Atmo Hauts-de-France

What Atmo Hauts-de-France does

Atmo Hauts-de-France is the agréé regional air quality observatory for the Hauts-de-France region of France, established in 1976 and headquartered in Lille as a non-profit association under French law (loi 1901). It is accredited by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and operates as a member of the national AASQA network coordinated by Atmo France. The organization monitors, models, and reports on air quality, pollen, and emerging pollutants across all five departments of the region (Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Somme, Aisne, Oise) using a combination of fixed measurement stations, mobile campaigns, fine-scale street-level atmospheric modeling, GIS platforms, and a network of over 200 volunteer Sentinelles Pollin'air observers. Its product portfolio includes real-time air quality indices, the Air to Go mobile application, the Open Data portal, the TrACE Hauts-de-France decision-support platform covering 71 PCAET territories, the TransfAIR cross-border educational game, and dedicated emerging-pollutant measurement campaigns for PFAS, ultrafine particles, microplastics, and pesticides under the AQAH project.

The organization is governed by a Board of Directors led by President Jacques Patris and managed by Director General Hélène Devillers. Its revenue model is non-commercial and rests on three pillars: mandatory TGAP-anchored membership contributions from territorial collectivities (collectivités territoriales), co-financing from the Région Hauts-de-France, European Union (FEDER), ARS, and ADEME for specific projects, and corporate patronage (mécénat). All data, forecasts, alerts, and applications are provided free of charge to the public. Core customer segments include citizens, local authorities and elected officials, healthcare professionals, schools and associations, economic actors pursuing RSE commitments, and media. Strategic partners include the Région Hauts-de-France, ARS Hauts-de-France, ADEME, the Observatoire Climat Hauts-de-France, the Chambre d'Agriculture, CCI Hauts-de-France, Université Picardie Jules Verne, CHU Amiens Picardie, and the TransfAIR Interreg consortium.

Name

Atmo Hauts-de-France

Legal name

Atmo Hauts-de-France

Website

https://atmo-hdf.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Atmo Hauts-de-France is the French Ministry-accredited non-profit air quality observatory for the Hauts-de-France region, monitoring air, pollen, and emerging pollutants across all five departments and serving citizens, local authorities, healthcare professionals, and businesses with free data, forecasts, and the Air to Go mobile application.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Monitoring Services

NAICS

Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (92411), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (Criteria Pollutants & Air Toxics) (EUAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Monitoring, Data & Reporting (Air/Water/Soil) (BPAIAMAC), Continuous/Remote Monitoring Systems (IoT Sensors, Telemetry, Networks) (EUAHACAL), Air & Aerosol Monitoring (Bioaerosols, Mold, Yeast, Airborne Pathogens) (AFALAEAD), Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Environmental Monitoring (VOC/CO2/PM2.5) (HSAHAGAG)

Keywords

• Air quality monitoring
• Pollen surveillance
• Emissions inventory
• Atmospheric modeling
• Environmental data services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees (TGAP - Taxe Générale sur les Activités Polluantes): Atmo Hauts-de-France is primarily funded through mandatory membership fees from public authorities (collectivités territoriales), based on the Taxe Générale sur les Activités Polluantes (TGAP). This is the principal financial mechanism supporting the organization's public interest mission of air quality surveillance.
2. Public subsidies and project grants: Co-financing from public bodies including the Région Hauts-de-France, the European Union (FEDER programme), ARS Hauts-de-France, and ADEME for specific projects and infrastructure development.
3. Mécénat (Corporate patronage/sponsorship): The organization accepts corporate patronage contributions to support its activities and projects, as referenced on its website under the financement section.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels9 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

Atmo Hauts-de-France is the agréé regional air quality observatory for Hauts-de-France that monitors, forecasts, and reports on air quality and pollen levels across the region's five departments. It operates fixed and mobile measurement stations, performs atmospheric modeling, conducts emissions inventories dating back to 1990, studies emerging pollutants (PFAS, ultrafine particles, microplastics, pesticides), and disseminates data via open data portals, mobile applications, and decision-support platforms for citizens, healthcare professionals, and local authorities.

