Matrikon

What Matrikon does

Matrikon, founded in 1988 and headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is an industrial software subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc. that builds the Matrikon Data Broker (MDB), a unified operational technology (OT) data platform built on OPC UA open standards. MDB connects, contextualizes, and secures OT data across legacy and modern industrial systems, supporting a protocol-agnostic adapter framework (OPC Classic to UA bridging, Modbus, Siemens S7, Ethernet/IP) and delivering structured, semantically modeled data to historians (PI), SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) without traditional ETL staging. The platform is organized into six modules covering high availability, zero-trust security, open connectivity, intelligent OT data context, cloud and enterprise integration, and scalable governance with certificate lifecycle management.

Matrikon serves 9 industry verticals — Building Automation, Pharmaceuticals & Specialty Chemicals, Food & Beverage, Mining/Minerals/Metals, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Renewable Power, Fossil Power, and Utilities — with native alignment to regulatory frameworks (ISA/IEC 62443, NIST CSF, NIST 800-171, NERC CIP, FDA CFR Part 11, ISO 27001, ISO 22000/HACCP/FSMA). Named enterprise customers include Petronas and Shell. The company also operates an OEM program offering the Flex SDK (full-featured OPC UA client/server) and eFlex SDK (ultra-lightweight, TSN-ready, for embedded/RTOS systems), allowing equipment manufacturers to embed standardized connectivity into PLCs, gateways, edge devices, and solution skids.

The business model combines enterprise software licensing (subscription or perpetual, with maintenance and support contracts), OEM SDK licensing/royalty revenue, and partner-driven distribution. Matrikon reaches global markets through roughly 18 regional distributors and 11 system integrators across MENA, East Asia, Europe, South America, South Asia, and Africa, supplemented by direct enterprise sales via website CTAs. The company operates with 11-50 employees and does not publicly disclose revenue or pricing; deployments are quote-based for enterprise contracts.

Name

Matrikon

Legal name

Matrikon

Website

https://matrikon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Matrikon is a Honeywell subsidiary that provides the Matrikon Data Broker, a unified OPC UA-based OT data platform connecting, contextualizing, and securely delivering industrial operational technology data to cloud and enterprise systems across 9 verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial OT Data Integration Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

MDM Platforms (Customer/Product/Supplier/Location) (HDAEADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Modeling & Semantic Layer / Business Glossary (HDAEADAJ), Data Security & Access Governance for Data (Entitlements/Policy Enforcement) (HDAEADAH), Data Privacy, Consent & Compliance Management (HDAEADAG)

Keywords

• Industrial data integration
• OT data platform
• OPC UA connectivity
• Operational technology software
• Industrial interoperability solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmonton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Platform Licensing: Matrikon Data Broker platform sold as enterprise software licenses with subscription or perpetual options. Revenue derived from software deployment, maintenance, and support contracts.
2. OEM SDK Licensing: Flex and eFlex SDKs provided to OEM partners for embedding OPC UA connectivity into their products, generating licensing and royalty revenue.
3. Partner Distribution: Products distributed through regional distributors and system integrators worldwide, with partners reselling and implementing Matrikon solutions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Matrikon develops and sells the Matrikon Data Broker (MDB), a unified enterprise OT data platform that connects, contextualizes, and secures operational technology data across industrial systems. Built on OPC UA open standards, MDB eliminates data silos by bridging legacy and modern OT protocols, contextualizing data with semantic models, and delivering it securely to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and enterprise applications. The company also offers Flex and eFlex OPC UA SDKs enabling OEMs to embed secure connectivity into industrial equipment.

