BIOPLAN Gesellschaft

What BIOPLAN Gesellschaft does

BIOPLAN Gesellschaft für Landschaftsökologie und Umweltplanung is a Heidelberg-headquartered landscape ecology and environmental planning consultancy founded in 1991 by Dipl.-Ing. Bärbel Schlosser. The firm delivers professional services across two core practice areas: landscape planning (Landschaftsplanung) covering landscape plans, green space plans, environmental reports, impact-compensation balance assessments, environmental impact studies, water body renaturation, Ökokonto/compensation-area concepts, biotope connectivity planning, and execution/implementation planning; and species protection (Artenschutz) covering habitat potential analyses, special species protection assessments under BNatSchG §44, species protection action concepts (CEF measures), FFH/Natura 2000 compatibility assessments, avifauna expert reports for wind energy projects, ecological construction supervision, and multi-year monitoring. Service delivery rests on an interdisciplinary in-house team spanning landscape planning, biology, geography, environmental sciences, and forestry, supplemented by a referral partnership with BIOPLAN-Ingenieurgesellschaft for water-engineering scopes.

The firm's customers are German municipalities and public administrations (Gemeinden, Landratsämter, Regierungspräsidien), private development companies and infrastructure operators (e.g., BASF, Oehlbach Wohnbau), and other planning offices requiring specialist ecological subcontract support. Engagements are project-based, scope-defined, and procured through public tenders, direct outreach, and referrals — there is no subscription or recurring retainer component, and no publicly disclosed pricing. The go-to-market is sales-led direct B2B, with the company website (bioplan-landschaft.de) serving as the primary digital touchpoint and project references acting as the principal demand-generation asset. Geographic scope spans Baden-Württemberg, Südhessen, and Rheinland-Pfalz, anchored in the Rhine-Neckar and northern Black Forest catchment.

The company is privately held with no external investment or institutional shareholders. Ownership transitioned fully in 2025 from founder Bärbel Schlosser to long-time co-owner Corinna Dossinger, who now serves as sole proprietor (Inhaberin). Day-to-day operations are led by Dipl.-Ing. Corinna Dossinger and a species-protection team leader (Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Singer), supported by approximately 17 named professionals across the firm.

Name

BIOPLAN Gesellschaft

Legal name

BIOPLAN Gesellschaft für Landschaftsökologie und Umweltplanung

Website

https://bioplan-landschaft.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BIOPLAN is a Heidelberg-based landscape ecology and species-protection consultancy serving German municipalities, developers, and planning offices with environmental assessments, Natura 2000 compliance, and ecological construction supervision across Baden-Württemberg, Südhessen, and Rheinland-Pfalz.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Heidelberg

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: BIOPLAN generates revenue through professional consulting services in landscape planning, nature conservation, and environmental assessments. Projects are delivered on a per-engagement basis, including landscape plans, environmental reports, species protection studies, construction supervision, and ecological monitoring. Revenue is project-based with no recurring subscription component.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

BIOPLAN is a professional environmental planning consultancy that delivers landscape planning, environmental impact studies, and species protection assessments for municipalities, developers, and planning offices. The firm conducts ecological field surveys, prepares landscape and green space plans, performs Natura 2000 and FFH compatibility assessments, manages ecological compensation accounts (Ökokonto), and provides ecological construction supervision and monitoring across southern Germany.

