Terres De Montaigu

What Terres De Montaigu does

Terres de Montaigu is a French intercommunal public authority (communauté d'agglomération) serving approximately 50,547 inhabitants across 9 communes in the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire region, with Montaigu-Vendée as its central city. It is structured as a government entity under French law rather than a commercial enterprise, with no parent company and no equity ownership; its 9 member communes are governed through a conseil communautaire. Its operating scope spans the full range of delegated public competences: economic development, urban planning, housing, mobility, waste and water management, security, childcare, eldercare, and cultural programming.

Its core service portfolio comprises Mon Espace Entreprises (a single-window business support center for entrepreneurs, traders, artisans, and industries offering land/property, financing, recruitment, and networking assistance), Mon Espace Habitat (a France Rénov'-labeled housing advice platform covering urban planning, renovation, and solar consulting), the Karos carpooling application (a third-party SaaS deployment with 50+ partner enterprises, 7,000+ registered users, and 230,000+ completed trips), and Ecl'OR (a youth orientation program pairing 4th/3rd-grade classes with 29 sponsoring local companies). Supporting infrastructure includes the Pépinières d'Entreprises business incubator, the La Turbine training nursery, an intercommunal police service of 7 agents with 56 videoprotection cameras, three déchèteries, and the Plan Local d'Urbanisme Intercommunal (PLUi). Active development projects include Les Quais Saint-Hilaire (18-hectare brownfield rehabilitation) and the Pôle d'Échanges Multimodal (PEM) at the Montaigu-Vendée station.

The economic model is fundamentally tax-funded: inflows derive from intercommunal taxation (taxe foncière, CFE, TEOM), government subsidies for territorial development, and minor user fees (school transport €191-302 annually, renovation grants up to €3,000, healthcare installation aid up to €6,000). The territory hosts 20,000 jobs across 140 industrial establishments — 36% of salaried employment concentrated in industry — with 50% of working residents employed locally and 300+ new enterprises created annually. Economic concentration spans agri-food (Sodebo, La Laiterie de Montaigu), robotics/technology (Europe Technologies, Novatics, Unista), pharmaceutical (Clean Cells, Havea, Nutraskill), luxury (Brillouet, Arthur Bonnet), and transport/logistics. Membership in the national Territoires d'Industrie program (2020) formalizes the focus on agri-food, metallurgy, and furniture/interior design verticals.

Name

Terres De Montaigu

Legal name

Terres de Montaigu – Communauté d'agglomération

Website

https://terresdemontaigu.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Terres de Montaigu is a French intercommunal public authority (communauté d'agglomération) serving approximately 50,547 residents across 9 communes in Vendée, providing economic development, housing, mobility, urban planning, and public services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government / Public Administration Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH)

Keywords

• Public administration services
• Inter-municipal governance
• Urban planning services
• Economic development support
• Community mobility services

Headquarters

HQ city

Montaigu

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Intergovernmental fiscal revenue: Public funding through intercommunal taxation (taxe foncière, CFE, TEOM) and government subsidies for territorial development, infrastructure, and public services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Terres de Montaigu is a Communauté d'agglomération (inter-municipal cooperation body) in Vendée, France, serving approximately 52,000 residents across 9 communes. It delivers local public administration services including urban planning, housing assistance, economic development support for businesses, school transport, waste management (Ecl'OR), and community mobility (Karos carpooling). The entity operates digital platforms (Mon Espace Entreprises, Mon Espace Habitat) to provide residents and businesses with access to its services.

Product overview

Terres De Montaigu is a Communauté d'agglomération (inter-municipal community) in Vendée, France, serving approximately 52,000 residents across 9 communes. Rather than a technology company with products, it provides a portfolio of public administration services and infrastructure programs. The core services include Mon Espace Entreprises (business support), Mon Espace Habitat (housing advice), Karos (carpooling app), Ecl'OR (youth orientation), and various transport and mobility services. Supporting infrastructure includes the business incubator (Pépinière d'Entreprises), training nursery (La Turbine), and inter-community police. Key development projects include the Gare de Montaigu-Vendée multimodal hub (PEM), Les Quais Saint-Hilaire urban redevelopment, and the Scheme Vélo cycling infrastructure plan 2022-2035. The organization also provides urban planning (PLUi), school transport, and video protection services across the territory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 3.3% unemployment rate (lowest in France)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

