GIGABIT

What GIGABIT does

GIGABIT (legal entity: GIGABIT IO GmbH & Co KG, headquartered in Scheßlitz near Bamberg, Germany) is an owner-managed digital solutions and software agency operating for more than 20 years. The firm is positioned as a developer-direct alternative to traditional agencies, offering peer-level collaboration ("persönlich auf Augenhöhe mit den Entwicklern") with German Mittelstand companies, market leaders (Marktführer), and trade/craft (Handwerk) businesses. Its service portfolio spans five areas: digital consulting and strategy; custom software, web and app development; e-commerce (with a Shopware6 specialization including plugin and ERP integration work); managed hosting, mail, and operations; and design and branding. GIGABIT holds deep specializations in Headless TYPO3, Shopware6 (including headless Shopware PWA), and API-first architecture using GraphQL, Nuxt.js, Vue.js, Next.js, Symfony, and API Platform, and integrates these with third-party systems such as JTL-Warenwirtschaft, Microsoft Navision, rexx HR, FL3XX (aviation), and BigBlueButton.

Beyond services, GIGABIT operates one proprietary product, rechnungsbox (rechnungsbox.io), a web-based SaaS for digital invoice management and electronic invoice (E-Rechnung) processing that captures, validates, and routes incoming invoices via email workflows. The firm manages client infrastructure on GDPR-compliant Linux/Docker stacks with managed hosting, monitoring (Icinga), and backup (Bareos) services bundled into ongoing engagements. The go-to-market is sales-led and direct, primarily through the website, SEO-optimized service pages, an online appointment-booking tool, and long-standing client referrals; pricing is not publicly disclosed and is engagement-scoped. The customer base mixes long-tenured enterprise accounts (FAI Aviation Group, medatixx with an 11+ year continuous engagement, Studierendenwerk Würzburg, cip Infocenter) with a long tail of SMBs and micro-businesses across e-commerce, healthcare, education, and craft verticals. Ownership is concentrated in a founder-controlled GmbH & Co KG structure with GIGABIT Holding GmbH as general partner and Thomas Helmrich as managing director; no external institutional investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity are documented.

Name

GIGABIT

Legal name

GIGABIT IO GmbH & Co KG

Website

https://gigabit.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GIGABIT is a 20+ year-old, owner-managed German digital agency in Bamberg that builds Headless TYPO3, Shopware6, and custom web applications for Mittelstand, market leaders, and craft businesses, and operates its own rechnungsbox e-invoicing SaaS.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Agency & Custom Software Development

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

API Development, Integration & Microservices Modernization (BPAEAFAD)

Keywords

• Custom web development
• Shopware6 e-commerce
• Headless TYPO3 CMS
• Managed hosting services
• Digital agency Germany

Headquarters

HQ city

Bamberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Digital Consulting & Strategy Services: GIGABIT sells professional services engagements for digital strategy, technical consulting, and workshop facilitation. Projects range from requirements analysis and architecture evaluation to digital roadmaps. Revenue is project-based, typically scoped per engagement with clear phases.
2. Custom Software Development: Development and digitization services including web applications, mobile apps, websites, process automation, and AI integration. Revenue is generated through fixed-scope or time-and-materials project engagements, from initial concept through to operation.
3. E-Commerce Implementation & Integration: Shopware6 store development, custom plugin development, and ERP integrations (JTL, Navision). Revenue is project-based, often including migration from legacy platforms (Shopware5 to Shopware6) and ongoing operational support.
4. Hosting & Managed IT Services: Managed web hosting, application hosting, mail hosting, email archiving, and SLA-backed server operations. Services include scalable cloud instances, load-balanced clusters, monitoring, backups, and GDPR-compliant infrastructure.
5. rechnungsbox SaaS Subscription: GIGABIT's own product: a web-based SaaS for digital e-invoice management and electronic invoice processing. The platform captures incoming invoices via email, validates them, and routes them through defined workflows. This is the company's only self-serve SaaS product offering.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GIGABIT is a digital agency that conceives, builds, and operates custom web applications, e-commerce platforms, and CMS-based digital systems for German Mittelstand, trade businesses, and market leaders. Its offering spans strategy consulting, custom development, Shopware 6 e-commerce implementation, hosting, and design, and it also operates rechnungsbox, its own SaaS for electronic invoice management.

Product overview

GIGABIT operates as a digital solutions and software company offering a portfolio of services organized around five core areas: Consulting & Strategy, Development & Digitalization, E-Commerce (Shopware6-focused), Hosting & Services, and Design & Branding. Their primary offering is custom web systems, websites, applications, and e-commerce solutions built for crafts businesses, mid-market companies, and market leaders. The sole named product in their portfolio is rechnungsbox, a SaaS solution for digital invoice management and E-Rechnung processing that GIGABIT developed to help companies comply with electronic invoice requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• rechnungsbox: A web-based SaaS solution for digital invoice management and e-invoice processing, developed and owned by GIGABIT.

