QuoData

What QuoData does

QuoData Gesellschaft für Qualitätsmanagement und Statistik mbH is a privately held German statistical consultancy and software vendor headquartered in Dresden with a second office in Berlin, founded in 1995 and operating with 11-50 employees. The company specializes in analytical quality assurance for physical, chemical, biological, and digital tests, serving proficiency testing (PT) providers, testing laboratories, regulatory bodies, and industrial R&D customers across food/feed, environment, healthcare/life sciences, microbiology, material science and forensics. Its core platform is the PROLab family of software, which plans, organizes, performs, and analyzes interlaboratory comparisons and proficiency testing schemes in compliance with ISO/IEC 17043, ISO 13528, and ISO 5725, and includes the proprietary Q/Hampel robust statistical method for outlier-resilient mean and standard deviation estimation. Adjacent products include PROLab_HUB for PT program coordination, GUMsim for measurement uncertainty per GUM methodology, InterVAL for in-house method validation, µKPI for microbiological method KPI tracking, and Cequator for clinical external quality assurance (EQA) providers. QuoData also operates a DAkkS-accredited testing laboratory (per DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018) using proprietary yeast cell-based biosensors (Arxula adeninivorans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains) for effect-based analytics such as estrogenicity determination per ISO 19040-2:2018. Revenue is generated through (i) annual or multi-year subscription licensing of the PROLab software suite to enterprise PT providers and regulators worldwide, (ii) customized consulting services from method validation and statistical planning to AI-driven R&D project delivery, (iii) organization and co-organization of proficiency testing and ring trial programs (e.g., with QD Labs LP and KIMW), (iv) accredited laboratory testing services for hormonal and endocrine-disruptive activity, and (v) paid training programs (e.g., webinars at EUR 350 net per day per participant). Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales with self-serve web tools (Q/Hampel webtool, PCR analysis webtool, GSR-QC tool), free webinars for lead generation, channel partnerships (new_diagnostics GmbH for biosensor kits), and thought-leadership at industry conferences and through peer-reviewed scientific publications. AI/ML capabilities are integrated into PROLab for outlier detection and predictive quality monitoring and extended through the ExtractiVerse LLM integration for document/email classification, with applied AI R&D participation in BMBF KIOptiPack (packaging optimization) and BMWK ZIM KI MOD PEM (PEMFC manufacturing QC).

Name

QuoData

Legal name

quo data Gesellschaft für Qualitätsmanagement und Statistik mbH

Website

https://quodata.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

QuoData is a privately held German statistical software and consulting firm that provides PROLab-based proficiency testing software, method validation tools, and accredited effect-based bioassay services to ISO/IEC 17043-accredited PT providers, testing laboratories, and regulatory bodies worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Analytical Quality Assurance Software

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Software Publishers (5132), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Testing, QA & Release/Deployment Enablement (BPAEAAAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Quality, Compliance & Validation Software for Labs (GxP/CSV, eQMS for QC Labs) (HLAGAJAI), Quality Engineering & Test Automation (QE/QA) (BPAEAFAJ), Food Quality Assurance (QA) Programs & Supplier Quality Management (AFALAAAL)

Keywords

• Proficiency testing software
• Method validation software
• Measurement uncertainty estimation
• Statistical quality assurance
• Analytical consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dresden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 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 Licensing (PROLab family): Sale and licensing of PROLab, PROLab_HUB, GUMsim, InterVAL, µKPI, Cequator software suites for interlaboratory testing, method validation, measurement uncertainty, and clinical EQA. Sold as annual or multi-year licenses. Used by major PT providers and regulatory bodies worldwide.
2. Professional Services and Consulting: Customized consulting from method validation and statistical planning to implementation of predictive analytics strategies. Covers accredited routine operations and AI-driven R&D projects.
3. Proficiency Testing / Ring Trial Services: Organization and execution of interlaboratory trials and proficiency testing programs (e.g., Hormonal Effects 2026, GSR Quality Scheme, plastics proficiency testing). Often co-organized with partners QD Labs and KIMW.
4. Training and Seminars: Webinars, in-person seminars, and training programs for quality assurance in analytical methods. Webinars offered at 350 EUR/day net per participant. Prerecorded sessions available for those who cannot attend live.
5. Laboratory Testing Services: Testing and R&D laboratory services for effect-based analytics (hormonal activity, endocrine disruption). DAkkS accredited per DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018. Services include method development and validation in S1 and S2 laboratories.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

QuoData develops and licenses statistical software (PROLab family, InterVAL, GUMsim, µKPI, Cequator) for analytical quality assurance, with a focus on proficiency testing evaluation, method validation, and measurement uncertainty estimation per ISO standards (ISO/IEC 17043, ISO 13528, ISO 5725, ISO 19040). The company complements its software with consulting services, DAkkS-accredited laboratory testing for effect-based analytics, proficiency testing program organization, and professional training seminars.

