Turnover: 80 million EUR (2023)

Country: France

Launched in 2013 in Paris, Ornikar is the first French company to offer to accompany its customers in preparing for the driving test without the need to visit a driving school.

Entirely dematerialized, the offer reduces training costs. The candidate takes the test as an independent candidate, accompanied by Ornikar.

Online courses are provided to prepare for the general theory test. For driving lessons, Ornikar puts students in touch with "volunteer" instructors who rent out their dual-control vehicles to students. It accounted for 20% of the driving license market in 2018.

june 28, 2019, The rise of Ornikar, - source(Les Echos) -(L'USINEDIGITALE)

  • The company has over a hundred employees in 2020
  • 200,000 students in 2018
  • Sales of 10 million in 2018
  • Fundraising of 10 million in 2018
  • 35 million raised in 2019
  • Fundraising of 100 million in 2021
  • Willingness to diversify and conquer foreign markets

News

Driving schools: ten years on, Ornikar dreams of European leadership 04/10/2023

  • Ornikar is an online training company for the highway code and driving lessons created in 2013.
  • By 2021, it expects to have 420,000 customers for the code and 80,000 for driving.
  • The company claims 2,000 active instructors in 8,000 of France's 36,000 communes.
  • These instructors are expected to deliver 2 million driving hours by 2021.
  • Ornikar is based in Paris and generates sales of 80 million euros with 250 employees.
  • The company offers packages starting from 799 euros, i.e. 40% cheaper than traditional driving schools.
  • Ornikar has raised 100 million euros in 2021.
  • The company has a subsidiary, Onroad, in Spain. Ornikar has diversified its offer to include car insurance, with rates advertised as 25% cheaper than the average for traditional insurance.

With 100 million euros in its pocket, Ornikar is seeking to assert itself in the car insurance market. 22/04/2021

  • Online driving school Ornikar offers car insurance and new services such as additional training.
  • More than 35% of driving test candidates in France use Ornikar's services.
  • To diversify its business, the company has inaugurated a car insurance service.
  • The start-up has raised a total of 146 million euros since 2013.

Studies mentioning this company

The driving school market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • ECF
  • CER Réseau
  • Couturier Permis
  • Ornikar
  • En Voiture Simone
  • Stych
  • City'Zen
  • Codes Rousseau
  • Permis Pas Cher
  • Permis Plus
  • 100% Permis
  • ECF Centre Atlantique
  • ECF Sud Prévention routière
  • ECF Paris Sud Rive Gauche
  • ECF Llerena
  • Sojadis Equipement
  • SCF SPS
  • Ediser
  • Centre d’éducation routière Rhône-Alpes (Autoécoles Marietton)
  • Beltoise Évolution
  • Automobile Club Prévention
  • Mouffetard auto-école
  • Conduite enseignement
  • Longjumeau conduite
  • Le Permis Libre
  • Permis UP
  • Permis Fastoche
  • Success Permis
  • Permis Radin
  • Permis Malin
  • ECOPERMIS
  • LEC Auto ecole
The market for dual-order cars - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Permis Malin
  • Double Commande
  • DLM Location
  • Permis UP
  • E-came
  • Caroline Charbonnier
  • Peheja BV
  • Ornikar
  • En Voiture Simone
  • Sojadis Equipement
  • Otto occasions
  • Ediser
The private school market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • La maison des enfants
  • International School of Nantes
  • Diagonale
  • Ma Kindy
  • Institution Saint-Dominique (Association)
  • Galileo Global Éducation System
  • Le Permis Libre
  • Ornikar
  • Ecole Saint Pie X
  • Hattemer
  • Hautefeuille
  • Les Pinsons
  • Mère Teresa
  • Open Sky International
  • Globeducate
  • Cours Legendre (Alma learning group)
  • Alma Learning Group