DRONICA

What DRONICA does

DRONICA (legal entity: DRONICA SERVICIOS AEREOS S.L.L.) is a privately held professional drone services company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Cartagena, Murcia, Spain, operating from the European Center of Enterprises and Innovation of Cartagena (CEEIC). The firm delivers drone-based 3D reality capture, digitization, and inspection services using a multi-sensor stack that combines LIDAR laser scanners (including structured-light scanners for millimeter-precision interior/exterior digitization), photogrammetry pipelines, thermal cameras (for thermography, energy efficiency, and water stress), multispectral cameras (for NDVI vegetation indices in precision agriculture), and 360-degree imaging systems. The company also resells FARO 3D scanning hardware and produces structured deliverables including point clouds, BIM models, topographic surveys, orthophotos, and 2D plan delineations.

DRONICA serves six vertical segments: industrial maintenance (e.g., solar panel thermography, deformation studies), civil engineering (preventive infrastructure maintenance, topographic surveys), construction (BIM modeling, visual/thermal inspection, construction monitoring), heritage conservation (digital archaeology, virtual tours), audiovisual (4K aerial recording, VR/AR), and precision agriculture (NDVI, water-stress thermography, parcel topography). Named enterprise clients include Repsol, Iberdrola, Navantia, Indra, Arcelor Mittal, Real Madrid, Hidrogea, and Dragados, alongside public-sector clients such as the Spanish Ministerio de Defensa and the Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia.

The business model is project-based professional services with custom quote-driven pricing tied to scope and sensor mix. Go-to-market is sales-led direct enterprise sales, supplemented by content marketing (blog, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, YouTube) and participation in FEDER-co-financed virtual trade missions to Peru, Colombia, Sweden, and the Southern Cone. Capitalization to date consists of two non-dilutive regional grants from INFO/FEDER totaling approximately €65,238 in 2021; no venture capital, debt, or institutional equity is disclosed.

Name

DRONICA

Legal name

DRONICA SERVICIOS AEREOS S.L.L.

Website

https://dronica.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DRONICA is a Cartagena, Spain-based drone services firm providing LIDAR scanning, photogrammetry, thermal imaging, and multispectral 3D reality-capture services to enterprises and government institutions across industry, civil engineering, construction, heritage, audiovisual, and agriculture verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aerial Surveying and Inspection Services

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Commercial Photography (541922)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote Sensing & Geospatial Vision (satellite/drone imagery) (HDAAAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aerial Surveying & Crop Scouting (Imaging, Mapping, Stand Counts) (AFACAIAJ), Photogrammetry & Reality Capture for AM (IMAAAHAB)

Keywords

• Drone inspection services
• Aerial surveying
• 3D reality capture
• BIM modeling
• Precision agriculture drones

Headquarters

HQ city

Cartagena

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Drone Services: Provision of professional services using RPAS (drones) for enterprises and public/private institutions, including audiovisual productions, industrial and structural inspections, aerial thermography, photogrammetry, topography, 3D modeling, precision agriculture and construction monitoring. Services are project-based and tailored to client needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DRONICA delivers professional drone-based measurement, digitization, and inspection services — 3D reality capture using laser scanning (LIDAR), photogrammetry, thermal imaging, and multispectral cameras — packaged into six vertical-specific service lines for industry, civil engineering, construction, heritage, audiovisual, and precision agriculture clients. Engagements produce point clouds, BIM models, topographic surveys, NDVI maps, thermographic reports, and 360-degree visual assets that enterprises and institutions use to inspect assets, monitor crops, and document cultural sites. The company also resells FARO 3D scanning hardware as a secondary offering.

