SmogControl.eu

What SmogControl.eu does

Smog Control Sp. z o.o. is a Polish manufacturer and air quality monitoring service provider founded in 2019 in Gdańsk, Poland. The company designs and produces laser-based air quality sensors measuring particulate matter concentrations (PM1, PM2.5, PM10) alongside meteorological parameters (temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, felt temperature). Each sensor has an integrated microcomputer and GSM communication module, transmitting measurements to a cloud platform every 10 minutes, with the network spanning over 1,000 locations across Poland as of 2025-2026. Sensor hardware is priced at approximately 1,500-4,000 PLN per unit — roughly 200 times lower than government reference stations — making dense municipal deployments economically feasible.

Data is delivered through multiple channels: a public web-based air quality map, a Progressive Web App (PWA) that works offline without app-store installation, embeddable website widgets, an API, and outdoor LED information screens plus indoor monitors. The company also offers a 2-hour environmental education workshop program for schools, where a working sensor remains with the institution after the session. Revenue is generated through a mix of one-time hardware sales (sensors, LED screens), a recurring monthly monitoring subscription (abonament) tied to sensor deployments, and professional services for environmental education, with all three streams eligible for co-financing through the Polish Czyste Powietrze (Clean Air) program administered by regional WFOŚiGW funds.

The go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales targeting Polish local government units (gminas, cities), housing cooperatives (spółdzielnie mieszkaniowe), and educational institutions, with a small set of named case studies (Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Kościerzyna, Łomża, Belsk Duży, Skąpe, Sanok, Somonino, etc.) and a pipeline including a planned 165-sensor network across Warsaw and 17 surrounding municipalities. The company is privately held, with Aleksandra Kotowoda-Kubicka as Prezes Zarządu, no external investors disclosed, and operates exclusively within Poland.

Name

SmogControl.eu

Legal name

SMOG CONTROL Sp. z o.o.

Website

https://smogcontrol.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Smog Control is a Polish manufacturer founded in 2019 that designs low-cost laser air quality sensors (PM1, PM2.5, PM10) and operates a 1,000+ location monitoring network across Poland, selling hardware, LED information screens, subscriptions, and education services to municipalities, housing cooperatives, and schools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Air Quality Monitoring Hardware and Services

NAICS

Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

Auto Controls For Regulating Residential & Comml Environments (3822)

akta.pro primary industry

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (Criteria Pollutants & Air Toxics) (EUAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Continuous/Remote Monitoring Systems (IoT Sensors, Telemetry, Networks) (EUAHACAL)

Keywords

• Air quality sensors
• Particulate matter monitoring
• Environmental monitoring systems
• LED information displays
• Air quality data platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Gdansk

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Air Quality Sensor Hardware Sales: Sale of laser-based air quality sensors (PM1, PM2.5, PM10) with integrated microcomputer and GSM communication. Sensors are priced significantly lower than government reference stations (approximately 1.5-4 thousand PLN per unit vs. 200-500 thousand PLN for reference stations), making them accessible to municipalities and housing cooperatives. Installation can be done independently, with full data access within 24 hours of installation.
2. LED Display and Monitor Systems: Sale of outdoor LED screens and internal monitors for displaying real-time air quality data and municipal communications. Screens can be managed via computer software for content updates. Purchased by municipalities to fulfill Czyste Powietrze program information obligations.
3. Monitoring Subscription / Service Fee: Ongoing service fee (abonament) for sensor monitoring and data platform access. The service fee is eligible for funding only together with sensors purchased under the Czyste Powietrze agreement.
4. Environmental Education Services: Educational workshops and lessons for children and adults on smog, air quality, and health, including hands-on activities such as sensor assembly. Conducted in partnership with municipalities as part of the Czyste Powietrze program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Smog Control manufactures laser-based air quality sensors (PM1, PM2.5, PM10) with built-in microcomputers and GSM modules, and delivers a connected air-quality monitoring service to Polish municipalities, housing cooperatives and schools. The offering bundles the sensor hardware with a real-time cloud data platform, a public air-quality map, a PWA mobile app, outdoor LED information screens, embeddable widgets, an API and environmental-education workshops, typically financed through the Czyste Powietrze government program.

