What ARC-GREENLAB does

ARC-GREENLAB GmbH is a privately held German professional services and software company, founded on March 13, 1992, and headquartered in Berlin with additional offices in Eisenhüttenstadt and Hannover. The firm operates across four tightly integrated practice areas — surveying, geographic information systems (GIS), forestry/environment, and BIM/3D — serving public-sector and enterprise clients across Germany. Its core proprietary products are gl-survey, a domain-rich surveying software with specialized modules for railway, archaeological, building-measurement, and water-management use cases, and gl-forest, a software suite for forestry, hunting, and nature conservation that includes forest management, hunting estate management, nature conservation, and forest establishment/inventory modules. The firm also resells and integrates Esri's ArcGIS platform as an Esri Gold Partner (including ArcGIS GeoBIM, ArcGIS Indoors, and Site Scan for ArcGIS), Trimble MX9-based Mobile Mapping services that capture point clouds and panoramas at speeds up to 110 km/h, FME-driven data integration workflows, and 3D laser scanning plus BIM/digital-twin services.

Revenue derives from three streams: project-based professional services (surveying, mobile mapping, netzdokumentation, BIM, GIS consulting, custom software development), recurring software licensing of gl-survey and gl-forest, and structured training courses priced at €450-€1,350 per participant per day (e.g., ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, FME, Python/ArcPy). Customers include Deutsche Bahn, S-Bahn Berlin, DB InfraGo, DB Regio-Werke, BImA, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Stadt Cottbus, Bauunternehmen Matthäi, 1&1 Versatel, and Landesforstbetrieb Sachsen-Anhalt, spanning railway, government, education/research, construction, telecommunications, and forestry end-markets. The firm is ISO 9001 certified since 2004 and reports a current headcount of 150 employees (including 15+ trainees and students; 20+ nationalities).

ARC-GREENLAB pursues a primarily direct enterprise sales motion through its website, contact forms, demo requests, free webinars, and industry events (e.g., INTERFORST 2026, buildingSMART, career fairs), supported by an integrated marketing function established in 2022 and an enterprise GTM anchored on its Esri Gold Partner status. Strategically the firm is investing in next-generation areas including AI-assisted analysis of mobile mapping data, an expanded ArcGIS product set covering GIS-BIM integration and indoor/facility management, and continued software development leadership transitions aligned with a 2026 leadership roadmap.

Name

ARC-GREENLAB

Legal name

ARC-GREENLAB GmbH

Website

https://arc-greenlab.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ARC-GREENLAB is a Berlin-based German surveying, GIS, BIM, and forestry software and services firm founded in 1992, serving public and enterprise clients across Germany with proprietary tools gl-survey and gl-forest and Esri ArcGIS integrations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Software and Surveying Services

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing) (EUAHAKAD), Location Intelligence, Analytics & Geospatial BI (BPAMANAE)

Keywords

• Geospatial software
• Surveying services
• GIS consulting
• BIM modeling
• Forestry management

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Surveying, GIS consulting, BIM services, mobile mapping, CAD services, and netzdokumentation (network documentation) services. Services are provided to public and private clients across Germany.
2. Software Licensing: Proprietary software products gl-survey and gl-forest sold as licenses. Software includes specialized modules for different use cases (railway surveying, archaeology, water management for gl-survey; forestry, hunting, conservation for gl-forest).
3. Training Services: Instructor-led and online training courses for ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, FME, and Python/ArcPy. Training is priced per participant per day (€450/day standard).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

ARC-GREENLAB develops and sells proprietary geospatial software (gl-survey for surveying and gl-forest for forestry/hunting/conservation) and delivers professional surveying, GIS, BIM, mobile mapping, and network documentation services to public and private sector clients across Germany. The company is an Esri Gold Partner providing ArcGIS consulting, implementation, and training.

