Agence d’urbanisme et d’aménagement Toulouse aire métropolitaine

What Agence d’urbanisme et d’aménagement Toulouse aire métropolitaine does

The Agence d'urbanisme et d'aménagement Toulouse aire métropolitaine (AUAT), legally registered as "Agence d'urbanisme de l'aire toulousaine," is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 1972 and headquartered in Toulouse. It functions as a multidisciplinary territorial planning agency that delivers urban planning studies, territorial observatories, prospective analyses, and advisory services to its 84 member public authorities, including the French State, Région Occitanie, Département de la Haute-Garonne, Toulouse Métropole, and a range of intercommunalities (EPCI) and municipalities across the Toulouse metropolitan area and Haute-Garonne department.

Its core product surface consists of digital territorial intelligence tools built on WordPress CMS with MATOMO analytics, GIS/mapping infrastructure, and online dashboards. Deliverables include interactive atlases (Atlas des intercommunalités d'Occitanie, Atlas de l'aménagement commercial, Atlas des parcs d'activités), statistical dashboards tracking new housing construction (SITADEL base) and private salaried employment (URSSAF-ACOSS since 2007), a members-only extranet, a mobile application launched in 2024, the collaborative Trajectoires observatory morning series, the BelvedeR publication, and the Play-ZAN training program on zero net land-take. The agency combines this digital infrastructure with in-house expertise from architects, demographers, urbanists, sociologists, economists, geographers, statisticians, cartographers, landscape designers, and mobility, environment, and commerce specialists.

The business model is a subscription-style mutualized funding structure: revenues are not commercial but derive from recurring membership contributions and partnership programs from the 84 public collectivities that constitute both the customer base and the governance body. Services are delivered through direct partnership agreements and collaborative working groups rather than fee-for-service transactions, with no publicly disclosed pricing. In April 2026 the organization formally renamed itself to "agence d'urbanisme de l'aire toulousaine" to better reflect the geographic and rural-urban diversity of its membership, and installed new governance in June 2026 following French municipal elections.

Name

Agence d’urbanisme et d’aménagement Toulouse aire métropolitaine

Legal name

Agence d'urbanisme de l'aire toulousaine (AUAT)

Website

https://aua-toulouse.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

AUAT is a French non-profit urban planning agency founded in 1972 in Toulouse, delivering territorial observatories, planning studies, digital atlases, and advisory services to 84 member public authorities across the Toulouse metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Toulouse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership contributions from public collectivities: The AUAT is financed by its member collectivités (local authorities) including the State, Region, Department, intercommunalities, and municipalities. Funding comes through partnership programs and annual membership contributions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The AUAT provides urban planning studies, territorial observation, prospective studies, and advisory services to public collectivities in the Toulouse metropolitan area. Its core offerings include interactive atlases, statistical dashboards, a member extranet, a mobile application, training programs (notably Play-ZAN on zero land artificialization), and the collaborative publication BelvedeR. Services are delivered through annual partnership programs with 84 member collectivities including the French State, Region, Department, Metropolis, intercommunalities, and municipalities.

Product overview

AUAT operates as an urban planning agency offering a portfolio of digital tools, platforms, and knowledge resources for territorial development. The core offerings include interactive atlases (Atlas des intercommunalités d'Occitanie, Atlas de l'aménagement commercial, Atlas des parcs d'activités) providing territorial data visualization; dashboards for construction and employment statistics; the member space (Espace membres) providing access to sector-specific resources; a mobile application for on-the-go data access; training programs like Play-ZAN for zero artificialization awareness; the Trajectoires event series for observatory insights; and the collaborative BelvedeR publication. These products collectively support territorial observation, planning, and decision-making for member communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Play-ZAN: Collaborative animation tool to raise awareness about land sobriety issues and Zero Net Land Take (ZAN) approach
• BelvedeR
• Trajectoires

Products and services

• Atlas des intercommunalités d'Occitanie Interactive online atlas showing the communal composition of each EPCI in Occitanie, with key figures including population, main residences, and employment data. Available to the public and member collectivities for territorial analysis.
• Atlas de l'aménagement commercial de l'aire urbaine de Toulouse Atlas developed within the Observatoire Partenarial du Commerce et de la Consommation (OP2C) to disseminate commercial planning information and serve as a decision-support tool for commercial urban planning in the Toulouse urban area. Supplemented by a dashboard.
• Atlas des parcs d'activités de la Haute-Garonne Collaborative atlas developed since 1996 documenting business parks (zones d'activités) in Haute-Garonne, with identity sheets and cartographic representations; last updated with 2015 data.
• Tableau de bord Construction neuve Online dashboard providing statistics on new housing construction across France at various scales, showing authorised and started building permits over 20 years, sourced from the SITADEL base.
• Tableau de bord Emploi salarié privé Online dashboard providing statistics on private salaried employment across France at various scales, sourced from URSSAF-ACOSS data from 2007 onwards.
• Application mobile AUAT Mobile application for member collectivities providing access to essential territorial data (indicators) and push notifications about AUAT events, meetings, and publications. Launched in 2024 to complement the member area on the website.
• Espace membres AUAT Restricted online area for the AUAT's 84 member collectivities providing access to thematic resources (demography, economy, environment, land, housing, mobility, planning, urban projects, sobriety), a knowledge base, and collaborative tools. The redesigned dashboard was launched in June 2026.
• Formation Play-ZAN One-day training program enabling participants to become Play-ZAN facilitators: an interactive workshop format for raising awareness on land sobriety and Zero Net Land Take (ZAN) approaches while understanding urban planning. Targets elected officials, technicians, and stakeholders.
• Trajectoires - Matinale des observatoires Quarterly morning event series featuring 30-minute mini-conferences on territorial observation topics, launched in 2021. Targets elected officials, technicians, and stakeholders to communicate observatory findings.
• Revue BelvedeR Collaborative review publication exploring territorial planning topics including demographic dynamics, urban development, and environmental transitions, with issues released on a recurring basis.
• Urban planning studies, territorial observation, and prospective services Core multidisciplinary services delivered to the AUAT's 84 member public collectivities, covering urban planning studies (SCoT, PLUi), territorial observation (demography, mobility, housing, environment, economy), prospective analyses, and support for public policy elaboration. Delivered through annual partnership programmes with a multidisciplinary team of urbanists, demographers, sociologists, geographers, statisticians, cartographers, economists, and specialists in mobility, environment, and commerce.

