LAP Consult

What LAP Consult does

LAP Consult GmbH is a privately held German software company, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Hamburg, that develops specialized vertical software for the German social welfare sector. Its product portfolio centers on the LAP Change desktop platform (currently in its fifth and sixth generation) and the LAP Mobile companion application, organized into functional modules covering Kinder/Jugendhilfe (children and youth welfare), Fachanwendung Autismus (autism therapy), Schulbegleitung (school accompaniment), Schulsozialarbeit (school social work), Behindertenhilfe/Eingliederungshilfe (disability/integration support), and a dedicated Dienstplan (shift planning) module. The core software addresses billing, time tracking, documentation, shift planning, and vacation management workflows for social institutions, with the stated value proposition of reducing administrative overhead so staff can focus more on direct care work.

The company sells primarily to non-profit social welfare organizations, therapy centers, schools, and public institutions across Germany through a direct, sales-led model with consultation-based engagement via a website contact form and a Hamburg phone hotline (040-30 70 70 60). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with an annual subscription billing cadence. Since 2002, LAP Consult has been continuously commissioned by German federal ministries — specifically the BMFSJ (Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth) and the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) — for research projects in IT implementation, including FSTJ, KA, and the VAMOS HighTech project, with scientific monitoring by the Deutsches Jugendinstitut (DJI). The company appears to be founder/owner-operated, with no disclosed institutional investment, no parent company, and no headcount or revenue figures publicly available.

Name

LAP Consult

Legal name

LAP Consult GmbH

Website

https://lap.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LAP Consult GmbH is a Hamburg-based German software company that develops specialized vertical SaaS (LAP Change and LAP Mobile) for social welfare institutions, serving youth welfare organizations, autism therapy centers, school accompaniment services, school social work, and disability assistance providers across Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: LAP Consult generates revenue through licensing their software products LAP Change and LAP Mobile to social welfare institutions, therapy centers, schools, and disability assistance organizations. The software supports billing, time tracking, documentation, shift planning, and vacation management workflows.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

LAP Consult develops and licenses fifth-generation specialized software (LAP Change 5, LAP Change 6, and LAP Mobile) for social welfare institutions in Germany. The software supports billing, time tracking, documentation, shift planning, and vacation management across children and youth welfare, autism therapy, school accompaniment, school social work, and disability/integration assistance settings. The company distributes its products through direct consultation-based sales to organizations across Germany.

Product overview

LAP Consult offers a suite of specialized software solutions for the German social services sector, comprising the LAP Change (desktop) and LAP Mobile (mobile) product lines. LAP Change 5 and LAP Change 6 serve as the core desktop platforms, while LAP Mobile extends capabilities to field workers. The product portfolio is organized into functional modules targeting specific areas: Kinder/Jugendhilfe (Children and Youth Welfare), Fachanwendung Autismus (Autism Specialist Application), Schulbegleitung (School Accompaniment), Schulsozialarbeit (School Social Work), and Behindertenhilfe/Eingliederungshilfe (Disability/Integration Support), plus a dedicated Dienstplan (Shift Planning) module. All products address core social services workflows including billing, time tracking, documentation, shift planning, and vacation management, with the software now in its fifth generation of technical development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LAP Change 5: Software product for child and youth welfare, autism, school assistance, school social work, and integration assistance/disability support.
• LAP Change 6
• LAP Mobile

Products and services

• LAP Change 5

Quantifiable outcome

• More time for actual care work through optimized workflows and elimination of redundant data storage

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren und Jugend (BMFSJ)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth commissioned LAP Consult GmbH since 2002 for research projects in IT implementation, specifically funding FSTJ (Freiwilliges soziales Trainingsjahr - Voluntary Social Training Year) and KA (Kompetenzagenturen - Competence Agencies) projects.
• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002Federal Ministry of Education and Research commissioned LAP Consult GmbH since 2002 for research projects, specifically funding the VAMOS HighTech project which aims for optimized care of people with support needs in their home environment.
• Deutsches Jugendinstitut (DJI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002German Youth Institute provided scientific supervision for the FSTJ and KA federal model projects commissioned by BMFSJ, working with LAP Consult on IT implementation research.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Mesonic Software: Mesonic is an Austrian-headquartered ERP vendor offering modules for social services, healthcare, and public administration in German-speaking markets. It is comparable to LAP Consult in serving German-language social welfare customers, though it competes primarily from Austria rather than Germany itself.

Broad incumbents

• AKQUINET: AKQUINET is a German IT consultancy and software house with public-sector and healthcare offerings, including solutions that touch youth welfare and social services administration. It represents a broader incumbent with the scale to expand into LAP Consult's niche.
• MACH AG: MACH AG is a broader German public-sector ERP and digital administration vendor serving ministries and public institutions. While not focused exclusively on social welfare, its portfolio overlaps with administrative workflows relevant to LAP Consult's customers and represents a potential bundling threat.
• reguvis: reguvis is a German specialist publisher and software provider for public administration, social insurance, and labor market topics. It serves adjacent public-sector customers and could expand into social welfare administrative software, competing for similar institutional buyers.

Direct peers

• Connext (Vivendi): Connext operates the Vivendi software suite for German social services, including youth welfare, disability assistance, and care documentation. It is the most direct German competitor to LAP Consult, serving similar nonprofit and public-sector customers with comparable workflow, billing, and documentation modules.
• SHD: SHD develops software solutions for social services, youth welfare, and care organizations in Germany. It directly competes with LAP Consult's vertical modules around billing, documentation, and personnel planning for social institutions.
• Eureos Software: Eureos provides administrative software specifically tailored to German child and youth welfare organizations (Jugendhilfe), overlapping with LAP Consult's Kinder/Jugendhilfe module. Both vendors target nonprofit and public-sector care providers with workflow and documentation tooling.
• SoPart Software: SoPart Software develops ERP and administrative solutions for German social economy organizations, including youth welfare, disability assistance, and care providers. It directly overlaps with LAP Consult's vertical modules and customer segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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