Interview with John Quist (CEO)
Unica is a company that posts solid growth and promotes a safe, healthy and sustainable future. CEO John Quist reflects on the best year in the 90-year history of Unica. "Our achievements are largely attributable to our enterprising staff and our entrepreneurial culture based is on shared family values. Given all societal developments in which Unica is able to play a part, we are optimally positioned for the short and longer term."
Financial statements
For the fourth year in succession, Unica’s revenue achieved double-digit growth. Revenue rose by 11.5% to €843 million, an increase of €87 million as compared with 2022. Over 75% of revenue growth was organic, and one quarter resulted from acquisitions. The focus on improving the rate of return resulted in an EBITDA of €103 million, reflecting an increase of 13%. Net profit rose by 17.5% to €49.6 million.
Sustainable entrepreneurship
Unica is working intensively to continue professionalising its sustainability policy and reporting. We have carried our sustainable strategy over to the core pillars: Energy & Climate, Circularity & Environment, People & Society, Innovation & Digitalisation. Ethics & Integrity provides the cornerstone as the fifth pillar. In 2023 we continued to elaborate this Sustainability Framework and the programmes associated with it.
About Unica
As a trailblazer in applying sustainable innovations and an all-round technical service provider, Unica provides technology solutions in the built environment. Unica operates in fields including installation engineering, energy, IT, industry, internet of things (IoT) and smart buildings. At Unica we envisage and realise a safe, healthy and sustainable future for our customers and future generations. Leveraging a network of nine leading clusters of companies and over 4,000 employees, Unica is among the largest technical service providers in the Netherlands. We work very closely together, are agile and are able to operate nationwide but are present locally as well. For additional information about our company, see: www.unica.nl/english.
Unica in figures
How we create value
As one of the largest technical service providers in the Netherlands, Unica is an important player with 4,000 employees working to ensure a safe, healthy and sustainable future for customers and generations to come. Our value-creation model shows the capital we apply, and how in doing so we create value for people, the environment and society.
Financial results
Our revenue grew by 11.5% to €843 million. Our operating result (EBITDA) rose by 13% to €103 million. Net profit rose by 17.5% to €49.6 million. Revenue and profit have grown continuously since 2014. In 2023 is Unica switched to IFRS to facilitate benchmarking with other companies.
Strategic developments
In 2023 we continued to elaborate our future vision along three themes: safety, health and sustainability. These are the themes we address in our daily operations. Targeted acquisitions, a focus on innovation and digitalisation, international progress and extending the investment by our shareholders are conducive to realising this future vision.
Achieving a sustainable impact
Unica has the knowledge and the technology on board to achieve huge improvements in the built environment through sustainability and has the extensive digitalisation necessary to this end. We are also actively increasing our own sustainability by continuously professionalising our sustainable strategy and reporting.
An attractive employer
Together with our employees, we are building a strong safety structure, investing in our people, attributing value to diversity on our teams and interesting new talent in an engineering career. Employees want to work for a company that makes a difference, and Unica can render its services in important societal themes.
Outlook for 2024 and beyond
Unica has evolved from an execution agent to a partner and advisor in sustainable technology solutions. We are entering a subsequent growth stage from that position of strength, in which a continuous focus on our customers, consideration for our employees and our increased social responsibility go hand in hand.
Network of companies
Unica Groep
Unica consists of 45 companies, organised in a network of nine leading business clusters, each with its own area of focus or specialisation. With almost 4,000 employees, Unica is one of the largest technical service providers in the Netherlands.
Building Services
The Unica Building Services cluster focuses on managing, maintaining, inspecting and approving building systems. This cluster has seventeen branches throughout the Netherlands, making it the most visible part of the Unica network of companies.
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Almere (Breedveld & Schröder en Hermans Elektra)
- Amsterdam
- Arnhem
- Bodegraven
- Dokkum (Pranger-Rosier)
- Eindhoven
- Emmen
- Geleen
- Goes (Synto)
- Groningen
- Hengelo
- Hoevelaken
- Leeuwarden (Pranger-Rosier)
- Oosterhout
- Rotterdam
- Sneek (Otte Installaties)
- Venlo
- Zwolle
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Building Projects
The Unica Building Projects cluster realises all technical installations and systems for new construction, renovation and transformation projects. Unica Building Projects operates from four regional offices:
- Northwest
- Southwest
- South
- Northeast
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Fire Safety
A specialist in fire safety solutions, Unica Fire Safety has operated as an independent cluster within Unica for several decades. With full-service solutions, Unica Fire Safety can provide suitable fire protection for almost any building. The Fire Safety cluster consists of the following companies:
Access & Security
The Unica Access & Security cluster focuses on complex access and security issues. With its solutions, organizations are ‘in control’ for their access and identity management in their business environments. Unica Access & Security also take care of projects and the management and maintenance of security installations at locations with the highest security level.
The Access & Security cluster consists of the following companies:
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Building Intelligence
The Unica Building Intelligence cluster provides building automation, data analysis, and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. This enables customers to integrate all technical installations in a building to create a smart building. The Building Intelligence cluster consists of the following companies:
Energy Solutions
The Unica Energy Solutions cluster guides it customer through the ever changing energy landscape. With dedicated specialists it helps businesses to save energy and to improve the sustainability performance of their real estate and/or systems. The Energy Solutions cluster consists of the following companies:
ICT Solutions
The Unica ICT Solutions cluster is responsible for the delivery, implementation, management and maintenance of ICT facilities. With its own in-house servicedesk, the full-service ICT provider is available 24x7 to support customers. The ICT Solutions cluster consists of the following companies:
Industry Solutions
The Unica Industry Solutions cluster, with expertise in industrial automation, process technology, mechanical engineering and hardware engineering, provides turnkey solutions for the industrial sector.
The Industry Solutions cluster consists of the following companies:
Datacenters
Unica Datacenters is the number one datacenter specialist based in the Netherlands that realizes intelligent, technologically advanced datacenters in Europe. For more than 20 years Unica Datacenters has been engineering, constructing, commissioning, configuring, maintaining and optimizing datacenter. Unica Datacenters also implements white space and infrastructure and facilitate secure storage of data. The Datacenters cluster consists of the following company:
