GISON

What GISON does

GISON Sp. z o.o. is a Polish geoinformatics company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Kraków that develops web-based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Information Systems (SIP) for local government units (Jednostki Samorządu Terytorialnego) across Poland. Its core offering is a platform-plus-modules architecture built on ASP.NET MVC, C#, SQL, and Python backends with HTML, CSS, jQuery, and Leaflet frontends, centered on the GEOpl/SIP map portal that municipalities use to publish spatial data, generate statutory certificates (Wypis/Wyrys from local plans), manage address registries under the EMUiA act, and process building condition decisions. The product suite extends into specialized municipal domains including environmental management (asbestos, drainage, wastewater, waste, revitalization), technical infrastructure (water/sewage networks, road inventories, municipal lighting), heritage records (GEZ), electoral mapping (Wybiorca), and communal property registries (Mienie).

GISON operates two nationwide portals adjacent to its government business: TurystykawGminie.pl aggregating 93,000 tourism facilities across Polish municipalities, and Inwestujwgminie.pl serving as a real estate and investment-areas portal. It also produces printed cartographic products (wall maps, folding maps, tear-off maps) under a one-off design services model. Revenue mechanics blend recurring annual subscriptions on platform modules with custom implementation projects; pricing is quote-based and tailored per municipality.

The go-to-market is sales-led and B2G, anchored by 10 regional specialists distributed across Poland's 16 voivodeships who pursue new municipal accounts and maintain relationships with the existing base of several hundred local government clients. Distribution is direct implementation by the GISON team, with no partners or resellers disclosed. The company is privately held, bootstrapped (no funding rounds disclosed), founder-managed under CEO Dariusz Wawrzonek, and operates exclusively within Poland.

Name

GISON

Legal name

GISON Sp. z o.o.

Website

https://gison.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GISON is a Kraków-based geoinformatics company that builds web-based GIS platforms, spatial information portals, and specialized municipal modules for local government units across Poland, serving several hundred gminy since 2011.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal GIS Software

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925)

akta.pro primary industry

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Location Intelligence, Analytics & Geospatial BI (BPAMANAE), Geospatial BI & Location Analytics (HDAEAMAK), Geospatial Data Management & Enterprise GIS (Geodatabases, Web GIS, Spatial Analytics) (EUAHAKAC), Environmental Reporting, Dashboards & Regulatory Submittals (Automated Reports, e-Reporting) (EUAHAKAL)

Keywords

• Geographic information systems
• Spatial data management
• Municipal GIS software
• Spatial planning platforms
• Cartographic design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kraków

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. GIS Software Systems: Custom-built GIS applications and dedicated solutions for public administration and other industries. Revenue generated through system implementation, configuration, and ongoing support.
2. Graphic Design and Cartographic Projects: Printed map design services including wall maps, folding maps, tear-off maps and other formats for municipalities, private sports centers and recreational facilities.
3. Tourism Portals: Online tourism portal services for promoting tourist attractions, trails, and events at the municipal level.
4. Real Estate Investment Portals: National portal for property sales and investment areas, serving municipalities and private sellers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GISON develops and operates Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software, web-based Spatial Information System (SIP) portals, and a suite of specialized municipal modules for Polish local government units. Their offering combines the core SIP platform with domain-specific applications for spatial planning, address registries, technical infrastructure, environmental management, plus thematic tourism and real estate portals and printed cartographic products.

Product overview

GISON is a geoinformatics company offering a comprehensive GIS (Geographic Information System) platform with multiple specialized modules and portals. The core offering consists of the Systemy Informacji Geograficznej (GIS) platform and the System Informacji Przestrzennej (SIP) web portal for municipalities. The product portfolio includes domain-specific modules for public administration: MPZP/Studium for spatial planning, Wypis/Wyrys for automatic plan extracts, Wuzetka for building condition decisions, and GEMA-EMUiA for address management under the Infrastructure of Spatial Information Act. Infrastructure modules cover water/sewage networks (Wod-Kan), roads with road book generation, and municipal lighting. Environmental modules include Melioracja, Rewitalizacja, Azbest register, POŚ wastewater systems, Reklamy for landscape protection, and Odpady waste declarations. Specialized applications include GEZ (municipal monument records), Wybiorca (electoral information), and Mienie (communal property). The company also operates two nationwide thematic portals: TurystykawGminie.pl for tourism and Inwestujwgminie.pl for real estate. Additionally, GISON produces printed cartographic products including wall maps, folding maps, and large-format graphics. The architecture is a platform-plus-modules system where the SIP web portal serves as the public-facing interface, with specialized modules addressing specific municipal administrative needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Turystyka w Gminie: Nationwide tourism portal promoting attractions, trails, and events
• Inwestuj w Gminie
• GEOpl
• SIP

