Etage 4

Name

Etage 4

Legal name

ETAGE 4 GmbH

Website

https://etage-4.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Marketing Consulting Services (541613), Advertising Agencies (541810), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Advertising (7310), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Analytics & HR Metrics Advisory (BPACAJAK)

Keywords

• Strategy consulting
• Digital transformation
• Performance marketing
• Corporate communications
• Process optimization

Headquarters

HQ city

Bliesen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Strategy and business consulting engagements, long-term mandates as integral client partners rather than transactional project work.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

ETAGE 4 is a consulting company and agency for strategy, digitalization, and communication based in St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany. It sells long-term mandate engagements rather than discrete projects, covering strategy and business consulting, digitalization and process optimization (including AI-supported workflows), integrated on- and offline marketing, performance marketing (Google Ads, Meta, SEO, SEA), recruiting and employer branding, web development, corporate design and content, and cybersecurity services to mid-sized companies, startups, and selected verticals primarily in Saarland and the Greater Region.

Product overview

ETAGE 4 is a consulting company and agency offering a unified portfolio of strategic, digital, and communication services rather than a software product with modules. The company operates on a mandate basis (Mandate model), providing long-term partnership and co-responsibility as an integral part of client organizations. The service portfolio encompasses strategy consulting, digitization and process optimization with AI-powered workflows, integrated marketing (on- and offline), performance marketing (Google Ads, Meta, SEO, SEA), recruiting and employer branding, web development and software solutions, corporate design and content creation, and cybersecurity services. No distinct software products or named modules were identified in the available sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Anthropic, PBCcoreTechnology or IntegrationETAGE 4 uses Anthropic's AI API (Claude) to power the KI-gestützte Chatfunktion on their website. Customer messages and conversation history are transmitted to Anthropic's servers for real-time response generation. Data transfer to the USA is covered by Standard Contractual Clauses per Art. 46 GDPR. Anthropic does not use transmitted data for AI model training under their API customer terms.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Accenture (Germany): Global consulting and digital services firm with a major German Mittelstand and enterprise practice covering strategy, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and marketing. Overlaps with virtually all of ETAGE 4's service lines but at vastly larger scale.
• Jung von Matt: Major German creative and advertising agency network with digital, brand, and communications services. Overlaps with ETAGE 4's marketing, performance marketing, and corporate design offerings but operates nationally/internationally with a much broader portfolio.
• Deloitte (Germany): Global professional services firm with German consulting, digital, cybersecurity, and marketing practices serving large Mittelstand and enterprise clients. Comparable across ETAGE 4's strategy, digital, and cybersecurity offerings but at fundamentally larger scale.
• Scholz & Friends: Leading German advertising and communications agency group offering brand strategy, digital, and content services. Comparable to ETAGE 4's marketing and corporate design practices, but at significantly larger scale and broader scope.

Direct peers

• KMS Team: German agency combining brand strategy, digital, and platform delivery for Mittelstand and enterprise clients. Comparable in integrated strategy + execution model, though larger than ETAGE 4 and with a broader client mix.
• SinnerSchrader (Accenture Song): German digital agency specializing in digital strategy, experience design, and technology; now part of Accenture Song. Closely comparable to ETAGE 4 in combining strategy, digital, and marketing, though much larger and serving national/international brands.
• SYZYGY Group (GroupM): German digital agency group providing strategy, design, technology, and media services; now part of WPP/GroupM. Comparable to ETAGE 4 in consulting-led digital agency delivery, though at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Diva-e: German mid-sized digital transformation consultancy delivering strategy, software development, and digital platforms to enterprise and Mittelstand clients. Comparable to ETAGE 4 in integrated digital/services delivery, but operating at significantly larger national scale.
• UDG United Digital Group: German digital agency group offering consulting, branding, technology, and marketing services to enterprise clients. Closely comparable in full-service digital agency positioning, though larger and more geographically diversified than ETAGE 4.
• TLGG: German consultancy at the intersection of strategy, digital transformation, and communications for enterprise clients. Comparable in blending strategy with digital and communication delivery, though focused on larger German and European corporates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/etage-4

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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