Creaplant

What Creaplant does

Creaplant AG is a Swiss specialty services firm that designs, installs, and maintains indoor greening systems for workplaces, retail, hospitality, healthcare, and public-sector clients. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Gerlafingen, the company operates regional sales and maintenance offices in Zürich, Basel, and Luzern, serving customers exclusively within German-speaking Switzerland. Its portfolio spans vertical plant walls (Pflanzenwand), the Swiss-developed Pendularis hanging plant system, indoor trees up to 8 meters, moss walls and pictures, modular Creaplant Select containers, and room dividers — supported by integrated LED grow lighting (Plantlight Included) for spaces without natural daylight and automatic irrigation systems.

The business operates a hybrid one-time-sale plus recurring-services model. Customers can purchase plant concepts outright, lease them, or rent them under a Büropflanzen-Miete (plant rental) contract. All paths typically attach to the Rundum Services All-inclusive or Teilservice maintenance packages, billed annually at fixed prices, which provide watering, plant care, technical maintenance, monitoring, and a long-term plant/green guarantee — making recurring maintenance the primary ongoing revenue driver. Pricing is consultative and quote-based, with no public rate card; sales are conducted through regional field teams and architect/interior-designer specification partners (e.g., Perkins + Will, Herzog & de Meuron, Beyond Space).

Creaplant's go-to-market targets enterprise and SME office buyers (KMU), architects, and select public-sector institutions. Distribution is direct and project-based — no e-commerce — with reference showcases (Roche Bau 2 with a 128 m² Patrick Blanc vertical garden, Holcim Zug's Green Lane, Deloitte Prime 2, Flughafen Zürich, Mövenpick Basel, Givaudan, Google, Dfinity) used as primary demand-generation assets. The company is privately held, owner-operated by Geschäftsführer Michel Aebi, with ~30 staff and no disclosed external funding.

Name

Creaplant

Legal name

Creaplant AG

Website

https://creaplant.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Creaplant AG is a Swiss indoor greening specialist that designs, installs, and maintains plant walls, hanging plant systems, indoor trees, and moss walls for enterprise offices, architects, and public-sector clients across German-speaking Switzerland, with recurring All-inclusive maintenance as its primary revenue driver.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Interior Landscaping Services

NAICS

Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing (3372)

SIC

Partitions, Shelvg, Lockers, & Office & Store Fixtures (2540)

akta.pro primary industry

Container Gardening Design, Planting & Maintenance (HSAIAFAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Indoor Plants, Faux Florals & Botanical Décor Retail (CRAIACAG), Landscape Maintenance Plans & Post-Installation Care (Establishment Services) (HSAIABAL)

Keywords

• Indoor greening services
• Vertical garden systems
• Biophilic workplace design
• Plant maintenance services
• Indoor landscaping

Headquarters

HQ city

Gerlafingen

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Plant Maintenance Services (All-inclusive/Rundum Service): Recurring maintenance contracts with All-inclusive or Teilservice options, billed annually at fixed prices. Includes long-term plant guarantee, watering, plant care, and technical maintenance. These are the primary ongoing revenue driver.
2. Büropflanzen-Miete (Plant Rental All-inclusive): Full-service plant rental with flexible minimum contract durations. Customers rent plant concepts instead of purchasing. Includes complete care service and green guarantee. Supports customers' ecological programs through use of circular containers and long-lasting plants.
3. Plant and Greening System Sales: One-time sale of plant concepts, custom-designed plant containers (Creaplant Select, Eternit/Swisspearl, Atelier Vierkant, SQUARELY), vertical garden panels, and installation services. Creaplant Select containers are available for purchase with custom color and finish options.
4. Leasing of Plant Concepts: Leasing option for plant concepts, complementing purchase and rental options, providing customers with flexibility in how they finance their indoor greening solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Creaplant designs, installs, and maintains indoor plant systems and biophilic environments for workspaces and public spaces. The company offers plant walls, hanging plant systems, moss walls, indoor trees, plant containers, indoor gardens, room dividers, plant shelves, and integrated grow lighting—available through purchase, leasing, or rental with all-inclusive annual maintenance packages. Its proprietary Creaplant Select modular container system and Pendularis hanging system are key differentiating offerings.

Product overview

Creaplant is an indoor greening company offering a comprehensive portfolio of products and services for workplace and public space greening. The core product portfolio includes plant walls (Pflanzenwand), hanging plant systems (featuring the Swiss-made Pendularis system), moss pictures and walls, indoor trees, plant containers, indoor gardens, plant room dividers, and plant shelves. The portfolio includes two key proprietary systems: Creaplant Select, a modular greening system made from 100% recycled polystyrene with high circularity credentials, and Plantlight Included, integrated LED lighting solutions for spaces without natural daylight. All products are supported by Rundum Services offering consultation, installation, and maintenance with options for purchase, rental, or leasing. The company also applies a Biophilic Workplace Concept philosophy to design green environments that promote employee well-being and productivity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Creaplant Select: A modular greening system designed for perfect integration into architecture, featuring plant containers that can be configured in color, form, and surface finish.