Product overview

BIOPLAN Gesellschaft für Landschaftsökologie und Umweltplanung is a professional environmental planning and species protection consulting firm based in Heidelberg, Germany, founded in 1991. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of landscape planning, environmental assessment, and species protection services, operating across Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, and southern Hesse. Their core offerings include landscape plans, green space plans, environmental impact studies, and habitat/species protection assessments. They serve municipalities, developers, and planning offices, providing both planning documents and execution supervision for ecological measures. The company also maintains an ecological offset account for municipalities and conducts construction site ecological supervision.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landschaftspläne (Landscape Plans) Legally required elements of preparatory land-use planning that ensure nature conservation and landscape ecological concerns are adequately considered in municipal land-use planning.
• Grünordnungspläne (Green Space Plans) Green planning contribution to development plans specifying requirements from the landscape plan, typically including impact-compensation assessments for building projects.
• Umweltberichte (Environmental Reports) Documents describing and evaluating the results of environmental review per the Building Code, explaining impacts of land-use plans on the environment and ecological objectives.
• Landschaftspflegerische Begleitpläne (Landscape Management Accompanying Plans) Plans that minimize construction-related impacts on nature and define compensation measures for projects such as road planning, flood retention basins, or mining operations.
• Eingriffs-Ausgleichs-Bilanzierungen (Impact-Compensation Balance Assessments) Assessments for both building law and nature conservation law compliance, using methods such as the ecological account procedure or biotope value procedure to create viable overall solutions with intelligently planned compensation measures.
• Umweltverträglichkeitsstudien (Environmental Impact Studies) Comprehensive studies analyzing and evaluating potential environmental impacts of projects, including variant comparisons, required to determine project permissibility.
• Gewässerentwicklung und Renaturierung (Water Body Development and Renaturation) Water development plans and natural stream redesign/renaturation services, including execution planning and construction supervision for communities.
• Ökokonto und Ausgleichsflächenkonzepte (Ecological Account and Compensation Area Concepts) Services supporting municipalities in establishing and maintaining ecological offset accounts or creating compensation area concepts to bundle funds for targeted high-quality protection projects.
• Biotopverbundplanung (Biotope Connectivity Planning) Planning and conception services to strengthen biotope connectivity at the municipal level, supporting the goal of developing 15% of open land area as biotope connectivity areas by 2030.
• Voruntersuchungen / Habitatpotenzialanalysen (Preliminary Investigations / Habitat Potential Analyses) Site assessments evaluating the current habitat inventory of planning areas and estimating which species may be present and affected by planned projects.
• Spezielle artenschutzrechtliche Prüfungen (Special Species Protection Assessments) Multiple-visit surveys checking whether project activities could harm protected species and trigger species protection prohibitions under BNatSchG §44.
• FFH-Verträglichkeitsprüfungen (FFH Compatibility Assessments) Natura 2000 compatibility checks including preliminary screenings and detailed assessments to ensure projects do not impair the conservation objectives of European protected areas.
• Avifaunistische Fachgutachten (Avifauna Expert Reports for Wind Energy Projects) Avifauna surveys and expert reports for the construction or repowering of wind turbines, assessing conflicts with species protection concerns.
• Ökologische Baubegleitung (Ecological Construction Supervision) Construction site supervision ensuring ecologically proper project execution including guidance for construction firms, animal/plant rescue and relocation, occupancy freedom checks, installation of nest aids, and monitoring of compensation measure effectiveness.
• Monitorings (Ecological Monitoring) Ongoing assessment and evaluation of nature and landscape conditions, including multi-year monitoring of compensation measures as required by conservation authorities, particularly for CEF measures.
• Umsetzung und Ausführungsplanung (Implementation and Execution Planning) Detail planning and construction supervision for the implementation of nature and species protection measures, including preparation of tender documents.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successful project delivery ensuring legal compliance with nature conservation regulations while enabling development projects to proceed

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BIOPLAN-IngenieurgesellschaftminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent engineering partner that supports BIOPLAN on water engineering aspects when needed for water development and renaturalization projects. BIOPLAN serves as the lead planning firm with the engineering partner providing complementary technical capabilities for project execution.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ÖKON GmbH: Boutique German landscape ecology consultancy offering species protection assessments, landscape plans, and Natura 2000 work for municipalities and developers. Highly comparable niche positioning and service mix to Bioplan.
• KORTECO GmbH: German environmental consultancy focused on ecological construction supervision, species protection, and monitoring work for infrastructure and development projects. Highly comparable execution-stage services to Bioplan's ökologische Baubegleitung offering.
• Bosch & Partner GmbH: German environmental planning and landscape ecology consultancy offering landscape management plans, FFH/Natura 2000 assessments, and ecological construction supervision — a near-identical service stack to Bioplan's, primarily serving public-sector and development clients across multiple German regions.
• ifuplan – Institut für Umweltplanung: German environmental planning institute delivering landscape planning, species protection, and GIS-based ecological analyses for municipalities and infrastructure projects. Comparable methodology and client mix to Bioplan.
• Planungsgruppe Ökologie: Specialized German ecological planning consultancy delivering species protection assessments, biotope connectivity planning, and environmental impact studies. Directly comparable niche focus and municipal client base, though typically broader geographic coverage than Bioplan.
• Froelich & Sporbeck GmbH & Co. KG: Well-established German environmental planning consultancy delivering landscape plans, environmental impact assessments, and species protection studies to municipalities and developers. Closely comparable service portfolio and customer base to Bioplan, though typically operating at larger scale and across more German states.
• Spath & Nagel: German landscape and environmental planning office delivering landscape plans, environmental reports, and species protection services to public and private clients. Directly comparable offerings and similar boutique scale to Bioplan.
• biota – Institut für ökologische Forschung und Planung GmbH: German ecological research and planning institute delivering biotope mapping, species surveys, FFH management plans, and environmental impact studies. Closely comparable scientific depth and species-protection specialism to Bioplan, with a footprint across northern and eastern Germany.

Broad incumbents

• Arcadis Germany: Large global design, engineering, and environmental consulting firm with a German practice offering environmental impact assessments, permitting, and sustainability advisory. Overlaps with Bioplan's mandate types but at much larger scale and as part of an integrated engineering portfolio rather than as a niche specialist.
• Ramboll Germany: International engineering and environmental consultancy with German offices delivering environmental assessments, biodiversity services, and nature-based solutions. Comparable technical scope but operating as part of a much broader global services platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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