Vermessungsbüro Rink

What Vermessungsbüro Rink does

Vermessungsbüro Rink is a German surveying firm operating under a dual legal structure (Vermessungsbüro Rink GbR headquartered in Göttingen and Vermessungsbüro Rink GmbH in Seulingen, Lower Saxony). It is a privately held, family-managed partnership offering four core service lines: official cadastral surveying (ÖbVI), engineering surveying for construction projects, UAV-based photogrammetry and 3D imaging, and BIM modeling. Cadastral work is delivered under the regulated KOVerm fee schedule in Lower Saxony, while engineering surveying is sold on a flexible, project-based basis nationwide. Customers are reached exclusively through direct sales channels — website contact form, phone, and email — with no intermediaries, and no named customer logos are publicly disclosed.

The firm's technology stack centers on high-precision field capture (Riegl Vux 1Ha 3D laser scanning, UAV photogrammetry) feeding downstream BIM deliverables and a proprietary AI platform called KIRIOLL. KIRIOLL is a co-developed system with Lang⟪ GmbH (Erlangen) and ioLabs AG (Zürich) that automates recognition and vectorization of structures within large-scale point clouds, with an explicit focus on highway digitization where it promises CAD/GIS-compatible outputs across thousands of kilometers of scanned roadway. The platform combines process automation, computer vision, and generative AI capabilities and represents the firm's primary bet on transitioning from pure professional services toward a more software-enabled, infrastructure-scale offering.

Customer segments span private property owners and landowners (cadastral), construction companies and civil engineering firms (engineering surveying), architects and planning engineers (Lageplan and permit documentation), and highway authorities and infrastructure operators (KIRIOLL highway digitization). Revenue is generated entirely through project-based professional services and regulated cadastral fees; there is no disclosed software licensing, SaaS, or subscription revenue stream, and no external funding, parent company, or M&A activity is recorded.

Name

Vermessungsbüro Rink

Legal name

Vermessungsbüro Rink GbR

Website

https://rink-vermessung.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vermessungsbüro Rink is a family-owned German surveying firm in Lower Saxony delivering cadastral, engineering, UAV, and BIM services, augmented by a co-developed AI platform (KIRIOLL) for automated point cloud processing and highway digitization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Göttingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cadastral Surveying Services: Official cadastral surveying services in Lower Saxony following fixed pricing under KOVerm (Kostenordnung für das amtliche Vermessungswesen). Includes official Lageplan, boundary determinations, property subdivision, and building measurements.
2. Engineering Surveying Services: Engineering surveying services for construction projects across Germany including site preparation, height surveys, staking, and monitoring measurements. Prices are flexible and project-based.
3. UAV Surveying and 3D Documentation: Drone-based aerial surveying services for terrain documentation, volumetric calculations, stockpile measurements, and infrastructure inspection.
4. BIM Modeling Services: 3D modeling and BIM services for building and infrastructure projects, including point cloud processing and digital twin creation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Vermessungsbüro Rink provides professional surveying services including cadastral surveying (ÖbVI), engineering surveying for construction projects, UAV-based drone aerial surveying with 3D laser scanning, and BIM 3D modeling from point cloud data. The firm also offers the KIRIOLL AI platform for automated point cloud processing and highway infrastructure digitization, jointly developed with Lang⟪ GmbH and ioLabs AG.

Product overview

Vermessungsbüro Rink provides a comprehensive suite of surveying services including cadastral surveying, engineering surveying, UAV/drone surveying with 3D imaging, and BIM modeling. The company has developed KIRIOLL, an AI platform for automated point cloud processing and infrastructure digitization. The main service offerings work together: UAV and terrestrial laser scanning collect raw 3D data, which is then processed through BIM modeling and KIRIOLL AI to generate detailed plans, models, and digital representations for construction planning and infrastructure management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KIRIOLL: AI system for automated analysis and processing of complex point clouds for infrastructure digitization, specifically for highways. Developed jointly with Lang⟪ GmbH and ioLabs AG.

