MWM Software and Consulting

What MWM Software and Consulting does

MWM Software & Beratung GmbH is a Bonn-headquartered, founder-controlled German construction software house founded in July 1992 by graduate engineers Michael Hocks and Wilhelm Veenhuis, with a third managing director/co-owner Stefan Berensmann. The company develops and distributes a portfolio of GAEB-certified desktop and cloud products centered on Aufmaß (measurement), Mengenermittlung (REB 23.003-compliant quantity calculation), and Bauabrechnung (construction billing including XRechnung) for the German construction sector. Its flagship MWM-Libero, launched in 1999, anchors the stack with over 7,800 licenses deployed, complemented by the browser-based Aufmaß365 cloud application (launched 2023 on the anouri gaeb-365.online platform), the DIG-CAD 7 Aufmaß graphical measurement add-on developed by partner LLH, the GAEB/ÖNORM converter MWM-Primo, the bid/offer tool MWM-Pisa, the Excel/REB converters MWM-Ponto and MWM-Rialto, the free MWM-Mengen-Viewer, the STLB-Bau/BauZ standardized text data products, and the resold isl-baustellenmanager earthworks/BIM suite.

The firm's technology is built around deterministic compliance with German construction data exchange standards (GAEB 90/2000/DA XML, REB 23.003 1979 and 2009, ÖNORM, XRechnung) and active participation in DIN, VDI, GAEB, and REB standardization bodies. The company monetizes through a mix of perpetual first and follow-up licenses (€400–€1,890 net), monthly maintenance contracts (€6–€25/month), subscription/rental tiers (€35–€112/month with minimum 3–12 month terms), usage-rights bundles for converter products, and Aufmaß365 cloud subscriptions priced at €63/month, €516/year, or €1,336 for 36 months. Go-to-market is sales-led B2B via the company's own e-commerce shop (shop.mwm.de), free demo downloads, online booking for live presentations and webinars, and content marketing through the mwm.de website, Facebook, LinkedIn, and an email newsletter.

MWM serves over 3,500 customers of all sizes across German-speaking construction markets (Germany and Austria/DACH), with customer segments spanning Baufirmen (general construction companies), TGA-Firmen (HVAC/electrical/plumbing trades), Deutsche Bahn AG contractors and supervisors, Aufmaßdienstleister and engineering offices, and Softwarehäuser integrating GAEB/ÖNORM/REB/XRechnung DLL components. Named enterprise references include Echterhoff Holding GmbH and Lindner SE alongside independent measurement service providers. The firm operates with a 6-person team, holds GAEB certifications from BVBS, is a member of BVBS, BIMSWARM, and Bundesverband Aufmaßtechnik e.V., and has no disclosed external funding or parent company.

Name

MWM Software and Consulting

Legal name

MWM Software & Beratung GmbH

Website

https://mwm.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MWM Software & Beratung GmbH is a Bonn-based, founder-controlled German construction software house (founded 1992, 6 employees) that develops GAEB/REB-certified desktop and cloud products for measurement, quantity surveying, and XRechnung-compliant billing, serving 3,500+ construction firms and related trades across the DACH region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bonn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: Perpetual software licenses sold to construction businesses. Products include MWM-Libero, MWM-Primo, MWM-Pisa, MWM-Ponto, MWM-Rialto, DIG-CAD Aufmaß, and STLB data packages. First licenses and follow-up licenses available at different price points.
2. Subscription/Rental Licenses: Monthly rental options available for all software products with minimum contract periods (3-12 months depending on product). Includes maintenance and support.
3. Usage Rights (Nutzungsrechte): Pay-per-use model for MWM-Primo, MWM-Ponto, and MWM-Rialto. Customers purchase bundles of usage rights (e.g., 50 uses) that convert to full ownership after purchasing threshold amounts.
4. Cloud Subscription (Aufmaß365): Browser-based Aufmaß365 cloud application available in monthly (€63), 12-month (€516.40), and 36-month (€1,336) plans. Includes updates and premium support.
5. STLB-BauZ Standard Texts: Standard construction texts sold per Leistungsbereich (work area). Each of 30 work areas costs €140 plus VAT, containing approximately 50,778 positions in 4,975 titles.
6. Maintenance Contracts: Monthly maintenance contracts providing free updates and premium support hotline. Rates vary by product (€6-25/month depending on product and license type).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MWM develops and sells GAEB-certified construction software for the German market, specializing in Aufmass (on-site and graphical measurement), REB 23.003-compliant Mengenermittlung (quantity surveying), Bauabrechnung (construction billing), XRechnung generation, GAEB/ÖNORM file conversion, and standardized construction text data (STLB). The product suite comprises the MWM-Libero desktop flagship, the browser-based Aufmass365 cloud application, the MWM-Primo GAEB converter, MWM-Pisa for bid and offer processing, plus MWM-Ponto, MWM-Rialto, DIG-CAD Aufmass, MWM-Mengen-Viewer, and STLB data products, sold to construction firms, craftsmen, measurement service providers, Deutsche Bahn contractors, and software houses.

