b-k-p Consulting

What b-k-p Consulting does

b-k-p Consulting GmbH is an owner-managed management consultancy founded in 2000 and headquartered in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, with operations also in Austria. The firm specializes in organizational and process optimization, with a core methodology rooted in Lean Management, including Kaizen/KVP, 5S, value stream analysis (Wertstromanalyse), and Shopfloor Management. It serves both German Mittelstand mid-market companies and large enterprises across manufacturing-intensive verticals such as automotive, logistics, FMCG, chemicals, mechanical engineering, energy, and increasingly pharmaceutical and ESG advisory engagements.

The service portfolio is structured as a three-tier funnel: a free 30-minute 1st Call consultation, a fixed-price Lean-Check engagement (9,999 EUR, one week on-site, two consultants, with a money-back guarantee), and individually scoped multi-month or multi-year consulting programs. Beyond Lean implementation, the firm offers transformation consulting, business succession advisory, restructuring, business recovery, change management, cultural change, and ESG/sustainability advisory. Distribution is purely direct: on-site consulting delivered by senior practitioners, with content marketing and SEO as the primary lead-generation channels. The firm has completed 750+ projects and holds the TOP Consultant / Berater des Jahres award in both 2019 and 2024 (1st place, size class B).

The business model is straightforward professional services revenue: time-and-materials or fixed-price consulting fees, with a success-based compensation component on certain engagements. Headcount sits in the 11-50 band, with 35+ senior consultants in Germany and Austria. The company is privately held with no external funding, no subsidiaries, no disclosed acquisitions, and no parent entity, and is led by managing directors Thomas Kremer (Germany), Jochen Buchele, and Helmut Schrenk (Austria).

Name

b-k-p Consulting

Legal name

b-k-p Consulting GmbH

Website

https://b-k-p.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

b-k-p Consulting is a German owner-managed management consultancy specializing in Lean Management, organizational and process optimization, and transformation advisory. It serves Mittelstand and large enterprises across manufacturing, automotive, logistics, and pharmaceutical verticals, primarily in the DACH region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Organization Design & Operating Model Consulting (BPAHAGAB)

Keywords

• Lean management consulting
• Process optimization services
• Operational restructuring advisory
• Organizational transformation consulting
• Change management consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Königstein Im Taunus

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Lean-Check: Fixed-price consulting package: 9.999 EUR for one-week intensive on-site engagement with two consultants. Includes analysis, optimization recommendations, and action plan with money-back guarantee if not satisfied within first three days.
2. Individual Consulting Projects: Custom-tailored consulting programs priced upon request. Encompasses deep process analysis, weakness evaluation, customized optimization measures, individual KPI definition, and sustained implementation support.
3. Success-Based Compensation: Alongside base compensation, company links fees to project success. This performance-based component aligns consultant and client interests.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

b-k-p Consulting delivers hands-on management consulting focused on Lean Management, organizational and process optimization, and operational restructuring for mid-sized and large companies in DACH. The core commercial offering is structured in three tiers: a free initial 30-minute consultation, a fixed-price one-week Lean-Check (EUR 9,999) with money-back guarantee delivered by two senior consultants on client premises, and individually tailored multi-week to multi-year consulting programs addressing process analysis, KPI definition, implementation, and sustainable change.

