BEC

What BEC does

BEC GmbH & Co. KG is a privately held German software company founded in 1990, headquartered in Elmenhorst near Rostock. It develops custom, database-driven administrative software for German public-sector clients, with a portfolio concentrated on case processing systems for disability law (Schwerbehindertenrecht/SchwbG) deployed across multiple federal states: DiVerS/DiVerSweb for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1995/2011), OSAV/OSAVweb for Berlin (1996/2012), SDS/SDSweb for Lower Saxony (1997/2014), ELVIS/ELVISweb for Saxony-Anhalt (2002/2012), and SchwbG Thür for Thuringia (2003). Adjacent products include SoFa (special transportation service processing for Berlin), LIMS (laboratory information and management system, 1993), and document archiving systems. The technology stack relies on object-oriented databases, client-server architecture, and web-based applications running on UNIX and Windows environments, with integrations into OpenOffice (expert report management) and Citrix (remote access for inter-agency assistance).

The business model combines custom software development with recurring maintenance and support contracts (Wartungsverträge), with engagements covering the full project lifecycle from consulting and requirements analysis through implementation, training, and ongoing service. Customers are exclusively German public administration bodies — primarily state-level offices for health and social affairs, plus the federal Bundespolizei for medical records archiving — accessed through direct enterprise field sales and public procurement channels. Active case volumes per installation range from 30,000 (SoFa/Berlin) to 1.3 million (SDSweb/Lower Saxony), reflecting long-tenured, deeply embedded deployments with significant switching costs.

The company is led by two managing directors, Dipl.-Ing. Kirsten Jeske and Dipl.-Math. Jörg Sonnenberger, and operates with 11-50 employees. It is a founder/management-owned limited partnership (GmbH & Co. KG) with no disclosed external investors, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity. The firm has historically operated as a stable, niche-domain specialist rather than a growth-oriented software vendor.

Name

BEC

Legal name

BEC GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://bec.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BEC GmbH & Co. KG develops custom database-driven case processing software for German public administration, specializing in disability law (Schwerbehindertenrecht) systems deployed across five federal states plus federal police medical archiving. Founded 1990, founder-owned, 11-50 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal Practice Management & Case Management (BPAEAPAC)

Keywords

• Public administration software
• Case management systems
• Disability law software
• Document archiving solutions
• Laboratory information systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Elmenhorst

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development: Development of custom database-based software applications for public administration and business sector. Full project lifecycle including consulting, planning, development, implementation, training, and maintenance.
2. Software Maintenance and Support: Ongoing software maintenance, hotline support, and service/wartung contracts (Wartungsverträge) providing guaranteed availability windows.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

BEC GmbH & Co. KG develops custom database-driven case processing software (Vorgangsbearbeitung) for German public administration, with deep specialization in disability law (Schwerbehindertenrecht/SchwbG), blind/deaf allowance law, special transport services, laboratory information management, and document archiving. The company delivers full project lifecycle services including consulting, planning, development, implementation, training, and ongoing maintenance/support contracts to state and federal government clients across multiple German states.

Product overview

BEC GmbH & Co. KG is a software company specializing in database-driven administration software for public sector clients since 1991. The product portfolio centers on case processing systems for disability law (Schwerbehindertenrecht) deployed across multiple German states: DiVerS/DiVerSweb for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, OSAV/OSAVweb for Berlin, SDS/SDSweb for Niedersachsen, ELVIS/ELVISweb for Sachsen-Anhalt, and SchwbG Thür for Thuringen. These systems handle case management, document processing, statistics, and electronic archiving. Additional products include LIMS (Laboratory Information and Management System) and document archiving solutions. The company operates on UNIX/Windows environments using object-oriented databases and client-server architectures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DiVerS/DiVerSweb Case processing system for Schwerbehindertenrecht (disability law) deployed for the State Office for Health and Social Affairs Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Handles case management, document creation, payment processing, expert report management, statistics, and electronic archiving for state disability offices, serving ~130 clients across four regional offices with 200,000 active cases.
• OSAV/OSAVweb Case processing system for disability law for the State Office for Health and Social Affairs Berlin. Features fault-tolerant architecture, electronic file management, statistics, and integration with the special transportation services (SoFa) system for individuals with 'T' designation, supporting 650,000 active cases.
• SDS/SDSweb Case processing system for the Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family. Multi-server architecture across seven regional servers serving ~450 clients with 1.3 million active cases covering disability cases, juvenile labor protection billing, and value mark processing for the entire state.
• ELVIS/ELVISweb Case processing system for blind and deaf allowance law for the Landesverwaltungsamt Sachsen-Anhalt. Deployed across Halle and Magdeburg offices with 500,000 cases; includes electronic integration with SGB IX procedures and online access for external experts.
• SchwbG Thür Case processing system for disability law (SchwbG) for the State of Thüringen, deployed across 23 municipalities with centralized LINUX server and municipal-specific access control, handling 375,000 cases.
• SoFa (Sonderfahrdienst) Special transportation service management system for Berlin, including billing, collection of user co-payments, taxi cost reimbursement, and dunning procedures. Handles 30,000 cases and integrates with OSAV for individuals with 'T' designation.
• LIMS (Labor-Informations- und Managementsystem) Laboratory Information and Management System with object-oriented database, client/server architecture, measurement archiving, statistical/graphical evaluations, automatic document creation, and 15-year audit-compliant revision-secure archived storage.
• Bundespolizei Archivierungsprojekt Document archiving system for medical records of the Federal Police (Bundespolizei) under the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Includes high-performance scanner integration, automatic barcode indexing, and 15-year long-term CD-based document storage for the federal police's medical and welfare service.

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AKDB (Anstalt für Kommunale Datenverarbeitung in Bayern): Provides software and IT services for Bavarian municipalities, including social welfare and disability administration modules, competing head-to-head with BEC for state-level public administration case-processing contracts.
• Prosoz Herten GmbH: German vendor specializing in software for social administration, including Schwerbehindertenrecht and SGB IX case processing for municipalities and state agencies — the closest direct competitor to BEC's core disability-law case management offering.
• H&D International GmbH: German vendor of social welfare and case management software for public administrations, with overlapping coverage of SGB IX / Schwerbehindertenrecht workflows comparable to BEC's SchwbG systems.

Broad incumbents

• Dataport: IT service provider for multiple northern German states (Hamburg, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen-Anhalt). Competes broadly for state IT modernization mandates that BEC targets with its specialized case-processing products.
• msg systems AG: Large German IT services firm with a public-sector practice covering social insurance, public administration, and government case management — a broader competitor that can displace niche vendors like BEC in state framework agreements.
• adesso SE: German IT services group with a public-sector business line that bids for state-level digitization projects, including social administration platforms overlapping with BEC's footprint.

Emerging players

• ceyoniq (nscale Group): German vendor focused on document management, eAkte (electronic file), and information governance for public administration — adjacent to BEC's archiving and document-creation capabilities within the same public-sector buyer base.

Regional players

• KIV Thüringen (Kommunale Informationsverarbeitung Thüringen): Municipal IT service provider for Thuringia municipalities; competes in the same German state where BEC operates SchwbG Thür and represents a regional alternative for public-administration case processing.
• IT.NRW: State IT provider for North Rhine-Westphalia, offering software and services for state agencies including social administration — a comparable regional public-sector IT model against which BEC competes for state framework agreements.
• KID Brandenburg (Kommunale IT-Dienstleister): Regional IT services provider for Brandenburg municipalities and administrations, comparable in scope to BEC's state-level public-sector engagements in eastern Germany.

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

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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