Komminform

What Komminform does

KOMMINFORM GmbH & Co. KG is a privately held German print and production agency founded in 1996 and headquartered in Miltenberg, with a regional office in Frankfurt am Main. The company operates across five integrated service lines: consulting (Beratung), promotional materials (Werbemittel), print production (Printproduktion), digitization (Digitalisierung), and its proprietary SaaS editorial platform ns.publish. It targets German upper mittelstand and corporate clients as well as communication agencies, serving both B2B and B2C end-markets with national and international project delivery.

The core technological asset is ns.publish, a certified-partner SaaS editorial and publishing platform for financial reports, corporate publications, customer magazines, and employee publications, with multi-channel print and online output. The platform features native Adobe InCopy and InDesign integration for parallel editor/designer collaboration, an Excel interface for automated financial data import, a milestone-based version-tracking module, and a regulatory ESEF/XBRL tagging module (tagging plus) that generates company-specific IFRS taxonomies on the fly. Hosting is delivered through Swiss Tier IV data centers with ISO 27001, ISAE 3402, and GDPR compliance, biometric access, and a 99.995% uptime SLA.

Commercially, KOMMINFORM combines project-based print production fees, SaaS licensing for ns.publish (one-time setup plus annual rental), consulting fees, and a hidden web shop (myprintdesk.net) for SMB promotional-item reorders. GTM is sales-led and consultative, emphasizing face-to-face relationship management. The company is founder-owned and bootstrapped, led by Geschäftsleitung Claus Seitz with a named team of approximately a dozen specialists; no external funding rounds or institutional investors are disclosed.

Name

Komminform

Legal name

KOMMINFORM GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://komminform.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KOMMINFORM is a German founder-owned print and production agency, founded 1996 in Miltenberg, offering proprietary ns.publish SaaS publishing software alongside print, promotional materials, consulting, and digitization services to upper mittelstand, corporate, and communication-agency clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Print Production and Digital Publishing Services

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Book Publishers (51313), Books Printing (323117)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Book Printing (2732), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJAMAG

Digital Publishing Creation & Formatting Tools (EPUB, conversion, layout)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Digital Publishing Platforms (E-books & Online Articles)

SECONDARYMPAJAMAL

Interactive & Enhanced Digital Publishing (multimedia, serialized, interactive fiction)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Digital Publishing Platforms (E-books & Online Articles)

SECONDARYBPAMAJAE

Digital Publishing Platforms (News/Magazines)

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Media Streaming, Publishing & Content Platforms

Keywords

• Corporate publishing services
• Financial reporting software
• ESEF XBRL compliance
• Print production agency
• Digital publishing platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Miltenberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Print Production Services: Traditional print production services including lithography, paper selection, printing methods, publication, display solutions, and packaging. Revenue generated from project-based print production for clients.
2. Werbemittel (Promotional Items) Webshop: Hidden web shop for promotional items, giveaways, business cards where existing customers can reorder and personalize items. Self-service ordering system for Werbemittel and business stationery.
3. ns.publish SaaS Licensing: Software-as-a-Service model with one-time setup costs and annual license fees (rental model). Project-dependent pricing for financial and corporate publishing.
4. Consulting Services: Expert consulting services for production questions, providing recommendations on materials, processes, and optimization for communication agencies and companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

KOMMINFORM delivers full-service print and digital publishing solutions led by its proprietary ns.publish SaaS editorial platform. The core offering combines consulting, print production, promotional materials, digitalization services, and the ns.publish system for financial reports, corporate publications, customer magazines, and employee publications. The platform supports multi-channel output (print and online) with integrated ESEF/XBRL compliance, Excel data import, and collaborative editing via Adobe InCopy/InDesign.

