Bittner Krull Softwaresysteme

What Bittner Krull Softwaresysteme does

Bittner+Krull Softwaresysteme GmbH is a privately held, Munich-based software provider founded in 1985 that builds the Argos platform — a cloud-native, API-first suite of process software for energy utilities, grid operators (Netzbetreiber), and metering operators (Messstellenbetreiber) across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The Argos product family covers the full intelligent metering system (iMSys) and Steuerbox lifecycle through four building blocks — Argos.ROP (rollout planning), Argos.WFM (workforce management with mobile field execution via Argos.APP), Argos.NKP (customer portal), and Argos.GridGuard (real-time monitoring and fault management) — supported by modules such as Argos.AM (SAP order manager), Argos.ZFA (remote meter reading), Argos.Projekte (project management), Argos.GRG (device management), Argos.Suite (SAP add-ons), Argos.Connect (integration platform), and Cloud Data Management from subsidiary engate4. The platform is hosted in the Open Telekom Cloud under a SaaS/Process-as-a-Service model, integrates with SAP IS-U, SAP S/4HANA, Wilken, SIV, SEV, Schleupen, kVASy, GM, iMSB, TINA, and GIS via an API-first Process Engine, and incorporates AI capabilities including Meter AI (OCR-based meter reading co-developed with Springboard GmbH at 96% accuracy in production) and GridGuard anomaly detection.

The company serves 100+ DACH customers through a direct enterprise field sales motion, with regional offices in Munich, Ludwigshafen, and Cologne, a Swiss subsidiary (Bittner+Krull AG in Siebnen), and a Bulgarian development center operated by Invelop Bulgaria EOOD in Sofia. Revenue is generated primarily via per-Zählpunkt SaaS subscriptions and managed services, with implementation, training (Argos.Academy), and Process-as-a-Service contracts layered on top; a Workforce@Cloud best-practice package extends this into the small-and-mid-tier Verteilnetzbetreiber segment. Documented customer outcomes include 30x faster order creation at Stadtwerke Karlsruhe, up to 1,000 smart meters deployed per week at CKW, 10,000+ orders per year processed by 100+ field technicians at Celle-Uelzen Netz, and 12 positions saved through automation at Hamburg Wasser. Managing Directors Jens Ungerer (Dipl.-Ing. M.Sc.) and Thomas Pohlmeyer (Dipl.-Kfm.) lead the company, with no external investor backing disclosed in the available data.

Name

Bittner Krull Softwaresysteme

Legal name

Bittner+Krull Softwaresysteme GmbH

Website

https://bittner-krull.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Bittner+Krull Softwaresysteme GmbH is a Munich-based SaaS vendor that provides the cloud-native Argos platform for workforce management, rollout planning, customer portals, and fault monitoring to over 100 energy utilities, grid operators, and metering operators across the DACH region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Utility Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Software Publishers (513210), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Customer Self-Service Portals & Digital Experience (Web/Mobile) (EUAJAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

iBPMS (Intelligent BPM Suites) & Process Automation Suites (HDAEAHAG), Building Energy Management & Demand Flexibility Software (BEMS, Optimization) (EUAFAGAK), Digital Self-Service & Customer Portals (web/mobile, e-bill, notifications, consumption dashboards) (EUANAIAI)

Keywords

• Smart meter rollout
• Workforce management software
• Meter data management
• Energy utility software
• SAP integration software