Product overview

DRONICA is a professional drone services company specializing in 3D reality capture, topography, and inspection services. The company operates as a service-based provider offering six core service lines: Industrial Maintenance, Preventive Infrastructure Maintenance, BIM Modeling and Topography, Heritage Conservation, Aerial Photography and Recording, and Precision Agriculture. These services are powered by key technology pillars including laser scanning, thermal imaging, multispectral cameras, and photogrammetry. DRONICA also resells FARO 3D scanning products. The services collectively enable clients to digitize physical assets for analysis, monitoring, and decision-making across civil engineering, construction, heritage preservation, agriculture, and audiovisual sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Servicio de mantenimiento industrial (Industrial Maintenance Service) Drone-based industrial inspection and preventive-maintenance service for enterprises operating plants, solar farms, and industrial sites — delivers thermographic inspection, deformation studies, 2D plan delineation, and 3D/BIM modeling to help clients save time and resources.
• Mantenimiento preventivo de infraestructuras (Preventive Infrastructure Maintenance) Drone-based preventive maintenance service for civil engineering projects, focused on reliable and precise data capture (point clouds, BIM modeling, thermographic inspection, topographic surveys) that helps clients make correct decisions while acting as an external digitalization department.
• Modelado BIM y topografía con drones (BIM Modeling and Topography) Drone-based BIM and topography service for construction and building projects, providing point clouds, 3D/BIM modeling, visual and thermal inspection, and topographic surveys as an efficient, fast, and cost-effective alternative to traditional methods.
• Servicio de conservación del patrimonio histórico (Heritage Conservation Service) Digital heritage-conservation service for public bodies and institutions, using drones to capture precision archaeology, topography, measurements, 2D plans, 3D models (including BIM), and virtual/augmented reality experiences that support restoration planning and dissemination of cultural heritage.
• Fotografía aérea y grabación con drones (Aerial Photography and Recording) Drone-based aerial photography and 4K video recording service, including 360-degree virtual tours, 3D modeling, and virtual/augmented reality production for audiovisual and media clients — delivers high-quality aerial footage at lower cost than helicopter operations and from tight or impossible angles.
• Servicio de agricultura de precisión (Precision Agriculture Service) Drone-based precision agriculture service that uses multispectral imagery to compute NDVI vegetation indices, thermal imagery to detect water stress, and aerial photography/RGB inspection alongside topography, farm measurement, 2D plan delineation, 3D modeling, and virtual tours.
• Productos FARO (FARO Products) Resale of FARO-branded 3D scanning and measurement hardware (laser scanners and related equipment) as a complementary offering for clients needing in-house capture tools, backed by DRONICA's expertise in deploying the same scanning technology as a service.

Quantifiable outcome

• Makes tedious and costly tasks simpler, more accessible and safer
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• IMIDA (Instituto Murciano de Investigacion y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration partner in agriculture projects including work with Bodegas Casa de la Ermita. IMIDA is the Murcian Institute for Agricultural Research and Development.
• CEBAS-CSICminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for precision agriculture projects. CEBAS-CSIC is the Center for Soil Science and Applied Biology of the Spanish National Research Council.
• UPCT (Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical higher education institution in Cartagena, collaborating on research projects in precision agriculture and related technologies.
• Camara Oficial de Comercio de LorcaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-organized virtual trade mission to Southern Cone countries (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia) for product promotion, co-financed by INFO and EU FEDER.
• Camara Oficial de Comercio, Industria, Servicios y Navegacion de MurciaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-organized virtual trade mission to Peru and Colombia for product promotion, co-financed by INFO and EU FEDER.
• Camara Oficial de Comercio, Industria, Servicios y Navegacion de MurciaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-organized virtual trade mission to Sweden for product promotion, co-financed by INFO and EU FEDER.
• Bodegas Casa de la ErmitaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWinery in Murcia region collaborating on precision agriculture project with IMIDA support since 2015, focused on teledetection applications in viticulture.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/idronica?lang=es
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/dronica
• Facebookfacebook.com/dronicaSLL
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dronica-servicios-a%C3%A9reos-sll
• Instagraminstagram.com/idronica

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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