NOVO Business Consultants AG

What NOVO Business Consultants AG does

NOVO Business Consultants AG is a privately held Swiss IT services and consulting company founded in 1999, headquartered in Bern with a second office in Zürich. Operating exclusively in Switzerland, the firm provides end-to-end consulting services across the SAP ecosystem, including strategy and process design, implementation, migration, application management, and change/adoption services. Its client base spans public sector and government (Armeestab/armasuisse, Kanton Aargau, Bernmobil, BVB), healthcare (Tertianum), transportation (Rhätische Bahn), pension funds (PUBLICA), logistics/postal (Swiss Post), manufacturing (Sagino), and higher education (Universities of Bern and Zürich), with engagement depth evidenced by three SAP Quality Awards (2024-2025) and one SAP Efficiency Award (2025). NOVO serves as a strategic SAP partner with 230 specialists covering the full SAP portfolio: SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors HXM, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Datasphere, SAP Fiori, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Signavio, SAP Cloud ALM, RISE with SAP, and specialized solutions for real estate, facility management, asset management, and social protection. NOVO augments the SAP portfolio with proprietary offerings including the NOVO AI Impact Lab (generative AI and AI agent consulting within SAP), NOVO SAP Security Check (SSC), NOVO Vertragsmanagement (contract management on SAP), NOVO User Adoption Services, BIM2SAP, and an Analytics Fitness Check methodology, alongside third-party add-ons such as Ingentis org.manager, xft document composer, and Planon for integrated real estate and facility management. The firm also maintains strategic alliances with SAP, Planon, and Berinfor AG, and is an implementation consortium partner with BearingPoint AG on the multi-year ERPSYSVAR program for the Swiss Armed Forces. NOVO generates revenue through professional services engagements billed on time-and-materials or fixed-price bases, supplemented by ongoing Application Management Services (AMS) contracts, with all sales conducted via direct enterprise field sales and event-driven demand generation. The company hosts annual flagship events including the NOVO Innovation Day (~300 participants in 2025), Finance Event, Public Transportation Event, and co-organizes the Hochschulevent with Berinfor AG (~220 participants in 2025), which serve as primary brand-building and lead-generation channels within the Swiss SAP practitioner community.

Name

NOVO Business Consultants AG

Legal name

NOVO Business Consultants AG

Website

https://novo-bc.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

NOVO Business Consultants AG is a Switzerland-based, privately held SAP consulting firm founded in 1999 that provides end-to-end strategy, implementation, and managed services across the SAP ecosystem to public sector, healthcare, transportation, and enterprise clients in Switzerland, operating from Bern and Zürich.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

ERP, CRM & Enterprise Applications Consulting (BPAHAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Business Process & Digital Transformation Consulting (BPAEAAAD), Enterprise Application License Advisory, Vendor Management & Optimization (BPAEAGAO), Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

Keywords

• SAP consulting services
• SAP S/4HANA implementation
• Enterprise IT consulting
• Application management services
• Business intelligence consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Berne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SAP Consulting and Implementation Services: NOVO provides strategic and technical consulting services for SAP implementations, including SAP S/4HANA migrations, SAP Analytics Cloud deployments, SAP SuccessFactors HXM implementations, and broader digital transformation projects. Revenue is generated through professional services engagements billed on a time-and-materials or fixed-price basis.
2. Application Management Services (AMS): Ongoing operational support and managed services for SAP environments post-implementation. NOVO offers flexible, tailored operating models to cover peak demands, specific tasks, and ensure reliable IT operations and future development.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

NOVO Business Consultants AG provides end-to-end SAP consulting, implementation, and managed services to enterprises and public-sector organizations in Switzerland. Its core practice spans SAP S/4HANA migrations, SAP Analytics Cloud and Business Intelligence, SAP SuccessFactors HXM, SAP CX, SAP Finance, SAP Logistics, Real Estate/ Facility Management, and proprietary offerings such as the NOVO AI Impact Lab, NOVO SAP Security Check, and NOVO Vertragsmanagement. Revenue is generated through professional services engagements (time-and-materials and fixed-price) and ongoing Application Management Services contracts.

