GEDOPLAN

What GEDOPLAN does

GEDOPLAN is a privately held IT services firm headquartered in Bielefeld, Germany, with a secondary training office in Berlin. Founded in 1979 as an IT consulting company, the firm added IT training to its portfolio in 1988 and has since built a 37+ year training practice alongside its consulting and software development operations. The company is led by three managing directors (Dirk Weil, Markus Pauer, and Tim Neumann) and delivers its services through a team of 14+ trainers and lecturers. Its subsidiary, iPS TRAINING UND CONSULTING, extends the firm's training model under a separate brand.

The company operates across four interlocking service lines: open-enrollment and corporate IT training, IT consulting, custom software development, and Java legacy maintenance. Its training catalog is concentrated in the Java enterprise stack, covering Jakarta EE, Quarkus, microservices, DDD, and clean architecture, with newer offerings around AI-assisted migration. The firm is a member of iJUG e.V. and partners with recognized Java experts such as Adam Bien for workshop delivery. Its training reach spans Germany and broader Europe, with cumulative volume of approximately 1,500 trainings delivered to 5,000+ participants over the past decade.

GEDOPLAN's revenue model combines public workshop enrollment (example pricing of €1,400 per workshop day), corporate training contracts, project-based consulting, fixed-price custom software development, and recurring legacy maintenance engagements. Its customer base includes enterprise and large public-sector clients such as Hapag Lloyd, arvato, VHV, DPA, PSI, and DRV Deutsche Rentenversicherung, indicating a B2B go-to-market with high-value corporate engagements rather than SMB volume. The firm's longevity, stable leadership, and proprietary course catalog around niche Java enterprise topics form the basis of its position as a specialist provider in the German IT training and consulting market.

Name

GEDOPLAN

Legal name

GEDOPLAN Unternehmensberatung und EDV-Organisation GmbH

Website

https://gedoplan.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GEDOPLAN GmbH is a German IT training and consulting firm specializing in Java enterprise technologies, serving corporate and public-sector clients across Germany and Europe with training, consulting, custom software development, and legacy maintenance services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Training and Consulting

NAICS

Computer Training (611420), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Software Development (Programming, Frameworks, Dev Tools) (EDABAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Systems Administration & IT Operations (Windows/Linux, Monitoring, ITSM) (EDABAFAH), Software Engineering & Application Development Training (Languages, Frameworks, Testing) (BPAEANAI), Enterprise Applications & ERP/CRM (SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Workday) (EDABAFAJ)

Keywords

• Java enterprise training
• IT consulting services
• Custom software development
• Legacy Java maintenance
• Corporate IT training

Headquarters

HQ city

Bielefeld

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. IT Training Services: Revenue from conducting IT training courses and workshops, both open enrollment and company-specific. Training covers Java, Jakarta EE, Spring Boot, Quarkus, DevOps (Docker, Kubernetes), and other IT topics. Pricing is per participant per course, with courses ranging from multi-day workshops to intensive programs.
2. Software Development & Consulting: Custom software development services delivered at fixed prices. The company builds individual software according to customer specifications using established standards and technologies, maintaining permanent dialogue with customers throughout the development process.
3. IT Expert Support: Experts support customer software projects in their team with high competence and expertise. Services include migrations, digital transformations, software maintenance, and project leadership.
4. Managed Maintenance Services: Managed maintenance services for Java legacy systems including 3rd-level support, CVE security updates, CI/CD automation, and cloud migration. Provided through a structured onboarding, ramp-up, transition, operations, and fade-out process.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GEDOPLAN delivers corporate IT training, IT consulting, and custom software development services with a deep specialization in Java/Jakarta EE enterprise technologies. It also offers managed maintenance for customers' legacy Java applications and provides individual coaching/mentoring for developers. The company primarily serves German enterprise clients with on-site and classroom-based engagements.

