What Spatial Eye does

Spatial Eye B.V. is a privately-held Dutch geospatial software company headquartered in Culemborg, the Netherlands, founded around 2004-2006 by developers who met in Cambridge, UK. It builds a vertical-specialist GIS platform for utility, telecom and public-works network operators, with disclosed customers including Dutch electricity/gas distributors Enexis and Stedin, water utilities Vitens and Waternet (WML), and cable operator VodafoneZiggo, plus a claimed global client base. Its core technology is a .NET/C# desktop application (Spatial Workshop, sold in Standard, Professional and Ultimate editions) backed by an ETL engine (Spatial Warehouse) that writes natively into Oracle, MS SQL, PostGIS or GE Smallworld VMDS databases, with browser-based viewing (Spatial Workshop Lite) and OGC/OData web services (Spatial Integration Services) on top. The company packages regulated vertical solutions on this platform — SE KLIC for Dutch KLIC and Belgian KLIP/KLM call-before-you-dig workflows, SE Address Portal for address master-data management, and SE Water Field for mobile field operations — and runs SE Data as a Service, a managed cloud subscription that continuously synchronizes Dutch open datasets (BAG, BGT, BRK, BRO, CBS, etc.) into customer databases.

The business model combines one-time/perpetual software licensing (Spatial Workshop editions), recurring subscription revenue (SE Data as a Service and the vertical product subscriptions) and attached professional services delivered through implementation partners and an in-house IT Consultant GIS role. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; every product page carries a contact/demo CTA. Distribution is direct enterprise sales augmented by a channel ecosystem — GE Vernova (Smallworld GNM), Avineon Tensing, CGI Netherlands and Spatial Insight — that co-sells and implements into utility, telecom and government customers. Headcount is small (11-50, described as a 'small informal team'), the company has raised no external funding rounds in the source data, and ownership is private with no disclosed parent, investors or cap table. No revenue, ARR or growth-rate figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

Spatial Eye

Legal name

Spatial Eye B.V.

Website

https://spatial-eye.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Spatial Eye B.V. is a Dutch geospatial software company that delivers GIS-based spatial data integration, analysis, and managed cloud data services to utility, telecom and public-works network operators, primarily in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Network Asset Management Software

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Geocoding, Search & Place Data Platforms (BPAMANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK), Geospatial BI & Location Analytics (HDAEAMAK), Mapping & Basemap Platforms (Tiles/SDKs) (BPAMANAB)

Keywords

• Geospatial data management
• Network asset management
• Utility GIS software
• Spatial data integration
• Geospatial ETL software

Headquarters

HQ city

Culemborg

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software licensing (Spatial Workshop editions): Spatial Workshop is sold in three editions — Standard, Professional and Ultimate — for desktop geospatial analysis, visualization, query and reporting, implying tiered on-premise / perpetual or term-based software licensing.
2. SE Data as a Service subscription: Recurring on-demand cloud service (Spatial Eye Cloud) that synchronises open and paid datasets (BAG, BGT, DKK, BRK, etc.) into the customer's on-premise database; managed subscription model.
3. Implementation, consulting and training services: IT Consultant GIS role installs, configures, upgrades and maintains Spatial Eye software at customer sites, delivers workshops/training and contributes to pre-sales — i.e. professional services attached to each licence sale.
4. SE KLIC / SE Address Portal / SE Water Field product subscriptions: Vertically packaged products for call-before-you-dig (KLIC/KLIP/KLIM), address master-data management, and water-utility field operations, sold as licensed product offerings to network operators and contractors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Spatial Eye develops and sells a geospatial software platform that integrates spatial and alphanumeric enterprise data for utility, telecom and public-works organizations. Its offerings include Spatial Workshop desktop analysis software (Standard, Professional and Ultimate editions), Spatial Warehouse ETL, Spatial Integration Services with OGC/OData and SDK, and industry-specific products (SE KLIC, SE Address Portal, SE Water Field, SE Data as a Service) that automate open-data synchronisation and enable spatial analysis, reporting and field operations.

