Pericon

What Pericon does

PERICON Unternehmensberatung GmbH is a privately held management consulting boutique headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, founded in 1990 by Ralf Presber and Uwe Stengert. The firm serves small and medium-sized enterprises (Mittelstand) in the Rhein-Main-Neckar region and across Germany, organized around four core consulting fields: Unternehmensnachfolge (business succession), Mergers & Acquisitions, Finanzierung (financing), and Managementberatung (management consulting). Sub-services include crisis management, strategy development using Balanced Scorecard methodology, interim management, growth advisory, and Fördermittelberatung (subsidy program advisory). The firm co-developed multiple BDU professional standards, including the GoP (Grundsätze ordnungsgemäßer Planung) planning standards, and maintains a proprietary 'Quick Check' diagnostic tool for rapid business health assessment.

The firm operates as a small, partnership-led team of six partners with 11–50 total employees, deliberately emphasizing short decision paths and direct partner involvement on every engagement. Its proprietary Quick Check diagnostic evaluates financing, market, organization, and service delivery to produce recommended immediate actions and development opportunities. The firm's intellectual contributions include multiple books authored by Ralf Presber (on controlling, credit rating, and restructuring) and co-developed BDU standards (GoP, succession consulting standards, change management guide, brand valuation standards). No software platform or SaaS offering exists; service delivery is exclusively consultant-led.

PERICON generates revenue through professional consulting fees across its four core practices, including transaction advisory fees, interim management engagements, funding/subsidy application support, and training/workshop engagements. The go-to-market motion is direct, relationship-driven, and partner-led, supported by BDU referral networks, the firm's own Forum Unternehmensnachfolge event series (co-hosted with Deutsche Bank Wealth Management and BETTE WESTENBERGER BRINK), and recurring thought-leadership content. M&A transaction deal sizes range from €1.1M to €20M revenue. The firm has completed over 500 projects over 35+ years and was named 'Beste Berater Mittelstand 2025' by SZ-Institut.

Name

Pericon

Legal name

PERICON Unternehmensberatung GmbH

Website

https://pericon.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PERICON is a Wiesbaden-based management consulting boutique, founded in 1990, serving German Mittelstand SMEs across four practice areas: business succession planning, M&A advisory, financing, and management consulting, delivered through a six-partner-led team with 35+ years of track record.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wiesbaden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: PERICON generates revenue through professional consulting fees for services across four core consulting fields: Unternehmensnachfolge (succession planning), Mergers & Acquisitions, Finanzierung (financing), and Managementberatung (management consulting). Additional revenue streams include interim management engagements, M&A transaction advisory fees, and funding/subsidy application support. The firm also earns professional services revenue through its Quick Check diagnostic offering and training/workshop engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

PERICON provides professional management consulting services to German small and medium-sized enterprises (Mittelstand) across four core fields: business succession planning (Unternehmensnachfolge), mergers and acquisitions advisory, financing/capital structure optimization, and management consulting (including crisis management, strategy development, interim management, and growth advisory). The firm also offers a proprietary Quick Check diagnostic tool for rapid business health assessment and specialized funding advisory (Fördermittelberatung) for German government subsidy programs. Services are delivered through direct, partner-led engagement on bespoke project basis.

