Human Consulting

Name

Human Consulting

Legal name

HUMAN HMN GmbH

Website

https://human.consulting

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Capital & Workforce Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

People Analytics, Assessment & Psychometrics Consulting (BPAHAGAH), Digital Workplace & Collaboration Consulting (BPAHAEAH), HR Technology (HRIS/HCM) Advisory & Implementation (BPAHAGAG)

Keywords

• Strategic workforce planning
• HR transformation consulting
• Adaptive workforce design
• People planning services
• HR strategy advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Strategic HR Consulting Projects: Boutique management consulting firm generating revenue through project-based professional services. Projects include strategic workforce planning, adaptive workforce design, HR strategy development, and organizational transformation engagements for DAX companies and large Mittelstand enterprises.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Human Consulting (HUMAN HMN GmbH) is a boutique German HR and People & Organization consulting firm that delivers Strategic People Planning (SPP), Adaptive Workforce transformation, and HR-Strategy engagements for DAX-listed corporations and large German Mittelstand companies. The firm pairs senior consultant-led project work with a proprietary AI-supported SPP methodology and an internally developed HUMAN-SPP-Tool, providing data-driven workforce planning across capacity, competencies, costs, and composition.

Product overview

HUMAN is an HR consulting firm specializing in People Planning & Transformation. The company offers a portfolio of consulting services centered on Strategic People Planning (SPP), Adaptive Workforce transformation, and HR-Strategy. Their core proprietary asset is the HUMAN-SPP-Tool, a workforce planning tool with supply, demand, and GAP analysis functionalities that is part of an HR-Analytics Suite. The offering is complemented by thought leadership through their annual Future Work Summit event and publications including the books 'Strategische Personalplanung' and 'Transform Your Workforce' co-authored with industry CHROs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic People Planning (SPP)

Quantifiable outcome

• 170+ successful consulting projects completed
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• WorkdaycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Workday serves as a key strategic partner for the annual Future Workforce Summit (FWS) and is promoted as 'powered by Workday' on event materials. Workday executives participate as speakers and presenters at FWS events, including Jens Löhmar (CTO Continental Europe & DACH) at FWS26. The partnership combines HUMAN's strategic workforce planning expertise with Workday's technology platform for client benefit.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lurse: Frankfurt-based specialist in executive compensation, pension and HR advisory serving DAX and large German corporates — comparable boutique profile and target client base for HR portfolio and workforce work.
• OrgMetrics: German consultancy focused on HR strategy, organization design and workforce analytics for large corporate clients — overlaps with HUMAN on strategic HR transformation and people analytics positioning.
• hkp/// group: Frankfurt-headquartered independent HR & compensation consultancy serving DAX and large-cap clients with workforce planning, executive compensation and HR strategy — directly comparable in client focus, scope and boutique positioning.
• Kienbaum: One of Germany's largest independent HR and executive consultancy firms offering HR strategy, workforce planning and leadership advisory to DAX/FTSE clients — overlap on practice mix and target market with HUMAN.

Emerging players

• Promerit: Specialist HR transformation and workforce planning consultancy that offers HR Future Fit services and workforce analytics tooling — directly comparable in SPP methodology, though with a more digital/SaaS tooling orientation.

Broad incumbents

• Mercer: Global consulting arm of Marsh McLennic offering workforce strategy, people analytics and HR transformation — competes for DAX mandates in workforce planning and HR operating model design, often bundled with rewards/pension work.
• Willis Towers Watson (WTW): Global advisory firm providing talent, rewards and workforce analytics consulting to DAX and European multinationals — broader portfolio than HUMAN but overlapping on workforce planning, retirement/pension modelling and HR analytics.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global leadership advisory and executive search firm serving DAX and large-cap clients — overlaps on HR-related advisory at the CHRO/board level, particularly on leadership and workforce transformation programs.
• Korn Ferry (Hay Group): Global HR/organizational consulting and executive search firm where the legacy Hay Group provides workforce planning, talent & rewards consulting to multinationals — competes for the same CHRO-level mandates but at far larger scale.
• Roland Berger: German-originated global strategy consultancy with a People & Organization practice that serves DAX/Mittelstand on HR strategy and workforce topics — competing for the same enterprise HR mandates with broader strategy capability.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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