Netzkontor

Profile

The Netzkontor Group brings together a variety of services for telecommunications and electricity infrastructure under one roof. The group originated from netzkontor nord, founded in 2008, which offers planning and supervision services for the construction of fiber‑optic networks, as well as from its subsidiary OpenXS, which provides network management services based on long‑term contracts with fiber‑optic network operators. The group offers comparable services in planning, construction supervision, installation, and operations for energy and grid operators in the electricity market.

As part of a buy‑and‑build strategy, the service portfolio was expanded with NKG Fiberservice to include installation and troubleshooting services—particularly at network level 4 (inside buildings). In both planning and installation, activities have been further expanded in recent years through additional acquisitions.

Management Buyout

Majority investment ofDBAG ECF II

First invested

January 2018

Revenues 2025

€170mn

As of 31 December 2025

Contact

Ragnar Geerdts

Managing Director

Ragnar Geerdts joined Deutsche Beteiligungs AG in 2012 and became a Managing Director in 2017.

Ragnar Geerdts has over 13 years of experience in private equity. He has extensive knowledge of the automotive supplier and telecommunications industries and in mechanical and plant engineering. He was involved in numerous investments and disinvestments and led the investment process in in-tech, vitronet, netzkontor, von Poll Immobilien, BTV Multimedia, Solvares, DING and DGA. In these companies he sits on the advisory councils. Before joining Deutsche Beteiligungs AG Ragnar Geerdts worked in the area of M&A at Bayer AG and at Deutsche Post AG.

He holds a degree in Business Administration from Freie Universität Berlin, and also studied at the Beijing Foreign Studies University.