Product overview

Matrikon offers the Matrikon Data Broker (MDB) as a unified enterprise OT data platform with six integrated modules. MDB serves as the core product, providing a foundational enterprise-wide OT data layer that unifies operational technology data from legacy and modern systems. The platform comprises: Matrikon Data Broker (core platform) with six functional modules: (1) High Availability and Operational Resilience for failover and buffering, (2) Trusted and Secure OT Data for zero-trust security, (3) Seamless and Open Connectivity for protocol bridging, (4) Intelligent OT Data and Context for data contextualization, (5) Cloud and Enterprise Integration for cloud delivery, and (6) Scalable Governance and Lifecycle Management for centralized control. Additionally, Matrikon provides OEM solutions including the eFlex SDK (ultra-lightweight for embedded systems) and Flex SDK (full-featured OPC UA client/server), Matrikon Data Broker OEM for solution stacks, and Matrikon OPC Classic & UA Products for legacy interoperability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Matrikon Data Broker (MDB) A foundational enterprise OT data platform that unifies operational technology data from legacy and modern systems into a single, secure, contextualized OT data layer. Provides high availability, seamless connectivity, intelligent context, and cloud integration capabilities for industrial environments, handling hundreds of thousands of transactions per second.
• eFlex SDK Ultra-lightweight, TSN-ready OPC UA SDK with minimal footprint designed for real-time (RTOS) and resource-constrained embedded systems. Features outbound-only communication model and built-in security for embedded deployments in PLCs, controllers, and industrial equipment.
• Flex SDK Full-featured OPC UA client/server stack with unified APIs and modular design for production-scale deployments. Ideal for PLCs, controllers, gateways, and industrial software. Streamlines implementation and ensures consistency across product lines.
• Matrikon Data Broker OEM Brings powerful OT data routing into OEM solution stacks with secure, outbound-only delivery, protocol bridging, and contextual integration across cloud, IT, and OT systems. Designed for SaaS platforms, system skids, edge devices, and solution stacks.
• Matrikon OPC Classic & UA Products Libraries for secure, outbound-only OT data delivery bridging OPC Classic (DA/HDA/A&E) and OPC UA systems. Provides interoperability for legacy OPC projects, hybrid environments, and tunneling applications without compromising security.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 90% reduction in manual data stitching during system recovery
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles9 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered core, regional and flagship.

