What Hertek does

Hertek B.V. (operating as Hertek Groep) is a privately held Dutch safety and healthcare-technology company founded in 1998 and headquartered in Weert, Netherlands, with 200+ employees and a German subsidiary (Hertek Deutschland). The company is organized into two divisions. Hertek Safety designs, supplies, installs, and maintains CCV-certified fire-alarm, emergency-lighting, and evacuation-alarm systems across the Netherlands, operating through a nationwide network of RION-certified installers and recurring certified-maintenance contracts; proprietary elements include Verificatie PLUS verification logic, CoreProtocol, and PureLight emergency-lighting technology. Hertek Care runs the Sonevo platform — a scalable healthcare technology stack combining alarm and care management, location detection, wandering detection, and acoustic monitoring, extended through partnerships with Juniper (Mist Wi-Fi), MCS (Private LTE), Beyonder, Spectralink, and a co-investment with BOM in SARA Robotics.

Hertek's business model combines project-based hardware and installation revenue with multi-year recurring revenue from CCV-certified maintenance on the Safety side and SaaS-style subscriptions on the Care side. Customers are diversified across healthcare (Stichting Aveleijn, S&L Zorg, Elver, Bartiméus, Pieter van Foreest, Long at Home, Zonnehuisgroep Amstelland), hospitality (Van der Valk, Bastion Hotels), transport and logistics (APM Terminals Rotterdam Maasvlakte, Katoen Natie), and education (ROC Deltion College, 16,000 students), with 95+ documented reference projects. Recent strategic emphasis has shifted toward scaling Hertek Care/Sonevo within Dutch healthcare — evidenced by the BOM/SARA Robotics investment, a multi-year Beyonder agreement, and a 2025 cluster of new healthcare customers — while Hertek Deutschland pursues geographic expansion of the core Safety offering into Germany.

Name

Hertek

Legal name

Hertek B.V.

Website

https://hertek.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Hertek is a Dutch privately held safety and healthcare-technology group providing CCV-certified fire-alarm, emergency-lighting, and evacuation systems via Hertek Safety and the Sonevo care platform via Hertek Care, serving healthcare, hospitality, logistics, and education customers in the Netherlands and Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fire Safety Systems

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Fire Alarm Systems (Design/Install/Service/Monitoring) (BPABAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fire Alarm Systems (Inspection/Testing/Monitoring/Service) (IMAIAJAC)

Keywords

• Fire detection systems
• Evacuation alarm systems
• Emergency lighting solutions
• Care technology platforms
• Fire safety services

Headquarters

HQ city

Weert

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fire Detection Products and Systems: Sale and installation of fire detection systems including control panels, detectors, sensors, and associated hardware. Primary revenue driver through product sales and project-based installations.
2. Evacuation Alarm and Emergency Lighting: Sales and installation of Type A and Type B evacuation alarm systems and emergency lighting solutions for buildings.
3. Healthcare Technology (Sonevo): Healthcare technology platform providing domotics and communication solutions for care organizations. Revenue from platform services, hardware, and ongoing support.
4. Service and Maintenance Contracts: Preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, system management, periodic inspections, and 24/7 emergency support for fire safety systems. Offered through service agreements.
5. Training and Education: Training courses for fire alarm installation, maintenance, and management including Hertek e-campus e-learning platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hertek Groep delivers engineered electronic fire safety systems—including addressable fire alarm control panels (Penta 5000/6000), voice and sound evacuation alarm systems, and centralized, decentralized, and wireless emergency lighting—under its Hertek Safety brand, and a cloud-based care technology platform (Sonevo) integrating domotics, communication, smart sensors, and Private LTE for elderly and disability care under its Hertek Care brand. The company also sells the Hertek Connect digital monitoring platform linking its Penta panels for remote management, and provides ongoing service, maintenance, and training across the installed base.

Product overview

Hertek Groep operates as a holding company with two main divisions: Hertek Safety (fire safety, evacuation alarm, and emergency lighting) and Hertek Care (care technology). Hertek Safety offers the Penta 6000 and Penta 5000 addressable fire alarm control panels as core products, supplemented by Soteria addressable detection components, Hertek Wireless/Reach wireless detection, Hertek ASD and LIST aspiration smoke detection systems, and verification solutions like Verificatie PLUS. Evacuation solutions include Ontruiming Type A (voice alarm) and Type B (sound-only) systems. Emergency lighting spans centralized, decentralized, and wireless systems with product lines including Signlite, Guidelite, and HBN battery systems. The Hertek Connect digital platform links to Penta panels for remote monitoring, featuring Connect Support, Connect Control, Connect Intelligent, and Connect Evac modules. Hertek Care provides the Sonevo cloud platform for elderly and disability care, integrating care domotics, communication, smart sensors (Smart Sensoring), and Private LTE infrastructure, supported by the Hertek e-campus training platform. The company also offers BIM object libraries and a Document Management System for technical documentation. Hertek Deutschland serves the German market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hertek Connect: Digital safety platform linked to Penta fire alarm control panel for remote monitoring and management of fire safety systems.
• Sonevo