Product overview

SmogControl.eu is a Polish air quality monitoring company founded in 2019. Its product portfolio is centered on a unified air quality monitoring and public communication platform consisting of laser-based air quality sensors (the core hardware product), outdoor LED information screens, a responsive web-based air quality map, a Progressive Web App mobile application, embeddable website widgets, and environmental education services. All components are designed to work together: sensors feed real-time data to the map, app, widgets, and LED screens simultaneously, while educational programs support municipal clients in environmental awareness campaigns and Czyste Powietrze program obligations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Czujnik jakości powietrza Smog Control (Smog Control Air Quality Sensor) Laser-based outdoor air-quality sensor measuring PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 particulate matter plus meteorological parameters (temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, perceived temperature), with built-in microcomputer and GSM communication that uploads readings to a cloud platform every 10 minutes. Priced at approximately 1,500–4,000 PLN per unit (~200x cheaper than reference-grade stations), designed for self-installation on a north-facing building wall with full data access within 24 hours. Sold as one-time hardware purchase to Polish municipalities, housing cooperatives, schools and other organizations.
• Ekrany LED (LED Information Screens) Outdoor LED display boards and indoor monitors (e.g., 128×48 cm format for municipal-building facade mounting) that show real-time air-quality data, meteorological information, time, office hours, emergency numbers, event notices and Czyste Powietrze subsidy-program statistics (applications, awarded grants). Software-managed for remote content updates, with automatic brightness adjustment and weatherproof construction. Sold as one-time hardware purchases, typically to municipalities through the Czyste Powietrze program.
• Monitoring Subscription (Abonament monitoringu) Recurring monthly service fee for ongoing sensor monitoring and access to the Smog Control cloud platform and data dashboard. Sold as a subscription (abonament) to sensor purchasers; eligible for Czyste Powietrze co-funding only when purchased together with sensors under the program agreement.
• Environmental Education Program (Edukacja ekologiczna) 2-hour educational workshop for children and adults covering smog formation, health effects and prevention through a multimedia presentation, art activities and hands-on sensor assembly; a working air-quality sensor remains with the school after the program. Sold as a multi-year education contract to municipalities, typically funded through the Czyste Powietrze program or other environmental-education funds.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sensor network covers 1,000+ locations across Poland
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Trefl (Puzzle Manufacturer)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 20 April 2021Smog Control partnered with Trefl (Polish puzzle and board game manufacturer) for an Earth Day (Światowy Dzień Ziemi) competition targeting primary school children across Poland. Trefl provided prizes for the competition. Schools were invited to like Smog Control's Facebook page, share the competition post, and comment about Earth Day activities.
• Stowarzyszenie Program Czysta PolskacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2020Smog Control joined Stowarzyszenie Program Czysta Polska (Clean Poland Program Association) in March 2020. The association's mission is to initiate changes, raise awareness about ecology, environmental protection, and quality of life improvement. A key goal is educating society about benefits of eco-friendly living. Smog Control's environmental education activities align with the association's mission.
• WFOŚiGW (Wojewódzkie Fundusze Ochrony Środowiska i Gospodarki Wodnej)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional Voivodeship Funds for Environmental Protection serve as financing partners enabling municipalities to purchase Smog Control sensors and LED screens through the Czyste Powietrze government program. WFOŚiGW funds cover eligible expenditures for municipalities implementing air quality monitoring and Czyste Powietrze information obligations.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kunak Technologies: Spanish manufacturer of air quality monitoring stations and sensors (both reference and low-cost) for municipalities and industrial sites. Closely comparable hardware-software platform serving European municipal and industrial air quality monitoring customers.
• Aclima: California-based company operating dense networks of air quality sensors for hyperlocal pollution mapping, serving government agencies and research institutions. Closely comparable hyperlocal, data-driven monitoring approach to Smog Control's model.
• Clarity Movement: Provides low-cost air quality monitoring sensor nodes (Node-S) and cloud data platform to governments, NGOs, and communities globally. Directly comparable hardware-plus-software model aimed at dense urban air quality monitoring deployments.
• Airly: Polish-founded air quality monitoring company that operates a network of laser PM sensors across multiple countries. Closest direct competitor to Smog Control in Poland, with overlapping municipal customers, similar hardware profile, and competing Czyste Powietrze-eligible offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Vaisala: Global environmental and industrial measurement company with reference-grade air quality monitoring stations and continuous monitoring solutions. Competes at the higher-accuracy / regulatory end of the same market Smog Control addresses, often serving the same government clients.
• IQAir: Swiss-based air quality monitoring and purification company with broad commercial and consumer offerings including reference-grade monitors. Operates a competing global air quality map and serves municipal and institutional customers comparable to Smog Control's segment.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (Air Quality): Major scientific instrument manufacturer whose environmental monitoring division supplies reference-grade air quality analyzers and continuous monitoring systems to governments and labs. Represents the high-end incumbent that Smog Control's low-cost model competes against.

Emerging players

• Oizom: Indian air quality monitoring company selling IoT sensors for ambient and industrial monitoring with cloud dashboards. Comparable low-cost sensor + data platform model targeting municipalities and industries, though smaller and less established in Europe.
• Plume Labs (Google): Air quality data platform (now part of Google) that aggregates sensor data and provides consumer-facing air quality forecasts. Shares the data-platform and consumer-app layer with Smog Control's map and PWA, though without the proprietary sensor network focus.
• Atmos (formerly Plume Labs consumer app): Consumer-facing air quality app relying on aggregated network data. Comparable citizen-facing data visualization layer to Smog Control's public map and PWA, though without an owned sensor infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/smogcontrolpolska
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smogcontrol-eu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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