What Aqua Kompetanse does

Aqua Kompetanse AS is a Norwegian professional services firm specializing in aquaculture research, advisory, and inspection, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Trondheim with offices across nine locations along the Norwegian coast from Flatanger to Lofoten. The company's core offering is organized into four service areas: Fiskehelse (Fish Health) providing veterinary consulting, biosecurity, and welfare optimization; Milj\u00f8 (Environment) covering marine biology, environmental impact, and algae status; Vanndynamikk (Water Dynamics) delivering current, wave, and hydrographic measurement and modeling; and FoU (Research and Development) conducting commissioned and publicly funded projects. Supporting offerings include accredited hygiene inspection for well-boats, service vessels, and delousing units (INSP 076), accredited testing services (TEST 303), and the Br\u00f8nnb\u00e5tveilederen.no digital knowledge guide compiled from 152 scientific articles for well-boat transport welfare.

The firm's business model is professional services revenue from aquaculture companies, well-boat operators, public authorities, and research institutions, delivered through direct sales and project engagements, supplemented by publicly funded research grants from FHF and the Research Council of Norway. GTM is sales-led via direct professional outreach with content marketing through peer-reviewed publications, webinars, and digital guides. The company is privately held under the Norwegian AS (aksjeselskap) legal form with no parent company and no disclosed external equity investors, employing between 51 and 100 credentialed personnel including authorized veterinarians, marine biologists, oceanographers, and PhD-level researchers. Recent strategic emphasis is on expanding the R&D department (founded 2019) into diagnostics, eDNA analysis, submerged pen welfare, and environmental monitoring innovation.

Name

Aqua Kompetanse

Legal name

Aqua Kompetanse AS

Website

https://aqua-kompetanse.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Aqua Kompetanse is a Norwegian aquaculture consultancy and research firm founded in 2000, serving fish farmers, well-boat operators, and public authorities with fish health, environmental, water dynamics, and accredited hygiene inspection services from nine coast-wide offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aquaculture Consulting and Research Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Aquaculture Health, Biosecurity & Veterinary Services (AFAEAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aquaculture & Fish Health Services (AFAEANAE), Aquaculture Farm Services & Operations Support (net cleaning, diving, grading, harvesting) (AFAEAAAM)

Keywords

• Aquaculture consulting
• Fish health services
• Marine environmental monitoring
• Aquaculture research
• Hygiene inspection services

Headquarters

HQ city

Trondheim

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Fish Health: Fish health advisory services including veterinary consultations, biosecurity assessments, and health monitoring for aquaculture operations.
2. Environmental Monitoring Services: Marine environment assessments, water dynamics measurements, and algae status analysis for aquaculture facilities.
3. Hygiene Inspection Services: Inspection and certification services for well-boats, service vessels, delousing units, feed rafts, and transport equipment requiring wash and disinfection certification.
4. Research and Development Projects: R&D projects conducted on behalf of customers, as well as publicly funded research projects through FHF and Norges Forskningsråd.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Aqua Kompetanse provides specialized consulting, research, inspection, and environmental monitoring services to the Norwegian aquaculture industry. Its core offerings are organized into four service areas: Fiskehelse (Fish Health) advisory and biosecurity support, Miljø (Environment) monitoring and impact assessment, Vanndynamikk (Water Dynamics) measurements and modeling, and FoU (Research and Development). The firm also delivers accredited hygiene inspections, algae status analyses, and digital knowledge products such as Brønnbåtveilederen.no.

Product overview

Aqua Kompetanse is a professional consulting and research services company offering a portfolio of interconnected services for the aquaculture industry. The company operates as a unified service offering rather than a software platform, with four main service areas: Fiskehelse (Fish Health) providing health and biosecurity consulting; Miljø (Environment) offering environmental monitoring and assessment; Vanndynamikk (Water Dynamics) delivering current, wave, and hydrographic measurements and modeling; and FoU (Research and Development) conducting both commissioned development projects and public research. These services are complemented by specific offerings including hygiene inspection, algae status analysis, and the Brønnbåtveilederen.no digital knowledge guide. The R&D department focuses on specialized research areas including diagnostics, fingerling and smolt production, cleaner fish, environmental DNA analysis, environmental impact assessment, transport and handling, health economics, and wild fish studies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fiskehelse (Fish Health) Professional consulting services aimed at achieving optimal fish welfare and health, and contributing to good biosecurity in aquaculture operations; serves commercial fish farms and aquaculture companies.
• Miljø (Environment) Environmental consulting with advisors specialized in marine biology, aquaculture biology, resource management, and aquaculture; serves aquaculture operators and public authorities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Significantly reduced sea lice attachment through submerged farming technology documented in multiple projects
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NIVA (Norsk institutt for vannforskning)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner in the BRØK project (Biological Risk Factors for Atlantic Salmon in Well-boat Operations), jointly developing Brønnbåtveilederen.no - a digital guide for optimal fish welfare during well-boat transport and treatment.
• Akvaplan-nivacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner in the BRØK project, jointly developing Brønnbåtveilederen.no for optimal fish welfare during well-boat transport and treatment.
• FHF (Fiskeri- og Havbruksnæringens Forskningsfinansiering)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch funding organization for the Norwegian aquaculture and fisheries industry, financing multiple Aqua Kompetanse research projects including INDIKATOR, NyOvervåkning, Bottom-Up, BRØK, and NYBRØK.
• Norges Forskningsråd (Research Council of Norway)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational research funding organization supporting Aqua Kompetanse research projects including AQUAeD and environmental monitoring projects under the Research Council's project numbers.
• Well-boat Industry OperatorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose collaboration with the well-boat industry, fish farmers, and fish health personnel in developing Brønnbåtveilederen and conducting R&D projects.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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