FSV

What FSV does

FSV NETZWERK GmbH is a German management and IT consulting firm headquartered in Groß Nordende near Hamburg, founded in 1992 by three partners — engineer Rainer Frädrich ("F"), IT/business specialist Gunnar Schönemann ("S", deceased), and social scientist Bernd Vonhoff ("V") — whose initials form the company name. Operating as a private GmbH registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg (HRB 52013, HRB 83706), the firm is founder-owned with no institutional investors, parent company, or subsidiaries disclosed, and is currently led by Managing Director Bernd Vonhoff, who also chaired the Professional Association of German Sociologists (BDS) from 2010 to 2020.

The firm's service portfolio is delivered by interdisciplinary teams combining merchants, engineers, computer scientists, social scientists, and statisticians, and spans three core lines: Management and IT Consulting (umbrella offering), Statistical and Process Analyses (multivariate statistics, process optimization, projections, employee and customer surveys, expert reports, qualitative analyses), and Business Psychology and Corporate Communication (executive coaching, leadership development, employee assistance programs, crisis and conflict counseling, burnout prevention, change management). Underlying delivery is human advisory work using established statistical methods rather than a proprietary software product, AI system, or platform; no API, mobile app, patents, or trademarks are disclosed.

FSV generates revenue through project-based professional-services engagements priced per quote, with a sales-led B2B go-to-market targeting mid-sized German companies of 50 to 10,000 employees as the primary segment, and large enterprises, banks, insurance companies, and federal/state authorities as secondary segments. The disclosed reference list spans more than 20 named clients across banking, insurance, media, retail, logistics, manufacturing, telecom, business information, and the public sector (e.g., Sparkassen Finanzgruppe, Sky Deutschland, Warner Music Group Germany, Hauni Maschinenbau AG, Euler Hermes, Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg), indicating a broadly diversified but Germany-only operating footprint with no disclosed marketing, distribution, or geographic-expansion activities beyond direct consulting relationships.

Name

FSV

Legal name

FSV NETZWERK GmbH

Website

https://fsv.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FSV NETZWERK GmbH is a German management and IT consulting firm founded in 1992 that delivers interdisciplinary consulting in business psychology, statistical and process analysis, and corporate communication to mid-sized companies, large enterprises, banks, insurers, and public authorities across Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services in management, IT consulting, organizational psychology, statistical analyses, and corporate communication. Revenue generated through consulting engagements with mid-sized and large organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

FSV NETZWERK GmbH is an independent consulting company founded in 1992 that provides management and IT consulting, business psychology, and statistical analyses to mid-sized companies, large enterprises, banks, insurance companies, and public authorities. Service offerings include process analyses, organizational restructuring, employee and customer surveys, expert reports, qualitative interviews, employee assistance programs, leadership development, and change management support. The firm combines technical, commercial, and social-science expertise to help organizations maintain psychosocial health of employees and leadership, resolve conflicts, and manage change processes.

Product overview

FSV NETZWERK GmbH is an independent management and IT consulting firm established in 1992, offering a portfolio of interrelated consulting services rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include: Management- und IT-Beratung (Management and IT Consulting) as the umbrella service; Statistische Analysen und Prozessanalysen (Statistical and Process Analyses) providing data collection, multivariate statistical analysis, and process quantification; and Unternehmenspsychologie (Business Psychology) covering executive coaching, crisis and conflict counseling, employee assistance programs, and change management. Supporting service modules include Prozessanalysen und Hochrechnungen (Process Analyses and Projections), Mitarbeiterbefragungen (Employee Surveys), Kundenbefragungen (Customer Surveys), Gutachten (Expert Reports), and Qualitative Befragungen (Qualitative Interviews). These services are delivered by interdisciplinary teams of merchants, engineers, computer scientists, social scientists, and statisticians, targeting mid-sized companies with 50 to 10,000 employees, large corporations, banks, insurers, and public authorities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Management- und IT-Beratung (Management and IT Consulting) Independent and highly specialized consulting services since 1992 covering social-scientific, business economics, and technical topics, including process analyses and organizational restructuring support, delivered to mid-sized companies, large enterprises, banks, insurance companies, and public authorities.
• Statistische Analysen und Prozessanalysen (Statistical and Process Analyses) Statistical analysis and process analysis services including process consulting for new procedures and organizational structures, data collection, multivariate statistical analyses, and quantification of process data for companies with 50 to 10,000 employees.
• Unternehmenspsychologie und Kommunikation (Business Psychology and Communication) Business psychology services focusing on interpersonal communication, executive coaching, leadership development, employee assistance programs (EAP), crisis and conflict counseling, burnout prevention, resilience training, and change management support.
• Prozessanalysen und Hochrechnungen (Process Analyses and Projections) Process analyses and projections including personnel requirement calculations, online data collection and quantification, data verification for system implementations, and forecasts for demand development.
• Mitarbeiterbefragungen (Employee Surveys) Employee surveys for large enterprises and associations providing ongoing internal benchmarking on satisfaction and engagement, as well as feedback on leadership, project work, and company goals.
• Kundenbefragungen und Kundenrentabilitätsanalysen (Customer Surveys and Customer Profitability Analyses) Customer surveys and profitability analyses to determine customer expectations, analyze customer and buyer behavior using data warehouse data, and identify changes in perceived quality of services and products.
• Gutachten (Expert Reports) Expert reports on educational measures, risk analyses and assessments of psychological workload, and reports on the influence of measures.
• Qualitative Befragungen und Analysen (Qualitative Interviews and Analyses) Qualitative interviews and analyses including change management studies for new structures or team building, investigations related to company mergers, and studies on corporate culture, employee motivation and satisfaction.

Named customers21 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Promerit GmbH: German HR and organizational consulting firm focused on people strategy, digital transformation and HR process optimization — comparable in target audience and overlap with FSV's personnel/change work.
• Dr. Wieselhuber & Partner GmbH: Independent German management consulting firm serving mid-sized industrial and family-owned companies — comparable mid-market positioning, strategy and organizational advisory, though with industrial rather than service-industry focus.
• hkp group: German HR, compensation and organizational consulting firm serving banks, insurers and corporates — directly comparable to FSV's financial-services client base and HR/survey-driven consulting portfolio.
• zeb consulting: German consulting firm focused on financial services strategy, IT and transformation — comparable to FSV's bank/insurance client list and management + IT consulting mix, though at much larger scale.
• Kienbaum Consultants International GmbH: German HR and management consulting firm offering organizational development, personnel selection, leadership advisory and change management — closely overlapping FSV's business psychology and HR-related practices, though operating at substantially larger scale.
• UNITY AG: German management and IT consultancy focused on operational excellence, digital transformation and process optimization for mid-market and enterprise — directly comparable offerings to FSV's statistical/process analysis practice.
• Metaplan Gesellschaft für Planung und Organisation mbH: German organizational consulting firm with deep expertise in strategy, group facilitation and change processes — highly comparable to FSV's organizational development, culture, and qualitative interviewing work.

Broad incumbents

• Horváth & Partners: Stuttgart-based international management consulting firm specializing in performance management, transformation and IT — broader portfolio but directly competes for German enterprise transformation and process optimization mandates.
• Roland Berger: Major Germany-origin global management consulting firm offering strategy, organizational and transformation services — directly competes for FSV's enterprise clients but at vastly larger scale and broader portfolio.

Others

• Consilium GmbH: Listed as an enterprise customer of FSV; a German consulting firm in the same ecosystem — adjacent peer whose relationship with FSV reflects the close-knit nature of the German mid-market consulting community.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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