Distriparts Deutschland

What Distriparts Deutschland does

Distriparts Deutschland GmbH is a German spare-parts logistics specialist and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Simon Hegele Group, operating from a 30,000 m² integrated logistics center in Uffenheim, Germany with approximately 170 employees in two-shift operation. The company provides B2B spare parts logistics alongside upstream and downstream value-added services including warehousing, order management, commissioning, inbound/outbound handling, KIT building, labeling, pre-packaging, assembling, quality control, and returns management. It complements these services with international freight forwarding covering import, export, distribution, customs clearance, and tracking & tracing, with direct delivery capability to over 30 countries including European markets, the USA, Thailand, Singapore, and South Korea. Daily operational throughput includes 830 goods receipt positions, 8,500 outbound order lines, 3,800 outbound parcels, and 200,000 return material order lines annually, supported by 68,000 pallet storage positions across integrated wide-aisle, high-bay, small-parts, and block storage formats.

The company's technology stack combines AI-supported warehouse optimization (analyzing optimal goods placement and intra-warehouse routing at regular intervals) with individually configured customer process software that exposes real-time goods, packaging, shipping, and quantity data. A cloud-based digital delivery note system using barcode and scanner workflows, launched live in January 2025 after a successful three-week pilot, replaces paper-based processes and enables simultaneous processing by multiple employees. Custom-developed apps for damage notification and empty-transport tracking extend the digital control plane across operations. All processes are recorded paperlessly and linked to KPIs, supporting transparency for both Distriparts and its customers.

The business model is sales-led and B2B, with revenue generated through managed logistics services, professional value-added services, and transaction-based freight forwarding. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, consistent with enterprise contracts requiring custom configuration and system integration. The company sells to industrial and commercial enterprises requiring spare parts logistics, with a horizontal segmentation approach across use cases (spare parts logistics and import/export processing) rather than vertical specialization. Customers are not publicly named, and the company emphasizes close integration with customer systems as a switching-cost anchor. Distriparts operates under the DISTRIPARTS Logistic Solutions brand, is led by Managing Directors Michael Wahl (since 2020) and Markus Henn (effective April 1, 2025), and was recognized as a TOP 100 Innovator in 2021.

Name

Distriparts Deutschland

Legal name

Distriparts Deutschland GmbH

Website

https://distriparts-deutschland.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Distriparts Deutschland GmbH is a German B2B spare-parts logistics specialist and Simon Hegele Group subsidiary, providing warehousing, value-added services, and freight forwarding to industrial and commercial enterprises across 30+ countries from its 30,000 m² Uffenheim facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Spare Parts Logistics Services

NAICS

Warehousing and Storage (493)

akta.pro primary industry

Spare Parts Reverse Logistics & Service Parts Returns (TLAIAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial, MRO & B2B Spare Parts Returns (TLAAALAJ)

Keywords

• Spare parts logistics
• Contract logistics
• Warehouse logistics
• Value-added logistics
• Pre-packaging services

Headquarters

HQ city

Uffenheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Logistics Services: Core logistics services including warehousing, order management, commissioning, inbound/outbound handling, and returns management for spare parts
2. Value-Added Services: Additional services such as labeling, KIT building, assembling, pre-packaging, and quality control provided alongside logistics
3. Freight Forwarding Services: Import, export, distribution, customs clearance, and tracking services for international logistics

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Distriparts Deutschland operates a spare parts logistics center that stores, pre-packages, and globally distributes replacement parts on behalf of industrial and manufacturing customers. Services include inbound goods receipt, warehousing of approximately 130,000 articles, kitting and labeling, returns processing, and outbound dispatch to more than 30 countries from its 30,000 m² facility in Uffenheim.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Noticeably reduced processing time through digital data entry during three-week test phase
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• DB Schenker: One of Europe's largest land-based logistics providers with broad contract logistics and spare-parts/supply chain solutions; competes with Distriparts on larger enterprise contracts while offering significantly broader geographic and modal coverage.
• DHL Supply Chain: World's largest contract logistics provider, with dedicated industrial, automotive, and aftersales solutions including spare-parts warehousing and returns; competes with Distriparts primarily for enterprise-scale accounts.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Global 3PL with extensive contract logistics, warehousing, and integrated value-added services across industrial sectors. Competes with Distriparts for multinational spare-parts accounts at a much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Rhenus Logistics: Germany-based global contract logistics group with warehousing, aftersales/returns, and value-added services for industrial customers; competes with Distriparts for industrial spare-parts contracts and offers comparable multi-country European coverage.
• Streck Transport: Süddeutschland-headquartered contract logistics and returns specialist offering spare-parts and industrial aftersales logistics for European OEMs — closely overlaps with Distriparts' regional service offering.
• FIEGE Logistik: German-headquartered mid-market contract logistics and 3PL provider offering warehousing, value-added services, spare-parts logistics, and returns management across Europe — directly comparable to Distriparts in service mix and customer profile.
• Logwin AG: European B2B contract logistics and transport specialist offering warehousing, returns management, and value-added services, including industrial and spare-parts flows — overlaps strongly with Distriparts' service portfolio.

Emerging players

• Wincanton (part of GXO): UK-based contract logistics specialist with industrial, spare-parts and returns operations; not a direct geographic competitor with Distriparts but offers a directly comparable service model and customer base in adjacent markets.

Regional players

• Noerpel Group: German family-owned logistics provider offering contract logistics, warehousing, and value-added services, primarily in German-speaking markets; comparable size and customer profile to Distriparts, with regional overlap in southern Germany.
• trans-o-flex: Germany-based specialist in time-sensitive B2B shipments and contract logistics with strong returns/aftersales handling; comparable in regional concentration and industrial-customer focus, though more skewed toward express transport.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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