P&I

What P&I does

P&I Personal & Informatik AG is a German HR software provider founded in 1968 and headquartered in Wiesbaden, operating the P&I LogaHR cloud platform across the DACH region. The company serves more than 15,000 end customers managing over 6 million employees through an integrated suite covering payroll processing (Entgeltabrechnung), HR administration, time management, talent management, travel expense management, and analytics. Its technology stack includes dedicated physical servers per customer, an event-driven architecture that automates over 150 daily and monthly HR production processes, the proprietary P&I HR-Cloud-Datacenter in Germany certified to BSI ISO 27001, BSI C5 Typ 2, and ISAE 3402 Typ 2 standards, and the PERFIDIA electronic reporting system (acquired 2019) that handles statutory data exchange for approximately 14 million employees.

P&I generates revenue primarily through SaaS subscriptions priced at €20 per employee per month for the standard LogaHR tier, complemented by HR-as-a-Service (HRaaS) multi-year managed services contracts, hardware sales (time terminals and access control), and a recurring training/certification business via P&I Academy (e.g., €3,000 annual Seminarpaket). Its go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales with a network of 30+ certified channel partners spanning HR consultants, IT service providers, and municipal IT centers across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Greece, where a development center opened in 2017. The customer base is segmented vertically across Public Sector (Bund/Land/Kommunen), Healthcare & Social Services, and the Private Economy, with specialized "Industrial Expert" configurations for each segment and dedicated sales coverage for the DACH region.

The company is majority-owned by Hg Saturn following the December 2019 acquisition from Permira at an enterprise value of approximately €2 billion, with Permira retaining a significant minority stake and Hg Managing Partner Justin von Simson chairing the Supervisory Board. Since 2019, P&I has executed a series of acquisitions—UBM-Drecker (PERFIDIA, 2019), OP&V GmbH (HR BPO, 2020), Lohndirekt GmbH (payroll services, 2021), and VRZ Gruppe (Austrian IT systems house, 2021)—expanding both vertical depth in payroll outsourcing and geographic reach into Austria. The current management board includes CEO Vasilios Triadis, COO Dr. Carlo Pohlhausen (former Hg Investment Director), CSO Remco van Dijk, CTO Christian Rhein, CAO Sven Ekerdt, and CGO Bernd Manke, with the latter appointed in April 2024 to lead the next growth phase.

Name

P&I

Legal name

P&I Personal & Informatik Aktiengesellschaft

Website

https://www.pi-ag.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

P&I AG provides the P&I LogaHR cloud HR platform to 15,000+ DACH customers managing 6 million+ employees. The 1968-founded Wiesbaden firm delivers integrated payroll, HR administration, and analytics via SaaS and certified partners across public sector, healthcare, and private enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud HR & Payroll Software

NAICS

Payroll Services (541214), Professional Employer Organizations (561330), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Core HR & HRIS (BPACAPAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

HRIS/HCM Implementation & EOR Platform Services (BPACAHAJ), Comprehensive HRO (Multi-Process HR Outsourcing) (BPACAKAA), Expense Management & Reimbursements Administration (BPACAIAH), Human Capital Management (HCM) & Payroll Platforms (HDAEAEAJ)

Keywords

• Cloud HR software
• Payroll management
• HR-as-a-Service
• Workforce management
• HR analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Wiesbaden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. P&I LogaHR Software Subscription: SaaS subscription model for the P&I LogaHR cloud platform, priced per employee per month. Includes HR-Cloud-Datacenter, Entgeltabrechnung, Personaladministration, Personaleinsatzplanung, Mobile Apps, Industrial Expert, Digital Twin, Customer Releases, and Security of the Cloud.
2. HR-as-a-Service (HRaaS): Full-service outsourcing of payroll processing and HR administration. P&I takes responsibility for the complete payroll processing including Fachliche Administration (system configuration), Dezentrale Sachbearbeitung (decentralized processing), Zentrale Sachbearbeitung (centralized processing), and Personalabrechnung (payroll execution). Customers maintain their own Customer Success Team.
3. P&I Academy Seminars: Training and certification services including P&I Seminarpaket (annual package at €3,000), individual seminars ranging from €500-2,000, and partner development conferences. Covers product training, release information days, user conferences, and annual change seminars.
4. Hardware Sales: Sale of time terminals and access control systems that integrate with P&I LogaHR software. Hardware-generated data is transmitted via network to the encrypted database and accessed through P&I LogaHR.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

