Expertplace

What Expertplace does

Expertplace is a privately held German IT and management consulting firm headquartered in Cologne, operating under the legal entity expertplace networks group AG with three wholly-owned subsidiaries (expertplace advisors GmbH, expertplace professionals GmbH, and expertplace IT security & compliance GmbH). Founded in 2007 with a headcount band of 51-100 employees, the firm serves enterprise and mid-market clients primarily in the DACH region across five vertical segments: Manufacturing (Produzierender Mittelstand), Healthcare & Pharma, Public Sector, Insurance, and Telecommunications & Media. Its service portfolio is organized around five core competencies — Project & Program Excellence, IT & Cloud Transformation, ERP & Business Transformation (SAP), Data/Analytics & AI, and Modern Work — supplemented by an IT freelancer/staffing arm and the expertplace academy training brand.

The firm's core technology stack centers on management and IT consulting delivery with a strategic partnership with Scavenger AI, an AI-powered analytics platform that the firm resells and implements for self-service BI, sales intelligence, marketing intelligence, and ROI analytics via natural language queries across CRM, ERP, and external data sources. Expertplace also maintains an internal proprietary offering, the Quality Gate Check, a structured ERP project assessment priced at a fixed €10,000. Methodology accreditations span ITIL, PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile, DSDM/Atern, AgilePM, AgileBA, and COBIT, while the academy holds ICO, PEOPLECERT, and TÜV Süd trainer accreditations.

The revenue model is professional services-led, billed predominantly on time-and-materials with day rates (8-hour minimum) and hourly rates as standard, augmented by fixed-price diagnostic products and training/workshop fees through the academy. Go-to-market is sales-led direct engagement targeting mid-to-large enterprise clients requiring digital transformation, ERP implementation, and project management expertise. Distribution runs through direct consulting sales, the academy registration channel, and content marketing via blog and LinkedIn. Named customers include FLOCERT, LAKAL, Schoeller Werk, Kliniken der Stadt Köln, Bechtle, q.beyond, GFN, Koelnmesse, Progroup, Nash Technologies, VdS Schadenverhütung, and RUAG International.

Name

Expertplace

Legal name

expertplace networks group AG

Website

https://expertplace.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Expertplace is a Cologne-based German IT and management consulting firm offering digital transformation, ERP/SAP, IT/cloud, data analytics, and project management services to enterprise mid-market clients across manufacturing, healthcare, public sector, insurance, and telecom sectors, supported by an accredited training academy and an IT staffing channel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & IT Advisory (BPAEAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

Keywords

• IT management consulting
• Digital transformation services
• SAP ERP consulting
• Project management consulting
• IT staffing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cologne

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Management and IT Consulting Services: Professional consulting services including IT consulting, digital transformation, business transformation, program and project management, ERP implementation with SAP, and data analytics. Services are provided on a time and material basis with day rates or hourly rates. The company also provides training services through the expertplace academy for process management, project management, and personal and leadership competencies.
2. IT Staffing Services: Personnel services in the IT sector, providing qualified IT freelancers and staff augmentation for short-term personnel needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Expertplace provides management and IT consulting combining advisory with hands-on implementation across project and program management, IT and cloud transformation, ERP/SAP implementation, data analytics and AI (leveraging a strategic partnership with the Scavenger AI platform), IT security and compliance, and Modern Work / Microsoft 365 consulting. The firm also delivers accredited professional training through the expertplace academy and IT staffing/personnel services for short-term resourcing needs.

Product overview

Expertplace is an IT consulting company offering a portfolio of consulting services organized by competencies: Project & Program Excellence, IT & Cloud Transformation, ERP & Business Transformation (SAP), Data Analytics & KI, and Modern Work. The company has a strategic partnership with Scavenger AI, an AI-powered analytics platform, which Expertplace deploys across consulting engagements for self-service BI, sales intelligence, and marketing intelligence. Expertplace also operates the expertplace academy offering accredited training programs in ITSM, project management, AI, and Microsoft 365. The offerings span consulting services, AI-enabled analytics solutions, and professional training across multiple industry verticals including Manufacturing, Healthcare & Pharma, Public Sector, Insurance, and Telecommunications & Media.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• expertplace academy: Training and workshop offerings for process, project management, and leadership competencies.
• Scavenger AI

