Agro Treuhand Thurgau

What Agro Treuhand Thurgau does

Agro Treuhand Thurgau AG (ATT) is a privately held Swiss Aktiengesellschaft headquartered in Weinfelden, Canton of Thurgau, providing trust, tax, and business consulting services primarily to the agricultural sector. Founded in 1975 as the Thurgauische Landwirtschaftliche Buchstelle (TLB) and incorporated under its current name in 2000, the firm employs 17-18 staff and operates as a cantonal specialist for agricultural bookkeeping, tax declarations, VAT settlements, payroll administration, succession planning, and tax planning. ATT also provides installation and ongoing support for agricultural accounting software, distributing four third-party platforms to its clients: A-TWIN.Cash 2.0 (a web-based, collaborative application developed by Agro-Twin AG), AgroOffice, PiNUS, and WinBIZ Agro. The firm is customer-majority-owned, and its board is composed of active farmers and representatives of the Verband Thurgauer Landwirtschaft (VTL) and the Bildungs- und Beratungszentrum Arenenberg, aligning strategic oversight with the agricultural community it serves.

Revenue is generated through a hybrid model combining recurring trust/bookkeeping engagements with project-based tax and consulting fees, priced on a quote-based, multi-year basis with no public fee schedule. Go-to-market is direct and community-led: services are delivered via personal appointments at the Weinfelden office, phone consultations, and a Citrix-based customer portal (AT Thurgau Portal), with referrals originating primarily from the board's network within the Thurgau farming community. Outreach is supplemented by an email newsletter and annual general meetings that drew roughly 400 attendees at the 2025 50th anniversary. The firm holds ISO 9001 certification (6th successful re-certification in spring 2026), is a member of the Treuland industry association, and has strategic referral partnerships with VTL and GLIB.

Geographic reach is concentrated in the Canton of Thurgau with some Eastern Switzerland spillover, and there is no evidence of multi-canton expansion, external institutional ownership, disclosed funding, M&A activity, or subsidiaries. Technology infrastructure is built around third-party agricultural accounting platforms rather than proprietary software, and no AI/ML capabilities are evident in the firm's product, hiring, or partnership profile. The company's competitive position is anchored by deep regulatory expertise in agricultural taxation, fifty years of operating history, and the captive distribution effect of its farmer-led board and VTL affiliation.

Name

Agro Treuhand Thurgau

Legal name

Agro Treuhand Thurgau AG

Website

https://atthurgau.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Agro Treuhand Thurgau AG is a Swiss agricultural trust and tax consulting firm in Weinfelden that provides bookkeeping, tax declarations, VAT settlements, and business consulting to farming operations and small enterprises in the Canton of Thurgau, with 17-18 staff and customer-majority ownership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Trust Services

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Farm Finance, Input Procurement & Risk Tools (Budgeting, Inventory, Insurance Links) (AFAAAFAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Farm Management & Decision Support Software (FMIS, ERP, Recordkeeping) (AFAGALAA), Fixed Assets Accounting (Capitalization, Depreciation, Asset Register) (BPAAAGAF), Yield Optimization & Crop Performance Consulting (AFACABAC), Carbon, Sustainability & Farm Certification Support (Agro-Environmental Advisory) (AFACABAL)

Keywords

• Agricultural trust services
• Farm bookkeeping
• Agricultural tax consulting
• VAT settlement services
• Farm business consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Weinfelden

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Trust/Bookkeeping Services: Core revenue stream from providing bookkeeping, accounting, and administrative services to agricultural and small/medium business clients.
2. Tax Declaration Services: Tax filing and declaration services for agricultural businesses including VAT settlements.
3. Business Consulting: Advisory services including succession planning, tax planning, and business establishment support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Agro Treuhand Thurgau AG is a customer-owned Swiss trust firm providing bookkeeping, tax declaration, VAT settlement, payroll administration, and business consulting services specifically to agricultural operations and small/medium enterprises in Canton Thurgau. The company also acts as a distributor and support provider for specialized agricultural accounting software (A-TWIN.Cash 2.0, AgroOffice, PiNUS, WinBIZ Agro), guiding customers in selecting and operating the optimal accounting platform for their farming business.