Product overview

QuoData offers a comprehensive suite of software products and services for analytical quality assurance, centered on the PROLab platform for proficiency testing and interlaboratory comparison. The portfolio includes modular add-ons (PROLab Plus, PROLab_HUB), specialized validation tools (InterVAL, GUMsim, µKPI), clinical EQA software (Cequator), and free web-based statistical tools (Q/Hampel Webtool, PCR Analysis Webtool, GSR-QC Tool). Services encompass a DAkkS-accredited testing laboratory for effect-based analytics, Innovation Labs combining statistical and AI expertise, expert consulting, and professional training seminars. The ecosystem supports over 115 PT providers across more than 30 ISO 17043-accredited programs worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PROLab Software platform for planning, organizing, performing, and analyzing interlaboratory comparisons and proficiency testing schemes compliant with ISO/IEC 17043 and ISO 13528. Includes AI-driven modules for automated outlier detection, result interpretation, and predictive quality monitoring. Used by 115+ PT providers globally.
• PROLab_HUB Hub solution for PT providers enabling centralized management and coordination of proficiency testing programs across multiple schemes and participants.
• InterVAL Software tool for in-house validation of analytical methods. Provides factorial experimental design, data analysis, and structured validation documentation for laboratories.
• GUMsim Software solution for measurement uncertainty calculation using the GUM methodology. Enables laboratories to determine and document measurement uncertainty per international metrology guidance.
• µKPI (myKPI) Tool suite for key performance indicators supporting verification and validation of microbiological analytical methods. Includes POD curve analysis, experimental design tools, and structured validation documentation.
• Cequator Clinical external quality assurance software for EQA providers. Supports enrollment processes, qualitative and quantitative scheme reporting, peer grouping, and standardized templates.
• Q/Hampel Webtool Free web-based tool for PT providers to calculate mean and standard deviation using the robust Q/Hampel method according to ISO 13528, particularly useful for datasets with outliers.
• PCR Analysis Webtool Web-based tool for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) data analysis and interpretation.
• GSR-QC Tool Web-based quality control tool for GSR (Gunshot Residue) proficiency testing participants. Automatically evaluates uploaded quality control measurements and generates PDF reports with dynamic charts.
• Innovation Labs Life science R&D service combining statistical and AI expertise for research projects. Offers customized solutions from data science to decision science for industry and regulatory bodies.
• Testing Laboratory DAkkS-accredited testing and research laboratory for effect-based analytics. Uses proprietary yeast cell-based bioassays (Arxula adeninivorans, Saccharomyces cerevisiae) for detecting hormonal and endocrine-disruptive effects.
• Consulting Services Expert consulting from method validation and statistical planning to implementation of predictive analytics strategies. Supports accredited routine operations and AI-driven R&D projects.
• Seminars and Training Web seminars and in-person training for quality assurance professionals. Covers proficiency testing evaluation, method validation, and software utilization including PROLab and InterVAL.
• Proficiency Testing Programs Organization and execution of interlaboratory proficiency testing programs and ring trials, often co-organized with partners QD Labs LP and KIMW. Includes schemes such as Hormonal Effects 2026 and GSR Quality Scheme.

