DEGES

What DEGES does

DEGES (Deutsche Einheit Fernstraßenplanungs- und -bau GmbH) is a project management company wholly owned by the Federal Republic of Germany and the 16 German federal states (Bundesländer), founded in 1991 and headquartered in Berlin. The company is the designated Projektmanagementgesellschaft for planning and constructing federal highways (Bundesfernstraßen) and executes end-to-end project mandates including planning, regulatory approval procedures (Planfeststellungsverfahren), land acquisition, construction management, and stakeholder engagement. DEGES does not self-execute construction; it commissions engineering consortia and contractors to deliver infrastructure on behalf of the federal and state governments.

The company's core technical platform is its BIM (Building Information Modeling) methodology, implemented since 2014 and codified in the BIM-Leitfaden (V2.0, August 2023), the BIM-Leistungskatalog (V15.0), the LOD-Konzept, and dedicated "Digitales Planen und Bauen" organizational unit established in 2018. DEGES operates seven offices across Germany (Berlin headquarters plus Bremen, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart, and Bautzen). The company is member of buildingSMART Deutschland e.V. since 2022 and runs supporting digital services including the "VERKEHRSPROJEKTE AKTUELL" regional newsletter program, digital information sessions (Digitale Inforunden), and AI-assisted objection management (Einwendungsmanagement Online).

DEGES operates on a non-profit, cost-reimbursement basis: revenue is derived solely from commissions by federal and state ministries, with operating costs passed through to commissioning authorities. There are no commercial products, no consumer pricing, and no outside investors. Customer acquisition follows public-sector procurement rather than commercial sales motion. The Bundesverkehrswegeplan 2030 has allocated €264.5 billion for federal transport infrastructure, providing DEGES with a multi-year backlog of large-scale federal road projects across Germany.

Name

DEGES

Legal name

DEGES Deutsche Einheit Fernstraßenplanungs- und -bau GmbH

Website

https://deges.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

DEGES is a German federal- and state-owned project management GmbH, founded 1991 in Berlin, that plans and manages construction of federal highways (Bundesfernstraßen) on behalf of the German government and all 16 Bundesländer using BIM methodology since 2014.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transportation Infrastructure Project Management

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction Program Management (Multi-site/Portfolio) (IMAFAAAF)

Keywords

• Infrastructure project management
• Federal highway construction
• Transport infrastructure planning
• Building Information Modeling
• Public sector engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Federal and State Government Project Mandates: DEGES receives commissions from the German federal government (Bund) and federal states (Bundesländer) for planning and constructing federal highways. Revenue is derived from project management fees and administrative costs covered by public budgets. As a wholly-owned government company, DEGES operates on a non-profit basis with costs reimbursed by commissioning authorities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DEGES is a project management company that plans and constructs federal highways (Bundesfernstraßen) on behalf of the German federal government and federal states. The company manages the full project lifecycle including planning, regulatory approval (Planfeststellungsverfahren), land acquisition, construction management, and stakeholder communication. It applies Building Information Modeling (BIM) methodology since 2014 across all infrastructure projects including roads, bridges, and tunnels.

Product overview

DEGES (Deutsche Einheit Fernstraßenplanungs- und -bau GmbH) operates as a project management company for federal highway infrastructure, not as a traditional software product company. Its digital offerings constitute informational and process-oriented services rather than a unified software platform. The core product portfolio centers on project information services (Newsletter VERKEHRSPROJEKTE AKTUELL) providing regional project updates, Building Information Modeling (BIM) methodology guidance with comprehensive documentation (BIM-Leitfaden, LOD concepts, modeling guidelines), and land acquisition services (Grunderwerb). Supporting services include educational content (Info-Center), digital community engagement (Digitale Inforunden), construction documentation tools, reference certificates for contractors, and contact management. The BIM documentation suite (BIM-Leitfaden 2.0, BIM-Leistungskatalog, AIA-Muster, BAP-Muster, LOD-Konzept) represents the most structured digital product offering, providing standardized templates and guidelines for digital construction planning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Projektinformationsdienst (Newsletter VERKEHRSPROJEKTE AKTUELL)