Product overview

NOVO Business Consultants AG is a Swiss SAP consulting company offering a comprehensive portfolio of SAP consulting and implementation services organized around the SAP S/4HANA ecosystem. The company's offerings include core SAP solutions such as SAP S/4HANA consulting, SAP SuccessFactors HXM for human capital management, SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BW/4HANA for business intelligence, and SAP CX for customer experience. The portfolio extends to specialized solutions including SAP Fiori for user experience, SAP Build Work Zone for digital workplace, SAP Signavio for process management, and various industry-specific modules for logistics, quality management, supply chain, and facility/project management including RE-FX, EAM, and SAP by Planon. NOVO also offers proprietary consulting services like the NOVO AI Impact Lab for generative AI implementation with SAP, the NOVO SAP Security Check for security assessments, and NOVO Vertragsmanagement for contract management. Third-party add-ons including Ingentis org.manager for organizational chart automation, xft document composer for Word document generation from SAP, and SAP Enable Now combined with WalkMe for training and user adoption complement the offering. The company operates as an SAP strategic partner with locations in Bern and Zurich, providing services from consulting and implementation through to application management and change adoption services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Tertianum achieved a 12-month SAP S/4HANA migration with IS-H Sidecar including three test migrations and productive data migration, covering finance, controlling, guest administration, billing, and property management
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

AI capability8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• SAPflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024NOVO is a certified SAP partner ('zertifizierte SAP-Partnerin') and strategic SAP partner providing the full range of SAP consulting services. As a certified SAP partner, NOVO provides consulting, process management, implementation, and operational support for SAP solutions including SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Analytics Cloud, and more. The partnership enables NOVO to access SAP resources, methodologies (SAP Activate), and co-marketing opportunities.
• PlanoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNOVO and Planon entered a strategic partnership, combining NOVO's certified SAP consulting expertise in real estate process management and implementation with Planon's smart building management software. The partnership delivers the integrated solution 'SAP Real Estate and Facilities Management by Planon' for SAP S/4HANA, helping clients optimize real estate portfolios, reduce costs, and improve compliance and sustainability.
• Berinfor AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNOVO and Berinfor AG co-organize the annual Hochschulevent, now in its 20th year (2025). This partnership serves the Swiss, German, and Austrian higher education market, bringing together university leadership for knowledge exchange on modern university management. NOVO presents on strategy processes and related SAP topics while Berinfor covers university management systems.
• BearingPoint AGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNOVO and BearingPoint AG formed a consortium for the ERPSYSVAR project (SAP S/4HANA Greenfield implementation for Armeestab/armasuisse). NOVO served as the lead partner in this consortium, with BearingPoint providing supplementary implementation support across the 6 major projects over 72 months.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• msg systems (Switzerland): msg is a large European IT consulting group with a substantial SAP practice covering S/4HANA, finance, and industry-specific solutions. Like NOVO, msg serves regulated industries and operates dedicated Swiss offices, making it a direct mid-sized SAP consulting competitor in the same geography.
• Allgeier (Switzerland): Allgeier has a dedicated Swiss SAP and enterprise IT consulting business targeting similar mid-to-large enterprises and public-sector clients. It competes directly with NOVO for S/4HANA, HXM and analytics engagements in Switzerland.
• BearingPoint (Switzerland): BearingPoint is a European management and technology consultancy with a strong SAP practice; NOVO has even partnered with BearingPoint on the Armeestab ERPSYSVAR consortium. BearingPoint is a comparable Swiss-headquartered SAP transformation peer, competing on similar public-sector and enterprise mandates.
• itelligence / NTT DATA Business Solutions: itelligence (now NTT DATA Business Solutions) is one of the world's largest pure-play SAP consultancies and operates a Swiss business serving similar mid-market and enterprise S/4HANA mandates. It is a direct peer on SAP transformation and managed services.
• Syntax (Switzerland): Syntax is an international managed-service provider with a strong SAP practice and a Swiss presence. It competes with NOVO on SAP managed services, cloud migrations, and application management in Switzerland.
• SVA System Vertrieb Alexander: SVA is a German-headquartered IT system house with a strong SAP consulting and infrastructure practice serving enterprises and public-sector clients. While based in Germany, it overlaps directly with NOVO on SAP S/4HANA, HCM, and analytics mandates in DACH.
• Sycor: Sycor is a German mid-market SAP consultancy with a focus on S/4HANA, HCM (SuccessFactors) and industry solutions for manufacturing and services. It is comparable to NOVO in size, SAP-only focus, and DACH mid-enterprise customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture (Switzerland): Accenture operates one of the largest SAP global delivery practices, including a substantial Swiss practice that competes with NOVO on large S/4HANA, cloud, and transformation mandates. As a broad incumbent, Accenture offers multi-tower delivery (cloud, security, change) that NOVO cannot match.
• Deloitte (Switzerland): Deloitte's Swiss SAP practice competes for major SAP-enabled transformation programs, particularly in financial services and the public sector. It is a broad incumbent with consulting, advisory and implementation capabilities well beyond NOVO's narrower SAP focus.
• Capgemini Invent / Capgemini (Switzerland): Capgemini runs a global SAP practice and a Swiss business targeting large enterprise and public-sector clients. As a broad incumbent, it competes with NOVO on multi-workstream SAP programs while also offering digital engineering and managed services beyond SAP.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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