Products and services

• rechnungsbox
• GIGABIT Hosting & Managed IT Services Managed hosting and IT operations services including web hosting, shop hosting, mail hosting, email archiving, scalable cloud instances, load-balanced clusters, monitoring, backups, and SLA-backed server operations on GDPR-compliant infrastructure. Sold to existing project clients and to companies seeking standalone managed IT infrastructure.
• Shopware 6 E-Commerce Implementation End-to-end Shopware 6 e-commerce implementation service covering custom store development, plugin engineering, headless Shopware PWA implementations, ERP (JTL, Navision) integration, and migration from legacy platforms such as Shopware 5. Targeted at retail and trade businesses needing scalable online shops with integrated business processes.
• Digital Consulting & Strategy Services Project-based consulting engagements including workshops, requirements analysis, technical architecture evaluation, and digital roadmap definition. Sold to companies beginning digital initiatives or reassessing their existing technology landscape.
• Custom Software & Web Development Services Custom development engagements covering individual web applications, websites, mobile apps, process automation, and AI/KI integration, executed as fixed-scope or time-and-materials projects from concept through operation. Targeted at companies needing bespoke digital systems and integrations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Many clients have maintained partnerships with GIGABIT for over 20 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FL3XXcoreTechnology or IntegrationFL3XX is integrated into the FAI Aviation Group platform via API connection. GIGABIT implemented the FL3XX API to enable digital charter flight inquiries directly from the website, replacing manual request handling with automated process routing to existing FAI systems.
• OX.11minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOX.11 is a design agency that collaborated with GIGABIT on the FAI Aviation Group project, providing layout and user guidance design. OX.11 also worked with GIGABIT on the Bankai Architekten website project, delivering concept and design.
• medatixx (Design Agency)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGIGABIT worked closely with an external design agency commissioned by medatixx for the website relaunch. GIGABIT handled technical implementation, system integration, and ongoing development while design decisions were jointly made with the customer and design agency.
• jacorminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partnerjacor is a digital agency that initiated and conceptually accompanied the Main Möbel and Zaundirekt Shopware6 projects. jacor handled concept, design, and SEO/SEA strategy, while GIGABIT performed technical implementation.
• BigBlueButtoncoreTechnology or IntegrationBigBlueButton is used as the video conferencing solution for the erica gilb AKADEMIEN seminar management system. GIGABIT configures, operates, and technically manages the BigBlueButton server integrated into the platform for online seminar delivery.
• rexx HR-SystemscoreTechnology or Integrationrexx HR-Systems is integrated into the medatixx Karriere platform via reverse proxy. Job listings remain managed in the rexx HR system and are displayed within the GIGABIT-built career site, enabling seamless HR workflow integration.
• FrameGroupminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFrameGroup prepared the concept for the Zahn von Hand project. GIGABIT executed the design and technical implementation based on FrameGroup's specifications.
• JTL-WarenwirtschaftcoreTechnology or IntegrationJTL is an ERP/warenwirtschaft system integrated with Shopware6 stores for multiple clients (Main Möbel, Zaundirekt, Bürsten Nickles). GIGABIT implements and manages these integrations, enabling automated inventory, order, and process synchronization.
• Microsoft Navision (ERP)coreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft Navision ERP is integrated with the volksboden Shopware6 headless shop via a custom-developed interface developed by GIGABIT. Product data and business processes are synchronized across systems.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AOE GmbH: German full-service digital agency focused on web and enterprise application development using open-source stacks (TYPO3, Symfony, API-first architectures) — matches GIGABIT's technology stack and enterprise delivery model.
• dkd Internet Service GmbH: Frankfurt-based German digital agency with deep TYPO3 CMS expertise and custom web/e-commerce development — overlaps with GIGABIT on TYPO3 specialization and German Mittelstand/enterprise engagements.
• //SEIBERT MEDIA GmbH: Long-established German digital agency specializing in TYPO3, web development, and Atlassian-based enterprise collaboration solutions — directly comparable TYPO3 focus and Mittelstand/enterprise client base to GIGABIT.
• LUKA NETWORKS GmbH: German digital agency with TYPO3, Shopware and custom web development offerings serving SMB and mid-market German clients — directly comparable TYPO3/Shopware agency profile.

Regional players

• Hetzner Online GmbH: German hosting and infrastructure provider operating under strict data-protection/GDPR norms — alternative/supplier to GIGABIT's managed hosting service line; comparable DACH-rooted host with similar GDPR-compliant positioning.

Others

• Shopware AG: German vendor of the Shopware 6 e-commerce platform on which GIGABIT builds merchant implementations — ecosystem partner/platform relationship rather than direct competitor; comparable through Shopware Premium Partner channel.

Broad incumbents

• Lexoffice (Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG): Established German SMB cloud accounting/invoicing platform with e-invoice capabilities — comparable incumbent competing for the same German Mittelstand compliance-budget spend as rechnungsbox.
• nexum AG: Larger Cologne-based German digital agency offering strategy, e-commerce, content and platform services for enterprise brands — broader portfolio with overlapping TYPO3/e-commerce capabilities versus GIGABIT.

Emerging players

• sevDesk GmbH: German cloud accounting/invoicing SaaS including e-invoicing workflows, addressing similar SMB compliance needs to GIGABIT's rechnungsbox product — comparable on the e-invoice/government mandate angle.
• Candis GmbH: Berlin-based AI-driven invoice processing and accounting automation SaaS — overlapping use case (automated invoice capture, validation, workflow routing) with rechnungsbox.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gigabitgmbh

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 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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