Neumann & Kamp Historical Projects

What Neumann & Kamp Historical Projects does

Neumann & Kamp Historische Projekte is a Munich-headquartered historical services firm founded in 2001 by historians Michael Kamp and Florian Neumann as a civil law partnership (GbR). The company specializes in corporate history publishing, history marketing, and archive services for enterprises, institutions, associations, government bodies, universities, and private individuals across the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Its offering spans five interconnected service pillars: scientific research and expert opinions (including NS-era and forced-labor accountability studies), biographies, corporate chronicles and anniversary publications, exhibitions ranging from roll-ups to large modular traveling shows, and full archive management (assessment, setup, reorganization, digitization, ongoing records management). The company has completed more than 250 projects over 20+ years, with a team of approximately 25 permanent employees and ~40 historians in total, supported by interns and external service providers.

The business runs a project-based professional services model sold through direct enterprise field sales and referrals. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with engagement sizes ranging from single Gutachten to comprehensive multi-format jubilee programs combining books, exhibitions, films, digital platforms, and year-long anniversary campaigns. A distinctive technical asset is the proprietary NK-Geschichts-Wiki, a wiki-software-based content management platform that structures texts, sources, images, films, and eyewitness interviews and can be deployed either as a public corporate-history site or as a password-protected intranet for anniversary teams; a flagship instance was built for BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, which has been an archive management client since 2014. Marquee customers include BASF, Fresenius, Dräger, Zeiss, BSH, IDEAL Versicherung, Aurubis, AGOSI, HTW Berlin, Vetmeduni Vienna, LMU Munich, and Umweltbundesamt (the latter's 40-year chronicle won a 2014 ICMA Gold Award).

The company operates from offices in Munich (headquarters), Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Salzburg, and Zürich, giving it physical proximity to the principal federal, economic, and university archives across the German-speaking world. It is privately held by its founders, with Dr. Michael Kamp and Dr. Matthias Georgi currently serving as managing directors, and has not raised institutional equity beyond the original 2001 FLüGGE Bavarian startup grant. The firm monetizes primarily through project fees, supplemented by recurring archive management and Geschichtswiki engagements, and pursues expansion via geographic coverage, deeper penetration of foundation and public-sector history verticals, and academic partnerships such as the Lucerne University "Silk History since 1800" collaboration.

Name

Neumann & Kamp Historical Projects

Legal name

Neumann & Kamp Historische Projekte GbR

Website

https://historische-projekte.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Neumann & Kamp Historische Projekte is a Munich-based historical services firm founded in 2001 that provides corporate history publishing, history marketing, expert reports, exhibitions, and archive management to enterprises, institutions, and government bodies across the DACH region, supported by a proprietary NK-Geschichtswiki platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Historical Services

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), All Other Publishers (513199), Libraries and Archives (51921), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Economics & Management Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Research Monographs & University Press Publishing (MPAJABAJ), Libraries, Archives & Special Collections (BPAGAHAF), Government, Public Policy & Regulatory Reference (Public Administration, Regulatory Guidance) (EDAGAGAK)

Keywords

• Corporate history publishing
• History marketing services
• Archive management services
• Anniversary publications
• Biographical research services

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Historical Research and Consulting Services: Project-based professional services for historical research, expert opinions (Gutachten), biographies, and corporate history documentation. Services range from single deliverables to comprehensive jubilee projects.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Neumann & Kamp Historische Projekte provides professional historical research, corporate history consulting, and full-service delivery of anniversary publications, exhibitions, biographies, expert reports, and archive management for companies, institutions, and private individuals. Their portfolio spans printed books, traveling exhibitions, digital platforms, and the proprietary NK-Geschichtswiki, available individually or as coordinated full-service jubilee project management.

Product overview

Neumann & Kamp Historische Projekte is a specialist provider of Corporate History Publishing, History Marketing, and Archive Services. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Munich with additional offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Salzburg, and Zürich, the company employs approximately 40 historians and has completed over 250 projects. Its offering is organized as a portfolio of interrelated service lines: (1) Wissenschaftliche Recherchen, Biografien, and Wissenschaftliche Gutachten — the research and authorship pillar providing historical research, expert reports, and biographies; (2) Firmengeschichte / History Marketing and Unternehmenschroniken/Festschriften — the publishing pillar delivering corporate histories, anniversary books, and marketing campaigns; (3) Archivdienstleistungen — the archive management pillar covering archive assessment, setup, reorganization, digitization, and ongoing management; (4) Ausstellungen — the exhibition pillar producing physical exhibitions ranging from portable roll-ups to large modular traveling shows; and (5) a digital product line comprising the proprietary NK-Geschichts-Wiki (a wiki-based historical database), Apps/Microsites/Timelines, Films, and Digitale Installationen. Services are available individually or as a coordinated full-service package for corporate anniversaries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NK-Geschichtswiki: A proprietary wiki-based database system developed by Neumann & Kamp for digital corporate history presentation, allowing structured organization of historical materials including texts, sources, images, and films.

Products and services

• Wissenschaftliche Recherchen (Scientific Research)

Quantifiable outcome

• Gold Award at International Creative Media Awards (ICMA) 2014 for 40 Jahre Umweltbundesamt in Corporate Books category

Named customers20 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hochschule Luzern (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership for the 'Silk History since 1800' project led by Prof. Dr. Alexis Schwarzenbach. Neumann & Kamp conducts research and analyses on German branches of Zurich silk industry and traditional Zurich silk companies like Zwicky & Co.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Iron Mountain Incorporated: Global records and information management company offering physical and digital archive management, digitization, and information governance at enterprise scale. Competes with Neumann & Kamp's Archivdienstleistungen line as a much broader incumbent.
• DocuWare GmbH: German-headquartered enterprise content management and digital archive software vendor. Adjacent competitor in corporate archive digitization and document management services that Neumann & Kamp's archive team specifies and implements.
• Walter de Gruyter GmbH: Major German academic and scholarly publisher with deep catalog in history, humanities, and STM. Adjacent incumbent that could expand into commissioned corporate history publishing at scale.

Direct peers

• ZEITGESCHICHTE VERLAG: German publisher focused on contemporary history titles and corporate/institutional anniversary books. Overlaps with Neumann & Kamp in anniversary publishing and corporate chronicle production.
• Facts & Files Historische Forschungsagentur: Berlin-based historical research agency offering archival research, corporate histories, expert reports, and exhibition services for German-speaking clients. Most direct head-to-head competitor in the German historical services market for corporate and institutional clients.
• HommerichBonn History & Heritage: German consultancy specializing in corporate history, anniversary publications, and history marketing for enterprises and institutions. Comparable service portfolio and DACH client base to Neumann & Kamp.

Regional players

• Klinkhamer History Marketing: Netherlands-based history marketing firm producing corporate anniversary books, exhibitions, and historical research for European enterprises. Comparable offering but focused primarily on the Benelux market rather than DACH.

Emerging players

• History Associates Incorporated: US-based historical research and corporate history firm offering archival research, corporate histories, and exhibits. Comparable service model and methodology but operating primarily in the North American market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInde.linkedin.com/company/neumann-kamp-historische-projekte
• Instagraminstagram.com/neumann_kamp
• Facebookfacebook.com/HistorischeProjekte

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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