Clavis

What Clavis does

Clavis is a German SAP consulting firm headquartered in Cologne (Köln), founded in September 1997 in Bremen by six SAP consultants. The company specializes in SAP consulting, custom application development, and implementation services across three primary domains: logistics and warehouse management, plant maintenance and enterprise asset management, and occupational safety — the last being a niche in which Clavis has built a defensible position with refinery and petrochemical clients including Ruhr Oel GmbH, BP Gelsenkirchen, MiRO, and a multi-region global petrochemical customer.

The technology stack is centered on modern SAP: S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, UI5, ABAP RESTful Application Programming, SAP Cloud Application Programming, Core Data Services, and the SAP Business Technology Platform, with a Clean Core development philosophy. On top of this, Clavis has built a portfolio of more than ten proprietary clavis-branded add-on products, led by clavisWorkSafety (occupational safety, electronic risk assessments, work permits, and gas measurements) and clavis Fiori Apps, complemented by clavisAssetory (mobile asset inventory), clavisMAC (MAC address management), clavisMobileWM, clavisMobileEAM, clavisMobileMM-IM, clavisOptimo, clavisEspressivo, clavisWebWorkSafety, and the SAP Tables App. Clavis has held SAP Silver Partner status in the Partner Edge Build program since April 2021.

The business model is primarily professional services — project-based consulting on time-and-materials or fixed-price terms — with proprietary add-on products licensed and delivered as part of consulting engagements rather than as standalone SaaS (with the recent exception of the clavisWorkSafety Cloud Application launched in January 2023). GTM is consultative and sales-led, targeting enterprise process-industry buyers. Headcount is in the 11–50 band, with no disclosed revenue or external funding. On May 25, 2026, Clavis merged with DATAGROUP Enterprise Consulting GmbH and is now part of the OneSAP world within DATAGROUP SE.

Name

Clavis

Legal name

clavis berater sozietät Unternehmensberatung GmbH

Website

https://clavis.biz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clavis is a German SAP consulting firm offering custom application development and proprietary add-ons across warehouse management, plant maintenance, and occupational safety, with deep specialization in refinery and petrochemical clients. Now part of the DATAGROUP OneSAP world following the May 2026 merger.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

SAP Consulting Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

CRM Implementation & Customization Services (BPAEAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

CRM Managed Services & Support (BPAEAGAD), Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) & Document Automation (BPAEAPAD), Enterprise Application Security, GRC & Compliance Services (BPAEAGAL), Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Managed Services (BPAEADAJ)

Keywords

• SAP consulting services
• Warehouse management software
• Enterprise asset management
• Occupational safety solutions
• Custom SAP development

Headquarters

HQ city

Bremen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SAP Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for SAP implementation, migration, and optimization projects. Revenue generated through project-based engagements, typically billed on time and materials or fixed-price basis.
2. Custom SAP Application Development: Development and delivery of proprietary clavis solutions (clavisWorkSafety, clavisAssetory, clavisMAC, etc.) as part of consulting engagements or standalone implementations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Clavis provides SAP consulting services covering warehouse management, plant maintenance, integration, and occupational safety, alongside a portfolio of proprietary clavis-branded add-on solutions (clavisWorkSafety, clavisAssetory, clavisMAC, clavisMobileWM/EAM/MM-IM, clavisEspressivo, clavisOptimo, and clavis Fiori Apps) developed in-house on the SAP platform. The company delivers custom SAP application development, S/4HANA migration, and process optimization projects for enterprise clients, primarily in the petrochemical and refinery sectors.

Product overview

Clavis is an SAP consulting company and solution provider offering a portfolio of proprietary add-on products built on the SAP platform alongside professional consulting services. The core offerings include clavisWorkSafety (occupational safety and risk assessment tool) and clavis Fiori Apps (custom SAP Fiori applications), complemented by specialized add-on modules: clavisAssetory (mobile asset inventory), clavisMAC (serial/MAC address management), clavisEspressivo (Kommissionierung), clavisOptimo (warehouse optimization), clavisMobileWM/MobileEAM/MobileMM-IM (mobile solutions for warehouse, asset management, and materials management), clavisWebWorkSafety (web front-end for work safety), and the SAP Tables App. These products are complemented by SAP consulting services covering warehouse/logistics, plant maintenance (PM/EAM), integration, and occupational safety.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• clavisWorkSafety Occupational safety tool for risk assessments (Gefährdungsbeurteilung) and work releases (Erlaubnisscheine), with electronic permit certificates, electronic risk assessments, gas measurements integration, and work clearance management. Used by refineries and petrochemical plants for compliance-driven safety workflows.
• clavisAssetory Integrated mobile asset inventory solution with a clear inventory cockpit in SAP and an intuitive SAP Fiori frontend, enabling digitally supported asset inventory on mobile devices.
• clavisMAC
• clavisEspressivo
• clavisOptimo
• clavis Fiori Apps
• clavisWebWorkSafety
• clavisMobileWM
• clavisMobileEAM
• clavisMobileMM-IM
• clavis SAP Tables App
• SAP Consulting Services
• SAP Technology Services

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SAPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2021SAP Silver Partner in the Partner Edge Build program since April 2021. The partnership is central to Clavis's positioning as an SAP consulting company and development experts. Clavis specializes in SAP consulting, custom application development, and maintains deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA, Fiori, and related technologies.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• msg systems AG: Large German IT consulting group with substantial SAP practice across insurance, automotive, and public sector. Overlaps with Clavis on SAP consulting but operates at much greater scale and breadth.
• NTT DATA Business Solutions (formerly itelligence): One of the largest global SAP partners, headquartered in Germany, providing SAP consulting, managed services, and proprietary add-ons across multiple industries. Broader and larger-scale, but directly overlapping in SAP mid-market consulting.
• Avanade: Joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft with significant SAP and Microsoft Dynamics practices. Relevant peer for enterprise-scale SAP transformation services competing against Clavis for larger clients.

Direct peers

• cbs Corporate Business Solutions Unternehmensberatung GmbH: German SAP S/4HANA consulting specialist serving process industries with strong chemicals/pharma vertical. Highly comparable niche focus and SAP transformation expertise.
• Sycor Group: German SAP Gold Partner offering consulting, managed services, and proprietary SAP solutions (e.g., Sycor.rental, Sycor ITSM). Closely comparable as a mid-sized SAP-centric firm with productized add-ons.
• SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE: Heidelberg-based SAP transformation specialist focused on data migration and S/4HANA projects using proprietary SNP CrystalBridge software. Comparable as a German-listed SAP-centric firm with productized transformation tooling.
• IBsolution GmbH: German SAP consulting firm specializing in S/4HANA, SAP Analytics, and process industries. Comparable in size, vertical orientation, and SAP technology stack focus.
• All for One Group SE: German SAP consulting partner focused on Mittelstand ERP/CRM/S/4HANA transformations with proprietary add-ons (e.g., ERPframeworks, Lobster_data). Highly comparable in size, SAP-centric positioning, and DACH mid-market focus.
• SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH: Mid-sized German IT services firm with a strong SAP consulting practice alongside infrastructure offerings. Comparable in size and German Mittelstand customer orientation.

Emerging players

• SAP Fioneer: Specialized SAP spin-out focused on financial services and process industry software. Comparable as a niche SAP-native firm building productized extensions, though focused on financial services rather than occupational safety/refining.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/clavis.berater

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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