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% of land acquisitions completed through amicable agreement
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• buildingSMART Deutschland e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince beginning of 2022, DEGES is a member of buildingSMART Deutschland e.V., the competency network for digitalization in the construction and real estate industry. Through engagement in specialist and project groups, DEGES contributes to advancing Open-BIM development in Germany.
• KREBS+KIEFER, Schüßler-Plan, SwecomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering consortium (Ingenieurgemeinschaft) engaged for the pilot project on drone surveys at Autobahndreieck Köln-Heumar. Jointly developing innovative BIM applications for complex infrastructure projects with DEGES.
• VBI (Verband Beratender Ingenieure)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDEGES collaborates with VBI on joint publications including 'Leitlinien für den gemeinsamen Projekterfolg' (2020) and 'Handlungsempfehlung Kultur der Zusammenarbeit' (2025) for improving collaboration in infrastructure projects.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Arcadis NV: Global design, engineering, and consulting firm headquartered in the Netherlands with a major infrastructure practice serving public-sector highway and rail clients across Europe. Comparable to DEGES as a key engineering partner for government-owned highway projects, though operating commercially rather than as a government-owned project manager.
• WSP Global: Canadian-listed global professional services firm with a large European transportation infrastructure practice providing planning, design, and program management services to national and regional highway authorities. Comparable to DEGES as a competitor/partner for highway engineering services on government-commissioned projects.

Regional players

• ASFINAG: Austrian state-owned highway financing and operating company responsible for planning, construction, financing, and maintenance of Austria's motorway and expressway network. Directly comparable as a national entity combining project management and operational responsibility for federal highway infrastructure in a DACH-region peer market.
• Rijkswaterstaat: The Netherlands' national agency within the Ministry of Infrastructure responsible for design, construction, maintenance, and management of main road networks, waterways, and water systems. Closely analogous to DEGES as a state-owned planning and project delivery body for national road infrastructure in another European jurisdiction.
• ANAS S.p.A. Italian state-owned company responsible for managing and developing the national road and motorway network under Italian government oversight. Comparable to DEGES as a national-level infrastructure delivery entity operating under public ownership with a federal highway project mandate.
• National Highways: UK government-owned company responsible for operating, maintaining, and improving England's strategic road network of motorways and major A-roads. Closely analogous to DEGES as a state-aligned national entity delivering highway infrastructure planning and construction under government oversight in another major European economy.
• Vinci Autoroutes: French motorway concession operator managing 4,400+ km of French highways under long-term concession contracts with the French state. Comparable to DEGES as a major European highway infrastructure operator delivering planning, construction, and operations for national road networks, though under a concession model rather than direct government ownership.

Others

• Sweco AB: Sweden-headquartered European engineering consultancy with major infrastructure practice, already a named engineering consortium partner with DEGES (alongside KREBS+KIEFER and Schüßler-Plan) on drone-based BIM applications. Directly comparable as a current DEGES collaborator and competing bidder for German federal highway engineering mandates.
• Deutsche Bahn AG: German state-owned national railway company and the most direct peer in terms of ownership structure and government mandate for major transport infrastructure planning and construction in Germany. Closely comparable as a state-aligned German transport infrastructure delivery entity, though focused on rail rather than roads.

Direct peers

• Autobahn GmbH des Bundes: Germany's federal highway infrastructure operator, created in 2018 to manage the German autobahn network. Directly comparable to DEGES as a federal entity working on the same Bundesfernstraßen, with a parallel and partially overlapping mandate; DEGES explicitly collaborates with Autobahn GmbH on construction projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@DEGESveroeffentlichungen
• Xx.com/degesberlin

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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