Geodetski zavod dd Split

What Geodetski zavod dd Split does

Geodetski zavod d.d. Split is a Croatian surveying and geodetic services firm headquartered in Split, founded in 1946 as the Regional Geodetic Institute of Dalmatia and reorganized into a 100% employee-owned joint-stock company (dioničko društvo) in 1994/1995. It provides a comprehensive suite of geodetic services including cadastral surveying, state surveying, engineering geodesy, geoinformatics, 3D point cloud generation, drone-based photogrammetry, photogrammetry, and cartography, serving principally the Croatian public sector — the State Geodetic Administration, municipalities, Croatian Motorways (Hrvatske autoceste), hydroelectric plant operators (HE Peruča, HE Orlovac, HE Đale, RHE Velebit and others), the Port of Ploče, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and private property owners and developers.

The company's technology stack is built around high-precision geospatial hardware — the Leica Pegasus:Two mobile mapping system (0.3 mm relative accuracy), WingtraOne UAV, GeoSLAM ZEB Horizon handheld scanner (300,000 points/second, 6 mm accuracy, 100 m range), and GNSS surveying equipment — combined with custom in-house software including GisLandManager (a six-module cadastral survey workflow platform), ZW CAD for graphical data representation, and a proprietary ERP system. The firm modernized its digital infrastructure through the EU-funded National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NPOO) project 'Digitalizacijom do novog tržišta' (2023-2024), receiving 52,435.59 EUR in grant co-financing. Operations are supported by seven distributed field offices across Croatia in addition to the Split headquarters.

The business operates on a project-based professional services model, generating revenue through public procurement tenders and direct quote-based contracts. Pricing is quote-driven and project-specific, with no publicly listed price tiers. The customer base is heavily concentrated in government and state-owned enterprises, with the largest single disclosed project (Dugopolje cadastral survey) valued at approximately 1.2 million EUR. The company is a contracted participant in Croatia's National Multi-Year Cadastral Survey Program 2021-2030, which covers 600,000 hectares of building land nationally. It is consistently profitable, reporting net profit of 449,252.40 EUR in 2025 and distributing dividends of 20-30 EUR per share to its employee-shareholders.

Name

Geodetski zavod dd Split

Legal name

Geodetski zavod d.d.

Website

https://geozavod-st.hr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Geodetski zavod d.d. Split is a 76-year-old Croatian employee-owned joint-stock company providing cadastral surveying, engineering geodesy, 3D laser scanning, drone photogrammetry, and GIS services to the State Geodetic Administration, municipalities, state infrastructure operators, and private clients across Croatia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Surveying and Geodetic Services

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136)

akta.pro primary industry

Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM), Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAB)

Keywords

• Cadastral surveying services
• Geodetic engineering
• 3D laser scanning
• Drone photogrammetry
• Land registry mapping

Headquarters

HQ city

Split

HQ country

Croatia

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Geodetic Surveying Services: The company generates revenue by providing professional geodetic surveying services including cadastral surveys, engineering geodesy, state surveying, photogrammetry, drone-based aerial surveys, 3D laser scanning, and cartography. Services are project-based, delivered to government agencies, municipalities, and private clients under public procurement contracts or direct service agreements. Revenue is primarily one-time project fees, with some recurring maintenance and monitoring contracts (e.g., deformation monitoring of dams and hydro plants).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Geodetski zavod d.d. designs and performs professional geodetic (surveying) works across Croatia. Its core services include land parcel subdivision, building registration, cadastral and land registry alignment, engineering geodesy for bridges, tunnels, highways and dams, state surveying (trigonometric, leveling and GPS networks, state border demarcation), photogrammetry, drone aerial surveys, 3D laser scanning, and cartography. Services are delivered under public procurement contracts with the State Geodetic Administration and municipalities and through direct client engagements for private property owners, infrastructure operators, and engineering firms.