Products and services

• Katastervermessung (Cadastral Surveying) Official cadastral surveying services performed under ÖbVI authority in Lower Saxony, including official site plans (Lageplan), land subdivision, boundary determination, and official building measurements as mandated by German law for property registration and land registry updates.
• Ingenieurvermessung (Engineering Surveying) Engineering surveying services for construction projects across Germany, including height surveys, topographic mapping, precise stakeout marking of buildings and structures on construction sites, and monitoring measurements.
• UAV-Befliegung und 3D-Aufnahmen (UAV Surveying and 3D Imaging) Drone-based aerial surveying service using photogrammetry drones for digital measurement of terrain surfaces, producing 2D/3D site plans, volume calculations, digital terrain models, and orthophoto generation for terrain documentation, stockpile measurements, and infrastructure inspection.
• BIM-Modellierung (BIM Modeling) Building Information Modeling service that converts point clouds from laser scanning and UAV surveys into detailed 3D BIM models, generating synchronized floor plans, elevations, sections with dimensions, and material lists for construction planning.
• KIRIOLL AI Platform AI platform co-developed with Lang⟪ GmbH and ioLabs AG for automated analysis and processing of complex point clouds. Recognizes structures, generates digital models, and produces CAD/GIS-compatible outputs for highway digitization and large-scale infrastructure projects.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Lang⟪ GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for joint development of KIRIOLL AI system. Lang⟪ GmbH from Erlangen contributes expertise in digital collaboration and process optimization from engineering and Lean Management perspectives. Contact: Diana Lang, [email protected]
• ioLabs AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for joint development of KIRIOLL AI system. ioLabs AG from Zürich contributes expertise in complex geometry, digital planning and production, BigData and IoT. Contact: Martin Loucka, [email protected]

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hexagon AB (Leica Geosystems): Hexagon AB owns Leica Geosystems, a dominant supplier of surveying instruments, GNSS, laser scanners and geospatial software. It is a broad incumbent that both competes with and supplies technology to firms like Rink, whose offerings depend on Hexagon/Leica-grade hardware and software ecosystems.
• Trimble Inc. Trimble provides advanced surveying instruments, field software, and BIM/construction technology used by surveying professionals. It is a broad incumbent in the surveying technology stack that both supplies Rink's competitors and increasingly offers bundled services overlapping with Rink's engineering surveying and BIM practice.
• Arcadis: Arcadis is a global design, engineering, and consulting firm with substantial surveying, BIM, and infrastructure-digitization capabilities. It is a broad incumbent comparable to Rink at the service-offering level, but operating at international scale across mobility, water, and built environment projects.
• WSP Global: WSP is a global professional services firm with surveying, BIM, and infrastructure asset-management offerings. Comparable as a large diversified incumbent that competes for the same German/European infrastructure and engineering surveying mandates that Rink's KIRIOLL platform targets.
• Fugro: Fugro is a Dutch global leader in geotechnical, surveying, and geospatial data services with extensive infrastructure and asset-management capabilities. It is a broad incumbent in the same professional surveying and infrastructure-digitization space, but operates at vastly greater scale and international reach than Vermessungsbüro Rink.

Others

• Esri: Esri is the dominant GIS software provider (ArcGIS), used by surveyors and infrastructure managers for spatial data management. Comparable as an enabling technology vendor whose platform Rink's deliverables integrate with rather than competes with.
• RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems: RIEGL is an Austrian manufacturer of high-precision LiDAR scanners, including the Riegl Vux 1Ha used by Vermessungsbüro Rink. It is not a direct competitor but an enabling technology supplier whose roadmap directly shapes Rink's capability and cost base.
• Autodesk: Autodesk provides the Revit BIM platform and other AEC software used by surveying firms delivering BIM outputs. Comparable as an enabling technology partner on which Rink's BIM modeling service offering depends.

Direct peers

• Cyclomedia: Cyclomedia specializes in systematic aerial and street-level mobile mapping, producing 3D visualizations and geospatial datasets used for asset management and infrastructure documentation. It is a direct peer in mobile-mapping-driven infrastructure digitization, overlapping most closely with Rink's UAV/LiDAR surveying and point-cloud-processing practice.
• GEO-METRIK Ingenieurgesellschaft: GEO-METRIK is a German engineering firm offering surveying, geoinformatics, and 3D laser scanning services. It is a direct regional peer to Vermessungsbüro Rink in the German engineering surveying and 3D-capture market, with similar service mix and customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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