What Acro Nova does

Acro Nova (legal entity: AKRO NOVA bvba) is a privately held Belgian architecture and consulting firm headquartered in Oudenaarde, with a second office in Deinze. Founded in January 2007 through the merger of two sole proprietorships led by architect Inge Desmet and urban planner Thierry Ghyselinck, the firm provides integrated services across three practice areas: architecture (design and planning of buildings), urban/spatial planning (advice on zonevreemdheid, regularizations, planologische attesten, masterplans), and environmental advisory (milieuvergunningen and milieutechnische dossiers). The firm bundles these capabilities with administrative procedure management, permit follow-up, appeal representation, construction supervision, and works coordination, positioning itself as a one-stop practice for construction projects in Flanders.

The firm serves four primary customer segments: residential clients (homeowners and small developers building single-family homes, multi-family dwellings, and renovations), the agricultural sector (farmers requiring permits and specialized advice on zone-extraneity and regularizations), the commercial and industrial sector (warehouses, production halls, showrooms, office extensions), and community/public-sector clients (municipalities and associations). The go-to-market is direct engagement — clients contact the firm, which conducts on-site visits and provides project-specific quotes. Marketing is modest: a project portfolio on akronova.be organized by category, plus a Facebook business page. There is no software product, mobile app, API, or technology platform; revenue is generated entirely through professional service fees on a per-dossier basis. The firm is privately held with no external funding, no parent company, and no disclosed ownership changes since founding.

The firm claims 2,500+ successfully handled construction and consulting dossiers across Flanders over 15 years of operation and self-describes as a "dynamic SME" (KMO) with a specialized team of (assistant) architects plus an in-house legal advisor specializing in environmental matters. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the firm states it operates a "very balanced price/quality policy" with speed and accuracy as differentiators. Geographic scope is limited to the Flanders region of Belgium, with no international expansion, channel partnerships, or technology-driven scaling initiatives documented in available sources.

Name

Acro Nova

Legal name

AKRO NOVA bvba

Website

https://akronova.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Acro Nova is a Belgian architecture and consulting firm (founded 2007) providing integrated architectural design, urban planning, and environmental permitting services to residential, agricultural, commercial, and community clients across the Flanders region from offices in Oudenaarde and Deinze.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Architectural Services (54131), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

ADU Design, Architecture & Engineering (HSAPAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

EIA/ESIA Documentation & Technical Studies (Air/Water/Noise/Traffic) (EUAHAAAC)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Urban planning advisory
• Environmental permitting
• Construction supervision
• Residential consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Oudenaarde

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Consulting Services: Akro Nova provides multi-disciplinary architecture and consulting services including architectural design, urban planning advice, environmental permitting, legal advisory, administrative procedure management, appeals support, construction supervision, contractor appointment, and works coordination. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for construction and consulting dossiers.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Akro Nova is a multi-professional architecture and consulting firm offering integrated architectural design, urban planning advisory, environmental permitting, legal advisory, and construction supervision services. The firm supports residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial construction projects end-to-end—from feasibility studies and permit administration through to contractor appointment, site supervision, and works coordination—primarily across the Flanders region of Belgium.

Product overview

Akro Nova is a multi-professional architecture and consulting firm offering integrated services in architecture, urban/spatial planning, and environmental advisory. The company provides a comprehensive service offering that includes architectural design for residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial projects, urban planning consultation and permit administration, environmental advisory and permit applications, and construction supervision and coordination. The firm was established in January 2007 and has grown into a dynamic SME with a specialized team handling over 2,500 construction and consulting dossiers across Flanders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Design and planning of residential (single-family homes, multi-family buildings, renovations), agricultural (farms, livestock facilities, horse stables, milking barns, agricultural storage), commercial, and industrial (warehouses, production facilities, logistics buildings, showrooms, office extensions) buildings and structures.
• Urban Planning Advisory Spatial planning advice, support and guidance including zonevreemdheid (zone-extraneity), regularizations, planological attesten (planning certificates) and masterplans for construction projects.
• Environmental Advisory Environmental permit applications (milieuvergunningen) and milieutechnisch (environmental technical) consultation and documentation for construction projects.
• Permit Administration Administrative procedure management, follow-up with permitting authorities, and appeal procedure (beroepsprocedure) representation when permits are threatened.
• Construction Supervision Meetstaat (measurement schedules), contractor selection, site supervision (werfopvolging) and works coordination through the physical realization of projects.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Sweco Belgium: European engineering and design consultancy with a Belgium operation spanning urban planning, environmental consulting, and infrastructure design. Comparable on environmental and planning advisory dimensions but operates at a much larger scale and broader scope than Akro Nova.
• Arcadis Belgium: Global design, engineering, and consultancy firm with Belgium operations covering buildings, environment, and urban development. Provides overlapping environmental and planning advisory services but at much larger scale and with broader geographic reach than Akro Nova.
• Tractebel (Engie): Major Belgian-headquartered engineering consultancy offering environmental impact assessment, permitting, and project advisory across energy, infrastructure, and buildings. A broader incumbent with overlapping environmental-permitting capabilities but a wider, infrastructure-heavy portfolio beyond architecture.

Direct peers

• DKV Architecten: Flemish architecture practice focused on residential, public, and community projects across West Flanders and beyond. Comparable regional Belgian architecture peer competing for similar SME and public-sector clients.
• VK Architects & Engineers: Belgian multi-disciplinary architecture and engineering firm combining architectural design with engineering, infrastructure, and project consulting across Belgium. Most structurally comparable to Akro Nova given its integrated design-plus-consulting model serving multiple building sectors in a similar geography.
• AWG Architecten: Belgian architecture firm with strong residential, public, and urban design work in Flanders and beyond. Comparable as a Belgium-based architecture practice competing for similar building and urban-planning mandates, though without Akro Nova's integrated environmental-permitting layer.
• Stéphane Beel Architects: Belgian architecture practice with work spanning residential, cultural, and public buildings in Flanders and Brussels. Comparable as a Flemish architecture firm competing for similar design-led mandates, though with a stronger cultural/portfolio orientation and less permitting focus.
• Antea Group Belgium: Environmental and engineering consulting firm with a substantial Belgium/Flanders presence, providing environmental permitting, EIA studies, and spatial-planning advisory — overlapping directly with Akro Nova's milieuvergunningen (environmental permit) and stedenbouwkundig (urban planning) services.
• Crepain Binst Architecture: Belgian architecture office working across residential, public, and adaptive-reuse projects in Flanders. Comparable as a Flemish design-led architecture peer, though with less emphasis on the environmental-permitting and regularization specialty that distinguishes Akro Nova.

Regional players

• Witteveen+Bos Belgium: Dutch-headquartered engineering and consultancy firm with Belgium activity in environmental, water, and spatial planning. Overlaps with Akro Nova on environmental advisory and planning work but is rooted in a different primary geography (Netherlands) and skews toward infrastructure rather than buildings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AkroNovaBVBA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/akro-nova

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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