LKS Next

What LKS Next does

LKS Next is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm headquartered in the Basque Country, Spain, operating under the legal entity LKS, S.COOP. and affiliated with the Mondragón cooperative corporation. Founded in 1991, the firm employs over 600 professionals across four integrated service lines: Technology, Consultancy, Legal, and Financial Solutions & Corporate. It serves enterprises primarily in industrial manufacturing (CAF, Irizar, Orona, Velatia, Tubacex, Mercedes-Benz), public sector entities (Osakidetza, Tabakalera, regional administrations), and corporate finance clients undergoing M&A and restructuring transactions.

The company's technology stack combines proprietary platforms with third-party implementations. Core proprietary assets include the Digitalización Industrial Integrada (DII) integrated industrial digitalization platform, SAT Next for field service management, NextRPA built on UiPath, and Zaindata Next for healthcare data spaces. These are delivered alongside ERP implementations (SAP Gold Partner via subsidiary i3S, Microsoft Dynamics 365, IFS Applications, LOGESTIC, NODHOS), OT+IT cybersecurity via subsidiary Secure & IT (ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ENS certified), and AI capabilities including the ILENIA generative AI demonstrator (RAG with the Latxa Basque-language model) and Legora-powered legal AI. Recent strategic moves include a four-year framework agreement with TECNALIA (November 2025), leadership of the European EDWIM quantum manufacturing project (June 2026), and active Financial Forum event series targeting senior finance leadership.

LKS Next generates revenue through professional services engagements across consulting, IT outsourcing, ERP implementation, RPA deployment, legal advisory, and corporate finance mandates. Pricing is quote-based and tailored to client scope. Distribution occurs through consultant-led direct engagement, dedicated specialized subsidiaries (LKS Next Legal, LKS Next Selection, Secure & IT, i3S), and event-driven demand generation. The firm maintains eight offices across Spain (Arrasate-Mondragón, Bilbao, Donostia-San Sebastián, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Zamudio, Madrid, El Astillero) and one in Bidart, France, with international reach via the IBLC legal consortium and a German Desk.

Name

LKS Next

Legal name

LKS, S.COOP.

Website

https://lksnext.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

LKS Next is a Basque Country-based multi-disciplinary consulting cooperative offering technology, legal, management, and corporate finance advisory services to industrial manufacturers, public sector entities, and enterprises across Spain and France, employing 600+ professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Compliance Technology, GRC Platforms & Controls Automation Advisory (BPAHAFAO)

Keywords

• Business consulting services
• Legal advisory services
• IT consulting
• Financial advisory services
• Technology consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Vitoria-gasteiz

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Technology Consulting & Services: Revenue is generated through technology consulting, IT outsourcing, infrastructure services, ERP implementations, RPA deployments, and digital transformation project engagements. Services are delivered by a large professional team across multiple service lines.
2. Management Consulting: Revenue from specialized advisory services in areas such as Industry 4.0 and operations, human capital management, procurement advisory, and competitiveness improvement.
3. Legal Advisory Services: Comprehensive legal advisory services to enterprises and public sector entities, including compliance, M&A, financial restructurings, energy law, public procurement, labor law, and other practice areas.
4. Financial Solutions & Corporate Advisory: Corporate finance advisory, M&A transaction support, financial restructuring, treasury digitization, and financial consulting services. Includes services such as operations, cash management, budgeting, and debt restructuring.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

LKS Next is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm providing Technology, Consulting, Legal, and Financial Solutions & Corporate services to enterprise and public sector clients. Founded in 1991 as a cooperative (S.COOP.) within the Mondragón Corporation federation and headquartered in the Basque Country, Spain, the firm employs more than 600 professionals and complements its consulting practice with proprietary platforms including DII, SAT Next, and NextRPA.

Product overview

LKS Next is a consulting firm offering a multi-service portfolio across four main areas: Technology, Consulting, Legal, and Financial Solutions & Corporate. Their technology offerings include the Digitalización Industrial Integrada (DII) platform as the core industrial digitalization solution, supplemented by specialized add-on modules including SAT Next (technical assistance service management), NextRPA (robotic process automation using UiPath), GOLD SECURITY (cybersecurity services via Secure & IT), and Zaindata Next (health data solutions). They also implement third-party ERP solutions (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, SAP, IFS Applications) and offer specialized vertical solutions (LOGESTIC for logistics, NODHOS for retail/fashion). The Legal division provides compliance, corporate restructuring, M&A, and sector-specific advisory services. The Financial Solutions division offers financial strategy, 4.0 financial management, and M&A advisory services. The company also operates LKS Next Selection for talent acquisition with AI-powered IA Select tool.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SAT Next: Technical Assistance Service management solution for field service operations
• LKS Next RPA
• IA Select