Quantifiable outcome

• 115+ PT providers globally use QuoData tools and services
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability8 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• QD Labs LPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 November 2025Strategic cooperation for proficiency testing (Ringversuche). QD Labs LP (ISO/IEC 17043:2023 accredited by ANAB) co-organizes expanded PT program with 100+ new proficiency tests in 2026. Also co-organizes Hormonal Effects 2026 interlaboratory trial and manages the GSR Quality Scheme (transitioned from QuoData in 2026).
• Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid (KIMW)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 July 2025Cooperation for reference materials in plastics testing. Starting 2025, QuoData and QD Labs partner with KIMW to continue and enhance the established proficiency testing program and reference materials previously managed by KIMW's DIR (Deutsches Institut für Ringversuche). Goal is to elevate quality and service to a new level.
• new_diagnostics GmbHcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributornew_diagnostics GmbH distributes ready-to-use yeast cell-based test kits (based on proprietary Arxula adeninivorans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains) for detecting estrogenic, androgenic, progestogenic, and bisphenol-mediated endocrine activity. QuoData developed and validated these assays. Partner provides kits for labs to conduct effect-based analytics independently.
• ENFSI Expert Working Group Firearms/GSRcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuoData organized the International GSR Proficiency Testing Scheme (gunshot residue detection by SEM/EDS) on behalf of ENFSI from 2010 to 2025. Supported by ENFSI members as advisory board. Since 2026, scheme transitioned to QD Labs while QuoData continues as external service provider for sample preparation, logistics, and web portal.
• DELTEC electronics GmbHminorOthersDELTEC electronics GmbH is a leading service provider for electronic system modules based in Dresden-Gittersee. Presented as a cooperation partner of QuoData.
• DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)minorOthersDAAD RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) program. QuoData hosts DAAD-supported interns, fostering international academic exchange and talent pipeline. Three DAAD interns joined QuoData in 2024.
• GFF - Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der TU Dresden e.V.minorOthersAs of 2024, QuoData is a member of the GFF, which supports teaching and research at TU Dresden, strengthens university-industry connections, and funds around 300 individual projects annually through competitions and calls.
• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) - KIOptiPackcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuoData is part of the KIOptiPack Innovation Lab funded by BMBF's 'KI-Anwendungshub Kunststoffverpackungen' program. Project applies AI methods for sustainable plastic packaging optimization. Collaboration with Fraunhofer IVV and other partners.
• Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) - ZIM ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuoData participates in the KI MOD PEM project (AI-based modular mapping of PEMFC-MEA manufacturing process for quality control), funded by ZIM (Central Innovation Program for SMEs). Partners: University of Duisburg-Essen and Zentrum für BrennstoffzellenTechnik GmbH. Duration: 2.5 years until April 2026.
• IBBL (Integrated BioBank of Luxembourg)coreTechnology or IntegrationIBBL uses QuoData's PROLab for PT scheme organization, analysis, and reporting (up to 40-page automated reports), and RingDat Online for the participant data entry interface. IBBL provides biospecimen PT programs to over 200 participating laboratories across 12 rounds.
• IFSH (Institute for Food Safety and Applied Microbiology)coreTechnology or IntegrationIFSH uses QuoData's µKPI tool suite as the engine for its training platform on microbiological method validation and proficiency testing. Supports POD (Probability of Detection) curve analysis and structured validation documentation.
• QD Labs LPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizer of the interlaboratory trial 'Hormonal Effects 2026' in cooperation with QuoData. QD Labs handles EQA organization for in vitro bioassays detecting hormonal activity in water and food samples. Autumn 2026.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• LabWare: Major LIMS vendor serving regulated laboratories with quality management and compliance modules. Comparable because it competes for QA/QMS software budgets at the same enterprise testing-lab customers QuoData serves, albeit as part of a much broader informatics suite.
• LabVantage Solutions: Enterprise LIMS platform with embedded QMS and quality control functionality used by life sciences and analytical labs. Competes for the same regulated testing-lab QA software spend as QuoData, but bundles QA within a full lab informatics stack rather than specializing in PT evaluation.
• Bio-Rad Laboratories: Global life-science tools and clinical diagnostics company with its own QC and proficiency testing product lines. Comparable because Bio-Rad runs internal PT/EQA programs for clinical labs using statistical tooling that overlaps with PROLab-style interlaboratory comparison analytics.
• MasterControl: Cloud QMS platform for life sciences and regulated manufacturers, including document control, training, and quality analytics. Comparable because MasterControl competes for QA software budgets in the same life-science labs and manufacturers that buy QuoData's PROLab and consulting services.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (Chromeleon / Lab Information): Provides chromatography data systems, lab informatics, and quality control software widely used in regulated analytical labs. Comparable because Thermo Fisher's lab informatics suite competes with QuoData's PROLab at the same QA/QC decision-makers in pharmaceutical, food, and environmental testing laboratories.
• Agilent Technologies (OpenLab): Major analytical instrument and lab informatics vendor with OpenLab software for chromatography, spectroscopy, and QA/QC workflows. Comparable because OpenLab competes for the same regulated analytical-lab QA budgets where QuoData positions PROLab, InterVAL, and GUMsim.

Direct peers

• Randox (RIQAS): Operates one of the world's largest international EQA/proficiency testing schemes (RIQAS) for clinical chemistry and life sciences. Comparable because RIQAS is run on its own statistical software platform that overlaps directly with QuoData's PROLab/PT-provider offering for ISO/IEC 17043-compliant interlaboratory comparisons.
• Minitab: Established statistical quality and process improvement software used in manufacturing and laboratory quality assurance. Comparable because Minitab's SPC, MSA/Gage R&R, and capability analysis directly substitute for some of QuoData's method-validation and measurement-uncertainty analytics (InterVAL, GUMsim).
• JMP (SAS Institute): Statistical discovery and quality engineering software widely used in design of experiments, measurement systems analysis, and process quality. Comparable because JMP addresses the same statisticians and QA specialists in regulated labs who today use QuoData's PROLab, InterVAL, and µKPI for DOE and method validation.

Emerging players

• Qualio: Cloud-native QMS built for life sciences startups and mid-market pharma/med-device companies. Comparable because Qualio competes for analytical QA software spend in regulated testing labs, though it focuses on document-centric QMS workflows rather than statistical PT evaluation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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