Phoenics

What Phoenics does

Phoenics GmbH is a German professional services company specializing in photogrammetry, aerial surveying, and geographic information systems (GIS). Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seelze, the company serves German municipal governments and industrial clients, providing end-to-end geospatial data services from aerial capture through to specialized cadastral databases. Its primary customer segment is municipalities, where it supports fee assessment (split wastewater fees, water body maintenance fees under NRW water law), urban planning, infrastructure management, and climate change mitigation planning; a secondary segment includes industrial companies requiring facility management and infrastructure documentation.

The company operates a multi-platform aerial capture stack comprising large-format aircraft cameras (UltraCam Condor 4.1, Leica DMC III), drones (Phantom4 RTK, DJI M200/M300, fixed-wing), LiDAR scanning (Topodrone LiDAR 200), and a gyrocopter platform equipped with gravimetric and Phase One sensors in partnership with Gravionic GmbH. Downstream, it processes captured data into orthophotos (classic and true, up to 1 cm resolution via a partnership with nFrames GmbH), digital elevation models, 3D building models, and a portfolio of thematic cadasters (impervious surface, green space, tree, road, cemetery, industrial park). Phoenics has also performed quality assurance work internationally, including a project in Kuwait, and offers consulting services covering tender preparation, QA/acceptance procedures, and QGIS-based project development.

Phoenics runs a sales-led, project-based B2B model: it provides free initial consultations, delivers quote-based pricing per project, and engages in direct enterprise sales targeting government agencies and industrial clients. Revenue is generated through professional services fees for photogrammetry deliverables, cadastral data creation and updates, and consulting. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors or funding rounds; Markus Guretzki serves as managing director (Geschäftsführer).

Name

Phoenics

Legal name

Phoenics GmbH

Website

https://phoenics.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Phoenics GmbH is a German photogrammetry and GIS services firm founded in 1994, providing aerial surveying, digital elevation models, true orthophotos, and specialized municipal cadasters (impervious surface, tree, green space, road, cemetery) to German municipalities and industrial clients on a project basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Surveying and Photogrammetry Services

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Commercial Photography (541922)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing) (EUAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote Sensing & Geospatial Vision (satellite/drone imagery) (HDAAAEAL), Geospatial Data Management & Enterprise GIS (Geodatabases, Web GIS, Spatial Analytics) (EUAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Aerial photogrammetry services
• GIS data processing
• Cadastral mapping services
• Aerial survey services
• LiDAR laser scanning

Headquarters

HQ city

Seelze

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Photogrammetry Services: Phoenics generates revenue through providing photogrammetry services including aerial photography, image evaluation, and processing of aerial survey data into products like orthophotos, digital elevation models, and 3D data for municipal and industrial applications.
2. Cadastral Data Services: Revenue from creating and updating specialized cadastral records including impervious surface cadastre, green space cadastre, tree cadastre, street cadastre, cemetery cadastre, and industrial park maintenance data for municipal and government clients.
3. Consulting Services: Phoenics provides consulting services including preparation of tender documents, quality assurance, acceptance of data deliveries, project support, and staff training in photogrammetry and GIS areas.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Phoenics GmbH provides professional photogrammetry and GIS services, including aerial data acquisition via aircraft, drones, gyrocopters and LiDAR, photogrammetric processing into orthophotos, digital elevation models and 3D data, and the creation and updating of specialized municipal cadasters (impervious surface, green space, tree, road, cemetery, industrial park). The firm serves German municipalities, government agencies and industrial clients with end-to-end geospatial data services built on more than 25 years of experience.