Quantifiable outcome

• Plants increase concentration, creativity, and productivity according to scientific research cited by ZHAW Biophilia Living Lab
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers27 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• AiricaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreaplant partnered with Airica to offer real-time indoor air quality monitoring combined with AI analysis. Creaplant plants complement Airica's air quality sensors, providing customers with holistic indoor environment optimization solutions.
• ZHAW Institut für Facility ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership with ZHAW Workplace Management group to study plant effects on students. Creaplant co-designed and installed the Biophilia Living Lab research environment at ZHAW Wädenswil with 860 plants in a 20 m² vertical wall. ZHAW conducts scientific research while Creaplant contributes practical expertise and benefits from research insights.
• Hochschule Luzern (HSLU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreaplant served as a practice partner in the HSLU 'Cool Down' research project investigating how multisensory stimuli (including plants) can reduce perceived heat stress in buildings without air conditioning. Research results are publicly accessible as a toolbox on the HSLU website.
• Patrick BlanccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench botanist and artist Patrick Blanc designed the living artwork for Roche Bau 2. Creaplant planned and installed the 128 m² vertical garden with 4,000 plants in 99 tropical species and continues to maintain it. This collaboration positions Creaplant as capable of executing the most demanding vertical garden projects.
• Beyond Space (Fritschi Beis)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBeyond Space was the interior architecture firm for the Holcim Zug 'The Green Lane' project. Creaplant worked alongside Beyond Space and MOSS Amsterdam (green planning) to deliver the project. This is a flagship project demonstrating Creaplant's ability to execute large-scale, architecturally integrated greening.
• MOSS AmsterdamminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGreen planning partner for the Holcim Zug 'The Green Lane' project. Collaborated with Beyond Space and Creaplant on the vegetation concept.
• Perkins + Will (London)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPerkins + Will (London) designed the seven-floor Deloitte Prime 2 office building, specifying Creaplant Select for all plant containers matched to each floor's unique color palette. This collaboration showcases Creaplant's ability to serve as a product and installation partner for top-tier international architecture firms.
• Herzog & De MeuroncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWorld-renowned architecture firm that designed Roche Bau 2 in collaboration with Patrick Blanc. Creaplant was selected as the installation and maintenance partner for the vertical garden.
• RochecoreOthersRoche commissioned Creaplant to install and maintain the 128 m² Patrick Blanc vertical garden at Roche Bau 2, the tallest building in Switzerland at 205 meters.
• Eternit (Schweiz) AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationEternit (Schweiz) AG collaborated with Creaplant to develop a new large-format container of the Delta line (100 cm diameter) for the ZHAW Winterthur project. Eternit subsequently added this new Delta product to its commercial range. Creaplant also uses Eternit plant containers (Swisspearl) across its projects.
• Raumschneiderei (Olten)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInterior architecture firm that orchestrated the green facade at Flughafen Zürich AG's new Homebase in Haus 12 of the Circles, using 600 Eternit containers designed by Creaplant.
• Pendularis AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationPendularis AG is the manufacturer and distributor of the Pendularis hanging plant system, which was developed at ZHAW IUNR. Creaplant is a key user and promoter of Pendularis, which has been produced in Switzerland since its market launch in 2015.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ambius: Ambius is the largest global commercial interior landscaping and plant rental business (part of Rentokil Initial), offering design, installation, and maintenance of indoor plants for offices and hospitality — directly comparable to Creaplant's enterprise indoor greening model.
• Planteria: Planteria is a UK-based indoor plant rental and maintenance company serving corporate offices, hotels, and retail — a near-identical business model to Creaplant's subscription-based Büropflanzen-Miete and All-inclusive maintenance offerings.
• Green Fortune: Green Fortune is a Dutch indoor and outdoor greening specialist serving European corporate clients with living walls, moss walls, and plant maintenance — a direct regional competitor to Creaplant's biophilic interior offering.
• Atelier Vierkant: Atelier Vierkant is a Belgian handmade ceramic plant container manufacturer whose pots are used in Creaplant's Mövenpick Basel and other projects; they overlap with Creaplant on the high-end designer container side of indoor greening.
• MOSS Amsterdam: MOSS Amsterdam is a Dutch specialist in preserved moss walls, vertical gardens, and indoor green installations; they are already a documented project partner of Creaplant on the Holcim Zug 'Green Lane' and compete in the same European vertical greening niche.

Others

• USM Modular Furniture: USM is a Swiss modular furniture manufacturer whose USM plant worlds / shelving are integrated with Creaplant plant installations — an adjacent ecosystem partner rather than a competitor, supplying a hardware platform that Creaplant plants onto.
• Terrapin Bright Green: Terrapin Bright Green is a US biophilic design consulting and research firm producing the influential '14 Patterns of Biophilic Design' framework that underpins much of the corporate biophilic workplace narrative Creaplant sells into; they are an adjacent thought-leader and consulting peer rather than an installer.
• Swisspearl (formerly Eternit Schweiz): Swisspearl is the Swiss fiber cement building products company that supplies Eternit plant containers used by Creaplant across multiple projects (Flughafen Zürich, ZHAW); they are a documented co-development partner on the Delta line and an ecosystem enabler rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Rentokil Initial: Rentokil Initial is the UK-listed parent of Ambius and operates facility services across pest control, hygiene, and indoor landscaping globally — competing with Creaplant at the enterprise procurement level through its Ambius subsidiary.
• Sodexo: Sodexo is a global facilities management and workplace services provider whose portfolio includes biophilic and indoor plant services for enterprise occupiers — a broader incumbent offering overlapping capability as part of integrated workplace contracts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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