Headquarters

HQ city

München

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 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-as-a-Service (SaaS) / Subscription Licenses: Bittner+Krull primarily operates on a SaaS/subscription model. The Argos platform is cloud-hosted (Open Telekom Cloud) and delivered as a managed service. Pricing for Workforce@Cloud is based on the number of meter points (Zählpunkte) at the customer organization, making it transparent and scalable. Customers pay for platform access, maintenance, updates, and support under annual or multi-year contracts.
2. Implementation & Professional Services: The company provides implementation services, process consulting, system integration, and training (Argos.Academy) as part of the customer onboarding and ongoing engagement. Professional services are charged separately as project work or time-and-materials, often tied to initial system setup, data migration, and SAP integration.
3. Process-as-a-Service (PaaS): B+K also offers Process-as-a-Service arrangements where the company takes over operation and management of specific processes (e.g., meter data management with Argos.ZFA) on behalf of the customer, as demonstrated in the N-ERGIE case study. This represents a managed services revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Bittner Krull Softwaresysteme develops and sells the Argos software platform for energy utilities, grid operators, and metering point operators in the DACH region. The suite covers the entire smart metering workflow, including workforce and order management, rollout planning, mobile field apps with AI-assisted meter recognition, remote meter reading, and a network customer portal, with deep integration into SAP IS-U and S/4HANA.

Product overview

Bittner+Krull Softwaresysteme is a provider of digital process solutions for network operators and metering companies in the DACH region. The core product is the Argos platform — a modular End-to-End Metering Operating System (Metering-Betriebssystem) that covers the full lifecycle of intelligent metering systems (iMSys) and controllable consumer units (Steuerboxen). The platform is organized into four core building blocks: Argos.ROP (rollout planning), Argos.WFM/WfM (workforce management), Argos.NKP (customer portal), and Argos.GridGuard/GridGuard (real-time monitoring and fault management). Additional modules include Argos.APP (mobile field app with Meter AI OCR), Argos.ZFA (remote meter reading / Process-as-a-Service), Argos.AM (SAP order manager), Argos.GRG (smart device management), Argos.Projekte (digital project management for construction), Cloud Data Management (developed by subsidiary engate4), B+K Terminmanagement (customer appointment booking), B+K Stammdatengenerator (automated master data creation), and Argos.Suite (SAP add-ons). The entire platform is API-first (Argos.Connect) with deep integrations to SAP IS-U, SAP S/4HANA, Wilken, SIV, SEV, Schleupen, kVASy, GM, iMSB, TINA, and GIS. Argos.WFM is also available as a cloud SaaS package (Workforce@Cloud) in the Open Telekom Cloud. AI capabilities include Meter AI OCR for meter reading (with Springboard GmbH) and GridGuard anomaly detection for communication failure monitoring. Over 100 customers across the DACH region use B+K solutions, served from offices in Munich, Ludwigshafen, Cologne, and a Swiss subsidiary in Siebnen.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Argos: End-to-end software platform for metering operations including Argos.WFM (Workforce Management), Argos.APP (Mobile Solutions), Argos.ROP (Rollout Planning Tool), Argos.GridGuard (Monitoring and Fault Management), Argos.NKP (Netzkundenportal/Customer Portal), Argos.Projekte (Project Management), Argos.ZFA (Meter Remote Reading), Argos.Connect (Platform Integration), and Argos.Academy (Training Portal)
• Workforce@Cloud
• Meter AI
• Argos.Connect
• Argos.Academy

Products and services

• Argos.WFM (Workforce Management)

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% correct meter readings with Meter AI even under difficult conditions
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration17 records

