IVC

What IVC does

IVC (Independent Valuation & Consulting Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft) is a German-licensed audit and advisory firm headquartered in Essen, founded in 2005. The firm is structured as a public limited company (Aktiengesellschaft) under German law, supervised by the Wirtschaftsprüferkammer (WPK), and operates through three wholly-owned subsidiaries — IVC Financial Services GmbH, IVC Mergers & Acquisitions GmbH, and IVC Public Services GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft — covering its financial-services, deal-advisory, and public-sector service lines respectively. The Management Board (Vorstand) consists of Dr. Lars Franken, Dr. Alexander Brunner, and David Kleine, with founder Dr. Jörn Schulte serving as Supervisory Board Chairman.

The firm's core offering comprises professional services across Transactions/M&A, Valuation, Restructuring & Insolvency, Accounting Services, ESG, CFO & Supervisory Board Services, and Public Services, delivered primarily to German corporate clients and public-sector entities (including municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia). Its underlying technology is a combination of partner-led MS Excel-based financial modeling under FAST standards and the proprietary IVC-Toolbox — a suite of public-facing calculators covering base rates, market risk premiums, country risk premiums, IFRS 16 incremental borrowing rates, German economic indicators, eurozone forecasts, ifo Business Climate Index data, and an interactive municipal fee map — which functions as both a delivery tool and a content-marketing asset.

Revenue is generated through project-based and retainer professional-services engagements, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales, supported by a content hub (IVC Snippets, industry coverage reports), LinkedIn/Facebook/Instagram/Xing presence, and a dedicated career portal. Headcount is in the 11–50 range, and no external funding rounds or investor ownership are disclosed.

Name

IVC

Legal name

IVC Independent Valuation & Consulting Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

Website

https://ivc-wpg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Advisory and Valuation Services

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

M&A Advisory (Buy-Side & Sell-Side) (BPAHAOAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

M&A Advisory (Buy-side/Sell-side) (BPAHADAC), Fairness Opinions & Independent Financial Advice (BPAHAOAF)

Keywords

• Valuation services
• M&A advisory
• Corporate restructuring
• Audit and accounting
• ESG consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Essen

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Advisory Services: Revenue generated from providing valuation services, M&A advisory, restructuring services, accounting services, ESG consulting, and CFO & Supervisory Board Services to corporate clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IVC is a licensed German Wirtschaftspr\u00fcfungsgesellschaft that provides M&A advisory, independent business and asset valuation, restructuring and insolvency support, accounting, ESG, CFO and Supervisory Board, and Public Services advisory engagements to corporate and municipal clients. These advisory mandates are delivered alongside a free public IVC-Toolbox of proprietary online calculators (base rate, market risk premium, country risk premium, IFRS 16 incremental borrowing rate, macroeconomic indicators, forecasts and an Interactive Fee Map for North Rhine-Westphalia municipal fees).

