absolutGPS

What absolutGPS does

absolutGPS, operating as a brand of geoSports-Tec GmbH, is a Leipzig-based consulting firm founded in 2003 that specializes in cycling and active tourism for German-speaking municipalities, tourism destinations, and regional governments. Its service portfolio spans the full project lifecycle — strategy, market research, GPS surveying and mapping, visitor monitoring, signage and wayfinding, route and master planning, landscape architecture, permitting, brand development, and ongoing destination management. The company reports surveying approximately 100,000 respondents annually and has built a specialized longitudinal data asset (including a Mountainbike-Monitor study with 15,000+ interviewees), positioning it as a research-driven consultancy rather than a transactional services vendor.

The underlying technology stack combines conventional GPS surveying equipment, digital geodata and GIS workflows, sensor-based visitor monitoring (pyrosensors, counting loops, optical/electromagnetic counters), and the proprietary mapory cartography platform, which produces destination-branded maps customized to corporate identity across print, web, signage, and app formats. The firm has operated continuously for over 20 years, evidenced by a 2003–2026 website copyright and active 2025 content including a recurring digital experience-exchange for municipalities.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services engagements priced via quote-based proposals, following free initial briefings and webinars as lead-generation. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-client in the DACH region, with no resellers, software licensing, or digital self-serve channels. Customer concentration sits within German regional tourism organizations and municipalities (Ruhrgebiet, Allgäu, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Harz, Sachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Donau-Radweg, Lahntal, and others), with the company also addressing urban daily-cycling planning under its "Alltag" practice. Growth has been incremental, anchored by the addition of a specialized gravel bike consulting practice since 2015 and recurring visitor-monitoring managed services.

Name

absolutGPS

Legal name

geoSports-Tec GmbH

Website

https://absolut-gps.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

absolutGPS is a Leipzig-based consulting firm (founded 2003, brand of geoSports-Tec GmbH) providing GPS surveying, market research, visitor monitoring, and destination strategy services to German municipalities and regional tourism organizations developing cycling and active tourism infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tourism Consulting Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Marketing Consulting Services (541613)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Cycling / MTB / E-Bike Guiding & Rentals (THAAALAG)

Keywords

• Cycling tourism consulting
• Active tourism strategy
• Visitor monitoring systems
• GPS trail surveying
• Destination development services

Headquarters

HQ city

Leipzig

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Professional Services: Project-based consulting engagements for municipalities, tourism destinations, and regions including market research, strategy development, implementation support, and ongoing destination management services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

absolutGPS provides project-based consulting services for cycling, mountain bike, gravel, and active tourism destinations, including GPS surveying and mapping (powered by its proprietary mapory cartography tool), visitor monitoring and management using sensor technology, market research and traffic surveys, signage/wayfinding concepts, landscape architecture, master planning, and brand/communication services. Its clients are German municipalities, tourism regions, and destinations seeking evidence-based infrastructure and strategy development. The firm operates as the consulting brand of geoSports-Tec GmbH, headquartered in Leipzig.

Product overview

absolutGPS is a consulting and services company specializing in active tourism infrastructure, with a focus on cycling and mountain bike tourism. The company operates as a unified service portfolio rather than a modular software platform, offering services across the entire project lifecycle from strategy and concept development through implementation and ongoing operation. The core offering combines GPS surveying and mapping services (including the proprietary mapory tool) with visitor monitoring/management systems, market research, signage concepts, and comprehensive tourism destination consulting. Services are organized around key pillars: visitor monitoring, landscape architecture, market research, route development, quality management, and brand/communication services. The company primarily serves German-speaking destinations, municipalities, and regions developing cycling and active tourism infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Besuchermonitoring (Visitor Monitoring)
• Besuchermanagement (Visitor Management)
• Marktforschung (Market Research)
• GPS-Vermessung (GPS Surveying)
• Kartierung und GIS-Datenmanagement (Cartography & GIS Data Management)
• mapory
• Beschilderungskonzepte (Signage & Wayfinding Concepts)
• Landschaftsarchitektur (Landscape Architecture)
• Masterpläne (Master Planning)
• Erlebniskonzeption (Experience Design)
• Mountainbike-Tourismus Services
• Gravelbike-Tourismus Services
• Radverkehrskonzepte (Cycling Traffic Concepts)
• Radtourismus Beratung (Cycling Tourism Consulting)
• Strecken- und Routenentwicklung (Route Development)
• Qualitätsmanagement (Quality Management)
• Gestattung und Genehmigung (Permits & Approvals)
• Foto-Shootings & Videoproduktionen (Photography & Video Production)
• Moderation und Stakeholder-Prozesse (Facilitation & Stakeholder Processes)
• Kommunikation & Vermarktung (Communication & Marketing)

Quantifiable outcome

• 16.6 million Germans between 14 and 69 years mountain bike, with 9.4 million interested in MTB vacation tourism
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sächsisches Netzwerk für Mountainbike-Tourismus (SNMTB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaxon Network for Mountain Bike Tourism - a strategic partner network that absolutGPS collaborates with for mountain bike tourism development projects and market research in Saxony and broader German mountain bike tourism sector.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• dwif-Consulting GmbH: One of Germany's leading tourism research and consulting firms, producing economic impact studies, market research, and value-added analyses for tourism destinations. Closely comparable to absolutGPS in providing market research and economic studies to German tourism regions.
• Kohl & Partner: Austrian tourism consulting firm providing strategy, organizational development, and destination management services to DACH-region tourism clients. Comparable to absolutGPS as a specialist consulting firm serving the German-speaking tourism market.
• BTE Tourismus- und Regionalberatung: German tourism and regional consulting firm serving municipalities, regions, and tourism organizations with strategy, market research, and destination development. Directly competes with absolutGPS for the same public-sector destination consulting engagements.
• Project M GmbH: German consulting firm specializing in destination development, place branding, and tourism strategy for regions and cities. Directly comparable to absolutGPS in offering brand and communication services alongside strategic consulting for tourism destinations.
• mascontour GmbH: German tourism strategy and destination development consultancy serving regions, cities, and tourism organizations. Comparable to absolutGPS in providing market research, strategy, and concept development for active/nature tourism destinations.
• Tourismusberatung Unger: German tourism consulting firm focused on strategy, marketing, and organizational development for tourism destinations. Overlaps with absolutGPS in serving municipal and regional tourism clients across Germany.

Emerging players

• Komoot: European cycling and hiking route-planning platform with extensive crowdsourced trail data. An emerging player with adjacent technology and overlapping end-user audience (cycling/hiking tourists) but does not offer the destination consulting services that are absolutGPS's core offering.

Broad incumbents

• Outdooractive (Outdooractive AG): German-based outdoor and active tourism platform providing mapping, route planning, and destination content for cycling and hiking. A broader incumbent with overlapping mapping/routing technology but operates a B2C/B2B platform model rather than pure consulting like absolutGPS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/absolutgps

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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