GAB Consulting Agrociencias

What GAB Consulting Agrociencias does

GAB Consulting Agrociencias is a privately-held German agricultural consulting firm headquartered in Stade, Germany, founded in 1998. With a headcount band of 51–100 employees, the company operates within the agricultural registration services niche, providing consulting support to companies bringing crop protection products, biologicals, and seed technologies to regulated markets. Its short public description positions it as a provider of comprehensive registration services to the agrociencias (agricultural sciences) sector.

Operationally, GAB appears to function as a German regional node within a substantially larger agricultural Contract Research Organisation network that fields more than 800 technicians, scientists, agronomists and regulatory specialists across field stations, GLP-compliant laboratories, and regulatory service locations in more than 40 countries spanning North America, Latin America, EMEA and Asia. The integrated service stack spans the full 'Research to Registration' chain: GEP bioefficacy field trials (including dedicated biocontrol, biostimulant, microbiology, soil health, resistance monitoring and digitalization workstreams), GLP environmental chemistry and residue studies, ecotoxicology (terrestrial, aquatic, pollinator), seed and biotech/trait services, food processing studies, physical chemistry and formulation work, regulatory strategy and dossier support, plus program and data management. Dedicated biopesticide leadership (Rüdiger Hauschild, Director and Head of Biopesticides; Marisé Borja, Head of Biopesticides for CO Spain) signals focused investment in the biosolutions growth pocket.

The business model is B2B professional services: project-based contracts with agrochemical, biostimulant, biocontrol, seed/rootstock and fertilizer companies for field trials, laboratory studies, regulatory submissions and consulting. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; engagements are scoped per project based on geography, GLP requirements and trial design. Distribution is direct enterprise sales; marketing is light-touch (corporate website, LinkedIn, industry content). No public listings, parent company, or institutional investor ownership are disclosed in the available source material.

Name

GAB Consulting Agrociencias

Legal name

SynTech Research Group

Website

http://www.gabconsulting.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

GAB Consulting Agrociencias is a Stade, Germany-based agricultural registration and consulting firm (founded 1998, 51–100 employees) serving agrochemical, biostimulant, biocontrol and seed companies with field trials, GLP laboratory studies, ecotoxicology and regulatory dossier support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Regulatory Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Compliance Technology, GRC Platforms & Controls Automation Advisory (BPAHAFAO)

Keywords

• Agrochemical registration services
• Regulatory consulting agriculture
• Crop protection registration
• Biostimulant regulatory support
• Biocontrol product registration

Headquarters

HQ city

Stade

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices30 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contract Research Services: B2B contract research services providing efficacy, environmental, regulatory and market support to agrochemical, biostimulant, biocontrol and seed companies. Revenue generated through project-based contracts for field trials, laboratory studies, regulatory submissions, and consulting services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

GAB Consulting Agrociencias is a German consulting firm that provides comprehensive registration services to companies in the agricultural sector. The firm supports clients in navigating regulatory requirements for agrochemical, biostimulant, biocontrol, and seed/rootstock products, helping them achieve product registration and market authorization. Its work is delivered as fee-based consulting engagements with a regulatory and dossier-preparation focus.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Comprehensive Registration Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced time to market through integrated regulatory strategy and multi-country study coordination

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Eurofins Scientific (Agroscience Services): Global testing giant with a dedicated agricultural services division offering field trials, GLP residue, ecotoxicology and regulatory studies — the most direct scale competitor to SynTech's full Research-to-Registration stack.
• SGS (Agriculture & Food): SGS Agriculture provides field trials, seed testing, soil analysis and agrochemical residue services worldwide, competing head-to-head with SynTech on multi-country GLP/GEP study programs for agrochemical and seed clients.
• Bioagri (Brazil): Latin-American agricultural CRO focused on field trials and regulatory studies for agrochemical and biological clients — direct regional competitor to SynTech in the strategically important Brazil/LatAm market.
• Ricerca Biosciences: US-based CRO offering agrochemical residue, metabolism and environmental fate studies — competing for the same GLP study work SynTech performs for global registrants.
• Smithers (Agra Sciences): Agricultural and environmental regulatory CRO with field, laboratory and ecotoxicology services — comparable in service mix to SynTech and competing for similar agrochemical client programs.

Broad incumbents

• Charles River Laboratories: Diversified CRO with agricultural and environmental safety capabilities (research models, ecotoxicology) — broader life-sciences CRO but overlapping on agricultural safety assessment and ecotox work.
• Intertek (Agricultural Services): Global TIC group with agricultural and crop-science service lines (field trials, residue, seed testing) — broad incumbent competing with SynTech for agrochemical and seed company outsourcing budgets.
• ALS Global (Environmental & Agricultural): International testing services network with agricultural, environmental and food testing capabilities — broad TIC incumbent competing on residue, soil and crop-analysis work that overlaps SynTech's lab offerings.

Regional players

• Hill Laboratories: New Zealand-headquartered analytical laboratory network with agricultural testing and trial support capabilities — comparable technical scope but primarily serving Australasian markets rather than competing globally.

Emerging players

• GAB Consulting Agrociencias: Germany-based consulting firm offering registration and regulatory services for agrochemical clients — overlapping with SynTech's regulatory services line but at much smaller scale and without SynTech's in-house field/lab infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gab-consulting-gmbh

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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