Product overview

IVC (Independent Valuation & Consulting) is a professional services firm offering valuation and financial advisory services. The core offering consists of consulting services including Transactions/M&A, Valuation, Restructuring & Insolvency, Accounting Services, ESG, CFO & Supervisory Board Services, and Public Services. Complementing these services, IVC provides a suite of proprietary online tools (the IVC-Toolbox) for cost of capital calculations including base rate, market risk premium, country risk premium, and IFRS 16 tools, as well as macroeconomic tools like economic indicator, forecast, and ifo business climate index tools. The portfolio also includes municipal framework data tools such as the Interactive Fee Map (IGeL).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transactions / M&A Advisory Advisory services for mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including preparation, documentation and transaction execution support for corporate clients.
• Valuation Services Independent professional business and asset valuation services for accounting, company law and transaction-related purposes, applying IDW S 1 and IDW S 5 standards and IFRS frameworks.
• Restructuring & Insolvency Advisory and support services for corporate restructuring and insolvency proceedings, including preparation, documentation and implementation of turnaround or insolvency scenarios.
• Accounting Services Bookkeeping, month-end and year-end accounting services, and accounting process optimization for clients.
• ESG Services Environmental, Social and Governance advisory supporting sustainability reporting and strategy for corporate clients.
• CFO & Supervisory Board Services Financial leadership and governance support services for interim/outsourced CFO functions and Supervisory Board requirements.
• Public Services Advisory services tailored for German public-sector entities and municipal clients, delivered alongside the dedicated IVC Public Services GmbH Wirtschaftspr\u00fcfungsgesellschaft subsidiary.
• IVC Base Rate Tool (Basiszins-Tool) Online tool for determining the base interest rate used in German company valuations (IDW S 1 context).
• IVC Market Risk Premium Tool (Marktrisikopr\u00e4mien-Tool) Online tool for calculating and analyzing market risk premiums for valuation purposes under IDW S 1.
• IVC Country Risk Premium Tool (L\u00e4nderrisikopr\u00e4mien-Tool) Online tool for determining country risk premiums for international company valuations.
• IVC IFRS 16 Incremental Borrowing Rate Tool Online tool for calculating incremental borrowing rates for lease accounting under IFRS 16.
• IVC Economic Indicator Tool (Konjunkturindikator-Tool) Online tool providing German economic indicators and time-series data to support valuation and forecasting work.
• IVC Economic Forecasts Tool (Volkswirtschaftliche Prognosen-Tool) Online tool providing eurozone economic forecasts to support analytical and valuation use cases.
• IVC ifo Business Climate Index Tool Online tool visualizing ifo Institute business climate survey results for Germany and specific industries.
• IVC Interactive Fee Map (IGeL) - Municipal Framework Data Interactive map tool providing municipal wastewater, waste and cemetery fee data for North Rhine-Westphalia municipalities (2020-2024) to support public-sector fee analysis.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Grant Thornton Germany: Mid-market audit and advisory firm with dedicated transaction advisory and valuation practices in Germany. Directly comparable to IVC in service mix, target client profile, and boutique positioning.
• BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft: Mid-market-focused audit and advisory network in Germany with dedicated valuation, transaction advisory, and restructuring services. Directly comparable in serving German corporate clients across the same service lines as IVC.
• Rödl & Partner: German-founded international advisory, audit, tax, and legal firm with strong mid-market M&A and valuation offerings. Comparable to IVC as a competitor in German mid-market valuation and transaction advisory.
• Ebner Stolz: German mid-market audit, tax, legal, and advisory firm with strong valuation, M&A, and restructuring practices. Closely comparable to IVC in target client segment (Mittelstand), service mix (audit + M&A + valuation + restructuring), and German geographic focus.
• Mazars in Germany (Forvis Mazars): Global mid-market audit and advisory network with German operations covering valuation, M&A, restructuring, and ESG services. Comparable to IVC in service portfolio and target Mittelstand client base.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Germany: Big Four advisory firm with strong M&A advisory, valuation, restructuring, and audit practices serving German mid-market and large corporates. Adjacent competitor to IVC on larger deals.
• KPMG Germany: Big Four advisory firm in Germany with full-service audit, M&A, valuation, restructuring, and ESG practices. Competes with IVC on larger mid-market and upper-Mittelstand mandates where its scale and global network are relevant.
• EY Germany: Big Four advisory firm in Germany with transaction advisory, valuation, restructuring, and ESG service lines. Overlaps with IVC's offerings at the larger end of the mid-market segment.
• PwC Germany: Big Four firm in Germany providing audit, deals (M&A), valuation, restructuring, and ESG services. Competes with IVC across all service lines and notably employs IVC's founder-alumnus network.

Emerging players

• ValueLink GmbH & Co. KG: German specialist valuation firm offering independent business and intangible asset valuations, fairness opinions, and IDW-compliant reports. Comparable to IVC's valuation practice as a pure-play valuation competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/IVCWPG
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ivc-independent-valuation-consulting-ag-wpg
• Instagraminstagram.com/ivc.wpg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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