CP Consultingpartner

What CP Consultingpartner does

CP Consultingpartner AG (CP BAP) is a German management consultancy and training provider founded in 1998, headquartered in Ahlen with content and event operations in Cologne. The firm is exclusively specialized in the German banking sector, serving Genossenschaftsbanken (cooperative banks), Sparkassen (savings banks), Zentralinstitute, private and special banks, banking IT service providers, and leasing/factoring companies. Its consulting practice spans Steuerung (control), Vertrieb (sales), Prozesse (processes), Organisationsentwicklung (organizational development), Nachhaltigkeit/ESG, IT-Beratung, and Data Analytics. Underpinning the advisory work is a portfolio of proprietary IT solutions (COPA.RIS for risk management, POEM for performance measurement, REPLIQ) and two sector-specific digital community platforms (geno.bip for the Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe and sparkassen.bip for the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe), which collectively host more than 3,000 banking professionals and run flagship conferences such as geno.bip (300+ participants) and AI Camp 2026.

The firm's revenue model blends professional services billed at consultant day rates with packaged training (seminars at €550-€995, blended learning programs), event and conference registration fees (€149-€5,000), and recurring benchmark and research studies (KPM-KG credit risk comparison at €1,600 per institute; KI-360° AI implementation study in three packages up to €5,000). Distribution runs through the geno.bip and sparkassen.bip portals, a regional event circuit across six German cities, and content partnerships with sector infrastructure players including BVR, parcIT, and Atruvia, the latter being tightly coupled with the Banking Workspace (BWS) platform rollout on which CP BAP advises.

Operationally, CP BAP employs 51-100 people and presents the profile of a stable, employee-anchored German Mittelstand consultancy: 70+ colleagues hold 10, 15, or 20-year tenures (Wall of Fame), the firm carries a 4.7 kununu rating and 5 consecutive Top Company awards, and 2025 saw more than 20 new hires alongside an accelerated product cadence covering AI advisory, E-Learning launches (KSC and KDC), and AI implementation research, all consistent with a firm transitioning its traditional banking consulting franchise into an AI-augmented services and product portfolio.

Name

CP Consultingpartner

Legal name

CP Consultingpartner AG

Website

https://cp-bap.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CP Consultingpartner AG is a German management consultancy and training provider serving cooperative banks, savings banks, and other financial institutions with advisory, proprietary IT solutions, digital community platforms, and applied AI enablement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cologne

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services billed on day rates (Tagessätze) for consultants deployed on client projects. Contracts typically involve project-based engagements with monthly invoicing.
2. Training and E-Learning: Seminars, workshops, E-Learning programs, and blended learning formats for banking professionals. Pricing varies per program (e.g., 550€-995€ per seminar).
3. Event and Conference Services: Conferences, seminars and workshops for banking communities with registration fees ranging from 149€ to 5,000€ per event or package.
4. Benchmark Studies: Comparative analysis studies such as KPM-KG-Vergleichsanalyse for credit risk benchmarking, priced at 1,600€ per institute plus additional participants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

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Product overview

CP Consultingpartner (CP BAP) operates as a consulting firm for financial institutions offering a portfolio of consulting services, proprietary IT solutions, digital learning products, and research studies. The consulting division covers five areas: Steuerung (management control), Vertrieb (sales), Prozesse (processes), Organisationsentwicklung (organizational development), and Nachhaltigkeit/ESG (sustainability). The IT solutions segment includes three named software products: COPA.RIS (risk management), POEM (performance measurement), and REPLIQ. Digital offerings comprise two web portals (geno.bip for cooperative banks and sparkassen.bip for savings banks) serving as community platforms with events and expert content. Training products include E-Learning programs for Customer Service Centers (KSC and KDC variants) and blended learning combining e-learning, training, and coaching. Research offerings include the KPM-KG credit risk comparison study (since 2008) and the KI-360° AI implementation study (launched 2025). The company also provides specialized consulting on Impulsmanagement (data-driven sales) and various banking transformation topics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• geno.bip: Digital community platform for cooperative banking group (Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken) providing webinars, events, studies, and specialist content on steering, sales, processes, sustainability, and transformation.
• sparkassen.bip
• COPA.RIS
• POEM
• REPLIQ

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 80 successful projects in potential-oriented target distribution
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability13 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• BVR (Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKnowledge sharing partnership where BVR representatives contribute expertise to the geno.bip portal and content initiatives for the cooperative banking sector.
• parcIT GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerparcIT contributes knowledge and expertise to the geno.bip portal content, particularly regarding banking systems and processes for cooperative banks.
• AtruviacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAtruvia provides expertise for geno.bip portal content. Atruvia is building the Banking Workspace (BWS) which CP BAP advises banks on implementing. Atruvia also provides data for the KPM-KG comparison analysis.
• Sparkassen-FinanzgruppecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCP BAP serves members of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe through the sparkassen.bip portal, providing expert information and events for bank steering, sales, and planning & reporting.
• Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe Volksbanken RaiffeisenbankencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCP BAP serves members of the cooperative banking network through the geno.bip portal, providing Fachinformationen to Steuerung, Vertrieb, Prozesse, Nachhaltigkeit, and Transformation topics.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Capco: Capco is a global management and technology consultancy dedicated to financial services, covering banks, asset management, and insurance. Comparable to CP BAP as a broader incumbent with deeper resources but a less regionally specialized German bank focus.
• Oliver Wyman: Oliver Wyman is a global management consulting firm with deep financial services practice covering retail, commercial, and investment banking. Comparable to CP BAP as a broader incumbent competing for German bank transformation and risk mandates.

Direct peers

• msg: msg is a German IT and consulting group with a strong financial services practice spanning core banking, risk, and regulatory solutions. Comparable to CP BAP through its banking-focused IT consulting and proprietary software offerings.
• zeb: zeb is a leading European strategy and management consultancy focused exclusively on financial services, particularly banks. It is one of the closest direct competitors to CP BAP in the German banking consulting space, with deeper scale and broader transformation capabilities.
• Senacor Technologies: Senacor is a German IT consultancy focused on digital transformation in banking, insurance, and retail, with proprietary platforms. Comparable to CP BAP through banking IT consulting and domain-specialized software solutions in the German market.
• PPI AG: PPI AG is a German financial services specialist providing consulting and software solutions for banks, insurers, and asset managers. Closely comparable to CP BAP through banking-specific software products and consulting services for Sparkassen and cooperative banks.
• adesso: adesso is a German IT consultancy with a substantial banking vertical offering consulting, custom software, and sector-specific solutions. Overlaps with CP BAP on banking IT consulting and digital transformation projects in Germany.

Others

• Atruvia: Atruvia is the central IT service provider for the German cooperative banking sector and a strategic partner of CP BAP for the geno.bip portal and Banking Workspace (BWS) implementation advisory. Related as both a content partner and an adjacent ecosystem player serving the same Genossenschaftsbanken.
• parcIT GmbH: parcIT is a specialized IT provider for German cooperative banks, offering core banking and analytics solutions. It is both a strategic content partner for geno.bip and an adjacent ecosystem participant whose clients overlap with CP BAP's cooperative bank customers.

Regional players

• Finanz Informatik (FI): Finanz Informatik is the central IT service provider for the German Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, comparable to CP BAP's Sparkassen segment. Related as a primary IT partner for the same client base that CP BAP advises on transformation, planning, and reporting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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