Product overview

GEDOPLAN is an IT training, consulting, and software development company founded in 1979, offering services since 1988. The company operates three core divisions: IT Training (offering over 17 technology course categories including Java/Jakarta EE, Spring Boot, Quarkus, Kubernetes, Cloud Computing, Web Security, and DevOps), IT Consulting (supporting software projects including migrations, digital transformations, and legacy maintenance), and Custom Software Development (building individual software to client specifications at fixed pricing). The Java Legacy Maintenance service provides managed maintenance for Java legacy systems. The Expertenkreis Java is a community program that is now a member of iJUG. Training is delivered through open enrollment courses, customized corporate training, and online formats from locations in Bielefeld and Berlin.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Java/Jakarta EE Training Structured training courses covering Java SE, Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE), and related enterprise Java technologies, delivered to corporate developer teams in Germany. The offering targets enterprise IT departments that need to upskill or certify their Java developers on current and legacy enterprise Java stacks.
• IT Consulting Consulting engagements for enterprises on Java architecture, application server selection, Java technology strategy, and modernization roadmaps. Designed for CIOs, architects, and development leads at German enterprises running Java-based systems.
• Custom Software Development Bespoke enterprise software development using Java/Jakarta EE technologies, delivered as project-based engagements for corporate customers. The service covers design, implementation, and integration of Java-based business applications.
• Managed Maintenance for Legacy Java Applications Managed support and maintenance service for customers' existing Java applications, including those running on legacy application servers such as WebLogic, WebSphere, and JBoss. Intended for enterprises that need to keep older Java systems operational while planning modernization.
• Developer Coaching / Mentoring Individual coaching and mentoring engagements for Java developers, typically booked as short advisory blocks to upskill specific engineers on Java/Jakarta EE topics. Aimed at enterprises that need targeted skill development beyond standard classroom training.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 1,500 IT trainings with 5,000+ participants over 10 years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• iJUG e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExpertenkreis Java, the Java User Group operated by GEDOPLAN, became a member of iJUG e.V. - the umbrella association of Java User Groups in German-speaking countries. iJUG connects communities, promotes knowledge exchange, and supports local JUGs in their activities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Trivadis (now part of Accenture): Swiss-headquartered IT services and training provider with strong Oracle/Java, data, and cloud-native practices serving DACH enterprises — directly comparable to GEDOPLAN's training-plus-consulting model in the same geography.
• Orientation in Objects (OIO): German training and consulting firm specializing in Java, Jakarta EE and software architecture — the closest direct peer to GEDOPLAN, with a comparable DACH enterprise customer base and similar Java/JEE curriculum.
• codecentric AG: German Java/DevOps/cloud-native consultancy with a strong training and community footprint (e.g., codecentric Akademie). Competes directly for the same Java/Spring/DevOps corporate training and consulting budget in DACH.
• SoftEd Systems GmbH: German IT training and consulting company covering Java, web, and software engineering topics for enterprise and corporate learners — a comparable boutique DACH training peer.
• Microwood GmbH: DACH-based IT training provider with a similar mix of open-enrollment and firmenschulung courses in software development and infrastructure — a comparable boutique peer in the same regional market.

Broad incumbents

• msg systems AG: Large German IT services group offering IT training academies, consulting, and software development across industries. Overlaps with GEDOPLAN's corporate training and Java/enterprise development offerings but at much broader scale and portfolio depth.
• Oracle University: Official training arm of Oracle covering Java, database, and cloud certifications. Sets the certification and curriculum standard GEDOPLAN's Java/Jakarta EE courses must align with and represents a large-scale incumbent competitor.
• SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH: Established German IT system integrator and training provider serving mid-market and enterprise customers in DACH. Comparable on the IT training and enterprise Java/infra consulting axis, though broader in scope than GEDOPLAN.

Others

• O'Reilly (Safari Learning): Global technical learning platform with books, video courses, and live online training on Java and software engineering. Competes for the same self-directed developer upskilling budget, particularly for individual learners in the DACH market.
• Pluralsight: Global online technology learning platform covering Java, Spring, DevOps and cloud-native topics. Not a direct competitor for in-person firmenschulungen but a substitution threat for GEDOPLAN's open-enrollment course business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/GEDOPLAN
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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