What Peras does

Peras GmbH is a German HR services and IT solutions provider founded in the early 1970s and headquartered in Karlsruhe. It operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atruvia AG (formerly Fiducia & GAD IT AG), serving as the designated HR partner for the German cooperative banking sector (Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe) and extending its services to the broader German Mittelstand across banking, telecommunications, energy, and nonprofit verticals. The company pairs HR domain expertise with IT delivery and operates from 7 locations across Germany with 300+ employees. Customer scale metrics include 600+ customers, 250+ cooperative banks, 3,000+ HR professionals served, and 150,000+ payroll cases processed in a single SAP HCM landscape.

The core product set spans two families: the Peras HR-Suite, built on P&I Loga3, and the geno.HR-Suite, built on SAP HCM and co-developed with PERBILITY GmbH and the genossenschaftliche Verbünde specifically for Genossenschaftsbanken. Both platforms are modular, covering payroll, time management, organizational management, digital personnel files, recruiting, learning management, performance management, and compensation. Peras also delivers standalone SAP HCM and SAP SuccessFactors implementation services, hosts solutions inside Atruvia's high-security banking data centers, and runs an HR-BPO practice for payroll and personnel administration. Complementary offerings include HR-Consulting (leadership, organization, HR digitalization) and the Peras Lernwelt training platform. Operations are anchored to SAP, P&I Loga3, and PERBILITY co-developed components rather than proprietary AI or bespoke platforms.

Peras's revenue model combines recurring software subscriptions, managed services and application management, HR business process outsourcing (payroll and personnel administration), and professional consulting. Pricing is quote-based with annual billing, oriented to customer scale (e.g., balance sheet size for geno.HR). Distribution is direct enterprise field sales through regional consultants across the 7 German sites, supplemented by content marketing (HR Blog, Peras NEWS newsletter), industry events, and the HRNeeds.de directory. The customer base is anchored in cooperative banks (Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken) and selectively extends to larger enterprises such as Atruvia, Unitymedia NRW (~2,800 employees), Berliner Volksbank (~1,600 employees), and VR Payment (~300 employees).

Name

Peras

Legal name

Peras GmbH

Website

https://peras.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Peras GmbH, headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, provides HR software, IT services, outsourcing, consulting, and training for the German Mittelstand and cooperative banking sector, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atruvia AG with 300+ employees across 7 German locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Resources Software & Services

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Comprehensive HRO (Multi-Process HR Outsourcing) (BPACAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Core HR & HRIS (BPACAPAA), HRIS/HCM Managed Services & Support (BPAEAGAF)

Keywords

• HR software solutions
• HR outsourcing services
• Payroll processing
• HR consulting
• Cooperative banking HR

Headquarters

HQ city

Karlsruhe

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. HR Software Licenses & Subscriptions: Revenue from proprietary HR software solutions including geno.HR Suite, SAP HCM, and SAP SuccessFactors implementations. Pricing model based on customer's balance sheet size for Geno-HR.
2. Managed Services & Application Management: Ongoing IT services including system operation, maintenance, hosting, and application management in banking-grade data centers.
3. HR Business Process Outsourcing: Payroll processing, HR administration, and personnel data management outsourced to Peras.
4. HR Consulting Services: Strategic consulting engagements for HR transformation, digitalization, and organizational development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Peras provides end-to-end HR services for German Mittelstand companies, banks and financial institutions. Core offerings include the proprietary geno.HR-Suite (HR software built on SAP HCM, designed specifically for Genossenschaftsbanken), the Peras HR-Suite (built on P&I Loga3), HR outsourcing and payroll BPO, HR IT services (hosting and application management in Atruvia's high-security banking data centers), HR consulting, and the Lernwelt training platform.

Product overview

Peras offers two primary HR software families: the Peras HR-Suite (built on P&I Loga3) and the geno.HR-Suite (built on SAP HCM, developed jointly with cooperative banking associations and PERBILITY GmbH for Genossenschaftsbanken). Both are modular platforms supporting payroll, time management, HR management, digital personnel files, and self-services. Peras complements its software with HR-IT services (hosting, application management), HR consulting, HR outsourcing, and the Peras Lernwelt training platform. Implementation and support services for standalone SAP HCM and SAP SuccessFactors are also offered. The company operates out of Atruvia AG's high-security banking data center.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• geno.HR: A comprehensive HR software suite developed specifically for cooperative banks (Genossenschaftsbanken) in Germany, including payroll, personnel management, time tracking, digital personnel files, and training management modules.

