The engineering group IVV

Name

The engineering group IVV

Legal name

Ingenieurgruppe IVV GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://ivv-aachen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transportation Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Transportation & Infrastructure Planning (BPAHAKAF)

Keywords

• Transport planning consulting
• Traffic engineering software
• Public transit consulting
• Transport demand modeling
• Mobility research services

Headquarters

HQ city

Aachen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Engineering and Consulting Services: IVV provides traffic planning, consulting, and engineering services to public and private sector clients. Services include traffic studies, feasibility analyses, infrastructure planning, and specialized transportation investigations.
2. Software Licenses and Maintenance: IVV licenses proprietary software products to transportation authorities, public transport associations, and municipalities. Products include VENUS, CORNELIA, ASS, VAMP, and other specialized transportation planning software.
3. Internet Products and Services: IVV operates and maintains internet services including bicycle route planners and timetable information systems for various German states and transport associations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ingenieurgruppe IVV is an independent engineering consultancy that provides transport planning, traffic engineering, and mobility research services. The firm develops and maintains a portfolio of proprietary software products used by public transport associations, ministries, municipalities, and transport operators for demand modeling, passenger surveys, revenue allocation, quality monitoring, and timetable information systems.

Product overview

Ingenieurgruppe IVV operates as both a planning/consulting firm and a specialized software house in the transport sector. Its product portfolio consists of two main lines: (1) Desktop software products for transport planning, public transport management, and revenue distribution — including VENUS (traffic demand and assignment), CORNELIA (passenger survey preparation and evaluation), VAMP (sales statistics), FraugSQL (revenue distribution), SEAN (SPNV revenue allocation), MONIQA (quality monitoring), SALI/SALIQUE/SALIPLAN (disabled persons quota), BASIS/BASIM (building society simulation), and EMI (online data entry); and (2) Internet products including the Radroutenplaner family (NRW, Thuringen, Germany-wide, Bavaria), ASS timetable information system, Radverkehrsnetz NRW, Mängelmelder defect reporting, Wanderroutenplaner NRW, and e-tariff reporting platforms (NENA, VERA, ERSA, AERA). The company also developed the Nelli mobile app for electronic passenger surveys. The software products are largely self-developed and often serve as both analytical tools for IVV's consulting work and standalone products sold to third parties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VENUS Software for traffic demand modeling and forecasting used by transport planners and authorities.
• CORNELIA Software for passenger surveys and public transport stop surveys.
• VAMP Software for sales statistics and revenue analysis for public transport.
• FraugSQL Software for revenue distribution calculations among transport operators.
• SEAN Software for SPNV (local rail passenger transport) revenue allocation in North Rhine-Westphalia.
• MONIQA Software for quality monitoring of public transport services.
• SALI / SALIQUE / SALIPLAN Software suite for calculating and planning the disabled persons transport quota in North Rhine-Westphalia.
• BASIS / BASIM Software for building society and housing subsidy simulation.
• EMI Online data entry application for survey responses.
• Radroutenplaner NRW Bicycle route planner for North Rhine-Westphalia providing route planning and cycling infrastructure information.
• Nelli Mobile App
• ASS Fahrplanauskunftssystem

Quantifiable outcome

• 4,000 projects completed across all transportation planning domains
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH AachencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021IVV partnered with the Institute for Urban Construction and Urban Transport at RWTH Aachen University to develop the StandortTOOL for charging infrastructure planning in Germany. The institute provides academic research support and urban planning expertise to the project.
• Institut für Verkehrsforschung des DLR (Berlin)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The DLR Institute for Transport Research collaborates with IVV on the StandortTOOL project, contributing transportation research methodology and traffic simulation expertise for electric vehicle charging infrastructure modeling.
• Reiner Lemoine Institut (Berlin)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The Reiner Lemoine Institut partners with IVV on the StandortTOOL development, providing expertise in renewable energy systems and sustainable mobility research for the charging infrastructure location modeling.
• Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur (BMVI/BMDV)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The Federal Ministry commissions IVV and its partners to develop the StandortTOOL, representing a major government contract for national charging infrastructure planning tools.
• Verkehrsverbünde NRW (VRR, VRS, VRM, AVV, WTG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017IVV developed the NRW-SuchKontroller in collaboration with NRW transport associations to enable distributed route search across regional transport information systems, integrating multiple tariff zones.
• BVU, ITP, PLANCO (Gutachtergruppe Nachhaltigkeitsszenario Baden-Württemberg)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016IVV participated in a consortium with BVU, ITP, and PLANCO under ITP leadership to conduct sustainability scenario studies for Baden-Württemberg, with IVV responsible for road traffic analysis.
• Bergische Universität Wuppertal - Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet für Güterverkehrsplanung und TransportlogistikminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014IVV collaborated with the university on the research project on data requirements for small-scale commercial traffic modeling, combining IVV's practical experience with academic research capabilities.
• IVAS (Dresdner Ingenieurbüro)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013IVV works together with IVAS from Dresden on the Verkehrsentwicklungsplan 2025plus for the state capital Dresden, combining their expertise for comprehensive urban mobility planning.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Ramboll Deutschland: International engineering, design, and consulting firm with a sizable German transport and mobility practice — competes for the same Verkehrsentwicklungsplan, federal infrastructure studies, and public transport consulting mandates as IVV.
• WSP Deutschland (formerly PB Consult): Global engineering consultancy with a substantial German transport planning practice acquired via PB Consult — broader incumbent offering integrated infrastructure, mobility, and urban planning services that overlap with IVV's portfolio.

Direct peers

• VWI Verkehrswissenschaftliches Institut Stuttgart: Stuttgart-based transport research and consulting institute providing traffic planning, feasibility studies, and standardized evaluations for German public-sector clients — directly comparable to IVV's Verkehrsentwicklungsplan and feasibility work.
• Planungsbüro IVAS Dresden: Dresden-based transport engineering consultancy that has co-executed Verkehrsentwicklungsplan projects with IVV (e.g., Dresden 2025plus) — a directly comparable German municipal and regional transport planning peer.
• init innovation in traffic systems SE: Karlsruhe-based provider of public transport planning, scheduling, and real-time passenger information systems (MOBILE-ITCS, eTicketing) — a directly comparable supplier to German Verkehrsverbünde and transport companies that IVV also serves.
• IVU Traffic Technologies AG: Berlin-based public transport software specialist (IVU.plan, IVU.rail, IVU.ticket) supplying planning, operations, and ticketing solutions to Verkehrsverbünde and transport operators across Germany and Europe — overlapping IVV's public transport planning and revenue allocation portfolio.
• PTV Group: Karlsruhe-based transport planning software and consulting firm whose PTV Visum is the most widely deployed traffic demand and assignment tool in German-speaking countries — directly comparable to IVV's VENUS offering and public-sector consulting business.
• PTV Planung Transport Verkehr (PTV Group) — note consolidation with PTV above; alternative comparable: Listed here as the broader PTV Group; if treated separately, its consulting arm competes with IVV on German federal and municipal traffic planning projects.
• HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft (Calit / Trapeze): Hannover-based timetable information and journey planning software firm (HAFAS, TRIAS) — directly competing with IVV's ASS Fahrplanauskunftssystem and route-search technology in the German public transport market.
• SSP Consult Beratende Ingenieure GmbH: Cologne-based transport planning and engineering consultancy serving German federal and state authorities with similar traffic modeling, public transport, and infrastructure planning services — directly comparable consulting peer to IVV.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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