Trilo

What Trilo does

Trilo, operating legally as Vanmac B.V., is a Dutch manufacturer of professional outdoor maintenance machinery headquartered in Amersfoort, Netherlands, with partial manufacturing in Asia. The company designs and builds vacuum sweepers, mowers, verticutter units, and leaf blowers organized into three core product lines — Sweep & Collect (S-Line), Cut & Collect (C-Line), and Multi Purpose (M-Line) — distinguished by a modular interchangeable working shaft system that lets a single chassis switch between brush, verticutter, mower, and combi attachments across working widths of 1.5 to 7.8 meters. Its core technology is mechanical (vacuum, brush, flail, and cutting systems) supplemented by an IP67 GPS IoT Box and the TRILO Insights fleet management platform offering real-time tracking, geofencing, parts inventory, and predictive maintenance alerts; the platform supports both CANbus and non-CANbus machines.

Trilo serves four primary verticals: airports (FOD removal and runway cleaning), municipalities (street, park, sports field, and waste management), golf courses (fairway, green, and rough maintenance), and turf farms (large-area mowing and clipping collection). The company sells through a global dealer network in 46+ countries with dedicated regional sales managers covering Europe, the US, Australia, and Germany, complemented by direct field sales and E-commerce channels for parts (shop.trilo.com) and software (insights.trilo.com). Revenue is generated primarily through hardware sales of machines, interchangeable shafts, suction hoses, and spare parts, augmented by warranty and service contracts and an emerging subscription stream from TRILO Insights; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with the IoT Box leased per machine and the software offered free to machine customers under a freemium model.

The company operates with 11-50 employees and reports 40+ years of operating history, with its most notable recent product being the 2024 Bison C30W airport vacuum mower (30 m3 capacity) which received the European Product Design Award. Sustainability investments include 1,282 solar panels at the Amersfoort facility generating approximately 376,000 kWh annually and reducing CO2 emissions by 128 tonnes per year. Trilo is privately held under Vanmac B.V. (Dutch private limited company) with no public funding history disclosed.

Name

Trilo

Legal name

Vanmac B.V.

Website

https://trilo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trilo (Vanmac B.V.) is a Dutch manufacturer of professional vacuum sweepers, mowers, and verticutter units with modular interchangeable shafts, serving airports, municipalities, golf courses, and turf farms in 46+ countries through a global dealer network and an IoT fleet management platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Grounds Maintenance Equipment

NAICS

Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing (333413)

SIC

Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip (3564), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

Dust Collection & Air Filtration Equipment (Industrial) (IMAHALAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial Waste Handling & Compaction Equipment (Balers, Compactors) (IMAHALAI)

Keywords

• Professional grounds maintenance equipment
• Vacuum sweeper machines
• Airport maintenance equipment
• Leaf collection blowers
• IoT fleet management platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Amersfoort

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Maintenance Machines: Sale of vacuum sweepers, mowers, and multipurpose machines for airports, municipalities, golf courses, and turf farms. Products include S-Line (sweepers), C-Line (cut & collect), and M-Line (multipurpose) series.
2. Software Subscription (TRILO Insights): Fleet management software platform with real-time tracking, analytics, and maintenance tools. Subscription-based model per customer with IoT box leasing per machine.
3. Spare Parts: Parts sales through TRILO Insights platform and shop.trilo.com. Components include interchangeable shafts, suction hoses, brushes, and maintenance items.
4. Warranty and Service: 6-month warranty on machines, technical support, and customer promise commitments for delivery times and return policies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Trilo develops, manufactures and sells professional multifunctional vacuum sweepers, mowers, verticutter units and leaf blowers under three core product lines — Sweep & Collect (S-Line), Cut & Collect (C-Line) and Multi Purpose (M-Line) — for airports, municipalities, golf courses and turf farms in 46+ countries. Its offering is complemented by the Trilo Insights IoT fleet management platform and the Trilo IoT Box hardware for real-time machine tracking and predictive maintenance. Machines are sold globally through a dealer network and direct field sales, with spare parts and software delivered through online channels.

