What RenKap does

RenKap is a UK-based digital marketplace that connects property professionals with a pre-vetted network of surveyors across 13 site survey disciplines (archaeology, asbestos, ecology, flood risk, geotechnical, land contamination, legal/head of title, noise, topographical, tree, utility, UXO, and preliminary planning appraisal). Founded in 2020 and headquartered in London, the platform allows users to upload sites and receive a minimum of three comparable quotes from vetted surveyors within five working days, replacing what the company characterises as a 4-week manual procurement cycle. Its core technology stack includes an instant quote-matching engine, a proprietary Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) workflow authored by a RICS Fellow founder, automated digital risk register generation, and a progress dashboard for tracking RAMS approvals and site visits.

The company monetises through a three-tier subscription model — a free Starter tier, Premium at £6,000 per year, and Enterprise at £15,000 per year — supplemented by a 15% transaction fee on instructed surveys. Its primary customers are UK local authorities and housing associations, followed by architects and building consultancies, and SME property developers. Distribution combines a self-serve product-led motion (app.renkap.com) with enterprise sales, government procurement via the G-Cloud framework, and channel partnerships with Landmark Information Group (Managed Site Surveys) and LandTech (LandIntelligence Ecosystem). Reported customer outcomes include 90% resource time reduction, 99% tendering efficiency gains for the London Borough of Lewisham, and 11X ROI for AHR Architects over a nine-month period.

Operationally, RenKap is a small team of 1–10 employees and has no disclosed external equity funding to date, though it received a Geovation/MHCLG grant of approximately $134,000 in 2025. Its strategic positioning targets the UK government's stated objective of accelerating 1.5M new homes by unlocking small and brownfield sites, positioning site survey procurement — historically a fragmented and manual process — as a bottleneck worth digitising.

Name

RenKap

Legal name

RenKap

Website

https://renkap.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RenKap is a UK digital marketplace connecting property professionals with vetted surveyors across 13 site survey types, offering instant comparable quotes, risk registers, and progress tracking for local authorities, housing associations, architects, and developers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Property Technology (PropTech) — Site Survey Marketplace

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Title Search & Examination (BPAJAOAB)

Keywords

• Site survey marketplace
• Property due diligence
• Surveyor procurement platform
• Construction proptech
• Site investigation services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription: Annual subscription packages providing platform access with tiered benefits. Starter (Free), Premium (£6K/year), Enterprise (£15K/year). Subscriptions include sites per year, user seats, and feature access.
2. Platform Management Fee: 15% platform fee charged on any surveys instructed through the marketplace. Additional revenue from Letters of Reliance and other survey add-ons.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

RenKap operates a digital Site Survey Marketplace platform that connects UK property professionals with a pre-vetted network of surveyors across 13 survey types including archaeology, ecology, geotechnical, utility, topographical, asbestos, flood risk, and UXO. Users upload sites via the web platform, receive a minimum of three instant comparable quotes, manage supplier relationships, track survey progress and RAMS approvals, and access automated digital risk registers summarising findings and next-step recommendations. The platform is monetised through annual SaaS subscriptions (Starter/Free, Premium £6K, Enterprise £15K) and a 15% transaction fee on instructed surveys.

Product overview

RenKap operates a single unified digital platform called the Site Survey Marketplace. This platform connects property professionals (developers, architects, local authorities, housing associations) with a network of vetted surveyors across 13 survey types including archaeology, asbestos, ecology, flood risk, geotechnical, land contamination, legal head of title, noise, topographical, tree, utility, UXO surveys, and preliminary planning appraisal. The platform provides a streamlined workflow from quote requests through final report delivery, featuring instant quote generation, supplier vetting, progress tracking, and automated risk registers. Pricing includes subscription tiers (Starter/Free, Premium at £6K/year, Enterprise at £15K/year) plus a 15% platform fee on instructed surveys.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Site Survey Marketplace Platform A digital marketplace platform enabling UK property professionals (developers, architects, local authorities, housing associations) to upload sites, receive instant quotes from vetted surveyors, manage supplier relationships, track survey progress and RAMS approvals, and analyse survey reports via an automated digital risk register. The platform supports 13 distinct survey types under one contract and invoice.
• Utility Survey Procurement Procurement service for utility surveys (underground service detection and mapping) accessed via the RenKap marketplace, available to property developers, local authorities and architects as part of site due diligence.
• Topographical Survey Procurement Procurement of topographical (topo) surveys for property development sites via the RenKap marketplace, providing landform and feature mapping for planning and design.
• Geotechnical Survey Procurement
• Ecology Survey Procurement
• Tree Survey Procurement
• Flood Risk Assessment Procurement
• Land Contamination Survey Procurement
• Asbestos Survey Procurement
• Archaeology Survey Procurement
• Legal Head of Title Procurement
• Preliminary Planning Appraisal Procurement
• Residential Noise Survey Procurement
• UXO Survey Procurement