Product overview

Atmo Hauts-de-France operates as a regional air quality observatory offering a comprehensive suite of monitoring, data, and citizen engagement products. The core offerings include real-time air quality indices, station measurements, pollution episode tracking, and seasonal pollen monitoring. The organization provides specialized platforms like TrACE Hauts-de-France for territorial air-climate-energy planning, an Open Data portal for raw datasets, and the PhytAtmo Dataviz national pesticide visualization tool. Consumer-facing services include the Air to Go mobile app and the TransfAIR educational game, while the Sentinelles Pollin'air program engages citizens in pollen observation. The product portfolio spans from regulatory monitoring services to citizen science initiatives, unified by the mission to monitor and communicate air quality across the Hauts-de-France region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AQAH (Améliorer la Qualité de l'Air en Hauts-de-France): A collective regional project focused on emerging pollutants including PFAS, microplastics, pesticides, and ultrafine particles, covering 7 territories and 40% of the regional population from December 2024 to December 2027.
• TrACE Hauts-de-France (Trajectoires Air Climat Energie)
• Air to Go
• TransfAIR
• PhytAtmo Dataviz

Products and services

• Air Quality Index (L'air de ma commune) Real-time and 24-hour forecasted air quality index for communes across Hauts-de-France, with hourly granularity and pollution level ratings. Free public service for citizens, cyclists, parents, and allergy sufferers.
• Station Measurements (Mesures des stations) Access to fixed monitoring station data including real-time and delayed measurements of air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, O3, SO2, etc.) for researchers, journalists, and analysts.
• Pollution Episode Alerts (Episodes de pollution) Real-time alerts, current episode information, and historical records of air pollution episodes affecting the Hauts-de-France region, with regulatory and public health guidance.
• Pollen Monitoring (Pollens en Hauts-de-France) Seasonal pollen tracking with risk indices and forecasts for allergic populations, combining fixed sensor data from Amiens and the Sentinelles Pollin'air volunteer network of 200+ observers.
• Open Data Portal (Portail Open Data) Public access portal built on ArcGIS Hub providing raw air quality measurements, emissions inventories, geospatial data, and study results for researchers, developers, journalists, and analysts.
• TrACE Hauts-de-France Platform (Trajectoires Air Climat Energie) Decision-support web platform co-developed with the Observatoire Climat (Cerdd) that aggregates Air-Climat-Energie data across 71 PCAET territories, providing diagnostic dashboards and objective-tracking modules for local authorities and institutional decision-makers.
• Air to Go Mobile Application Free mobile application providing real-time air quality indices, pollen forecasts, and pollution episode push notifications to citizens' smartphones across the Hauts-de-France region.
• TransfAIR Mobile Game Free mobile game for raising awareness about air quality through gamified missions in urban environments, available on iOS and Android, developed as part of the European TransfAIR Interreg project.
• AQAH Project - Emerging Pollutants Research Investigation into emerging pollutants including PFAS, microplastics, ultrafine particles, and pesticides, using 8 monitoring points across 7 territories in urban, rural, industrial, port, and airport environments, combined with citizen engagement components.
• Regional Emissions Inventory (Inventaire des emissions) Regional emissions inventory tracking pollutant sources across multiple economic sectors from 1990 to present, used to support environmental policy and PCAET planning.
• PhytAtmo Dataviz (National Pesticide Visualization Platform) National datavisualization platform for pesticide concentrations in ambient air across France, accessible to decision-makers, agricultural actors, and citizens, with regional contributions from Atmo Hauts-de-France.
• Air Quality Reports and Publications Annual activity reports, air quality annual reports, and thematic studies on specific pollutants, territories, and emerging issues such as ultrafine particles, pesticides, and PFAS.
• Sentinelles Pollin'air Citizen Science Program Citizen science network of 200+ volunteer Sentinelles Pollin'air observers who report plant phenology stages in real time via a geolocated platform, producing weekly pollen risk bulletins for Hauts-de-France.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% of Hauts-de-France population covered by the AQAH emerging pollutant monitoring project across 7 territories
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Association L'Air et MoicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Regional association partner in the AQAH project, contributing to citizen engagement and public outreach activities. 'L'Air et Moi' is a federation that runs school air quality education programmes ('L'air et moi') deployed across Hauts-de-France.
• Fédération des Centres sociaux des Pays PicardscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Partner in the AQAH project, providing the network of 9 social centers (centres sociaux) where citizen engagement activities including escape games, immersive workshops, and air frescoes are deployed.
• Fédération des centres sociaux Nord Pas-de-CalaiscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Partner in the AQAH project, working alongside the Fédération des Pays Picards to deploy citizen engagement activities in social centers across the Nord-Pas-de-Calais territory.
• Chambre d'Agriculture du Nord-Pas-de-CalaismajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Agricultural chamber partner in the AQAH project, contributing expertise on farming practices and pesticide use patterns to support emerging pollutant monitoring in agricultural environments.
• Chambre d'Agriculture de l'OisemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Agricultural chamber partner in the AQAH project, contributing to the study of pesticide concentrations and agricultural emissions in the Oise department.
• CCI Hauts-de-FrancemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Hauts-de-France partner in the AQAH project, representing economic actors and contributing to the project's reach into the business community.
• Observatoire Climat Hauts-de-France (Cerdd)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023Joint development partner for the TrACE Hauts-de-France platform (Trajectoires Air Climat Energie), launched in March 2023. The Observatoire Climat contributes energy and climate data while Atmo HDF provides emissions inventory data. The two organizations co-developed and co-host the platform.
• TransfAIR consortium (ISSEP, AwAC, VMM)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022European Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen project co-financed by the EU, involving four main partners: ISSEP (Institut Scientifique de Service Public), AwAC (Agence wallonne de l'Air et du Climat), Atmo Hauts-de-France, and VMM (Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij). The project delivers a cross-border air quality game, citizen engagement tools, and shared monitoring data for populations in Hauts-de-France, Wallonia, and Flanders.
• ARS Hauts-de-FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgence Régionale de Santé Hauts-de-France is a key institutional partner and financial supporter of Atmo HDF. The ARS and Atmo collaborate on air quality and public health linkages, with the ARS providing financial support for website development and serving as a co-funder of Atmo's activities.
• RNSA (Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique)majorTechnology or IntegrationNational aerobiological surveillance network providing pollinic data integration, standardized methodologies, and collaboration on the national pollinic alert system. RNSA data is used alongside Atmo HDF's own pollen sensor and Sentinelles observations.
• APPA (Association pour la Prévention de la Pollution Atmosphrique)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional partner contributing pollen count data from its Lille sensor, complementing Atmo HDF's own Amiens pollen sensor for comprehensive regional pollinic surveillance.
• Université Picardie Jules VerneminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAcademic host for Atmo HDF's fixed pollen sensor installed at the Centre Universitaire de Recherche en Santé (CURS), enabling scientific collaboration on air quality and health research.
• CHU Amiens PicardieminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMedical center hosting Atmo HDF's pollen monitoring sensor on the CURS building rooftop since 2024, supporting collaboration between environmental and health research communities.
• Atmo FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational federation of French air quality observatories (AASQA) to which Atmo Hauts-de-France belongs. Atmo France coordinates national initiatives including the PhytAtmo Dataviz national pesticide platform, standardizes methodologies across all regional Atmo associations, and represents the network nationally.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• IQAir: Swiss-based commercial air quality information company operating global monitoring stations and consumer-facing apps/data. Competes for citizen mindshare and offers real-time indices with broader geographic coverage, though on a commercial rather than regulatory basis.
• European Environment Agency (EEA): EU agency providing pan-European air quality data, assessments, and indicators that aggregate inputs from national networks including AASQAs. Operates at a much larger geographic scale as the supranational reference body.
• Atmo France: National federation of the 18 regional AASQA air quality observatories, including Atmo Hauts-de-France. Coordinates national initiatives (PhytAtmo Dataviz, methodology standards, EU representation) and operates at a national scale — the umbrella body and most direct strategic counterpart.

