Transporeon

What Transporeon does

Transporeon is a cloud-based transportation management platform headquartered in Ulm, Germany, connecting industrial and commercial shippers, retailers, freight carriers, and logistics service providers onto a single digital network. The platform follows a hub-and-modules architecture built around four product hubs: Freight Marketplace (procurement and sourcing), Execution and Visibility Hub (transport execution and multimodal tracking), Dock and Yard Management Hub (time slot, yard, and document management), and Freight Audit Hub (billing and payment). Founded in 2000 by four students from Ulm, the company has grown to over 1,000 employees across 17 global offices in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and now operates as part of Trimble Inc.'s transportation and logistics segment following Trimble's April 2023 acquisition.

The platform's underlying technology emphasizes AI and automation across the freight lifecycle. Core AI capabilities include Autonomous Procurement (enabling up to 90% of spot volume to be procured autonomously via data-driven methods), Autonomous Quotation, generative-AI-powered Natural Language Search for freight (launched 2026, piloted with 790 active carriers), predictive ETAs across road, ocean, air, and rail, Market Insights for freight rate benchmarking, and Dynamic Time Slot Replanning. The platform processes over €20 billion in annual freight volume across 20 million transports in 40+ countries and 25 languages, providing the proprietary data flywheel that trains these AI models. Integrations span GS1-standard APIs and the Transporeon Integrated App Program (TIAP) framework for deep TMS interoperability with carriers and ISVs including Mandata, Qargo, Peripass, ZeKju, Sixfold, Samsara, Tive, and Roambee.

Transporeon sells primarily through enterprise field sales targeting large industrial shippers, retailers, and logistics service providers, with pricing on a quote-based annual subscription model tied to platform modules and usage. Revenue derives from subscriptions, usage-based fees, and transaction-linked services across shippers, carriers, and LSPs. Customer segments include industrial and commercial shippers (food and beverage, chemicals, steel, building materials, consumer goods, automotive), retailers and goods recipients, and a long-tail carrier network of over 210,000 connected carriers and LSPs alongside more than 1,500 shippers and retailers. Notable customers include Nestlé, Knauf, ArcelorMittal, Shell, Barilla, Beiersdorf, Heineken, BASF, Tesco, Ford, Smurfit Kappa, thyssenkrupp Steel, ASICS, and Benetton Group.

Name

Transporeon

Legal name

Transporeon GmbH

Website

https://transporeon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Transporeon is a cloud-based transportation management platform connecting 1,500+ shippers and retailers with 210,000+ carriers, processing €20 billion in annual freight across road, ocean, air, and rail. Now a Trimble company.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transportation Management Software

NAICS

Support Activities for Transportation (488), Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Other Support Activities for Transportation (4889)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Rail Terminal Scheduling, Slot Management & Throughput Optimization (TLAJAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Rail Consolidation & Deconsolidation (LCL/Groupage) (TLACADAD)

Keywords

• Transportation management platform
• Freight procurement software
• Logistics visibility solutions
• Dock scheduling software
• Freight audit services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ulm

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Transportation Management Platform (SaaS/TMS): Cloud-based subscription platform providing freight procurement, execution, visibility, dock & yard management, and freight audit services. Revenue derived from platform subscriptions and usage fees from shippers, carriers, and LSPs. Operates as a networked SaaS provider processing significant freight volume annually.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Transporeon operates a cloud-based transportation management platform that connects 1,500+ industrial and commercial shippers with 210,000+ carriers and logistics service providers across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. The platform is organized into four modular hubs—Freight Marketplace, Execution & Visibility, Dock & Yard Management, and Freight Audit—augmented by AI-driven capabilities including Autonomous Procurement, Autonomous Quotation, and Market Insights. It processes approximately €20 billion in annual freight volume and 20 million transports, supporting multimodal execution across road, ocean, air, and rail.

