util.data

What util.data does

util.data Service GmbH & Co. KG is a privately held German IT services and software firm founded in 2009 in Dresden, operating across eastern Germany through offices in Dresden, Altenburg, Cottbus, and Chemnitz. The company specializes in the consulting, design, and implementation of geographic information systems (GIS) and asset/maintenance management solutions for utility companies (Stadtwerke), municipalities (Kommunen), water and wastewater utilities, and select industrial customers. Its core technology partnership is with CAIGOS, a Germany-developed GIS platform comprising over 40 specialized applications and used by 1,000+ customers in Germany.

The company's own product line consists of proprietary add-on modules that extend the CAIGOS platform into niche, non-mass-market workflows of network operators. These include util-check (systematic GIS data quality validation), util-flow-HA (web-based network connection process documentation with project management), util-portal (guideline-compliant network connection request portal), and util-flow-BA (ISYBAU condition data import with asset mapping). The CAIGOS-360° AM module provides configurable asset and maintenance management with mobile support across Android, iOS, and Windows, addressing skilled labor shortages through workflow automation.

util.data generates revenue through three streams: GIS implementation professional services (consulting through full deployment), recurring software solutions (its proprietary util-* add-ons and CAIGOS-360° AM), and managed data services (data provision, migration, capture, and maintenance). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is structured as custom multi-year contracts with variable service levels ranging from first-level support to full hosting and operation. The company employs 1-10 people and sells exclusively in Germany via direct enterprise sales with an emphasis on regional, in-person customer engagement. Ownership is concentrated with managing directors Rainer Struwe and Ralf Irmscher via the holding entity GeoKapital GKC GmbH, with no external venture capital or private equity investors disclosed.

Name

util.data

Legal name

util.data Service GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://utildata.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

util.data is a Dresden-based German IT services firm that implements the CAIGOS GIS platform and develops proprietary asset-management and workflow add-ons for utility companies, municipalities, and water/wastewater operators across eastern Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Utility GIS Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAMANAK

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Maps, Location & Navigation Platforms

SECONDARYEUAHAKAC

Geospatial Data Management & Enterprise GIS (Geodatabases, Web GIS, Spatial Analytics)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Environmental Compliance, Monitoring & Consulting/Environmental Data Management, Modeling & GIS/Remote Sensing

SECONDARYEUAHAKAB

Environmental Data Integration, ETL & Interoperability (APIs, Standards, Data Pipelines)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Environmental Compliance, Monitoring & Consulting/Environmental Data Management, Modeling & GIS/Remote Sensing

Keywords

• Geographic information systems
• Utility asset management
• Network management software
• GIS implementation services
• Municipal IT solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Dresden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. GIS Implementation Services: Consulting, conception, and implementation of geographic information systems for utilities, water/wastewater companies, and municipalities. Includes first-level support and additional service levels such as hosting and maintenance.
2. Software Solutions: Own product line for non-mass-compatible special areas of network operators including util-check, util-flow-HA, util-portal, and util-flow-BA. CAIGOS-based solutions for asset management and GIS.
3. Data Services: Data provision for network calculation, data capture and migration, data maintenance based on variable service levels, and mobile services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

util.data implements and operates the CAIGOS Geographic Information System (GIS) platform for utility companies, municipalities, water/wastewater operators, and industrial customers in Germany. The company provides consulting, implementation, data services, and a proprietary product line of add-on software (util-check, util-flow-HA, util-portal, util-flow-BA) for asset management, network connection documentation, GIS data quality validation, and workflow automation, supported by hosting, maintenance, and tiered support contracts.

Product overview

util.data operates as a cooperation platform for utility companies, offering a portfolio centered on CAIGOS GIS and CAIGOS-360° AM solutions for geographic information systems and asset management. The core offering is complemented by a suite of proprietary tools: util-check for GIS data quality validation, util-flow-HA for network connection process documentation, util-portal for connection request management, and util-flow-BA for ISYBAU condition data import. Together, these products provide end-to-end capabilities for data capture, management, validation, and workflow automation in utility network operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CAIGOS – GIS Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Solutions for skilled labor shortage through automation and shifting of peripheral processes
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CAIGOScoreTechnology or IntegrationCAIGOS is the primary GIS platform partner. Util.data implements CAIGOS GIS solutions with over 40 specialized applications for utilities, water/wastewater, and municipalities. The platform is fully developed in Germany and serves as the foundation for their GIS implementations.
• GeoKapital GKC GmbHOthersParent/holding company that represents util.data. GeoKapital GKC GmbH is the legal representative entity, with Rainer Struwe and Ralf Irmscher as managing directors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• AED-SICAD: AED-SICAD is a Germany-based GIS specialist whose UTECAD/Asset and network information solutions are used by Stadtwerke, Kommunen, and Wasser-/Abwasserbetriebe - the same verticals util.data targets. Both firms combine enterprise GIS implementation with add-on modules for utility asset and network management, making this the closest direct peer.
• Mettenmeier GmbH: Mettenmeier provides GIS, asset management, and network documentation software/utilities (e.g., SMALLWORLD-based implementations) for German energy and water utilities, with similar professional services, hosting, and integration offerings. Highly comparable DACH utility-IT scope and customer base.
• KISTERS AG: KISTERS delivers software for energy, water, and environmental data management (including BelVis, KANiO, WaterCycle) used by German utilities, municipalities, and grid operators. Directly comparable product breadth across utility data management, asset/inspection workflows, and integration services.
• VertiGIS: VertiGIS builds vertical GIS solutions on top of Esri ArcGIS for utilities, municipalities, and network operators worldwide. It competes with util.data in providing utility-specific add-ons (asset management, network documentation, mobile workflows) on a mainstream GIS platform.

Broad incumbents

• Esri: Esri is the dominant GIS platform globally and serves as a platform-level competitor and partner to many utility GIS implementers including util.data. Its Utility Network and ArcGIS solutions cover similar use cases (network mapping, asset management, mobile field workflows) for the same municipal and utility buyers.
• Hexagon Geospatial: Hexagon Geospatial (Power Portfolio, M.App, GeoMedia) provides enterprise GIS and remote sensing used by utilities and municipalities for network and asset management. Broad overlap in capability and buyer base, though Hexagon operates at a much larger enterprise scale than util.data.
• Schneider Electric (Resource Advisors / Smallworld): Schneider Electric sells the Smallworld GIS/NIS platform for electric, gas, and water utilities globally, targeting the same asset management and network documentation use cases that util.data addresses for German Stadtwerke.
• RIB-Software / ITwo (utilities vertical): RIB (now part of Schneider Electric) offers iTWO and related infrastructure/utility software for asset-heavy operators, including utilities and municipalities, addressing some overlapping asset management and infrastructure workflows.

Others

• SEEBURGER: SEEBURGER is a German-headquartered data integration / EDI / B2B middleware vendor that addresses the same interface-and-integration layer util.data's util-flow modules touch. It is an adjacent enabler rather than a direct competitor, but competes for integration budget at German utilities.

Emerging players

• ARC Solutions (ARC-GIS4Water): ARC-GIS4Water is a smaller German specialist focused on GIS solutions for Wasser-/Abwasserbetriebe, one of util.data's primary verticals. Niche overlap in wastewater/utility GIS with a similar DACH-only positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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