What GEBIT Solutions does

GEBIT Solutions GmbH is a privately held, independent German software vendor founded in 1991 and headquartered in Berlin. The company builds Connected Retail IT systems for large European enterprise retailers, operating from offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Stuttgart, and Lisbon. Its product portfolio centers on the GEBIT Retail Platform®, an event-driven, reactive microservice architecture delivered via the STANDIVIDUAL® SOLUTIONS framework that combines standardized platform modules with individual software development. The platform spans 12 functional module categories covering Business Intelligence, Customer Loyalty, Finance, Fiscalization, Fraud, Fulfillment, Operations, Pricing, Receipt, Store (Managed Checkout, Self-Checkout, Mobile Managed Checkout, Mobile Self-Checkout, Cart-Checkout), and Workforce Management. A complementary sub-brand, GEBOS, provides event-driven automation (EDA) and an event-driven operating environment (EDGE) for Linux-based POS systems.

The company generates revenue through three streams: subscription/SaaS and software licenses for the Retail Platform, custom software development services supplementing standard modules, and managed enterprise IT solutions including implementation, integration, and support. Pricing is quote-based and enterprise-custom, with no public list pricing. Distribution is exclusively through a direct enterprise sales motion, including a dedicated Sales Manager DACH & Europa, targeting large retailers in food/grocery, fashion, DIY, and drugstore/beauty verticals. GEBIT's solution set is manufacturer-independent, integrating with 40+ technology partners across payment (Adyen, Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Klarna), hardware (Diebold Nixdorf, NCR, Toshiba, Verifone), ERP/CRM (SAP, Salesforce), cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), and fiscalization (Deutsche Fiskal, Efsta).

GEBIT's footprint includes 110,000+ POS systems, 10M+ end customers, and operations across 32 countries, anchored by reference customers such as ALDI SÜD, SPAR, DEICHMANN, dm-drogerie markt, Kaufland, OBI Baumarkt, and Bayer AG. The company is managed by two Managing Directors, Michael Jeske and Timo Krauss, has no disclosed external funding, and has been recognized as a Kununu Top Company in 2024, 2025, and 2026.

Name

GEBIT Solutions

Legal name

GEBIT Solutions GmbH

Website

https://www.gebit.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

GEBIT Solutions is a German software vendor providing Connected Retail IT systems to enterprise retailers across Europe. Its event-driven GEBIT Retail Platform combines standardized modules with custom development, serving clients like ALDI SÜD, SPAR, and dm-drogerie markt.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail POS and Connected Retail Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (51321), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Custom Application Development (Web/Mobile/Desktop) (BPAEAFAA)

Keywords

• Retail POS software
• Connected retail platform
• Checkout management systems
• Retail IT solutions
• Omnichannel retail software

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Platform Subscriptions: GEBIT offers its Retail Platform as both SaaS and license models. The SaaS solution is designed for large retail companies with cloud-based infrastructure. Individual development services supplement the standard platform modules.
2. Custom Software Development: Individual software development services tailored to specific customer requirements, supplementing the standard platform products. This includes on-site development at customer premises or at GEBIT locations.
3. Enterprise IT Solutions: Complete Connected Retail solutions including implementation, integration, and ongoing support for large retail enterprises.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

GEBIT Solutions develops and sells software for retail companies under its GEBIT STANDIVIDUAL SOLUTIONS framework, which combines the modular GEBIT Retail Platform (an event-driven reactive microservice architecture) with individual custom software development. Core offerings include checkout systems (managed, self, mobile, cart-based), pricing and campaign management, loyalty management, digital receipts, fraud prevention, and centralised operations monitoring deployed across 110,000+ POS systems in 32 countries.

Product overview

GEBIT Solutions offers a platform-plus-modules architecture called GEBIT STANDIVIDUAL® SOLUTIONS, combining the GEBIT Retail Platform® (an event-based microservice architecture) with individual software development for Connected Retail. The Retail Platform includes 12 core module categories: Business Intelligence (Reporting Service, Recommendation Service, Customer Survey Service), Customer Loyalty (Loyalty Management Service, Loyalty Program Adapter), Finance (Financial Transaction Hub, Payment Services, Money Management Service), Fiscalization (Fiscalization Service), Fraud (Fraud Prevention), Fulfillment (Inventory Management, Order Management), Operations (Operations Suite, COMPAS, POS Live), Pricing (Price and Promotion Calculation Service, Dynamic Pricing Service), Receipt (Receipt Repository Service, Digital Receipt Service, EJournal, Receipt Layouter Service), Store (Managed Checkout, Self-Checkout, Mobile Managed Checkout, Mobile Self-Checkout, Cart-Checkout, Devices, Store Portal, Employee App), and Workforce Management. Additional modules include Campaign Management, Loyalty Management, Digital Receipt, Fraud Prevention, and Attendant App. The platform supports omnichannel retail across multiple channels with manufacturer-independent hardware integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GEBIT Retail Platform®: Technical, reactive, event-based microservice architecture for Connected Retail applications with standard modules including Business Intelligence, Customer Loyalty, Finance, Fiscalization, Fraud, Fulfillment, Operations, Pricing, Receipt, Store, and Workforce Management.
• GEBOS
• STANDIVIDUAL® SOLUTIONS

