Oko-control

What Oko-control does

öko-control GmbH is a privately held German engineering firm (Ingenieurbüro) founded in 1990 that operates an accredited environmental measurement and testing laboratory serving industrial facilities, workplaces, and construction sites in Germany. The firm maintains a 42-person interdisciplinary team of laboratory technicians, environmental protection technicians, engineers, physicists, and diploma chemists distributed across three offices in Schönebeck (headquarters, Saxony-Anhalt), Wunstorf (Lower Saxony), and Dessau-Roßlau (Saxony-Anhalt). Its core customer problem is providing third-party, regulator-accepted evidence of compliance with immission control, hazardous-substances, and building-physics obligations that the operators of permitted facilities in Germany cannot self-attest.

The service portfolio spans nine coherent areas built on a common accredited measurement foundation: emission measurements under § 29b BImSchG, air-pollutant emission testing for combustion gases and toxic substances, calibration and function testing of continuous emission monitoring equipment, noise emission and immission assessment, dispersion calculations for noise and air pollutants using the Immi program from Wölfel Meßsysteme, workplace and indoor-air hazardous-substance measurements under § 7 Abs. 10 GefStoffV, permit procedures and emission declarations, chemico-analytical laboratory testing of air, soil, sewage sludge, and waste samples, and building-physics measurements (acoustics, vibration, air tightness via Blowerdoor, thermography). Underlying technical credibility is anchored to DAkkS accreditation under DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 (accreditation D-PL-14367-01-00), and to additional regulatory recognitions including registration under the Sewage Sludge Ordinance (AbfKlärV) and the Biowaste Ordinance (BioAbfV).

Commercial engagement is direct B2B project-based work: services are billed at agreed-upon day rates during standard hours (08:00-16:00 weekdays) or at premium rates (double the hourly rate) for Sundays, public holidays, and overnight work between midnight and 7:00, with fixed-price project pricing also available; payment terms are 14 days from invoice. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales into operators of facilities licensed under the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) — including biogas, combustion, drying, coating, chemical, and foundry plants — supplemented by workplace-hazardous-substance buyers and the construction/real-estate sector. No external marketing channels beyond the corporate website are visible, no customer logos are publicly disclosed, no funding or M&A history exists, and the company remains solely nationally focused.

Name

Oko-control

Legal name

öko-control GmbH

Website

https://oeko-control.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

öko-control GmbH is a German DAkkS-accredited environmental measurement firm providing emission testing, workplace safety assessments, and chemico-analytical laboratory services to industrial facility operators and construction clients across Germany through three regional offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Testing and Measurement Services

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Air Quality & Emissions Management (BPAHAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Compliance Audits & Management System Audits (EHS Audits, ISO 14001/45001 Compliance Audits) (EUAHABAF), Environmental Compliance & Permitting (BPAHAJAA)

Keywords

• Emission measurement services
• Environmental testing laboratory
• Workplace air monitoring
• Building physics testing
• Dispersion calculation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Schönebeck

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Measurement and Testing Services: Project-based consulting and measurement services billed at day rates or fixed prices. Services include emission measurements, workplace safety assessments, building physics measurements, and environmental analysis. Payment terms are 14 days after invoice. Day rates apply for work between 8:00-16:00 on weekdays, with double rates for nights, Sundays, and holidays.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

öko-control is a private German engineering firm that performs accredited environmental and workplace measurement, testing, and analysis services. The company operates a DAkkS-accredited testing laboratory under DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 and a notified measurement station under § 29b BImSchG, delivering emission measurements, workplace/indoor air monitoring, noise assessments, dispersion calculations, building physics testing, calibration of continuous emission monitoring systems, and chemico-analytical laboratory services to industrial facility operators across Germany.

