What ib Company does

ib company GmbH is a Pforzheim-based building technology system integrator founded in 2006 by Managing Director Andreas Ege. The firm specializes in intelligent building automation using open bus-system standards (KNX/EIB, EnOcean, Z-Wave, BACnet/IP) layered on WAGO I/O hardware, with Crestron for media control and proprietary orchestration via its ib home Zentrale hub and Administrationsoberfläche management interface.

The company serves three primary segments: private residential customers (smart home installations via direct sales, with a Stuttgart showroom for demonstration), housing companies and property managers (Wohnungswirtschaft, with multi-unit administration tooling for energy billing, tenant communication, and remote monitoring), and enterprise and municipal clients (building management systems covering HVAC, lighting, shading, access control, video surveillance, and cross-property facility management). Documented reference projects span insurance (BGV/Badische Versicherungen), banking (L-Bank, Volksbank Karlsruhe), public administration (Stadt Pforzheim), and residential cooperatives (Baugenossenschaft Arlinger). Under its ib mobility sub-brand, the firm also sells and installs MENNEKES-compatible EV charging wallboxes (€3,395 incl. VAT for the CHARGE CONTROL 11 C2 model) bundled with a fix+fertig turnkey installation package.

The business model combines project-based professional services (consulting, planning, programming, integration, commissioning, and maintenance) with branded hardware sales (ib mobility wallboxes). Revenue is generated through direct enterprise and consumer sales with a regional focus on South Germany, supported by partner referrals (WAGO, MENNEKES, regional electrical contractors). The firm operates from Pforzheim headquarters and a registered office in Freiburg im Breisgau with approximately 15 employees, and is privately held with no disclosed external funding.

Name

ib Company

Legal name

ib company GmbH

Website

https://ib-company.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ib company GmbH is a Pforzheim-based building automation system integrator serving private homeowners, housing companies, and enterprise/municipal clients across South Germany with KNX-based smart building solutions, proprietary ib home Zentrale hub, and ib mobility EV wallboxes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Automation & Smart Building Integration

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Auto Controls For Regulating Residential & Comml Environments (3822), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Whole-Home Automation System Design & Programming (HSAHADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Smart Building Interoperability & Protocol Services (BACnet/Modbus/KNX Gateways) (BPABAGAM), Home Automation Hub/Platform Integration for Electrical & HVAC (e.g., HomeKit/Google/Alexa) (HSAOANAI), Smart Home Troubleshooting, Maintenance & Ongoing Support (HSAHADAK)

Keywords

• Smart building automation
• KNX system integration
• EV charging solutions
• Smart home technology
• Building management systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Pforzheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Smart Building / Smart Home System Integration: End-to-end building automation and smart home system integration services — from advisory and planning through programming, integration, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance. Services are delivered for private customers, housing companies (Wohnungswirtschaft), and enterprise/municipal clients (Unternehmen/Kommunen). Revenue is project-based and service-oriented.
2. ib mobility EV Wallbox Products: Sale of proprietary ib mobility branded wallboxes (COMPACT 2.0s, CHARGE CONTROL 11 C2) with complete installation packages. One-time product sale plus installation service, priced at €3,395 incl. VAT for CHARGE CONTROL model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ib company delivers end-to-end smart building and smart home integration services—from initial advisory and technical planning through programming, system integration, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance—across private residences, rental housing portfolios, and enterprise or municipal buildings. The company builds proprietary products around this service core, including the ib home Zentrale central automation hub for residential and multi-unit properties and the ib mobility line of EV charging wallboxes (Compact and CHARGE CONTROL) sold with a turnkey fix+fertig installation package. Solutions integrate open standards (KNX, EnOcean, Z-Wave, BACnet/IP, WAGO I/O) with third-party devices (Sonos, Amazon Alexa, Philips Hue, Crestron) to deliver vendor-neutral building automation.

