Gartner

What Gartner does

Gartner KG is a privately held, family-owned European transport and logistics company headquartered in Lambach, Austria, founded in 1918. It operates 23 branches across 10 countries (Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Slovenia, Norway) and runs three core service lines: road transport (curtainside, refrigerated, tank, and vehicle haulage using a fleet of 2,200+ tractor units and 3,200+ trailers), intermodal road-rail transport anchored by its own railway terminal in Lambach and hubs at Railport Arad and Thessaloniki/Sindos, and warehousing (95,000–119,300 m² across multiple sites). The company executes roughly 670,000 road transports and 33,000 rail transports per year and serves about 1,000 daily customers across industrial/manufacturing, food & beverage, chemical & energy, automotive, and aviation/air-cargo segments, supported by a broad certification stack (ISO 9001/14001/45001/28000, SQAS, SCC, IFS, GDP).

The business model is asset-heavy and contract-based: Gartner owns the majority of its fleet (80%+ MAN vehicles), runs in-house workshop and terminal infrastructure, and negotiates bespoke transport and warehousing rates on a per-shipment or contracted basis — no public pricing exists. The GTM is sales-led direct to enterprise shippers, supplemented by a minor B2C Fanshop for branded merchandise. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, but operational scale (3,900 employees, ~703,000 annual transport movements, 119,300 m² warehousing) and headcount benchmarks point to an estimated revenue band in the €500M–€1B range.

Following share transfers in 2022 and 2024, the third Gartner generation now leads day-to-day operations while a 35% strategic stake was sold to Schwarz Gruppe (Lidl parent) effective August 1, 2024, leaving the Gartner family with 65% ownership. The company's stated strategic priorities — visible in the May 2025 MAN framework agreement for up to 1,200 additional tractors by 2028, continued bolt-on M&A (most recently Anderl Transport in 2023), and incremental product launches such as the Road Feeder Service for air cargo — point toward continued capacity-led expansion rather than digital or AI-driven differentiation.

Name

Gartner

Legal name

Gartner KG

Website

https://gartnerkg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1918

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Gartner KG is a 108-year-old, family-owned Austrian logistics company operating 23 branches in 10 European countries, providing road transport (2,200+ tractor fleet), intermodal road-rail services via its own Lambach railway terminal, and warehousing for industrial, food, chemical, automotive, and aviation shippers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lambach

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Road Transport Services: Core business providing road transport services including flatbed, refrigerated, tank, and vehicle transport across Europe
2. Intermodal Transport: Combined road and rail transport services leveraging own railway terminal and shuttle trains to Greece, Romania, Germany, and other destinations
3. Warehousing Services: Storage and logistics services including temperature-controlled storage, dangerous goods storage, and logistics value-added services like picking, labeling, repackaging
4. Road Feeder Service: Air cargo transport and subsequent forwarding services as a regulated agent since September 2021
5. Fanshop Merchandise: Sale of Gartner branded merchandise including truck models, promotional items, textiles and office supplies

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Gartner KG is a European logistics services provider operating road transport (curtainside, refrigerated, tank, and vehicle transport with a fleet of 2,200+ tractors and 3,200+ trailers), intermodal road-rail transport via its own railway terminal in Lambach, and warehousing services across 23 locations in 10 European countries. The company executes approximately 670,000 road transports and 33,000 rail transports annually, serving industrial, food, chemical, automotive, and aviation customers across Europe.

Product overview

Gartner KG operates as a logistics services provider offering three core service lines: Road Transport (Straßentransporte), Intermodal Transport (Intermodaler Verkehr), and Warehousing (Warehousing). The Road Transport service is the core competency, encompassing curtainside, refrigerated, tank, and vehicle transport with a fleet of over 2,200 tractor units. The Intermodal Transport service leverages the company's private railway terminal in Lambach for combined road-rail shipments across Europe. Warehousing provides storage and logistics solutions across nearly 95,000 m² at multiple European locations. Additional specialized offerings include Road Feeder Service for air cargo, Long Trucks (Lang-LKW) for volume transport, and LNG-powered trucks for sustainable transport. The company operates 23 locations in 10 countries across Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Road Transport Services (Straßentransporte)

Quantifiable outcome

• 670,000 road transports per year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MAN Truck & BuscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 May 2025Major framework agreement for up to 1,200 tractor units by end of 2028, expanding on previous 2023 contract for 500 trucks worth approximately €50 million. Relationship spans over five decades with Gartner operating its own MAN workshop at Lambach site.
• Trade Trans-GruppecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Strategic partnership for rail transport cooperation resulting in two weekly block train pairs between Sopron and Curtici, supporting intermodal operations.
• Gysev CargocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Rail transport partner for block train operations between Sopron and Curtici as part of intermodal network.
• HPTO Transport Overland (Romania)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Initially cooperative partner then acquired 51% stake in 2013, later 100% in 2015. Renamed to Gartner Eurotrans Romania. Enables market entry in Romania.
• Green Freight EuropeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member of sustainable logistics initiative focusing on environmental protection through intermodal transport solutions.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Raben Group: Dutch family-owned logistics operator with pan-European road transport, warehousing, and contract logistics. Comparable to Gartner in family ownership, owned-asset European network, and multi-vertical customer base including FMCG and industrial.
• DACHSER: German family-owned logistics provider with European road transport, warehousing, and intermodal services. Comparable to Gartner in family governance, owned-fleet scale, pan-European branch network, and B2B contract logistics focus.
• Gebrüder Weiss: Austrian family-owned logistics company offering road, intermodal, and warehousing across Europe. Closely comparable to Gartner in ownership structure (family-controlled), DACH heritage, owned-asset model, and service mix including intermodal and contract logistics.
• Girteka Logistics: One of Europe's largest asset-based trucking operators, headquartered in Lithuania. Comparable to Gartner in owned large-scale truck fleet (4,000+ vehicles), pan-European full-truckload focus, and emphasis on cost-efficient road transport.
• LKW WALTER: Austrian family-owned full-truckload specialist focused on cross-border European transport. Directly comparable to Gartner as a DACH-rooted family-owned haulier with deep European road and intermodal capabilities.

Regional players

• FERCAM: Family-owned Italian logistics provider with European road transport, intermodal, and warehousing. Comparable to Gartner in family governance, owned-asset model, and multimodal European focus, but with primary strength in Italian/Southern European lanes.
• Waberer's International: Hungarian full-truckload and logistics operator with significant intermodal exposure. Comparable to Gartner's Central/Eastern European intermodal model and Hungarian subsidiary presence, though smaller in scale and primarily regionally focused.

Broad incumbents

• DSV A/S: Global transport and logistics giant with extensive European road, air, and sea capabilities. Comparable to Gartner as a competing European road-freight provider, though DSV operates at far greater scale and across broader geographies.
• Kuehne+Nagel: One of the world's largest freight forwarders with strong European road and contract logistics presence. Overlaps with Gartner in European road transport and warehousing but operates globally with a primarily brokered rather than owned-fleet model.
• DHL Freight (Deutsche Post DHL Group): European road freight arm of Deutsche Post DHL, offering groupage, less-than-truckload, and full-truckload across Europe. Comparable as a major European road-freight competitor, though DHL's network is broader and asset-heavier in LTL rather than FTL.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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