Product overview

PERICON is a management consulting boutique headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, offering a unified consulting service portfolio organized around four core areas: Unternehmensnachfolge (business succession), Mergers & Acquisitions, Finanzierung (financing), and Managementberatung (management consulting). The company was founded in 1990 and operates as a small, partnership-led team with over 35 years of experience. Rather than a modular software platform, PERICON delivers personalized advisory services through six named partners and project teams. Key sub-services include crisis management, strategy development using Balanced Scorecard methodology, interim management, growth advisory, and a Quick Check rapid assessment tool. The firm also specializes in German federal and regional funding program advisory (Fördermittelberatung). All services are delivered through direct consultant-client engagement rather than automated product delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Unternehmensnachfolge (Business Succession Advisory) Advisory services for family-internal and external business succession, including company valuation, identification of suitable successors or buyers, and end-to-end process management to transfer companies to appropriate successors. Targeted at German Mittelstand family businesses facing generational transition.
• Mergers & Acquisitions Strategic sale and acquisition of companies and business participations, including identification of buyers/sellers, full-cycle transaction support from initial interest through contract signing, and network facilitation. PERICON leverages 30+ years of M&A experience and an extensive network of buyers, sellers, and advisors.
• Finanzierung (Financing Advisory) Optimization of financing structures, intermediation of equity and debt capital, and balance sheet optimization and rating improvement for growth-oriented companies. PERICON connects SMEs with appropriate capital providers (VC, PE, banks, business angels, leasing).
• Managementberatung (Management Consulting) Comprehensive management consulting services including controlling, integrated business planning, interim management, crisis management, HR and organization, process consulting, and growth advisory. Delivered through partner-led engagements with dedicated project teams for SMEs.
• Quick Check Proprietary rapid diagnostic tool for assessing the health and fitness of small and medium-sized enterprises. The tool covers financing, market, organization, and service delivery areas, producing a consulting report with recommended immediate actions and development opportunities. Conducted as entrepreneur-to-entrepreneur discussions.
• Fördermittelberatung (Funding Advisory) Specialized advisory for German federal and regional funding programs including Digital Jetzt, ISB (Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz), and LOEWE programs for digitalization and innovation. PERICON assists SMEs in identifying and applying for relevant subsidies from approximately 1,500 available German funding programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 500 projects completed in 35+ years, with outcomes including secured company futures, preserved employee jobs, and prevented loan defaults for lenders.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bundesverband Deutscher Unternehmensberatungen (BDU) e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1995PERICON has been a member of the BDU since 1995. Ralf Presber has served as chairman of the BDU's Fachverband Unternehmensführung und Controlling (now Unternehmensführung + Marketing) and leads the GoP working group. The firm has actively contributed to BDU professional standards including the GoP planning standards, succession consulting standards, change management guide, and brand valuation standards. Multiple PERICON partners are actively engaged in BDU committees.
• Deutsche Bank Wealth ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeutsche Bank Wealth Management co-hosts the Forum Unternehmensnachfolge event series with PERICON and BETTE WESTENBERGER BRINK. The events address succession planning topics including change management, personal optimization, tax, and life balance, and serve as a client acquisition platform.
• BETTE WESTENBERGER BRINKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBETTE WESTENBERGER BRINK co-organizes the Forum Unternehmensnachfolge event series alongside PERICON and Deutsche Bank Wealth Management.
• nexxt change (BDU Regionalpartner)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPERICON participates in the BDU regional partner nexxt change initiative, offering free confidential consultations during the German Founder Week on the topic of 'Gründung durch Übernahme' (startup through acquisition).
• OG2 – Regionales Gründerzentrum & Coworking Space TaunussteinminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPERICON partnered with OG2 Regionales Gründerzentrum & Coworking Space Taunusstein to offer free startup consultation sessions as part of Gründungswoche Deutschland 2023.
• A.B.S. Global FactoringminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPERICON co-presented a project with A.B.S. Global Factoring at their first Partner Dialog event in Wiesbaden.
• Digital Jetzt (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, BMWi)minorOthersPERICON assists clients in applying for the federal 'Digital Jetzt' funding program, which provides subsidies for digital technology investments and employee digital qualification for SMEs with 3–499 employees.
• dhpg (Dr. Dorothea Hill + Partner GmbH)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUwe Stengert, co-founder of PERICON, is managing director and co-owner of dhpg in Wiesbaden. The testimonial from Uwe Stengert (Wirtschaftsprüfer, Steuerberater, Gesellschafter-Geschäftsführer) describes a longstanding collaborative relationship between PERICON and dhpg since 1990.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• h&z Unternehmensberatung: Munich-headquartered management consultancy focused on operations, supply chain, and Mittelstand transformation. Directly comparable to PERICON's management consulting and interim management offerings for German SMEs.
• Ebner Stolz: German mid-market advisory firm offering M&A, succession planning, restructuring, and management consulting — closely mirroring PERICON's four-pillar service portfolio for SME clients in the Rhein-Main and broader German Mittelstand.
• Horváth & Partners: German management consulting firm specializing in controlling, finance, and performance management — directly overlapping with PERICON's managementberatung and financing practices, and serving a similar Mittelstand client base.
• SGP Schneider Geiwitz: German restructuring and insolvency advisory firm serving Mittelstand clients. Directly comparable to PERICON's Krisenmanagement (crisis management) and restructuring practice, with a stronger focus on insolvency proceedings.
• ROI-EFESO Management Consulting: German operational excellence and value-creation consultancy focused on Mittelstand and industrial firms. Comparable to PERICON in client base and management consulting offerings, with deeper lean/operational specialization.
• Staufen AG: German operational excellence and lean management consultancy serving the Mittelstand. Comparable to PERICON in client base and full-service consulting depth, with a stronger lean/operational methodology focus.
• UNITY Consulting: German management and technology consultancy serving Mittelstand clients with strategy and transformation services. Comparable to PERICON in client segment and integrated consulting offering, with a stronger technology/Industry 4.0 orientation.
• Buchalik Brömmekamp Rechtsanwälte: German law and consulting firm specializing in Mittelstand restructuring, succession, and insolvency advisory. Comparable to PERICON in target client (family-owned SMEs) and succession/crisis service lines.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte (Germany): Big Four advisory firm with a substantial German Mittelstand practice covering M&A, restructuring, and management consulting. Overlaps with PERICON's full service portfolio but at enterprise scale with global delivery.
• Roland Berger: Major German-headquartered strategy consulting firm with a dedicated Mittelstand practice. Comparable to PERICON in targeting German family-owned SMEs and offering restructuring/M&A advisory, but at much larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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