Product overview

ib company is a building technology integrator headquartered in Pforzheim, Germany, founded in 2006. Its product portfolio centers on the ib home Zentrale smart home/building hub — a proprietary central unit that manages video door intercom, lighting, HVAC, blinds, appliances, and AV systems for residential and commercial buildings. The platform integrates open standards (KNX, EnOcean, Z-Wave, BACnet/IP, WAGO I/O) and third-party devices including Sonos, Amazon Echo/Alexa, Apple HomePod, and Philips Hue. The ib home Zentrale is offered alongside a dedicated Administrationsoberfläche for housing companies to manage processes digitally. A second core product line is ib mobility — the company's own brand of EV charging wallboxes (ib mobility COMPACT and CHARGE CONTROL) sold alongside a full installation package (fix+fertig-Paket), with MENNEKES hardware distributed as a Qualitätspartner. Service offerings span smart homes for private customers, smart rental properties for housing companies, building management systems for enterprises and municipalities, energy engineering consulting, smart city solutions, and presentation technology. All offerings are delivered from initial consultation through planning, integration, programming, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ib mobility: Electric vehicle charging solutions including wallboxes and charging stations for residential and commercial use, including the 'fix+fertig-Paket' installation service.

Products and services

• Smart-Home-System für die Wohnungswirtschaft Smart home solution tailored for housing companies and rental property managers, enabling scalable deployment across multiple rental units with a centralized web-based administration interface. Integrates tenant IoT devices, supports property valuation, energy cost transparency, and remote process management for housing cooperatives.
• Smart Home für Privatkunden Custom smart home solutions for private homeowners covering automated lighting scenes, HVAC control, shading, multiroom audio/video, security systems, remote app access, and energy management. Delivered from initial consultation through planning, programming, integration, commissioning, and maintenance.
• Gebäudeleittechnik (Building Management System) für Enterprise & Kommunen Intelligent building management and automation system that centrally controls and monitors HVAC, lighting, shading, access control, video surveillance, fire and water detection, and intrusion systems across single or multiple buildings. Designed for enterprises, municipalities, and public administration with cross-building facility network capabilities.
• ib home Zentrale (Central Hub) Proprietary central smart home hub developed by ib company that manages video door intercom, lighting control, temperature regulation, blinds and shutters, connected appliances, and AV systems. Used in both private residences and multi-unit rental properties, with a dedicated administration interface for housing companies, and integrates with existing ERP/database systems via interfaces.
• ib mobility Wallbox (EV Charging) Brand of EV charging wallboxes offered by ib company under the ib mobility sub-brand. Includes multiple models with charging capacities up to 11 kW, Type 2 connectors, RFID access control, integrated DC fault current detection, solar charging support, and HEMS interfaces. Distributed and installed as a MENNEKES Qualitätspartner eMobility certified specialist.
• ib mobility fix+fertig-Paket All-inclusive installation package for ib mobility wallboxes covering pre-installation check, solution planning, station selection, grid operator inquiry, installation with up to 10m cable run including conduits, wall breakout, VDE measurements, commissioning, and user training, with service coverage up to 25 km from Pforzheim.
• ib mobility CHARGE CONTROL 11 C2 Wallbox for wall mounting with 11 kW charging capacity, 7.5 m fixed Type 2 charging cable, LED status display, integrated DC fault current detection, RFID card access, calibrated electricity meter, mobile device control with data export function. Includes ib mobility fix+fertig installation package. Priced at 3,395 EUR incl. VAT.
• Energieberatung (Energy Engineering) Energy consulting services for industrial and commercial customers integrated with ib company's building management system offering. Includes energy consumption analysis and optimization tied into centralized building automation.
• Smart City Lösungen Smart city solutions developed for municipalities, integrating distributed facilities and infrastructure under a unified, cross-property facility management network.
• Präsentationstechnik (Presentation Technology) Modern presentation and conference room technology integration including media infrastructure, automated room setup, and AV control via Crestron platform for enterprise and institutional customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100 tonnes CO₂ saved per year at BGV / Badische Versicherungen headquarters in Karlsruhe
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration17 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Medien-/IT-Initiative PforzheimcoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerib company is a founding member (Gründungsmitglied) of this association of leading companies in Pforzheim's media and IT sector, aimed at strengthening the city's IT image and attracting and retaining IT professionals. The initiative gained nationwide attention in 2013 when Pforzheim became Germany's first major city to establish free city-center high-speed WiFi.
• Hochschule PforzheimminorStrategic or Co-development Partnerib company cooperates with Hochschule Pforzheim by regularly supervising student research projects, bachelor's theses, and master's theses (Studien-, Bachelor- und Masterarbeiten). This partnership provides access to academic talent and innovation.
• WAGOcoreTechnology or Integrationib company is a WAGO Solution Partner. As a WAGO Solution Partner, ib company leverages WAGO I/O systems as a core building automation platform, implementing solutions based on WAGO's fieldbus-independent, modular I/O system (750 series) for buildings ranging from individual apartments to complex multi-building facilities.
• MENNEKEScoreTechnology or Integrationib company is a MENNEKES Qualitätspartner eMobility for EV charging solutions. This certification enables ib company to offer and install MENNEKES-compatible ib mobility branded wallboxes. MENNEKES is a leading European manufacturer of industrial and eMobility charging connectors (Type 2 standard).
• Elektrounternehmen (Electrical Companies)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributorib company describes itself as a 'qualifizierter Partner der führenden Hersteller und von Elektrounternehmen' (qualified partner of leading manufacturers and electrical companies). Electrical installation companies serve as channel partners for project referrals and joint service delivery.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Loxone: Austrian/DACH smart home and commercial building automation specialist that designs and integrates whole-property automation systems combining lighting, HVAC, shading, and energy management. Closely comparable to ib company in scope (residential + light commercial), technology stack (KNX-adjacent, bus-based integration), and go-to-market (system integrator with proprietary hub).
• Wallbox: Public EV charging hardware company (Pulsar Plus, Commander 2, etc.) selling branded wallboxes with installer-network distribution. The most direct external comparable to the ib mobility side of ib company's business on product positioning and target customer (homeowner + light commercial EV charging).
• Theben: German manufacturer and engineering house for KNX-based building automation, presence and HVAC control with integrated smart-home solutions. Closely comparable in product-and-service model to ib company and a regular fellow KNX ecosystem participant.