Product overview

KOMMINFORM operates as a print and production agency offering a portfolio of interconnected services centered around its core ns.publish editorial system. The offering spans consulting, print production, promotional materials (Werbemittel), and digitalization services. ns.publish serves as the intelligent publishing platform with add-on modules including Adobe InCopy (editorial system), Milestone (version tracking), Excel interface (data import), and tagging plus (ESEF/XBRL compliance). Supporting services include a hidden web shop (myprintdesk.net) for promotional material reorders and the Stick & Stand smart POS display solution. The portfolio is delivered through a SaaS model with Swiss data centers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ns.publish Proprietary SaaS editorial and publishing platform for digitalizing and producing financial reports, corporate reports, customer magazines, and employee publications. Certified Partner solution with multi-channel output (print and online), featuring ESEF/XBRL tagging, Excel data import, Adobe InCopy/InDesign integration, version tracking, and collaborative editing. Hosted in Swiss Tier IV data centers with ISO 27001 and ISAE 3402 certifications.
• Beratung (Consulting) Expert consulting service providing a single point of contact for all production questions. Offers detailed recommendations, extensive experience, and ensures economically sound and first-class results for communication agencies and companies.
• Printproduktion (Print Production) Print production services spanning lithography, paper selection, and appropriate printing processes for publications, display solutions, and packaging. Includes layout and data verification with full-service quality from concept through production to delivery.
• Digitalisierung (Digitalization) Digital solutions and processes for publishing, online formats, and all-in-one solutions developed in cooperation with mms solutions. Covers financial and sustainability publications, online publications, and digital versions of magazines and brochures.
• Werbemittel (Promotional Materials) Full-service promotional materials offering from concept through production to delivery, including personalized outreach, creative and impulse-driven advertising gifts, and a web shop for reorder and customization of business stationery and giveaways.
• KOMMINFORM Print- und Werbemittel Lounge Hidden web shop on myprintdesk.net platform for existing customers to reorder promotional materials and business stationery, with optional text customization for self-service ordering.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• AdobecoreTechnology or IntegrationAdobe InCopy and Adobe InDesign integration for ns.publish editorial system. Adobe InCopy provides the editing interface for content contributors while InDesign handles layout design, enabling parallel work between editors and designers.
• ns.publishcoreTechnology or IntegrationCertified Partner status for ns.publish editorial system. The platform provides intelligent solutions for digitization and realization of financial and corporate reports, customer and employee magazines with multi-channel output capabilities.
• mms solutionsmajorTechnology or IntegrationClose cooperation with system house mms solutions for developing digital solutions for customers, particularly in financial and sustainability publishing (integrated reports), online publications, and digital versions of magazines and brochures.
• SAP AribaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed on SAP Ariba network for procurement, enabling B2B commerce and supplier discovery.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Workiva: Workiva is a cloud-based connected reporting and compliance platform used by thousands of enterprises for SEC/ESEF/XBRL filings and ESG disclosures. It is the most direct competitor to ns.publish in financial/corporate reporting SaaS, though at much larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Quark Software: Quark provides automated publishing and content automation tools (Quark Publishing Platform, QuarkXPress) used by enterprises for structured document and multi-channel publishing. Comparable to ns.publish's multi-channel (print + online) output capabilities for corporate content.
• WoodWing Software: WoodWing offers multi-channel content publishing and editorial workflow software (Studio, Content Manager) widely adopted by magazine and corporate publishers. Comparable to ns.publish's editorial-system and Adobe InCopy/InDesign integration for publishing workflows.
• Lucanet: Lucanet is a DACH-headquartered provider of financial close, consolidation, and reporting software used by many mid-market and enterprise finance teams. It directly overlaps ns.publish's ESEF/XBRL reporting use case for German and European clients.
• ns.publish / Ingo AG: ns.publish (by Ingo AG) is the certified-partner publishing platform KOMMINFORM resells and customises. Other certified-partner agencies implementing ns.publish for clients are the most directly comparable peer set in service delivery model and target use cases.
• CoreFiling: CoreFiling specialises in XBRL/ESEF taxonomy software and validation tools used by issuers and preparers across Europe. It competes head-to-head with KOMMINFORM's "tagging plus" module in the ESEF regulatory workflow.
• Audicon: Audicon is a German vendor of XBRL and audit-related software solutions, widely used by German issuers and auditors for ESEF tagging. It directly competes with KOMMINFORM for the same German financial-reporting compliance workloads.

Broad incumbents

• Arvato (Bertelsmann): Arvato is a Bertelsmann-owned business-services provider offering financial-services and communications BPO, including compliance and reporting workflows. A broad incumbent that overlaps KOMMINFORM's compliance-adjacent service offering.
• Westfälisches Druckerei / Prinovis: Prinovis is one of Europe's largest rotogravure and digital print operations serving publishers and corporate clients with high-volume print. A broad incumbent competitor to KOMMINFORM's traditional print production line.
• DATEV: DATEV is the dominant German tax/accounting and financial-reporting software cooperative for tax advisors, auditors, and SMEs. A broad incumbent in DACH financial reporting whose ecosystem overlaps ns.publish's German reporting-compliance customer base.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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