Products and services

• GEBIT STANDIVIDUAL SOLUTIONS Solution framework combining the GEBIT Retail Platform modules with individual software development to create Connected Retail applications tailored to enterprise retail customers.
• GEBIT Retail Platform Event-driven reactive microservice architecture providing standard modules for Connected Retail applications, including Business Intelligence, Customer Loyalty, Finance, Fiscalization, Fraud, Fulfillment, Operations, Pricing, Receipt, Store, and Workforce Management.
• Managed-Checkout Modern hybrid POS system for stationary checkouts with integration of input devices, scales, promotions, vouchers, and customer accounts, supporting omnichannel capabilities, multi-language, and international deployment.
• Self-Checkout Smart self-service checkout solution that connects to SCO hardware from vendors including Diebold, ITAB, and NCR, occupying less space than traditional checkouts with lower personnel expense.
• Mobile Managed-Checkout Mobile checkout allowing employees to process payments anywhere on the sales floor using handheld devices, eliminating the need for customers to queue at stationary checkouts.
• Mobile Self-Checkout Customer smartphone-based self-service checkout allowing products to be scanned and paid directly via a mobile app, eliminating queue waiting times and integrating with all classic checkout system functionalities.
• Pricing Service Centralised and automated price calculation for all products and sales channels, supporting brick-and-mortar and online retail with regional pricing, franchise capabilities, and international tax calculation.
• Campaign Management Tool for creating, managing, and evaluating campaigns, promotions, and offers with an intuitive editor, campaign calendar, simulator, and import/export functions for product information.
• Operations Suite Centralised monitoring and management solution for all retail systems and devices across locations, including POS Live Deployment, COMPAS configuration, Locations management, and POS Live Monitoring for manufacturer-independent access to hardware and software.
• Loyalty Management Service (LMS) Service for defining and managing customer loyalty programmes with flexible benefit levels, tier systems, multiple account types, and integration with external loyalty programmes like Payback and Deutschland Card.
• Digital Receipt Service (eReceipt) Digital receipt solution for immediate generation and provision of receipts sent to customer smartphones, with PDF storage, cloud hosting, and compliance with Electronic Receipt Standard (EKaBS).
• Fraud Prevention Service Event-based centralised fraud detection service for omnichannel retail with real-time analytics, dynamic responses to shopping cart changes, and flexible AI integration for custom fraud detection approaches.
• Attendant App Mobile and web client application for centralised monitoring and management of all self-checkout stations, enabling remote authorisations, real-time issue resolution, and proactive problem solving.
• Cart-Checkout Checkout solution integrated directly into shopping carts, allowing customers to scan items, track basket value, and complete purchases without detours to traditional checkout areas.
• Individual Development Services Custom software development services combined with Retail Platform products, characterised by intensive customer collaboration from requirements analysis through implementation and beyond.
• GEBOS EDA (Event-Driven Automation) Event-driven automation solution for managing Linux-based systems at POS, the first such solution specifically developed for retail.
• GEBOS EDGE (Event-Driven Operating Environment) Event-driven operating environment for Linux-based systems at POS, part of the GEBOS cloud solutions brand.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10M+ end customers served through platform
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration52 records

AI capability5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SPAR ICS (Information & Communication Services Retail)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with SPAR ICS for optimal POS service solutions. Collaboration on retail technology implementations for SPAR retail operations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Diebold Nixdorf: Global leader in retail banking and retail POS hardware/software, including self-checkout, mobile checkout, and omnichannel software. Directly comparable to GEBIT as an enterprise vendor of POS, SCO and omnichannel modules to tier-1 retailers, though materially larger and more diversified geographically.
• NCR Voyix (NCR Retail): US-listed enterprise technology vendor serving grocery, convenience and food retail with POS, self-checkout and omnichannel software. Overlaps with GEBIT on self-checkout, retailer-scale deployments and modular platform plays; diverges in scale and geographic mix.
• Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions: Major provider of POS hardware and retail store software to large grocery and specialty retailers worldwide. A close peer in the self-checkout, traditional POS and managed services segments where GEBIT competes; listed as a GEBIT integration partner as well, underscoring overlap.
• GK Software (now part of SAP): German-headquartered vendor of vertical retail software (GK OmniPOS, Loyalty, Pricing) for enterprise retailers, now within SAP. Closest regional and product competitor to GEBIT, differentiated mainly by post-acquisition channel and broader parent ERP suite.
• Fujitsu (Global Commerce / FRTP): Fujitsu's retail technology practice provides POS, self-checkout and store software across Europe, Japan and APAC. Comparable as an enterprise retail platform vendor with hardware-software bundle capability and a similar tier-1 retailer customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Manhattan Associates: US-listed provider of supply chain, inventory and omnichannel commerce platforms that increasingly overlap with GEBIT's Fulfillment, Pricing and BI modules, especially for enterprise retailers. Broader scope than GEBIT but increasingly competitive in retail execution.
• Aptos: Long-standing vertical retail technology provider (CRM, POS, OMS, merchandise planning). Comparable customer base and product breadth to GEBIT but with a North America–anchored footprint and larger installed base outside Europe.
• Cegid: French-headquartered software vendor with a strong retail vertical suite (Cegid Retail), including POS, loyalty and store operations. A regional peer in continental Europe with comparable enterprise retailer focus and overlapping modules.
• Oracle Retail: Global enterprise software vendor with a dedicated retail suite spanning merchandising, planning, POS and customer engagement. Competes most directly with GEBIT at the largest tier-1 retailers where Oracle's broader platform is often already in place.

Emerging players

• Shopify POS: Cloud-native commerce platform increasingly expanding from SMB upward into enterprise retail with POS hardware, checkout and basic loyalty features. Not yet a direct competitor to GEBIT's largest tier-1 accounts but a long-run threat at the lower end of GEBIT's TAM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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