What 123recht does

123recht, operated by QNC GmbH (a subsidiary of anwalt.de services AG), is a German online legal services platform headquartered in Hanover that has operated continuously since 2000. Its core product, 123recht.de, functions as a free legal information portal offering 14,377 legal guide articles, a community discussion forum with over 2.4 million posts, and 91 interactive legal document templates (Muster & Vorlagen) across 50 legal practice areas including labor law, tenancy law, family law, and tax law. The platform also operates Frag-einen-Anwalt.de, a paid legal consultation marketplace launched in 2004 where users submit questions to licensed German attorneys starting at 30 EUR, and Marktplatz-Recht.de, an additional legal marketplace launched in 2009. Complementary products include Anwalt Direktanfrage (encrypted direct lawyer inquiries at a 2 EUR platform fee), Anwaltsuche (intelligent lawyer search with 123,309+ ratings), Anwalt zum Festpreis (fixed-price legal services), and the Rechtsberatungsflatrate (monthly subscription with fair-use limits and a 2-month minimum commitment).

The business operates a multi-stream revenue model combining transactional fees (per-inquiry and per-document charges), recurring subscription revenue (the flatrate), and third-party advertising (Google AdSense, remarketing). Document templates are priced between 2.95 EUR and 17.95 EUR; legal consultations start at 30 EUR with a 5 EUR setup fee. The platform serves a primarily consumer and SMB customer base — individual German consumers seeking affordable legal help, small business owners needing contracts and DSGVO compliance documents, landlords and tenants, and employees navigating labor law issues. Distribution relies heavily on organic SEO across the article library, supplemented by media referral partnerships with outlets such as ImmobilienScout24, DasErste.de, Süddeutsche.de, and Frankfurter Allgemeine. The technology infrastructure runs on AWS with German-located servers, and GDPR/DSGVO compliance is embedded across the platform's data handling and its own template offerings.

In 2025, the company integrated Prime Legal AI into Frag-einen-Anwalt.de, a generative AI tool trained on over 500,000 real legal consultations and 300,000 court rulings, designed to assist lawyers in drafting responses to user inquiries. This AI capability leverages the company's proprietary consultation dataset as a data flywheel. The platform reports 735,167+ registered users, 276,457+ completed legal consultations, and a small operational headcount of 11-50 employees. No revenue figures, funding rounds, or M&A activity are disclosed.

Name

123recht

Legal name

QNC GmbH

Website

https://123recht.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

123recht, operated by QNC GmbH, is a German online legal services platform offering free legal guides, a community forum, interactive document templates, and a paid lawyer consultation marketplace (Frag-einen-Anwalt.de), serving individual consumers and small businesses across Germany since 2000.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Legal Services Marketplace

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), All Other Legal Services (541199), Other Legal Services (54119)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB)

Keywords

• Online legal advice
• Legal consultation marketplace
• Legal document templates
• Lawyer matching platform
• Legal self-help portal

Headquarters

HQ city

Hanover

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Anwalt Direktanfrage (Direct Lawyer Inquiry): Platform fee of 2€ per inquiry plus lawyer fees based on fixed pricing. Users send encrypted questions directly to selected lawyers who set reference prices for initial consultations.
2. Document Generators / Muster & Vorlagen: Interactive legal document templates sold at fixed prices (2.95€ to 17.95€). Includes rental contracts, termination letters, DSGVO privacy policies, wills, and legal letters.
3. Rechtsberatungsflatrate (Legal Advice Flat Rate): Monthly subscription service with fair-use limits (up to 3 cases per 24 hours, 7 cases per week). Includes unlimited initial consultations and 20% discount on further mandates. Minimum 2-month contract.
4. Frag-einen-Anwalt.de Marketplace: Public Q&A platform where users pay a usage fee plus lawyer-set fees for answers. Questions and answers may be published on the platform and partner sites.
5. Platform Usage Fees: Usage fees charged for various paid services including Anwalt zum Festpreis (lawyer at fixed price). QNC handles invoicing and debt collection for lawyers.
6. Advertising: Revenue from advertising on the platform. Third-party advertising networks including Google AdSense and Google Analytics remarketing used.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

123recht operates a freemium online legal platform combining a free legal information portal (legal guides, community forum, document templates) with a paid marketplace connecting consumers to licensed German attorneys. Paid offerings include direct encrypted attorney inquiries (Anwalt Direktanfrage), the Frag-einen-Anwalt.de legal Q&A marketplace, fixed-price legal services (Anwalt zum Festpreis), interactive legal document generators (91 templates priced €2.95–€17.95), and a monthly Rechtsberatungsflatrate subscription.