AI capability8 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Springboard GmbHcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Springboard GmbH is a technology partner for the development of Meter AI, B+K's AI-powered meter reading recognition solution integrated into the Argos.APP mobile application. Springboard contributes AI and process automation expertise to enable reliable OCR-based meter reading under difficult conditions. This is a product co-development partnership that directly enhances B+K's competitive differentiation in meter data capture.
• SAPcoreTechnology or IntegrationSAP is a central technology integration partner. B+K's Argos platform is deeply integrated with SAP IS-U, SAP S/4 HANA, and S/4 for Utilities on HANA through the Argos Suite (SAP-certified add-ons). B+K is listed as an SAP partner. The Argos Suite products are optimized for the SAP ecosystem, enabling seamless data exchange between field operations and SAP ERP systems.
• engate4 GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerengate4 GmbH is a B+K subsidiary company that develops the Cloud Data Management system used by B+K customers (e.g., N-ERGIE). engate4 specializes in mass data management for metering infrastructure, providing data aggregation, plausibility checks, and integration capabilities for smart meter ecosystems.
• Invelop GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInvelop GmbH is a B+K subsidiary company developing FutureHub Sofia software, as referenced in the Argos.Forum 2026 presentations. Invelop Bulgaria EOOD operates a development center in Sofia, Bulgaria. The relationship is primarily internal R&D, with Invelop's products appearing as part of the B+K ecosystem.
• Deutsche Telekom / Open Telekom Cloud (OTC)coreTechnology or IntegrationB+K operates its Argos platform in the Open Telekom Cloud, Deutsche Telekom's enterprise cloud infrastructure. This ensures high availability, data residency in Germany, GDPR compliance, and professional SLA-backed operations. The Open Telekom Cloud partnership provides B+K's customers with the security and reliability assurances required for critical energy infrastructure software.
• Bittner+Krull AG (Subsidiary, Switzerland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBittner+Krull AG is the company's Swiss subsidiary headquartered in Siebnen. It serves the Swiss market directly and likely adapts B+K products for the Swiss regulatory environment (e.g., integration with Swiss ERP systems). The Swiss subsidiary extends B+K's geographic footprint in the DACH region.
• Studio LeismannminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStudio Leismann is credited with the design and implementation (Design & Umsetzung) of Bittner+Krull's website. This is a creative/agency services partnership for the company's digital presence.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Count+Care GmbH: Count+Care is an EnBW subsidiary providing IT, billing, and customer-service solutions for municipal utilities (Stadtwerke) in Germany. It is a direct peer competing in utility CIS and customer operations for the same municipal-utility customer base that B+K targets.
• Robotron Datenbank-Software GmbH: Robotron provides software for energy utilities and metering operators in Germany, including smart-meter gateway administration, meter data management, and rollout support. It is a direct peer to B+K because it sells into the same DACH utility customer base around iMSys rollout and metering operations.
• Wilken GmbH: Wilken is a German ERP and billing software vendor with a major footprint in municipal utilities (Stadtwerke) and energy suppliers. It is a direct peer because it competes for the same CIS/ERP-plus-metering deals and is named as a supported ERP integration by B+K.
• Schleupen AG: Schleupen is a German utility-software specialist serving Stadtwerke and energy suppliers with ERP, billing, and metering operations software. It is one of B+K's closest direct peers because it competes for the same German municipal-utility customers on CIS/ERP and metering workflows, and is explicitly named as a supported ERP integration partner by B+K.
• SIV AG: SIV is a German utility software vendor focused on energy supplier and metering operations processes (billing, customer service, metering). It is a direct peer competing for the same German Stadtwerke and metering-operator accounts and is named by B+K as a supported ERP integration.
• KISTERS AG: KISTERS provides software solutions for energy, water, and meteorology, including meter data management, energy data management, and forecasting tools used by European utilities. It overlaps with B+K in meter data management (Argos.ZFA, engate4 Cloud Data Management) and serves a similar European utility customer base.

Broad incumbents

• PSI Software AG: PSI Software AG is a larger German vendor of energy management, grid control, and utility operations software. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities in grid operations, energy data management, and metering-adjacent workflows, competing for the same utility IT budgets as B+K.
• ProCom GmbH: ProCom provides energy trading, portfolio management, and optimization software to European utilities and industrial energy users. It is a broad incumbent in adjacent utility-IT categories (energy data, trading, optimization) with overlap into the same utility procurement budgets as B+K.
• Landis+Gyr: Landis+Gyr is a global smart-metering hardware and software vendor with significant presence in European utility rollouts. It is a broad incumbent because it bundles metering infrastructure, head-end software, and increasingly meter data management — categories that intersect with B+K's metering OS and grid monitoring portfolio.
• SAP SE (IS-U / S/4 for Utilities): SAP's IS-U and S/4 for Utilities are core utility ERP/CIS platforms used by most large German utilities. SAP is a broad incumbent and simultaneously B+K's most important integration partner — Argos is delivered as an SAP add-on — but also a potential threat if SAP expands native WFM/metering capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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