Hagedorn

What Hagedorn does

Hagedorn (legal entity: Hagedorn Management GmbH) is a German full-service construction group headquartered in Gütersloh, founded in 1997 by Thomas Hagedorn. The company operates an integrated value chain spanning demolition and contaminated site remediation, disposal and material flow management through a Wertstoffzentrum (value/recycling center) network, civil engineering (Tiefbau), brownfield revitalization, wind energy services including dismantling and recycling of wind turbines, and heavy-load logistics (mobile cranes, tower cranes, heavy transports, industrial assembly, work platforms). Underlying technical capabilities include underwater excavation and underwater concrete placement for tunnel construction, slurry wall construction for excavation pit support, precision demolition in urban environments with unexploded ordnance clearance, and blasting services. The group runs an owned machine and equipment fleet (Maschinenpark) and operates an internal training academy (Hagedorn Akademie) supporting a workforce of 2,000+ across 30+ wholly-owned subsidiaries in locations including Gütersloh, Berlin, Köln/Bergheim, Hannover, and Nürnberg. Distinctive operational metrics include processing of 3.50 million m² of brownfield/industrial sites, recycling of 600 wind turbines, and a 97% material recycling rate through its Wertstoffzentrum network.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services contracts, with pricing customized per project scope, complexity, site conditions, and material volumes. Long-cycle, multi-year infrastructure engagements dominate the mix; the most notable is the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Südschnellweg consortium contract in Hannover, valued at ~€400 million total project volume through 2030. Customer segments include municipal authorities and infrastructure sponsors, industrial and energy-sector clients (e.g., power-plant decommissioning for STEAG Kraftwerk Lünen — 327,000 m², 97% recycled), real estate developers acquiring revitalized brownfield sites (Cabot Properties, Garbe Industrial), food retail (EDEKA central warehouse demolition), and wind-energy operators. Distribution is direct via regional subsidiaries with no channel intermediary model, and GTM is enterprise-field-sales plus tender-driven bidding, typically structured through consortiums (Arbeitsgemeinschaft) for complex municipal projects.

The company is family-owned (Thomas Hagedorn remains Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter / Managing Shareholder), with three additional Managing Directors and an advisory board recently expanded (October 2025) to include Rolf Buch (former Aroundtown CEO) and Christian Lindner (former German Federal Minister of Finance). Operating exclusively in Germany, Hagedorn was awarded the Deloitte/WirtschaftsWoche Best Managed Companies Award in 2026 (consecutive recognition) and positions itself as a digital pioneer among construction firms, partnering with the Schüttflix construction-logistics platform.

Name

Hagedorn

Legal name

Hagedorn Management GmbH

Website

https://unternehmensgruppe-hagedorn.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Hagedorn is a German family-owned full-service construction group headquartered in Gütersloh, delivering demolition, contaminated-site remediation, material recycling, civil engineering, brownfield revitalization, wind-energy decommissioning, and heavy logistics to industrial, municipal, energy-sector, and real-estate clients across Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Demolition & Environmental Remediation Services

NAICS

Remediation Services (56291), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622)

SIC

Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Refuse Systems (4953), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Decontamination & Demolition (Decommissioning, Industrial Facility Cleanup) (EUAIALAL)

Keywords

• Demolition services
• Contaminated site remediation
• Brownfield revitalization
• Heavy haul logistics
• Construction recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Gütersloh