Product overview

Transporeon is a cloud-based transportation management platform provider operating as a Trimble company since 2023. The platform follows a platform-plus-modules architecture, with the core Transporeon Platform serving as the foundation connecting shippers, carriers, retailers, and logistics service providers. The product portfolio consists of four main hubs: Freight Marketplace (sourcing/procurement), Execution & Visibility Hub (transport execution and tracking), Dock & Yard Management Hub (yard operations), and Freight Audit Hub (billing/payment). These core offerings are enhanced by AI-powered solutions including Autonomous Procurement, Autonomous Quotation, and Market Insights. The platform also includes sub-products like Time Slot Management, Real-Time Yard Management, Digital Transport Documents, No-Touch Order, Best Carrier, Visibility Hub, Real Time Workflow, and Carbon Visibility. Transporeon NEXT showcases latest innovations. The Transporeon Integrated App Program (TIAP) provides integration framework for carrier TMS systems. The company has expanded through acquisitions including SupplyStack, Nexogen, Logit One, TNX Logistics, and Tracks, integrating their capabilities into the unified platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Transporeon Integrated App Program (TIAP): Integration framework connecting carrier TMS systems to the Transporeon platform for automated data synchronization
• Transporeon NEXT
• Transporeon Platform
• Transporeon Summit
• Transporeon Visibility
• Transporeon Autonomous Procurement
• Transporeon Freight Marketplace
• Transporeon Execution & Visibility Hub
• Transporeon Dock & Yard Management Hub
• Transporeon Freight Audit Hub

Products and services

• Transporeon Platform Core cloud-based transportation management platform connecting shippers, carriers, retailers, and logistics service providers. Enables autonomous deal-making, execution and visibility, dock and yard management, and tech-driven freight audit solutions for industrial shippers and logistics buyers.
• Freight Marketplace All-in-one freight sourcing platform for spot, seasonal, and long-term contract procurement. Connects shippers and carriers for structured freight sourcing with market intelligence insights and benchmarking.
• Execution & Visibility Hub Transport execution and visibility platform matching loads with assets. Provides real-time tracking, predictive ETAs, and multimodal visibility across road, ocean, and air transportation powered by Sixfold.
• Dock & Yard Management Hub Comprehensive yard management solution including Time Slot Management, Real-Time Yard Management, and Extended Yard Management powered by Peripass. Optimizes dock operations and reduces truck waiting times.
• Freight Audit Hub Automated freight billing and payment solution providing full visibility into freight spend across all transportation modes. Includes billing automation and cost optimization features, integrating the ControlPay service.
• Autonomous Procurement AI-powered autonomous freight procurement platform enabling carriers and shippers to autonomously source and book spot market freight using data-driven methods and natural language search. Procures up to 90% of spot volume autonomously.
• Autonomous Quotation AI-powered freight quoting solution that automates pricing determination and quote generation for transportation services.
• Market Insights AI-driven market intelligence and prediction platform providing freight market analysis, benchmarking, and demand forecasting to support procurement decisions.
• TNX Logistics (Autonomous Procurement Platform) Autonomous procurement platform for road transport, integrated into Transporeon, enabling shippers, forwarders, and carriers to autonomously procure up to 90% of spot volume using data-driven methods.
• Logit One (Ocean Freight Visibility) Ocean freight visibility solution providing container status and location insights, predictive analytics, and multimodal planning capabilities, integrated into Transporeon's Sixfold visibility network.
• Tracks (Carbon Visibility) Sustainability-focused solution offering sophisticated carbon emission calculation algorithms for freight carbon tracking, integrated into Transporeon's Carbon Visibility feature.
• SupplyStack (Transport Management) Transport management solution enabling multimodal and partial load planning integration into Transporeon's digital freight platform.
• Nexogen (Fleet Optimization) LSP fleet optimization solution providing AI-driven fleet optimization tools integrated into the Transporeon platform for logistics service providers.
• Transporeon Integrated App Program (TIAP) Integration framework connecting carrier TMS systems with the Transporeon platform. Enables automated data synchronization, reducing manual work and improving operational efficiency. Includes standard GS1 APIs and a documented API framework for TMS vendors such as Qargo and Mandata.
• AI-driven Transport Planner