Broad incumbents

• Hager Group: Franco-German electrical installation and building automation group focused on KNX energy distribution and smart-building solutions. Comparable to ib company at the KNX-spec layer across residential, housing and commercial segments, with a much larger partner network.
• Gira: German KNX switch and building automation manufacturer with deep DACH presence across the same residential and commercial customer base. Operates through certified installer partners in the same integrator model ib company uses, and is a frequent competitor for KNX specification on German projects.
• Siemens Smart Infrastructure: Global building technologies and digital infrastructure giant (Desigo) targeting the same large enterprise, banking, insurance and municipal customers as ib company. Represents the dominant incumbent competing for multi-site, multi-year enterprise framework contracts ib company cannot easily bid for.
• Schneider Electric: Global building management and energy management platform provider (EcoStruxure) competing for the same enterprise and municipal automation mandates that ib company addresses in offices, banks, insurance HQs and public buildings. Broader portfolio but overlapping target buyer.
• Jung (Albrecht Jung): German KNX-based switch and smart building controls manufacturer with strong specification position in premium German residential and commercial projects. Competes with ib company at the KNX-spec layer of the same smart-home / smart-building deals.
• ABB / Busch-Jaeger: Global building automation player with the Busch-Jaeger brand anchored in German residential and commercial KNX installations. Overlaps ib company across smart-home and large-scale enterprise/municipal automation deals but at much greater scale.

Others

• MENNEKES: Leading European manufacturer of eMobility charging connectors and stations (Type 2 standard) and the certification body behind ib company's Qualitätspartner status. Adjacent ecosystem participant — supplier and certification partner rather than a direct competitor — that anchors the credibility of the ib mobility wallbox product.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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