Product overview

b-k-p Consulting is a management consulting firm offering a unified advisory service portfolio built around lean management, organizational optimization, and transformation consulting. The core offering is structured as a three-tier service progression: (1) a free 30-minute 1st Call consultation, (2) the fee-based Lean-Check (9,999 EUR, one-week on-site engagement with a money-back guarantee), and (3) Individuelle Lean-Projekte (custom consulting programs). These are complemented by specialized consulting services including Transformation Consulting (Transformationsberatung), Business Succession Advisory (Unternehmensnachfolge), Business Analysis (Unternehmensanalyse), Change Management, ESG/Sustainability Consulting, Restructuring, Business Recovery, Cultural Change (Kulturwandel), Value Stream Design and Analysis, Pharma Consulting, and Operational Excellence. The firm operates with a hands-on, implementation-oriented approach rather than delivering a software product, serving mid-market and large companies across diverse industries globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 1st Call (Erstgespräch) A free 30-minute initial consultation call with a b-k-p expert to clarify questions, review the current status quo, and define next steps for process optimization.
• Lean-Check A one-week on-site consulting engagement delivered by two top consultants, including process and value stream analysis, weakness identification, ad-hoc optimizations, KPI recommendations, and an action plan. Priced at EUR 9,999 with a money-back guarantee if not satisfied within the first three days.
• Individuelle Lean-Projekte (Individual Lean Projects) Custom-tailored consulting programs addressing specific client challenges and goals, including deep process and value stream analysis, detailed weakness assessment, bespoke optimization measures, individual KPI definition, and sustained implementation support. Priced on request.
• Transformationsberatung (Transformation Consulting) Structured organizational transformation consulting covering digitalization, production and logistics optimization, organizational development, restructuring, growth initiatives, new business models, and cultural change, combining strategy, processes, organization, and people.
• Unternehmensnachfolge Beratung (Succession Consulting) Professional business succession advisory covering analysis, succession strategy development, company valuation, successor identification, transition support, negotiation, and tax/legal optimization, specifically tailored for German Mittelstand (mid-market) companies.
• Unternehmensanalyse (Business Analysis) Holistic business analysis examining organization, production, logistics, purchasing, sales, controlling, and all departments, including internal strengths/weaknesses assessment, SWOT analysis, market and competitive analysis, and environmental analysis.
• Change Management Beratung (Change Management Consulting) Structured change management consulting to manage organizational transformations including analysis and target vision, change concept development, employee engagement, effective implementation, and anchoring/follow-up support.
• ESG-Beratung (ESG / Sustainability Consulting) Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) advisory covering sustainability strategy development, CSRD reporting, EU Taxonomy compliance, supply chain due diligence (LkSG), ESRS standards, materiality analysis, and ESG implementation and monitoring.
• Restrukturierung (Restructuring) Comprehensive organizational, financial, operational, and strategic restructuring including organizational redesign, capital reallocation, efficiency gains, and business model adaptation for long-term competitiveness and resilience.
• Unternehmenssanierung (Business Recovery)
• Kulturwandel (Cultural Change) Cultural transformation consulting addressing organizational values, attitudes, thinking, and behavioral patterns, including leadership alignment, employee participation, transparency, communication, and systematic anchoring in daily operations.
• Wertstromdesign & Wertstromanalyse (Value Stream Design & Analysis) Lean value stream design and analysis services to visualize and optimize all production and service delivery processes, identify waste, reduce lead times, and improve customer value, including current-state mapping and future-state design.
• Pharma Consulting Specialized pharmaceutical industry consulting covering regulatory compliance navigation, production and supply chain optimization, quality management, strategic market positioning, and innovation and digital strategy for pharmaceutical companies.
• Operational Excellence Operational excellence consulting covering efficiency enhancement in production and logistics, quality improvement and defect cost reduction, manufacturing process optimization, overhead cost reduction, and resource utilization improvement.
• Lean Management Lean management advisory applying principles of continuous improvement (Kaizen), waste elimination (Muda), and value stream optimization to achieve sustainable competitive advantage and operational excellence.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20-25% productivity increase in manufacturing
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• IHK (Industrie- und Handelskammer)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with IHK for Mittelstand consulting projects. IHK provides networking opportunities and referrals for succession planning and transformation consulting engagements.
• Tax Advisors (Steuerberater)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWorking relationship with tax advisors for succession consulting and M&A process support. Tax advisors provide financial and tax structuring expertise.
• Law Firms (Rechtsanwälte)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCollaboration with legal counsel for succession consulting, M&A transactions, and restructuring projects requiring legal expertise.
• Banks and Financing PartnersminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership with banks for financing aspects of succession consulting and restructuring engagements. Banks provide financing solutions for Mittelstand transitions.
• M&A SpecialistsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with M&A specialists for company succession and sales processes. Specialists provide transaction expertise and buyer identification.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Kearney: Kearney is a global management consultancy with deep operations and procurement practices that compete for the same automotive and industrial transformation mandates as b-k-p, albeit typically at much larger enterprise scale. It is a relevant broad incumbent against which b-k-p's Lean/transformation work is positioned.
• Bain & Company: Bain & Company's Performance Improvement and Transformation practices overlap with b-k-p's operational restructuring and transformation consulting at the large-enterprise end. It is a relevant broad incumbent in adjacent transformation mandates rather than a direct DACH Mittelstand competitor.
• McKinsey & Company: McKinsey's Operations Practice and its Wavestone/Staufen-adjacent transformation work compete with b-k-p at the high end of enterprise restructuring and operational redesign mandates. Although its scope is far broader, McKinsey sets the ceiling on what premium operational consulting engagements can command.
• Oliver Wyman: Oliver Wyman is a global management consultancy with a strong operations and organizational transformation practice serving large industrial and automotive clients. Its operational transformation work is comparable in spirit to b-k-p's Lean/transformation offerings, although it operates at a different scale and geography mix.

Direct peers

• Porsche Consulting: Porsche Consulting is the in-house consultancy of Porsche AG and a leading operational excellence and Lean firm serving automotive, manufacturing, and industrial clients globally. Its focus on operational transformation, Smart Factory, and lean production directly overlaps with b-k-p's core Lean Management, Shopfloor Management, and production optimization offerings.
• Horváth & Partners: Horváth & Partners is a Stuttgart-based international management consultancy specializing in performance transformation, controlling, and value-based management. It serves large industrial and Mittelstand clients in DACH with transformation programs that overlap directly with b-k-p's organizational and process optimization work.
• h&z Management Consulting: h&z (Headquarters: Munich) is a top-tier German management consultancy focused on strategy, transformation, and operational performance for industrial and Mittelstand clients. Its transformation and operational performance practices directly overlap with b-k-p's restructuring, transformation, and lean programs.
• ROI-EFESO: ROI-EFESO is a Munich- and Vienna-based management consultancy specializing in operational excellence, Lean transformation, and supply-chain optimization. It serves many of the same industrial Mittelstand and large-enterprise clients as b-k-p across Germany and Austria, making it a directly comparable DACH operational consulting peer.
• Staufen AG: Staufen AG is one of the largest German Lean/operational excellence consultancies, headquartered in Köngen. Like b-k-p, it serves Mittelstand and large industrial clients with value-stream, Shopfloor Management, and transformation work, making it the closest direct peer in the DACH Lean boutique segment.

Emerging players

• Celonis: Celonis is a Munich-headquartered process-mining software company whose platform identifies inefficiencies in operational processes using event data. Its technology is increasingly used by clients to perform the diagnostic and value-stream analysis work that b-k-p traditionally delivers via Lean-Check and individual consulting engagements, making it an emerging adjacent player to monitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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