Scandat

What Scandat does

Scandat (legal name: SCANDAT Gesellschaft für innovative Fernerkundungstechnologien mbH) is a Berlin-based private German GmbH founded in May 1996 by specialists from space research. The company delivers custom aerial remote sensing services built around infrared thermography, using specialized equipment such as the IR 18 MK III, Image IR 8820, and Nikon Laird 3A thermal imagers mounted on helicopters and aircraft. Its core capabilities span the full workflow — airborne data acquisition, thematic mapping, analysis, and GIS integration — packaged as professional services for utilities, municipalities, housing companies, pipeline operators, and industrial clients.

The service portfolio covers district heating network inspections (thermal anomaly detection for insulation damage and leaks), building thermography and energetic cadastre creation, underground pipeline inspection for gas/water/oil, high-voltage power line hot-spot monitoring, landfill and contamination surveys, urban climate mapping, photovoltaic inspection, and bespoke R&D projects. The firm has accumulated 4,800+ flight hours, 180+ European utility and municipal projects, 30,000+ km of inspected district heating pipelines, and 235+ customers since inception.

Commercially, Scandat operates a sales-led, project-based professional services model with quote-based pricing tailored to client specifications and multi-year contracts. Go-to-market is direct, supplemented by a website and LinkedIn presence, with global reach delivered through regional representatives. The firm is founder-owned and managed by Hans-Jörg Krickau, operates with a 1-10 employee team, and has no disclosed external funding, parent company, or M&A activity.

Name

Scandat

Legal name

SCANDAT Gesellschaft für innovative Fernerkundungstechnologien mbH

Website

https://scandat.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Scandat is a Berlin-based remote sensing firm founded in 1996 that delivers aerial infrared thermography services — district heating inspection, building thermography, pipeline and power line monitoring, and landfill surveys — to utilities, municipalities, and industrial clients across Europe using a small specialist team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aerial Remote Sensing Services

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Natural Gas Distribution (221210)

SIC

Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389), Natural Gas Transmission (4922)

akta.pro primary industry

Overhead Line Condition Assessment (conductors, towers/poles, insulators, fittings) (EUADAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gas Leak Detection & Survey Services (Mobile/Walking/Vehicle-Based) (EUAJADAA)

Keywords

• Aerial thermal imaging
• District heating inspection
• Pipeline remote sensing
• Building thermography services
• Infrared aerial surveys

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Remote Sensing Services: Custom remote sensing services from a single source - from aerial data acquisition through thematic mapping to analysis and GIS integration. Services include district heating network analysis, building thermography, pipeline inspections, high-voltage line monitoring, landfill surveys, and special monitoring tasks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SCANDAT delivers custom aerial remote sensing services from a single source, spanning airborne data acquisition, thematic mapping, analysis, and GIS integration. Its core engagements use infrared thermography to inspect district heating networks for insulation damage and leaks, perform aerial thermography for building thermal cadastre, and survey underground media-transport pipelines for gas, water, and oil operators.

