BURRI public elements

What BURRI public elements does

BURRI public elements AG is a Swiss, privately-held manufacturer and project contractor founded in 1904 and headquartered in Glattbrugg. It supplies furnishing and infrastructure elements for public spaces — outdoor furniture, street and historic lighting (including the iconic Landi bench family and ALLEY LED), modular bus shelters (HSI ONE/TWO), bike-parking systems, urban greenery (cityGREEN, ferroARTUS), wayfinding signage, play and fitness equipment, and Life Cycle Care maintenance and retrofit services. The technical differentiation rests on in-house manufacturing, configurable modular product platforms, IoT-connected transit nodes (CAT hub, SMARTstop), and solar/LED-retrofit engineering including an exclusive Swiss distribution of selux lighting.

The company operates a project-based, enterprise field-sales model targeting Swiss municipalities and transit authorities as primary buyers, with secondary reach into educational institutions, cultural venues, airports, and corporate/financial campuses. Revenue is generated through three streams: hardware sales of standard (Pronto) and customized products, full-service project delivery under general-contractor terms, and long-tail lifecycle services including 25-year spare-parts supply and LED retrofits. Pricing is quote-based, undisclosed, and tends to be multi-year at the contract level.

Recent strategic activity has focused on smart-city and sustainability positioning: launch of the everBRIGHT solar bollard, the CAT IoT hub, a showroom in Préverenges (Romandie), an exclusive selux partnership, and international reference projects (ECB Frankfurt, Goldman Sachs London, Aga Khan-nominated SuperKilenk in Denmark). The firm is bootstrapped with no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or institutional investor identified.

Name

BURRI public elements

Legal name

BURRI public elements AG

Website

https://burri.world

Company type

Private

Founded year

1904

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BURRI public elements AG is a Swiss, 120-year-old manufacturer and general contractor designing and installing outdoor furniture, lighting, transit shelters, IoT-enabled signage and urban greenery for municipalities, transit authorities, airports, educational institutions and corporate clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Glattbrugg

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Space Products: Sale of physical products including outdoor furniture, street lighting, transit infrastructure, bollards, waste bins, bicycle parking systems, and digital information systems. Products are often custom-designed for specific projects.
2. Installation and Project Services: Full-service offerings including design consultation, installation, and project management for complex public space projects, including acting as a general contractor (Totalunternehmer).
3. Life Cycle Care: Long-term maintenance, retrofit, and restoration services extending product lifecycles, including spare parts availability for up to 25 years and LED retrofit solutions for existing installations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

BURRI public elements designs, manufactures, and installs public space infrastructure including outdoor furniture (benches, seating systems), street and historic lighting (ALLEY LED, LOOP), bus stop shelters and IoT-based passenger information systems (HSI ONE/TWO, CAT), mobile urban greenery (cityGREEN), wayfinding and digital information systems, bicycle parking, and play/fitness equipment. The company operates as a general contractor delivering turnkey public space projects and provides long-term Life Cycle Care services including spare parts for up to 25 years and LED retrofit solutions.

Product overview

BURRI public elements is a competency center for public space solutions operating for over 120 years, offering a comprehensive portfolio of outdoor furniture, mobile urban greenery (cityGREEN), outdoor lighting (ALLEY LED, METRO, LOOP), bus stop infrastructure (HSI ONE, HSI TWO, CAT IoT hub, SMARTstop App), information and advertising technology (Signaletik, WiFi Stelen), traffic technology (PIETO, bollards), play and fitness equipment (MoveART, ACTIVE), and lifecycle care services. The product range includes both standardized Pronto stock products available for immediate delivery and custom-designed solutions. Key product families include the LANDSCAPE modular seating system, the iconic Landi Bank (80+ years), VIVAX ergonomic chairs, and specialized solutions like the KIM mosquito trap and ZICLA temporary bus stops. The company operates on a general contractor basis for complete public space projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• cityGREEN: Mobile urban greenery solutions - plant containers for public spaces
• LANDSCAPE
• LANDI
• ALLEY LED
• HSI ONE
• HSI TWO
• CAT
• everBRIGHT
• MoveART
• ACTIVE
• VIVAX
• ferroARTUS
• SMARTstop
• BURRI.Romandie