Products and services

• Systemy Informacji Geograficznej (GIS) Platform Author-developed GIS platform combining map data with tabular data for comprehensive spatial analysis; serves as the foundation for GISON's dedicated applications for managing space across multiple industries, especially local government units.
• System Informacji Przestrzennej (SIP) Web Portal Interactive web-based Spatial Information System (SIP/GIS portal) for municipalities enabling map-based data presentation, data migration, advanced search, and compliance with statutory requirements; offers public access for residents and logged-in access for authorized officials.
• TurystykawGminie.pl Nationwide Tourism Portal Nationwide tourism portal promoting municipal attractions, trails and events across Poland, supporting virtual tours, 360 panoramas, drone photography and accommodation listings for tourism departments and private operators.
• Inwestujwgminie.pl Real Estate Investment Portal Nationwide real estate sales portal for properties and investment areas in Polish municipalities, enabling property marketing, investment area presentation and graphic design for promotional materials.
• Drukowane Mapy (Printed Cartographic Products) Printed cartographic products including wall maps, folding maps, tear-off maps, and custom large-format graphics for municipalities, private sports centers and recreational facilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 93,000 tourist facilities managed across portal platforms
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OPGK (Okręgowe Przedsiębiorstwo Geodezyjno-Kartograficzne): Network of regional Polish geodetic-cartographic enterprises providing surveying, cadastral, and GIS services to local governments. Directly competes with GISON for municipal spatial data and cadastral contracts in Poland.
• Geo-System Sp. z o.o. Polish GIS software and services company focused on local government, cadastre, and spatial planning systems. Closely comparable to GISON in customer segment (Polish JST), product type (GIS portals and cadastral/spatial planning tools), and delivery model.
• SmallGIS: Polish provider of GIS, cadastral, and spatial information systems for municipalities and counties. Competes with GISON in the same Polish local-government segment with a comparable web-GIS portal and MPZP/EGiB tooling.

Broad incumbents

• Comarch: Large Polish IT vendor with a public-sector software portfolio including e-government, GIS-adjacent, and municipal systems. Competes with GISON for larger municipal digitalization contracts as a broader, vertically integrated alternative.
• Hexagon Geospatial: Global geospatial software vendor (Power Portfolio, Luciad, ERDAS) serving national mapping agencies, utilities, and public-sector customers. Competes for larger Polish municipal and national-scale GIS contracts with a broader R&D footprint than GISON.
• Asseco Poland: Major Polish IT group with extensive local-government and e-administration software offerings. Competes at the upper end of the municipal IT stack with which GISON's spatial-planning modules must integrate.
• HERE Technologies: Global location data and mapping platform with a strong European public-sector and municipal footprint. Comparable in the location-data and map-portal layer that underpins GISON's tourism, real estate, and municipal portal offerings.
• Trimble Geospatial: Global provider of geospatial hardware and software (e.g., eCognition, Terra) active in surveying, cadastre, and infrastructure. Overlaps with GISON on infrastructure inventory (roads, utilities) and cadastral-grade spatial workflows.
• Esri Poland: Polish subsidiary of the global GIS platform leader Esri (ArcGIS). Serves the same Polish local-government and enterprise GIS market with a much broader, internationally maintained platform; competes head-to-head on larger municipality tenders where GISON operates.

Regional players

• MGGP Aero: Polish geospatial firm specializing in aerial photogrammetry, LiDAR, and remote sensing, with adjacent GIS software and data services for public administration. Comparable through its Polish public-sector customer base and geospatial data focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GISON_Krakow
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gison-krakow

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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