ABCD

What ABCD does

ABCD G\u00e9om\u00e8tre Experts is a French chartered surveying and engineering firm (SARL) headquartered in Montmorot, Jura, founded in 2011 and operating 11 branch locations across the Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9 region (Jura, Doubs, Ain, Sa\u00f4ne-et-Loire). The firm employs approximately 30 collaborators and delivers services through three interdependent poles: a Property pole performing statutory land boundary demarcation (bornage), parcel division, and co-ownership documentation; a Measurement pole offering topographic surveys, bathymetric surveys, building and infrastructure plans, and 3D laser scanning; and an Engineering pole providing urban planning, landscape design, hydraulic infrastructure (water, sewage, rainwater), VRD (roads and utilities), and full ma\u00eetrise d'\u0153uvre from preliminary studies through construction supervision to as-built documentation.

Underlying technology centers on precision measurement hardware, including the Trimble X7 terrestrial scanner (1 million points per second), a DJI Matrice 400 drone fitted with a Zenmuse L3 LiDAR sensor for vegetation-penetrating and inaccessible-terrain surveys, and traditional tachymeter/GNSS equipment. In 2022, ABCD performed over 6,000 scans representing approximately 15 billion points across 50,000+ m\u00b2 of surface area, feeding the national G\u00e9ofoncier land database. The firm is ISO 9001 certified (SOCOTEC) since 2022 and renewed annually through 2025, and its surveyors hold AIPR authorization for work near underground networks.

ABCD's revenue model is project-based professional services work, quoted per engagement rather than on published tiered pricing. The go-to-market is sales-led direct engagement, supported by an 11-branch regional network, a digital presence (website, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram), participation in industry events such as Semaine du G\u00e9om\u00e8tre Expert, and earned media in regional press. The customer base is split between the public sector - communes, intercommunalit\u00e9s, and water/wastewater syndicates procuring urban planning and infrastructure engineering under tenders (e.g., Bletterans €3.468M urban requalification, Saint-Amour network and street projects) - and the private sector, including industrial operators (PRODIA, Electrolyse Abbaye d'Acey), healthcare (Centre Hospitalier Jura Sud), and individual property owners requiring certified boundary and topography work. Multi-year public-sector contracts (e.g., the 48-month studies, 30-month construction Bletterans program) anchor revenue visibility alongside distributed one-off engagements.

Name

ABCD

Legal name

ABCD Géomètre Experts

Website

https://abcd-experts.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ABCD G\u00e9om\u00e8tre Experts is a French chartered surveying and engineering firm with 30 staff across 11 branches in Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9, delivering land boundary, topographic, 3D scanning, and urban engineering services to communes, intercommunalit\u00e9s, industrial operators, healthcare, and private property owners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Chartered Surveying and Engineering Services

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137), Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Land Subdivision (23721)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

Keywords

• Land surveying services
• Topographic surveying
• Urban engineering design
• Property demarcation services
• 3D laser scanning

Headquarters

HQ city

Montmorot

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Surveying and Land Division Services: Professional land surveying services including property demarcation (bornage), parcel division, and property certification. These are the core services of géomètre experts who are the only professionals authorized to deliver documents and plans defining land property boundaries.
2. Engineering and Project Management: Full-service engineering for public infrastructure projects including roads, sewage systems, water networks, and urban development. Services include preliminary studies, project design, contractor consultation, and construction supervision through to final as-built documentation.
3. Topography and Measurement Services: Topographic surveys, metrology, implantations, SIG data collection, as-built surveys, quarry volume measurements, building surveys including floor plans, elevations and sections, and civil engineering structure surveys.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ABCD Géomètres Experts is a chartered surveying and engineering firm offering property boundary demarcation (bornage), topographic surveys, 3D laser scanning, and urban engineering and planning services. The company operates through three interdependent poles — Property, Measurement, and Engineering — that deliver end-to-end project execution from legal land boundary documentation through urban infrastructure design and construction supervision to final as-built documentation. Services are provided by legally authorized géomètres experts, the only professionals in France permitted to deliver official property boundary documents.