• Accumax Technology Sdn BhdcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive distributor for Oil and Gas market in Malaysia. Provides MatrikonOPC equipment data connectivity software based on OPC standard, along with implementation and engineering consultancy services.
• EMI Engineering & Marketing International SALcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDiamond MatrikonOPC Distributor and service provider in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Leader in Process Automation, Asset Integrity, Predictive Analytics, and Digital Transformation Solutions since 1992.
• Enertis Sdn BhdcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSole distributor of MatrikonOPC products in Malaysia serving Petronas, Shell, and other major energy companies. Provides implementation and engineering consultancy services.
• Horizon DataTech Inc.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMatrikon Master Distributor for East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea). 10+ years experience in OPC software sales with expertise in data connectivity and interoperability. Also authorized distributor for Singapore.
• INOVEX SOFTWAREregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial Matrikon Distributor in Brazil with 8+ years of OPC software sales experience and in-depth understanding of data connectivity and interoperability.
• INTEC - Industrial Technology SAregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSpecializes in supply of services, equipment, chemicals and consulting to Greek Industrial and marine market. Leading supplier of advanced technologies in refineries and petrochemicals since 1925.
• INTEX Sp. z o.o.regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProvides MatrikonOPC equipment data connectivity products. Over 20 years competence in control systems, process visualization, and industrial communication including SIEMENS SIMATIC and PROFIBUS/PROFINET.
• IAC Ingeniería LtdaregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized distributor and OPC solution provider in Chile with 25+ years experience in industrial market. Specializes in mining, oil & gas, energy, food & beverage, and agro-industry.
• ITISregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDelivers industry-proven software applications based on industrial plant data requirements through technology training, best-of-breed solutions, and solution lifetime support in Scandinavia.
• KFB Control LtdregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive regional Distributor partner in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. 5+ years distributing OPC solutions with practical OPC workshop trainings and technical support.
• Klinkmann OycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLeading automation software, industrial data networking and control solution supplier covering Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia/CIS with 220 specialists in 11 offices across 8 countries.
• Moore Process SolutionsregionalImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExclusive Solution Provider Partner in South Africa providing total solutions within process automation industry from initial engineering concept through post-project training.
• MTK Software GmbHregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial Distributor in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland with 10+ years experience in OPC software sales and data connectivity expertise.
• Vester BusinessregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive OPC Solution Provider Partner in Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Denmark, Central America, and México providing total process automation solutions.
• Allied Solutions (Tianjin) Automation Co. LtdregionalImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIndustrial automation system integration providing solutions for ports, fast-moving consumer goods, oil and gas, energy, pharmaceutical, and automobile manufacture.
• BE.ServicesregionalImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSystem integration services provider based in Kempten, Germany.
• Elsaco ESCO S.R.LregionalImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSystem integrator providing process automation services, equipment, and consulting for Romanian industrial market.
• EST EnerjiregionalImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAutomation Software, Hardware and System Solutions provider serving Turkish industry with innovative products and reliable automation systems.
• LC TechregionalImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSmart solutions provider for process industrial applications and services in Argentina, specializing in Automation & Control, Digital Transformation, and Energy Efficiency.
• PlutosTechcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDiamond Partner in Qatar, Russia, Turkey, UAE, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. Value-added reseller of technology licenses and industrial solutions provider focusing on energy sector with data management, AI, and ML services.
• SSM InfoTech Solutions Pvt. LtdregionalImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLeading Industrial Software & automation solutions provider with ISO 9001 certification serving automation, software and Industrial IT requirements in India.
• Ubiquitous AIregionalImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIndustrial automation and AI solutions provider based in Tokyo, Japan.
• CANAR Trading & Contracting W.L.LregionalImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFully integrated EPC company serving Kuwait market since 1970 with dedicated Sales & Business Development Division representing international manufacturers.
• PROTOCOL Automation Technologies Pvt. Ltd.regionalImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSoftware solution house based in Bangalore, India serving Automation Industry with quality products, services and support since 1994.
• White Room Automation LtdregionalImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIndustrial automation solutions provider based in Edmonton, Canada with expertise throughout project lifecycle from planning through after-sales support.
• Honeywell International Inc.flagshipOthersMatrikon is a subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., providing enterprise-grade OT data solutions under the Honeywell umbrella.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• AVEVA (PI System / CONNECT): AVEVA's PI System (acquired with OSIsoft) is the dominant industrial historian and data infrastructure platform. Its CONNECT data infrastructure overlaps with Matrikon MDB on OT data ingestion, contextualization, and cloud delivery, and it integrates directly with PI.
• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure): EcoStruxure includes OPC UA-based connectivity and edge-to-cloud data pipelines as part of Schneider's industrial software portfolio — a broad incumbent competing with Matrikon in process industries and utilities, but rarely as a standalone data broker.
• Siemens (Industrial Edge / RUGGEDCOM): Siemens offers OPC UA connectivity as part of its broader industrial automation and Industrial Edge portfolio, including MindSphere and RUGGEDCOM. It is a broad incumbent that competes with Matrikon on data connectivity but as part of a much wider automation stack.
• Rockwell Automation (FactoryTalk): Rockwell's FactoryTalk platform includes OPC UA-based data collection and edge connectivity — overlapping with Matrikon in discrete manufacturing, but delivered as part of Rockwell's broader Logix-based automation ecosystem rather than a standalone data broker.
• Beckhoff Automation (TwinCAT): Beckhoff's TwinCAT platform includes native OPC UA server/client capabilities and increasingly edge/cloud data integration. It overlaps with Matrikon on industrial connectivity and OEM SDK use cases for PLC-based deployments.

Direct peers

• Inductive Automation (Ignition): Ignition is an industrial SCADA/MES platform with native OPC UA server/client capabilities and an MQTT-based ingestion architecture. It overlaps with Matrikon's MDB on OT data unification and contextualization, particularly in manufacturing and utilities verticals.
• Softing Industrial: Softing is a long-standing OPC UA specialist offering edge connectors, gateways, and SDKs — directly comparable to Matrikon's Flex/eFlex SDKs and connectivity modules for OEMs and integrators.
• PTC (Kepware): Kepware is the dominant independent OPC connectivity platform, now part of PTC's ThingWorx industrial IoT portfolio. It competes head-to-head with Matrikon's OPC UA bridging and connectivity capabilities, targeting the same industrial customers and protocol-bridging use cases.

Emerging players

• HiveMQ: HiveMQ provides an MQTT-based industrial data platform that overlaps with Matrikon's MQTT streaming and cloud integration capabilities. It is more focused on MQTT-first architectures and cloud-native industrial use cases than on OPC UA.
• Cogent DataHub (Skkynet): Skkynet's DataHub and Embedded DataHub provide OPC UA/MQTT bridging and tunneling for industrial data, comparable to Matrikon's OPC Classic-to-UA bridging and secure tunneling use cases for hybrid industrial environments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/matrikonopc
• Facebookfacebook.com/136033963109763
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/matrikon-international-inc.

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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