What KID Magdeburg does

KID Magdeburg (legal name: Kommunale Informationsdienste Magdeburg GmbH) is a municipal IT service provider headquartered in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, operating since 1999 with 51-100 employees. The company is publicly owned, with shareholders including the state capital Magdeburg (Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg) and other municipalities through the Kommunale IT-UNION eG (KITU) cooperative. KID serves primarily municipalities, cities, and counties in Saxony-Anhalt as well as public-sector associations and companies, positioning itself as the leading regional municipal IT service provider.

The company's product portfolio spans specialized municipal software, digital committee management, enterprise content management, online citizen services, and managed IT infrastructure. Core offerings include the VOIS platform (covering resident registration, business licensing, driving license services, fee cash desk, and parking permits), newsystem kommunal for financial management (Axians Infoma), PAISYadvanced for HR/payroll (ADP), EurOwiG for regulatory offense management, KITA-PORTAL for daycare management, OSCI-Infrastruktur/KID Intermediär for secure electronic data exchange, and Mandatos/SessionNet for digital committee work. Underlying infrastructure comprises an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified data center providing managed hosting, application service providing, and IT outsourcing.

KID's revenue model combines managed services (recurring fees for data center operations and hosting), professional services (project-based consulting), subscription/recurring revenue (specialized software licensing and support), and transaction fees (IT procurement through EU-compliant framework agreements). Go-to-market is direct municipal sales supplemented by the KITU cooperative distribution channel (66+ member municipalities), strategic partnerships (notably with ITEBO for the OpenR@thaus OZG service portal), and industry association memberships (VITAKO, ProVitako). Notable scale includes OSCI infrastructure operation for 60+ registration authorities representing over 60% of Saxony-Anhalt's population, processing 2,500+ daily messages.

Name

KID Magdeburg

Legal name

Kommunale Informationsdienste Magdeburg GmbH

Website

https://kid-magdeburg.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

KID Magdeburg is a municipal-owned IT service provider in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, offering data center operations, specialized municipal software (VOIS, newsystem, PAISY, EurOwiG, OSCI), digital committee tools, and IT procurement to cities, counties, and public-sector organizations across the state.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal IT Services

NAICS

Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

ITSM Platform Implementation & Administration (ServiceNow/JSM/BMC/etc.) (BPAEAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Student Information Systems (SIS) Administration & Data Management (Non-EdTech Ops) (EDAEALAC)

Keywords

• Municipal IT services
• Public sector software
• Data center hosting
• E-government solutions
• IT consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Magdeburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Managed IT Services & Data Center Operations: KID operates a certified data center providing managed hosting, application service providing (ASP), and infrastructure outsourcing to municipal clients. Revenue is generated through recurring service fees for data center operations, server hosting, and managed IT services.
2. Professional IT Consulting Services: Organizational and consulting services including strategy consulting, process consulting, system development, and concept development. Consulting services are billed according to project progress.
3. Municipal Specialized Software (Fachverfahren): Licensing and support for specialized municipal software including financial management (Axians Infoma newsystem), civil registration (VOIS/MESO), human resources/payroll (PAISY), youth and social services (OPEN/PROSOZ, OK.JUG), and regulatory offense management (EurOwiG).
4. IT Procurement & Framework Agreements: Joint procurement services for IT equipment through EU-compliant tendering processes. KITU members can procure IT services and supplies directly through framework agreements established by KID.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

KID Magdeburg delivers municipal IT services from an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified data center, including managed hosting, application service providing (ASP), and outsourcing for municipal clients in Saxony-Anhalt. The company licenses and supports specialized municipal software (financial management, civil registration, payroll, social/youth services, administrative offenses) and operates secure communication infrastructure (OSCI/KID Intermediär) serving over 60% of Saxony-Anhalt's population. Additional offerings include IT consulting, IT procurement framework agreements, electronic locking systems, print/copy concepts, and digital school IT transformation services.