Product overview

TRILO manufactures professional outdoor maintenance machines organized into three core product lines: Sweep & Collect (S-Line) vacuum sweepers with brush shafts for debris and leaf collection; Cut & Collect (C-Line) mowers that simultaneously mow and collect grass clippings; and Multi Purpose (M-Line) versatile machines combining sweeping, verticutting, and mowing with interchangeable working shafts. The product portfolio also includes dedicated verticutter units (VCU series), leaf management equipment (SU60, BL740), and the technology platform TRILO Insights with IoT hardware for fleet management. Key models include the award-winning Bison C30W airport vacuum mower (30 m3 capacity) and S16W large-area sweeper with folding wings (13 hectares/hour). Accessories include interchangeable shafts (brush, verticutter, mower variants, combi), suction hoods, hoses, chassis types, and control systems (cabin controller, radio control).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sweep & Collect (S-Line) Vacuum Sweepers Vacuum sweepers equipped with a brush shaft for sweeping and collecting debris, leaves and waste; available with or without a suction hose. Designed for professional grounds maintenance at airports, municipalities, golf courses and turf farms.
• Cut & Collect (C-Line) Mowers Mowers fitted with a mowing shaft that mow grass and collect clippings in one efficient operation. Targeted at professional grounds maintenance operators with high-volume grass management needs.
• Multi Purpose (M-Line) Vacuum Machines The most versatile machines in the Trilo range, suitable for sweeping, verticutting and mowing; equipped with both a suction hose on a steered arm and a handheld hose for additional flexibility across seasons and tasks.
• Trilo Bison C30W Vacuum Mower A vacuum mower specifically designed for airport maintenance, featuring 30 m3 material collection capacity, ability to mow large areas quickly, and integrated design that keeps runways clean and operational while contributing to increased safety and reduced downtime.
• TRILO VCU Verticutter Units Separate verticutter units connectable to a three-point hitch behind a tractor and driven by PTO, with fixed 5-tip knives for intensive scarifying (5 cuts per revolution) in working widths of 1.5–2.0 m.
• TRILO S20 Vacuum Sweeper The most powerful model in the S-Line multipurpose range, with 20 m3 container, flail shaft providing 2.1 m cutting width and powerful suction. Can also support smaller tractors as a debris collection assist.
• TRILO S16W Vacuum Sweeper Vacuum sweeper specifically developed for sweeping and collecting grass clippings from lawns on turf farms. Features foldable wings for easy road transport and sweeps an area of 13 hectares in one hour at high working speeds.
• TRILO SU60 Leaf Blower Loaders Leaf blower loader units for efficient leaf and debris collection, used by municipalities for rapid large-scale leaf clearance operations.
• TRILO BL740 Leaf Blowers Leaf blower units for blowing leaves off surfaces into collection areas, used as part of professional leaf management operations.
• TRILO S4 Vacuum Sweeper Vacuum sweeper for collecting leaves and debris with interchangeable working shafts including a flail attachment for cutting and collecting long grass in one pass.
• TRILO Insights Fleet Management Platform Subscription-based fleet management platform for monitoring, analyzing and optimizing machines, with real-time tracking, advanced analytics, proactive maintenance tools, GPS tracking, area management, task registration via geofencing, parts inventory management and documentation management.
• TRILO IoT Box An IP67 GPS tracker developed by TRILO Smart Industries that enables seamless data exchange with both CANbus and non-CANbus machines; features an external GSM/GNSS antenna for stable connectivity in remote areas. Leased per machine.

Quantifiable outcome

• 13 hectares swept per hour with S16W machine
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Scope Design & StrategyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2024Design partner for the Bison C30W product development. Scope Design & Strategy contributed to the award-winning design of the vacuum mower that received the European Product Design Award.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Jacobsen (Textron Specialized Vehicles): Jacobsen is a long-established brand of professional turf maintenance equipment owned by Textron, offering mowers, aerators, and turf vehicles for golf courses, sports fields, and municipalities. It is a broad incumbent competing in overlapping product categories with the advantage of much greater scale, dealer network, and financing capabilities.
• Toro Company: Toro is a large, publicly listed manufacturer of turf and landscape maintenance equipment serving golf, sports fields, municipal, and residential customers. It is a broad incumbent with deeper R&D resources, an established global dealer network, and financing options, making it a major competitor in adjacent turf equipment categories.
• Exmark (a division of Toro): Exmark is a professional-grade commercial mowing brand serving landscapers, municipalities, and turf maintenance professionals. While more focused on commercial mowers than vacuum sweepers, it competes in overlapping professional turf and grounds maintenance buyer relationships.
• John Deere: John Deere is a global leader in agricultural, turf, and grounds maintenance equipment, including compact tractors, mowers, and commercial mowing solutions for municipalities, golf courses, and airports. It is a broad incumbent with a much larger product portfolio, dealer network, and customer-financing infrastructure than Trilo.
• Kubota: Kubota is a major manufacturer of compact tractors, mowers, and grounds maintenance equipment, frequently used as the tractor platform to which Trilo-style vacuum trailers and implements are attached. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping end customers (municipalities, golf courses, contractors) and competes indirectly at the system level.

Direct peers

• Billy Goat Industries: Billy Goat Industries manufactures professional outdoor vacuum, debris, and leaf management equipment for turf, municipal, and landscaping contractors. It is a direct peer in vacuum-based debris collection, particularly competing in the leaf and debris clearing categories where Trilo's S-Line and BL740/SU60 products operate.
• Wiedenmann: Wiedenmann is a German manufacturer of professional turf maintenance equipment, including sweepers, verticutters, and mowers for golf courses, sports fields, and municipalities. It is a direct head-to-head peer in the same product category with overlapping end customers and similar tractor-pulled, modular equipment designs.
• Smithco: Smithco manufactures professional turf maintenance equipment — sweepers, aerators, and debris management machinery — primarily for golf courses. It targets a similar buyer profile (golf course superintendents and turf contractors) with tractor-pulled specialty equipment comparable to Trilo's S-Line and C-Line offerings.

Emerging players

• Champion (by AS Motor): AS Motor, maker of the Champion line, builds professional-grade high-grass and steep-slope mowers, as well as specialty grounds maintenance equipment for municipalities and contractors. It is an emerging European player with partial overlap to Trilo's professional vegetation management and grounds maintenance niche.
• EGO Power+: EGO Power+ is a battery-powered outdoor equipment brand expanding into professional-grade grounds maintenance and turf equipment. It is an emerging player bringing electrification to the category that could disrupt incumbent tractor-pulled equipment designs over time, including Trilo's diesel-driven vacuum trailer architecture.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/supertrilo
• Facebookfacebook.com/trilo.equipment
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trilo
• Instagraminstagram.com/trilomachines
• Xx.com/trilo_equipment

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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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