What GekoS mbH does

GekoS mbH is a German software vendor founded in 1991 and headquartered in Hollern, Lower Saxony, that builds modular eGovernment software for municipal administrations in Germany. Its platform centers on GekoS Online, an eGovernment layer that interconnects specialist modules covering building permits (GekoS Bau+), preventive fire protection (GekoS Brand+), driver's licensing (GekoS Fahr+), and environmental, nature conservation, and immission control administration (GekoS Umwelt+, GekoS Natur+, GekoS BImSch+). The DiA System provides document management, workflow automation, and process management across the platform, including a Word AddIn and an Android tablet app for offline field use. Technical foundations include XÖV-standard interoperability (XBau, XFahr, XFinanz, CMIS/DokuFIS) and integrations with federal registries (KBA, Bundesdruckerei), testing organizations (TÜV, DEKRA), cadastral systems (ALKIS), GIS, and multiple state portals.

The company generates revenue through a combination of subscription-based software licensing for its modular specialist products, professional services for implementation and process digitization consulting, and training delivered via seminars and webinars. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales targeting German municipalities, counties, and state-level authorities, led by managing director Marc Kleine following the 2022/2023 generational succession from founder Joachim Fronzek. Marketing relies on the corporate website, industry events, seminars, webinars, and reference customer wins. Select marquee clients include Kreis Pinneberg (first digital building permit in Schleswig-Holstein), Landeshauptstadt Schwerin, and a consortium of Lower Saxony counties that co-developed GekoS Natur+. Long-term customer relationships frequently exceed 20 years, and the company won the 'Kundenfreundlichste eGovernment-Anwendung' award for GekoS Online.

GekoS operates as a privately held GmbH with no disclosed external investors, has 11–50 employees, and is currently investing in internal digital transformation, DMS interface modernization (CMIS/DokuFIS rollout in 2024), and a DiA System roadmap through 2026 covering Linux/Docker deployment, PostgreSQL/Oracle support, and expanded mobile capabilities. The company is positioned in the German GovTech niche where regulatory standard compliance (XÖV family) and deep domain process expertise form the primary basis of competition.

Name

GekoS mbH

Legal name

GekoS mbH

Website

https://gekos.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GekoS mbH, founded in 1991 in Hollern, Germany, develops modular eGovernment software for German municipalities, covering building permits, fire protection, driver's licensing, and environmental administration. It sells subscription licenses, consulting, and training via direct enterprise sales to cities, counties, and state authorities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hollern

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing: Modular software solutions for municipal administration provided as licensed products, including GekoS Online, GekoS Bau+, GekoS Brand+, GekoS Fahr+, and environmental modules. Revenue generated through software licenses with ongoing support and maintenance.
2. Consulting & Training Services: Seminar programs, individual training sessions, and process digitization consulting conducted at headquarters, on-site at customers, or online via webcasts and webinars.
3. Implementation Services: Custom implementation support, process design, and system integration services to adapt software to individual municipal requirements.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

GekoS mbH develops and licenses a modular municipal administration software platform for German public-sector clients. Its product suite covers eGovernment (GekoS Online), building permits (GekoS Bau+), fire protection (GekoS Brand+), driver's license administration (GekoS Fahr+), environmental protection (GekoS Umwelt+), nature conservation (GekoS Natur+), immission control (GekoS BImSch+), and document/workflow management (DiA System). The company also provides consulting, implementation, and training services to support deployment.

Product overview

GekoS mbH offers a platform-plus-modules architecture for municipal administration. The core is GekoS Online, an eGovernment platform that interconnects specialist modules and enables citizen-authority interaction. The product portfolio includes GekoS Bau+ (building permits), GekoS Brand+ (fire protection), GekoS Fahr+ (driver licensing), GekoS Umwelt+ (environmental protection), GekoS Natur+ (nature conservation), and GekoS BImSch+ (immission control). DiA System provides document storage, workflow automation, and process management across the platform. The company also offers digital process consulting and training services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GekoS Online: E-Government solution enabling transparent, efficient, paperless digital administration for municipalities
• GekoS Fahr+
• GekoS Brand+
• GekoS Bau+
• GekoS Umwelt+
• GekoS Natur+
• GekoS BImSch+
• DiA System

