duerenhoff

What duerenhoff does

duerenhoff GmbH is a Stuttgart-based recruitment firm founded in September 2010 by Martin Lange and Alexander Himpel, operating exclusively in the SAP personnel market across the DACH region (Germany plus an Austrian branch established in 2017). The firm runs a two-sided marketplace: SAP professionals (consultants, developers, architects, project managers, and key users) access career advisory, application support, interview coaching, and a database of 500+ open SAP positions free of charge, while employers pay contingency placement fees upon successful hire. Operational scale is reported at 3,500+ employer relationships, 34,000 active candidate contacts, and 5,000+ cumulative placements since founding, with a 6-week average time-to-placement and a 99.3% probation pass rate.

The core product is a proprietary digital job-matching system launched in 2020, which guides candidates through a 7-step questionnaire and provides direct digital access to the firm's full SAP position database. The platform is complemented by a content marketing engine (career advisor blog, SAP industry newsletter), a peer referral program (Pro2Pro), and multi-channel distribution across LinkedIn, XING, Facebook, Instagram, and Kununu. SAP module coverage spans FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, WM, EWM, QM, PLM, SCM, BASIS, HCM, BW/BI, Fiori, CRM, and S/4HANA.

The business model is transactional contingency recruitment: employer-paid placement fees per successful hire, with no disclosed pricing tiers or long-term enterprise contracts. The firm is part of the greenhiring-Unternehmensgruppe alongside sister companies grinnberg (IT staffing) and rothwalder (engineering staffing), enabling cross-referrals for non-SAP roles. Leadership transitioned in 2023 when Dominik Leiblein assumed the Geschäftsführer role, succeeding the founders. Headcount is reported in the 11-50 range, scaling from 4 employees at founding, with the headquarters relocated to Stuttgart city center in 2025 to mark the firm's 15-year anniversary.

Name

duerenhoff

Legal name

duerenhoff GmbH

Website

https://duerenhoff.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

duerenhoff is a DACH-focused SAP-specialist recruitment firm placing SAP consultants, developers, architects, and project managers at 3,500+ employers, operating a digital matching platform alongside contingency placement services billed to corporate clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

SAP IT Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

Keywords

• SAP recruitment services
• SAP personnel placement
• IT staffing agency
• SAP career consulting
• SAP job matching

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recruitment/Placement Services: Placement services for companies seeking SAP talent. The company acts as a contingency recruiter, filling positions for employers who pay a placement fee upon successful hire. Services are free for job-seeking SAP professionals.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

duerenhoff is a specialized SAP recruitment firm that places SAP professionals (consultants, developers, architects, project managers) into open positions at companies across the DACH region. It operates a digital job-matching platform backed by a proprietary database of 500+ open SAP positions and a network of 3,500+ employers, while also providing free career consulting, interview preparation, and salary negotiation support to candidates. Revenue is generated through placement fees paid by employers upon successful hire.

Product overview

duerenhoff operates as a specialized SAP recruitment agency offering a unified platform combining job matching technology and recruitment services. The core offering consists of the SAP Job Matching Platform (digital questionnaire-based matching system) and the SAP Job Portal (database of 500+ open positions). Supporting services include B2B recruitment for employers, B2C career consulting for candidates, the Pro2Pro recommendation program, and the SAP Career Advisor blog. The company specializes exclusively in SAP module expertise covering SD, MM, PP, WM, EWM, QM, FI/CO, HCM, BW/BI, Fiori, CRM, SCM, BASIS, and S/4HANA across the DACH region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SAP Job Matching Platform A digital matching system that connects SAP professionals with relevant job opportunities based on skills, preferences, and career goals through a 7-step questionnaire-based process.
• SAP Recruitment Services (B2B) Employer-focused recruitment service for filling open SAP positions at companies of all sizes, including recruiter matching process, direct placement, and access to a pre-screened SAP talent pool.
• SAP Career Consulting (B2C) Free career counseling, application support, job placement, interview preparation, and salary negotiation assistance for SAP professionals seeking new positions.
• SAP Job Portal Comprehensive searchable job board featuring over 500 open SAP positions across the DACH region, filterable by SAP module (SD, MM, PP, WM, QM, FI/CO, HCM, BW/BI, Fiori, S/4HANA, etc.) and location within a configurable radius.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.3% of placed candidates successfully pass probationary period
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• grinnberg (part of greenhiring-Unternehmensgruppe)minorOthers · 1 January 2017Sister company within the greenhiring-Unternehmensgruppe focusing on IT jobs (grinnberg.de). Enables cross-referrals for candidates seeking non-SAP IT positions.
• Martin Lange & Alexander Himpel (Founders)coreOthers · 1 September 2010Co-founders of duerenhoff GmbH, established the company in September 2010 with an initial team of 4 employees. Both founders established the company's exclusive focus on the SAP personnel market.
• rothwalder (part of greenhiring-Unternehmensgruppe)minorOthers · 1 September 2010Sister company within the greenhiring-Unternehmensgruppe focusing on engineering jobs (rothwalder.com). Enables cross-referrals for candidates seeking non-SAP engineering positions.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hays Deutschland: Largest specialized IT/SAP and engineering recruiter in Germany; competes head-to-head with duerenhoff for SAP placement mandates across DACH and serves many of the same enterprise and Mittelstand employer accounts.
• GULP (Randstad Technologies): Leading German platform for IT freelance and permanent placement; deep overlap with duerenhoff on SAP contractor and permanent placements for the same DACH employer base.
• etengo: Mannheim-based IT and project staffing specialist focused heavily on SAP, consulting and ERP roles in DACH; directly comparable specialist recruiter competing for SAP mandates.
• Computer Futures: SThree-owned IT specialist recruiter with strong DACH presence; places SAP, cloud and enterprise software professionals into similar enterprise and vendor employer accounts.
• Real Staffing / SThree Germany: Specialist recruiter (part of SThree) with strong DACH SAP and enterprise technology practice; directly competitive for SAP consultant and architect placements.
• Hays Life Sciences alternative: Solcom: German IT freelance and project staffing specialist active in SAP, ERP and digital roles; directly comparable specialist recruiter serving the same DACH employer base for SAP talent.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half Deutschland: Global staffing incumbent with a dedicated technology/ERP practice covering SAP roles in Germany; broader portfolio including finance and office staffing but overlapping SAP talent placement is direct competition.
• PageGroup Germany (Michael Page & Page Personnel): Global recruitment firm with established technology and ERP practice in Germany; overlaps with duerenhoff on mid-to-senior SAP and ERP permanent placements across industries.
• DIS AG: Large German staffing services provider covering IT, engineering and commercial roles; competes for SAP permanent and contract placements from a broader workforce solutions positioning.

Regional players

• Allgeier SE: German-headquartered IT services and staffing group with SAP consulting practices; competes both as an SAP consulting delivery firm and as a staffing channel capturing talent duerenhoff might otherwise place elsewhere.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/duerenhoff

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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