VGP DRAVA

What VGP DRAVA does

VGP DRAVA Ptuj d.o.o. is a Slovenian water management and civil engineering company headquartered in Ptuj, with approximately 80 years of operating history (founded c. 1944). The company operates as the statutory concessionaire for water regulation and water protection public services ("gospodarske javne službe") across Slovenia's inland waters, performing watercourse maintenance, flood protection, and emergency response to over 100 hazardous pollution incidents annually.

The company's core offerings are organized across four divisions: water management (hydro-construction and water infrastructure), civil engineering (embankments, bridges, and waterway regulation), a technical division producing project documentation, and an environmental protection unit handling complex ecological and remediation projects. Operations are supported by specialized capital equipment including Truxor amphibious vehicles and Kaiser (Pajek) walking excavators for inaccessible terrain, plus drone-based surveying and project monitoring. The company is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certified.

VGP DRAVA generates revenue primarily through public-sector contracts: a stable baseline of state-mandated Slovenian water management services supplemented by competitive public procurement tenders and EU-funded international projects. Disclosed contract values include EUR 8.7M works on the CGO BIKARAC waste management center in Croatia, EUR 4.3M for Serbia's Sava/Drina flood protection embankments, and EUR 1.7M for Montenegro's Vrtijeljka landfill remediation. The company has established branch offices in Belgrade, Podgorica, and Zagreb to pursue EU cohesion-funded work in the Western Balkans, and in 2018 entered a consortium with Geotech d.o.o. and the University of Maribor to develop the VU-TČ-3V high-efficiency heat pump, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

Name

VGP DRAVA

Legal name

DRAVA vodnogospodarsko podjetje Ptuj d.o.o.

Website

https://vgp-drava.si

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

VGP DRAVA Ptuj d.o.o. is a Slovenian water management and civil engineering company that operates the state-mandated public service for water regulation and protection across Slovenia's inland waters, and executes EU-funded hydro-construction and environmental projects in the Western Balkans.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Management and Civil Engineering Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Treatment Plant Construction (Drinking Water) (IMAFAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

Keywords

• Water management services
• Hydro construction engineering
• Flood protection infrastructure
• Civil engineering construction
• Environmental remediation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ptuj

HQ country

Slovenia

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Water Management Services: Core revenue from government-mandated water management public services including watercourse maintenance, flood protection, and water quality management across Slovenia's river basins.
2. Civil Engineering and Construction Projects: Revenue from construction projects including hydro-construction, river regulation, embankment building, and environmental engineering works, primarily secured through public tenders.
3. R&D Project Funding: Co-financed research and development projects including the VU-TČ-3V high-efficiency heat pump project, funded by Ministry of Economic Development and Technology and European Regional Development Fund.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

VGP DRAVA is a Slovenian water management and civil engineering company delivering state-mandated water regulation and water protection services across Slovenia's river basins, alongside hydro-construction, flood protection infrastructure, embankment and bridge construction, and environmental remediation projects. The company also executes EU-funded cross-border water engineering and waste management projects in Serbia, Montenegro, and Croatia using specialized equipment (Truxor amphibious vehicles, Kaiser walking excavators) and drone-based surveying.

