What Avia-GIS does

Avia-GIS NV is a Belgian SME founded in 2001 and headquartered in Zoersel, Belgium, with regional offices in South Africa and Guadeloupe. The company specializes in the collection, processing, and analysis of spatial information for public, animal, and crop health, with a primary focus on spatial risk mapping for vector-borne diseases. Avia-GIS operates in more than 50 countries and has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers.

The core technology stack is built around four software products: VECMAP (area-wide risk mapping software linking data collection, spatial modelling, and decision support, using advanced statistical functions such as Non-Linear Discriminant Analysis licensed from Oxford University Innovation Ltd), SMARTSENZ (B2B integrated pest management software extending the same mapping logic into urban and indoor environments), VECTRACK (smart mosquito traps co-developed with IRIDEON that feed captured data into VECMAP), and SENZITALL (wireless IoT sensor networks co-developed with LUMENCY for micro-climate monitoring in pest habitats). Underlying capabilities include mathematical and spatial-temporal modelling, satellite and drone environmental monitoring, IoT sensor networks, and satellite navigation, with published machine-learning techniques such as Random Forests for tick and mosquito abundance prediction.

The business model combines recurring software licensing for VECMAP/SMARTSENZ (quote-based annual subscriptions, no public pricing), tailored consulting and contract research for industrial partners (including GSK, Janssen J&J, Merial/Boehringer Ingelheim, Zoetis), and contract research for public health bodies (ECDC, EFSA, FAO, WHO). Distribution is sales-led, primarily direct enterprise and institutional engagement, supplemented by webinars, scientific publications, and living-lab partnerships (EDIALUX France, Avia-GIS RSA subsidiary). Revenue has historically been supplemented by co-funding from European Space Agency Business Applications and European Commission programs, including a 2018 SME Instrument Grant of approximately $4.67M.

Name

Avia-GIS

Legal name

Avia-GIS NV

Website

https://avia-gis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Avia-GIS is a Belgian SME founded in 2001 that builds spatial risk mapping and modelling software (VECMAP, SMARTSENZ, VECTRACK, SENZITALL) and consulting services for researchers, public health agencies, and pharmaceutical companies managing vector-borne disease risk across 50+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Spatial Risk Mapping Software

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing) (EUAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK), Pest Risk Assessments & Preventive Consulting (Design/Operational Recommendations) (HSAMAJAL), Field Mapping, GIS & Remote Sensing Analytics (AFAAAFAB), Environmental Data Integration, ETL & Interoperability (APIs, Standards, Data Pipelines) (EUAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Spatial risk mapping
• Integrated pest management
• Disease vector surveillance
• Geospatial analytics software
• Environmental health consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Zoersel

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses (VECMAP, SMARTSENZ): Professional software products for spatial risk mapping and integrated pest management sold to researchers, public bodies, and pest control operators. Revenue from software licensing and subscriptions.
2. Consulting & Contract Research: Tailored spatial decision support systems and research services for industrial partners in health, pest control, agriculture, forestry, and biodiversity sectors. Provides tools for clinical field trials, IPM auditing, IoT planning, and precision application planning.
3. Research Project Funding: Co-funding from European Space Agency (ESA) Business Applications and European Commission Fast Track to Innovation Pilots for development of VECMAP, SMARTSENZ, SENZITALL, VECTRACK, and other innovation projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Avia-GIS develops and sells proprietary spatial risk mapping and modelling software (VECMAP, SMARTSENZ, VECTRACK, SENZITALL) for data collection, risk modelling, and spatial decision support applied to public, animal, and crop health and integrated pest management. In parallel, the firm delivers tailored consulting and contract research services, including spatial decision support systems, clinical field trial support, IPM auditing, IoT planning, and precision application planning for industrial, institutional, and academic customers.

Product overview

Avia-GIS offers a suite of specialized spatial risk mapping and decision support software products. The core product VECMAP provides area-wide risk mapping and spatial modeling capabilities for disease vectors. SMARTSENZ extends into urban integrated pest management at the local scale. VECTRACK offers earth observation services with smart mosquito traps that automatically link to VECMAP through wireless networks. SENZITALL provides wireless sensor networks for microclimate monitoring in pest habitats, adding value to both VECMAP and SMARTSENZ. Together these products form a comprehensive ecosystem addressing spatial risk from area-wide to local scales, from outdoor to indoor environments, with capabilities spanning data collection, modeling, monitoring, and decision support for public health, animal health, crop health, and integrated pest management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VECMAP: Area-wide risk mapping software for research and decision making, bridging the gap between research and decision making.
• SMARTSENZ
• SENZITALL
• VECTRACK