Products and services

• GekoS Online Central eGovernment platform that connects all GekoS specialist modules (Bau+, Brand+, Fahr+, etc.) and enables transparent, efficient, paperless interaction between citizens and authorities. Awarded the "Kundenfreundlichste eGovernment-Anwendung" prize by the Wirtschaft award.
• GekoS Bau+ Building permit procedure management software that maps every step of the building permit process digitally. Adapts to each building authority's specific culture and integrates land-related information systems, document management, plausibility checks, and XBau-standard workflow management with state portals.
• GekoS Brand+ Preventive fire protection management system enabling fire departments to quickly access complex fire safety information for multiple properties. Digitally documents inspections and fire safety checks for buildings, fire alarm systems, and extinguishing systems.
• GekoS Fahr+ Driver's license management system combining database and management functions for licensing authorities. Integrates XFahr standard, interfaces to KBA, TÜV, DEKRA, Bundesdruckerei (DIGANT-FS), and enables paperless procedures with citizens and driving schools via GekoS Online.
• GekoS Umwelt+ Environmental information system for municipal environmental protection. Provides access to environmentally-relevant land data, integrates GIS and ALKIS, supports ecological procedures such as tree ordinances, waste management, and water protection, and transmits data to statistical state offices per environmental statistics law.
• GekoS Natur+ Nature conservation information system developed with county experts for administrative ecology. Maps tasks of a nature conservation office including landscape planning, impact regulation, and land management, with GIS integration and interdepartmental connectivity via Intranet and Internet.
• GekoS BImSch+ Immission control information and management system for administering the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSch). Systematizes permitting and monitoring of facilities subject to approval and orders for non-approval-required facilities such as intensive livestock, biogas, or brick production.
• DiA System Document storage, workflow automation, and process management system comprising DiA Server (central server), DiA Desktop Application (client software), DiA Word Addin (document template editor), and DiA Tablet App (Android application for offline field use). Supports document generation in odt/docx, CMIS/DokuFIS DMS integration, and FIT-Connect interface.
• Prozesse digital (Digital Process Consulting) Consulting service for digitalizing and redesigning administrative processes. Iteratively analyzes and transforms existing workflows into digital structures, considering workplace environment, hardware/software infrastructure, and user adoption through change management.
• Schulungen & Seminare (Training) Training and seminar services including scheduled seminar programs, customized individual seminars, and webcasts/webinars for software users. Delivered at headquarters in Hollern, on-site at customer locations, or online.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% home office capability achieved with full paperless operations during pandemic
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration30 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• procilon GmbHcoreTechnology or Integration · 7 November 2023Partnership for digital building permit procedures combining GekoS platform with procilon's electronic signature solutions. Joint solution enables accelerated, simplified, and more secure processing of construction applications through digital signing of building files by authorities, construction companies, and other parties.
• intarsys GmbHcoreTechnology or Integration · 7 November 2023Integration of Sign Live! cloud suite gears signature solution into GekoS platform for digital signing of building permits and administrative documents. Provides highest security standards ensuring integrity and authenticity of electronically signed documents.
• NordakademieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership for dual study program in Business Informatics (Wirtschaftsinformatik). GekoS provides practical training component while Nordakademie in Elmshorn delivers theoretical education. Students receive scholarship and GekoS covers tuition fees.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• H&H Datenverarbeitungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft mbH: Private-sector provider of municipal administration software for Hessian and other German municipalities, including procedures comparable to GekoS Bau+, Fahr+, and Brand+. Competes in the same niche with similar product breadth.
• AKDB (Anstalt für Kommunale Datenverarbeitung in Bayern): Largest municipal IT service provider in Germany, serving Bavarian municipalities with a similar portfolio of specialist procedure software (building permits, driver's licenses, land registry, eGovernment) and XÖV-standard integrations. Closely comparable business model and target customer to GekoS.
• ekom21: Major municipal IT center formed from the merger of KDRS/KIVS/KIV Thüringen, serving municipalities in Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, and Thuringia with comparable eGovernment, specialist procedure, and DMS-integrated software. Direct competitor for the same German municipal customer base.
• regio iT gmbh: Municipal IT service provider for the Aachen region and parts of NRW, offering comparable eGovernment and specialist administration software to German municipalities. Competes for the same B2G procurement contracts with similar functional scope.
• KDO (Kommunale Datenverarbeitung Oldenburg): Municipal IT center for Lower Saxony municipalities providing similar specialist procedures (building, environment, driver's licensing) and eGovernment solutions. Operates in GekoS's home region, making it a particularly close regional peer.
• mps public solutions GmbH: German vendor of public-sector software including municipal specialist procedures and eGovernment workflow tools. Comparable target customer (German municipalities) and product overlap with GekoS's module portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• DATEV eG: Large German cooperative providing finance, tax, and administrative software with significant penetration of municipal finance offices via XFinanz and cameral-bookkeeping integrations. Broad incumbent whose municipal finance products intersect with GekoS's XFinanz-connected modules.
• T-Systems International: Deutsche Telekom's enterprise IT arm and a broad incumbent in German government IT, including large-scale municipal and federal digitalization programs. Overlaps with GekoS's market via framework contracts and broader portfolios but does not specialize in GekoS's niche modules.

Others

• d.velop AG: Document management system vendor integrated with GekoS via the CMIS/DokuFIS standard; an enabling/ecosystem participant in the same municipal IT stack rather than a direct competitor.
• procilon GmbH: Provider of electronic signature and trust-service solutions, partnered with GekoS for digital building permit signing. A technology/integration partner rather than a competitor, but operates in the adjacent public-sector trust services space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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