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% efficiency increase in freight quoting with AI
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers31 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• BarillaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2025Barilla partnered with Transporeon for global food logistics, integrating Transporeon's freight procurement and execution platform into Barilla's supply chain operations. Featured in Transporeon's whitepaper on breaking down silos between procurement and logistics.
• QargocoreTechnology or Integration · 28 January 2025Qargo, a cloud-based TMS provider, is a TIAP member enabling deep integration between its TMS platform and Transporeon's modules. This allows Qargo customers to seamlessly exchange transport orders, accept/reject shipments, manage real-time tracking updates, and book time slots directly from the Qargo platform. Qargo's integration has enabled significant reductions in manual work and improved data quality for shared customers.
• Mandata GroupcoreTechnology or Integration · 28 January 2025Mandata Group, a leading TMS provider for transport operators in the UK, has extended its long-standing Transporeon integration through the TIAP program, offering standardized integration to all customers without the need for custom software development. Over 10 major enterprise clients already used the legacy integration.
• TrimblecoreOthers · 1 April 2023Trimble acquired Transporeon in April 2023 to create a connected transportation ecosystem. This merger unified Trimble's carrier solutions and TMS expertise with Transporeon's leading shipper platform, creating a global transportation management powerhouse. The combined entity serves a global network of shippers, carriers, and logistics providers.
• ÖBB Rail Cargo GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partnership to offer rail logistics services on the Transporeon platform, enabling shippers to access rail freight alongside road, ocean, and air. The partnership won the Austrian Logistics Award in 2024 for supporting EU-Ukraine rail transport corridors. Cooperation extended into 2025 with enhanced rail visibility solutions.
• Tracks (Berlin startup)coreTechnology or Integration · 18 August 2022Tracks, a Berlin-based sustainability-focused startup, was acquired by Transporeon in 2022. Tracks provided sophisticated carbon emission calculation algorithms, enabling Transporeon to launch Carbon Visibility features and enhance its sustainability offering.
• SupplyStackcoreTechnology or Integration · 13 January 2022SupplyStack was acquired by Transporeon in January 2022 to enhance digital freight platform capabilities and expand transport management offerings. SupplyStack added multimodal and partial load planning capabilities to the platform.
• NexogencoreTechnology or Integration · 13 January 2022Nexogen was acquired by Transporeon in January 2022 alongside SupplyStack to enhance the digital freight platform. Nexogen brought AI-driven fleet optimization tools and real-time visibility capabilities to the platform.
• Logit OnecoreTechnology or Integration · 9 December 2021Logit One, a provider of ocean freight visibility, was acquired by Transporeon in December 2021 to enhance container status and location insights within the existing platform. The acquisition extended Transporeon Sixfold's real-time visibility to ocean freight, making Transporeon the only platform offering integrated multimodal visibility. Logit One was founded in 2013 and operated from Belgium and India.
• ZeKjucoreTechnology or Integration · 20 October 2021ZeKju provides GDPR-compliant digital communication between shippers, carriers, and LSPs using popular messenger apps (Telegram, Viber, WhatsApp), eliminating the need for drivers to install multiple apps. Closes the telematic gap for carriers without proper telematics, providing GPS tracking and CO2 emission data. Integration completes Transporeon Sixfold's real-time visibility network.
• TNX LogisticscoreTechnology or Integration · 10 June 2021TNX Logistics was acquired by Transporeon in June 2021. TNX provides autonomous procurement technology for road transport, enabling shippers, forwarders, and carriers to autonomously procure up to 90% of spot volume using AI-driven methods. This acquisition significantly enhanced Transporeon's autonomous procurement capabilities.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder offers TMS as part of its broader supply chain planning platform, competing directly with Transporeon in transportation procurement, execution, and yard management for global manufacturers and retailers.
• Descartes Systems Group: Descartes offers a global Logistics Technology Platform including Transportation Management, Routing & Dispatch, and Visibility—directly competing with Transporeon across multimodal freight execution and real-time tracking for enterprise shippers and 3PLs.
• Manhattan Active: Manhattan Active Transportation Management is a TMS competitor serving large enterprise shippers with procurement, execution, and visibility capabilities—an apples-to-apples alternative to Transporeon's platform for large-scale supply chains.
• Alpega: Alpega is a European-headquartered transport management and freight procurement platform competing with Transporeon in EMEA road freight tendering, spot buying, and carrier-shipper collaboration.
• WiseTech Global (CargoWise): WiseTech's CargoWise is a deeply adopted logistics execution platform used by global forwarders and 3PLs, overlapping with Transporeon in multimodal freight execution, visibility, and freight forwarding workflows.

Broad incumbents

• Oracle Transportation Management: Oracle's OTM is a long-standing TMS module embedded within Oracle's broader SCM/ERP suite, competing with Transporeon primarily where enterprise customers standardize on the Oracle stack.
• SAP Transportation Management: SAP TM is the TMS module within SAP's enterprise suite, competing with Transporeon in large shipper accounts where SAP ERP is the system of record.

Emerging players

• project44: project44 is a leading supply chain visibility platform competing directly with Transporeon Sixfold in real-time multimodal tracking and predictive ETA for shippers and 3PLs.
• FourKites: FourKites provides real-time transportation visibility and yard management overlapping with Transporeon's Execution & Visibility and Dock & Yard Management hubs for enterprise shippers.
• Uber Freight: Uber Freight operates a digital freight marketplace and managed transportation offering that intersects with Transporeon's Freight Marketplace and Autonomous Procurement capabilities, particularly in North American road freight.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A7 records

Investments

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