Abakus

What Abakus does

Abakus (legal entity: abakus GmbH + Co. KG) is a privately held, regional IT solutions provider headquartered in Trier, Germany, operating for over 25 years as a value-added reseller and implementation partner for small and medium-sized businesses and craftsmen in the Trier region and surrounding Rhineland-Palatinate area. The firm does not develop proprietary software; instead, it resells, implements, and supports a curated stack of third-party business applications, including Sage ERP (Sage 100, Sage 50cloud, Sage 50 Handwerk), blue:solution's TopKontor Handwerk and TopKontor Zeiterfassung, the INOXISION document management and GoBD-compliant email archiving suite, and AVG AntiVirus Business Edition. These are complemented by an in-house hardware assembly line delivering individually configured PCs, workstations, servers, and networking components.

Revenue is generated across four streams: software license resale and recurring subscriptions, hardware sales, professional services (consulting, implementation, configuration, data migration), and recurring managed support (remote maintenance via pcvisit and on-site support). Go-to-market blends a sales-led consultative approach, with direct phone/email/on-site engagement as the primary acquisition channel, and a product-led growth layer consisting of unrestricted 30- and 60-day free trial downloads with one hour of free startup assistance. Distribution is regional and direct, with channel relationships limited to upstream vendor partnerships (Premium Partner status with blue:solution, Silver Reseller with Sage, reseller status with INOXISION and AVG).

The company is founder/management-controlled under authorized managing director Lothar Schmitz, has 11-50 employees, and serves as a one-stop local provider for trade-specific ERP, time tracking, archiving, security, and IT infrastructure for SMEs and craftsmen in its geographic catchment.

Name

Abakus

Legal name

abakus GmbH + Co. KG

Website

https://abakus-trier.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Abakus is a privately held regional IT solutions provider in Trier, Germany, reselling, implementing, and supporting third-party business software (Sage ERP, TopKontor, INOXISION, AVG) and assembling hardware for small and medium-sized businesses and craftsmen in the Trier and Rhineland-Palatinate region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Solutions and Value-Added Reseller Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers (423430)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Wholesale-Computers & Peripheral Equipment & Software (5045)

akta.pro primary industry

Software License Resale & Optimization (Perpetual/Subscription) (BPAEAOAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

IT Procurement & Sourcing Services (Hardware/Software) (BPAEAOAG)

Keywords

• ERP software resale
• Trade business software
• Time tracking software
• Document management solutions
• IT consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Trier

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Resale and Distribution: Resells and distributes business software solutions including Sage ERP systems, TopKontor trade-specific software, INOXISION document management, and AVG antivirus products. Revenue generated from software licenses, subscriptions, and user fees associated with these third-party products.
2. Hardware Sales: Assembles and sells high-performance computer systems, workstations, servers, and networking components. Provides customized hardware configurations based on customer requirements and budget specifications.
3. Consulting and Implementation Services: Provides personalized IT consulting, software implementation, on-site support, and remote maintenance services (via pcvisit Support). Includes software installation assistance, configuration, data migration, and ongoing technical support.
4. Support and Maintenance: Ongoing technical support services including remote maintenance via pcvisit, on-site support, and presumably software maintenance/updates for the resold products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Abakus is a regional IT solutions provider in Trier, Germany that resells, implements, and supports third-party business software — Sage 100 / Sage 50cloud / Sage 50 Handwerk ERP and accounting, TopKontor Handwerk trade business software, TopKontor Zeiterfassung time tracking, INOXISION document and email archiving, and AVG antivirus — together with individually assembled computer hardware and network components. The company complements these resold products with personalized consulting, on-site implementation, remote maintenance (pcvisit), and free trial versions aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises and craftsmen in the Trier region.

Product overview

Abakus (abakus GmbH + Co. KG) is a German IT solutions provider based in Trier offering a portfolio of complementary business software and hardware solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises and tradespeople. The core offering centers on three software product lines resold and supported by Abakus: TopKontor Handwerk and TopKontor Zeiterfassung (both by blue:solution) for trade business management and time tracking; Sage 100, Sage 50cloud, and Sage 50 Handwerk (by Sage) for ERP and accounting; and the INOXISION product family (ARCHIVEmail and ENTERPRISEsuite) for document management and revision-secure email archiving. These are complemented by AVG antivirus security software and individually configured hardware/computer systems. TopKontor products offer mobile apps (TopApps) and various interfaces including DATANORM, GAEB, IDS Connect, OCI, ecoDMS, and Buchhaltung/Payroll integrations. The Sage ERP platform provides inventory management, CRM, DMS, accounting, and controlling in a modular architecture. The INOXISION DMS suite handles paper, digital, and email document archiving with full-text search. Abakus acts as a local reseller, implementation partner, and support provider for these products in the Trier region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sage 100 (ERP Software)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration18 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• blue:solution software gmbhcoreTechnology or IntegrationDeveloper of TopKontor Handwerk and TopKontor Zeiterfassung software. ABAKUS holds Premium Partner status for both products and resells, implements, and supports these solutions for regional customers in Trier.
• Sage GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationDeveloper of Sage 50cloud, Sage 50 Handwerk, and Sage 100 ERP software. ABAKUS holds Silver Reseller status and resells, implements, and supports these Sage products for regional customers.
• inoxision (for-innovative solutions GmbH)coreTechnology or IntegrationProvider of INOXISION document management and email archiving solutions (ARCHIVEmail and ENTERPRISEsuite). ABAKUS resells and implements these GoBD-compliant archiving solutions for regional customers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• msg systems AG: Major German IT consulting and software firm specializing in insurance, banking, public sector, and automotive verticals. Comparable as a German IT professional services / software firm, but focused on regulated enterprise verticals rather than tradespeople and SMBs.
• Bechtle AG: Largest German IT e-commerce and value-added reseller, offering hardware, software, and IT services to business customers across Europe. Overlaps with Abakus on hardware/software resale and IT services for businesses, but at vastly greater scale, broader portfolio (including cloud, security, datacenter), and pan-European geographic coverage.
• Computacenter plc: Major European IT infrastructure provider offering hardware, software, managed services, and professional services to enterprise and public sector customers. Comparable in the broad IT solutions/services space but operates at enterprise scale and does not focus on the crafts/SMB segment that defines Abakus's niche.
• Sage Group plc: Global provider of accounting, ERP, and payroll software (including Sage 100, Sage 50, Sage 50cloud — the same products Abakus resells). Functions simultaneously as Abakus's primary software vendor and as a broader competitor in the business software category, particularly via its direct SaaS offerings to SMBs.

Direct peers

• ProALPHA Group: German ERP vendor and implementation partner focused on small and mid-sized enterprises in manufacturing, trade, and services. Comparable to Abakus in targeting Mittelstand customers with integrated business software, though ProALPHA also owns its proprietary ERP product rather than purely reselling third-party software.
• All for One Group SE: One of Germany's largest Sage and SAP ERP implementation partners, serving small and medium-sized enterprises with business software, consulting, and managed services. Directly comparable to Abakus in the German SMB ERP/services space, though operating at significantly greater scale and broader geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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