Products and services

• VECMAP Area-wide risk mapping software for researchers and public body decision makers that organizes data, plans field work, and models spatial risk maps through a circular workflow from data gathering to analysis, modelling, and refinement; used for spatial epidemiology and vector-borne disease research.
• SMARTSENZ B2B integrated pest management software that expands VECMAP's area-wide risk mapping into urban risk mapping, covering all urban pests (not only disease vectors) and supporting both outdoor and indoor environments.
• VECTRACK Earth observation service combining smart mosquito traps with wireless networking and VECMAP to support every stage of vector mapping, from planning sensor placement through species detection and mapping to visualization for managing spread of novel disease vectors.
• SENZITALL Wireless Network System (WNS) for pest risk assessment that deploys modular wireless IoT sensor networks in urban, harsh, and remote environments to provide near real-time simulations of pest population dynamics coupled with a Spatial Decision Support System.
• Consulting & Contract Research Tailored spatial decision support systems and contract research services for industrial, institutional, and academic clients, covering clinical field trials, IPM auditing, IoT planning, precision application planning, and spatial analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• VECTRACK can save up to 80% on sampling costs when combined with VECMAP
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and regional.

• ERGO (Oxford, UK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership since early days. Collaborated on many leading Pan-European projects on vector-borne diseases (EDEN, VBORNET, VECTORNET). ERGO provided the spatial modelling component of VECMAP and is part of the group developing FARSEER, the next generation early warning systems for vector-borne diseases.
• IRIDEON (Barcelona, Spain)coreTechnology or IntegrationDeveloping Smart Mosquito Traps (VECTRACK project). These traps automatically link to VECMAP software through a wireless network. The combination of VECTRACK and VECMAP allows users to save up to 80% on sampling costs and is a critical part of FARSEER.
• LUMENCY (Brussels, Belgium)coreTechnology or IntegrationDeveloping Wireless Sensor Networks (SENZITALL project) to measure micro climate in pest habitats. Improves pest population dynamics models at local scale and provides added value to both VECMAP and SMARTSENZ.
• ID MAPPS (Inverness, Scotland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAvia-GIS is 16% owner of ID MAPPS. Together with ERGO, SRUC and NHS, they are developing a Web and Mobile App for improved management of Lyme Borreliosis and prevention of tick bites (LymeAPP project). After Scotland, expansion planned for British Isles and continental Europe.
• IRTA-CReSA (Barcelona, Spain)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnimal Health Research Center of Institute for Research and Agrifood Technology. Partner in VECTRACK project for preventive control of insect disease vectors.
• Instituto Ricardo Jorge (Lisbon, Portugal)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge is a public body in the Ministry of Health. Partner in VECTRACK project.
• EDIALUX FranceregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench partner for SMARTSENZ living lab testing in urban context, agro-food industry, hospitals, and social housing.
• Avia-GIS RSAregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal daughter pest-control company in South Africa for SMARTSENZ living lab testing in hospitality industry.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Trimble: Geospatial technology provider for agriculture, construction and mapping. Comparable where its agriculture and mapping solutions intersect with Avia-GIS' field-mapping and precision spatial decision support.
• HERE Technologies: Location data and geospatial platform serving enterprise, government and mobility customers. Comparable as a broader incumbent in spatial data platforms that could expand into environmental and health-adjacent analytics.
• Climate LLC (Bayer): Digital agriculture platform inside Bayer offering field-level agronomic modelling and decision support. Comparable to Avia-GIS' agricultural/decision-support use cases, though focused on row crops rather than vector-borne/pest risk.
• ESRI: Global GIS platform leader (ArcGIS). Comparable as the dominant horizontal spatial analytics stack against which Avia-GIS' vertical VECMAP/SMARTSENZ tooling competes; also a potential partner/integrator.
• Cyient: Global engineering and geospatial services firm with location-based analytics, remote sensing and digital twins. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering geospatial + environmental services to governments and enterprises.

Regional players

• HR Wallingford: UK-based environmental and water resource consultancy with modelling and GIS capabilities. Comparable as an environmental data/modelling consultancy serving public-sector clients, though focused on hydrology rather than vector-borne disease.

Others

• International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI): Columbia University climate-health research institute producing spatial climate and disease-risk models for public health agencies. Comparable as an academic/non-profit producer of spatial risk-mapping outputs that competes for the same institutional customer mindshare as Avia-GIS.

Emerging players

• Descartes Labs: Geospatial analytics platform applying ML to satellite imagery for agriculture, supply chain and sustainability. Overlaps with Avia-GIS' satellite + ML approach to spatial risk and predictive modelling.
• Orbital Insight: Geospatial analytics company using satellite imagery and AI to derive insights across industries. Comparable technology stack and analytics-on-Earth-observation positioning to VECMAP/VECTRACK.
• Planet Labs: Daily satellite imagery provider with a geospatial analytics layer for agriculture, forestry and government. Adjacent to Avia-GIS' satellite-based monitoring and could enable or compete with their data layer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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