Aimeos

What Aimeos does

Aimeos GmbH is a privately held Hamburg-based software company that develops and distributes an open-source e-commerce platform built on modular PHP components. The core product integrates natively into multiple PHP frameworks and CMS environments — TYPO3, Laravel, Symfony, SlimPHP, and Flow — providing the same shop and marketplace functionality across each, with the ability to migrate data between frameworks without losing e-commerce knowledge. The platform is engineered for high performance and scale, advertising 40ms response times without full-page caching and the ability to scale from a single product to over one billion products via ElasticSearch and Solr extensions. It targets enterprise and B2B use cases requiring complex B2B pricing, VAT compliance, multi-vendor marketplaces, and integration with ERP, CRM, and DMS systems.

The company monetizes through a hybrid open-source / commercial model: the core components are free, while revenue is generated from paid extensions (VAT validation, customer-group pricing, Solr/ElasticSearch search, multi-site management, Stripe and Mangopay marketplace payments), premium themes, and tiered support subscriptions priced between €79 and €499 per month. The go-to-market combines a product-led self-serve website (aimeos.com, available in English and German, with EUR and USD pricing) with a small partner channel of three named integrators (Business Unicorns for e-commerce expertise, Profihost for hosting, and Yedi for data integration). Customer references are predominantly small and mid-market (Niederrhein Edition, Hamag, Planabilities, individual developers), with a documented customer testimonial claiming a 30% increase in orders after migration to Aimeos.

Aimeos is operated by a single General Manager, Norbert Sendetzky, with no disclosed external investors, subsidiaries, or parent company. The company is registered at Rennbahnstr. 32, 22111 Hamburg, Germany (HRB 143090), and presents itself as an independent, bootstrapped provider of e-commerce technology focused on customization, performance, and ecosystem integration rather than scale-driven growth.

Name

Aimeos

Legal name

Aimeos GmbH

Website

https://aimeos.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Aimeos GmbH is a Hamburg-based software company providing an open-source, modular PHP e-commerce platform that integrates with TYPO3, Laravel, Symfony, SlimPHP, and Flow, serving enterprise and B2B customers with marketplace, B2B pricing, and high-scale catalog needs via paid extensions and subscription support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

E-commerce Platform Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Platform Engineering & Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) (BPAEAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Marketplace APIs & API Monetization Platforms (BPAMAOAM)

Keywords

• Open-source e-commerce
• PHP e-commerce framework
• Marketplace platform
• B2B e-commerce software
• Headless commerce components

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Open Source Software with Paid Extensions: Core Aimeos e-commerce components are open source. Revenue is generated from premium extensions for specialized functionality including VAT handling, customer groups, Solr search, marketplace capabilities, ElasticSearch integration, and payment processing.
2. Support Packages and Subscriptions: Professional support packages including one-time 2-hour support blocks (€239), extended long-term support (€79/month), and recurring monthly subscriptions: Basic (€159/month), Extended (€329/month), Premium (€499/month). Minimum contract term of 12 months for subscriptions.
3. Custom Development Projects: Custom e-commerce projects implemented together with partners for businesses requiring tailored solutions. Contract terms and pricing negotiated individually.
4. Themes: Premium themes such as Berlin Theme for marketplace-optimized designs. Starting at €169 for 1 year support + updates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Aimeos develops modular, open-source e-commerce components for PHP that integrate into frameworks such as TYPO3, Laravel, Symfony, SlimPHP, and Flow. Around the free core, it sells commercial extensions (VAT validation, B2B pricing, Solr/ElasticSearch search, marketplace payments, multi-site management), premium themes, and tiered support subscriptions for online shops and multi-vendor marketplaces.