Product overview

ABCD operates as a multi-disciplinary firm of géomètres experts (chartered surveyors) with three core service poles: (1) the Property pole for boundary demarcation and land subdivision; (2) the Survey & Measurement pole offering topographic surveys, metrology, implantation, and 3D point cloud scanning using Trimble X7 terrestrial scanners and DJI Matrice 400 drone-mounted LiDAR; and (3) the Engineering & Urban Planning pole delivering master planning, hydraulic infrastructure (water/sanitation networks, treatment plants), and VRD (roads and utilities) services. The three poles are interdependent and mutually enriching, providing end-to-end project delivery from land surveying through engineering design to final as-built documentation. ABCD also produces cadastral and co-ownership documentation, and urban planning instruments such as PLU/PLUi.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pôle Propriété (Property Boundary Services) Property demarcation (bornage) and boundary establishment services provided by chartered géomètres experts. Defines and physically materializes property limits, producing certified plans and land subdivision documentation for landowners, municipalities, and developers. Includes parcel division, property certification, co-ownership establishment, and contradictory boundary surveys.
• Pôle Mesures (Surveying and Measurement Services)
• Pôle Ingénierie (Engineering and Urban Planning Services)
• 3D Point Cloud Scanning Service Terrestrial and aerial 3D laser scanning producing high-density point clouds for rapid, precise data acquisition. Uses Trimble X7 terrestrial scanner capable of 1 million points per second, and DJI Matrice 400 drone with Zenmuse L3 LiDAR sensor for vegetation-penetrating surveys in inaccessible or hazardous areas such as cliffs and steep terrain.
• Urban Planning and Cadastral Documentation
• Hydraulic Urban Engineering

Quantifiable outcome

• 98.56% customer satisfaction rate
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Cabinet Olivier Colin & AssociéscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024In 2024, ABCD completed its merger with Cabinet Olivier Colin & Associés, integrating another géomètre expert practice into the ABCD group. Olivier Colin continues as president of the regional council of the Order of Géomètres Experts of Bourgogne Franche-Comté. Marie-Laure Locu-Charlier joined the ABCD management team.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection, and certification company with a French operation. Overlaps with ABCD's ISO 9001-certified quality positioning and competes for compliance-related surveying and infrastructure assessment work.
• EGIS: Major French engineering group operating across transport, urban development, water, and environment. Competes with ABCD on larger infrastructure mandates while offering far broader capabilities and international reach.
• Ingérop: French engineering consultancy active in infrastructure, urban development, and environment. Overlaps with ABCD on public infrastructure design and construction supervision for French municipalities.
• Setec: French multidisciplinary engineering group with infrastructure, urban planning, and environment practices. Competes on urban planning, VRD, and engineering mandates similar to ABCD's Ingénierie pole.
• Tractebel (ENGIE): International engineering consultancy with strong French operations in energy, water, and urban infrastructure. Competes on large public infrastructure mandates where ABCD also bids.
• Artelia: Large French engineering and project management group covering buildings, infrastructure, water, and environment. Competes for mid- and large-scale municipal infrastructure contracts that ABCD also pursues.

Emerging players

• GéoConcept: French GIS and geospatial software/mapping company. Tangentially comparable through shared use of geographic information systems and mapping outputs in surveying workflows, though focused on software rather than field services.

Direct peers

• GéoFit Group: French surveying and geomatics firm offering topographic surveys, 3D scanning, and engineering services to public and private clients. Closest direct comparable in terms of bundled surveying/engineering services and French regional footprint.
• Cabinet Merlin: French engineering consultancy specializing in water, environment, and urban infrastructure. Comparable to ABCD's Ingénierie pole (hydraulic urban engineering, VRD, treatment plants) and serves similar municipal clients.
• SADE (Compagnie Générale de Travaux d'Hydraulique): French water and hydraulic infrastructure contractor. Comparable to ABCD's hydraulic engineering work on sewage networks, drinking water systems, and pumping stations for French communes and intercommunalités.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ABCDgeometreexpertetingenierie
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/abcd---g%C3%A9om%C3%A8tres-experts
• Instagraminstagram.com/abcd_ge_inge

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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