Sensolus
Gent, BE · Founded 2013 · 58 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Sensolus provides IoT-based tracking for non-powered assets such as trailers, lifting equipment, and rolling cages, using an easy-to-deploy platform. It serves enterprise customers in logistics and industrial sectors, including clients like Airbus and Deutsche Post DHL, across Europe and the USA.
Also known as Sensolus NV
Founders & leadership
Sensolus was founded in 2013 by Johan Criel.
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Sensolus offers an asset-tracking solution combining battery-powered trackers and sensors, a web platform and a mobile app, aimed at assets that have no wiring or on-board power. Tracked asset types include containers, transport boxes, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), ground support equipment, returnable transport packaging, trailers, stillages, inloader pallets and other equipment, both indoors and outdoors and across transport modes. The hardware is described as installable without wiring or infrastructure changes, resistant to water, heat and vibration, with battery life of up to 10 or more years, and capable of reporting location plus conditions such as temperature and humidity.
The platform provides asset mapping and geofencing, custom dashboards, utilization and inventory reports, real-time alerts and anomaly detection, and integrations with third-party systems, including an MCP connector. Sensolus states GDPR compliance and SSO support as part of its enterprise security posture. Product areas are organized around asset management, inventory management, utilization monitoring, maintenance management and condition monitoring, with industry-specific packaging for aerospace, industrial manufacturing, transport and logistics, waste management, specialized equipment, construction and ground support equipment. The company explicitly does not offer people tracking.
Business model
Sensolus sells a combined hardware-and-software offering: trackers and sensors attached to customer assets, a cloud platform and mobile app for visualization and reporting, and integrations into customer systems. Pricing is published through a dedicated pricing page on the company site.
Traction
The company reports more than 1 million connected assets, over 500 clients worldwide and more than 60 partners. Published deployments include Deutsche Post & DHL, where rolling cages across 119 centers in Germany are tracked with close to one million trackers; Airbus, for visibility of aircraft components moving between European production sites and of specialized tools in warehouses; and Condor, for locating ground support equipment spread over distances of up to 10 kilometers at Frankfurt Airport.
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Market position
Sensolus positions itself as the global market leader in visibility for assets with no wires and no power, citing more than 1 million connected assets, over 500 clients, more than 60 partners and over 15 years of experience.
Focus on assets without wiring or power, using long-life battery devices that require no infrastructure changes, a blend of location technologies for indoor and outdoor coverage, and a platform presented as usable without training, with enterprise features such as SSO and GDPR compliance.
Technology
Sensolus combines multiple location technologies depending on customer requirements, including GPS/GNSS, network-based location, Wi-Fi scanning and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and multiple communication technologies for sending data to its platform, including NB-IoT, cellular, Wi-Fi and Ethernet. Devices are multi-sensor, capturing location, temperature, humidity and other parameters, and are designed for long battery life (10+ years depending on configuration) with an option to connect to an asset's power source where one exists. The company describes secure-by-design trackers, platform governance and continuous penetration testing as part of its security approach.
Go-to-market
The company sells directly, using demo requests and industry-specific guided platform walkthroughs, and also through a partner channel supported by a partnership program and partner solution training. Marketing includes customer success stories, whitepapers, webinars, podcasts, a knowledge hub and video hub, plus a documentation center and support desk for customers.
Enterprise operators of large fleets of unpowered assets, in aerospace, industrial manufacturing, transport and logistics, waste management, construction, specialized equipment and ground support equipment. Named references include Deutsche Post & DHL, Airbus and Condor.
Geography
The website is offered in English, Dutch, French and German, and references clients and partners worldwide, with named deployments in Germany (DHL logistics centers, Frankfurt Airport) and across European production sites for Airbus.
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Key figures
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primary sources listed
- Sensolussensolus.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Sensolus do?
- Sensolus supplies battery-powered IoT trackers and a platform for monitoring non-powered assets such as containers and trailers.
- Who founded Sensolus?
- Sensolus was founded by Johan Criel in 2013.
- Who are Sensolus's investors?
- Sensolus's investors include Matterwave Ventures.
- Where is Sensolus headquartered?
- Sensolus is headquartered in Gent, BE.