Stadt- und Verkehrsplanungsbüro Kaulen (SVK)

What Stadt- und Verkehrsplanungsbüro Kaulen (SVK) does

Stadt- und Verkehrsplanungsbüro Kaulen (SVK) is an independent, owner-managed urban and transportation planning consultancy headquartered in Aachen, Germany, with a regional office in Munich established in 2004. Founded on July 1, 1990 by Dr. Ralf Kaulen as a sole proprietorship (Einzelunternehmen), SVK has completed more than 600 implementation and research projects across Germany and neighboring countries (Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland). The firm operates with approximately 20 interdisciplinary staff spanning civil engineering, mobility planning, urban planning, and architectural drafting, supported by office management and project assistance roles.

SVK's service portfolio centers on sustainable mobility and integrated urban planning, structured around four pillars: Stadtplanung (urban planning including development plans and climate protection concepts), Verkehrsplanung (traffic planning encompassing cycling, pedestrian, public transport, electromobility, and street space design), Tourismus (tourism mobility concepts and signage networks), and Kommunikation (participatory planning, congress organization, and professional excursions). Core technical offerings include Radverkehrskonzepte (bicycle traffic concepts covering network planning, fast cycling routes, bike signage, parking, and bike-share systems), Fußverkehrskonzepte (pedestrian concepts), Gesamtmobilitetskonzepte (integrated mobility concepts), Elektromobilitaetskonzepte (developed jointly with Claudia Brasse Consulting), and Verkehrsforschung (traffic research and counting). The firm has delivered marquee projects including the feasibility study for the first cycling superhighway in Upper Bavaria with Planungsverband München, the Radverkehrskonzept Rheinisches Revier for BMVI, and unanimously approved Masterplan Radverkehr Reutlingen.

SVK generates revenue exclusively through professional consulting fees paid by German public-sector clients, engaged via direct commission and public tenders. Customer segments are municipalities and cities (primary), federal and state ministries (BMVI, NRW), traffic and cycling associations (ADFC, AGFS), and tourism organizations. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales built on direct government engagement, reinforced by continuous thought-leadership channels including DIfU seminars, ADAC expert series, the Nationaler Radverkehrskongress, technical excursions, research publications (HBR NRW guidelines, Infobrief RVN NRW), and WDR media appearances. No external funding, parent company, or subsidiaries exist; SVK remains a 100% owner-operated sole proprietorship with no public revenue disclosure.

Name

Stadt- und Verkehrsplanungsbüro Kaulen (SVK)

Legal name

Stadt- und Verkehrsplanungsbüro Kaulen

Website

https://svk-kaulen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SVK is an independent German urban and transportation planning consultancy founded in 1990 by Dr. Ralf Kaulen, delivering sustainable mobility concepts, cycling infrastructure, and integrated urban planning to municipalities, federal and state ministries, and tourism organizations across Germany and neighboring countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban and Transportation Planning Consulting

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Transportation & Infrastructure Planning (BPAHAKAF)

Keywords

• Urban mobility planning
• Sustainable transportation consulting
• Cycling infrastructure planning
• Pedestrian network planning
• Public transport concepts

Headquarters

HQ city

Aachen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: SVK generates revenue through consulting fees for urban planning, mobility concept development, and transportation infrastructure planning services provided to government clients, municipalities, and public institutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SVK is an independent urban and transportation planning consultancy that develops sustainable mobility concepts and urban planning solutions for municipalities, ministries, and public institutions. The firm delivers planning services across cycling infrastructure, pedestrian networks, public transport, street space design, electromobility, and tourism mobility from conceptual planning through to implementation, with a strong emphasis on participatory processes.

Product overview

Stadt- und Verkehrsplanungsbüro Kaulen (SVK) is an independent city and traffic planning consultancy offering comprehensive planning services for sustainable urban mobility. The firm operates as a unified service portfolio rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Core offerings include city planning (Stadtplanung), traffic planning (Verkehrsplanung), and tourism concepts (Tourismus), supported by communication services (Kommunikation). Under traffic planning, SVK provides specialized services including overall mobility concepts (Gesamtmobilitätskonzepte), near-mobility concepts (Nahmobilitätskonzepte), pedestrian traffic concepts (Fußverkehrskonzepte), bicycle traffic concepts (Radverkehrskonzepte), public transport concepts (Öffentlicher Verkehr), electromobility concepts (Elektromobilitätskonzepte), street space design (Straßenraumgestaltung), traffic research (Verkehrsforschung), bicycle signage (Radwegweisung), public bike sharing systems (Öffentliche Leihradsysteme), and bicycle parking facilities (Fahrradabstellanlagen). The firm serves municipalities throughout Germany and neighboring countries from offices in Aachen and Munich.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stadtplanung (Urban Planning) Urban planning services for municipalities, including development planning, climate protection concepts, and city development concepts from conceptual planning to legally secure implementation as binding development plans (Bebauungspl\u00e4ne). Targeted at city administrations and local governments.
• Verkehrsplanung (Traffic Planning) Sustainable mobility planning for people and goods, encompassing multimodal mobility systems with high-quality conditions for pedestrian, bicycle, public, and motor vehicle traffic, with a focus on traffic safety. Targeted at municipalities and public institutions.
• Elektromobilit\u00e4tskonzepte (Electromobility Concepts) Concept development for electric mobility transformation including charging infrastructure planning, implementation strategies, and integrated energy and mobility solutions delivered in cooperation with Claudia Brasse Consulting (CBC). Targeted at municipalities seeking electromobility infrastructure planning, including charging station concepts.
• Gesamtmobilit\u00e4tskonzepte (Overall Mobility Concepts) Integrated mobility concepts for the transformation from car-oriented to human-oriented cities, addressing high-quality mobility for people and goods while minimizing traffic disruptions to urban life. Targeted at city administrations seeking strategic mobility transformation.
• Nahmobilit\u00e4tskonzepte (Near-Mobility Concepts) Systematic strengthening of pedestrian, bicycle, and public transport through self-explanatory interfaces such as mobility stations combined with networked information and payment systems. Targeted at municipalities promoting short-trip mobility modes.
• Fu\u00dfverkehrskonzepte (Pedestrian Traffic Concepts) Pedestrian mobility planning including network planning, premium routes, street space design, signage, training, and public relations for promoting walking as a primary mode of mobility. Targeted at municipalities seeking to raise walking's modal share.
• Radverkehrskonzepte (Bicycle Traffic Concepts)

Quantifiable outcome

• Masterplan Radverkehr Reutlingen unanimously approved by city council
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Claudia Brasse Consulting (CBC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing cooperation partnership offering integrated energy and mobility consulting services from a single source. The collaboration provides holistic concepts for sustainable mobility combiningClaudia Brasse Consulting's energy expertise with SVK's mobility planning capabilities. This partnership enables comprehensive electromobility infrastructure planning including charging station concepts.
• Planungsverband Äußerer Wirtschaftsraum München (PV)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint consortium SVK/PV developed the feasibility study for the first cycling superhighway connection in Upper Bavaria between Unterschleißheim, Garching, and northern Munich city limits. The consortium continues working on extending the route to Munich city center.
• Institut für Stadtbauwesen der RWTH Aachen (ISB)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with RWTH Aachen's Institute for Urban Development in the ExWoSt research project 'Active Mobility in Urban Neighborhoods'. The project studied active and sustainable mobility approaches in four model municipalities: Aachen, Kiel, Cologne, and Leipzig.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• LK Argus Kassel: Germany-based transport planning consultancy specializing in sustainable urban mobility, cycling, and public transport concepts. Comparable mid-sized competitor bidding on similar municipal and federal contracts.
• Planersocietät – Mobilität. Stadt. Dialog. German planning consultancy focused on integrated mobility concepts, active mobility, and citizen participation for municipalities. Direct competitor to SVK in the same tender-driven German municipal mobility planning market.
• IVV Ingenieurgruppe für Verkehrswesen und Verkehrsprozesse: Aachen-based transport engineering consultancy providing planning, traffic research, and mobility services. Most direct geographic and functional peer, both founded in Aachen serving North Rhine-Westphalia.
• SHP Ingenieure: German planning and engineering firm specializing in urban, transport, and landscape planning. Overlapping service portfolio with SVK across municipal mobility and active-mobility planning.
• Planungsbüro Richter-Richard (heute RTBG): German mobility and transport planning consultancy with focus on cycling, pedestrian, and public transport concepts. Comparable niche in active-mobility consulting for German municipalities.

Broad incumbents

• Arup Group: Global engineering and planning consultancy with active mobility and urban planning practices. Competes for large integrated mobility and active-transport masterplans in DACH and across Europe.
• PTV Group: Karlsruhe-based transport planning software and consulting firm with much broader portfolio (transport modeling, traffic simulation, MaaS). Larger incumbent that competes with SVK on municipal and federal tenders while offering a much wider solution set.
• Ramboll Holdings: Global engineering, design, and consultancy firm with significant mobility and urban planning practices in Germany. Competes with SVK on larger integrated sustainable mobility assignments from municipalities and federal clients.

Emerging players

• Öko-Institut: German applied research institute working on sustainable mobility, transport policy, and environmental planning. Comparable as a research-and-policy partner; partially overlaps with SVK's research project work with federal ministries.

Regional players

• INFAS Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft: German transport research and social science institute providing traffic surveys, mobility research, and data services. Comparable as a public-sector research partner on German mobility projects, though more oriented to data and research than planning concepts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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