Gossweiler Engineers

Name

Gossweiler Engineers

Legal name

Gossweiler Ingenieure AG

Website

https://gossweiler.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1910

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Gossweiler Ingenieure AG is an independent, owner-managed Swiss engineering firm founded in 1910 providing civil engineering, surveying, geoinformatics, and digital municipal services to cities, communes, and communal enterprises across Canton of Zurich.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAC), Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting (BPAHAIAN)

Keywords

• Civil engineering consulting
• Municipal surveying services
• Geoinformatics solutions
• Building inspection services
• Digital construction planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubendorf

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Engineering Services: Time-based billing according to agreed hourly rates or fixed-price contracts for municipal engineering, surveying, GIS, construction inspection, and planning services. Payment terms are 30 days with quotes accepted in writing.
2. GNSS Hardware Sales: Sale of Emlid GNSS receivers including REACH RS4 Pro (Fr. 3,700), REACH RS4 (Fr. 3,100), REACH RX2 (Fr. 1,900), Emlid Scanning Kit (Fr. 2,300), and REACH RS3 (Fr. 2,500) plus cloud services at Fr. 250/year.
3. WebGIS Subscription Services: WebGIS geoweb platform services provided to municipalities, with infrastructure hosted in company's own data center.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gossweiler Engineers is a Swiss engineering firm providing comprehensive civil engineering, surveying, geoinformatics, BIM, and digital construction planning services to municipalities, communal enterprises, and private clients in the Canton of Zurich. The firm operates proprietary digital platforms including geoweb (WebGIS), eBaukontrolle (digital building inspection app), and Aufgrabbewilligung (excavation permit management) alongside traditional engineering design, construction management, laser scanning, drone surveying, and 3D city modeling services. Established in 1910 and organized as a stock corporation following a 1998 management buyout, it serves more than 30 municipalities through approximately 180 employees across eight regional offices.

Product overview

Gossweiler Ingenieure AG is an independent engineering firm founded in 1910, offering a broad portfolio of civil engineering, surveying, geoinformatics, and digital planning services primarily to Swiss municipalities, cities, and private companies in the Canton of Zurich. The core digital product is geoweb (WebGIS platform, operational since 2002), which serves as the central data hub for over 30 municipalities. Key proprietary digital tools include eBaukontrolle (digital building inspection app with automatic report generation), Aufgrabbewilligung (excavation permit workflow automation), LiEnt (property drainage management), and a suite of specialized BIM and 3D modeling services (Laserscanning, Drohnenvermessung, 3D-Stadtmodelle, Kunstbautendokumentationen). The company also distributes Emlid GNSS receivers and operates a dedicated Kompetenzzentrum Digitales Planen und Bauen. Complementary service lines cover Monitoring, Beweissicherung, Architektur- und Objektvermessung, and traditional civil engineering disciplines (Tiefbau, Wasser, Raum und Verkehr, Recht und Bau). The offering is structured as a platform-plus-modules architecture anchored by geoweb, with specialized applications and services feeding into and drawing from the core GIS infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• geoweb: Interactive web-based geographic information system (WebGIS) platform developed and operated by Gossweiler since 2002, providing municipalities and cities with access to official surveying data, infrastructure information, and thematic maps.
• eBaukontrolle
• Aufgrabbewilligung
• Emlid GNSS Products

