Gerco Brandpreventie

What Gerco Brandpreventie does

Gerco Brandpreventie B.V., founded in 1980 and headquartered in Schoonhoven, Netherlands, is a passive (architectural) fire safety specialist and self-described market leader in the Dutch market. The company delivers end-to-end fire safety services across four interconnected modules: Inspectie en Advies (inspection and advisory), Bouwkundige Brandveiligheid (passive/structural fire safety installation), Installatietechnische Brandveiligheid (active fire systems via sister companies within Unica Fire Safety), and Beheer en Onderhoud (management, maintenance, and digital documentation). Its technology stack centers on a cloud-based Digitaal Logboek (Digital Logbook) with QR-code tagged fire-resistant assets, a mobile inspection application, and the Protecta® product selection app, supported by an in-house laboratory and certified fire-resistant product line (Protecta® FR Coating, FR Board, FR Pipe Wrap, FR Collar, FR Putty, FR Graphite, EX Mortar, FR Acrylic, FR IPT, etc.) sourced under exclusive Benelux license from Polyseam.

The company monetizes through project-based installation services, recurring maintenance and management contracts, and product sales, with pricing quote-based rather than publicly disclosed. Customer acquisition runs through regional Technical Commercial Managers covering West, South, and East Netherlands, supplemented by an online service request portal. Vertical concentration sits primarily in healthcare (hospitals, care homes), government and public buildings, housing corporations, education, and infrastructure (tunnels). Gerco holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, VCA (2025-2028), and Safety Culture Ladder Trede 3 certifications, with solutions installed across more than 30,000 buildings.

Gerco is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unica Groep within the Unica Fire Safety cluster since May 2021. Effective January 1, 2026, Gerco and sister entity Applicom Nederland B.V. will merge under the GERCO brand, creating the largest structural fire safety specialist in the Benelux with 170+ specialists and offices in Schoonhoven, Nijmegen, and Hoogeveen. Leadership rests with General Director Maarten Kleijne (appointed January 2023), supported by regional Technical Commercial Managers and a Manager of Service & Maintenance overseeing the Digital Logbook platform.

Name

Gerco Brandpreventie

Legal name

Gerco Brandpreventie B.V.

Website

https://gerco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Gerco Brandpreventie is a Dutch passive (architectural) fire safety specialist, founded 1980 and headquartered in Schoonhoven, providing inspection, installation, maintenance, and digital compliance documentation for healthcare, government, housing, education, and infrastructure clients. A Unica Groep subsidiary, it merges with Applicom in January 2026 to form the Benelux's largest fire safety specialist.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Schoonhoven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fire Safety Installation Services: Core revenue from installation of passive fire safety solutions including fire-resistant sealing of penetrations, fire dampers, fire-resistant walls/doors/glazing, and structural steel protection. Project-based revenue from new construction and renovation.
2. Maintenance and Management Services: Ongoing inspection, maintenance and management of fire separations including periodic inspections, repairs, and digital logbook management. Recurring revenue through service contracts.
3. Fire Safety Products: Sale of fire-resistant products and materials including Protecta branded coatings, sealants, collars, wraps, and boards. Includes prefabrication in own workshop.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gerco Brandpreventie is a Dutch fire safety service provider that delivers end-to-end architectural (passive) and active fire safety solutions for buildings, tunnels and infrastructure. Its core offering spans inspection and advisory, fire-resistant sealing of penetrations, fire dampers, fire-resistant walls/doors/glazing, structural steel protection, and recurring maintenance managed through a proprietary QR-coded Digitaal Logboek. Supporting products include the licensed Protecta® portfolio of certified fire-resistant coatings, collars, wraps and boards.