Direct peers

• ISSEP (Institut Scientifique de Service Public): Walloon public scientific institute that performs air quality monitoring and is a co-partner in the TransfAIR cross-border project. Comparable public-interest environmental measurement organization operating across the Belgian border.
• Agence wallonne de l'Air et du Climat (AwAC): Walloon air and climate agency, co-partner with Atmo Hauts-de-France in the TransfAIR Interreg project. Performs parallel regulatory air quality monitoring and policy support functions in Wallonia.
• Atmo Occitanie: Regional AASQA observatory serving Occitanie. Operates the same regulatory air quality surveillance mandate, modeling, open data, and citizen engagement activities as Atmo Hauts-de-France.
• ATMO Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Regional AASQA observatory covering Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Directly comparable in scope, agréé mandate, fixed monitoring network, and public-interest structure as another French regional air quality observatory peer.
• Atmo Grand Est: Regional AASQA observatory covering the Grand Est region. Shares the agréé status, public-interest structure, and combined ambient air/pollen/emerging pollutant monitoring mission as Atmo Hauts-de-France.
• Atmo Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Sister regional AASQA observatory covering Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Performs the same regulatory air quality monitoring, modeling, emissions inventory, and citizen engagement role in its region — directly comparable as a regional agréé observatory.
• Atmo Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Regional AASQA observatory serving Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Operates with the same agréé mandate, fixed monitoring network, modeling capabilities, and institutional funding model as Atmo Hauts-de-France — a directly comparable regional peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AtmoHdF
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCcsAbiw1dLcB9nBCECy5WGg
• Facebookfacebook.com/AtmoHautsdeFrance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/atmo-hauts-de-france
• Instagraminstagram.com/atmohdf

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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