Products and services

• Technology Consulting

Quantifiable outcome

• RPA implementations achieve ROI within a few months with 24/7 operations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TECNALIAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2025LKS Next and TECNALIA formalized a Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement valid for four years. The agreement establishes a stable collaboration framework for innovation and digital transformation in enterprises and public administration. The partnership leverages TECNALIA's research and technological development capabilities with LKS Next's consulting and implementation expertise.
• HiTZ (Hizkuntzaren Teknologiako Euskal Zentroa)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 November 2025LKS Next GobTech collaborated with HiTZ (Euskal Zentroa for Language Technology) and the University of the Basque Country (EHU) to develop ILENIA, an AI conversational assistant for the Gipuzkoa Official Gazette. The project uses RAG architecture with the Latxa language model trained on Basque corpus to enable natural language queries about official regulations.
• EHU (University of the Basque Country)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 November 2025Collaborated with LKS Next GobTech and HiTZ to develop the ILENIA AI demonstrator for the Gipuzkoa Official Gazette, providing academic research support and language technology expertise.
• Secure & ITcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSecure & IT is the specialized cybersecurity unit of LKS Next, operating from offices in Madrid and the Basque Country. It delivers the GOLD SECURITY global offering and manages the Advanced SOC-CERT with 24x7x365 monitoring capabilities for OT+IT security services.
• i3S (SAP Gold Partner)coreTechnology or Integrationi3S is the LKS Next specialized business for SAP Gold Partner implementations. i3S provides SAP ERP design, implementation, rollout, and evolution services. SAP Gold Partner is the most demanding certification in the SAP partner ecosystem, attesting to professionalism, quality, and maximum service guarantee.
• Microsoft (Dynamics 365 Business Central)coreTechnology or IntegrationLKS Next implements Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, a 100% SaaS ERP solution that is part of Microsoft's Cloud suite (Office 365, Dynamics 365, LinkedIn, Power BI, PowerApps, Azure). LKS Next serves as an implementation and integration partner.
• UiPathcoreTechnology or IntegrationLKS Next robotizes processes using the UiPath platform, the leading RPA platform. LKS Next leverages UiPath for process automation across business operations, incorporating AI and Machine Learning into its RPA methodology.
• IBLC (International Business Law Consortium)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLKS Next Legal participates in the International Business Law Consortium (IBLC), an international network that provides cross-border legal services and enables LKS Next to serve clients navigating international legal environments.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Indra: Largest pure-play Spanish IT services and consulting firm, with deep public-sector and industrial digitalization practices. Closest large-scale direct competitor to LKS Next in the Spanish market across technology consulting, ERP, and government IT.
• Seidor: Spanish-headquartered IT consultancy and SAP/Microsoft partner with similar mid-market enterprise focus and multi-country delivery. Comparable in business model, ERP partnership reliance, and industrial vertical emphasis.
• Ayesa (formerly Ibermática): Spanish IT services group with strong industrial and public-sector practices and SAP/Oracle capabilities. Direct competitor for industrial digital transformation and government IT outsourcing deals in Spain and Latin America.
• Dominion: Spanish technology and engineering services group serving industrial, energy, and telecom clients. Comparable multi-vertical technology services positioning, with overlapping Industry 4.0 and infrastructure offerings.

Broad incumbents

• NTT Data (formerly Everis): Global IT services incumbent with a large Spanish operation (rooted in Everis), competing for the same enterprise and public-sector digitalization mandates. Larger scale and broader geographic footprint than LKS Next.
• Capgemini: Global IT and engineering services leader with significant Spanish delivery capability competing for industrial and public-sector transformation work. Represents the upper bound of scale against which LKS Next competes.
• Accenture: Largest global management and technology consultancy, active across all of LKS Next's service lines. Sets the competitive ceiling on large enterprise and public-sector transformation pursuits in Spain and Europe.
• Deloitte (Spain): Big Four firm with strong Spanish consulting, risk advisory, and technology transformation practices. Direct overlap with LKS Next's management consulting, legal, and risk/compliance advisory offerings.

Others

• Sener: Spanish engineering and technology group with industrial, energy, and aerospace practices. Comparable in serving Basque/Spanish industrial clients and participating in European innovation projects, though more engineering-heavy than LKS Next's consulting model.
• TECNALIA: Basque research and technology development center that is both a formal LKS Next strategic partner (2025 Framework Agreement) and a partially adjacent provider of applied R&D and innovation services to industry.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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