Product overview

Gerco Brandpreventie is a comprehensive fire safety service provider offering an integrated portfolio of architectural (passive) and installation-technical (active) fire safety solutions. The core offering consists of four interconnected service modules: Inspectie en Advies (inspection and advisory), Bouwkundige Brandveiligheid (architectural fire safety), Installatietechnische Brandveiligheid (technical fire systems), and Beheer en Onderhoud (management and maintenance). Supporting these services is the Digitaal Logboek, a digital logbook system with QR-code tagging for documentation and compliance tracking. The product portfolio includes the Protecta® brand fire-resistant product line (FR Coating, FR Board, FR Pipe Wrap, FR Collar, FR Putty, FR Graphite, EX Mortar, FR Acrylic, FR Graphite Plate, FR IPT, and accessories like Multitherm Bandage, Multidisc, and Multicollar Slim) sourced from Polyseam, as well as active fire safety equipment including sprinkler systems, watermist sprinklers, fire detectors, water tanks, and pump rooms. Innovation products include the award-winning Flex Tube and Flex Box. The company also offers proprietary innovations like Battery Power Supply (BPS) and remote management (Beheer op Afstand). With the 2026 merger with Applicom, the combined entity becomes the largest architectural fire safety specialist in the Benelux.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inspectie en Advies (Inspection and Advisory) Professional inspection and advisory services for fire safety, including compliance assessments, smoke resistance consultations and recommendations for buildings. Targeted at building owners, facility managers and construction project leaders across the Netherlands.
• Gratis Consult Rookwerendheid (Free Smoke Resistance Consultation) Free advisory consultation regarding smoke resistance requirements that took effect in July 2021 under the Besluit bouwwerken leefomgeving (Dutch Building Decree), targeting existing building owners needing compliance guidance.
• Bouwkundige Brandveiligheid (Architectural Fire Safety) Passive architectural fire safety solutions including fire-resistant sealing of openings (penetrations), installation of fire-resistant walls, doors and glazing, structural steel protection, and fire dampers in air ducts. Delivered as project-based installation services for new construction and renovation across healthcare, government, housing and infrastructure.
• Installatietechnische Brandveiligheid (Installation-Technical Fire Safety) Active fire safety systems delivered as integrated installations, including sprinkler systems, watermist sprinklers, fire detection systems, water tanks, pump rooms and the proprietary Battery Power Supply (BPS) innovation, with remote monitoring and management via Beheer op Afstand.
• Beheer en Onderhoud (Management and Maintenance) Ongoing management and maintenance of fire separations including periodic inspections, repairs, mutation management and digital documentation delivered through field service teams with mobile inspection applications and digital logbook access.
• Digitaal Logboek (Digital Logbook) Cloud-based project dossier service with interactive digital floor plans showing fire safety provisions, accessible via a mobile app that scans QR-code tagged plastic markers on each fire-resistant sealing for real-time project documentation, inspection history and compliance evidence.
• Protecta® FR Fire-Resistant Product Portfolio Licensed portfolio of Protecta® fire-resistant products (FR Coating, FR Board, FR Pipe Wrap, FR Collar, FR Putty, FR Graphite, EX Mortar, FR Acrylic, FR Graphite Plate, FR IPT, Multitherm Bandage, Multidisc, Multicollar Slim) sourced from Polyseam and supplied to construction projects, all certified per ETA and/or UL-EU standards.
• Flex Tube and Flex Box (Award-Winning Innovations) Innovative wall penetrations for cables (Flex Tube) and cable trays (Flex Box) that can be easily opened and closed when building layouts are changed, addressing the mutation challenge for fire compartmentation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 45+ years of fire safety experience with 170+ specialists
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Applicom Nederland B.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 October 2025GERCO and Applicom merging effective January 1, 2026 under the GERCO name. Both companies have 45+ years of experience and will create the largest architectural fire safety specialist in the Benelux. Combined organization has 170+ employees with national coverage from offices in Schoonhoven, Nijmegen and Hoogeveen. Robert van Hunnik (Applicom director) joins leadership in the merged entity.
• Fire Safety ProjectsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 25 May 2021Main contractor for larger fire safety projects, part of Fire Safety Holding under Unica Fire Safety cluster.
• PolyseamcoreTechnology or Integration · 28 January 2018Strategic product partnership started in 2018 where GERCO processes Polyseam's Protecta® fire-resistant products on projects. Products further developed jointly for the Dutch market. Products exclusively available under Protecta® brand for GERCO and sister companies in the Benelux. Polyseam is one of the largest and most innovative manufacturers of passive fire protection products globally.
• Red ProfsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2014Independent label for supply of fire-resistant products to installers and construction companies. Part of Fire Safety Holding structure alongside GERCO and Applicom.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Boele Fire Protection: Sister company within the Unica Fire Safety cluster offering active fire protection (sprinklers, detection, mist systems) in the Netherlands. Direct peer in Dutch fire safety services and natural cross-sell/complement to GERCO's passive offering under shared ownership.
• Nullifire (Tremco CPG): Specialist in intumescent and fire-resistant coatings, sealants and foams used in firestopping and compartmentation, directly comparable to GERCO's Protecta®-based product offering and installation focus in Europe.
• Brandpreventie.nl / Brandpreventiegroep: Dutch competitor providing inspection, maintenance and installation of fire safety systems, including firestopping and compartmentation. Directly comparable to GERCO on Dutch passive fire safety services and a candidate customer for cross-sell or potential M&A.

Broad incumbents

• Promat (Etex): Global leader in passive fire protection products (boards, sprays, sealants) and a long-standing incumbent in the same architectural fire safety category GERCO serves. Comparable as a major product/installation player, though with a much broader geographic and product footprint than the Dutch-only GERCO.
• Hilti: Global construction technology leader with a dedicated firestopping and fire protection product portfolio (e.g., CFS-IS Modular Insert System). Comparable to GERCO on firestopping and passive fire protection but operates at much larger scale and across geographies rather than specializing in the Dutch niche.
• Rockwool: Danish stone wool insulation manufacturer whose firestop and fire-rated insulation products overlap directly with GERCO's architectural fire safety envelope. Comparable as a passive fire protection incumbent but with global product scale versus GERCO's regional services focus.
• Sika: Swiss construction chemicals major with a substantial firestopping, sealing and bonding portfolio overlapping with GERCO's fire-resistant sealants, coatings and mortars. Comparable in product category but operates as a much larger, diversified incumbent.
• 3M: Multinational with a well-known firestopping product line (e.g., Fire Barrier, FB-3000 WT, Molded Fire Pillows) competing with Protecta® and other products GERCO installs. Comparable in product/technology but 3M is a broad incumbent serving global markets.
• Tremco (Tremco CPG Europe): Parent of Nullifire and other sealant/coating brands; offers firestopping and joint sealing systems that overlap with GERCO's Protecta® portfolio. Comparable as a broad incumbent in passive fire protection products and sealing solutions.

Regional players

• Walhout Protection: Dutch passive fire protection installer and service provider offering firestopping, fire-resistant sealing and inspection services. Comparable to GERCO on services and customer type but typically smaller in scale and regionally focused rather than nationwide.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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