Bite

What Bite does

Bite AG is a privately held German software company that develops and sells DISPONIC, an integrated scheduling, payroll, and invoicing suite built specifically for security services companies. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Filderstadt, Germany, the company has operated in the security-industry scheduling niche for over 30 years and claims market-leader status in the DACH region, with more than 350 customer companies using DISPONIC across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Poland. The DISPONIC product is built on C# and .NET Core with Microsoft SQL Server, exposed via WebAPI and REST APIs for third-party integrations, and deployed through Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines. The core suite comprises three modules — Dienstplanung (duty scheduling), Bruttolohn (gross payroll calculation), and Faktur (invoicing) — supplemented by additional operational modules, with the platform serving as a back-office system for security guard staffing and deployment workflows.

The company operates a B2B sales-led GTM model with dedicated field sales representatives covering DACH and Poland, supported by an inside sales team and a hotline for inbound inquiries. Demand generation relies on trade fairs, user meetings (Anwendertreffen), webinars, and a multi-language website (German, English, Polish). Revenue is generated through subscription-based software licensing under multi-year customer relationships, though no pricing tiers or contract values are publicly disclosed. Bite AG is structured as a German Aktiengesellschaft with a two-person Management Board (Jochen Hahn and Niels Reinhard) and a three-person Supervisory Board. The company is entirely founder/management-controlled, with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or strategic investor backing. A wholly-owned Polish subsidiary, Bite sp. z o.o., was established in Kraków in 2023 to serve the Polish market and support development operations, and the company is a member of the German-Polish Chamber of Commerce (AHK). Headcount stands at approximately 40 employees across German and Polish operations.

Name

Bite

Legal name

Bite AG

Website

https://bite.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bite AG is a German software company that develops DISPONIC, an integrated scheduling, payroll, and invoicing suite for security services companies. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Filderstadt, it serves over 350 customers across the DACH region and Poland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Filderstadt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. DISPONIC Software Licensing: B2B software licensing model for security industry companies. DISPONIC provides duty scheduling, payroll, invoicing, and operational modules as an integrated software suite. Revenue is generated from software licensing, presumably subscription-based given B2B SaaS nature and implied recurring customer relationships.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bite AG provides DISPONIC, an all-in-one vertical software suite for security services companies that covers duty scheduling (Dienstplanung), gross payroll processing (Bruttolohn), invoicing and factoring (Faktur), and additional intelligent modules. The product is sold as a B2B software license to security industry operators across the DACH region and Poland, with implementation, onboarding, and hotline support provided by the vendor.

Product overview

Bite AG offers DISPONIC as a unified, modular software platform for the security services industry. The core product encompasses three principal modules: Dienstplanung (duty scheduling), Bruttolohn (gross payroll processing), and Faktur (invoicing), supplemented by additional intelligent modules. The platform is designed to cover the entire operational workflow of security service companies, from staff scheduling and payroll to billing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DISPONIC: Main software product for duty scheduling, gross pay calculation, and invoicing for security services companies.

Products and services

• DISPONIC All-in-one modular software suite for the security services industry covering duty scheduling (Dienstplanung), gross payroll processing (Bruttolohn), invoicing/factoring (Faktur), and additional intelligent modules. Sold B2B to security services companies across the DACH region and Poland.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• German-Polish Chamber of Commerce (AHK)minorOthersBite AG is a member of the German-Polish Chamber of Commerce (AHK), which supports business relations between Germany and Poland. This membership provides networking and market access support for the company's cross-border operations between Germany and Poland.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Personio: Leading European HR and people operations SaaS platform, headquartered in Germany. Overlaps with DISPONIC's payroll and scheduling functionality, but is a broader HR suite rather than a vertical specialist.
• Sage HR: Global HR and people management software (formerly Sage People / Sage HR). Provides overlap with DISPONIC's payroll and scheduling core, but positioned as a horizontal HR product rather than a vertical specialist.
• DATEV: German payroll, accounting, and tax software cooperative widely used by German SMBs. Overlaps with DISPONIC's payroll and invoicing capabilities but addresses a much broader customer base.

Direct peers

• Workfeed: Belgian/Dutch employee scheduling and time tracking platform for shift-based small businesses. Comparable scheduling-first workflow to DISPONIC, although primarily focused on hospitality and retail.
• When I Work: Shift scheduling and employee time tracking software for hourly workforces. Comparable to DISPONIC's scheduling and invoicing capabilities, with broader vertical and geographic reach.
• Deputy: Cloud-based shift scheduling, timesheet, and workforce management platform for shift-based industries. Direct functional peer to DISPONIC's scheduling and payroll modules, with broader vertical exposure.
• Planday: Shift planning and workforce management SaaS targeting hourly workers across industries. Comparable to DISPONIC's scheduling core, though cloud-native and used across hospitality, retail, and security-adjacent verticals.
• ATOSS Software AG: German-listed workforce management software vendor covering shift scheduling, time management, and payroll for hourly and shift-based workforces. Closest direct functional peer to DISPONIC, though ATOSS serves a broader set of verticals beyond security.
• Shiftbase: Dutch shift planning and workforce management software for hourly workers and small/mid-market employers. Targets similar scheduling/payroll workflows as DISPONIC, primarily in DACH/Benelux markets.

Emerging players

• Crewmeister: German time tracking and shift scheduling tool for small businesses. Competes with DISPONIC's scheduling core for smaller security and service companies, though it lacks the depth of payroll and invoicing modules.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bite-ag

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 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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