Dr. von Moos

What Dr. von Moos does

Dr. von Moos AG is a Swiss employee-owned geology and geotechnical engineering consultancy headquartered in Zürich, with branch offices in Baden and Schaffhausen and a strategic partnership extending its footprint into Graubünden and St. Gallen via BTG Büro für Technische Geologie AG. Operating for over 65 years (founded approximately 1950–1956), the firm provides professional consulting services across six interconnected practice areas: geology, geotechnics, environment and contaminated sites, groundwater and geothermal energy, advanced modeling, and field drilling and measurement. Its technical capabilities rely on specialized physics-based and numerical modeling software including SPRING (groundwater), FLAC3D and IRAZU (geomechanics), RAMMS (rockfall), Leapfrog (3D geology), PLAXIS, and BIM integration via IFC 4.0, supported by a proprietary subsurface archive of Swiss geological data accumulated over decades.

The company serves a public-sector-dominated client base that includes federal agencies (ENSI for nuclear deep repository oversight, Swisstopo for the National Geological Atlas), SBB for major rail tunnel projects (Brüttenertunnel, Bözberg), multiple cantons (Zürich, Schaffhausen, Aargau) for hazard mapping, radon campaigns, and geothermal suitability, as well as municipal authorities, engineering firms, real estate developers, and industrial clients. Revenue is generated on a fee-for-service, project-based model with no public pricing and no software or product resale. The firm holds BAG-recognized radon measurement certification and the ENSI expert mandate for the Sachplan Geologisches Tiefenlager, both of which represent regulatory-gated differentiators. Distribution is exclusively direct, with demand driven by technical reputation, project references, and long-standing institutional relationships rather than active marketing.Leadership is held by Markus von Moos (Chairman) and Michel Henzen (Co-CEO), with employee ownership ensuring independence from external capital. The firm has no disclosed funding rounds, no external investors, and no M&A activity on record.

Name

Dr. von Moos

Legal name

Dr. von Moos AG

Website

https://geovm.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dr. von Moos AG is a Swiss employee-owned geology and geotechnical consultancy serving federal, cantonal, and municipal authorities, SBB, and industrial clients with ground investigation, tunneling, groundwater, contaminated site, and advanced numerical modeling services across Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geological and Geotechnical Consulting Services

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mineral Exploration & Geoscience Services (Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Resource Modeling) (IMAKAKAA)

Keywords

• Geological consulting
• Geotechnical engineering
• Hydrogeology services
• Subsurface modeling
• Environmental site assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: The company generates revenue through fee-for-service geological, geotechnical, hydrogeological, environmental, and modeling consulting engagements. Services are billed on a project basis to public and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Dr. von Moos AG is a Swiss geological and geotechnical consulting firm providing specialized services across six interconnected areas: geological surveys and mapping, geotechnical engineering and ground investigations, environmental and contaminated site consulting, groundwater and geothermal consulting, advanced modeling (GIS, 3D geological, BIM, rockfall), and field drilling and measurement services. The firm delivers expert opinions, site investigations, construction support, and regulatory consulting to public authorities, engineering firms, real estate developers, and industrial clients across Switzerland.

Product overview

Dr. von Moos AG is a geology and geotechnical engineering consultancy offering a comprehensive range of services. The company operates as a unified service-based business rather than a software product platform. Their portfolio comprises six interconnected service areas: Geologie (geological surveys and mapping), Geotechnik (geotechnical engineering and ground investigations), Umwelt + Altlasten (environmental and contaminated site remediation), Grundwasser + Geothermie (groundwater management and geothermal energy), Modellierungen (advanced GIS, 3D geological, geotechnical, and rockfall modeling services), and Sondieren + Messen (field drilling and measurement services). These services are often combined on projects, with modeling capabilities supporting the geotechnical and environmental consulting work.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Geologie (Geology)
• Geotechnik (Geotechnical Engineering)
• Umwelt + Altlasten (Environment + Contaminated Sites)
• Grundwasser + Geothermie (Groundwater + Geothermics)
• Modellierungen (Modeling)
• Sondieren + Messen (Drilling + Measurements)

Quantifiable outcome

• Conducted radon measurements in over 200 school buildings in Canton of Zurich under cantonal mandate.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BTG Büro für Technische Geologie AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. von Moos AG and BTG Büro für Technische Geologie AG operate as a combined team, bundling their competencies to offer an extended range of modeling services. BTG contributes expertise in geological 3D modeling, geomechanical modeling, and related technical geology services, enabling the joint entity to cover a broader spectrum of subsurface modeling including quarry, underground quarry, and additional geotechnical projects. This partnership extends the combined footprint to Graubünden and St. Gallen cantons.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• IUB Engineering AG: Swiss engineering consultancy offering geotechnical, environmental and infrastructure services with comparable federal and cantonal client base, providing direct overlap on ground investigation and underground construction mandates.
• Dr. Heinrich Jäckli AG: Long-established Zurich-based geological and geotechnical consultancy with very similar specialist profile - ground investigations, tunneling, hydrogeology and environmental services for Swiss public-sector clients; comparable size and Swiss-only focus.
• Geotest AG: Swiss geotechnical, geological and environmental consultancy with similar service stack (ground investigation, geotechnics, environment, radon, BIM) and comparable size and client mix across public-sector and private mandates in Switzerland.
• BG Ingenieure und Berater AG: Swiss engineering consultancy providing geotechnical, environmental and natural hazard services; competes for the same cantonal, SBB and municipal infrastructure tenders across the German-speaking Swiss market.
• Holinger AG: Swiss specialist consultancy with strong groundwater, environmental and geotechnical focus - directly comparable service mix for groundwater modeling, contaminated sites and environmental permitting mandates.
• Niederer + Pozzi Umwelt AG: Swiss environmental and natural hazards consultancy that co-operated with Dr. von Moos on the Kanton Schaffhausen hazard map revision; directly comparable service offering and overlapping client base in environmental and hazard assessment.
• CSD Ingenieure AG: Swiss engineering firm with a comparable geotechnical, environmental and contaminated-site offering, also serving public authorities, SBB and private developers across Switzerland - direct competitor on tunnel, foundation and cantonal mandates.

Broad incumbents

• AFRY (formerly Pöyry / ÅF): Large European engineering and design consultancy with deep Swiss operations across transport, energy and infrastructure; competes for major SBB, ASTRA and cantonal mandates where Dr. von Moos provides specialist geological input, and can also self-perform geotechnical scopes.
• Basler & Hofmann AG: Large Swiss engineering group offering geotechnical, environmental, BIM and infrastructure services as part of a broader portfolio; provides turnkey competition on combined ground investigation + structural design mandates.
• Arcadis Switzerland: Global design and engineering consultancy with a substantial Swiss practice in environment, water and geotechnical advisory; competes for large cantonal, SBB and federal mandates with broader service depth and international footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dr-von-moos-ag-beratende-geologen-und-ingenieure

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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