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Integration3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Toulouse MétropolecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 February 2022Major metropolitan authority and founding member of the AUAT. Toulouse Métropole is the primary urban center and core of the AUAT's activity, providing significant funding and governance participation.
• Région OccitaniecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional council and key member providing strategic direction and regional coordination for territorial planning initiatives.
• Département de la Haute-GaronnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartmental council and member supporting departmental-level territorial planning and development projects.
• État (French State)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench government represented by DREAL and DDT services, providing national policy framework and coordination for territorial development.
• SicovalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntercommunal community and member of the AUAT governance, participating in urban planning and territorial development projects.
• Grand Ouest ToulousaincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntercommunal community in the western Toulouse area, member engaged in metropolitan planning cooperation.
• SMEAT (Syndicat Mixte d'Études du SCoT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMixed syndicate for SCoT studies of the greater Toulouse area, working on the Schéma de Cohérence Territoriale.
• Tisséo CollectivitéscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic transport authority for the Toulouse agglomeration, collaborating on mobility studies and planning.
• Banque des TerritoiresminorOthersPublic investment bank supporting territorial development projects; referenced in news and publications related to commercial and urban projects.
• INRAEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational research institute for agriculture, environment and geography, collaborating on projects like Qualisol for soil mapping.
• ADIL 31minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgence Départementale d'Information sur le Logement in Haute-Garonne, supporting housing and habitat studies.
• Caf de la Haute-GaronneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily Allowance Fund providing social data and partnership for cohesion and social policy studies.
• Université Toulouse Jean JaurèsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor university partner for research collaborations including CIFRE theses and academic research on modes of life and urban planning.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Agence d'urbanisme de la région grenobloise (AURG): Urban planning agency for the Grenoble metropolitan area. Direct peer under the same French agence d'urbanisme model, providing planning studies, territorial data, and policy support to Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole members.
• Institut Paris Région: The largest French urban planning agency, serving the Île-de-France region. Direct peer — both are non-profit agences d'urbanisme producing territorial observation, prospective studies, and planning support for member public collectivities under the same national FNAU framework.
• Agence d'urbanisme de l'aire métropolitaine lyonnaise (UrbaLyon): Urban planning agency serving the Lyon metropolitan area. Direct peer operating under the identical French mutualized public-authority model with comparable portfolio of atlases, observatories, and planning advisory services.
• Agence d'urbanisme de l'agglomération marseillaise (AGAM): Urban planning agency for the Marseille metropolitan area. Direct peer delivering the same urban planning, territorial observation, and prospective study services to a comparable portfolio of public collectivities in southern France.
• ADEUS Strasbourg: Agence de développement et d'urbanisme de l'agglomération strasbourgeoise. Direct peer serving the Strasbourg Eurométropole and Bas-Rhin collectivities with identical scope of urban planning, housing, mobility, and environment studies.
• a'urba Bordeaux: Agence d'urbanisme serving the Bordeaux metropolitan area. Direct peer with the same loi 1901 association structure, member-funded model, and focus on SCoT/PLUi planning support, observatories, and territorial data tools.
• Agence d'urbanisme de la région nantaise (aura): Urban planning agency for Nantes and Saint-Nazaire metropolitan areas. Direct peer offering the same mutualized planning expertise, territorial observatories, and prospective study services to public authorities in western France.
• Agence d'urbanisme de Lille Métropole (ADULM): Urban planning agency for the Lille metropolitan area. Direct peer with comparable association structure, membership-funded model, and focus on SCoT, PLUi, and territorial observation for Hauts-de-France collectivities.

Others

• CEREMA: Public establishment for ecological transition and territorial cohesion providing technical expertise, methods, and data to French collectivities. Already a documented AUAT partner; complementary rather than directly competing, as CEREMA supplies national-level technical resources while AUAT delivers local application.
• Fédération nationale des agences d'urbanisme (FNAU): National federation representing all French agences d'urbanisme including AUAT. Not a competitor but the umbrella network and ecosystem body that coordinates methodology, training, and collective advocacy across the agence d'urbanisme model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/auat
• Xx.com/auatoulouse

Compliance2 records

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Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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