Arhis

What Arhis does

Arhis is a European data consulting and integration firm founded in 2003 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The firm specializes in enterprise data management, with core competencies in Master Data Management (MDM), Product Information Management (PIM), Customer Data Platforms (CDP), and broader data integration, quality, and governance. Arhis serves large enterprise clients across retail, consumer goods, luxury, energy, and industrial sectors with a delivery team of 170+ consultants distributed across offices in France (Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux), Switzerland (Geneva), Spain (Valencia), and Russia (St. Petersburg).

The company operates a professional services model combining project-based consulting with managed services and recurring maintenance engagements. Its implementation practice is anchored by elite-tier partnerships with major data platform vendors, including Informatica (Elite Partner since 2018), Stibo Systems (Rising Star 2020/21), Boomi, Snowflake, and Microsoft. Arhis claims 70+ production data hubs in production and an 85%+ maintenance contract retention rate, indicating an installed base that generates ongoing revenue beyond initial implementation. Disclosed clients include Sonepar, E.Leclerc, IPSEN, Manitou, Monte Carlo Société des Bains de Mer, BIC, and Bonduelle.

Arhis's leadership includes co-founder and COO Nils Decrop and Director Olivier de Compiègne. The firm has publicly positioned itself around generative AI, AI agents, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures as the next layer of its data platform offerings. The company is privately held, with no disclosed funding history or revenue figures, limiting visibility into its financial profile and growth metrics.

Name

Arhis

Legal name

Arhis Business Services SA

Website

https://arhis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Arhis is a European data consulting firm specializing in MDM, PIM, CDP, and data integration implementations for large enterprise clients across retail, consumer goods, luxury, and industrial sectors, with 170+ consultants across France, Switzerland, Spain, and Russia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Genève

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Consulting and implementation services for MDM, PIM, Data Quality, Data Integration, and Customer Data Platform projects. Services include project framing, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of data management solutions.
2. Managed Services: Ongoing maintenance and evolution of implemented data platforms. Over 85% of projects are maintained by Arhis post-implementation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Arhis is a multinational consulting group specialized in data management solutions, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The firm provides professional services and managed services for Master Data Management (MDM), Product Information Management (PIM), Customer Data Platforms (CDP), Data Governance, Data Integration, Data Architecture, and Data Quality projects for enterprise clients across Europe. Arhis is an Elite Partner of Informatica and partners with Stibo Systems, Boomi, Snowflake, and Microsoft to deliver these implementations.

Product overview

Arhis is a data services company specializing in data integration and management projects since 2003. The company offers a portfolio of interconnected solutions built around Master Data Management (MDM), Product Information Management (PIM), and Customer Data Platform (CDP) as core products. Supporting modules include Data Governance, Data Integration, Data Quality, Data Architecture, Data Catalog, API Management, and Data Products. Arhis operates primarily as a systems integrator implementing technology platforms from partners including Stibo Systems, Boomi, Informatica, Snowflake, and others. The company has over 170 consultants serving clients across France, Switzerland, and Spain, with a focus on data centralization through platforms to achieve operational efficiency and data-driven decision making.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Master Data Management (MDM)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 70 data hub projects successfully deployed to production
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ImaginocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2022Imagino is a Customer Data & Experience Platform founded in 2017. Partnership combines Arhis data platform integration expertise with Imagino marketing data activation capabilities. Enables clients to build unified customer views and implement automated marketing scenarios with multichannel orchestration.
• InformaticacoreTechnology or IntegrationPrivileged partnership for over 10 years. Informatica is a global leader in MDM solutions. Arhis has achieved Elite Partner status in France, Spain, and Switzerland (2018) and Premier Partner status (2016). Awarded Service Partner of the Year 2014 in EMEA and MDM Innovation Award 2017.
• Stibo SystemscoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic technology partner for multi-domain MDM implementations using STEP solution. Arhis received Rising Star 2020/21 award at Stibo Systems Partner Summit in Berlin. Specializes in implementing STEP platform for clients across products, HR, financial data, and customer data domains.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Semarchy: Semarchy is an MDM specialist platform vendor offering multi-domain data management software. Directly comparable to Arhis's core MDM/PIM implementation practice, with overlapping enterprise customer targets and similar use cases around customer 360 and product master data.
• Stibo Systems: Stibo Systems is a global MDM/PIM platform vendor (STEP) and Arhis's strategic technology partner. Comparable because clients evaluate Arhis's STEP implementation services against Stibo's own services arm and competing SI partners; same product, same buyer, overlapping delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Informatica: Informatica is a leading data management platform vendor with which Arhis has held Elite Partner status for 10+ years. Comparable because Informatica's professional services arm competes with Arhis on large MDM implementations, while Arhis's Elite status positions it as an extension of Informatica's delivery capacity.
• Talend (Qlik): Talend (now part of Qlik) provides data integration and quality tooling that overlaps with Arhis's Data Integration and Data Quality practices. Comparable because clients weigh Talend-platform-led implementations against Arhis-led implementations on similar data integration RFPs.
• Accenture: Accenture is a global system integrator with a large data management practice serving European enterprises. Comparable because Accenture is frequently the prime contractor on the same MDM/PIM/CDP RFPs Arhis bids on, sometimes as competitor, sometimes as sub-contractor.
• Capgemini: Capgemini is a major European-headquartered SI with deep data and digital engineering practices. Comparable because Capgemini Invent and Capgemini Engineering directly compete with Arhis on data platform implementations for the same French, Swiss, and Spanish enterprise clients.
• Sopra Steria: Sopra Steria is a large European IT services firm headquartered in France. Comparable because Sopra Steria delivers data management and digital transformation projects across France, Spain, and the Benelux, overlapping with Arhis's geographic footprint and target enterprise segments.

Emerging players

• Collibra: Collibra is a data governance and catalog platform vendor. Comparable because data governance is one of Arhis's core service lines and the same enterprise buyers evaluating Arhis's governance offerings often compare against Collibra-led implementations by other SIs.

Regional players

• Devoteam: Devoteam is a European IT consulting firm specializing in cloud, data, and digital transformation with strong presence in France, Switzerland, and Spain. Comparable because Devoteam's data practice competes for the same mid-market enterprise data platform implementations that Arhis targets in its home markets.
• Wavestone: Wavestone is a France-headquartered consulting firm with a data and AI practice serving large European enterprises. Comparable because Wavestone's data governance and platform engagements overlap with Arhis's offering for the same enterprise buyer, particularly in regulated industries.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arhis

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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