P&I develops and operates P&I LogaHR, a cloud-based, end-to-end HR management platform that integrates payroll processing, personnel administration, time management, personnel scheduling, talent management, applicant tracking, travel expense management, digital personnel files, and HR analytics in a single suite. The platform is delivered from P&I's proprietary German data center with a dedicated single-tenant architecture (one server and database per customer). P&I additionally offers HR-as-a-Service (HRaaS) managed services that fully outsource payroll and HR administration, plus P&I Academy training/certification programs and the PERFIDIA statutory reporting system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• P&I LogaHR: Cloud-based HR management platform covering payroll, HR management, time management, travel expense management and analytics
• P&I HR-BIGDATA
• P&I LOGA3
• P&I Bewerber3
• P&I Talent3
• P&I Doku3
• P&I Erhebung
• P&I Seminar3
• P&I Meldewesen (formerly PERFIDIA)
• HRaaS
• Mirus HR 3.0

Products and services

• P&I LogaHR End-to-end cloud HR platform integrating payroll (Entgeltabrechnung), personnel administration, time management, personnel scheduling, travel expense management, digital personnel files, applicant tracking, talent management, document management, employee/manager self-services, and HR analytics for organizations from 250 to 100,000+ employees. Single-tenant architecture with a dedicated physical server and database per customer, BSI ISO 27001, BSI C5 Typ 2 and ISAE 3402 Typ 2 certified. Includes the Industrial Expert knowledge base, Digital Twin assistant, Intelligent Production automation of 150+ daily/monthly HR products, event-driven architecture, and P&I HR-BIGDATA analytics.
• HRaaS (HR-as-a-Service) Managed service in which P&I takes over complete payroll processing and HR administration for the customer on the P&I LogaHR platform, including system configuration, decentralized/centralized processing, and payroll execution. Customers retain a dedicated Customer Success Team. Pricing is quote-based on multi-year contracts.
• P&I LogaAll-in Holistic HR platform combining software and hardware for fully networked payroll and HR management, delivered as a private cloud in P&I's own datacenter. Used by certified partners such as COMRAMO AG (28,000 payroll cases), Lohndirekt GmbH (45,000+ payroll cases for 2,000+ clients), and KRZ Lemgo (1,000+ public-sector customers) to resell HR/payroll services to end customers.
• P&I Meldewesen (formerly PERFIDIA) Electronic data-exchange system (single program library) for all relevant reporting procedures to social security, supplementary pension funds, SOKA-BAU, tax authorities, and federal/state statistical offices under a uniform interface. Runs on Windows, Unix (FreeBSD, Linux, zLinux) and Mac OS. Processes data for approximately 14 million employees in Germany. Also available as a Toolkit variant for other software houses to integrate.
• P&I Academy Training & Certification Training, certification and continuing-education offering including the P&I Seminarpaket annual package (€3,000/year covering all Release Information Days, the User Conference, and the annual change seminar), individual seminars (€500-2,000), partner development conferences, user conferences, and annual change seminars.
• P&I HR-BIGDATA HR analytics and business intelligence module that aggregates large personnel datasets, runs HR algorithms, links complex tables and master data, visualizes KPIs, and produces reports from personnel master, travel expense, and related data for real-time strategic and operational decision support.
• Mirus HR 3.0 HR platform built specifically for the hotel, gastronomy and tourism industry, provided by Swiss subsidiary Mirus Software AG. Supports sector-specific shift scheduling, time management, payroll, and mobile employee communication through the Favur digital HR frontend.
• P&I Time Terminals and Access Control Hardware Physical time-capture terminals and access-control systems that integrate with P&I LogaHR, transmitting captured time and access events to the encrypted database for downstream time-management and personnel-scheduling workflows.

Quantifiable outcome

• Automated production of over 150 daily and monthly HR products including payroll, travel expenses, vacation calculations, and statutory reporting
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor, major and strategic.

