What Dumea does

Dumea B.V. is a Dutch private limited company (B.V.) headquartered in Saasveld, Netherlands, founded in 1996 as Terra Agribusiness BV. It operates as an agricultural and environmental research bureau offering certified field sampling and laboratory analysis across six service domains: soil (Grond), crop (Gewas), manure (Mest), water (Water), compost and soil improvement (Compost & bodemverbetering), and environmental soil and site investigation (Bodem & Milieu). Certified field workers conduct on-site sampling at customer locations across the Netherlands following BRL SIKB protocols (1001, 2001, 2002, 2018) and various NEN standards; chemical and microbiological analyses are performed in collaboration with the Normec Dumea laboratory in Wijhe. Customers include dairy farmers, arable farmers, horse owners, agricultural contractors, and construction/development firms requiring environmental compliance assessments.

Name

Dumea

Legal name

Dumea B.V.

Website

https://metdumea.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dumea B.V. is a Dutch agricultural and environmental research bureau providing certified field sampling and laboratory analysis for soil, crops, manure, water, and compost to Dutch dairy farmers, arable farmers, horse owners, contractors, and construction developers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural and Environmental Testing Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Soil Testing & Nutrient Analysis Services (AFACAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pesticide Residue & Agrochemical Screening Services (Soil/Plant/Water) (AFACAKAF)

Keywords

• Agricultural research services
• Soil testing laboratory
• Environmental site assessment
• Manure analysis services
• Crop quality testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Saasveld

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Field sampling services: Certified field workers conduct on-site sampling of soil, crops, manure, water, and compost. Sampling is performed according to BRL SIKB protocols (1001, 2001, 2002, 2018) and various NEN standards.
2. Laboratory analyses: Analyses performed in collaboration with Normec Dumea laboratory in Wijhe. Covers parameters for fertilization value, contamination, feed value (BEX), and environmental compliance.
3. BEX (Bedrijfsspecifieke Excretie) advisory: Specialized advisory services for dairy farmers participating in BEX (company-specific excretion) regulation. Includes feed sampling, analysis reporting, and compliance guidance.
4. HorseFeedScan: Branded horse roughage analysis service with self-service webshop ordering. Customers take samples and mail them for laboratory analysis.
5. Environmental impact assessments: Environmental site assessments (NEN5725, NEN5740, NEN5707, NEN5720, NTA5755), AP04 partijkeuring, civil engineering investigations, and insurance damage assessments.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dumea is an agricultural and environmental research bureau that provides certified on-site sampling of soil, crops, manure, water and compost, followed by laboratory analyses (performed in collaboration with the Normec Dumea laboratory in Wijhe) and practical advisory reporting on regulatory compliance (BEX, derogation, fosfaatdifferentiatie, Omgevingswet) and fertilization or ration optimization. It also delivers specialized environmental site investigations under Dutch NEN standards and sells self-service equine roughage analysis kits via its webshop under the HorseFeedScan brand.

Product overview

Dumea is a unified environmental and agricultural research and advisory bureau offering six interconnected service domains: Soil Analysis, Crop Analysis, Manure Analysis, Water Analysis, Compost and Soil Improvement Analysis, and Soil & Environment Investigation. The company provides both standardized agricultural testing services (for fertilization optimization, BEX compliance, derogation, and quality programs) and specialized environmental assessments (NEN-norm investigations, asbestos testing, AP04 certification). Core offerings include HorseFeedScan-branded equine roughage analysis products and Dumea Maps digital parcel visualization tool. Services range from sample collection by certified field workers to lab analysis and practical advisory reporting. The company operates a web-based LIMS (E-sample) for sample tracking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grondonderzoek (Soil Analysis) Agricultural soil testing covering fertilization value assessment, derogation/fosfaatdifferentiatie compliance, soil health and nematode analysis, contamination assessment, civil engineering soil investigations and BRL 9335 certification sampling. Target customers are farmers, contractors and developers in the Netherlands.
• Gewasonderzoek (Crop Analysis) Crop quality testing covering feed value and BEX compliance, food and feed safety (mycotoxins, pesticides, PFAS, PCBs, dioxin), toxic plant detection (e.g., jacobskruiskruid) and equine roughage analysis. Target customers are dairy farmers, feed advisors, equine owners and feed/food producers.
• Mestonderzoek (Manure Analysis) Manure composition testing including NPK analysis for AP05 legislation compliance, nutrient optimization, contamination screening (PFAS, heavy metals), and manure processing analysis for digestion, separation, drying and incineration facilities. Target customers are livestock farmers, manure processors and regulators in the Netherlands.
• Wateronderzoek (Water Analysis) Water quality testing for livestock drinking water, human drinking/groundwater (including legionella), irrigation, wastewater, contamination assessment (PFAS) and compliance with sector quality programs (KKM, IKB, Beter Leven, SKV Kalf, Global Gap, VKL Gewasbescherming). Target customers are farmers, drinking-water users, quality-program participants and irrigation operators in the Netherlands.
• Compost en Bodemverbetering (Compost and Soil Improvement Analysis) Compost and soil-improvement product analysis including Keurcompost certification sampling, nutrient content analysis, civil engineering properties testing and BRL 9335-4 composite soil products certification sampling. Target customers are compost producers, soil-product manufacturers and civil engineering clients.
• Bodem & Milieu Onderzoek (Soil & Environment Investigation) Environmental site assessments including historical research (NEN5725), exploratory investigation (NEN5740), asbestos assessment (NEN5707), waterbed investigation (NEN5720), detailed investigation (NTA5755), AP04/BRL1000 partijkeuring, civil engineering assessment, CROW asphalt testing and insurance damage assessment. Target customers are construction firms, developers, permit applicants and insurance clients in the Netherlands.
• BEX Analyse (Bedrijfsspecifieke Excretie Advisory) Specialized advisory for Dutch dairy farmers participating in the BEX (company-specific excretion) scheme, including roughage sampling per BEX protocol, analysis reporting and preparation of KringloopWijzer inputs so farmers can deviate from standard fertilizer nitrogen norms. Target customers are Dutch dairy farmers.
• HorseFeedScan (Equine Roughage Analysis) Branded equine roughage analysis service offering Quickscan Horse Feed and Horse Feed Scan A, AB and ABC packages for determining the feed value of hay and roughage. Target customers are horse owners, stable managers and equine feed advisors in the Netherlands.
• Dumea Maps Free digital mapping tool allowing farmers and contractors to view agricultural parcel boundaries, surface area, soil type, cadastral data and crop rotation history from 2019-2024, bundling multiple Dutch public data sources into one accessible view. Target users are Dutch farmers, contractors and agricultural advisors.