Product overview

Agro Treuhand Thurgau is a KMU trust company focused on agriculture in the Canton of Thurgau, offering both services and specialized software products. Their software portfolio includes four accounting solutions: A-TWIN.Cash 2.0 (a modern web-based application enabling collaborative online access between clients and trust accountants), AgroOffice and PiNUS (both providing e-banking, invoicing, and payroll capabilities), and WinBIZ Agro (a comprehensive business management suite). Alongside their software offerings, they provide traditional trust services (bookkeeping, tax declarations, VAT), business consulting (succession planning, tax planning, company formation), and customer software support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Treuhand (Trust Services) Comprehensive trust services including bookkeeping, tax declarations, VAT settlements, and personnel administration support for agricultural clients and small businesses in Canton Thurgau.
• Unternehmensberatung (Business Consulting)

Quantifiable outcome

• Cantonally leading position as service provider for agricultural businesses

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Treuland (Verband Treuland)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAffiliation with Treuland association, shown as company membership. The association provides access to industry resources, training courses for employees, and professional development programs including Sachbearbeiter/-in Treuhand and Treuhänder/-in with eidg. Fachausweis certifications.
• PROVIDA Wirtschaftsprüfung AGminorOthersExternal audit firm retained as statutory auditor, repeatedly elected at General Meetings since at least 2023.
• GLIB (Genossenschaft für landwirtschaftliche Investitionskredite und Betriebshilfen)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the Thurgau cooperative for agricultural investment credits and business support loans. ATT refers customers to GLIB for investment credits on construction measures and collaborates to support customers optimally in this area.
• Verband Thurgauer Landwirtschaft (VTL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with the Thurgau Agricultural Association. VTL representatives serve on ATT's board of directors, ensuring practical proximity to agriculture. VTL provides referrals and specialized agricultural expertise. The company also advises members on insurance protection matters related to VTL.
• Agro-Twin AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for A-TWIN.Cash 2.0 web application and WinBIZ Agro products. Provides specialized agricultural accounting software to ATT customers with online real-time access capabilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Treuland: Swiss association/network of independent fiduciary firms serving SMEs and agriculture. ATT is a member of Treuland; peers include other cantonal member firms such as Treuhand Thurgau, Treuhand Bern, and Treuhand Aargau with the same agriculture-specialized fiduciary offering.
• fenaco: Swiss agricultural cooperative conglomerate providing inputs, production, retail and digital farm services. Operates a broad ag-services platform that interfaces with the same farmer customers ATT serves; increasingly a competitor for advisory/R&D spend.
• BDO Switzerland (BDO Visura): Major Swiss audit and advisory firm with an agricultural sector practice serving SMEs and farmer cooperatives; competes for the same tax, succession, and audit work but at large scale and across cantons.

Emerging players

• Bexio: Cloud-native Swiss SMB accounting and invoicing SaaS that increasingly targets micro-businesses and farms. Competes for the same bookkeeping-engagement wedge where ATT currently bills manual hours.
• Kuhn Rikon / AgroCoach style ag-tech players: Swiss farm-management and digital agronomy tools that increasingly bundle bookkeeping or financial-decision support; competes for farmer wallet and reduces time spent on conventional bookkeeping.

Others

• Treuhandverband / EXPERTsuisse: Swiss fiduciary and audit professional body; ATT operates in their regulatory and training ecosystem through Treuland membership, comparable indirectly as governance/training framework.
• Hochdorf Holding / UFA-Revue ecosystem: Agricultural media and advisory ecosystem that delivers farmer-facing education and advisory services; adjacent competitor for advisory attention and a channel partner for ATT content.
• Agro-Twin AG: Technology partner that develops A-TWIN.Cash 2.0 and WinBIZ Agro. Closely adjacent because it sells similar functionality directly to farms through third-party fiduciaries, competing indirectly for the same farmer wallet (software spend vs. trust fees).

Direct peers

• Landwirtschaftlicher Buchführungsverband (LBV) – cantonal chapters: Swiss cantonal bookkeeping associations that perform farm financial closures and tax filings for members; the most direct functional analog to ATT in non-Thurgau cantons.
• Agridea: Swiss agricultural advisory and extension service operating across cantons; comparable in providing agricultural-sector consulting, training, and decision-support tools, though with a non-profit/mandate orientation rather than fiduciary services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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