Products and services

• CAT (IoT-Hub) Intelligent IoT hub for public spaces that delivers real-time bus schedule and passenger information, ideal for temporary stops at events or during construction/renovation work. Targeted at transit operators and municipalities.
• everBRIGHT Solarpoller Solar-powered bollard that combines integrated photovoltaic modules with an innovative light generator to deliver sustainable outdoor lighting without requiring a grid connection. Targeted at municipalities and infrastructure planners seeking off-grid lighting solutions.
• LANDSCAPE

Quantifiable outcome

• Spare parts availability for up to 25 years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• seluxcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive distribution partnership for selux lighting products in Switzerland. selux offers innovative and aesthetically designed lighting solutions for public spaces, complementing BURRI's own lighting portfolio.
• ParklyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for colorful seating landscapes for all generations in urban spaces, bringing Parkly's modular seating concepts to Swiss markets through BURRI's distribution.
• Meret JansminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with design student on KIM tiger mosquito trap - a chemical-free trap integrating seamlessly into urban environments. BURRI served as production partner, developing prototypes and optimizing for durability.
• PublibikeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBike sharing project bringing modern (e)bike rental systems to public spaces - ecological, modern and comfortable mobility solution.
• IWT AG (Hosting)minorOthersExternal hosting provider for BURRI's website infrastructure. IWF AG, Hardstrasse 1, CH-4133 Pratteln, Switzerland.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Schréder: Belgian-headquartered global leader in outdoor lighting and smart city solutions. Comparable to BURRI's lighting and IoT-enabled public space business and competes for the same European municipal and transit-authority tenders.
• Hess AG: German manufacturer of outdoor lighting, street furniture, and public space infrastructure with integrated design, engineering, and production. Highly comparable to BURRI in product mix (lighting + furniture + smart city) and in serving European municipal and transit customers.
• Santa & Cole: Spanish designer and manufacturer of urban furniture, lighting, and public space elements with strong design heritage. Comparable to BURRI in scope (outdoor furniture, lighting, urban landscaping) and in supplying public-sector and architectural projects across Europe.
• Landscape Forms: US designer and manufacturer of high-end site furniture, lighting, and structure solutions for public spaces. Closely comparable to BURRI in premium outdoor furniture, lighting, and project-based sales to municipalities, transit, and institutional clients.
• Victor Stanley: American manufacturer of site furniture, bike racks, and litter receptacles for public spaces. Comparable to BURRI's outdoor furniture, bicycle parking (LIFT, KARU), and waste bin categories in the institutional and municipal market.
• Escofet: Spanish manufacturer of concrete and stone urban furniture, lighting, and architectural elements for public spaces. Comparable in supplying high-design municipal and urban development projects across Europe and in the public space furniture category.
• Maglin Furniture: Canadian manufacturer of street furniture, planters, and bike parking for public and commercial spaces. Direct competitor in the modular outdoor furniture, planter, and bike parking segments where BURRI's LANDSCAPE, cityGREEN, and Veloparkiersystem products compete.
• Streetlife: Dutch designer and producer of contemporary street furniture and architectural elements for public spaces. Comparable in design-led outdoor furniture, custom project work, and European municipal customer base.
• Selux: German-based premium outdoor and architectural lighting manufacturer with strong design positioning. Already a BURRI distribution partner in Switzerland, indicating direct product overlap in the lighting category and shared premium municipal customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Signify: Global lighting leader (formerly Philips Lighting) with a broad portfolio spanning conventional, LED, and connected/smart city lighting. Overlaps with BURRI's lighting and IoT-enabled public infrastructure business and is a frequent competitor in large international public tenders, though at a vastly larger scale and broader scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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