Product overview

ARC-GREENLAB offers a portfolio of proprietary software products combined with professional services. The core products are gl-survey (surveying software with modules for railway, archaeology, building measurement, and water management) and gl-forest (cloud-based software for forestry, hunting, and nature conservation). These are complemented by ArcGIS platform offerings as an Esri Gold Partner, including ArcGIS GeoBIM, ArcGIS Indoors, and Site Scan for ArcGIS. Services include surveying, mobile mapping, 3D building capture, BIM, net documentation, GIS consulting, training, and custom software development. The company operates from three locations (Berlin, Eisenhüttenstadt, Hannover) and serves public and private clients across Germany with integrated geodata management solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• gl-survey: The complete solution for surveying tasks with GIS connection, device control, and many special modules for engineering, railway, cadastral, and municipal surveying.
• gl-forest

Products and services

• gl-survey

Quantifiable outcome

• Mobile mapping captures at up to 110 km/h with same-day digital twin delivery
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EsricoreTechnology or IntegrationEsri Gold Partner - ARC-GREENLAB is a Gold Partner of Esri (the global leader in GIS software). This partnership provides access to the latest ArcGIS technologies, training resources, and technical support. The company offers ArcGIS consulting, migration services, and implementation support as part of their GIS service portfolio.
• TrimblecoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner for Trimble MX9 mobile mapping system - the primary mobile mapping platform used by ARC-GREENLAB for high-speed infrastructure capture at up to 110 km/h.
• buildingSMARTminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARC-GREENLAB sponsors the buildingSMART Regional Group Berlin-Brandenburg and actively participates in BIM-related industry events and initiatives.
• geometrie concern GmbHminorOthersParent or related company under the geometrie concern umbrella. The career portal is hosted at karriere.arc-greenlab.de which is owned by geometrie concern GmbH.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• con terra GmbH: German GIS specialist and Safe Software FME distributor that, like ARC-GREENLAB, sells geospatial services and integration around the Esri/FME stack to public and enterprise clients in the DACH region. Directly comparable as a fellow German Esri/FME-focused services and software house.
• WhereGroup GmbH: Bonn-based German open-source GIS services and software firm (PostGIS/MapServer/QGIS), serving public administration, utilities, and planning agencies. Comparable to ARC-GREENLAB as a German GIS-focused services house targeting municipalities and infrastructure operators.
• KISTERS AG: Aachen-based German software vendor for water, environmental, and energy data management. Comparable to ARC-GREENLAB's environmental and netzdokumentation practices (e.g., gl-forest Naturschutz, gl-survey Wasserwirtschaft), with overlap in German environmental monitoring and utility reporting.
• disy Informationssysteme GmbH: Karlsruhe-based German GIS software and services vendor focused on spatial reporting, data integration, and environmental/governmental analytics. Comparable to ARC-GREENLAB in combining Esri-aligned GIS consulting with proprietary analytics IP for the German public sector.
• VertiGIS: Austrian-headquartered (formerly AED-SICAD) Esri partner building vertical GIS extensions and services for utilities, government, and infrastructure. Overlaps directly with ARC-GREENLAB in utilities/netzdokumentation, GIS consulting, and Esri-based solution development for German-speaking clients.
• M.O.S.S. Computer Grafik Systeme GmbH: German GIS vendor specializing in cadastral, land-use, and environmental information systems for municipalities and federal agencies. Closely comparable to ARC-GREENLAB's gl-forest and municipal GIS offerings, with a similar DACH public-sector customer profile.

Broad incumbents

• Trimble Geospatial: Global surveying, mobile mapping, and geospatial software/hardware vendor whose MX9 mobile mapping system ARC-GREENLAB operates. Overlaps with ARC-GREENLAB in mobile mapping services, surveying software (e.g., Trimble Business Center), and rail/infrastructure capture.
• Esri Deutschland GmbH: German subsidiary of Esri, the global GIS platform vendor. Operates as a broad incumbent in the same ArcGIS ecosystem in which ARC-GREENLAB builds its services and proprietary extensions, and is both a platform partner and a structural competitor for large enterprise GIS contracts.
• Autodesk: Global design and BIM software vendor (Revit, Civil 3D, InfraWorks). Comparable to ARC-GREENLAB's BIM service line and the CAD/BIM tooling stack underpinning its 3D building capture and digital twin work for German construction and infrastructure clients.
• Leica Geosystems (Hexagon): Global surveying instruments, laser scanning, and mobile mapping vendor (part of Hexagon). Competes with ARC-GREENLAB across the surveying, 3D laser scanning, and rail infrastructure capture stack, including adjacent software (Leica Infinity, Cyclone).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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