Product overview

KID Magdeburg (Kommunale Informationsdienste Magdeburg GmbH) operates as a municipal IT service provider for Saxony-Anhalt, offering a comprehensive portfolio of specialized software solutions and IT services. The core product portfolio includes digital committee management tools (Mandatos, Session/SessionNet), enterprise content management (ELO ECM Suite, iKISS), online citizen services (Antragsmanagement 4.0), and municipal specialized procedures on the VOIS platform (VOIS I MESO, GESO, FSM, GEKA, PAM). The VOIS platform serves as an integrated buildbox system for registration, business licensing, and driving license services. Additional specialized municipal software includes newsystem kommunal for financial management, PAISYadvanced for HR/payroll, KITA-PORTAL for daycare management, EurOwiG for administrative offense processing, and OSCI-Infrastruktur for secure electronic communication. Supporting services encompass certified data center operations, application service providing, hosting, business process outsourcing, system and network services, consulting, electronic locking systems, printing concepts, IT procurement, and digital school transformation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mandatos Complete solution for digital committee work enabling collaboration among committee members, decision-makers and political stakeholders, with offline capability, secure local document management, version control, team collaboration, and full-text search; intended for municipal councils and political bodies.
• Session / SessionNet Council information system providing a comprehensive toolkit for session management processes including template processing, session planning, execution, follow-up, resolution control, expense compensation, and online information services for intranet, extranet and internet use; for municipal councils and political bodies.
• ELO ECM Suite / ELOenterprise Enterprise Content Management platform providing digital archiving, document management, and process management as a unified information, communication and control platform for organizations.
• iKISS Enterprise Content Management System developed by Advantic Systemhaus GmbH, established as standard software in the government sector for eGovernment projects ranging from virtual citizen offices to district or regional portals; modular structure with easy operability.
• Antragsmanagement 4.0 (Online-Bürgerdienste) Application management system enabling municipalities and districts in Saxony-Anhalt to provide complete administrative services online, combining intelligent application assistants with online authentication (e.g., bundID or eID function of ID card) and online payment procedures.
• VOIS Plattform Modular platform/buildbox system for integrating various specialized municipal procedures from resident registration through business licensing to driving license services; serves as software and organizational integration platform for municipal administration.
• newsystem kommunal (Axians Infoma) Double-entry municipal financial system for Saxony-Anhalt providing integrated financial software including budget management, accounting, assets and controlling modules.
• PAISYadvanced (ADP) HR and payroll system specialized for public service covering TVöD, TV-SuE and salary regulations with electronic reporting procedures (DEUV, ELStAM, EEL, AAG) and real-time data processing; for companies and institutions of all industries, tariffs and sizes.
• KITA-PORTAL Internet platform for transparent allocation of daycare spots, contract management, and capacity planning, including parent and administration portals for daycares, providers, municipalities and youth offices.
• OPEN/PROSOZ Software solution for the social and youth sector in municipal administration.
• OK.JUG Software solution for the youth sector in municipal administration.
• EurOwiG® Ordnungswidrigkeiten Comprehensive solution for processing all cases of general administrative offenses with extensive case processing options, integrated text templates, paperless electronic file management, and interfaces to cash systems; registered trademark of KID.
• OSCI-Infrastruktur / KID Intermediär Secure electronic communication infrastructure based on the OSCI-Transport standard for data exchange in insecure networks using XÖV content data standards; operates mailboxes for 60 registration authorities in Saxony-Anhalt representing over 60% of the population.
• Meldeportal Portal for registration offices provided through KITU, offering simple civil register information and authority information available 24/7 independent of municipal office hours.
• Rechenzentrum (Data Center Services) Certified data center operations (ISO/IEC 27001:2022) providing modern information processing capabilities including server hosting, application services and printing peripherals for municipal clients.
• Application Service Providing (ASP) Provision of access to applications on various platforms with software licenses and hardware rented for a defined period, including ensured data security, availability, software maintenance, and monitored batch processing.
• Hosting Outsourcing of IT solutions connecting mainframes or servers to client workstations, including consulting, support and maintenance with security against unauthorized access and data backup.
• Geschäftsprozessübernahme (Business Process Outsourcing) Taking over administrative tasks ranging from simple office technical services (archiving, document processing) to accounting services (debtor, creditor and cost accounting, annual financial statements, cost accounting and controlling) and HR management.