Product overview

MWM Software & Beratung GmbH is a German construction software house (Bausoftwarehaus) offering a portfolio of desktop and cloud-based software solutions for the construction industry, centered on the GAEB/REB data exchange standard. The core flagship product is MWM-Libero — a GAEB-certified Windows desktop application for professional measurement (Aufmaß), quantity surveying (Mengenermittlung nach REB 23.003), and construction billing (Bauabrechnung) including XRechnung support. This core product is complemented by: Aufmaß365 (a browser-based cloud version for device-agnostic mobile measurement), MWM-Primo (a GAEB format converter), MWM-Pisa (a bid/offer and invoice processing tool), MWM-Ponto (an Excel-to-DA11/X31 converter), MWM-Rialto (a GAEB-to-Excel converter), and the free MWM-Mengen-Viewer. DIG-CAD 7 Aufmaß 5.0 (from third-party LLH, distributed by MWM) serves as the graphical plan-measurement add-on to MWM-Libero. STLB-Bau/BauZ provides standardized construction text data integrated via GAEB, and isl-baustellenmanager (from isl-kocher, distributed by MWM) extends the portfolio into site management and 3D/BIM modeling. All products collectively support the GAEB and REB exchange standards used in German public construction procurement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MWM-Libero: Core flagship product for Aufmaß (measurement), Mengenermittlung (quantity determination), Bauabrechnung (construction billing), and XRechnung. GAEB-certified with over 7,800 licenses in use.
• MWM-Primo
• MWM-Pisa
• MWM-Ponto
• MWM-Rialto
• Aufmaß365
• DIG-CAD 7 Aufmaß
• MWM-Mengen-Viewer
• STLB

