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Septentrio

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Belgian satellite navigation company

Septentrio N.V. is a designer and manufacturer of high-end multi-frequency GNSS receivers. Its main target is to provide GNSS receiver boards and modules for further system integration by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Its core technology is used in various professional fields such as land and airborne surveying, mobile mapping, machine control, precision agriculture, mining, transport, offshore applications, construction, timing and geodesy etc.2 It employed 120 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2000Founded1
  • HeadquartersLeuven1
  • Websitewww.septentrio.com
  • Legal formprivately held company1
  • LEI549300ZBYWG5KKHA3C743
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressInterleuvenlaan 15 bus I, 3001 Leuven, Belgium3
  • Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 04700942663

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Septentrio N.V. is a designer and manufacturer of high-end multi-frequency GNSS receivers. Its main target is to provide GNSS receiver boards and modules for further system integration by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).2

The story

The company was incorporated by Peter Grognard in Leuven, Belgium, in January 2000 to commercialize the Satellite Navigation know-how developed at the Interuniversity Micro Electronics Center, the largest independent microelectronics and nanotechnology R&D lab in Belgium.

In 2007 the firm received the Trends Gazelle award for the fastest rate of growth among Belgian start-up companies.

In January 2025, Hexagon AB announced that they would acquire Septentrio N.V. This transaction was completed two months later.

From Wikipedia’s article on Septentrio, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • Receptor

Listed on Wikidata.1

Septentrio's headquarters are located in Leuven, Belgium. Operations for North and Latin American are based in Torrance, CA and the Asian-Pacific operations are based in Shanghai and Yokohama.

From Wikipedia’s article on Septentrio, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. 2000Founded Founded1

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