CRATOS

What CRATOS does

CRATOS is a Germany-based management and IT consulting firm founded in 2009 and headquartered in Hanover, with international operations through a Toronto branch office established in 2023. The company delivers professional consulting services across five core practice areas — Strategy & Business Consulting, Governance & Compliance, Digital Business Innovation, Security Consulting, and Project Delivery — supplemented by a staff-augmentation offering called Cratospro (experts on demand and virtual teams). Its delivery model combines classic project management with agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban) and is supported by an internal knowledge and content platform called CRATOSphere. The firm operates three wholly-owned subsidiaries: Blueteam (cybersecurity), Envyze (sustainable energy), and Cratos Can Inc. (North American green energy and cybersecurity operations).

CRATOS targets enterprise clients in regulated verticals — energy and utilities, finance and insurance, public sector, and corporate IT — and reports more than 500 completed client projects since inception. Named customers include major European corporates such as E.ON, RWE, EnBW, Uniper, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Volkswagen, Deutsche Bahn, and Hannover Rück, plus energy technology firm Beegy. Strategic technology alliances with Microsoft, Citrix, and SailPoint underpin large-scale cloud, virtualization, and identity-management delivery, including a Microsoft 365 migration covering 60,000 users and an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment serving 40,000+ users. The company is also engaged in a BMBF-funded research consortium of 17 partners.

Revenue is generated through project-based consulting engagements priced on scope, duration, and expertise requirements; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales supported by relationship-based business development, thought-leadership content via the CRATOSphere platform and industry events, and professional social media presence on LinkedIn and XING. The company is a private German GmbH (CRATOS GmbH, HRB Hanover 203838), led by four managing directors — Dr. Stefan Schwerdtner (Group CEO), Michael Damm, Matthias Grebing, and Ernst Sboron — and is founder/management-owned with no external funding rounds or parent company disclosed.

Name

CRATOS

Legal name

CRATOS GmbH

Website

https://cratos.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CRATOS is a Hanover, Germany-based management and IT consulting firm serving enterprise clients in energy, finance, public sector, and corporate IT across five practice areas: strategy, governance, digital innovation, security, and project delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hanover

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 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 Services: Professional consulting services for strategy, business consulting, governance, compliance, digital innovation, security consulting, and project delivery. Revenue generated through project-based consulting engagements with enterprise clients across energy, finance, public sector, and IT organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CRATOS is a management and IT consulting firm delivering strategy, organizational development, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and project delivery services to enterprise clients in energy, finance, public sector, and IT organizations. Its offerings span IT strategy, process consulting, governance/compliance (NIS2, DORA, GDPR, ISO 27001), cloud consulting, data/AI implementation, security architecture (IAM, Zero Trust, Cloud Security), and project management, supported by an on-demand expert staffing service called Cratospro.

Product overview

CRATOS is a management and IT consulting company offering a portfolio of professional services rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include Strategy & Business Consulting, Governance & Compliance, Digital Business Innovation, Security Consulting, Project Delivery, and Cratospro (experts on demand). These services work together as integrated consulting engagements where CRATOS advises clients on digital transformation, cloud migration, cybersecurity, and organizational development. The company does not offer a standalone software product but delivers expertise through project-based consulting engagements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CRATOSpro: Experts on demand service providing specialized expertise for project peaks, special tasks, or ongoing support.
• Blueteam
• Envyze
• Cratos Can Inc.

Products and services

• Strategy & Business Consulting Management and IT consulting covering IT strategy, organizational development, process consulting, service management, and agile organization transformation for enterprise clients.
• Governance & Compliance
• Digital Business Innovation
• Security Consulting
• Project Delivery
• Cratospro

Quantifiable outcome

• Cost reduction of approximately 50% achieved through IT contract portfolio optimization and SLA-based renegotiations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and strategic.

• BlueteamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlueteam is a CRATOS Group company specializing in cybersecurity expertise. Part of the 'Experten für Cybersecurity' brand within the CRATOS Group ecosystem, providing specialized security consulting services alongside CRATOS's broader consulting offerings.
• EnvyzecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvyze is a CRATOS Group company focused on sustainable energy solutions with the tagline 'Shaping Sustainable Energy'. Integrated as part of the CRATOS Group's vision for 'eine sichere, digitale und nachhaltige Welt' (a secure, digital and sustainable world).
• CRATOS Canada Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRATOS Canada Inc. operates as an international subsidiary of the CRATOS Group, combining green energy and cybersecurity expertise with cross-border consulting capabilities between Germany and Canada. Website: cratoscan.ca
• MicrosoftmajorTechnology or IntegrationStrategic technology partnership involving Microsoft 365, Azure, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Azure Virtual Desktop implementations. Multiple successful migrations and deployments across client projects including Office 365 for 60,000 employees and Azure desktop virtualization for 40,000+ users.
• CitrixmajorTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for desktop virtualization and application delivery solutions. Implementation expertise in Citrix modernization projects including global deployments spanning multiple countries.
• SailPointmajorTechnology or IntegrationIdentity management technology partnership. Implementation of SailPoint IdentityIQ for customer identity and access management transformations, including user migration and cloud onboarding automation.
• German Agricultural Machinery ManufacturerstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for sector coupling between mobility and energy in agriculture. Collaboration on business model development exploring alternative fuels, reverse power generation, virtual power plants, and control energy pooling for agricultural machinery applications.
• BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership involving BMBF-funded large-scale project. CRATOS supports project management and facilitation for a consortium of 17 parties with associated partners, focusing on networking and organizational issues with industry interaction planned for phase two.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• msg group: msg is a German IT consulting and software firm serving banks, insurers, public sector and automotive clients with digital transformation, security and compliance work — a direct analogue to CRATOS's regulated-industry practice in the DACH market.
• CGI Federal / CGI Germany: CGI is a global IT and business consulting services firm with a strong German and Canadian presence, delivering digital transformation, cybersecurity and managed services for utilities, banks and public sector — directly comparable in geography and practice to CRATOS.
• adesso SE: adesso is a mid-sized German-headquartered IT consulting and software house specializing in core systems, digital transformation and security for banks, insurers, energy and public-sector clients. Closely comparable mid-market DACH consulting peer to CRATOS.
• Atos Germany / Eviden: Atos and its Eviden unit deliver IT consulting, cybersecurity and managed services to large German enterprises and public agencies, including energy and financial services — overlapping with CRATOS's enterprise client footprint and security portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• T-Systems (Deutsche Telekom): T-Systems is a major German-headquartered IT services and consulting provider delivering cloud, security, SAP and digital transformation engagements for regulated German enterprises and public-sector clients. Comparable to CRATOS in vertical focus but with far greater scale and proprietary platforms.
• McKinsey & Company (Germany): McKinsey's German practice advises large enterprises on IT and digital strategy, organizational transformation and risk management in banking, energy and the public sector, frequently in competition with mid-sized German IT consulting firms like CRATOS.
• Deloitte Consulting Germany: Deloitte's German consulting arm delivers strategy, technology transformation and cyber risk services to DAX-listed companies in energy, financial services and the public sector, often competing head-to-head with CRATOS in regulated-industry bids.
• Capgemini Invent / Capgemini Germany: Capgemini's German operation runs a large-scale management and IT consulting practice covering digital transformation, cloud and cybersecurity for enterprise clients in banking, energy and the public sector. Directly overlaps CRATOS's service portfolio but operates at vastly greater scale as part of a global SI.
• Accenture Germany: Accenture operates one of the largest IT and management consulting practices in Germany, delivering strategy, digital transformation, cybersecurity and cloud projects to DAX enterprises across energy, banking and industry — the same verticals as CRATOS.

Regional players

• Computacenter: Computacenter is a UK-headquartered enterprise IT infrastructure provider with significant operations in Germany, delivering Microsoft, Citrix and security deployments for large enterprises — overlapping CRATOS's project-delivery and systems-integration work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cratos-gmbh
• Xx.com/cratosgmbh
• Facebookfacebook.com/CratosGmbH

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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