BlaBlaCar has exceeded 100 million registered worldwide, including 20 million in France, with a strong resumption of its activities in September, said its management on Tuesday.
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After a break during the health crisis, registrations accelerated in September on the carpooling platform, with between 450,000 and 500,000 new members per week in 22 countries, and a proportion of drivers "
never seen before
". "
It is obviously correlated with the increase in prices at the pump
", underlined the general manager of the company Nicolas Brusson during a press conference for the 15 years of the brand. "
We are in 'growth' for the first time since 2019.
"
Like her international development, the hundred-millionth registered is a 38-year-old Brazilian who traveled between Sao Paulo and Campinas (south-east).
"
90% of new registrants are outside France,
" added Nicolas Brusson.
The platform did not wish to specify how many of these members were active, but recalled that in 2019 it had recorded 100 million trips for 71 million passengers.
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Blablacar, which raised $ 115 million in the spring, with a valuation of $ 2 billion, says it is "
fully funded for this recovery, but also to be ambitious in these markets and ask questions about possible acquisitions
."
The operator wishes to strengthen the development of its home-work carpooling offer as well as its coach offer.
The leaders of the company with 700 employees are also thinking of a stock market launch, but not "
before nine or twelve months
".
Blablacar, who has never published his accounts, had made money in 2018, but not in 2019, with several acquisitions including Ouibus, the SNCF coach company.