Product overview

Phoenics GmbH offers a comprehensive photogrammetry and GIS service portfolio for municipal and industrial customers in Germany. The core offerings include aerial survey platforms (large-format aircraft cameras, drones, gyrocopters, and LiDAR), photogrammetric processing (digital elevation models, true orthophotos, stereo evaluation), and specialized cadastral systems (impervious surface, green space, tree, road, cemetery, and industrial park cadasters). Phoenics operates as a service provider rather than a software product company, delivering end-to-end solutions from aerial data acquisition through to specialized fee calculation systems (wastewater fee splitting, water body maintenance fees). With over 25 years of experience since founding in 1994, the company serves as a market leader in impervious surface data recording and updating, having developed proprietary update procedures applied in major German cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Großformatkameras (Large-Format Aerial Camera Surveys)

Quantifiable outcome

• Tree location accuracy of 1-2 dm using stereoscopic evaluation from aerial images
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• nFrames GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhoenics works with nFrames GmbH as a strategic partner for the production of high-quality true orthophotos and 3D meshes. This partnership enables Phoenics to deliver orthofotos and 3D representations in highest quality and resolution to their municipal and industrial customers.
• Gravionic GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhoenics collaborated with Gravionic GmbH to equip their gyrocopter with a special gravimeter for gravity measurements. The gyrocopter with gravimeter is used for geophysical surveying applications including low-and-slow flight capabilities for high-resolution earth gravity field measurements.
• Drone Team (Joint Pool)coreTechnology or IntegrationPhoenics is part of a drone team that shares a pool of drones and cameras. The team operates various drone platforms including Phantom4 (RTK), DJI M200, DJI M300, and fixed-wing drones with different cameras and lenses to serve diverse project requirements.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hexagon Geosystems: Hexagon's Geosystems division provides airborne sensors (Leica), surveying software, and end-to-end geospatial solutions to government and industrial customers. It is both a technology supplier and a competitor for integrated photogrammetry and cadastre contracts where customers seek a single-vendor alternative to Phoenics.
• Fugro N.V. Fugro is a global leader in geo-data and surveying services spanning land and offshore, including aerial LiDAR, satellite imagery analytics, and infrastructure monitoring. While significantly larger and broader than Phoenics, it competes for the largest aerial survey and municipal asset management programs that Phoenics also targets.
• Trimble Inc. Trimble provides geospatial hardware, software, and services for surveying, mapping, and infrastructure management worldwide. Its end-to-end positioning and GIS offerings compete with Phoenics for projects where customers prefer platform-anchored solutions over bespoke service workflows.

Others

• Esri: Esri is the leading enterprise GIS software platform (ArcGIS) widely used by the same German municipalities Phoenics serves. While not a services competitor, Esri's platform ambitions and partner ecosystem shape the buyer environment and influence which service providers are selected for municipal cadastre and analytics projects.

Direct peers

• cyclomedia: Cyclomedia captures and analyzes large-scale street-level and aerial imagery and delivers geospatial datasets to governments and utilities. Its business model of recurring municipal imagery subscriptions directly overlaps with Phoenics' aerial-update and cadastre offerings for cities.
• Nearmap Australia Pty Ltd: Nearmap operates an aerial imagery subscription platform serving government, insurance, and infrastructure clients with frequent, high-resolution captures. As a service-led imagery provider, it competes with Phoenics for recurring municipal and industrial monitoring use cases, including impervious surface and asset inventory workflows.
• GAF AG: GAF AG is a Munich-based provider of satellite-based and aerial geospatial services, including environmental monitoring, land-use mapping, and consulting for public-sector clients. It competes with Phoenics on environmental and municipal mapping tenders while operating in adjacent Earth-observation analytics.
• Aerodata AG: Aerodata is a German aerial survey operator providing large-format aerial imagery, LiDAR, and derived geospatial products for government and industrial clients. It directly competes with Phoenics in large-area flights, orthophoto production, and derived cadastre deliverables across Germany.
• Aerowest GmbH: Aerowest is a German aerial surveying and photogrammetry company offering large-format camera flights, LiDAR, and orthophoto products to public- and private-sector clients. It competes with Phoenics directly for the same pool of municipal and industrial survey tenders across Germany.

Emerging players

• IGI Systems (IGI mbH): IGI develops GNSS/IMU-based flight navigation systems, LiDAR sensors, and camera components used in aerial surveying and photogrammetric capture. It is a German technology supplier and partial collaborator for aerial survey stacks; its sensor capabilities overlap with portions of Phoenics' capture workflow and inform the broader market it competes in.

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

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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