JATCO

What JATCO does

Al Jehat Company (JATCO) is a privately held, multi-disciplinary services firm founded in 1975 and headquartered in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, operating across three integrated business lines: Workforce Solutions, Geospatial Surveying, and Geomatics Technology (authorized equipment sales). The Workforce Solutions line supplies qualified engineers, technicians, teachers, trainers, computer consultants, and communication experts on short- and long-term secondment to clients in the oil, gas, petrochemical, commercial, and financial sectors of the Middle East, drawing on a worldwide network of affiliates and agents in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Philippines, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The Geospatial Surveying line deploys 45 survey teams across Saudi Arabia to deliver topographic mapping, land and engineering surveys, hydrographic and bathymetric surveys, GPR and pipeline surveys, GPS/GIS surveys, mobile mapping, and digital data conversion for infrastructure, marine, and energy projects.

JATCO's underlying technology is anchored in mainstream geospatial instrumentation from third-party vendors — Trimble, Nikon, Spectra, DIGI (since 2002 via the Geotronics/Spectra/Zeiss lineage dating to 1985), Microdrones EasyOne LiDAR drone systems (since 2025), and Impulss Radar GPR (since 2025). The firm combines these tools with an internal logistics capability (fleet, mobile offices, accommodation) to execute projects in remote locations, and its subsidiary Tariq Al Amoudi Surveying Office (TASO) provides officially certified survey work under the same ownership. No proprietary AI, ML, or software platform is described in the source material; competitive differentiation rests on scale, vendor partnerships, and credentialed personnel rather than in-house technology development.

JATCO's go-to-market is enterprise field sales driven by a formal Request For Proposal process targeting major Saudi clients — Saudi Aramco (Pre-Commissioning, General Surveying, Engineering Services), Saudi Electricity Co., SATORP, SADARA, and YASREF — with services contracted on long-term manpower agreements and project-based engagements. Revenue is generated through professional services fees and authorized hardware sales; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The firm operates with 101-250 employees supporting 45 active survey teams plus logistics and office staff, positioning itself as one of the largest and most technologically advanced survey and mapping organizations in the Middle East, with no venture capital, private equity, or public listing disclosed.

Name

JATCO

Legal name

Al Jehat Company

Website

https://jatco.com.sa

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Al Jehat Company (JATCO), founded 1975 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, provides workforce solutions, geospatial surveying, and authorized Trimble, Microdrones, and Impulss Radar equipment sales, serving Saudi Aramco, Saudi Electricity Co., and major petrochemical JVs with 45 survey teams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Surveying and Mapping Services

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Location Intelligence, Analytics & Geospatial BI (BPAMANAE)

Keywords

• Land surveying services
• Hydrographic survey
• Geospatial mapping
• Workforce solutions
• Geomatics equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

DAMMAM, Eastern Province

HQ country

Saudi Arabia

HQ region

Middle East

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. Workforce/Manpower Solutions: Supply of highly qualified technical and professional staff to Middle East clients. Individual consultants or project teams available for short- and long-term secondment. Services include Engineers, Teachers and Trainers, Computer Consultants and Communication Experts.
2. Survey and Mapping Services: Topographic Mapping, GPR Survey, Pipeline Survey, Route Survey, GPS Survey, Digital Data Conversion, Bathymetric Survey, Geographic Information Systems, Mobile Mapping Survey, and Scanning Survey services.
3. Survey Equipment Sales and Support: Authorized agent sales of Trimble, Nikon, Spectra, DIGI surveying and construction equipment. Includes sales and support services for GIS and GPS systems.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

JATCO (Al Jehat Company) is a Saudi Arabian firm that delivers professional surveying services (topographic, GPR, pipeline, route, GPS, bathymetric, mobile mapping and digital data conversion), supplies qualified technical and professional staff to energy and industrial clients, and serves as an authorized agent in Saudi Arabia for Trimble, Nikon, Spectra, DIGI, Microdrones, and Impulss Radar surveying equipment. The company operates 45 survey teams plus logistic and office support staff across Saudi Arabia.

