EU-hosted, non-EU parentGIS & GeospatialHeadquarters: FR

Kayrros: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Kayrros is an analytics company that uses satellite imagery, Earth observation data and geospatial artificial intelligence to track environmental and energy-related activity. Its products are grouped under climate-related risk, such as wildfire and methane monitoring, and energy markets, such as liquefied natural gas and crude oil intelligence.

Kayrros is headquartered in Paris. In May 2026 Energy Aspects, a market intelligence company headquartered in London, completed its acquisition of the company, so its ownership now runs to a United Kingdom group outside the EU. For a European organisation this means the ownership chain passes through a non-EU group, which matters for jurisdiction and contractual assurances. The company's website does not state where data is hosted, so organisations should request details on hosting and sub-processors before using the service for sensitive information.

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Sovereignty score

71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-3100
EU-only hosting
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
Key management with a European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 10, 2026

Headquarters	FR (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company	GBVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	GIS & Geospatial
Type	Product
Website	kayrros.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Kayrros

The European alternatives to Kayrros come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Kayrros

Kayrros is headquartered in FR and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in GB. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Kayrros scores best on data residency.

Kayrros is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Kayrros together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Kayrros?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Kayrros include 52°North, Airbus Defence & Space and Camptocamp. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Kayrros?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Kayrros include 52°North and Camptocamp. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Kayrros GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Kayrros is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Kayrros an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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