Product overview

Spatial Eye offers a platform-plus-modules architecture for geospatial data management rather than a single monolithic product. The core engine is Spatial Warehouse, an ETL application that ingests data from disparate sources and loads it into native Oracle, MS SQL, PostGIS or Smallworld VMDS spatial databases. On top of this foundation, Spatial Workshop (desktop, available in Standard, Professional and Ultimate editions) integrates and analyses geographic and alphanumeric data, with Spatial Workshop Lite providing a browser-based viewer for distributing insights to end users. Spatial Integration Services exposes the integrated data externally via OGC (WMS, WFS, WMTS) and OData web services, with an SDK for custom integrations. Industry-specific modules extend the platform: SE Address Portal centralises address master data, SE KLIC handles call-before-you-dig workflows, SE Water Field supports mobile field operations for water utilities, and SE Data as a Service keeps Dutch open datasets (BAG, BGT, BRK, etc.) synchronised in customer databases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Spatial Workshop: Powerful desktop application available in Standard, Professional, and Ultimate editions for integrating and exploring alphanumeric and spatial data from many sources, with visualizations, analyses, and reports.
• Spatial Workshop Lite
• Spatial Warehouse
• Spatial Integration Services
• SE KLIC
• SE Address Portal
• SE Water Field
• SE Data as a Service

Products and services

• Spatial Workshop

Quantifiable outcome

• Data management processes reduced from months to days for water utility network modelling (Spatial Workshop + Spatial Warehouse).
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• GE Vernova (GE Smallworld GNM)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed in the homepage "We partner with" carousel and in a dedicated "For GE Vernova customers" section pointing to GSA Community, GeoSpatial Analysis Software and GE Vernova Smallworld GNM. Spatial Eye Workshop, Spatial Warehouse and Spatial Integration Services are designed to integrate with the Smallworld platform.
• Avineon TensingcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerListed as a partner on the homepage and in the footer "Partners" section. Avineon Tensing is a geospatial systems integrator and consultancy that implements and supports Spatial Eye products for utility and government customers.
• CGI NetherlandscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerListed on homepage and in the footer as a partner. CGI is a large IT and consulting firm that delivers Spatial Eye implementations into utility and telecom clients, particularly in the Netherlands.
• Spatial InsightcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerListed on homepage (spatial-insight.com) and in the footer as a partner. Spatial Insight is a specialist GIS consultancy that helps deploy Spatial Eye products.
• Kadaster (Dutch Land Registry) and other open-data providerscoreTechnology or IntegrationSpatial Eye's SE Data as a Service synchronises data from open and paid services including Kadaster (BAG, BRK, BGT, DKK, BRO) and CBS, modelling the data in the Spatial Eye Cloud before pushing it to customer databases.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Esri: Global market leader in GIS software (ArcGIS). Spatial Eye complements ArcGIS in utility/telecom environments and competes against Esri's Utility Network and ArcGIS Indoors offerings for the same enterprise GIS budgets.
• Hexagon (Geospatial division): Provider of geospatial and network asset management software (formerly Intergraph). Competes with Spatial Eye in utility network inventory and asset management via its Electric/Gas/Water/Telecom suites.
• GE Vernova (Smallworld): Owner of the GE Smallworld Global Network Management (GNM) platform used by utilities and telcos. Spatial Eye is both a complementary ISV partner on top of Smallworld and a competitor to parts of Smallworld's analytics, ETL and web-service capabilities.
• Trimble (Utilities / Network Management): Large geospatial and infrastructure software vendor with utility-focused network inventory, mobile and asset management offerings. Competes with Spatial Eye for enterprise utility GIS budgets and field-operations deployments.
• CGI: Global IT and consulting firm with a deep utility and telecom practice. Listed as a Spatial Eye implementation partner in the Netherlands, but also delivers its own utility asset and network management solutions to the same buyer base.

Direct peers

• IQGeo: Publicly listed geospatial software vendor focused on telecom and utility network operators. Targets many of the same fibre rollout, network planning and field-operations use cases Spatial Eye addresses with SE Water Field and Spatial Workshop.
• 1Spatial: UK-based spatial data management and validation software vendor serving utilities, government and infrastructure operators. Closely comparable in size and customer type to Spatial Eye, particularly around data quality, address mastering and national-data integration.
• Safe Software (FME): Provider of FME, the leading spatial ETL and data integration platform. Directly competes with Spatial Eye's Spatial Warehouse ETL capabilities and overlaps on OGC/OData service publishing and large-dataset synchronisation use cases.
• Avineon-Tensing: European geospatial systems integrator and software developer serving utilities, government and infrastructure. Listed as a Spatial Eye implementation partner and itself develops utility network applications, making it both an ally and a partial competitor.

Emerging players

• CARTO: Cloud-native location intelligence platform serving enterprises including utilities and telecoms. Represents the cloud-native, data-as-a-service archetype Spatial Eye's SE Data as a Service is moving toward, though at a different scale and stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SpatialEye

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 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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