Product overview

Geodetski zavod d.d. is a surveying company providing comprehensive geodetic services with a portfolio of core surveying services (cadastral surveying, state surveying, engineering geodesy, geoinformatics), specialized 3D scanning technologies (3D point cloud, drone surveying, photogrammetry, mobile mapping with Leica Pegasus:Two, handheld GeoSLAM ZEB Horizon), and custom-developed software tools (GisLandManager with 6 modules for cadastral surveying, ZW CAD for graphical data representation, and a proprietary ERP system). The company operates primarily in Croatia conducting cadastral surveys for municipalities, infrastructure monitoring, and land management projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Geodetske usluge (Geodetic Services) Standard geodetic services covering land parcel subdivision, object staking, building registration, cadastre–land registry alignment, floor-area establishment (etažiranje), utility line surveying and as-built surveys for property owners, developers, construction firms and municipalities.
• Katastarska izmjera (Cadastral Survey) Cadastral surveying services that collect and process data for creating cadastral records of real estate, including the creation of new cadastral operat and land registry renewal, executed for the State Geodetic Administration and municipalities under the National Multi-Year Cadastral Survey Program 2021-2030.
• Državna izmjera (State Survey) State surveying services including trigonometric networks, leveling networks, GPS point networks, state border demarcation, and topographic surveying delivered for the State Geodetic Administration.
• Inženjerska geodezija (Engineering Geodesy) Engineering geodesy applying geodetic measurement systems in design, construction and use of structures including bridges, tunnels, highways, dams and industrial facilities; includes construction staking and deformation monitoring.
• Geoinformatika (Geoinformatics) Geoinformatics services combining geodetic data with information technology for spatial data management and analysis, including GIS-based spatial data handling.
• 3D Point Cloud (3D Lasersko skeniranje) 3D point cloud generation and processing using terrestrial, mobile and drone-based 3D scanners for detailed spatial modeling of buildings, infrastructure and terrain.
• Snimanje dronom (Drone Surveying) Drone-based (UAV) surveying services for creating digital orthophotos, 3D point clouds and digital terrain models for large-area data collection in mapping and infrastructure projects.
• Fotogrametrija (Photogrammetry) Photogrammetry services extracting geometric information from aerial and terrestrial photographs for mapping and 3D modeling applications.
• Kartografija (Cartography) Cartography services for creating maps and spatial visualizations based on the firm's geodetic data collection.

Quantifiable outcome

• Highway pavement survey accuracy: 0.3 mm (E,N,H) relative accuracy across approximately 930 km of Croatian highways
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Zajednica ponuditelja: Zavod za fotogrametriju d.d., Cadcom d.o.o., Geodetski zavod d.d. (Joint Consortium)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 May 2026Geodetski zavod d.d. operates as part of a joint consortium ('Zajednica ponuditelja') with Zavod za fotogrametriju d.d. and Cadcom d.o.o. for the implementation of cadastral surveys under the National Multi-Year Cadastral Survey Program 2021-2030 in the Primorski Dolac municipality area.
• Geographica d.o.o.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 August 2025Geodetski zavod d.d. and Geographica d.o.o. jointly conduct cadastral surveys for the Dugopolje municipality area as part of the 2025 Annual Cadastral Survey Program. Both companies share responsibility for survey execution, public consultation organization, and deliverables.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and geomatics consultancy with surveying and mapping practices that serve similar government, infrastructure, and land administration clients — operates at much larger scale with similar regulated-procurement exposure.
• Trimble Inc. Global surveying technology and software vendor whose GNSS, GIS, and 3D scanning platforms (used by Geodetski zavod) increasingly enable direct surveying-as-a-service offerings — both a key supplier and an indirect competitor as platform offerings expand.
• Woolpert: US-headquartered architecture, engineering, and geospatial services firm offering aerial imaging, surveying, and GIS at scale — comparable in service mix (drone photogrammetry, 3D scanning, cadastral-grade mapping) but vastly larger geographic reach.
• Fugro N.V. Global leader in geotechnical, surveying, and geospatial services with similar deformation monitoring, hydrographic, and infrastructure survey offerings — a much larger competitor that increasingly competes for Central European infrastructure monitoring work.
• Hexagon AB (Leica Geosystems): Supplier of the Leica Pegasus:Two mobile mapping system used by Geodetski zavod and a dominant global surveying hardware/software vendor — increasingly bundles services and software that compete with regional surveying firms' value proposition.

Direct peers

• Zavod za fotogrametriju d.d. Croatian photogrammetry and geoinformatics firm that already partners with Geodetski zavod in a joint consortium (Zajednica ponuditelja) for the National Cadastral Survey Program. Operates in the same regulatory regime and competes for overlapping cadastral tenders.
• Cadcom d.o.o. Croatian surveying/engineering firm that is also a member of the joint consortium with Geodetski zavod for cadastral surveys — competing for and co-delivering on the same national cadastral program contracts.
• Geodetski zavod Rijeka: Regional Croatian surveying firm with similar public-procurement-led business model, serving cadastral and engineering geodesy clients along Croatia's Adriatic coast — direct head-to-head competitor for state and municipal surveying contracts.
• Geographica d.o.o. Croatian surveying partner that jointly conducts cadastral surveys with Geodetski zavod for Dugopolje municipality — offers overlapping cadastral and GIS services and competes for adjacent Croatian municipal tenders.
• Geodetski zavod Osijek: Croatian surveying firm headquartered in Slavonia with overlapping cadastral, engineering geodesy, and infrastructure monitoring service lines; competes for the same State Geodetic Administration and municipal tenders under the national multi-year cadastral program.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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