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

• Vendée LogementminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025Social housing operator managing 8,000 social housing units in Vendée. Provides housing assistance and social housing locations for Terres de Montaigu residents.
• Action LogementminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025National housing organization providing housing offers, aids, renovation financing, and purchase solutions for employees and employers.
• Les EtablièresmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025Agricultural institution managing Le Bois Blanc residence with 83 studios for young workers and interns in mobility situations. Also manages La Turbine training incubator.
• Ecosy and Hatéis HabitatmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Partner firms providing renovation project support for Mon Espace Habitat. Both labeled France Rénov' to help residents navigate energy renovation from start to finish.
• ORACEmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Environmental consultancy providing individual support to businesses for ecological transition, part of the Territoires d'Industrie action plan.
• CPTS Nord-VendéemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Communauté Professionnelle Territoriale de Santé partnership to inform healthcare professionals about replacement, collaboration, and installation opportunities in the territory.
• SNCF/TER Pays de la LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partnership for Montaigu-Vendée railway station (3rd in Vendée with 1,500 daily passengers). Includes multimodal exchange pole (PEM) development with 490-space parking and accessibility improvements.
• KaroscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 September 2022Carpooling application deployment for daily home-work commutes. Terres de Montaigu invested in the solution to reduce carbon impact and commuting costs. Over 7,000 registered users and 230,000+ trips completed. 50+ enterprises engaged in the platform.
• Territoires d'Industrie (ANCT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020National program (1 of 183 labeled territories) to revive industry. Focus on three key sectors: Agri-food, Metallurgy, and Furniture/Interior design. Includes skills development, ecological transition, land development, and innovation initiatives.
• Ecl'OR enterprises (Sodebo, La Laiterie, etc.)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Ecl'OR is an orientation program pairing 7th-8th grade classes with local enterprises. 29 companies serve as godparents, 10 temporary employment agencies engaged. Nearly 1,500 students benefit annually with 2/3 reporting changed perception of local businesses.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Redon Agglomération: Cross-border intercommunal community in Brittany/Pays de la Loire of similar scale, with directly comparable functions in economic development, housing, transport, and waste/water management.
• Cap Atlantique: Intercommunal community in Loire-Atlantique (Guérande/Le Croisic region) offering a similar mix of urban planning, housing support, mobility, economic development, and tourism services at comparable scale.
• La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération: Préfecture of Vendée, a similarly structured communauté d'agglomération serving the department capital. Comparable in economic-development mandate, public-service portfolio, and population scale, with the same industrial-employment focus.
• Cholet Agglomération: Intercommunal community in neighboring Maine-et-Loire with a comparable industrial-employment profile and similar small-to-mid-sized agglomeration offering (urban planning, housing support, mobility, waste management).
• Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie: Coastal Vendée intercommunal community of similar size providing directly overlapping services—urban planning (PLUi), housing assistance, school transport, waste, and economic development.
• Challans Gois Communauté: Intercommunal community in coastal Vendée with similar scale (~50K residents) and an analogous service portfolio: economic development, urban planning, transport, waste management, and family services.
• Pays des Herbiers: Vendée intercommunal community of comparable size and rural-urban mix, with overlapping functions in economic development, housing, transport, and youth/eldercare services.
• Vendée Grand Littoral: Intercommunal community in southern Vendée serving a comparable population base with overlapping mandates in housing, mobility, economic development, and environmental services.

Broad incumbents

• Nantes Métropole: Much larger metropolitan authority that anchors the regional economy around Terres de Montaigu. Comparable service portfolio (housing, mobility, economic development, climate plan) but at metropolitan scale; represents the dominant gravitational pull in the territory's catchment.

Regional players

• Laval Agglomération: Mayenne département-capital agglomeration of larger scale but with the same economic-development, urban-planning, and public-service mandate; useful comparable for understanding how Terres de Montaigu could scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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