Products and services

• geoweb (WebGIS Platform) Interactive WebGIS platform providing municipalities and cities with centralized web-based access to official surveying data, infrastructure information, thematic maps, and specialized GIS modules, operated from the company's own data center.
• eBaukontrolle (Digital Building Inspection App) Mobile application enabling fully digital building inspections, featuring photo-based defect documentation, plan integration, predefined text modules, multi-user collaboration, offline mode, individual user rights, and automated report generation.
• Aufgrabbewilligung (Excavation Permit Web Application) Web application that digitizes the entire excavation permit process from application submission to warranty acceptance, providing a central entry point for all stakeholders, spatial conflict detection via WebGIS integration, and digital workflow management.
• LiEnt (Property Drainage Management) Web application for managing and processing property drainage documentation and billing, streamlining property drainage workflows for municipalities.
• BIM (Building Information Modeling) Services Building Information Modeling service covering 3D modeling of buildings and infrastructure, integration into 3D city models, and project coordination via specialized BIM platforms for civil and structural engineering projects.
• Laserscanning Services High-precision laser scanning service for capturing detailed 3D point cloud data of objects, buildings, and infrastructure, used as the foundation for architectural surveys, construction site documentation, layer thickness measurements, and BIM modeling.
• Drone Surveying (Drohnenvermessung) Drone-based surveying using a SONY full-frame camera for contactless measurement and documentation of objects from the air, covering large-area terrain surveys, high-resolution orthophotos, panorama captures, and individual photo/video recordings.
• Emlid GNSS Receiver Distribution Distribution of Emlid RTK GNSS receivers (REACH RS4 Pro, REACH RS4, REACH RX2, REACH RS3, Emlid Scanning Kit) in Switzerland with full service including setup, configuration, training, RTK correction service refnet, and online support.
• 3D-Stadtmodell (3D City Model) Large-scale digital 3D city models created from baseline data, integrating BIM models and enabling municipal authorities and planning offices to assess impacts on cityscape and infrastructure.
• Monitoring Services Comprehensive monitoring services including surveillance measurements (tachymeter, leveling, GNSS), crack protocols, vibration measurements, inclinometer measurements, groundwater level measurements, construction site cameras, and a web platform with automated alarm notifications.
• Beweissicherung (Evidence Documentation) Precautionary evidence documentation for construction projects, including crack protocols, temperature and moisture measurements, video surveillance, orthophotos, flatness analyses, layer thickness determinations, and CraneCam/DroneCam documentation.
• Civil Engineering Design and Construction Services Engineering design and construction services for civil infrastructure including road construction (Strassenbau), sewer construction (Kanalisationsbau), utility lines (Werkleitungen), urban water management facilities, waterway construction (Wasserbau), agricultural paths, drainage, and irrigation projects.
• Municipal Planning and Consulting Services Planning and consulting services for municipalities including concepts and studies, zoning and utilization planning, neighborhood development plans, traffic and mobility planning, urban drainage (GEP), water supply planning (GWP), waterways and natural hazards, land management, GIS strategies, and Stadtingenieur mandates.
• Custom Web Application Development Custom web application development services for digitizing municipal and engineering workflows, including Inframanagement-Tool, Baustellensignalisation, Zustandsdokumentation, Kunstbaukataster, Hydraulikrechner, and related specialized applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30 municipalities served with geoweb WebGIS platform
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• General Laser (Emlid Distribution)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2024Official distribution partner in Switzerland for Emlid GNSS receivers since 2024. Provides complete service including sales, configuration, training, and online support for Emlid instruments and RTK correction service refnet. Company uses Emlid instruments daily in surveying operations.
• GemDat Informatik AGcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2016Partnership since end of 2016 for GemDat Rubin software - professional web applications for building permit administration, property registers, building insurance, and property valuations. Enables complete digitization of work processes around buildings and properties for smaller municipalities. Company offers GemDat Rubin as SaaS model (rental model) at reduced cost.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Basler & Hofmann AG: One of the largest Swiss engineering consultancies, offering civil, structural, environmental and municipal engineering — overlaps heavily with Gossweiler's service lines but operates at significantly larger national scale across multiple cantons.
• EBP Schweiz AG: Swiss planning and engineering consultancy with mobility, spatial planning and infrastructure practices; competes for municipal mandates in the Zurich region and overlaps with Gossweiler's Raum- und Verkehrsplanung offerings.
• Emch+Berger AG Bern: Established Swiss engineering consultancy active in civil, structural and municipal infrastructure projects; broader geographic footprint than Gossweiler but directly competes for municipal mandates.

Direct peers

• F. Preisig AG: Swiss engineering consultancy with strong municipal-civil-engineering and infrastructure practice, comparable to Gossweiler in service scope and target clients across the Deutschschweiz.
• IC Infraconsult AG: Swiss infrastructure and civil engineering consultancy serving municipalities and public-sector clients across multiple cantons; comparable service portfolio including road, sewer, water and construction-engineering services.
• Holinger AG: Swiss engineering consultancy providing municipal water, wastewater, civil engineering and infrastructure services — same customer base (Swiss municipalities and utilities) and comparable service portfolio (Tiefbau, Wasser, Siedlungsentwässerung) as Gossweiler.
• B+S AG (Bachmann + Studer + Partner): Swiss engineering firm specializing in municipal infrastructure, water, civil and surveying services with similar size and customer profile to Gossweiler in Canton of Zurich.
• Geoterra Image AG: Swiss surveying and geoinformatics firm offering laser scanning, drone surveying, BIM and 3D city models — directly comparable to Gossweiler's Messen und Dokumentieren service line and 3D-Stadtmodell product.

Others

• Esri Switzerland (Esri Deutschland / Esri Schweiz): Swiss arm of the global GIS software leader — not a direct consulting competitor but enables Gossweiler's geoweb platform via ArcGIS technology and shapes buyer expectations for municipal WebGIS in Switzerland.

Regional players

• Grünenfelder + Partner AG: Swiss engineering consultancy focused on municipal infrastructure and surveying in eastern Switzerland (St. Gallen region); comparable services but different geographic focus than Gossweiler.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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