Survey Office

What Survey Office does

Survey Office is the English rendering of Vermessungsbüro Urban + Neiseke + Pawel, a German professional partnership of three publicly appointed surveying engineers (Öffentlich bestellte Vermessungsingenieure) operating under §5 of the Berufsordnung of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Founded in 1994 in Ludwigslust, the firm today operates from three offices in Ludwigslust, Schwerin, and Hagenow, serving property owners, construction companies, municipal authorities, and infrastructure developers across Westmecklenburg. The firm employs 15 specialized staff and is a state-recognized training company for surveying technicians, with at least one apprenticeship slot offered annually in cooperation with the Berufsschule in Schwerin.

The firm's service portfolio covers cadastral surveying (boundary determinations, land parcel formations, building measurements) — which by law is restricted to the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern — alongside engineering surveying, design and construction surveying, pipeline documentation, road closure surveying, and settlement measurements, the latter categories without geographic limitation. Technology consists of modern data acquisition and processing systems combined with problem-oriented software for surveying and geodetic measurements.

Commercially the firm runs a sales-led, direct-contact model: customers initiate engagement by phone, email, or in-person office visit, and service requests are captured via downloadable PDF application forms submitted to one of three partner-led offices. The firm operates as an independent partnership with no parent company, subsidiaries, outside equity, or disclosed financial statements, generating revenue through project-based, quote-priced surveying engagements for both sovereign (hoheitlicher) and engineering-technical purposes.

Name

Survey Office

Legal name

Vermessungsbüro Urban ٭ Neiseke ٭ Pawel

Website

https://neiseke-vb.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vermessungsbüro Urban + Neiseke + Pawel is a German partnership of three publicly appointed surveying engineers operating three offices in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Ludwigslust, Schwerin, Hagenow). It delivers cadastral, engineering, and construction surveying services to property owners, builders, and public-sector clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ludwigslust

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Surveying Services: Professional surveying services including cadastral surveying, engineering surveying, construction surveying, utility documentation, and road closure measurements. Services provided as publicly appointed surveying engineers for both official (hoheitlicher) and engineering technical purposes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Survey Office (Vermessungsbüro Urban + Neiseke + Pawel) is a surveying partnership of publicly appointed surveying engineers (Öffentlich bestellte Vermessungsingenieure) that delivers cadastral surveying, engineering surveying, design and construction surveying, utility/pipeline documentation, and road closure surveying services. Services are rendered both as official (hoheitlich) cadastral work in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and as engineering geodesy work without geographic limits.

Product overview

Survey Office (Vermessungsbüro Urban + Neiseke + Pawel) is a medium-sized surveying partnership operating three office locations in Ludwigslust, Schwerin, and Hagenow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Established in 1994, the firm operates as publicly appointed surveyors offering a unified suite of cadastral, engineering, and construction surveying services. The core service portfolio consists of Katastervermessung (cadastral surveying), Ingenieurvermessung (engineering surveying), Entwurfsvermessung/Bauvermessung (design/construction surveying), Leitungsdokumentation (pipeline documentation), Straßenschlussvermessung (street closure surveying), and miscellaneous surveying services. These services are delivered as integrated offerings across the three partner-led office locations, serving property ownership matters, construction projects, and land boundary questions throughout the region.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Katastervermessung (Cadastral Surveying)
• Ingenieurvermessung (Engineering Surveying) Engineering surveying services for construction projects, covering precision measurement and geodetic monitoring tasks, with no regional limitations on delivery.
• Entwurfsvermessung / Bauvermessung (Design and Construction Surveying) Design and construction surveying services providing planning foundations and stake-out measurements for development projects.
• Leitungsdokumentation (Pipeline/Utility Documentation) Documentation services capturing the spatial position and attributes of utility infrastructure networks for municipal and infrastructure operators.
• Straßenschlussvermessung (Road Closure Surveying) Street closure surveying services for documenting road completions and property boundary intersections.
• Sonstige Vermessungsleistungen (Other Surveying Services) Additional surveying services including planning foundations, stake-outs, and settlement measurements for various project requirements.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Beatrice Pawel PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership expanded in 2020 with new partner Beatrice Pawel establishing the Hagenow office location, creating the current three-partner firm Vermessungsbüro Urban ٭ Neiseke ٭ Pawel.
• Oliver Urban and Jörg Neiseke PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Partnership formed in 2007 between Oliver Urban (Ludwigslust office, operating since 1999) and Jörg Neiseke (Schwerin office, operating since 2000) combining their publicly appointed surveying engineer practices.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Esri: Leading GIS and mapping software provider used by cadastral and engineering surveying firms for boundary, infrastructure, and utility documentation. Comparable as the underlying GIS technology layer relevant to Survey Office's cadastral and pipeline documentation workflows.
• Trimble Inc. Major provider of surveying instruments, GNSS, and geospatial software used by surveying firms globally. Comparable as an ecosystem enabler whose hardware and software underpin daily surveying workflows at firms like the subject.
• Hexagon AB (Geosystems division, including Leica Geosystems): Global measurement technology group whose Leica Geosystems and Hexagon Geosystems brands supply total stations, GNSS, and reality-capture systems to surveying firms. Comparable as a technology supplier shaping the productivity of survey offices like the subject.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with significant surveying and geospatial practices. Comparable to Survey Office as a counterpart that bundles surveying into a wide portfolio of engineering and construction services.
• Arcadis NV: International design and engineering consultancy active in land surveying, cadastral, and geospatial services across Europe. Comparable to the subject firm because it operates surveying practices adjacent to broader advisory offerings.
• AtkinsRéalis: Engineering services firm with significant geospatial and surveying capabilities. Comparable in the surveying and infrastructure monitoring services it provides, though packaged within a global engineering portfolio.
• Jacobs Solutions Inc. Global professional services firm with survey, geomatics, and infrastructure practices. Comparable in delivering land and engineering surveying as part of broader infrastructure consulting engagements.
• Stantec Inc. Engineering, architecture, and surveying consultancy with established European and German-area practices. Directly comparable for its surveying-and-mapping service line within a much larger firm.
• WSP Global: Large engineering consultancy offering surveying and mapping as part of broader infrastructure and property services. Comparable because it covers the same activity (land and engineering surveying) alongside much wider service lines.

Direct peers

• Fugro N.V. Global specialist in geo-data, surveying, and geotechnical services. Directly comparable to Survey Office's core activity of land and engineering surveying, scaled to worldwide markets while the subject firm operates regionally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/schwerin

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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