Urban Planning Institute of Belgrade

Name

Urban Planning Institute of Belgrade

Legal name

Urbanistički zavod Beograda JUP

Website

https://urbel.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Planning Services

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Urban & Regional Planning (Land Use, Zoning, Master Planning) (BPAIANAD), GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK)

Keywords

• Urban planning services
• Spatial planning
• Regulatory plans
• GIS urban planning
• Municipal planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Belgrade

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Urban Planning Services: As a public enterprise (JUP), Urbanistički zavod Beograda generates revenue through fees for urban planning services, including preparation of spatial plans, urban plans, regulatory plans, and related technical documents for the City of Belgrade.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

URBEL is the public urban planning institute of the City of Belgrade, preparing comprehensive spatial and urban planning documents including Spatial Plans (PP), General Urban Plans (GUP), General Regulation Plans (PGR), and Detailed Regulation Plans (PDR). It also operates a GIS-based digital plan library and conducts public consultations for the City of Belgrade's urban development.

Product overview

Urban Planning Institute of Belgrade (URBEL) is a public urban planning institute that functions as a single unified organization providing comprehensive spatial and urban planning services for the City of Belgrade. The core offerings consist of spatial and urban planning documents including Prostorni plan (PP), Generalni urbanistički plan (GUP), Plan generalne regulacije (PGR), and Plan detaljne regulacije (PDR). These are supplemented by a GIS-based digital library platform for plan search and access, public consultation services for plan review processes, and urban technical document preparation. The organization also maintains a publishing activity for planning-related literature. All services operate under an 'A category' license issued by JUP (Urban Planning Institute of Serbia).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Prostorni plan (PP) - Spatial Plans

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• City of Belgrade (Grad Beograd)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary institutional client and founding entity. URBEL operates as a public enterprise of the City of Belgrade, providing all urban and spatial planning services for the municipality.
• Secretariat for Urbanism and Construction AffairscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe competent authority that initiates planning procedures and oversees the planning process. URBEL acts as the processing entity (obrađivač plana) in the planning process.
• Direkcija za građevinsko zemljište i izgradnju grada BeogradamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction Land Directorate that provides approvals and conditions for urban planning, integral to the planning process.
• Geo SrbijasupportingTechnology or IntegrationGeodetic authority providing spatial data and geodetic surveys essential for urban planning documentation.
• Secretariat for Environmental ProtectionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides environmental assessment opinions and conditions required for strategic environmental impact assessment of plans.
• Communal Infrastructure Public EnterprisessupportingTechnology or IntegrationVarious public utilities (water, electricity, gas, telecommunications) provide technical conditions and infrastructure data for planning.
• Plan Commission (Komisija za planove)majorOthersExpert commission appointed by the City Assembly that performs expert control of plans and provides opinions during the public insight procedure.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Arup: Arup's urban planning practice delivers city-scale master planning, regeneration strategies, and spatial planning for municipalities globally. Comparable to URBEL in providing high-level urban planning advisory and detailed plan preparation for government clients.
• SWECO: SWECO is a European engineering and urban planning consultancy with strong presence in Nordic and Baltic planning markets. Comparable to URBEL in delivering municipal urban planning, master planning, and regulatory plan preparation, with deeper private-sector competitive exposure.
• WSP Global: WSP provides urban and master planning services to municipalities and public sector clients globally. Comparable to URBEL in delivering spatial planning, regulatory planning, and urban development advisory work for government clients, with broader geographic reach.
• AtkinsRéalis: AtkinsRéalis (formerly Atkins/SNC-Lavalin) operates an urban planning and land development practice serving municipalities and public authorities. Comparable to URBEL in regulatory plan preparation, master planning, and infrastructure-led urban development advisory.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with a substantial urban planning and master planning practice serving municipal and government clients worldwide. Comparable to URBEL in core service offering (spatial plans, regulatory frameworks, urban design), though operating at vastly greater scale and across multiple geographies.
• Ramboll: Ramboll provides urban planning, master planning, and sustainable city development services across Nordic and European markets. Comparable to URBEL in delivering municipal-level planning documents and spatial strategy work for city governments.
• Mott MacDonald: Mott MacDonald provides urban development and city planning advisory services to public sector clients internationally. Comparable to URBEL in spatial planning, regeneration planning, and infrastructure-coordinated urban strategy work.
• Royal HaskoningDHV: Royal HaskoningDHV offers urban planning and development services to municipalities across Europe and globally. Comparable to URBEL in preparing spatial plans, zoning frameworks, and infrastructure planning for city governments.

Others

• Esri: Esri is the dominant provider of GIS technology used by urban planning agencies and municipal planning departments worldwide. Comparable to URBEL through the GIS application underpinning URBEL's plan-search platform — an enabling technology vendor in the urban planning value chain.
• MangoMap: MangoMap provides hosted web GIS mapping services and is the platform on which URBEL publishes its public urban plan viewer (mangomap.com/urbelmape). Comparable as a technology enabler for URBEL's citizen-facing planning data access product.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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