• System- und Netzleistungen (System and Network Services) Platform consulting from platform selection to network architecture, realization and support of networks with all components, including experience with Microsoft and Unix servers with thousands of clients.
• Consulting Organizational and consulting services including strategic consulting, process consulting, system development and concept development, with project-based billing for holistic optimization of business processes.
• Elektronische Schließsysteme (Electronic Locking Systems) Electronic locking systems based on framework contracts following EU-wide tender, with optional comprehensive needs analysis, deinstallation of old devices, documentation, training and support.
• Druck- und Kopierkonzept (Print and Copy Concept) Supply of printing and copying equipment based on framework contracts following EU-wide tender, with optional needs analysis and subsequent conception for consolidation of all print systems.
• IT-Beschaffung (IT Procurement) IT procurement services ensuring needs-based and economical supply of IT services through structured demand capture and economically optimized purchasing in tendering procedures, leveraging framework agreements available to KITU members.
• Schul-IT (School IT) Digital school transformation services delivered jointly by KID and KITU, including needs analysis, IT infrastructure concepts, equipment standards for school types, individual cost planning, school equipment, training and maintenance contracts.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% of Saxony-Anhalt population covered by OSCI registration authority infrastructure
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ITEBO UnternehmensgruppecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 August 2024Strategic cooperation focused on the OpenR@thaus service portal for OZG (Online Access Act) implementation in Saxony-Anhalt. KID serves as the fourth cooperation partner (after SIS/KSM Schwerin and nextgov IT Aachen) for development and operation of the portal. Five joint projects are already underway with ITEBO and municipalities to strengthen digital administrative services in the region.
• Kommunale IT-UNION eG (KITU)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKITU is a cooperative of municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt of which KID is a member and shareholder. KITU provides framework agreements and collective procurement arrangements that allow member municipalities to access KID's IT services. KITU has 66+ member municipalities. KID is one of the leading municipal IT service providers in Saxony-Anhalt under the KITU umbrella.
• Bechtle GmbH - IT-Systemhaus MagdeburgminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIT system house partner providing DMS (Document Management System) project support for KITU members under EU-wide procurement framework agreements.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• KDO (Kommunale Datenverarbeitung Oldenburg): Municipal IT service provider for Lower Saxony municipalities, offering data center services, municipal software (including newsystem kommunal, which KID also resells), and e-government platforms.
• Zweckverband Kommunale Informationsverarbeitung Sachsen-Anhalt (KID/KITU peer): KITU cooperative itself — the Kommunale IT-UNION eG framework through which KID distributes services. Functions as a peer governance/distribution structure rather than just a customer channel.
• regio iT: Municipal IT service provider in the Aachen region of NRW, offering data center, ECM, and municipal software solutions. Direct regional peer with overlapping service offerings and public-sector ownership.
• AKDB (Anstalt für Kommunale Datenverarbeitung in Bayern): Largest municipal IT service provider in Germany, serving Bavarian municipalities with data center, Fachverfahren, and e-government services. Directly comparable to KID as a regional municipal IT Zweckverband/Anstalt with similar service portfolio and public-sector ownership model.
• KISA (Kommunale Informationsverarbeitung Sachsen): Saxon municipal IT service provider serving municipalities in Saxony with data center operations, Fachverfahren, and OZG implementation services. Geographic neighbor with near-identical service portfolio to KID.
• KDVZ Citkomm: Municipal data center for municipalities and districts in NRW, providing IT services, hosting, and municipal software. Comparable regional municipal IT service provider serving a similar public-sector customer base.
• SIS - Schweriner IT- und Servicegesellschaft mbH (KSM): Municipal IT service provider in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, partner with KID on OpenR@thaus. Provides comparable municipal e-government and Fachverfahren services in another eastern German state.
• KGRZ Hessen: Municipal IT service provider for Hessian municipalities offering data center operations, Fachverfahren, and e-government solutions. Closely matches KID's municipal-owned, regional IT service provider model.
• ITEBO Unternehmensgruppe: IT service group for municipalities in Lower Saxony, providing data center, ERP, and digital administration solutions. Both partner and direct competitor to KID via the OpenR@thaus service portal cooperation.
• nextgov IT Aachen: E-government specialist working on the OpenR@thaus portal alongside KID. Provides comparable portal/automation services for municipal administrations, representing a focused e-government peer rather than a full-stack IT provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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