• Dataport AöRflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 January 2025Long-term cooperation agreement for innovative HR services based on P&I LogaHR platform. Project 'KoPers 2027' covers approximately 300,000 employees, civil servants, and pension recipients for state administrations of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg. Enables Dataport to offer comprehensive digital HR platform to both state administrations. Collaboration includes extensive negotiations and workshops with representatives from both state administrations.
• UFirst GroupminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 March 2022Partnership between Mirus Software AG (Swiss subsidiary of P&I) and UFirst Group. Mirus HR 3.0 users can access the Favur digital frontend application - a mobile HR platform with seamless integration. Favur enables mobile communication with employees and digital HR management for Swiss hospitality sector.
• COMRAMO AGmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOriginally founded as Kirchliches Rechenzentrum Hannover in 1974, COMRAMO expanded from 17,500 to 28,000 payroll cases under P&I LogaAll-in. Contract extended to December 31, 2028. COMRAMO serves medium-sized organizations with expertise in church, social economy, healthcare, municipal, and SME sectors.
• Lohndirekt GmbHmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPayroll specialist with over 20 years experience serving more than 2,000 clients and 45,000 payroll cases. Switched to P&I LogaAll-in in Q1 2021 for cloud migration and digital HR services. Founded with quality standards of tax consultants and auditors.
• KRZ Lemgo (Kommunales Rechenzentrum Minden-Ravensberg/Lippe)strategicChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStrategic partner in public sector since December 2002 with 25,000 personnel cases initially. Expanded to bundesweit service provider serving over 1,000 customers in all German federal states. Founded 1971 as municipal IT service provider for Lemgo region. Leading Kooperationsprojekt P&I LogaAll-in for public sector automation and standardization.
• AdminiStraight GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCertified P&I partner company headquartered in Essen, Germany.
• ADP Employer Services GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCertified P&I partner company headquartered in Neu-Isenburg, Germany.
• DataportmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPublic sector IT service provider serving federal states of Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Schleswig-Holstein. Approximately 5,500 employees, €1.36 billion revenue (2023). Partnership for public administration HR services.
• SD Worx GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCertified P&I partner company headquartered in Dreieich, Germany.
• Peras GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCertified P&I partner company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.
• KDO (Kommunale Datenverarbeitung Oldenburg)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCertified P&I partner company headquartered in Oldenburg, Germany. Municipal IT service provider.
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCertified P&I partner company headquartered in Langenhagen, Germany. Enterprise IT and business solutions provider.
• Lecos GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCertified P&I partner company headquartered in Leipzig, Germany.
• OEDIV HR Services GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCertified P&I partner company headquartered in Augsburg, Germany.
• Stadt BochumminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCertified P&I partner - municipal government of Bochum, Germany.
• Stadt Frankfurt am MainminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCertified P&I partner - municipal government of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SAP SuccessFactors: Global enterprise HCM platform with strong German roots and a comprehensive suite spanning core HR, payroll, talent, and analytics. Competes with P&I in large German enterprise and public-sector accounts but targets a much broader, multi-national customer base.
• ADP: Global payroll and HCM incumbent with a sizeable German operation (ADP Employer Services GmbH), which is itself a certified P&I partner. Overlaps with P&I in mid-market and enterprise payroll/HR, but at much greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Workday: Cloud-native enterprise HCM and finance platform increasingly expanding into payroll via partnerships. Competes with P&I in German large-enterprise HR transformation deals where global consolidation is a buying criterion.

Direct peers

• DATEV: German cooperative IT provider serving tax advisors, auditors, and SMEs with payroll and HR solutions. Most direct German peer to P&I, sharing the DACH mid-market and tax-advisor-led distribution motion, although DATEV's ownership structure differs.
• SD Worx: European payroll and HR services provider with strong presence in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and France. Direct competitor in DACH payroll/HR outsourcing and also a certified P&I channel partner, illustrating overlap in both product and go-to-market.
• Haufe-Lexware / Haufe Group: German software and content provider offering HR, payroll, and time-management solutions primarily to mid-market and SMB customers. Direct competitor in DACH HR software with comparable local compliance and partner-driven distribution.
• Visma: Nordic-headquartered European software group with a large HR/payroll portfolio and shared ownership under Hg. Highly relevant as both a strategic peer and potential portfolio-synergy partner given Hg's investment in P&I.

Emerging players

• Personio: Munich-based HR and payroll platform targeting European SMB and mid-market customers with a modern, multi-tenant SaaS architecture. Competes with P&I in the German Mittelstand and represents a newer, cloud-native alternative in P&I's core segment.
• Rexx Systems: German HR talent management and core HR vendor competing primarily in DACH mid-market and enterprise. Overlaps with P&I's talent and core HR modules, particularly for buyers seeking separate best-of-breed talent suites.
• HRworks: German SaaS HR and payroll platform targeted at small and mid-sized employers. Competes with P&I at the lower end of the mid-market with a cloud-native architecture and direct digital sales motion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/puiag1

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A4 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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