Geotopo Ag

What Geotopo Ag does

Geotopo Ag is a Swiss Aktiengesellschaft headquartered in Frauenfeld, Canton Thurgau, with a branch office in Sirnach, delivering surveying, geoinformation, 3D geomatics, and IT services to public and private clients across eastern Switzerland. The firm's portfolio spans five service lines — Vermessung + Kataster (official surveying, OEREB cadastre, massgebendes Terrain), Spezialvermessung (engineering, drone, railway, crack/evidence surveying), Geoinformation (WebGIS, Leitungskataster, BahnGIS, GIS analyses, refnet GPS reference station), 3D Geomatik (terrestrial and mobile laser scanning, IFC/BIM models, ScanViewer), and Informatik (hardware, networking, software development, databases). Core technical capabilities include drone-based photogrammetry, terrestrial and mobile laser scanning, GNSS/GPS measurement, tachymetry, and in-house development and hosting of the proprietary GEOPORTAL municipal GIS (with 3D viewer), WebGIS-Thurgau platform, Strassenmanagement road-management module, and the ThurView panoramic image service covering the 45+ km Thur river corridor.

The company operates a B2B/B2G professional services model, billing project-based fees to municipalities, cantonal and federal agencies, engineering and architecture firms, construction companies, railway operators, healthcare providers, and cultural-heritage organizations. Revenue is generated through a combination of one-off surveying and 3D-capture projects and recurring hosting/customization for municipal GIS platforms such as GEOPORTAL and WebGIS-Thurgau; no SaaS subscription pricing is publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led, built on long-standing municipal and engineering relationships, regional procurement pipelines, and the TransferRaum knowledge-transfer community events targeting administrators and engineering clients.

Ownership is private and founder/management-controlled, led by CEO and Chairman Rolf Hugentobler together with board members Andreas Berweger, Stefan Meile, Beatrix Ruch, and Tobias Tuchschmid; no venture capital or private equity backing is indicated. The team of approximately 30 staff is supplemented by a GEO-Lehrlingswesen apprenticeship pipeline. Strategic partnerships underpin platform delivery: WebGIS-Thurgau (GIS platform), bhateam (engineering co-delivery), refnet (GPS infrastructure), and geoinfo (GEOPORTAL 3D functionality, November 2024).

Name

Geotopo Ag

Legal name

geotopo ag

Website

https://geotopo.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Geotopo Ag is a Swiss surveying, geoinformation, 3D geomatics, and IT services firm based in Frauenfeld, Canton Thurgau, serving municipalities, cantonal and federal agencies, engineering firms, railway operators, and private clients across eastern Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geomatics and Surveying Services

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

akta.pro primary industry

Geospatial Data Management & Enterprise GIS (Geodatabases, Web GIS, Spatial Analytics) (EUAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK), Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing) (EUAHAKAD), Remote Sensing & Geospatial Vision (satellite/drone imagery) (HDAAAEAL), Geospatial BI & Location Analytics (HDAEAMAK)

Keywords

• Geomatics services
• Land surveying
• Geographic information systems
• Laser scanning
• 3D spatial data capture

Headquarters

HQ city

Frauenfeld

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Surveying and Geomatics Professional Services: Geotopo Ag generates revenue through billable professional services in surveying, geoinformation, 3D geomatics, and informatics. Revenue is derived from project-based contracts with municipalities, cantonal/federal government agencies, engineering firms, architecture firms, and construction companies. Services include official surveying (Amtliche Vermessung), construction surveying, special surveying (railway, drone, crack protocols), geoinformation (WebGIS, Leitungskataster, GIS), 3D geomatics (laser scanning, mobile mapping, IFC models), and IT services. No SaaS/subscription pricing is publicly disclosed.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Geotopo Ag delivers professional surveying, geoinformation, 3D geomatics, and IT services for measurement, documentation, and spatial data management. Offerings include official land surveying (Amtliche Vermessung), construction surveying, drone and terrestrial laser scanning, mobile mapping, WebGIS hosting, BIM/IFC modeling, and municipal GIS platforms such as GEOPORTAL and ThurView.

