Name

SPACE Aero

Legal name

Association SPACE

Website

https://space-aero.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: SPACE Aero generates revenue through annual membership fees from executive members (OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers) and associate members (SMEs, suppliers) in the aerospace supply chain. Membership provides access to tools, training, consulting networks, and collaborative projects.
2. Training Services (SPACE Academy): The organization offers fee-based training programs through SPACE Academy, including e-learning and in-person courses on industrial performance topics such as lean manufacturing, supply chain management, quality, and operational excellence. Pricing ranges from 250-1140 EUR per trainee depending on course duration and format.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SPACE Aero is a European non-profit association that provides industrial performance improvement services to the aerospace supply chain. It offers membership access to a validated Toolbox and the Aero Excellence methodology, fee-based training through SPACE Academy, a network of labeled consultants, and collaborative improvement projects for OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and SMEs.

Product overview

SPACE Aero (Supply Chain Progress towards Aeronautical Community Excellence) is an independent European non-profit association founded in 2007 by major aerospace contractors to develop and support the European aerospace supply chain. The organization operates through regional entities (Germany, Spain, France) and offers an integrated suite of services centered on industrial performance improvement. The core offerings include: SPACE Academy for professional training (e-learning, classroom, virtual formats) covering supply chain management, quality, planning, and operational excellence; the Member Portal (Espace Membres) providing secure access to exclusive resources; a Toolbox of validated assessment tools; a network of labeled aerospace consultants; collaborative mutual projects; annual Trophées awards for continuous improvement; and the Aero Excellence™ methodology framework for self-assessment. Training is co-developed with major aerospace OEMs and delivered through 200+ sessions annually, reaching approximately 1,500-4,500 professionals per year across France alone.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SPACE Academy: Training service developed by SPACE Aero for SMEs, equipment manufacturers, and aircraft manufacturers in the aerospace sector.
• Aero Excellence

Products and services

• SPACE Academy Professional training platform offering courses in aerospace supply chain management, industrial excellence, human factors, cybersecurity, and operational excellence, delivered in e-learning, classroom, and virtual instructor-led formats. Content is co-developed with major aerospace OEMs and targeted at aerospace SMEs, equipment manufacturers, and aircraft manufacturers.
• Toolbox Collection of standardized tools and templates validated by SPACE and the aerospace community, used by labeled consultants in member projects for industrial maturity and operational excellence assessment.
• Aero Excellence Methodology framework for self-assessment and maturity grids across multiple domains (01-05) for aerospace supply chain performance improvement, implemented by SPACE Aero.
• Espace Membres (Member Portal) Secure online portal for SPACE members providing access to exclusive tools, videos, industry news, and resources including the Toolbox for industrial maturity assessment.
• SPACE Expert Network Network of labeled consultants with aerospace industrial sector expertise, offering project support and training services to associated members, with 150+ labeled experts across France.
• Projets Mutuels (Mutual Projects) Collaborative improvement projects where member companies work together on shared challenges with expert guidance from SPACE, providing hands-on support and knowledge transfer across the supply chain.
• SPACE Replay / Webspace Library of recorded webinars and Gembaweb sessions organized by SPACE, accessible to members for ongoing learning and industry knowledge sharing.
• Training Catalog Comprehensive catalog of training courses organized across 9 thematic areas including industrial maturity, HR management, planning/logistics, supplier management, industrialization/quality, and operational excellence.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,599 trainees formed in 2025 with 98% satisfaction rate
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DLR Projektträger Luftfahrtforschung (DLR Project Transport Aviation Research)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSCE A (SPACE Germany) works closely with DLR's Project Transport Aviation Research and the SME Advisory Aviation unit. The partnership focuses on consulting regarding funding opportunities, research topics, and networking of aviation sector actors. The DLR supports the BMWK in implementing Germany's civil aviation research program (LuFo) and works with five German states on complementary funding programs.
• bavAIRia (Bavarian Aerospace Cluster)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPACE Germany collaborates with bavAIRia, the Bavarian aerospace cluster, on joint events and projects. The two organizations co-organized the 2019 member assembly on 'Digitalization in Aviation' with over 100 participants, combining SPACE's supply chain focus with bavAIRia's regional aerospace network.
• NETZWERK LUFTFAHRTFORSCHUNG (Aviation Research Network)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlatform founded by the SME Advisory Aviation to enable professional exchange in aviation research and support the search for research partners for innovative aviation ideas. The matchmaking service targets SMEs, other companies, universities, and research institutions in the aviation sector.
• KMU-Beratung Luftfahrt (SME Advisory Aviation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA unit of the DLR Project Transport Aviation Research providing detailed, free consulting services specifically tailored to the needs of SMEs in aviation. Complements existing basic consulting and the National Contact Point for businesses, science, universities, and SMEs.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• AFNOR: Association Française de Normalisation is the French national standards body. AFNOR competes for the same aerospace SME training and certification budget (EN9100, APQP awareness) as SPACE Academy, and offers comparable consulting expertise — a thematically adjacent incumbent in the same French market.
• SAE International: Global standards and professional development organisation for the aerospace and automotive industries. SAE's training programmes and AS9100-related standards content directly overlap with SPACE Academy's curriculum, making it a thematically adjacent global competitor in aerospace professional training.
• DIN: Deutsches Institut für Normung is the German national standards body. Plays the same role in Germany as AFNOR does in France, and is a natural adjacent player for SCE A Deutschland in the German aerospace SME training market — particularly on EN9100 / quality management certification.
• Rolland Berger Aerospace & Defense practice: Global management consultancy with a dedicated Aerospace & Defense practice serving many of the same OEM and Tier 1 customers as SPACE Aero. While for-profit and advisory rather than membership-based, it competes for the same supplier-development and operational-excellence project budgets and is the most credible for-profit consulting peer.

Direct peers

• bavAIRia: Bavarian Aerospace Cluster is SPACE Aero's own German partner and a near-identical model: regional cluster providing networking events, project support, and SME services to Bavarian aerospace suppliers. It co-organises events with SCE A Deutschland and is highly comparable in scope, though more regional.
• Aerospace Valley: French world-class aerospace competitiveness cluster formed from the merger of Pole Aerospace Midi-Pyrénées and Pole ASTech. Closest structural analogue to SPACE Aero — a regional cluster offering networking, training, and SME support services to aerospace supply chain members across Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
• GIFAS: Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales is the French aerospace and defence industry federation. It is the most direct peer: same geography, same membership-of-aerospace-companies model, same French ecosystem in which SPACE Aero operates, though GIFAS focuses on industry representation and lobbying rather than supply-chain industrialisation services.

Regional players

• GAMA: General Aviation Manufacturers Association is the US-based trade association representing general aviation manufacturers. Operates a similar membership-of-aerospace-companies model to SPACE Aero, but focused exclusively on US general aviation manufacturers rather than European supply-chain industrialisation — useful as a regional benchmark.

Broad incumbents

• BDLI: Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie is the German Aerospace Industries Association. A much larger and broader industry association covering the full German aerospace and defence sector, primarily focused on policy advocacy and representation — provides a useful benchmark for membership-based aerospace industry organisations in SPACE's German market.
• ASD Europe: Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe is the pan-European aerospace and defence industry association. Represents the same OEM membership tier as SPACE Aero's executive members (Airbus, Safran, Thales, Leonardo, Dassault, MTU) but at the European policy and lobbying level rather than supply-chain operational support.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC8c_WpS2cG52vd3z_3YVKcQ/featured
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/space-association

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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