GIRO is a software company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1979, it develops optimization solutions for public transport and postal organizations, helping them plan, schedule, and operate their services more efficiently. The company employs hundreds of professionals with expertise in operations research and algorithmic optimization.
Its flagship products, HASTUS and GeoRoute, are used by transit agencies and postal organizations in 26 countries. The software serves millions of daily users through its clients, enabling large-scale scheduling, routing, and operational planning across these sectors.
GIRO's work sits at the intersection of applied mathematics and software engineering, tackling complex combinatorial problems in workforce scheduling, vehicle dispatching, and route optimization. The company has been operating for over four decades, building deep domain expertise in the logistics challenges specific to public transit and postal services.