Product overview

JATCO operates as a multi-disciplinary service provider offering three core service lines: Workforce Solutions (supplying technical and professional staff to oil, gas, petrochemical, and commercial sectors), Geospatial Surveying (providing land, engineering, and hydrographic surveys including topographic mapping, GPR, pipeline survey, route survey, GPS survey, digital data conversion, bathymetric survey, GIS, mobile mapping, and scanning survey), and Geomatics Technology (as an authorized agent for Trimble surveying equipment, including Microdrones EasyOne drone systems with LiDAR technology and Impulss Radar GPR solutions). The company serves Saudi Arabia's leading industries with 45 survey teams plus support staff.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers5 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

Feature7 records

Partnerships

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

• MicrodronesflagshipTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025In 2025, JATCO became an authorized agent for Microdrones (Drone), offering the best solutions in aerial surveying using LiDAR technology. The EasyOne systems feature 4th generation drone technology with compact design, lighter weight, enhanced performance, improved safety, and unprecedented operational efficiency.
• Impulss RadarcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025In 2025, JATCO became an authorized agent for Impulss Radar (GPR), a company focused on bringing the latest Ground Penetrating Radar technologies to the market in a robust and user-friendly manner. JATCO's team has played a major role in introducing innovative GPR solutions that have resulted in paradigm shifts in non-destructive technology applications.
• TrimblecoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2002Al-Jehat Company became the authorized agent for Trimble in 2002 when Trimble acquired Geotronics. The company had been appointed as agent for Geotronics in 1985 and gained 32 years of experience in sales and support for Geotronics, Spectra, and Zeiss surveying equipment. JATCO represents Trimble and Nikon surveying equipment, Spectra, and DIGI construction equipment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Tariq Al Amoudi Surveying Office (TASO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTASO is a Saudi Licensed Survey Company under the same ownership as Al Jehat Company. TASO is assigned to survey projects which require official certification, providing certified survey services under the JATCO umbrella.
• Global Affiliate NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJATCO maintains a worldwide network of affiliates and agents in USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Philippines, India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka enabling access to a large databank of qualified and experienced consultants and technicians for workforce solutions.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SGS SA: SGS is a global testing, inspection and certification (TIC) firm that offers survey-adjacent inspection and verification services to oil & gas and infrastructure clients, including in KSA. It serves many of the same enterprise customers as JATCO (e.g., Saudi Aramco) and competes for adjacent scopes on large energy projects.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with extensive surveying, geospatial and engineering capabilities serving public and energy-sector clients. It competes for large Saudi giga-project surveying and engineering mandates alongside JATCO, but as a much broader portfolio offering.
• Worley Limited: Worley is a global energy-sector engineering and project services firm with deep Saudi Aramco relationships. It competes for large-scale engineering, survey and manpower mandates in KSA and offers overlapping capability to JATCO's workforce-solutions and survey services.
• Khatib & Alami: Khatib & Alami is a major Middle East engineering consultancy offering planning, design, surveying and project management services. It is comparable to JATCO in serving regional infrastructure and energy clients, though with a wider consulting footprint.
• Jacobs Solutions Inc. Jacobs is a global professional services firm delivering engineering, technical, scientific, and geospatial consulting to critical-infrastructure and energy clients. It is a broad incumbent competing with JATCO on enterprise survey/engineering scopes in Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East.
• Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners): Dar Al-Handasah is a leading Pan-Arab engineering and design consultancy with strong presence across the Gulf. It competes with JATCO for large infrastructure surveying and engineering scopes under a much broader multi-disciplinary offering.

Direct peers

• Al-Bawardi Contracting & Trading Co. Al-Bawardi is a Saudi surveying and engineering firm providing topographic, hydrographic, and construction-survey services across the Kingdom. It competes directly with JATCO for Saudi Aramco and infrastructure-project survey RFPs in the Dammam/Eastern Province region.
• Fugro N.V. Fugro is a global leader in geo-data and site characterization, offering survey, geotechnical, and asset integrity services to the oil & gas, infrastructure, and renewables sectors. It is the closest global equivalent to JATCO's land, hydrographic and pipeline surveying operations in the Middle East market.

Others

• Topcon Positioning Group: Topcon is a global manufacturer of precision GNSS, optical and drone-survey equipment — a direct rival to JATCO's Trimble and Microdrones product lines for survey customers in the Kingdom. It does not compete in services but shapes JATCO's equipment-distribution economics.
• Hexagon AB (Leica Geosystems): Hexagon owns Leica Geosystems, a global surveying-instruments and geospatial-solutions manufacturer that competes directly with JATCO's authorized-distributor portfolio (Trimble, Nikon). It is adjacent peer, providing both hardware and software that JATCO's customers may also procure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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