Sarbus

Name

Sarbus

Legal name

Sarbus

Website

https://sarfa.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sarbus is a Barcelona-based, 18-employee private company that operates a direct-to-consumer online ticketing platform for Moventis bus services, enabling individual passengers to purchase bus tickets via a web e-commerce storefront under the Moventis corporate domain.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Passenger Bus Transportation

NAICS

Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (485), Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation (48521)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700), Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)

akta.pro primary industry

Intercity Bus Ticketing, Distribution & Reservation Platforms (TLAFAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Intercity Bus Aggregators/Marketplaces (Scheduled Coach Ticketing Platforms) (THAIADAH), Rail & Intercity Bus Booking Engines (THALADAD), Ground Transportation Booking Platforms (Rail/Bus/Ferry) (BPAMAIAD)

Keywords

• Bus transportation services
• Online ticketing platform
• Passenger bus services
• Intercity bus travel
• Digital ticket sales

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Online Ticket Sales: Revenue generated through online bus ticket sales via the company's e-commerce platform. Customers purchase bus tickets through the online portal, with the platform serving as the transactional interface between the bus service provider (Moventis) and end passengers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Sarbus sells bus tickets through an online e-commerce platform (Plataforma de venta online de billetes) hosted at compras.moventis.es, allowing individual passengers to purchase tickets for Moventis-operated bus services over the web. The platform functions as the digital sales channel for the company's bus transportation operations, enabling direct online ticket procurement without visiting physical ticket counters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Ticket Sales Platform (Plataforma de venta online de billetes) Web-based online platform that allows individual passengers to search for, select, and purchase bus tickets for Moventis-operated bus services without visiting a physical ticket counter. The platform is accessible at compras.moventis.es and serves as the direct-to-consumer digital sales channel for Sarbus's bus transportation services.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• FlixBus: Pan-European intercity bus operator with a leading online booking platform. Comparable to Sarbus in operating a digital ticketing storefront for bus travel, but at vastly larger scale and multi-country reach.
• Eurolines: European long-distance coach network with online booking. Comparable as a bus operator with an online ticketing channel, though operating at a pan-European rather than regional Spanish scale.
• National Express: Major UK-based transport operator with online coach and bus ticketing. Comparable as an operator-owned digital ticketing channel, though geographically focused on the UK and limited Spain overlap.

Regional players

• ClickBus: Leading online bus ticketing marketplace operating primarily in Latin America. Comparable as a digital bus ticketing platform, though focused on Brazilian and Latin American markets rather than Spain/Europe.
• Rede Expresso: Major Portuguese intercity bus operator with its own online booking platform. Comparable as an operator-owned digital ticketing channel for bus services, though serving Portugal rather than Spain directly.

Direct peers

• Busbud: Online bus ticketing marketplace aggregating intercity and regional bus operators globally. Directly comparable as a digital bus ticketing distribution platform competing for the same traveler use case.
• Alsa: Spain's largest private bus operator with its own online ticketing platform and extensive intercity network. Directly comparable to Sarbus as a digitally enabled bus ticket-selling channel targeting Spanish travelers.
• Omio: Multi-modal travel booking platform aggregating bus, rail, and flight inventory across Europe. Comparable to Sarbus as a digital ground-transport ticketing channel, though operating a marketplace model versus Sarbus's single-operator channel.

Emerging players

• Moovit: Urban mobility app with integrated public transit ticketing capabilities. Comparable as a digital ticketing layer for passenger transport, though more focused on urban/multi-modal rather than intercity bus.

Others

• Moventis: Regional bus operator in Catalonia/northeast Spain whose corporate domain hosts Sarbus's ticketing platform. Relevant as the apparent anchor operator and likely principal counterparty for Sarbus.

Market position

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sarbus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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