Product overview

VGP DRAVA is a water management company providing integrated services across four main divisions: Water Management (hydroengineering and water infrastructure), Civil Engineering (flood protection and construction), Technical Division (project documentation), and Environmental Protection (ecological projects). The company operates as a state-mandated public service provider for water regulation and water protection across Slovenia. It also provides specialized services including drone-based project design, special machinery operations, and international projects in Serbia, Montenegro, and Croatia. The company has been in operation for over 80 years and holds ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vodno gospodarstvo (Water Management) Hydroengineering and water management services including construction and maintenance of water infrastructure, public services for water regulation and water protection across river basins in Slovenia.
• Gradbeništvo (Civil Engineering) Long-term-experience hydroengineering and general civil construction including flood protection infrastructure, embankments, bridges, and waterway regulations, executed primarily through public tenders.
• Tehnični oddelek (Technical Division) Preparation of all types of project documentation for water management, including watercourse maintenance and regulation projects, provided in-house.
• Okoljevarstvo (Environmental Protection) Complex ecological projects and comprehensive environmental protection solutions, including waste management and remediation of contaminated sites.
• Gospodarske javne službe urejanja voda (Public Service of Water Regulation) State-mandated economic public service for water regulation, including maintenance of water infrastructure and river basins across Slovenia's inland waters under statutory coverage obligations.
• Gospodarske javne službe varstva voda (Public Service of Water Protection) Obligatory state economic public service for water protection, including prevention, cleaning, and remediation of inland water pollution incidents across Slovenia (over 100 incidents handled annually).
• Specialna strojna mehanizacija (Special Machinery Services) Operation of specialized equipment including the Kaiser walking excavator (Pajek) for extremely steep torrent channels and the Truxor amphibious vehicle-plovilo for environments inaccessible to conventional construction machinery.
• Projektiranje z droni (Drone Project Design) Project design and implementation using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for surveying, construction support, watercourse monitoring, waterway supervision, and terrain assessment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 water pollution incidents handled annually across Slovenia
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Geotech d.o.o.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Consortium partner with VGP DRAVA for the VU-TČ-3V high-efficiency heat pump project. Geotech d.o.o. and VGP DRAVA successfully obtained co-financing from the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology under the 'SPODBUDE ZA RAZISKOVALNO RAZVOJNE PROJEKTE 2' public call.
• Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (Slovenia)coreOthers · 1 January 2018Government ministry providing co-financing for the VU-TČ-3V R&D project through European Regional Development Fund. The project result is a new product - technological system with new technology using University of Maribor's patent.
• University of MariborcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2018University providing patent licensing for the VU-TČ-3V heat pump technology. The patent enables increased energy efficiency through cogeneration and low-temperature renewable energy utilization for high-temperature building heating.
• EU Cohesion Policy (European Union)coreOthers · 1 January 2017EU-funded projects including flood protection embankments on Sava and Drina in Serbia (EUR 4.3M), Vrtijeljka landfill remediation in Montenegro (EUR 1.7M), and waste management center CGO BIKARAC in Croatia (EUR 26.5M total project value).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Granit AD Skopje: North Macedonian construction and infrastructure company with a long history of hydro-construction, dams, and water infrastructure — comparable as a regional peer operating across the Western Balkans.
• CGP d.d. Major Croatian civil engineering and construction group with significant water infrastructure and environmental remediation work — comparable as a regional competitor for EU-funded construction tenders in the Adriatic region.
• Euro-Asfalt d.o.o. Bosnian civil engineering and infrastructure construction group active across the Western Balkans — comparable as a regional competitor bidding on EU and development-bank-funded water and transport infrastructure projects.

Direct peers

• HIDROTEHNIK d.o.o. Slovenian water management and hydro-construction company performing river regulation, embankment construction, and water infrastructure projects — directly comparable in product offering, customer base, and geography to VGP DRAVA.
• VGP Novo Mesto d.o.o. Slovenian state-mandated water management company covering the Krka and other river basins — directly comparable as a peer concession-holder providing identical public water-regulation and water-protection services in a different Slovenian region.
• Hidrotehnika-Hidroenergetika a.d. Serbian hydro-construction and water management company active in flood protection, river regulation, and hydraulic infrastructure — directly comparable regional peer and likely co-bidder on EU-funded Sava/Drina projects.
• NIGRAD d.o.o. Slovenian municipal services company providing communal infrastructure, road maintenance, and water management services for municipalities — comparable as a domestic peer in the Slovenian public-services landscape.
• Vodoprivreda d.d. Croatian water management and hydro-construction company with overlapping capabilities in river regulation, flood protection, and water infrastructure — a direct regional peer competing for EU-funded tenders in the same Adriatic basin.

Broad incumbents

• Strabag SE: Austrian-headquartered global construction group with significant water infrastructure, dam, and flood-protection operations across Central and Southeastern Europe — comparable as a broad incumbent increasingly competing for EU-funded tenders in VGP DRAVA's geographies.
• Royal HaskoningDHV: Dutch engineering and project management consultancy with deep global water-management, flood-defence, and river-engineering practices — comparable as a broader incumbent in the water management consulting and engineering space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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