Foundation Churches Computing Center Southwest Germany

Name

Foundation Churches Computing Center Southwest Germany

Legal name

Stiftung Kirchliches Rechenzentrum Südwestdeutschland

Website

https://krz-swd.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Eggenstein-leopoldshafen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Managed IT Services & Cloud (XaaS): Recurring managed services including cloud hosting, managed workplace, managed firewall, managed WLAN, managed SD-WAN, and security services delivered from certified dual-site data centers. Delivered as subscription-based services bundled with software licensing.
2. Software Licensing & Subscriptions (KRZ Product Suite): Licensing/subscription revenue from proprietary product suite including krz.davip (Meldewesen), KIDICAP modules (payroll, time, HR), krz.Kita, krz.ChurchTools, krz.DEKO, krz.dipsKirche, krz.WebOffice. Pricing is quote-based, not publicly disclosed.
3. Telecommunications Services: Mobile and fixed-line telecommunications services offered in partnership with Deutsche Telekom, including framework agreement KI001 for mobile services targeting church and charitable institutions.
4. Professional Services (Consulting, Training, Implementation): Consulting, implementation, training, and workshop services. The company offers customer-specific training through its Video Portal and Service Portal, as well as implementation support for new system deployments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

KRZ-SWD provides managed IT services and proprietary software applications exclusively for churches, Diakonie (Protestant welfare organizations), and Caritas (Catholic welfare organizations) in southwest Germany. The core offerings combine cloud-based HR/payroll (KIDICAP-based), church member registry (krz.davip), parish management (krz.churchtools), kindergarten administration (KRZ.Kita), long-term digital archiving (krz.dipsKirche), managed security/cloud/network services, and telecommunications (Deutsche Telekom partnership) on a TÜV/ISO-certified dual-site data center infrastructure.

Product overview

KRZ-SWD (Stiftung Kirchliches Rechenzentrum Südwestdeutschland) operates as an IT service provider specialized for churches, Diakonie (Protestant welfare organizations), and Caritas (Catholic welfare organizations) in southwestern Germany. The company offers a modular portfolio of solutions organized around eight core areas: (1) Personalmanagement covering payroll (krz.entgelt, krz.tarife), time management (krz.absenz), HR management (krz.personaloffice, krz.bewerbermanagement, krz.travel, krz.stellenplan), document management (krz.personalakte, krz.postfach, krz.vorlagen, krz.bescheinigungen), and controlling (krz.auswertungen, krz.deko, krz.dekoplus) using KIDICAP from GIP GmbH; (2) Meldewesen providing church membership administration via krz.davip and community planning through krz.churchtools; (3) Managed Services including krz.security, krz.cloud, krz.managed-workplace, krz.managed-firewall, krz.managed-wlan, and krz.managed-sdwan; (4) Telekommunikation with krz.mobilfunk, krz.cloud-telefonanlagen, and krz.festnetz-/datenleitungen in partnership with Deutsche Telekom; (5) krz.security for IT security services; (6) Kitamanagement via KRZ.Kita (based on KIDkita from COMRAMO KID GmbH); (7) Archivierung including krz.dipskirche for long-term digital archiving (based on Doxis from SER Solutions) and krz.cloudbackup/krz.drive for backup/storage; (8) Kollaboration via krz.weboffice, a web-based collaboration platform. Supporting portals include krz.portal, krz.videoportal, and krz.serviceportal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• krz.entgelt: Payroll processing solution for church and charity organizations
• krz.tarife
• krz.davip
• krz.churchtools
• krz.security
• krz.cloud
• krz.managed-workplace
• krz.managed-firewall
• krz.managed-wlan
• krz.managed-sdwan
• krz.mobilfunk
• krz.cloud-telefonanlagen
• krz.festnetz-/datenleitungen
• krz.weboffice
• KRZ.Kita
• krz.dipskirche
• krz.cloudbackup
• krz.drive
• KRZ.WebOffice
• KRZ.Serviceportal
• KRZ.Videoportal

