Plenovia

What Plenovia does

Plenovia GmbH is a Düsseldorf-based German management consulting firm founded in 1997 that specializes in restructuring, insolvency, and turnaround advisory for German mid-sized companies (Mittelstand). The firm delivers a full crisis-and-restructuring lifecycle spanning preventive restructuring under StaRUG, formal insolvency proceedings under ESUG (Eigenverwaltung / Schutzschirmverfahren), expert opinions (IDW S6/S9/S11), Independent Business Reviews, financial advisory (rolling liquidity planning and management), and interim management services in which its consultants act as Chief Restructuring Officer or Chief Financial Officer. The company states more than 20 specialists, more than 150 projects per year, more than 400 years of cumulative team experience, and 25 years of continuous operation, with 6x WirtschaftsWoche top-restructuring-advisor recognition.

Plenovia's service portfolio is structured around four core lines — Restrukturierung & Sanierung, Insolvenzberatung, Gutachten & Konzepte, and Financial Advisory — applied across thirteen industry verticals including automotive supply, construction, healthcare/social economy, real estate, retail, energy, logistics, capital goods, food & beverage, and consumer goods. Its underlying methodology combines German regulatory frameworks (StaRUG pre-insolvency restructuring, ESUG / § 270a InsO self-administration planning) with technical standards of the Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer (IDW S6 Sanierungsgutachten, IDW S9 shielding opinions, IDW S11 going-concern forecasts, IBR). The firm operates an integrated legal-economic delivery model through a sister-firm alliance with Buchalik Brömmekamp Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, in which Dr. Utz Brömmekamp serves simultaneously as plenovia's Managing Partner and as partner/GF of the law firm.

The firm operates a project-based, quote-based professional services revenue model, with each mandate individually scoped and engagements beginning with a free initial consultation. Distribution is entirely domestic Germany via three offices (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main), direct enterprise consulting sales to mid-market executives, and a referral channel driven jointly by Buchalik Brömmekamp and the InterimProfis interim-management network. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and there is no e-commerce, self-serve or marketplace channel. Plenovia is privately held by its Managing Partner Dr. Utz Brömmekamp (since 1997) and Managing Director Andreas Weißelberg (since 2024), with no disclosed external investors or institutional shareholders.

Name

Plenovia

Legal name

plenovia GmbH

Website

https://plenovia.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Plenovia GmbH is a Düsseldorf-based German management consulting firm specializing in restructuring, insolvency advisory, and turnaround services for mid-sized companies, operating from offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Frankfurt with more than 20 specialists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restructuring and Turnaround Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Insolvency & Turnaround Advisory (SME/Mid-Market Debtor-Side) (FSAEAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Program & Project Management (PMO) Consulting (BPAHACAL)

Keywords

• Restructuring consulting
• Insolvency advisory
• Turnaround management
• Interim management services
• Financial advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Düsseldorf

HQ country

Germany

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Restructuring & turnaround consulting projects: Project-based professional services engagements covering restructuring, insolvency advice, expert opinions (IDW S6/S9/S11/IBR), financial advisory, and self-administration/Eigenverwaltung planning. Billed per mandate, typically multi-week to multi-month projects led by senior consultants and managing directors.
2. Interim management engagements (CRO / CFO / Interim Produktionsleiter): Fee-based interim-management mandates inside distressed client companies, including Chief Restructuring Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Interim Production Manager roles; typically retainer or fixed-term contract billing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Plenovia is a German management consulting firm that delivers restructuring, insolvency, and turnaround advisory services to mid-sized companies (Mittelstand). Its core offerings cover preventive restructuring under StaRUG, IDW S6/S9/S11 expert opinions, ESUG self-administration planning, Independent Business Reviews, financial advisory (liquidity planning and management), and interim management as CRO/CFO inside distressed client companies.