Quantifiable outcome

• BEX analysis enables dairy farmers to deviate from standard excretion norms and potentially reduce manure production reporting
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor, flagship and core.

• Agra-connectminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 June 2026Dumea acquired the activities of Agra-connect from Piet Janssen in Grashoek (June 2026). This ensures continuity of sampling services (soil, crop, manure, water) for existing Agra-connect customers in the region.
• Dairy Academy NL Royal A-wareflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2026Multi-year partnership starting June 1, 2026 makes Dumea one of 11 knowledge partners of Dairy Academy NL. Dumea will share knowledge with Royal A-ware's dairy farmers through workshops, focusing on optimizing soil and crop quality. Dumea will also analyze the soil and crop quality at Royal A-ware's own dairy farm (Praktijkboerderij Oenkerk). The partnership aligns with Royal A-ware's goal of sustainable dairy farming through data-driven optimization.
• Normec Dumea (Wijhe)coreTechnology or IntegrationLong-standing collaboration with Normec Dumea laboratory in Wijhe for performing chemical and microbiological analyses. This partnership dates back to 2015 when Terra Agribusiness (now Dumea) entered the collaboration due to changes in the agricultural laboratory market.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SGS: SGS is a global testing, inspection, and certification company with agricultural and environmental service lines. It serves multinational clients and competes with Dumea for environmental site assessment and quality-program testing, especially with construction and development customers.
• Eurofins Scientific: Eurofins is a global testing services conglomerate with a substantial Netherlands footprint including agricultural and environmental testing. It competes for the same enterprise and mid-market customers as Dumea but operates across many verticals beyond agriculture.
• Tauw: Tauw is a Dutch environmental consultancy delivering soil, water, and asbestos investigations under NEN and BRL SIKB protocols. It directly competes with Dumea's environmental site-assessment practice for construction, remediation, and public-sector projects.
• Bureau Veritas: Bureau Veritas is a global TIC firm providing agricultural commodity, environmental, and laboratory testing. It serves enterprise agribusiness and food-chain customers in the Netherlands and competes for compliance testing, environmental assessments, and quality-program audits.
• Yara International: Yara is a global fertilizer and crop nutrition company that provides agronomic advisory, soil/leaf analysis, and digital farming tools to European farmers. It competes with Dumea for farmer attention on fertilization optimization, though via fertilizer-product-led services rather than independent testing.
• Royal HaskoningDHV: Royal HaskoningDHV is a large Dutch engineering and environmental consultancy performing NEN-standard soil, water, and environmental investigations. It overlaps with Dumea's Bodem & Milieu services for construction, redevelopment, and infrastructure projects across the Netherlands.

Direct peers

• Normec: Normec is a Dutch laboratory and testing group that already operates as Dumea's lab partner via Normec Dumea in Wijhe. They directly compete in the same agricultural and environmental testing categories across the Netherlands and share overlapping customer segments in dairy, arable, and compliance-driven testing.
• Eurofins Agro (formerly BLGG): Eurofins Agro is the Dutch specialist arm of Eurofins focused on soil, crop, manure, and feed analysis. It is the most direct competitor to Dumea in fertilization, BEX, and crop-feed analysis for Dutch dairy and arable farmers, with comparable certifications and broader lab scale.
• Nutrilab / AgriLab: Nutrilab is a Dutch agricultural laboratory offering soil, crop, manure, and feed analysis to Dutch farmers and advisors. It is a direct competitor in the same niche as Dumea, sharing target customers, certification scope, and channel.

Others

• Cumela (branch organization): Cumela is the Dutch trade association for contractors (loonbedrijven), one of Dumea's customer segments. It is not a competitor but an ecosystem enabler: contractor members are buyers of Dumea's soil and crop analysis services and route sample requests on behalf of farmer clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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