Product overview

Geotopo ag is a geomatics, GIS, and IT service company offering a coordinated portfolio of surveying, geoinformation, 3D geomatics, and IT services. The offering is organized into five core service categories: Vermessung + Kataster (surveying and cadastre), Spezialvermessung (specialized surveying), Geoinformation (GIS and geoinformation), 3D Geomatik (3D geomatics), and Informatik (IT services). Notable named products include GEOPORTAL (municipal GIS with 3D viewer), WebGIS-Thurgau (online GIS platform for municipalities), and ThurView (panoramic image service for the Thur river). The company also hosts TransferRaum, a knowledge-transfer forum for digitalization topics. These services are delivered across two physical locations (Frauenfeld and Sirnach, Switzerland) and are supported by specialized surveying technologies including drone-based photogrammetry, laser scanning (terrestrial and mobile), and IFC-based BIM modeling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vermessung + Kataster (Surveying & Cadastre) Official land surveying (Amtliche Vermessung), construction surveying, land management, OEREB cadastral records, and determination of legally relevant terrain for municipalities, cantonal agencies, and private clients in Switzerland.
• Spezialvermessung (Specialized Surveying) Specialized engineering surveying, drone-based surveying, crack protocols and evidence documentation, and railway surveying services for construction, infrastructure, and legal documentation projects.
• Geoinformation (GIS Services) Utility infrastructure cadastre (Leitungskataster), WebGIS deployment and hosting, BahnGIS for railway asset management, GIS analysis and evaluations, data interfaces, and refnet GPS reference station services for municipalities and infrastructure operators.
• 3D Geomatik (3D Geomatics) Terrestrial and mobile laser scanning, as-built models (Bestandesmodelle), and IFC models for BIM workflows, producing point clouds, panoramic images, 2D plans, and 3D models for architecture, construction, infrastructure, and cultural heritage documentation.
• Informatikdienste (IT Services) IT consulting, hardware and software delivery and installation, network setup and management, and custom software development and database services supporting the company's surveying and GIS operations.
• WebGIS-Thurgau (Municipal WebGIS Platform) Online GIS application deployed and hosted for Swiss municipalities as a WebGIS-Thurgau partner. Provides online cadastral data management, street condition management, canal TV inspection data, and integrations with municipal registries.
• GEOPORTAL (Municipal GIS Platform with 3D Viewer) Proprietary municipal GIS platform offering a 3D viewer, road condition assessment tools, integration of canal TV recordings, construction planning support, and GWR/resident registry data integration for municipalities.
• ThurView (Panoramic River Corridor Image Service) Airborne panoramic image service capturing high-resolution panoramas along the Thur river corridor within Canton Thurgau, provided via a closed web-based panoramic image portal for environmental and water authority use cases.
• TransferRaum (Knowledge-Transfer Forum) Knowledge-transfer and experience-exchange forum hosted by Geotopo Ag, featuring presentations and panel discussions on GEOPORTAL, 3D viewers, building surveying, BIM, and digital transformation for municipalities, engineering firms, and construction companies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Precision to ±2mm in construction surveying
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• geoinfocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 November 2024geoinfo (Ingolf Jung) collaborated with Geotopo on the GEOPORTAL 3D project, presenting at TransferRaum events on the potential of the third dimension for the municipality GIS platform. The partnership extends Geotopo's WebGIS capabilities by adding 3D visualization functionality to the GEOPORTAL offering.
• bhateamcoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerbhateam is described as Geotopo's partner office (Partnerbüro) for joint projects in the areas of Ingenieurhochbau/-tiefbau (structural/civil engineering), Baumanagement (construction management), Raumplanung (spatial planning), and Umweltplanung (environmental planning). The partnership enables combined service offerings across engineering design and geomatics surveying.
• WebGIS-ThurgaucoreTechnology or IntegrationWebGIS-Thurgau is Geotopo's internet-GIS solution specifically designed for Swiss municipalities. As a partner, Geotopo deploys, customizes, and hosts the WebGIS-Thurgau platform for municipal clients. The platform provides online cadastral management, road management, canal TV inspection, and other municipal GIS functions.
• refnetcoreTechnology or IntegrationAs a member of refnet, Geotopo operates a GPS reference station at its Frauenfeld location. This enables high-precision GPS/GNSS measurements for surveying projects, providing a technical infrastructure advantage for accuracy-critical surveying work.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Trimble: Global surveying, GNSS, and BIM/construction technology incumbent; overlaps with Geotopo's 3D Geomatik, BIM/IFC modeling, and railway/engineering surveying workflows.
• Topcon Positioning Group: Global surveying, GNSS, and machine-control technology vendor whose instruments and software stack compete with Geotopo's terrestrial/mobile scanning and tachymetric surveying workflows.
• Hexagon / Leica Geosystems: Global incumbent in surveying hardware, sensors, and geospatial software; competes broadly with Geotopo's laser-scanning, mobile-mapping, and GNSS offerings and is a default technology supplier/competitor for the same customers.
• Esri (Switzerland): Dominant GIS platform vendor whose ArcGIS technology underpins much of Swiss municipal GIS; competes with and indirectly threatens WebGIS-Thurgau/GEOPORTAL by offering enterprise-grade alternatives.

Direct peers

• CSD Ingenieure: Swiss multi-disciplinary engineering group with surveying, GIS, and environmental/geomatics practices serving cantonal and municipal clients — closely comparable service mix and customer base to Geotopo.
• bhateam: Swiss engineering/architecture firm and Geotopo's stated 'Partnerbüro' — directly comparable in regional civil/structural engineering and planning services and partly overlaps Geotopo's engineering surveying and BIM offerings.
• Emch+Berger: Swiss engineering and surveying firm with broad geoinformation, cadastral, and infrastructure services — directly comparable to Geotopo across Amtliche Vermessung, GIS, and infrastructure surveying for cantonal and municipal clients.
• BSF Swissphoto: Swiss-German aerial surveying and photogrammetry firm operating drone/UAV and airborne imagery services for infrastructure, environment, and government clients — directly comparable to Geotopo's Drohnenvermessung and ThurView offerings and overlapping public-sector client base.
• c-plan AG: Swiss geoinformatics specialist delivering WebGIS, energy/utility cadastre (Leitungskataster), and municipal GIS solutions — directly comparable to Geotopo's Geoinformation and WebGIS-Thurgau service lines.

Regional players

• GeoZ / Ingenieurbüro für Geomatik (Zürich): Swiss regional geomatics and GIS services firm with similar Amtliche Vermessung, GIS, and 3D surveying capabilities — comparable offering profile to Geotopo but serving a different (primarily Zurich-area) geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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