Products and services

• krz.davip Cloud-based church member registry management (Meldewesen) enabling parishes to manage member data, automate processes, and exchange data with municipal registration offices; TÜV SÜD certified since 2010 and covering over 10 million church members and relatives across German churches.
• KIDICAP HR/Payroll Suite HR and payroll management system covering all tariff and civil servant regulations for workers, employees, Beamte and pension recipients, including special groups (SVBG, GfB, BFD, FSJ); includes modules for payroll (Entgeltabrechnung), time management (Zeitwirtschaft), personnel administration (Personalwirtschaft), document management (Personalakte, Postfach), and controlling (Auswertungen, DEKO).
• krz.weboffice Device-independent, scalable web-based collaboration platform with seamless MS Office format compatibility, including Mail, Calendar, Address Book, Tasks, and Drive for secure document storage and sharing; web-based word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations for church and welfare customers.
• KRZ.Kita Web-based kindergarten management software covering complete administration and billing processes for daycare centers; includes predefined and custom reports, document storage per child, custom forms, mail merge, and service scheduling; deployed at 500 kindergartens in Baden and Württemberg churches.
• krz.churchtools Digital parish management solution for organizing church communities, parish offices, and volunteers; includes modules for contact data management, event and appointment organization, and resource allocation; partnership with ChurchTools Innovations GmbH.
• krz.dipskirche Long-term digital archiving solution for churches and charitable organizations, based on the Doxis DMS system from SER Solutions Deutschland GmbH; enables permanent retention of digital records.
• krz.security (Managed Security Services) Managed security services including managed firewall, managed WLAN, managed SD-WAN, and security assessments delivered as part of KRZ-SWD's comprehensive managed services portfolio.
• KRZ.Cloud Cloud infrastructure and hosting platform supporting XaaS (Anything as a Service) delivery model, powering all KRZ applications from dual-site certified data center infrastructure.
• krz.managed-workplace Managed workplace services for IT device and user management, providing end-user computing environments for church and welfare organization employees.
• krz.managed-firewall Managed firewall services providing network security for church and charitable institutions as part of KRZ-SWD's managed services portfolio.
• krz.managed-wlan Managed wireless LAN services for church and welfare organizations.
• krz.managed-sdwan Managed SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) services for church and charitable institutions.
• krz.mobilfunk Mobile phone services and tariffs for churches, offered in partnership with Deutsche Telekom under framework agreement KI001 for church-sector customers.
• krz.cloud-telefonanlagen Cloud-based telephone system (IP telephony) solutions for church and welfare organizations.
• krz.festnetz-/datenleitungen Fixed-line and data connection services for church and charitable institutions.
• krz.cloudbackup Cloud backup services for data protection and disaster recovery for church and welfare organizations.
• krz.drive Cloud storage service for secure data storage and sharing within KRZ-SWD's cloud platform.
• KIDICAP.Apps (Personalakte, Postfach, Absenz, Travel, Vorlagen, Bescheinigungen) Suite of KIDICAP-based applications covering digital personnel file (Personalakte), employee self-service portal for payroll documents (Postfach), absence management (Absenz), business travel management (Travel), template management (Vorlagen), and certificate generation (Bescheinigungen) for church and welfare HR.
• krz.deko / krz.dekoplus Digital payroll verification and data entry control system for KIDICAP, enabling automated pre-checking of payroll data as part of internal control system (IKS); 100,000 personnel cases are fully digitally checked in the KRZ.Cloud each month.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000 personnel cases digitally verified monthly with KRZ.DEKO
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability3 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TransWare AGcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Partnership for KRZ.DEKO and KRZ.DEKOplus, digital payroll verification systems for KIDICAP. TransWare provides the core DEKO technology; KRZ-SWD integrates and distributes it to church customers as krz.deko. 100,000 personnel cases are checked monthly using this solution. KRZ-SWD and TransWare AG describe it as their most successful year of collaboration in 2024.
• ChurchTools Innovations GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for KRZ.ChurchTools, a digital parish management solution. KRZ-SWD serves as the exclusive church-sector implementation partner for ChurchTools in Germany. The partnership includes joint roadshow events (ChurchTools-Roadshow), co-exhibition at Katholikentag and Evangelischer Kirchentag, and deep integration with KRZ.DaviP and other KRZ services. The Philippus project for Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz is a flagship joint implementation.
• Deutsche Telekom AGcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership for mobile and fixed-line telecommunications services for church and charitable institutions. Framework agreement KI001 offers attractive tariffs, device selection, and network coverage specifically for church-sector customers. KRZ-SWD acts as the specialized church-sector reseller and consultant for Deutsche Telekom products.
• GIP Gesellschaft für Innovative Personalwirtschaftssysteme mbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for KIDICAP, the core HR and payroll management system. KRZ-SWD serves as a key implementation partner for KIDICAP in the church sector, hosting it in its certified cloud infrastructure. Ongoing co-development includes KIDICAP.next (web-based interface), KIDICAP.Apps (Personalakte, Postfach, Vorlagen, Absenz, Travel), and Business Intelligence reporting modules.
• Graf Hardenberg (Volkswagen dealer)minorOthersLocal Volkswagen dealer in Eggenstein providing VW e-Golf and VW ID.3 electric vehicles for KRZ-SWD company fleet.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• AKDB (Anstalt für Kommunale Datenverarbeitung in Bayern): AKDB is a public-sector IT provider for Bavarian municipalities with comparable managed-services, HR/payroll, and document-management offerings. It is not a church-specialist, so it competes in adjacent public-administration IT rather than directly in KRZ-SWD's core church/welfare vertical.
• HZD (Hessische Zentrale für Datenverarbeitung): HZD is the central IT provider for the state of Hesse and parts of the Hessian church administration. Comparable in mission as a state/regional IT utility for public and charitable institutions, it competes in adjacent rather than identical segments to KRZ-SWD.