Product overview

Aimeos is a modular e-commerce platform built on flexible, configurable components that integrate into PHP frameworks (Laravel, Symfony, TYPO3, SlimPHP, Flow). The core offering consists of Aimeos E-Commerce Components providing shop and marketplace functionality. The product portfolio includes paid extensions: ai-vatcheck for VAT compliance, ai-customergroups for B2B pricing, ai-solr and ai-elastic (#gigacommerce) for high-performance search up to 1 billion products, ai-sites for multi-portal management, ai-stripe-marketplace and ai-mangopay for marketplace payments. Aimeos Theme Berlin offers a marketplace-optimized design. Support services range from Basic (email, 24hr response) to Extended (phone/video, 12hr response) to Premium (24/5, 8hr response) subscriptions, plus Extended Long Term Support (ELTS) for LTS versions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aimeos E-Commerce Components (core platform) Modular, flexible, and highly configurable open-source e-commerce components that integrate into PHP applications and frameworks, providing the same functionality across all platforms for online shops and marketplaces.
• Aimeos Theme Berlin High-quality marketplace-optimized frontend theme for Laravel-based Aimeos installations, version 2022.04 and newer.
• ai-vatcheck Extension VAT calculation and VAT ID validation extension that checks EU VAT IDs via the VIES service and calculates VAT based on billing address country for B2B and cross-country commerce.
• ai-customergroups Extension Customer and customer group-specific pricing and product extension that enables offering specific products, prices, categories, and shipping/payment options to single customers or customer groups.
• ai-solr Extension Ultra-fast Solr search extension enabling millisecond product catalog search with full-text search, facets, and sorting capabilities, optimized for TYPO3.
• ai-elastic Extension (#gigacommerce) ElasticSearch-based #gigacommerce extension for ultra-fast product filtering and scalability to 1 billion products and beyond.
• ai-sites Extension Multi-site capability extension for managing multiple portal pages with different product assortments or prices based on shared data.
• ai-stripe-marketplace Extension Stripe payment extension for marketplaces supporting customer payments, automatic vendor payouts, and commission handling.
• ai-mangopay Extension Mangopay payment extension supporting customer payments, vendor payouts, and commission handling for shops and marketplaces.
• Aimeos Professional Support Subscription (Basic / Extended / Premium) Recurring monthly developer support subscriptions (Basic €159/month, Extended €329/month, Premium €499/month) with 12-month minimum terms, plus a 2-hour one-time support block at €239.
• Extended Long Term Support (ELTS) Extended Long Term Support providing bugfixes and security updates for Aimeos LTS versions including TYPO3, Laravel, and Symfony integrations for up to 5 years, at €79/month.

Quantifiable outcome

• Orders increased by approximately 30% compared to previous website
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Business UnicornscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerE-commerce experts providing implementation services for Aimeos solutions. Listed as a key partner for creating the best solution for customers.
• ProfihostcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHosting experts providing optimized infrastructure for Aimeos deployments. Listed as a key partner for creating the best solution for customers.
• YedicoreTechnology or IntegrationData integration experts specializing in data lake solutions. Listed as a key partner for creating the best solution for customers. Company website: yedi.de.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OroCommerce: Open-source B2B e-commerce platform with strong enterprise focus, customer-specific pricing, and multi-organization capabilities. Direct overlap with Aimeos's B2B and customer-group extension positioning.
• WooCommerce: Open-source WordPress-based e-commerce plugin. Comparable as a free/open-source commerce platform monetized via extensions, themes, and hosting — although targeting the WordPress ecosystem rather than TYPO3/Laravel/Symfony.
• Shopware: Germany-based open-source/headless e-commerce platform. Directly comparable as a European, PHP-based commerce platform offering extensions, marketplace functionality, and B2B features for SMB and enterprise merchants.
• Spryker: Enterprise composable commerce platform for B2B and marketplace use cases. Comparable target customer (large B2B/marketplace operators) and overlapping feature set (customer-specific pricing, multi-site, marketplace), though built on different tech foundations.
• Sylius: Open-source headless e-commerce framework built on Symfony. Direct technical peer: PHP/Symfony-based, modular components, B2B and marketplace functionality, monetized via premium extensions and support.

Emerging players

• Saleor: Open-source, GraphQL-first headless commerce platform. Comparable open-source-led monetization via paid features and cloud, but targets a more modern headless developer audience.

Broad incumbents

• commercetools: Enterprise composable commerce platform (MACH). Competes for large enterprise B2B and B2C deals that Aimeos also targets via its scalable PHP architecture, though as a pure headless/API-led SaaS.
• Magento (Adobe Commerce): Long-established open-source PHP e-commerce platform now under Adobe. Competes for the same enterprise and mid-market merchants on extensibility, B2B, and marketplace use cases, but with far larger resources and a broader portfolio.
• Shopify: Largest SaaS commerce platform globally. Competes for the broader merchant base, especially at the SMB end where Aimeos also has presence via its open-source/free core offering.

Regional players

• OXID eShop: German-headquartered PHP e-commerce platform. Closest regional/technology peer in the DACH market, with overlapping B2B, marketplace, and extension monetization approaches.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aimeos
• Facebookfacebook.com/Aimeos

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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