luxury hospitality clients, with selective projects in Morocco, Vietnam and the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Services

NAICS

Administrative and Support Services (561)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Urban planning consulting
• Territorial studies
• Public participation planning
• Environmental landscape design

Headquarters

HQ city

La Rochelle

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Maîtrise d'œuvre (Design & Project Management): Core revenue stream from full-service landscape and urban planning project delivery, from concept through construction supervision. Projects include public spaces, school courtyards, residential developments, hotel landscapes, and urban requalification.
2. Études territoriales (Territorial Studies): Strategic planning and territorial analysis services, including diagnostic studies, programming, and participatory planning processes for municipalities and territorial authorities.
3. Concertation (Public Participation): Facilitation of citizen participation and public consultation processes for urban development projects, working with local communities and stakeholders.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Lokal is a landscape architecture and urban planning agency that designs and oversees the creation of public spaces, residential developments, hotel landscapes, school courtyards, and urban requalification projects. Its work spans the full project lifecycle — from territorial diagnostics and strategic planning, through concept and detailed design, to construction supervision — for French municipalities, social housing offices (OPH), private developers, and luxury hospitality clients. Services are delivered through an ecosystemic, participatory methodology that integrates ecology, hydrology, biodiversity, and stakeholder consultation, with particular emphasis on coastal and littoral environments in western France.

Product overview

Lokal is a landscape architecture and urban planning agency based in La Rochelle, France. The company operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Its core services consist of three interconnected practice areas: Maîtrise d'œuvre (urban project management), Études territoriales (territorial/landscape studies), and Concertation (public participation consulting). These services are applied across a diverse portfolio of project types including school courtyard renovations, housing developments, public spaces, hotel amenities, cemetery restorations, and urban requalification initiatives. The company serves both public sector clients (municipalities, government ministries) and private clients (property developers, hotel operators) primarily in the western half of France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maîtrise d'œuvre (Urban Project Management) Core project management service for designing and overseeing urban spaces and landscape projects. Lokal conceives public spaces and landscape developments that balance functionality with environmental standards, creating comfortable, sustainable, and integrated living environments across the full project lifecycle from competitive bid through construction supervision.
• Études territoriales (Territorial Studies) In-depth analysis of territorial dynamics and landscape planning studies. Lokal examines specific site characteristics including geographic, economic, and social factors to propose adaptive scenarios that enhance territorial assets and address local environmental, social, and economic challenges for municipalities and territorial authorities.
• Concertation (Public Participation) Citizen participation and public consultation services for urban development projects. Lokal implements dialogue and co-construction mechanisms throughout the project process to gather community ideas and concerns, working with local communities, municipalities, and stakeholders to ensure projects meet local needs and aspirations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 190 student housing units delivered with environmental performance and BIODIVERCITY certification target
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and regular.

• D Paysage / Diala HaddadcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner on multiple landscape architecture projects including ZAC du Val de l'Aurence in Limoges, Hôtel Quemado in Al Hoceima Morocco, and American cemetery landscape diagnostics. Joint project delivery as co-landscape architects.
• Spirale ArchitectescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture partner on the ZAC du Val de l'Aurence project in Limoges, working together on public space requalification combining architectural and landscape expertise.
• EPA ArchitectescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration with EPA Architectes on multiple projects including Les Docks in Saint-Ouen (student, senior, and collective housing) and patio design in Paris 12th arrondissement.
• Equator ParisregularStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture partner on Les Docks project in Saint-Ouen and housing construction project in Épinay-sur-Seine.
• ONG Bleu VersantregularStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with environmental NGO for programmatic and pedagogical phases of school courtyard transformation projects (Puilboreau, Rivedoux), following the 'Sous le bitume, l'Océan' program.
• Aude Roi (Architecte-urbaniste)regularStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative architect-urbanist on strategic planning projects including UP-ALBATRE in Normandy and strategic planning for Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon and Rochefort Liberation district.
• RVA ArchitectesregularStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture partner on urban requalification project of church square in Bourges Chancellerie district.
• NRAU Nicolas Reymond Architecture & UrbanismecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture-urbanism partner on Îlot Joffre project in La Rochelle Rompsay district, creating new urban block with housing and collective spaces.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Phytorestore: French ecological engineering firm specializing in nature-based solutions for water and soil restoration. Comparable to Lokal where their practices intersect on renaturation and ecological landscape projects in France.
• IN SITU Paysages et Urbanisme: French landscape architecture and urbanism studio with a comparable service mix to Lokal, working on public space, housing development, and territorial planning projects for French municipalities and developers.

Direct peers

• Topotek 1: Berlin-based landscape architecture firm working across Europe on urban requalification, public space, and large-scale landscape projects. Comparable to Lokal in the European landscape architecture category, though with significantly larger international reach.
• TN Plus: French urban planning, landscape, and engineering consultancy operating across France. Comparable to Lokal in providing urban planning and landscape architecture services to municipalities and developers, with a broader multidisciplinary bench.
• Agence TER: Leading French landscape architecture and urban planning firm with a national footprint. Comparable to Lokal in service mix (urbanisme, paysage, environnement) and in serving French municipalities and developers on requalification and public space projects.
• Atelier Jacqueline Osty: Paris-based landscape architecture practice with strong public-sector credentials in urban requalification and parks. Comparable to Lokal as a French landscape architecture firm competing for concours mandates from municipalities and housing developers.
• Michel Desvigne Paysagiste: Internationally recognized French landscape architect delivering large-scale public space and urban projects. Comparable to Lokal in offering landscape and urban planning services to French public clients, but at substantially larger scale.
• Wagon Landscaping: Dutch landscape architecture and urbanism firm known for ecological and process-driven public space design. Comparable to Lokal in integrating ecology, participation, and urbanism in landscape projects for public clients.
• Bureau Bas Smets: Belgium- and Paris-based landscape architecture and urbanism practice working on European public space and ecological projects. Comparable to Lokal in its ecosystemic, ecology-driven approach to landscape and urban design for public and private clients.

Regional players

• Agnès Sourisseau Architecte Urbaniste: French architect-urbanist working on territorial planning and urban requalification. Comparable to Lokal in delivering strategic planning and urbanism services in France, though with a different geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 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

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M&A

Investments

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