Product overview

SCANDAT provides aerial remote sensing services using infrared/thermal imaging technology, offering a comprehensive portfolio of specialized inspection and survey services. The core offering includes aerial thermal imaging inspections for district heating networks, building thermal cadastre, pipeline inspection, power line monitoring, landfill surveys, and urban climate mapping. Additional services include photovoltaic inspection, animal population surveys, waterbody investigations, and custom R&D projects. The company operates specialized thermal imaging equipment including Thermalimager IR 18 MK III, Nikon Laird 3A, and Thermalimager Image IR 8820 systems. Services are delivered by a team of specialists in image processing and cartography, with results provided as georeferenced thematic maps and GIS-integrated data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aerial Thermal Imaging for District Heating Networks Aerial thermographic inspections of district heating networks using infrared sensors to identify insulation damage, heat losses, leakages, and operational disturbances in buried pipe networks. Delivered to European heat supply companies and utilities as georeferenced thematic maps and GIS-integrated outputs.
• Building Thermal Inspection / Building Cadastre Aerial thermal imaging of building facades and structural components to assess insulation performance, air tightness, and thermal quality across entire urban and industrial areas, with results documented in thematic maps and energetic building cadastres for municipalities and housing cooperatives.
• Media Transport Pipeline Inspection Remote sensing inspection of underground pipeline systems for gas, water, and oil transport using infrared imaging and thermal anomaly analysis to locate and document operational disturbances along pipeline routes.
• High-Voltage Power Line Inspection Aerial inspection flights of high-voltage power lines using helicopter-mounted thermal imagers to detect hot spots and maintenance issues on electrical transmission infrastructure.
• Urban Climate Mapping Thermal infrared surveys mapping urban heat islands, surface temperature distributions, and relationships between overheating and cold-air areas in urban microclimates, including climate classification maps for municipalities.
• Landfill and Contamination Survey Remote sensing surveys of landfills using specialized infrared sensor technology to locate, assess, and document environmental hazards including aerobic processes (landfill fires) and anaerobic processes (gas production).
• Special Remote Sensing Tasks Specialized remote sensing tasks including levee/dike monitoring for flood protection, animal population surveys (e.g., wild geese), and waterbody pollution investigations using infrared technology.
• Photovoltaic Installation Inspection Thermal imaging inspections of photovoltaic installations to identify defects, hot spots, and performance issues on solar assets.
• Research and Development Services Custom research and development projects applying remote sensing technology to new applications, including pipeline inspection methods, water loss detection, and traffic monitoring systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30,000+ km of district heating pipelines inspected for operational faults
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ZESYS (zesys-ev)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for energy systems consulting and analysis services
• BUK BerlinminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBerlin-based partner for local service distribution
• SkyHeliminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHelicopter services partner for aerial survey operations
• DLR (German Aerospace Center)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman Aerospace Center partnership for research and development in remote sensing technologies
• NeMo KosynetminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch network partnership for energy systems
• NeMo SWSEnergieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch network partnership for energy infrastructure

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• DLR (German Aerospace Center): Germany's national aerospace research center and Scandat R&D partner — provides research collaboration and method development rather than competing commercially, but influences the broader remote sensing ecosystem Scandat operates in.
• Infratec: German infrared sensor and thermography equipment manufacturer and Scandat technology partner — adjacent rather than competing, supplying the infrared hardware underpinning Scandat's aerial inspection capability.

Emerging players

• Cyberhawk: Global drone inspection and aerial data company serving utilities, energy, and infrastructure operators — overlapping in utility and industrial inspection scope, but using UAV delivery that could displace traditional aerial thermography providers over time.
• Sky-Futures: Drone-based inspection services company for oil & gas, utilities, and infrastructure assets — emerging competitor using UAV-mounted thermal payloads to address the same pipeline and power-line inspection use cases as Scandat's manned-aircraft platform.

Direct peers

• Aerodata International: Belgian aerial survey and geo-intelligence firm providing airborne imaging, LiDAR, and derived geospatial products for utilities, governments, and infrastructure — comparable in airborne survey capabilities and European infrastructure client base.
• GeoVille Information Systems: Austrian Earth observation and geospatial analytics company serving environmental, energy, and municipal clients across Europe — comparable in remote sensing analytics, GIS-integrated deliverables, and European public-sector customer base.
• Aerowest: German aerial survey company specializing in photogrammetric and remote sensing data acquisition for public-sector and infrastructure clients — comparable in airborne data-acquisition-plus-deliverable workflow within the German market.
• BSF Swissphoto: Swiss-German aerial survey and photogrammetry firm providing airborne imaging and remote sensing services to utilities, government, and infrastructure clients across the DACH region — closely comparable in service model, customer base, and language geography.
• Helimap System: Swiss helicopter-based aerial mapping and remote sensing firm producing high-resolution geospatial datasets for corridors, utilities, and alpine infrastructure — comparable in helicopter-deployed thermal/optical survey model and corridor-infrastructure inspection use cases.
• Geofly: European aerial survey and mapping services provider offering airborne imagery and geospatial data products — directly comparable in airborne remote sensing delivery model and target infrastructure/municipal clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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