What Carpus+Partner does

Carpus+Partner AG is a German consulting and general planning firm founded in 1982 and headquartered in Aachen, with approximately 300 employees distributed across six German offices (Aachen, Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg). The firm positions itself as advisor, expert, and general planner (Generalplaner) for complex construction projects in the corporate real estate segment, serving mid-sized and global pharmaceutical and biotech companies, research-intensive industrial firms, universities, and research institutes. Its service model spans the full building lifecycle, organized around four trademarked pillars: Business Evolution (strategic consulting and New Workplace Design), Lab+Process (engineering for laboratories, cleanrooms, and production facilities), Cooperative Design (multidisciplinary planning integrating architecture, MEP, energy/building physics, and BIM), and Realization (implementation and commissioning support).

Underlying delivery relies on BIM-based digital planning, a Common Data Environment (CDE), and building and system simulations for thermal comfort, daylight, and energy performance. The firm reports an annual service volume of 370,000 hours and maintains in-house competencies across architecture, technical building equipment (TGA), energy and building physics, BIM management, and DGNB-certified sustainable design.

Revenue is generated through professional services fees on project-based engagements; no public pricing or subscription model is disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led, leveraging long-term enterprise relationships, competitive tenders, competition wins, thought-leadership events (e.g., Baukongress Aachen), and academic partnerships (notably with RWTH Aachen). The company is privately held, organized as a German Aktiengesellschaft (AG), with no identified external parent, private equity backing, or institutional investor ownership.

Name

Carpus+Partner

Legal name

Carpus+Partner AG

Website

https://carpus.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Carpus+Partner AG is a German consulting and general planning firm with ~300 employees across six German offices, delivering end-to-end building lifecycle services for pharmaceutical, biotech, research, and high-tech industrial clients using BIM-based multidisciplinary planning and engineering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Aachen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Planning Services: Advisory and planning services for complex construction projects including consulting, expert analysis, and general planning from initial concept through property value realization. Services span all phases of construction projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Carpus+Partner AG provides consulting, expert analysis, and general planning services for complex construction projects, focused on corporate real estate in the Life-Sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, research, and Hightech industries. Services span the full project lifecycle — from initial idea and workplace strategy through architecture, BIM-based digital planning, laboratory and cleanroom engineering, energy and building physics, technical building services, and project management — through to commissioning and property value realization.

Product overview

Carpus+Partner AG is an international consulting and planning company with approximately 300 employees at six locations in Germany. The company operates as a single integrated service offering structured around four core interconnected areas: Business ®Evolution (strategic consulting for workplace design), Lab+Process (engineering for laboratories and production facilities), Cooperative Design (multidisciplinary planning integrating architecture, BIM, building services, energy physics, and project management), and Realization (implementation support). These services are delivered as a unified consulting and general planning offering for complex building projects with focus on corporate real estate, serving the Life Sciences and High-Tech industries, including pharmaceutical, biotech, research institutions, and industrial companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business ®Evolution

Quantifiable outcome

• 370,000 hours of annual service delivery
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Klett Ingenieur GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2025IPA (Integrated Project Alliance) partner for the Universitätsklinik Düsseldorf central laboratory project (36,000 m²). Klett Ingenieur GmbH is responsible for building services planning as part of the integrated project team approach.
• Mainka Bau GmbH & Co. KGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2025IPA partner for Universitätsklinik Düsseldorf project. Mainka Bau handles construction execution in the areas of structural engineering and special foundation engineering.
• Rud. Otto Meyer Technik GmbH & Co. KGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2025IPA partner for Universitätsklinik Düsseldorf project. Responsible for building services execution as part of the integrated project alliance.
• 3PLUS (Planungsteam)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlanning team collaboration for the Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg competition project, including landscape architects (Freianlagen) and structural engineering, fire protection and accessibility consultants (Kempen Krause Ingenieure).
• RWTH Aachen UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership providing research insights and access to scientific expertise. Collaboration on Baukongress Aachen events and ongoing exchange of knowledge in construction and planning topics.
• Internationaler KarlspreisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-host of Karlspreis-Rahmenprogramm events at Carpus+Partner headquarters, bringing together international speakers and guests for European policy discussions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• PM Group: Ireland-headquartered construction consultancy with a flagship life-sciences and advanced manufacturing practice, delivering architecture, engineering and project management for pharma clients globally. Closest functional analog to Carpus+Partner's Generalplaner/lab-planning model.
• Linesight: Construction cost and project management consultancy with deep life-sciences/data-centers specialization serving global pharma clients. Directly comparable in vertical focus, B2B professional-services model, and emphasis on complex technical buildings.
• Drees & Sommer: German-headquartered engineering and real-estate consulting firm providing integrated planning, sustainability advisory and digital construction services to corporate, pharma and institutional clients. Closest German peer in size, geography and service breadth.

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with substantial life-sciences and advanced-buildings practices worldwide. Overlaps with Carpus+Partner on complex institutional and pharma building design but operates at materially larger scale across many sectors.
• WSP: Global engineering consultancy with a dedicated Property & Buildings segment covering pharma, healthcare and life-sciences. Larger and broader than Carpus+Partner but competes for the same complex-building mandates in DACH.
• Jacobs: US-headquartered professional services firm with significant life-sciences facilities and critical-environment engineering capabilities in Europe. Competes for large pharma capex programs but operates across a far broader sector portfolio.
• Arcadis: Dutch-headquartered design and engineering consultancy with pharma/life-sciences and mobility buildings practices across Europe. Overlaps with Carpus+Partner on complex institutional and corporate-real-estate mandates in Germany.
• Ramboll: Nordic engineering, design and consultancy group with significant European buildings and life-sciences exposure. Competes with Carpus+Partner on cross-border pharma/research mandates, particularly in Northern Europe and DACH.
• Stantec: Global design and engineering firm with dedicated Life Sciences and Healthcare practices. Larger and geographically broader than Carpus+Partner but overlapping in pharma facility planning and BIM-led delivery.

Regional players

• HPP Architekten: German architecture practice with strong healthcare, research and corporate-headquarters portfolio. Comparable in cultural fit and German market focus, though narrower on the engineering/MEP side versus Carpus+Partner's integrated model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 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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