Quimper Bretagne Occidentale

What Quimper Bretagne Occidentale does

Quimper Bretagne Occidentale is a communauté d'agglomération — an inter-municipal public administrative entity (établissement public de coopération intercommunale) under the French Code général des collectivités territoriales. It coordinates public services across 14 member communes in Finistère, Brittany (Briec, Edern, Ergué-Gabéric, Guengat, Landrévarzec, Landudal, Langolen, Locronan, Plogonnec, Plomelin, Plonéis, Pluguffan, Quéménéven, and Quimper), serving local residents, local businesses, and visitors. Services delivered include waste management, public transportation (QUB bus network), three community swimming pools (Aquarive, Kerlan Vian, Aquacove de Briec), a network of eleven public médiathèques holding over 400,000 documents, youth and senior programs, urban planning, and economic development. The entity also provides an ombudsman (Médiateur de l'Agglomération) and social services for seniors through the Centre Intercommunal d'Action Sociale (CIAS) and CLIC.

The organization's business model is that of a public territorial administration rather than a commercial entity. It is funded through local taxes (taxe d'habitation, foncier bâti, CFE), intergovernmental transfers (dotations de l'État), and modest user fees (pool admissions, crèche fees, public-procurement service charges). Procurement above €40,000 is dematerialized through Megalis Bretagne, and citizen payments are processed via PayFiP. The library catalog runs on Iguana v.4.5 SP2. There is no proprietary technology platform, no API, no app, and no disclosed AI capability.

Current strategic direction is anchored on major infrastructure projects: expansion of the 47-hectare ZAC de Kerjaouen industrial park, the PEM multimodal transit hub at Quimper station, requalification of Galerie Kéréon, and ongoing renovation of the Simone-Veil médiathèque in Briec. A new €10 youth-and-senior bus pass was launched to broaden access to the QUB network. The agglomeration also continues to expand digital service delivery through online payment platforms and dematerialized procurement. Governance is exercised by an elected community council led by a Présidente, with a recently appointed independent Ombudsman (Jo LAE, since 7 November 2024).

Name

Quimper Bretagne Occidentale

Legal name

Quimper Bretagne Occidentale, communauté d'agglomération de Quimper

Website

https://quimper-bretagne-occidentale.bzh

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Quimper Bretagne Occidentale is a French communauté d'agglomération coordinating public services — transport, waste, libraries, pools, urban planning, and social services — across 14 communes in Finistère, Brittany, funded by local taxes and intergovernmental transfers rather than commercial revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Quimper

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Quimper Bretagne Occidentale is a French communauté d'agglomération that coordinates and delivers shared public services across 14 communes in the Quimper area of Finistère, Brittany. Its core offering includes community swimming pools (Aquarive, Kerlan Vian, Aquacove), a network of eleven public libraries (médiathèques), public transportation (QUB bus network), waste management and recycling (déchèteries), social services for seniors (CLIC and CIAS), urban planning and development, public procurement, and citizen-facing administrative services such as online payments and an ombudsman function.

Product overview

Quimper Bretagne Occidentale is a communauté d'agglomération (intercommunal public administrative entity) serving the Quimper area in Finistère, Brittany. It provides a portfolio of municipal services including three community swimming pools (Aquarive, Kerlan Vian, Aquacove), a network of eleven public libraries (médiathèques) with over 400,000 documents, online payment services for community fees, public procurement platforms, and senior citizen support services including a local information and coordination center (CLIC) and an ombudsman service. Services are delivered through the main website www.quimper-bretagne-occidentale.bzh, dedicated portals for specific services (mediatheques, online payments), and physical locations across the 14 communes of the agglomeration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Piscine Aquarive Community swimming pool located in Quimper, equipped with recreational facilities (aménagements ludiques) and accessible to people with reduced mobility. Open to residents of the agglomeration.
• Piscine de Kerlan Vian

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SEMBREIZHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 September 2022SEMBREIZH was awarded a development mandate (mandat d'aménagement) on September 9, 2022, by Quimper Bretagne Occidentale for the ZAC de Kerjaouen project. The mandate includes preliminary studies and land acquisition. SEMBREIZH was tasked with integrating new ambitions for ecological transition, mobility, and water/sanitation management into the development strategy.
• Megalis BretagnecoreTechnology or IntegrationMegalis Bretagne provides the regional public procurement platform (plateforme régionale des marchés publics) used by Quimper Bretagne Occidentale, the City of Quimper, and intercommunal syndicates for all procurement consultations above €40,000. Since 2018, all public procurement procedures above this threshold are mandatory conducted through electronic dematerialized process on this platform.
• Communes of Quimper Bretagne Occidentale (14 municipalities)coreOthersThe communauté d'agglomération coordinates services and development across 14 member communes: Briec, Edern, Ergué-Gabéric, Guengat, Landrévarzec, Landudal, Langolen, Locronan, Plogonnec, Plomelin, Plonéis, Pluguffan, Quéménéven, and Quimper. Each commune maintains its own municipal services while participating in intercommunal coordination for shared services.

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lorient Agglomération: Communauté d'agglomération in Morbihan, Brittany, providing public services, urban transport, cultural facilities, and economic development across member communes. Comparable in service portfolio and inter-municipal governance model.
• Rennes Métropole: Larger communauté d'agglomération in Brittany, providing a comprehensive range of public services across 43 communes. Comparable inter-municipal governance model with broader service scope and budget scale.
• Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération: Communauté d'agglomération in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, coordinating public services across member communes. Similar inter-municipal governance structure and service portfolio in Brittany.
• Concarneau Cornouaille Agglomération: Neighboring communauté d'agglomération in Finistère, southern Brittany, coordinating public services across member communes. Geographically closest inter-municipal peer with shared regional context.
• Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique: Communauté de communes in Morbihan, Brittany, providing coordinated public services across member communes. Similar inter-municipal governance model and service portfolio in coastal Brittany.
• Morlaix Communauté: Communauté d'agglomération in Finistère, northern Brittany, providing public services across member communes. Similar inter-municipal governance structure and service portfolio in the same region.
• Brest Métropole: Communauté d'agglomération in Finistère, Brittany, providing similar coordinated public services across multiple municipalities. Closely comparable structure to Quimper Bretagne Occidentale in governance, scale, and service portfolio within the same département.
• Quimperlé Communauté: Neighboring communauté de communes in Finistère, sharing the Quimperlé basin with Quimper Bretagne Occidentale. Comparable inter-municipal public service coordination structure in the same geographic region.
• Vannes Agglomération (Golfe du Morbihan-Vannes Agglomération): Communauté d'agglomération in Morbihan, Brittany, providing similar coordinated public services including transport, waste management, cultural facilities, and economic development. Comparable governance model and service portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Nantes Métropole: Larger métropole in Pays de la Loire providing a comprehensive range of public services across 24 communes. Comparable metropolitan governance model with broader service scope and significantly larger budget scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.quimper-bretagne-occidentale.bzh%2F
• Xx.com/MediaQuimperBO

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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