Product overview

öko-control GmbH is an environmental engineering consultancy offering a unified suite of environmental measurement and analysis services. The portfolio consists of nine core service areas: Emission measurements (§ 29b BImSchG accredited station), workplace and indoor air measurements, approval procedures and emissions declarations, laboratory services (chemistry/analytics), dispersion calculations, noise measurements, air pollutant emission measurements, calibration and function testing, and building physics measurements. These services share a common foundation in accredited laboratory and measurement capabilities (DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025) and are delivered through interdisciplinary teams of engineers, chemists, physicists, and environmental technicians across three German locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emissionsmessungen (Emission Measurements under § 29b BImSchG) Accredited emission measurements for air pollutants (gaseous compounds, particulate matter, specialized substances) conducted by a notified measurement station under § 29b of the Federal Immission Control Act. Service for operators of licensed industrial facilities that require third-party verification of emission limit values.
• Arbeitsplatz- und Innenraummessungen (Workplace and Indoor Air Measurements) Workplace and indoor air measurements for hazardous substances including aerosol measurements (A-dust, E-dust), dust components, and verification of extraction and ventilation systems (including RLT system verification and operating theater germ count determination). Service for companies with workplace hazardous substance exposure obligations.
• Genehmigungsverfahren und Emissionserklärungen (Permit Procedures and Emission Declarations) Permit procedures and emission declaration services for operators of licensed facilities, including quantification of emissions through measurements, calculations, or comparisons for regulatory submission.
• Laborleistungen (Chemico-Analytical Laboratory Services) Chemico-analytical laboratory services providing accredited testing of air-borne samples including pollutant analysis, soil clarification, sewage sludge characterization, and secondary fuel testing. Service for industrial operators, waste managers, and agricultural/biowaste operations.
• Ausbreitungsrechnungen (Dispersion Calculations) Mathematical modeling of noise and air pollutant propagation based on local building/plant configurations and meteorological data, producing noise immission forecasts (road/rail, industrial, sports, shooting noise) and air pollutant immission forecasts (dust, gases, odors) with raster visualization of immission levels. Service for planners, permitting authorities, and facility operators.
• Geräuschemissionen und -immissionen (Noise Emission and Immission Measurements) Noise emission and immission measurements and evaluations covering industrial, traffic, sports, and shooting noise, including sound power level determination and facade sound insulation calculations. Service for industrial operators, planners, and authorities.
• Emissionsmessung von Luftschadstoffen (Air Pollutant Emission Measurement) Emission measurement of air pollutants including combustion gases (CO2, CO, NOx, SO2, O2), organic compounds (BTEX, PAH, phenols, amines, esters, acids), inorganic compounds (HCl, Cl2, H2S, HF, aldehydes), particulate matter, heavy metals, and highly toxic compounds (dioxins, furans, PCB, PCP). Service for industrial emitters requiring detailed pollutant characterization.
• Kalibrierung und Funktionsprüfung (Calibration and Function Testing) Calibration and function testing of continuously operating stationary measuring equipment for emissions monitoring under TA Luft and BImSchV ordinances. Service for operators required to maintain and validate continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS).
• Bauphysikalische Messungen (Building Physics Measurements) Building physics measurements including structural acoustics (impact sound, airborne sound, room acoustics), vibration measurements, air tightness testing (Blowerdoor), and thermography for building quality assurance and energy efficiency documentation. Service for construction companies, real estate developers, property owners, and quality inspectors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 35 years of industry experience since founding in 1990
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Eurofins: Global environmental testing services group with extensive laboratory capabilities for air, water, soil, and waste analysis that directly overlap with öko-control's laboratory services and accredited test procedure portfolio.
• DEKRA: German testing, inspection, and certification organization offering emission testing, workplace safety inspections, and environmental services across the same regulated verticals served by öko-control.
• Bureau Veritas: International TIC company with dedicated environmental testing, industrial hygiene, and emissions monitoring services serving the same regulated industrial customers as öko-control.
• TÜV Nord: German TÜV organization providing environmental measurement, emission testing, and EHS services; another direct German notified-measurement competitor for industrial emission and workplace compliance work.
• TÜV Rheinland: Global testing, inspection, and certification firm headquartered in Germany; operates notified measurement bodies and accredited environmental laboratories with substantially overlapping service scope to öko-control's emission, workplace, and air-quality measurement offerings.
• TÜV SÜD: German-headquartered TIC firm providing environmental testing, emission measurement, and EHS services that compete directly with öko-control for German industrial clients requiring third-party air-pollutant and workplace compliance measurements.
• SGS: Global leader in TIC services operating substantial environmental and emissions testing labs in Germany; competes for the same BImSchG-permitted facility operators and offers comparable analytical and air-quality capabilities.
• Müller-BBM: German engineering consultancy specializing in acoustics, noise measurement, building physics, vibration, and environmental measurement—substantially overlapping service lines with öko-control's noise and building physics practices.

Broad incumbents

• Ramboll: International engineering and consulting firm with a sizable environmental practice covering air quality, permitting, and EHS consulting—broader in scope than öko-control but operating in the same regulated-industrial compliance space.

Emerging players

• GUTcert: German environmental certification and inspection body offering environmental management system audits, permitting support, and emissions-related verification services for industrial clients in the same German regulatory environment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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