Product overview

123recht is a German online legal services platform operated by QNC GmbH (a subsidiary of anwalt.de services AG), offering a multi-product portfolio centered on democratizing access to legal information and advice. The core platform 123recht.de provides free legal guides (14,377 articles), a community forum (2.6M+ posts), and 91 interactive document templates. Frag-einen-Anwalt.de serves as the paid legal consultation marketplace where users submit questions to verified German attorneys starting at 30 EUR per consultation. Additional modules include the encrypted Anwalt Direktanfrage (direct attorney inquiry), Anwaltsuche (intelligent lawyer search with reviews), Anwalt zum Festpreis (fixed-price legal services), and the monthly Rechtsberatungsflatrate subscription. All paid services integrate AI assistance via Prime Legal AI. The portfolio spans three platforms: 123recht.de (information), Frag-einen-Anwalt.de (consultation), and Marktplatz-Recht.de (legal marketplace), united by the mission of accessible legal services regardless of education or income.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Prime Legal AI: AI-powered legal consultation tool that draws from 500,000+ real legal consultations and 300,000 court decisions, used by attorneys on the platform to assist with drafting responses.

Products and services

• 123recht.de (Hauptportal) Primary online legal information portal providing free legal guides (Ratgeber), a community discussion forum, and interactive legal document templates for German legal topics across multiple practice areas including labor law, family law, tenancy law, and tax law.
• Frag-einen-Anwalt.de Online legal consultation marketplace where users submit legal questions to licensed German attorneys for a fee. Attorneys provide answers which may incorporate AI assistance via Prime Legal AI, with pricing starting from 30 EUR per consultation.
• Marktplatz-Recht.de Additional legal marketplace platform operating alongside 123recht.de and Frag-einen-Anwalt.de under the QNC GmbH portfolio.
• Anwalt Direktanfrage Encrypted direct inquiry service allowing users to send confidential legal questions and documents to a selected attorney of their choice at a fixed price, with only the chosen lawyer able to view the inquiry. Includes a €2 platform usage fee plus the lawyer's reference price.
• Muster & Vorlagen (Document Generators) Collection of 91 interactive legal document templates and forms including rental contract terminations, DSGVO privacy policies, employment contract terminations, and wills, priced between 2.95 EUR and 9.95 EUR per template.
• Rechtsberatungsflatrate (FeA Flatrate) Monthly subscription legal advice flatrate allowing users to ask up to 3 initial legal consultation questions within 24 hours and up to 7 cases per week, with 20% discount on further legal services and a minimum 2-month contract.
• Anwalt zum Festpreis Fixed-price legal services marketplace where users can book predefined legal products and services from attorneys at published flat rates set by each lawyer.
• Prime Legal AI AI-powered legal consultation assistance tool for attorneys, integrated into the Frag-einen-Anwalt.de platform. The system uses over 500,000 real legal consultations and 300,000 court rulings to help lawyers draft responses to legal questions, which lawyers can then adopt, edit, or supplement under their professional responsibility.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average response time from lawyers: 2 hours
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS provides server infrastructure and cloud services for the platform. Servers are located in Germany. Amazon CloudFront CDN is used for content delivery. Data processing agreements in place with EU standard contractual clauses.
• Google (Analytics, AdSense, Remarketing)coreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Analytics for web analytics, AdSense for advertising, and remarketing/retargeting services. IP anonymization enabled. YouTube plugin for video content.
• PayPalcoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing partner for platform transactions. Supports PayPal, credit card, and direct debit payment methods.
• anwalt.de services AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company of QNC GmbH. QNC GmbH is an company of anwalt.de services AG. Part of larger legal services ecosystem.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• LegalZoom: US-listed leader in online legal documents, business formation, and lawyer matching. Operates internationally and represents the scaled version of the playbook 123recht is executing in Germany.
• Rocket Lawyer: Global online legal services platform offering subscription-based document generation and on-demand lawyer access — directly comparable business model to 123recht's flatrate + document generators.

Direct peers

• rightmart: German legal tech startup focused on consumer rights (flights, retail, telecom) with a no-win-no-fee model — competes for the same SMB/consumer legal budget in Germany.
• advocado: German online legal marketplace offering fixed-price initial legal consultations, document services, and lawyer matching — directly competing with 123recht in the same D2C legal advice category across Germany.
• anwaltauskunft.de: German lawyer search and information portal run by the German Bar Association (BRAK) — competes in the lawyer-discovery and consumer-information segment of 123recht's offering.
• anwalt.de: German lawyer directory and legal services portal owned by anwalt.de services AG (parent of 123recht). Operates the largest German attorney search and is the closest ecosystem peer — even shares corporate ownership.
• frag-einen-Anwalt.de: Sister platform operated by QNC GmbH itself — the paid legal consultation marketplace paired with 123recht.de. Listed here to flag that the question/answer marketplace is an internal product line rather than an external competitor.
• juraforum.de: Long-standing German legal information portal with guides, forums, and lawyer search — direct peer to 123recht.de in the consumer legal content + lawyer marketplace category.

Emerging players

• helpcheck: German legal tech platform offering consumer-friendly legal services and document automation — overlapping with 123recht's document generator and consultation funnels but with a narrower initial scope.
• kanzlei.de: German online legal services marketplace offering fixed-price legal services for consumers and SMEs — overlaps with Anwalt zum Festpreis and Frag-einen-Anwalt.de.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/123recht
• Xx.com/123rechtNews
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/123recht.de

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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