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| Company type | Societas Europaea |
|---|---|
| ISIN | DE0006452907  |
| Industry | Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Multimedia |
| Founded | 1963; 63 years ago (1963) inMunich,Germany |
| Headquarters | Munich, Germany |
Key people | Yves Padrines (CEO)[1] Louise Öfverström (CFO)[2] Usman Shuja[3] Marc Nezet[4] |
| Revenue |  €995.6 million (2024)[5] |
| €301.0 million (2024)[5] | |
| €175.4 million (2024)[5] | |
| Total assets | €2,136.3 million (2024)[5] |
Number of employees | 4,000 (end 2024)[5] |
| Website | www |
Nemetschek Group is a vendor ofsoftware for architects, engineers and the construction industry.[6] The company develops and distributes software for planning, designing, building and managing buildings and real estate, as well as formedia and entertainment.[7]
The company was founded by Prof. Georg Nemetschek in 1963, and initially went by the name ofIngenieurbüro für das Bauwesen (engineering firm for the construction industry), focusing on structural design. It was one of the first companies in the industry to use computers and developed software for engineers, initially for its own requirements. In 1977, Nemetschek started distributing its programStatik 97/77 for civil engineering.
At theHanover Fair in 1980, Nemetschek presented a software package for integrated calculation and design of standard components for solid construction. This was the first software enablingcomputer-aided engineering (CAE) on microcomputers, and the product remained unique on the market for many years.
In 1989,Nemetschek Programmsystem GmbH was founded and was responsible for software distribution; Georg Nemetschek's engineering firm continued to be in charge of program development. The main product, Allplan – aCAD system for architects and engineers, was launched in 1984. This allowed designers to model buildings in three dimensions. Nemetschek began to expand internationally in the 1980s. By 1996, the company had subsidiaries in eight European countries and distribution partners in nine European countries; since 1992, it has also had a development site inBratislava, Slovakia.
The first acquisitions were made at the end of the 1990s, including the structural design program vendor Friedrich + Lochner. The company, operating asNemetschek AG since 1994, went public in 1999 (it has been listed in thePrime Standard market segment and theTecDAX in Frankfurt ever since).
Two major company takeovers followed in 2000: the American firm Diehl Graphsoft (nowVectorworks)[8] andMaxon Computer GmbH, with itsCinema 4D software for visualization and animation. In 2006, Nemetschek acquired Hungary'sGraphisoft (for its key productArchiCAD), and Belgium's SCIA International.
In November 2013, Nemetschek acquired theMEP software provider Data Design System (DDS).[9] On 31 October 2014, the acquisition ofBluebeam Software, Inc. was concluded.[10] At the end of 2015, Solibri was acquired.[11]
Since 2016, the company has operated asNemetschek SE. Later that year, SDS/2 was acquired. In 2017, it acquired dRofus and RISA. MCS Solutions was acquired in 2018, closely followed by the acquisition of Axxerion B.V and Plandatis and subsequently rebranded toSpacewell. Other acquisitions have been completed at a brand level (for example, Redshift Rendering Technologies, Red Giant and Pixologic were acquired by Maxon, DEXMA by Spacewell).[12]
Since 18 September 2018, Nemetschek is listed in theMDAX in addition to its TecDAX listing.
In the summer of 2024, the Nemetschek Group closed its largest acquisition in company history, adding the SaaS-based field management software GoCanvas, with its sister company Sitedocs.[13]
Among others, Nemetschek is a member of theBuildingSMART e.V. and theDeutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB) (German Sustainable Building Council), actively advocating for open building information modeling (BIM) standards ("open BIM") in the AEC/O industry.
Since 2008, Nemetschek has acted as a holding company with four business units:
The holding company maintains 13 product brands,[14] covering the whole building lifecycle, from planning to operations.
A significant percentage of total shares of the Nemetschek group are held by charitable foundations founded by Prof. Georg Nemetschek.
The Nemetschek Foundation was founded in 2007[16] and aims to strengthen democratic institutions in Germany by the means of a number of initiatives, particularly in the field of education.[17][18]
The Nemetschek Innovation Foundation sponsors research and development in the field of planning, construction, use, and maintenance ofbuilt environments and structures. To fund the institute, Georg Nemetschek transferred 350,000 shares of Nemetschek Group to the foundation in 2020.[19] In particular, the Innovation Foundation is known for researching applications of artificial intelligence in architecture, construction, and engineering.[20]
The Georg Nemetschek Institute - Artificial Intelligence for the Built World was founded in 2020 as a research institute within theTechnical University of Munich.[21][22] The institute was formed with €50 million in funding from the Nemetschek Innovation Foundation to be disbursed over a period of 10 years.[23] €30 million of the total funding was marked for research projects.[22]
The institute specializes in the research of artificial intelligence applications for thebuilt environment, including planning, construction and maintenance of structures and infrastructure.[24][25][26] Shortly after its founding, the company made its first call for research projects, leading to formation of six projects in the fields ofdigital twins, concrete analysis, infrastructure maintenance planning, structural health monitoring, transport network design, and construction robotics.[27]
In 2021, the institute hosted its first symposium on the potential and expected influence of AI on architecture, civil engineering, construction, operation, and asset management (AECOM) were discussed.[28] Another symposium was held in 2024 atCampus Garching.[29]
As of 2025, the institute was headed byProf. Ian Smith.[30][31]
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