Products and services

• Project & Program Excellence Consulting services for project and program management, including transformation management, program/project management check-ups, and delivery organization improvement for enterprise clients undergoing complex change.
• IT- & Cloud-Transformation Consulting services for IT transformation and cloud transformation projects, including expert staffing for cloud initiatives and enterprise IT modernization programs.
• ERP- & Business-Transformation (SAP) SAP-focused ERP implementation, migration, and business transformation consulting, including ERP system selection, project rescue/sanitation, Quality Gate Check assessments, and project methodology advisory.
• Data, Analytics & KI Data analytics and AI consulting services leveraging the Scavenger AI platform for self-service BI, sales intelligence, marketing intelligence, and AI implementation strategy across CRM, ERP, and external data sources.
• Modern Work | People & Progress Modern work consulting leveraging Microsoft 365 capabilities including SharePoint, Teams, collaboration, organization, task management, and business coaching for enterprise clients.
• IT-Beratung (IT Consulting) Full portfolio of IT consulting including business transformation, digital transformation, program and project management, IT service management, complex infrastructure management, IT architecture and strategy, and IT security and compliance.
• Quality Gate Check Structured assessment instrument that gives project management and leadership reliable decision-making foundations for ERP projects, examining goals and benefits, scope, methodology, governance, resources, and risks based on interviews, document analyses, and consolidated management assessment. Offered at a fixed price of €10,000.
• expertplace academy Training and workshop programs including IT Service Management (ESM/ITSM), Project Management, Artificial Intelligence (KI) workshops (including ChatGPT and generative AI), and Modern Work training with Microsoft 365 (SharePoint, Teams, collaboration, business coaching). Trainers are accredited by ICO, PEOPLECERT, and TÜV Süd exam institutes.
• IT-Personaldienstleistungen (IT Staffing & Freelancer Services) Personnel services in the IT sector, providing qualified IT freelancers and staff augmentation via Arbeitnehmerüberlassung for short-term personnel needs across IT projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% efficiency increase in sales teams with Scavenger AI implementation
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Scavenger AIcoreTechnology or IntegrationExpertplace has announced a strategic partnership with Scavenger AI, an AI-powered analytics platform. Through this partnership, expertplace offers self-service BI capabilities where departments can ask questions in natural language without IT tickets. The platform analyzes data structures independently and can be implemented in days rather than months. Expertplace accompanies the entire process: consulting, support, and implementation-oriented.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Atos Germany: Atos's German operations deliver digital transformation, SAP, and managed services to manufacturing and public-sector clients, with a similar consulting-services portfolio but much broader scale than Expertplace.
• Sopra Steria: European-headquartered Sopra Steria operates a significant German business delivering consulting, application services, and digital transformation to public sector and enterprise clients—overlapping directly with Expertplace's IT and digital transformation offerings.
• Capgemini Germany: The German arm of global consulting leader Capgemini competes head-on with Expertplace on SAP, cloud transformation, and data/AI engagements for large German enterprises, but at a vastly larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• T-Systems: Deutsche Telekom's enterprise services subsidiary T-Systems delivers large-scale IT transformation, cloud, and SAP services across the German Mittelstand and enterprise market, representing an incumbent competitor with far deeper delivery capacity.
• NTT DATA DACH: NTT DATA's German and DACH operations offer consulting, SAP, cloud, and AI services competing for the same enterprise and mid-market German transformation RFPs as Expertplace, but at materially larger scale and global delivery footprint.

Direct peers

• Senacor Technologies: Nuremberg-based Senacor is a privately held German IT and business consulting firm focused on digital transformation, banking/insurance, and IT architecture—overlapping with Expertplace on enterprise transformation consulting and custom software delivery for similar German mid-market clients.
• adesso: Dortmund-headquartered adesso is a German IT consulting firm of comparable mid-size with strong SAP, cloud, and custom software practices across insurance, public sector, and manufacturing—directly competing for the same Mittelstand and mid-market transformation mandates.
• msg: Headquartered in Ismaning near Munich, msg is a closely held German IT consulting and software group with very similar depth in insurance, banking, manufacturing, and public-sector SAP and digital transformation—making it the closest direct peer in both offerings and DACH mid-market orientation.
• Allgeier: Munich-based Allgeier is a German IT consulting and services group offering enterprise IT, SAP, and digital transformation across enterprise and mid-market clients, structurally comparable as a multi-subsidiary consulting group with a similar enterprise-services mix.

Emerging players

• Ciber (Orange Cyberdefense / Ciber Germany): German IT consulting and integration players in the same mid-market SAP/ERP and IT security niche represent specialist competitors; consultancies with explicit IT security & compliance practices particularly overlap with expertplace IT security & compliance GmbH.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/expertplace_
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@expertplacegroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/expertplaceAG
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/expertplace-networks-group-ag

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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