Products and services

• MWM-Libero GAEB-certified Windows desktop application for professional Aufmass (measurement), Mengenermittlung (REB 23.003-compliant quantity surveying), and Bauabrechnung (construction billing), including integrated invoicing, offer creation, address management, and XRechnung generation. Supports GAEB 90/2000/DA XML and REB 23.003 (DA11/X31) for German construction firms, measurement service providers, and Deutsche Bahn contractors.
• Aufmass365 Browser-based, cloud-deployed mobile Aufmass and REB-compliant Mengenermittlung tool accessible on any device with a browser. Built on the gaeb-365.online platform; supports REB 23.003 formulas and GAEB DA XML export/import for construction firms, TGA trades, and measurement service providers needing device-independent on-site measurement capture.
• DIG-CAD 7 Aufmass 5.0 Graphical plan-based measurement add-on to MWM-Libero, developed by third-party LLH and distributed by MWM. Enables Mengenermittlung from DXF drawings, JPG/BMP/TIF images, and PDF plans with REB-compliant automated formula linking for construction billing professionals who need to extract quantities from 2D plans.
• MWM-Primo GAEB converter software that converts arbitrary data formats (PDF, Word, Excel, ÖNORM, SIA, Datanorm 5, txt, and others) into GAEB or ÖNORM files. Also corrects defective GAEB files, serves as a free GAEB/ÖNORM viewer, and includes an optional LV comparison module. GAEB-certified for text creation, used by construction firms, software houses, and contractors to eliminate manual re-keying of LV data.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,500 customers use MWM products
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BVBS (Bundesverband Software und Digitalisierung im Bauwesen e.V.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMWM is a member of BVBS, the Federal Association for Software and Digitalization in Construction. Through this membership, MWM exchanges ideas with colleagues from the entire industry and participates in standardization efforts.
• BIMSWARMcoreTechnology or IntegrationMWM is a partner on the BIMSWARM platform, an IT platform for the digitalization of construction. MWM-Pisa is certified for the BIMSWARM marketplace.
• Bundesverband Aufmaßtechnik e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMWM is a member of the Federal Association for Measurement Technology, supporting industry standardization efforts.
• LLH (Softwarehersteller von DIG-CAD)coreTechnology or IntegrationDIG-CAD 7 Aufmaß is an extension of the proven 2D CAD software DIG-CAD from LLH. MWM resells and integrates DIG-CAD as a complement to MWM-Libero.
• anouri (gaeb-365.online)coreTechnology or IntegrationMWM developed Aufmaß365 for the cloud platform gaeb-365.online operated by anouri. This is MWM's browser-based mobile measurement solution.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AUER Software GmbH: AUER is a German Bausoftwarehaus with comparable offerings in AVA, GAEB conversion, and Aufmaß/Mengenermittlung for small and mid-sized construction companies — direct head-to-head with MWM in Aufmaß and Bauabrechnung for the German trade segment.
• IB&T Software GmbH (Nemetschek Group): IB&T builds German infrastructure, road, and rail construction software (KART，施 SAF, iTWO cost) used by DB AG and Tiefbau firms — directly comparable Aufmaß/Mengenermittlung functionality for the same German construction vertical, including DB AG-specific workflows that MWM also supports.
• BRZ Deutschland GmbH: BRZ is a long-standing German construction ERP/B2B software provider serving the same Baufirmen customer base with AVA, billing, and accounting workflows. Direct overlap with MWM on construction billing and GAEB-compliant data exchange for German construction companies of all sizes.
• Nevaris Bausoftware GmbH: Nevaris (formerly part of NEVARIS/Aareon) is a German construction-software specialist focused on AVA, Mengenermittlung, Bauabrechnung, and GAEB workflows — a near-twin of MWM's product scope and the same trade-segment customer base in the DACH construction market.

Broad incumbents

• Sage GmbH (Sage 100 Contractor / Sage Handwerk): Sage delivers construction and trade ERP/finance software for German SMB Baufirmen and TGA trades; it competes with MWM indirectly in construction billing and offers integrated accounting that a single-product specialist like MWM must integrate against.
• Nemetschek SE: Nemetschek is the dominant German listed AEC software group (Allplan, Graphisoft, Bluebeam, Nevaris-adjacent assets). It is the dominant incumbent in adjacent construction/architecture software categories and an indirect competitor/platform threat to narrow specialists like MWM.
• RIB Software GmbH (Schneider Electric): RIB is a much larger German-headquartered construction software vendor (iTWO platform) covering AVA, BIM, billing, and ERP end-to-end. It overlaps with MWM in Aufmaß and Bauabrechnung but serves a broader enterprise ecosystem rather than specializing in MWM's GAEB/REB niche.
• Trimble Inc. (Trimble Estimation / Accubid): Trimble offers construction estimating, takeoff, and project management software used by MEP and specialty contractors. Comparable in measurement-driven workflows to MWM-Pisa/MWM-Libero for construction takeoffs, but operating at a global enterprise scale rather than a German standards focus.

Emerging players

• SOFiSTiK / Allplan GmbH (Nemetschek): Allplan (Nemetschek) provides BIM-driven architecture, engineering, and quantity-takeoff tooling for the German-speaking AEC market. It overlaps emerging-adjacent to MWM's graphical Mengenermittlung and BIMSWARM presence, and represents how wider-audience suites are extending into the measurement niche MWM dominates.

Regional players

• Bluebeam, Inc. (Nemetschek Group): Bluebeam builds PDF-based markup, takeoff, and measurement tooling widely used in the US construction industry. It is comparable in the plan-based quantity surveying workflow to MWM's DIG-CAD Aufmaß, although it has limited direct overlap on the German GAEB/REB standards and primarily serves a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MWM.Bausoftware
• LinkedInde.linkedin.com/company/mwm-software
• Xx.com/MWM_Software

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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