BlaBlaCar

BlaBlaCar


BlaBlaCar
Company typePrivately held company
Founded16 September 2006; 19 years ago (2006-09-16)
FoundersFrédéric Mazzella
Francis Nappez
Nicolas Brusson
Nicolas Deroche
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Area served
Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom
ServicesCarpooling
Revenue€250,000,000 (2023)[1]
OwnerComuto S.A.
Number of employees
600
Websitewww.blablacar.co.uk, www.blablacar.in

BlaBlaCar is a French online marketplace for carpooling based in Paris. Its website and mobile apps connect drivers with passengers travelling between cities so they can share the cost of a journey. The company earns a commission of between 18% and 21% on bookings.[2]

BlaBlaCar also operates BlaBlaCar Bus, an intercity bus service. As of 2024, the platform had about 26 million active users and operated across Europe and Latin America.[3][4]

History

The idea for BlaBlaCar came in 2003 when founder Frédéric Mazzella could not find transport to visit his family for Christmas. He noticed that many cars on the road had empty seats and began working on a service to connect drivers and passengers. In 2006, he bought the website Covoiturage.fr, which had been created in 2004.

By 2008, Covoiturage.fr had become the largest carpooling website in France.[5]

In 2011, BlaBlaCar launched in the United Kingdom.[6]

In 2012, the company introduced online booking and expanded to Italy, Portugal, Poland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium.[7]

In 2013, BlaBlaCar launched in Germany, and Covoiturage.fr was renamed BlaBlaCar.fr.[8]

In 2014, the company expanded to Ukraine and Russia.[9] Later that year, it reached 10 million users.[10]

In 2015, BlaBlaCar entered India and acquired several competitors, including Carpooling in Germany, Autohop in Central Europe, and Rides in Mexico.[11]

In 2017, the company launched BlaBlaLines, a service for daily commuting in France.[12] During the same year, it closed its offices in India, Turkey and Mexico, saying it had expanded too quickly in those markets.[13]

In 2018, BlaBlaCar acquired the French startup Less.[14] Later that year, it acquired the long-distance coach operator Ouibus from SNCF. Ouibus was renamed BlaBlaBus.[15]

In 2019, BlaBlaCar acquired the Russian bus booking platform Busfor.[16]

In 2021, the company acquired Octobus, a Ukrainian software company that develops ticketing and management software for bus operators.[17]

In 2023, BlaBlaCar acquired Klaxit, a French company that provides carpooling services for commuters.[18]

Criticism

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, BlaBlaCar suspended investment in its Russian subsidiary and stopped financial transfers from its headquarters. The Russian business continued operating under local management.[19]

BlaBlaCar Bus

References

  1. ↑ "Voilà pourquoi BlaBlaCar refuse de se lancer aux Etats-Unis" (in French). BFMTV. 4 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "BlaBlaCar is optimizing its service for small cities and has a new visual identity". TechCrunch. 30 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "BlaBlaCar has eight million users in Ukraine, with one million monthly active riders".
  4. ↑ "How BlaBlaCar created a global transport network". BBC News.
  5. ↑ "Covoiturage.fr veut faire sauter les freins du partage de voiture".
  6. ↑ "Need a ride? Carpooling platform Blablacar launches in the UK".
  7. ↑ "Exploratory study of consumer issues in online peer-to-peer platform markets".
  8. ↑ "Exploratory study of consumer issues in online peer-to-peer platform markets".
  9. ↑ "BlaBlaCar arrive en Russie et en Ukraine".
  10. ↑ "Covoiturage: Blablacar passe le cap des 10 millions de membres".[permanent dead link]
  11. ↑ "Blablacar rachète son principal concurrent européen".
  12. ↑ "BlaBlaCar unveils BlaBlaLines".
  13. ↑ "15 Years Of BlaBlaCar".
  14. ↑ "BlaBlaCar acquires French urban carpooling startup Less".
  15. ↑ "SNCF to sell Ouibus to BlaBlaCar". Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "BlaBlaCar to acquire Busfor".
  17. ↑ "BlaBlaCar raises $115 million to build all-in-one travel app".
  18. ↑ "BlaBlaCar to acquire Klaxit".
  19. ↑ "BlaBlaCar suspends financing for Russian subsidiary, but it will continue operations".

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