Societe Intercommunale Des Bus De La Region Annecienne

Name

Societe Intercommunale Des Bus De La Region Annecienne

Legal name

Société Intercommunale des Bus de la Région d'Annecy (SIBRA)

Website

https://sibra.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Annecy

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Passenger Fares - Individual Tickets and Subscriptions: Revenue generated from the sale of single-journey tickets, multi-day passes (1-7 days), and annual subscriptions to individual passengers. Tickets are sold on board buses, at the boutique, via the mobile app (e-ticket), and by SMS.
2. Business/Professional Annual Subscriptions: Annual non-nominative professional subscriptions sold to companies and public bodies, allowing unlimited use by rotating employees. Priced at €90.91 HT per year, with the employer logo printed on the pass.
3. Congress and Event Passes: Specialised 'Pass Congrès' packages sold to congress and seminar organisers, offering 1 to 7 day transport passes for attendees at discounted group rates.
4. Bike Rental (Vélonecy Partnership): SIBRA partners with Vélonecy to offer bike rental services to employees and visitors of Grand Annecy businesses, providing a commission or service fee from the partner.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SIBRA operates the public urban and interurban bus network of the Grand Annecy agglomeration, providing regular, school, seasonal, and lake-shore bus lines under the regulatory authority of Grand Annecy. Its core offering is multimodal passenger transport, supported by the Sibra mobile app for journey planning and e-ticketing, professional annual subscriptions, congress passes, accessibility services (Sibra Access), and the Vélonecy bike rental partnership. Revenue is generated through individual ticket sales, multi-day passes, and annual subscriptions, with surplus services for businesses and event organisers.

Product overview

SIBRA operates as a public transport authority providing urban and interurban bus services across the Grand Annecy metropolitan area in France. The core offering is the bus network with multiple regular lines, supplemented by the multimodal Sibra mobile application that integrates bus, car (parking), bicycle, train, and pedestrian routing. Additional services include E-Ticket digital ticketing, the Vélonecy bicycle rental program, Sibra Access for mobility-impaired passengers, and specialized products for businesses such as annual professional subscriptions, congress passes (Pass Congrès), and Plan de Mobilité (PDE) corporate mobility planning services. Seasonal services include the Mobil'Été summer mountain lines and lake shore routes (lines 15 and 20).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Réseau Bus du Grand Annecy (Grand Annecy Bus Network) Urban and interurban bus network with multiple regular lines (1-30, 80), dedicated school lines, seasonal summer mountain lines (S4, F1, F2), and lake-shore lines (15A/B and 20) serving the Grand Annecy metropolitan area.
• Appli Sibra (Multimodal Sibra Mobile Application) Mobile application integrating bus, car (parking), bike, train, and walking for journey planning in the Grand Annecy region. Features include real-time bus schedules, route calculation with CO2 comparison, geolocation for nearby stops, and E-Ticket purchasing.
• E-Ticket (digital transport ticket) Digital transport tickets purchased through the Sibra app or via SMS at 93740, validated by scanning a QR code upon boarding the bus.
• Sibra Access (on-demand transport for reduced mobility) On-demand transport service and accessibility service for persons with reduced mobility who require door-to-door transport beyond the fixed bus lines.
• Abonnement Professionnel Annuel (Annual Professional Subscription) Annual non-nominative professional subscription priced at €90.91 HT per year, allowing businesses and public bodies to provide Sibra network access to rotating employees with the employer logo printed on the pass.
• Pass Congrès (Congress Pass) Customizable group transport pass (1-7 days) sold to congress and seminar organisers, providing attendees with access to all Sibra buses at preferential rates.
• VéloNCEY (Bike Rental) Bicycle rental service operated by VéloNCEY in partnership with SIBRA, offering classic bikes, electric-assisted bikes, cargo bikes, and PMR bikes under weekly, monthly, or annual subscription plans to employees and visitors of Grand Annecy businesses.
• Plan de Mobilité (PDE) — Corporate Mobility Plan Service Personalized mobility plan services for companies and communities, including mobility diagnostics, displacement analysis, and awareness campaigns to help employers design and implement employee mobility plans.
• Mobil'Été (Seasonal Summer Mountain Lines) Seasonal summer mobility service operating three special lines (S4, F1, F2) from July 1 to August 31, connecting Annecy to mountain destinations Semnoz and Forclaz.

Quantifiable outcome

• 45 bus shelters equipped with real-time arrival information

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• VélonecycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIBRA partners with Vélonecy, a local bike rental service, to offer bike rental to employees and visitors of Grand Annecy businesses. Vélonecy provides classic bikes, electric-assisted bikes, cargo bikes, and PMR bikes under annual subscription plans. SIBRA promotes this complementary service to encourage multimodal commuting and reduce car use.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Cars Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Region-operated interurban bus services (ex-Cars du Rhône / Lignes Intercités) running across the same regional corridor around Annecy. Competes for interurban trips and represents the closest substitutable regional service geography.

Emerging players

• Moovit: Global multimodal mobility-as-a-service app integrating bus, rail, bike and ride-hail into a single journey planner. Closest software-only analogue to the Sibra multimodal application and a potential competitor/partner for intermodal routing data.
• Citymapper: Multimodal journey-planning app providing real-time, cross-modal route guidance including bus, rail, bike and walk. Directly comparable to SIBRA's app as a software-defined MaaS experience competing for the same urban commuter.

Broad incumbents

• RATP Dev: International public-transit arm of RATP Group, operating French intercommunal networks under concession contracts. Comparable broad incumbent with shared regulatory framework and contract economics to SIBRA's Grand Annecy mandate.
• Keolis: SNCF-owned French and global public transit operator that runs numerous French metropolitan networks under public-service contracts. Comparable broad incumbent with similar DSP economics to those framing SIBRA's operation.
• Transdev: Major French and international public transit operator that runs many French intercommunal networks under DSP contracts (e.g. similar SEM/SPIV structures). Comparable at the industry level as both a peer and a potential operating-partner counterparty for SIBRA's mandate.

Direct peers

• Tisséo Voyageurs: Intercommunal transit authority for the Toulouse metropolitan area, operating bus, metro and tram. Comparable French urban transit operator with multimodal ticketing, corporate subscriptions, and similar public-authority mandate structure.
• TBM (Transports Bordeaux Métropole): Bus, tram and river-shuttle network serving the Bordeaux metropolitan area under a public-service delegation model. Operates a comparable multimodal French metropolitan mobility offer with strong event/event-package and subscription monetisation.
• TAG (Transports de l'Agglomération Grenobloise): Public transit operator for the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole agglomeration under a similar French intercommunal/délégation de service public model, with comparable scale, multimodal features and a comparable urban-suburban catchment in the same Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region as SIBRA.
• STAR (Keolis Rennes): Public transit network for the Rennes Métropole area under a Keolis concession. Comparable French intercommunal bus+metro operation with similar multimodal mobility app and subscription-based B2C/B2B revenue mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/100064864141172

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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