Schlegel und Partner

What Schlegel und Partner does

Schlegel und Partner GmbH is a privately held German management consultancy headquartered in Weinheim that delivers customized B2B market research and strategy consulting. Founded in 1992 (with corporate-history sources citing 1994) and operating for over 30 years, the firm runs a team of 40-plus employees drawn from 17 nationalities and has executed more than 3,000 single-client projects. It is led by Managing Directors Dierk Plümer and Dr. Annika Trümpler under a GmbH structure with no external institutional or PE/VC ownership. The firm reports serving clients globally across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, including the ASEAN region.

The company's offering is built around nine core service lines: strategy consulting, market exploration and market volume analysis, competitor analyses, voice of customer, M&A advisory, innovation and strategy, digitalization consulting, corporate culture analysis, and economic periodicals. These services are delivered through verticalized practices covering ten industries — Mobility and Transportation, Engineering Markets, Chemicals and Technical Consumables, Life Science, Technical Textiles/Nonwovens/Paper, Energy, Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Resources, Construction, and Medical Engineering — and cross-cut by seven megatrend themes including Data Centers, Sustainability, Battery, Digitalization, Circularity, Hydrogen, and TICC. The core research method is eye-level expert interviews with decision-makers at top companies, supplemented by a global network of industry experts.

Schlegel und Partner's revenue model is professional-services project work, with engagements scoped per client and no publicly disclosed pricing. Go-to-market is sales-led, leveraging industry-association membership (e.g., BALPro for alternative proteins), participation in events such as the Battery Show Europe and Interpack, and a content-marketing engine of whitepapers and blog articles on emerging B2B themes. The firm received dual Top Employer recognition from FOCUS Business and kununu in 2025, reinforcing its employer brand, but discloses no revenue, ARR, or customer-logo information, limiting external visibility into concentration and growth.

Name

Schlegel und Partner

Legal name

Schlegel und Partner GmbH

Website

https://schlegelundpartner.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Schlegel und Partner is a privately held German B2B strategy consultancy in Weinheim delivering customized market research, competitor analyses, and strategy consulting to industrial clients across ten verticals and seven megatrend themes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Weinheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Strategy Consulting Services: Project-based consulting engagements including market research, competitor analyses, strategy consulting, and customized B2B market studies delivered through single-client analyses.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Schlegel und Partner is a B2B strategy consultancy that delivers customized market research, market exploration, competitor analyses, voice of customer studies, and strategic advisory (including M&A, innovation, and digitalization) for industrial clients. Projects are executed as single-client analyses drawing on a global network of experts and over 30 years of accumulated market insights.

Product overview

Schlegel und Partner is a B2B strategy consultancy offering a comprehensive portfolio of consulting services centered on market research and strategic advisory. The core offering consists of strategy consulting, market exploration and market volume analysis, competitor analyses, voice of customer, merger & acquisition advisory, innovation & strategy, digitalization consulting, corporate culture analysis, and economic periodicals. The company serves multiple industries including Mobility and Transportation, Engineering Markets, Chemicals, Life Science, Technical Textiles, Energy, Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Resources, Construction, and Medical Engineering. In addition to consulting services, the company publishes whitepapers on specialized topics such as insect protein markets, European battery value chains, and sustainable chemicals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy Consulting Customized B2B strategy consulting services tailored to client requirements, providing decision-making basis for successful strategies with support from a global network of experts.
• Market Exploration and Market Volume Analysis Single-client market analyses evaluating market opportunities and providing a valid decision-making basis for successful B2B strategies.
• Competitor Analyses In-depth analysis of competitive landscapes to inform strategic decision-making for B2B clients.
• Voice of Customer Customer satisfaction analysis and feedback collection services to understand B2B market needs and preferences.
• Merger & Acquisition Advisory Strategic advisory services for mergers, acquisitions, and corporate transactions in B2B markets.
• Innovation & Strategy Advisory services focused on innovation management and strategic positioning for B2B clients.
• Digitalization Consulting Advisory services helping B2B companies navigate digital transformation and digitalization strategies.
• Corporate Culture Analysis Analysis and advisory services related to corporate culture development and optimization for B2B clients.
• Economic Periodicals Economic reporting and periodical publications providing B2B market insights and trend analysis for clients.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BALPro (Verband für alternative Proteinquellen e.V.)minorOthersSchlegel und Partner is a member of BALPro, the Association for Alternative Protein Sources. The association focuses on alternative protein markets including insect protein, and provides a platform for knowledge exchange and industry networking.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Roland Berger: Large German-origin strategy and management consultancy with deep industrial and engineering sector coverage. Significantly larger than Schlegel und Partner, but serves overlapping B2B industrial clients across chemicals, automotive, energy, and construction with comparable strategy and market-entry offerings.
• Oliver Wyman: Global management consultancy with substantial industrial and chemicals practice serving large multinational clients. Comparable strategy and market analysis services but operates at materially larger scale than Schlegel und Partner.
• BearingPoint: European-headquartered management and technology consultancy with strong industrial and chemicals verticals. Provides comparable strategy and market entry advisory, but with broader technology implementation scope and significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Arthur D. Little: Global strategy consultancy with a strong heritage in technology and industrial market intelligence. Comparable to Schlegel und Partner in its focus on deep, expert-led industrial sector studies, technology forecasting, and customized strategy work for B2B clients.
• Simon-Kucher & Partners: Global strategy consulting firm with German roots focused on commercial strategy, market analysis, and pricing across industrial and B2B verticals. Closely comparable in size, ownership structure (partner-led, private), and emphasis on customized single-client engagements.
• Staufen AG: German management consultancy specializing in operational excellence and industrial transformation, headquartered near Stuttgart. Comparable mid-sized German partner-led firm serving similar industrial client base in chemicals, automotive, and engineering.
• Camelot Management Consultants: Mid-sized German management and IT consultancy with strong chemicals, industrial, and consumer goods verticals. Comparable boutique German peer with similar customized strategy engagement model and B2B industrial focus.
• L.E.K. Consulting: Global strategy consulting firm with deep expertise in B2B industrial, chemicals, and life science markets. Similar customized market analysis and strategy engagement model, though significantly larger and more globally distributed.

Emerging players

• Procurement Partners (B2B market intelligence niche): Emerging specialized B2B procurement and supplier market intelligence advisory. Partially comparable as a boutique provider of expert-led industrial market studies, though narrower in vertical scope and primarily serving procurement rather than strategy functions.
• aviationstrategy (Aviation & Mobility niche): Boutique UK-based consultancy offering customized market intelligence in aviation and adjacent industrial verticals. Comparable in operating model (expert interviews, single-client studies) but narrower sector focus than Schlegel und Partner's diversified industrial book.

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

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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