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces survey management time by 90% (from 4 weeks to under 1 hour per site)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LandTechcoreTechnology or Integration · 7 November 2025RenKap joined LandTech's LandIntelligence Ecosystem, enabling LandTech users to commission and manage site surveys directly via the Reports tab. The integration bridges site sourcing/analysis with technical due diligence and site de-risking. Users receive instant quotes from vetted surveyors, instruct multiple surveys under one contract, and access digital risk registers. Partnership delivers 99% resource reduction in managing surveys.
• BlocktypeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025RenKap won Geovation PropTech Innovation Challenge for Small Site Accelerator partnership with Blocktype. This solution helps unlock housing potential on small development sites.
• Landmark Information GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 July 2025RenKap partnered with Landmark Information Group, the UK's leading provider of land and property data. Landmark launched Managed Site Surveys powered by RenKap, giving property professionals end-to-end solution for sourcing, commissioning, and coordinating large volumes of surveys. The partnership delivers competitive quote comparisons, streamlined compliance, and reduced admin burden. Service has achieved over 90% repeat business.
• TerraQuestminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRenKap participated in a private roundtable at Housing 2025 hosted by TerraQuest and UK PropTech Association. Discussion focused on overcoming planning delays and accelerating delivery of 1.5M homes. TerraQuest CRO Daniel Williams chaired the session.
• UK PropTech AssociationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRenKap participated in UK PropTech Association-hosted roundtable at Housing 2025. Association President Sammy Pahal shared insights from the Opportunity for PropTech report. Partnership focuses on industry collaboration to accelerate housing delivery through technology.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Zillow: US real-estate marketplace and data platform. Far larger and consumer-facing rather than B2B survey procurement, but illustrative of the marketplace/data business model that established PropTech players can extend into adjacent vertical workflows like site surveys.
• Procore: Global construction management platform covering project management, bidding, and field operations. Operates far upstream of RenKap but represents the broader workflow layer that larger surveying/procurement PropTech players could expand from, and a potential long-term competitor or acquirer.
• CoStar Group: Dominant commercial real-estate data, analytics, and marketplace platform. Far broader in scope than RenKap but represents the type of scaled data-and-marketplace incumbent that could, with sufficient vertical depth, encroach on UK development due-diligence workflows.

Others

• Arcadis: Global design, engineering, and consultancy firm where RenKap's founder previously procured £200M+ schemes. Not a direct marketplace peer but represents the type of large incumbent consultancy whose clients are RenKap's buyers and whose internal procurement teams could compete with or adopt RenKap's platform.
• SearchFlow: UK conveyancing search provider and Landmark subsidiary offering property searches and due-diligence reports. Adjacent service provider rather than direct marketplace competitor, but sits in the same local-authority and developer due-diligence stack.

Direct peers

• TerraQuest: UK land and property data, searches, and site-investigation services provider. Active GTM partner through UK PropTech Association roundtables and shares local-authority and developer customers in the same due-diligence workflow.
• Landmark Information Group: UK's leading provider of land and property data and searches. Resells RenKap's service via its Managed Site Surveys product (90% repeat business) — the closest commercial partner and the most likely potential acquirer or competitor given its scale and ownership of LandTech.
• LandTech: UK PropTech platform providing site sourcing, analysis, and now reporting tools for property developers. Acquired by Landmark Information Group and integrated with RenKap via the LandIntelligence ecosystem; competes in the same UK property-development workflow and shares enterprise customers.

Emerging players

• PlanRadar: SaaS platform for construction and real-estate defect management, site documentation, and task tracking. Adjacent workflow layer serving similar property professionals with mobile-first collaboration tooling; could expand into survey procurement over time.
• Building Radar: AI-driven construction lead-generation platform identifying new-build and refurbishment projects early. Comparable PropTech business model targeting property developers, with an early-funnel position upstream of where RenKap's due-diligence marketplace activates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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