Product overview

Plenovia is a single German management-consulting firm (plenovia GmbH) delivering restructuring, insolvency, expert-opinion, and financial-advisory services to mid-sized companies. Its offering is structured as a service-portfolio rather than a software platform: the four core service lines — Restrukturierung & Sanierung, Insolvenzberatung, Gutachten & Konzepte (IDW S6/S9/S11, IBR), and Financial Advisory (liquidity planning/management) — are combined with cross-cutting capabilities in Stakeholder Mediation, Interim Management (CRO/CFO), and ESG/Sustainability, and are applied across thirteen industry verticals including Automotive Supply, Construction, Energy, Healthcare & Social Economy, Real Estate, Retail, Logistics, Food & Beverage, and Consumer Goods. The firm operates from offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Frankfurt.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restrukturierung & Sanierung (Restructuring & Reorganization) Consulting service line covering preventive restructuring (StaRUG), restructuring concepts, personnel measures, production process optimization, measure management, sustainability/ESG, and restructuring moderation for medium-sized companies in economic crisis.
• Insolvenzberatung (Insolvency Consulting) Advisory service supporting self-administration planning under § 270a InsO (Eigenverwaltung), distressed M&A transactions, and the protective-shield procedure (Schutzschirmverfahren).
• Gutachten & Konzepte (Expert Opinions & Concepts) Preparation of formal expert opinions and certificates including IDW S6 Sanierungsgutachten (reorganization opinion), IDW S9 Bescheinigung im Schutzschirmverfahren, IDW S11 Fortbestehensprognose (going-concern forecast), Planplausibilisierung, Independent Business Review (IBR), and bank reporting.
• Financial Advisory Financial-advisory services including rolling liquidity planning (Liquiditätsplanung) over 12-24 months and active liquidity management (Liquiditätsmanagement) to support crisis early-warning and financing decisions.
• Leistungen für Insolvenzverwalter (Services for Insolvency Administrators) Operational support to insolvency administrators, including provision of interim production managers (Interim Produktionsleiter) and support with company liquidation (Liquidation).
• Interim Management (CRO / CFO) Plenovia takes on project management and execution of restructuring measures, also serving as Interimsmanager, Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO), or Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on behalf of client companies in crisis.
• Wirtschaftsmediation (Commercial Mediation) Mediation support for stakeholder negotiations, from bank talks to broader creditor and shareholder discussions.

Quantifiable outcome

• >150 successful restructuring projects per year
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments13 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship / sister-company alliance, core event and interim-management partner, mid-tier vertical association partner, mid-tier association partner, standard operational vendor, minor operational vendor and standard social-media channel.