Products and services

• geno.HR-Suite A modular HR management system built on SAP HCM, developed specifically for German Genossenschaftsbanken (cooperative banks). It covers organizational management, payroll, personnel cost planning, digital personnel files, time management, training management, employee surveys, and recruitment, with pricing tied to customer balance-sheet size.
• Peras HR-Suite (based on P&I Loga3) Peras's primary HR software platform built on the P&I Loga3 suite, delivered as a unified HR solution spanning payroll, time management, and organizational management. Available via outsourcing or in-house deployment.
• HR-Outsourcing (Full-Service HR BPO) Outsourced administrative HR services including HR administration, personnel data hosting, and ongoing end-to-end process handling, with high data security and personal contacts.
• Payroll-Outsourcing (Payroll Services) Payroll BPO covering German salary and wage processing, travel expense management, and personnel administration on the geno.HR platform, run from Atruvia's high-security banking data center.
• HR-IT-Services Managed IT operations for HR — including hosting, application management, and portal solutions — operated 24/7 in the high-security banking data center of Atruvia AG.
• HR-Consulting Strategic HR consulting covering leadership and collaboration, HR processes and organization, and digitalization of HR for improved employee experience; an integrated consulting line within Peras's full-service HR stack.
• Peras Lernwelt (Learning Platform) An online learning and training platform offering specialist seminars, workshops, webinars, and learning journeys on HR and IT topics, with content tailored to participant knowledge levels.
• SAP HCM Services Implementation, operation, and consulting for SAP Human Capital Management — covering personnel administration, payroll, organizational management, and time management, including migration and managed operation.
• SAP SuccessFactors Services Implementation and consulting for the SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite, covering Recruiting, Onboarding, Employee Central, Succession & Development, Performance & Goals, Learning Management, and Compensation Management.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 250 cooperative banks use the geno.HR solution
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Atruvia AG (formerly Fiducia & GAD IT AG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeras is the HR partner of Atruvia AG (formerly Fiducia & GAD IT AG) group. Atruvia operates high-security banking data centers where Peras hosts its HR solutions. Peras was formed from Fiducia & GAD IT AG's HR service divisions. The partnership enables Peras to provide banking-grade security and compliance for HR services.
• PERBILITY GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationDevelopment partner for the geno.HR Suite. PERBILITY develops and maintains components of the HR software solution alongside Peras. Collaboration enables customization and continuous development of HR solutions for cooperative banks.
• Genossenschaftliche Verbände (Cooperative Associations)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative development of the geno.HR Suite with genossenschaftliche Verbände ensures the solution meets specific requirements of cooperative banking sector.
• SAP SEcoreTechnology or IntegrationPeras delivers HR solutions based on SAP HCM and SAP SuccessFactors. As SAP partner, Peras implements and operates these platforms for customers.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• DATEV eG: German cooperative-owned IT and consulting provider serving tax advisors, auditors, and cooperative banks. Directly comparable as another cooperative-sector-owned tech provider that delivers payroll, HR, and ERP-adjacent services to the same Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe customer base that Peras serves.
• Haufe Group: Major German provider of HR software, payroll, consulting, and compliance content. Directly competes with Peras in the German Mittelstand HR-outsourcing and HR-software market, and was the prior employer of Peras's current MD Katrin Thieme — indicating direct talent and offering overlap.
• P&I Personal & Informatik AG: Provider of the P&I Loga3 HR/payroll platform on which Peras's own HR-Suite is built. A direct technology and product peer in German HR/payroll software for mid- and large-market enterprises, with overlapping customer base and competitive positioning in payroll outsourcing.
• SD Worx: European HR and payroll outsourcing specialist active in Germany. Directly comparable as a multi-country HR BPO provider with similar managed-services, payroll, and HR-administration offerings targeting the European mid-market.
• HRworks: German HR-outsourcing and payroll specialist focused on small and mid-sized businesses. Direct peer in the German HR BPO market, with a cloud-native platform competing for the same Mittelstand customer segment that Peras targets outside of its cooperative-banking stronghold.

Emerging players

• Personio GmbH: High-growth German cloud-native HR suite targeting SMB and mid-market. An emerging competitor in the same Mittelstand HR software category with a modern SaaS product model, posing a long-term threat to Peras's traditional on-prem HR software business.

Broad incumbents

• ADP (Automatic Data Processing): Global payroll and HR services incumbent with a substantial German operation (ADP Employer Services). Competes with Peras in HR BPO and payroll outsourcing for large German enterprises, offering broader geographic and product scale as a multi-national alternative.
• SAP SE (SuccessFactors): Provider of the SAP HCM and SAP SuccessFactors platforms on which Peras builds and operates. A broad incumbent and platform partner that competes with Peras's own services and could disintermediate Peras by selling SuccessFactors and adjacent services direct to Peras's customer base.
• Workday, Inc. Global cloud HCM and enterprise HR software incumbent. Competes with Peras for large German enterprise HR transformations, particularly as more German banks and large Mittelstand firms consider cloud-native HCM alternatives to on-prem SAP HCM.

Regional players

• ATOSS Software AG: German workforce management and time-management software vendor. A regional peer and existing Peras integration partner (ATOSS is integrated with geno.HR) that competes in adjacent HR-tech categories for the same German Mittelstand and enterprise buyer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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