Broad incumbents

• GIP Gesellschaft für Innovative Personalwirtschaftssysteme mbH: GIP develops and licenses KIDICAP, the HR/payroll platform that underpins much of KRZ-SWD's Personalmanagement portfolio. It is both KRZ-SWD's core technology partner and a broader incumbent in the public-service and church payroll space, offering direct and indirect overlap.
• DATEV eG: DATEV is a large German cooperative IT provider for tax advisors, auditors and legal professionals — comparable as a member/cooperative IT services organization with deep regulatory specialization, broad cloud/managed-services portfolio, and high switching costs in its niche.
• ITEOS (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts): ITEOS is the merged IT service provider for municipalities in Baden-Württemberg and beyond. While it serves municipalities rather than churches, it offers overlapping managed-cloud, workplace, and security services from a comparable German public-sector/regulated-customer vantage point.

Direct peers

• Kirchliches Dienstleistungszentrum Rechenzentrum Sachsen (KDRS): KDRS delivers church IT services to the Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens and Catholic entities in Saxony — same church-IT service model, same regional kirchliche Rechenzentrum structure, and same product domains (HR/payroll, Meldewesen, managed services).
• Kirchenamt der EKD / Computerdienst der EKD: The IT services arm of the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland provides central computing and member-registry services for the EKD and its member churches. It is a national-level counterpart to KRZ-SWD's regional offerings and could emerge as a centralized alternative for church IT.
• Kirchliches Rechenzentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen (KRZN) / KDV: KDVZ Frechen and KRZN-style organizations operate as the parallel regional kirchliche Rechenzentren serving NRW and other German church territories — directly comparable in mission, product mix (HR/payroll, member registry, managed cloud), and foundation-style governance.
• KIV (Kirchliches Rechenzentrum) Sachsen-Anhalt: KIV Sachsen-Anhalt is the regional kirchliches Rechenzentrum serving the Evangelische Kirche in Mitteldeutschland and Catholic entities in the region. It is structurally and functionally similar to KRZ-SWD, operating as a church-IT utility with comparable HR, member-registry, and cloud services.

Emerging players

• ChurchTools Innovations GmbH: Developer of the ChurchTools platform that powers KRZ-SWD's krz.ChurchTools offering. It is a partner today but also sells directly to parishes nationwide, making it an emerging competitor in digital parish management that could disintermediate KRZ-SWD's bundling layer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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