MondialBox®

What MondialBox® does

MondialBox® is a French self-storage franchise network founded in 2013 by Eric Charles and headquartered in Ancenis, Pays de la Loire. The company operates a network of more than 90 self-storage centres across France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain, and Austria, with each centre independently owned and operated by a franchisee under the MondialBox brand. The franchise model is the central commercial mechanism: MondialBox provides the brand, proprietary management software, quality charter, and ongoing support, while franchisees provide the local capital, real estate, and operations. The company serves both individual consumers (moves, renovations, seasonal storage, vehicle storage) and small businesses (artisans, SMEs, associations needing inventory, archive, or equipment storage), with no public listing or external institutional investors disclosed.

The core product is a hybrid self-storage offering combining outdoor drive-up units (Box Outdoor, 2.4m² to 28m²) and indoor climate-controlled units (Box Indoor, 1m² to 40m²), accessed 24/7 via personalised badges and access codes under the proprietary Self-Stockage Drive® concept. Supporting services include an online volume simulator, a customer portal for contract management, parcel reception at select centres, packaging supply sales, and a dedicated professional segment offer. All centres are equipped with CCTV, alarms, and electronic access systems.

Revenue is generated at the corporate level through a combination of upfront franchise fees, recurring royalties on centre revenue, software/technology fees, and marketing contributions, while end-customer revenue is structured as quote-based monthly rentals with no long-term commitment, a 1-month minimum stay, and a 15-day cancellation notice. Pricing is per square metre, not publicly disclosed, and is accompanied by promotional offers at select centres. Customer acquisition is primarily digital, with online quote and callback forms, paid search across Google, Microsoft Advertising, and Meta, and geographic expansion driven by franchise recruitment at events such as Franchise Expo Paris.

Name

MondialBox®

Legal name

MondialBox®

Website

https://mondialbox.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MondialBox® is a French self-storage franchise network founded in 2013, operating over 90 indoor and outdoor storage centres across France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain, and Austria for individuals and small businesses via a franchisee model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Self-Storage Services

NAICS

Lessors of Miniwarehouses and Self-Storage Units (531130), Other Warehousing and Storage (49319)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Portable Storage Container Rental & Moving (HSAKAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Self-Storage Ancillary Services (Locks, Boxes, Truck Rental, Mailbox/Package Acceptance) (HSAKAGAH)

Keywords

• Self-storage units
• Storage box rental
• Climate-controlled storage
• Drive-up storage
• Franchise storage

Headquarters

HQ city

Bourg-en-Bresse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices92 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Monthly storage unit rental: Customers pay a monthly fee to rent a storage unit. The rental is billed on a monthly basis with no long-term commitment required. Pricing is per square metre of storage space. The first month of rental may be discounted or offered at promotional rates (e.g., €1 for the first month with a minimum commitment). Locks and insurance are included in the rental price. Customers may change box size without additional fees based on availability.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

MondialBox is a franchisor and operator of self-storage centres that rents indoor and outdoor storage boxes to individuals and professionals on flexible monthly contracts. Beyond core storage rental, the company sells packing supplies (cardboard and packaging), provides a volume simulator and online booking tools, and licenses its brand and operating model to franchisees across multiple European countries and overseas territories.

Product overview

MondialBox® is a self-storage company operating a network of over 90 centers across France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, and La Réunion. The company's core product portfolio consists of two primary storage solutions: Outdoor Storage Boxes (Box Outdoor) offering ground-level drive access with extra-wide double-door openings ranging from 2.4m2 to 28m2, and Indoor Storage Boxes (Box Indoor) providing climate-controlled interior storage ranging from 1m2 to 40m2. These core products are supported by the Self-Stockage Drive® feature enabling 24/7 autonomous access via badge. The company supplements its core offerings with a Volume Simulator tool for size estimation, a Customer Portal for account management, parcel delivery services, professional storage solutions, and cardboard/packaging sales. The franchise program allows entrepreneurs to open new centers using MondialBox's proprietary management software and brand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Indoor Storage Boxes
• Outdoor Storage Boxes
• Professional Storage Solutions
• Packing Supplies (Cardboard and Packaging)
• MondialBox Franchise Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Access in under 30 seconds using personalised badge or code

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Rent A Car (Veauche, Saint-Étienne)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 March 2026A commercial partnership at the Andrézieux centre where Rent A Car Veauche offers MondialBox customers a 15% discount on utility vehicle rentals. This facilitates customer moves by enabling them to transport belongings to their storage unit using a discounted rental vehicle.
• FEDESSA (European Self Storage Association)coreOthersMondialBox is a member of FEDESSA, the European Federation of Mobile Warehousing and Self Storage. Membership signals industry recognition and adherence to European self-storage standards.
• CISSminorOthersMondialBox is a member of CISS (Chambre des Ingénieurs-Sortants or similar industry body). The nature of this membership is not further detailed in available sources.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Extra Space Storage: Large US-listed self-storage REIT and third-party management platform. Comparable as a scaled self-storage operator with franchise/third-party management capability analogous to MondialBox's franchise model.
• Safestore: Largest UK-listed self-storage group with operations across the UK and continental Europe. Comparable to MondialBox as a multi-country self-storage operator serving both consumers and businesses.
• Public Storage: Largest US self-storage operator and the category benchmark globally. Comparable to MondialBox in core product offering (drive-up and indoor units) but operating at much larger scale and primarily in the US.
• Big Yellow Group: UK-listed self-storage REIT operating urban-focused centres. Comparable to MondialBox in product offering, though concentrated in UK metropolitan markets.

Direct peers

• Lok'nStore Group: UK-based self-storage operator with both company-owned and franchised-style expansion. Comparable to MondialBox's franchise-driven growth model in a different geography.
• Box à la Carte: French self-storage franchise network offering drive-up units to individuals and professionals. Highly comparable to MondialBox's franchise model and outdoor drive-up product.
• Annexx: French self-storage operator with a multi-site network. Competes head-to-head with MondialBox for French consumer and SME storage demand with similar drive-up and indoor unit formats.
• HomeBox: French self-storage brand operating a network of centres across France. Closest direct French competitor to MondialBox, offering both indoor and outdoor units to individual and professional customers.
• Shurgard Self Storage: Largest publicly listed self-storage operator in Europe with hundreds of centres across multiple countries. Directly comparable to MondialBox as a self-storage brand targeting consumers and SMEs with similar unit-size offerings.

Regional players

• Storebox: European self-storage operator with a strong footprint in Austria and Germany. Comparable as a continental European self-storage brand, but operating primarily in German-speaking markets rather than France.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mondialbox

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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