cartodia

What cartodia does

Cartodia is a French geomatic consultancy (Cartodia SARL, registered in Chambéry) founded by Sophie Pébay-Peyroula, a geomatician active in the field since 2010. The firm is headquartered in Aussois, Savoie, and operates with 1–10 employees, serving clients primarily across France with concentration in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is a private, founder-owned limited liability company with no external investors or parent entity.

The company delivers professional services across three core lines: spatial data services (collection, database structuring, spatial and thematic analysis on PostgreSQL/PostGIS); cartographic production (communal plans, atlases, 3D maps, web cartography, and infographics); and SIG tool development and consulting (data audits, customized QGIS projects, web mapping platforms built on OpenLayers/Leaflet/GeoServer). A fourth offering is Qualiopi-certified QGIS training delivered in-person and adapted to client data. All technology is open source, eliminating client licensing costs, with QGIS as the central platform.

Commercially, Cartodia runs a sales-led, direct-engagement model: prospects discover the firm through its website, free QGIS tutorials, and a public references page, then contact Cartodia by form or phone for bespoke project quotations. Revenue is project-based consulting plus training fees, with multi-year contracts in some cases. Customers are split across local and regional government authorities (Grenoble-Alpes Métropole, Ville de Lyon, Conseil Départemental de la Drôme), research institutions (CNRS, ANR, EPHE, ENS Lyon), and engineering or energy firms (EDF, Bouygues TP, VINCI, Egis, GINGER BURGEAP). Since 2025 the founder has also operated a secondary wood-engraving craft business from the same location, separate from the GIS practice.

Name

cartodia

Legal name

Cartodia SARL

Website

https://cartodia.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cartodia is a French founder-owned geomatic consultancy (SARL, Aussois) providing open-source GIS consulting, spatial database design, cartographic production, and Qualiopi-certified QGIS training to government, research, and engineering clients across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geomatics Consulting Services

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• GIS consulting services
• Spatial data management
• Cartography services
• QGIS training programs
• Open-source geomatics

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Sappey

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SIG Consulting & Professional Services: Bespoke geomatics consulting including spatial database creation, spatial analysis, SIG tool audit and improvement, and custom QGIS project development. Revenue generated through project-based consulting engagements with government agencies, research institutions, and engineering firms.
2. QGIS Training: Personalized GIS training on QGIS software, offered as an approved training organization (organisme de formation) certified Qualiopi. Training is adapted to client needs and uses the client's own data for practical exercises.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cartodia is a French geomatics consulting bureau (bureau d'études en Géomatique) that delivers the full spatial data value chain — collection, structuring in databases, spatial and thematic analysis, and cartographic production — alongside custom QGIS-based SIG tool development and Qualiopi-certified personalized QGIS training. Services are delivered as project-based consulting engagements and customized training programs for government, research, and engineering organizations, leveraging an open-source stack (QGIS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, GeoServer, OpenLayers, Leaflet).

Product overview

Cartodia is a GIS consulting firm (bureau d'études en Géomatique) offering a portfolio of geomatic services. The core offerings include: Données SIG (spatial data services covering collection, database structuring, and spatial/thematic analysis), Cartographie (cartographic production including plans, atlases, web maps, 3D cartography, and infographics), and Outils SIG et Conseils (customized QGIS tool development, database architecture, and SIG consulting). Training services are delivered through Formation QGIS (Qualiopi-certified QGIS training programs). The company also operates a secondary wood engraving business (Artisanat - Gravure sur bois) creating map-inspired decorative objects in wood. The services primarily leverage open-source technologies including QGIS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and various web mapping libraries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Données SIG (Spatial Data Services) SIG data services covering the entire spatial data chain: collection, structuring in databases, spatial and thematic analyses, and database architecture for client organizations.
• Cartographie (Cartography Services) Cartographic production including communal plans, cartographic atlases, web cartography, 3D maps, and infographics exported to various formats (PDF, web rendering, etc.) for territorial management and research dissemination.
• Outils SIG et Conseils (SIG Tools and Consulting) SIG tool development and consulting services including data audits, customized QGIS projects, spatial database structuring, and web cartography platform development tailored to client workflows and data structures.
• Formation QGIS (QGIS Training) Personalized GIS training on QGIS software covering initiation and advanced levels, Qualiopi certified. Programs are customized to each client using their own data, with post-training technical assistance included.
• Artisanat - Gravure sur bois (Wood Engraving Craftsmanship) Wood engraving craftsmanship creating decorative and useful objects inspired by maps, including coat racks and bookmarks featuring mountain panoramas. Secondary activity by the founder based in Aussois, Savoie.

Named customers24 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 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.

• QGIS (Open Source Geospatial Foundation)coreTechnology or IntegrationCartodia's training and consulting services are built around QGIS, the leading open-source GIS software. The company is a QGIS training provider and uses QGIS as the primary platform for custom tool development, database visualization, and spatial analysis projects.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Camptocamp: Swiss-headquartered open-source geospatial consultancy with operations in France. Camptocamp delivers GeoServer, PostGIS, and QGIS-based consulting, training, and custom development — directly comparable to Cartodia's open-source GIS service stack and target customers.
• Oslandia: French open-source GIS specialist focused on PostGIS, QGIS, and webmapping consulting. Oslandia competes head-to-head with Cartodia for the same French public-sector and engineering clients seeking open-source geospatial solutions.
• Makina Corpus: French open-source software consultancy with a strong geospatial practice covering QGIS, PostGIS, and webmapping. Makina Corpus serves similar customers (government, research, environment) with a comparable open-source-first delivery model.
• 3Liz: French QGIS-focused company developing the Lizmap web mapping plugin and offering QGIS-based consulting, training, and web cartography deployment. Direct peer in the QGIS ecosystem targeting French municipalities and public agencies.

Broad incumbents

• Esri France: French arm of the global GIS software leader Esri. While Esri France sells the dominant proprietary ArcGIS platform and competes indirectly with Cartodia's open-source stack, it also offers GIS consulting and training services to the same French government and enterprise customers.
• Magellium: French geomatics and earth observation firm with a much broader portfolio covering GIS, remote sensing, and defense. Magellium competes for similar public-sector spatial data management mandates but at a significantly larger scale and with proprietary technology components.
• Geoconcept: French geospatial software and services company with mapping, routing, and territorial management solutions. Geoconcept serves overlapping public-sector and enterprise customers with broader proprietary product offerings that include GIS consulting services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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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