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Demolition and Contaminated Site Remediation: Core service involving demolition, deconstruction, remediation of contaminated sites, earthworks, and explosive ordnance clearance. Project-based revenue from large-scale industrial demolition including power plants, warehouses, and manufacturing facilities.
2. Disposal and Recycling: Waste disposal and material flow management through Wertstoffzentrum (material recovery centers). Processing and recycling of construction materials with 97% recycling rate.
3. Civil Engineering (Tiefbau): Canal construction, industrial road construction, outdoor facility design, and energy & environmental construction services.
4. Brownfield Revitalization: Development and revitalization of former industrial sites into usable land for residential and commercial use. Full-service from contaminated site remediation to ready-to-build land delivery.
5. Heavy Logistics Services: Mobile cranes, tower cranes, heavy transport, industrial assembly, and work platform rental services.
6. Wind Energy Services: Wind turbine service and decommissioning including dismantling and recycling of wind energy installations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Unternehmensgruppe Hagedorn delivers demolition and deconstruction, contaminated site remediation, civil engineering, and brownfield revitalization services for infrastructure, industrial, and real-estate clients. The group complements these core services with disposal and material-flow management (97% of materials reintroduced into economic cycles), heavy-load logistics, wind-energy site services, and digitalization solutions for the construction industry.

Product overview

Hagedorn Unternehmensgruppe is a full-service construction and civil engineering company offering an integrated value chain of services. The core offerings include Abbruch und Altlastensanierung (demolition and contaminated site remediation), Entsorgung & Stoffstrommanagement (disposal and material flow management), Tiefbau (civil engineering), Revitalisierung (area revitalization), Windenergie (wind energy services), Schwerlastlogistik (heavy logistics), and Digitalisierung (digitalization services). The company operates as a unified service provider rather than a software platform, combining demolition, disposal, construction, and logistics capabilities to transform old industrial sites into new building land. Key operational support includes a modern machine fleet (Maschinenpark) and internal training academy (Hagedorn Akademie). The company highlights sustainability with a 97% recycling rate for scrap and construction materials through its value centers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Demolition & Deconstruction (Abbruch)

Named customers6 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

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Thomas Hagedorn Advisory BoardcoreOthers · 9 October 2025Beirat (Advisory Board) strengthened with Rolf Buch (former CEO of Aroundtown) and Christian Lindner (former Federal Minister of Finance) providing strategic guidance
• Cabot PropertiesmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 September 2025Hagedorn handed over revitalized property in Wülfrath to Cabot Properties - international real estate company acquiring developed brownfield sites
• Garbe IndustrialmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 March 2025Joint brownfield revitalization project in Nuremberg city area - Garbe Industrial Real Estate and Hagedorn collaborating on industrial site redevelopment
• SchüttflixcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartner digital platform for construction logistics and material tracking. Hagedorn is digitally pioneering in the construction industry and has developed/proximal relationships with digital construction platforms.
• WaselcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHeavy crane and transport services partnership. Wasel und Hagedorn bündeln Kräfte (combine forces) for integrated heavy logistics services.
• u+i interactminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as partner website - likely collaboration on development and revitalization projects

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• STRABAG SE: Major European construction group with significant demolition, civil engineering, and waste/material recycling services; competes with Hagedorn on large infrastructure tenders and demolition projects across Germany.
• PORR AG: Austrian-headquartered construction company with German operations covering demolition, civil engineering, and environmental services comparable to Hagedorn's full-service construction model.
• HOCHTIEF AG: Leading German construction contractor active in heavy civil, infrastructure, and demolition/environmental services, frequently competing with Hagedorn for large municipal and industrial contracts.
• VINCI Construction: Global construction services division of VINCI with demolition, deconstruction, and civil engineering capabilities that overlap with Hagedorn's industrial demolition and infrastructure offerings.

Direct peers

• Bilfinger SE: German industrial services provider with adjacent dismantling, decommissioning, and environmental remediation capabilities serving the same industrial and energy customers as Hagedorn.
• ALBA Group: German-headquartered recycling, waste, and raw materials services group with significant C&D material handling and deconstruction salvage operations comparable to Hagedorn's material flow management offering.
• REMONDIS (Rethmann Group): Germany's largest private waste management and recycling company, operating C&D material recovery centers and deconstruction/recycling services that directly overlap with Hagedorn's Wertstoffzentrum and disposal/recycling business lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInde.linkedin.com/company

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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