Gouda Geo-Equipment

What Gouda Geo-Equipment does

Gouda Geo-Equipment B.V. is a Netherlands-based, privately held manufacturer of geotechnical equipment used in soil investigation, with a core product line centered on Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) rigs and related instruments. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Hillegom, the company operates as a small specialist manufacturer with 11–50 employees, focused on producing equipment that supports subsurface characterization for civil engineering, construction, and environmental site-investigation applications.

The business is owner-operated: founder Erik Omtzigt simultaneously holds the roles of Owner and Commercial Director, indicating a tightly held firm in which commercial and strategic decision-making is concentrated in a single principal. The product offering — CPT rigs and ancillary geotechnical instruments — is a hardware-intensive, capital-equipment category typically sold to geotechnical contractors, engineering consultancies, and infrastructure developers, though no specific customer logos, segment mix, or pricing structure is disclosed in the available data.

The revenue model is not documented in the input. Given the niche specialization and capital-equipment nature of the products, the most plausible revenue mechanics are direct or distributor-based sales of CPT rigs and instruments, supplemented by potential aftermarket service and consumables; however, none of these channels, pricing tiers, or go-to-market details are confirmed by the source material. The company's website (gouda-geo.com) is the primary digital surface, though the scraped page content is largely a verification/loading stub with no substantive corporate disclosures.

Name

Gouda Geo-Equipment

Website

https://gouda-geo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gouda Geo-Equipment B.V. is a Netherlands-based, privately held manufacturer founded in 2003 that produces geotechnical equipment — primarily CPT rigs and related soil-investigation instruments — for civil engineering and construction end markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geotechnical Equipment

NAICS

Construction Machinery Manufacturing (333120), Construction Machinery Manufacturing (33312)

SIC

Construction Machinery & Equip (3531), Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530)

akta.pro primary industry

Geotechnical Investigation & Site Characterization (Boreholes, In-situ Testing, Lab Testing) (IMAFAOAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Geotechnical Instrumentation & Monitoring (Settlement, Inclinometers, Piezometers) (IMAFAOAH)

Keywords

• Geotechnical equipment
• CPT rigs
• Soil investigation equipment
• Geotechnical instruments
• Cone penetration testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Hillegom

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Core offering

Gouda Geo-Equipment B.V. manufactures geotechnical equipment for soil investigation, including Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) rigs and related instruments. The company designs and produces physical rigs and tooling used to perform subsurface soil profiling and ground characterization for engineering and construction applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CPT Rigs and Related Instruments Geotechnical rigs and instruments for Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) and soil investigation, used by engineering and geotechnical firms to perform subsurface soil profiling and ground characterization.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Geoprobe Systems: US-based manufacturer of direct-push and CPT geotechnical rigs used for soil sampling and in-situ testing. Comparable product category (CPT/direct-push rigs) and customer base (geotechnical contractors, environmental consultants).
• A.P. van den Berg: Dutch manufacturer of CPT rigs, onshore and offshore soil investigation equipment, and in-situ testing tools. Closest direct competitor to Gouda Geo-Equipment with overlapping product lines and shared Dutch engineering heritage.
• Pagani Geotechnical Equipment: Italian manufacturer of CPT penetration testing equipment and rigs. Direct peer in the CPT rig product category, serving similar geotechnical investigation customers across Europe and internationally.
• Royal Eijkelkamp: Netherlands-based provider of geotechnical, soil, and environmental investigation equipment and instruments. Highly comparable to Gouda in product scope (CPT, sampling, in-situ testing) and geographic cluster.
• Vertek / Durham Geo Slope Indicator: Provider of CPT rigs, cone penetrometers, and geotechnical instrumentation. Comparable in CPT equipment manufacturing and in-situ testing product offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Boart Longyear: Large drilling equipment and services provider for mining, energy, and geotechnical markets. Adjacent comparison point for CPT/investigation rig manufacturing at much larger scale and broader product portfolio.
• Fugro: Global leader in geo-data and site characterization services. While primarily a services company rather than equipment OEM, Fugro overlaps with Gouda's end customers and influences CPT equipment specification in offshore and onshore projects.
• Atlas Copco (Epiroc) Power Technique: Global construction, mining, and infrastructure equipment major with geotechnical drilling products. Serves overlapping customers and competes in the broader heavy equipment space relevant to CPT rig deployment.

Emerging players

• Hammerhead Equipment: Emerging geotechnical and environmental drilling equipment manufacturer focused on direct-push and CPT applications. Smaller, more specialized competitor in the same in-situ soil investigation niche as Gouda.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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