• Buchalik Brömmekamp Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (BBR)flagship / sister-company allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister law firm of plenovia GmbH. Plenovia and BBR frequently run joint restructuring projects under unified standards and methods, with BBR providing the legal side and plenovia the business / financial / operational side. Dr. Utz Brömmekamp is simultaneously managing partner of plenovia (since 1997) and partner/GF of BBR. Data is shared between the two entities to support coordinated client mandates; BBR is bound by § 203 StGB professional secrecy.
• InterimProfiscore event and interim-management partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCo-host of plenovia's TURNAROUND BREAKFAST executive event series together with Buchalik Brömmekamp Rechtsanwälte. Network of interim managers that supports plenovia's interim CRO/CFO mandates.
• Handelsverband Baden-Württembergmid-tier vertical association partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-developed a dedicated study on key action areas for the retail trade ("Handel") with the Handelsverband Baden-Württemberg, used to position plenovia as a sector expert in retail restructuring.
• Bundesverband LandBauTechnik e. V.mid-tier association partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerAssociation that interviewed Dr. Utz Brömmekamp for its Jahresbericht 2025 ("Krise als Chance begreifen") and that published plenovia contributions in earlier annual reports (e.g., 2022). Generates sector exposure among agricultural-machinery dealers.
• Hetzner Online GmbHstandard operational vendorTechnology or IntegrationHosting provider for plenovia.de; processes all website data on its servers (Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany) on the basis of an Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag (Art. 28 DSGVO).
• Borlabs GmbHstandard operational vendorTechnology or IntegrationProvides the Borlabs Cookie consent technology used on plenovia.de to capture and document cookie consents in a GDPR-compliant way.
• Google Ireland Limited / Google LLC / Alphabet Inc. (Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, Google Fonts, Google Conversion-Tracking, YouTube)standard operational vendorTechnology or IntegrationProvides analytics, tag management, font delivery, conversion tracking and embedded YouTube video on plenovia.de. Data may be transferred to the US; Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Framework.
• Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited / Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Teams)standard operational vendorTechnology or IntegrationProvides the Microsoft Teams conferencing tool used to communicate with prospective and existing clients.
• Zoom Communications Inc.standard operational vendorTechnology or IntegrationProvides Zoom as a video-/audio-conferencing tool used to communicate with clients. EU Standard Contractual Clauses and EU-US Privacy Framework certification apply for any US data transfer.
• GoTo Group, Inc. (GoToMeeting)standard operational vendorTechnology or IntegrationProvides GoToMeeting as an additional online conferencing tool for client communication.
• 7eins GmbHminor operational vendorOthersDesign agency credited for the design of the plenovia website (7eins GmbH). Stock photo sources include 7eins, Adobe Stock and iStock.
• prahl_recke Gesellschaft für Marken und Firmen-Profile mbHOthers
• BDO AG WirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaftOthers
• Dücker GruppeOthers
• Procter & GambleOthers
• Datavise GmbH & Co. KGOthers
• LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Companystandard social-media channelTechnology or IntegrationHosts plenovia's corporate LinkedIn presence used for corporate communication, information, and advertising purposes.
• New Work SE (Xing)standard social-media channelTechnology or IntegrationHosts plenovia's corporate Xing profile for corporate communication and information.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• FTI Consulting:

Broad incumbents

• Alvarez & Marsal: Global restructuring and turnaround firm with significant German practice offering interim CRO, restructuring advisory and distressed M&A — direct overlap with Plenovia's core service lines for mid-to-large German distressed mandates.
• EY-Parthenon (EY Restructuring): Big 4 restructuring practice providing turnaround, IBR and insolvency advisory in Germany — comparable mid-market target segment and regulatory frameworks.
• BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (BDO Restructuring): German arm of BDO with a restructuring and IBR practice that competes for mid-market mandates in IDW S6, ESUG and StaRUG work; plenovia's MD Andreas Weißelberg is an alumnus, indicating direct talent overlap.
• Deloitte Germany (Restructuring / Deal Advisory): Big 4 advisory practice providing IDW S6, ESUG and StaRUG advisory to mid-market clients; Tobias Binöder joined Plenovia from Deloitte Audit & Assurance, evidencing direct talent and methodology overlap.
• Houlihan Lokey: Global investment bank with a leading restructuring practice; competes with Plenovia in German mid-market restructuring, IBR and distressed M&A mandates, though typically on larger deals.
• PwC Germany (Deals / Restructuring): Big 4 firm offering IDW S6, IDW S11, IBR, ESUG/StaRUG and CRO services to German mid-market and large-cap clients; Tobias Binöder also started at PwC, making this a direct talent-comparable peer.
• KPMG Germany (Deal Advisory / Restructuring): Big 4 firm offering restructuring advisory including StaRUG, ESUG and IDW S6 services to German mid-cap clients, overlapping with Plenovia's core service portfolio.

Regional players

• Schultze & Braun: German insolvency-administrator and restructuring firm with strong ESUG/Eigenverwaltung capability; competes for many of the same self-administration and restructuring mandates as Plenovia across the German Mittelstand.

Direct peers

• Buchalik Brömmekamp Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH: Sister law firm of plenovia with the same managing partner (Dr. Utz Brömmekamp); operates the legal side of the same StaRUG/ESUG/Eigenverwaltung mandates. Not strictly a competitor but the most tightly coupled peer, sharing clients, methodologies and referral flow.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/plenovia

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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