Products and services

• Penta 6000 Brandmeldcentrale Addressable fire alarm control panel for large and networked projects, featuring Hertek's proprietary CoreProtocol communication and PureLight detection technology, with extensive networking and simplified installation and maintenance.
• Penta 5000 Brandmeldcentrale Fire alarm control panel suitable for any project, with simple operation, freely programmable configuration, and Verificatie PLUS compatibility for false-alarm prevention.
• Hertek Connect Digital safety platform linked to Penta fire alarm control panels, providing remote monitoring, management, and insight into fire safety systems for maintenance parties and building managers.
• Ontruiming Type A (Luid Alarm) Voice evacuation system using speech messages to guide occupants to safety, suitable for buildings where users are unfamiliar with the layout.
• Ontruiming Type B (Stil Alarm) Evacuation system using a slow whoop signal, suitable for buildings where occupants already know the layout and emergency exits.
• Centrale Noodverlichting Central-battery-powered emergency lighting system for larger buildings and complex installations, providing reliable escape route illumination.
• Decentrale Noodverlichting Self-contained emergency lighting with integrated battery in each fixture, ideal for smaller applications.
• Wireless Noodverlichting Wireless emergency lighting with remote monitoring capability, enabling centralized testing and management without dedicated cabling.
• HBN Batterijsystemen (HBN1000-6000) Central battery systems for centralized emergency lighting, available in multiple capacity ratings to support large and complex installations.
• Sonevo

Quantifiable outcome

• Detects fires up to 3 minutes faster than competitors with Penta 5000 and 6000 systems
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Nederlandse Brandwonden StichtingminorOthers · 15 June 2016Charitable donation recipient. Hertek donated to the Dutch Burns Foundation on the occasion of its 25th anniversary celebration.
• BeyondercoreTechnology or IntegrationIT partner behind the Sonevo healthcare technology platform. Hertek Care and Beyonder signed a new multi-year agreement strengthening their strategic partnership. Beyonder provides the IT infrastructure and development for the Sonevo platform used by healthcare organizations.
• Juniper NetworkscoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic Mist-WiFi partnership. Juniper Networks provides the wireless network infrastructure that integrates seamlessly with Sonevo healthcare platform and care domotics solutions.
• SARA RoboticsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial assistant robot development. Hertek Care invested together with BOM (Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij) in the further development of SARA, the social assistant that takes over tasks from professional caregivers in long-term care.
• MCS (Mobile Care Solutions)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic Private LTE partnership for deploying 4G private networks that seamlessly integrate with primary care processes and Sonevo hardware. Years of partnership in successful private network deployments.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Johnson Controls: Global building safety and HVAC leader with Zettler, Autronica, and Tyco fire detection brands serving data centers, healthcare, and industrial facilities. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping fire safety offerings and access to much larger multinational customer accounts.
• Siemens Smart Infrastructure: Global building technologies giant offering Sinteso fire alarm systems, Desigo building automation, and integrated safety portfolios. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping fire detection, evacuation, and emergency lighting capabilities to enterprise customers, though not specialized in the Dutch certification landscape.
• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure): Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure Building Operation platform integrates fire safety, security, and energy management. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering integrated smart building platforms that increasingly overlap with Hertek Connect's positioning as a digital safety management layer.
• Carrier (Edwards / EST): Carrier's Fire & Security division (Edwards, EST, Ziton) provides addressable fire detection, notification, and emergency communication systems globally. Comparable as a broad incumbent in fire alarm hardware and systems integration with similar vertical specialization in healthcare and industrial markets.
• Honeywell Building Technologies: Major fire alarm and building systems provider through NOTIFIER, Fire-Lite, and Morley-IAS brands, with comprehensive enterprise safety offerings. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same large-enterprise and institutional customers with deeper global R&D resources than Hertek.
• Bosch Building Technologies: Fire detection, evacuation, and integrated security solutions provider (AVENAR panels, FPA-5000) serving commercial and industrial markets across Europe. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering direct fire alarm system competition, with stronger international footprint than Hertek.

Direct peers

• Ascom: Swiss healthcare communication and workflow solutions provider offering nurse call, mobile alerting, and care domotics to hospitals and elderly care facilities. Comparable as a direct peer competing with Hertek Care/Sonevo for healthcare communication and care technology contracts across Europe.
• Nedap: Dutch technology company providing healthcare domotics (Nedap Ons) and security/identification solutions. Comparable as a direct peer on the Hertek Care side, competing for elderly and disability care technology contracts from Dutch healthcare providers with similar reference customers.
• Hekatron Brandschutz: German fire safety specialist offering addressable fire alarm control panels, smoke detectors, and integrated evacuation systems with similar vertical specialization (healthcare, hospitality, industry). Closest direct peer in product scope and DACH market focus, likely competing head-to-head with Hertek Deutschland.

Emerging players

• Ajax Systems: Fast-growing European smart security and fire detection challenger with wireless addressable detectors and a cloud-managed platform (Ajax Hub). Comparable as an emerging player bringing IoT/cloud-native design to a market historically served by wired, panel-based systems like Hertek's Penta line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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