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From Abaco UK
to Diagram UK.

The same expertise you trust, now with the strength of a European group behind it.

Becoming Diagram UK is more than a new name. It strengthens the trusted Abaco UK partnership.

Backed by European agritech scale, we bring more resources, R&D and investment to UK clients.

Greater scale, built for the long term

Now part of a group managing 50,000,000+ hectares, with 1,000+ specialists and 10 offices across the UK, Italy and Europe: a partner with the reach and continuity to grow.

Deeper R&D and innovation

Diagram brings together the combined expertise of Abaco, Agronica, Agriconsulting and Netsens: more engineers, more agronomists, more innovation flowing into the tools.

A broader, end-to-end portfolio

From public-sector policy platforms to farm management, supply-chain traceability, soil health, IoT hardware and agri-finance: a complete offer, all under one roof.

Our journey

How we got here

  1. Where it began

    Abaco Group is founded in Italy, pioneering the use of spatial databases for land management and precision agriculture.

  2. 30+ years

    European leadership

    Abaco Group grows into a leading European provider of software for the management and control of land resources, trusted by public and private players across the continent.

  3. Partnering with Defra

    Abaco is chosen by the UK government to develop the platform managing CAP subsidy payments, becoming a technical partner to the Rural Payments Agency and delivering agricultural-policy platforms for UK government.

  4. Abaco Group UK is born

    Abaco Group UK (100% owned by Abaco Group) is established to serve the British market directly.

  5. Diagram Group acquires Abaco Group

    A major step up in scale and capability: the expertise of Abaco, Agronica, Agriconsulting and Netsens come together into a single European agritech leader, Diagram Group, digitising agri-food services across Italy and Europe.

  6. Abaco UK becomes Diagram UK

    Same people, same partnership, same approach: now with the full scale, R&D and financial strength of the entire Group behind our clients.