Diacova

Name

Diacova

Legal name

Diacova AG

Website

https://diacova.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Diacova is a Swiss HR consulting firm providing certified assessments, coaching, change management, seminars, webinars, and employee surveys to enterprises and public-sector organisations across Switzerland, delivered by a 21-person team of psychologists from offices in Bern, Zürich, Fribourg, and Locarno.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. HR Consulting and Development Services: Diacova generates revenue through professional services including individual and group assessments, coaching, seminars, workshops, webinars, change management, and employee surveys. Services are offered to companies and public administration organisations. Revenue is earned on a project and engagement basis rather than through a recurring SaaS model.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Diacova AG is a Swiss personnel development and HR consulting firm that delivers individual and group assessments, coaching, seminars and workshops, webinars, change management, employee surveys, recruitment process support, and outplacement services. It serves Swiss companies and public administration organisations through a national office network of qualified psychologists certified under Swiss Assessment standards.

Product overview

Diacova is a human resources consulting firm offering a portfolio of staff development and assessment services. The core offerings include Assessment (individual and group evaluations for management positions), Coaching (for individuals, teams, and leaders), Seminars and Workshops, Webinars, Survey/Staff surveys, Change Management, Recruitment Process support, Outplacement services, and Room Rental. The company focuses on personnel development for businesses and public administration in Switzerland, with a team primarily consisting of psychologists with master's-level training in industrial and organizational psychology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Assessment

Quantifiable outcome

• Increased employee satisfaction following change management interventions (e.g., Intersport Schweiz)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Swisselect AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwissselect AG, represented by Daniel Burkhalter (Executive Search Expert and owner), is listed as a network partner of Diacova. Swisselect AG is an executive search firm. Diacova hosts its Zürich office at the Swisselect ag premises.
• Atefos AGminorOthersListed as a network partner organisation of Diacova. Located at Glutz-Blotzheim-Strasse 3, 4500 Solothurn. Provides additional consulting capabilities complementing Diacova's services.
• INOLUTION Innovative Solution AGminorOthersNetwork partner listed on Diacova's partner page. Located at Oberdorf 1, 4132 Muttenz. Provides innovative solution services complementing Diacova's HR consulting offerings.
• Mental ImpulsminorOthersListed as a Diacova network partner. Located at Ankerstrasse 4, 3006 Bern. Rita Mancini is the managing director and a mental trainer, providing complementary mental training services.
• Midellis AGminorOthersNetwork partner listed on Diacova's partner page. Located at Bernstrasse 30, 3280 Murten. Managed by Andres C. Brändle, Lic. oec. HSG. Provides additional consulting capabilities.
• MM-OrganisationsentwicklungminorOthersListed as a Diacova network partner. Based at Lindachstrasse 10, 3038 Kirchlindach. Organisation development consultancy.
• Promouve AGminorOthersNetwork partner offering management, marketing and sales consulting. Located at Thunstrasse 34, 3005 Bern.
• SCHAAD psicologia sistemicaminorOthersNetwork partner managed by Roland Schaad. Provides systemic psychology consulting. Roland Schaad is also a Senior Consultant at Diacova. Located in the Italian-speaking region.
• Université de NeuchâtelminorOthersListed as a Diacova network partner. Prof. Adrian Bangerter is affiliated with the Groupe de Psychologie Appliquée at the university. Represents an academic partnership for research and expertise.
• YOPESO Vertriebsgesellschaft GmbHminorOthersListed as a Diacova network partner. Located in Stuttgart, Germany. Represents Diacova's cross-border network reach.
• Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.chminorOthersListed as a Diacova network partner. Education and continuing education portal. Located at Aemetstrasse 6, 8344 Bäretswil.
• DR.ROSENFELD – Executive search AGminorOthersListed as a network partner of Diacova. Represented by Bea Gerber (Partner). Specialises in executive search.
• SMART Recruiting AGminorOthersListed as a network partner. Managed by René Lehmann (Managing Director and Recruiter). Specialises in recruitment.
• Empiricon AGminorOthersListed as a Diacova network partner. Managed by Adrian Blum (CEO and CO-Founder) and Andreas Mollet (CEO). Specialises in empirical HR consulting and research.
• Prof. Adrian BangerterminorOthersListed as an individual network partner of Diacova. Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology at the Université de Neuchâtel. Provides academic expertise and research collaboration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Amrop: Global executive search and leadership consulting partnership with strong European (including Swiss) presence. Comparable in boutique positioning, leadership advisory, and executive assessment offerings.
• Kienbaum: German-headquartered management consultancy specialising in leadership, executive search, assessment, and HR transformation. Comparable in size bracket and service portfolio, and operates in the same DACH HR consulting market as Diacova.
• Egon Zehnder: Swiss-founded global leadership advisory and executive search firm with deep assessment and coaching practices. Closest direct comparable in origin (Switzerland), service mix (assessment, coaching, leadership advisory), and target buyer (enterprise and public sector).

Broad incumbents

• Hays (Switzerland / DACH): Global recruitment and workforce solutions firm with a significant DACH presence. Overlaps with Diacova on recruitment process support and talent advisory but operates at much greater scale and includes staffing/contracting.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm. Comparable in leadership assessment and coaching services for senior executives; serves a similar enterprise buyer but at materially larger scale and global footprint.
• Korn Ferry: Global organisational consulting firm with a major assessment, leadership development, and executive search practice. Overlaps with Diacova across all service lines but serves multinationals at a much larger scale.

Emerging players

• AssessmentQ (by candis.io / Swiss assessment providers): Digital assessment platform providers operating in the Swiss and DACH market. Compete directly with Diacova's assessment offering through scalable, technology-enabled psychometric tools, and represent the structural digital threat to manual assessment revenue.
• Hogan Assessments: Global provider of personality-based assessment instruments widely used by HR professionals and consultancies. Comparable at the tool/instrument layer that underpins Diacova's assessment work, and a potential partner or competitor depending on go-to-market approach.
• SHL (assessments): Major global psychometric assessment provider. Overlaps with Diacova on assessment and talent measurement, increasingly as a digital platform that competes with traditional consulting-led assessment delivery.

Regional players

• IMD (International Institute for Management Development): Swiss-based business school with executive education, leadership development, and coaching programmes. Comparable on the leadership development and coaching axis for the Swiss enterprise and government market, though positioned as an educational institution rather than a consultancy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Diacova
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/diacova-ag

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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