Name

TimeTEX

Legal name

TimeTEX HERMEDIA Verlag GmbH

Website

https://timetex.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Supplies E-commerce Retail

NAICS

Stationery Product Manufacturing (32223)

SIC

Games, Toys & Children's Vehicles (No Dolls & Bicycles) (3944), Pens, Pencils & Other Artists' Materials (3950)

akta.pro primary industry

Kids Crafts & Educational Craft Kits Retail (CRALACAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Arts, Crafts & Activity Supply Organization (HSAFAIAG)

Keywords

• Educational supplies retail
• Teacher resources e-commerce
• Classroom organization supplies
• STEM education materials
• Montessori teaching aids

Headquarters

HQ city

Riedenburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Direct E-commerce Sales: TimeTEX generates revenue through direct online sales of educational supplies, teaching materials, teacher accessories, and school furniture to educators and institutions. Products are sold at individual unit prices with no explicit subscription model mentioned.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TimeTEX is a direct-to-consumer online retailer that sells physical educational supplies and teaching materials — including teacher bags, planners/calendars, classroom organization tools, primary and secondary school teaching aids, kindergarten materials, STEM and Montessori kits, science exploration kits, arts and crafts, storage and furniture, and digital teacher calendars — to educators, schools, and kindergartens across 14 European countries via country-specific own-brand e-commerce storefronts, complemented by a private-label line (TimeTEX-branded storage and organization products).

Product overview

TimeTEX is a German e-commerce retailer specializing in educational supplies and teacher resources. The company operates a multi-category e-commerce platform offering a broad portfolio of physical educational products organized into nine main categories: (1) Lehrerbedarf (Teacher Supplies) including bags, planners, stamps, and classroom management tools; (2) Bürobedarf (Office Supplies) including magnets, whiteboards, and filing systems; (3) Kindergartenbedarf (Kindergarten Supplies) for early childhood education; (4) Lehrmittel Grundschule (Primary School Teaching Aids) including Montessori materials, math manipulatives, and learning games; (5) Lehrmittel Sekundarstufe (Secondary School Teaching Aids) including robotics, coding, and MINT kits; (6) Forscherwerkstatt (Research Workshop) including butterfly breeding and experiment kits; (7) Kunst & Kreatives (Arts & Crafts) for creative education; (8) Aufbewahrung & Mobiliar (Storage & Furniture) for classroom organization; and (9) Digital products including digital calendars and planners. The core offering consists of teacher-specific supplies (bags, planners, stamps) combined with pedagogical teaching materials (Montessori, manipulatives, robotics) and classroom organization/storage solutions. The company also develops its own branded products (TimeTEX storage boxes, material stations, drawer systems) under a private label.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Teacher Bags (Lehrertaschen) A range of stylish, functional bags for teachers including leather bags, messenger bags, backpacks and trolleys for educators who carry daily teaching materials.
• Teacher Planners & Calendars (Lehrerplaner & Lehrerkalender) Planning tools for school schedules including daily schedule planning, lesson preparation, notes, and to-do tracking for teachers, available in A4, A5 and A6 formats.
• Office Supplies for Schools (Bürobedarf) Office organization and structure materials including magnets, whiteboards, laminating supplies, folders, desk accessories, and filing systems for teachers and schools.
• Kindergarten Supplies (Kindergartenbedarf) Multi-functional and pedagogically valuable materials for kindergartens and daycare facilities including math early education, nature exploration, creative crafts, music, and Montessori materials.
• Primary School Teaching Aids (Lehrmittel Grundschule) Teaching materials for primary school including math manipulatives, language learning, science, Montessori materials, and learning games.
• Secondary School Teaching Aids (Lehrmittel Sekundarstufe) Teaching materials for secondary school including algebra, geometry, foreign languages, digital education, robotics, coding, MINT kits, and computer science.
• Research Workshop (Forscherwerkstatt) Scientific exploration materials including butterfly breeding kits, experiment kits, microscopes, magnetism, renewable energy, and climate education.
• Arts & Crafts (Kunst & Kreatives Gestalten) Child-appropriate craft supplies and craft sets for art education including seasonal craft ideas, paper crafts, painting, modeling, and textile work.
• Storage & Furniture (Aufbewahrung & Mobiliar) School furniture and storage solutions including cabinets, shelves, card boxes, storage cartons, drawer boxes, and classroom organization.
• Time Duration Clocks (Zeitdauer Uhren) Time management tools for classroom use including sand timers and visual timing devices.
• Hearing & Sound Protection (Gehörschutz & Schallschutz) Classroom acoustic management products for protecting hearing and reducing noise levels.
• Teacher Stamps (Lehrerstempel) Teacher stamps for grading, organization, and motivational feedback including organizational stamps and praise stamps.
• Montessori Materials (Montessori Material) Montessori teaching materials including practical life exercises, sensory materials, language materials, mathematics, and cosmic education for primary school and kindergarten.
• Robots / Programming (Roboter / Programmieren) Educational robots and coding/programming materials for teaching computer science and digital literacy.
• fischertechnik Education sets Technical building and construction sets from fischertechnik for STEM education in primary and secondary schools.
• Digital Teacher Calendars (Digitale Lehrerkalender) Digital calendar solutions for teacher scheduling and planning.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hagemann教育 (Hagemann): Hagemann is a German educational publisher and supplier of teaching materials, classroom games, and learning aids for primary and secondary schools, comparable to TimeTEX’s Lehrmittel and games categories.
• Betzold: Betzold is one of the largest German direct-to-consumer retailers of educational supplies, teaching materials, and school equipment, with a comparable multi-category catalogue covering kindergarten, primary, and secondary school needs — making it the closest direct competitor to TimeTEX in the DACH region.
• Dusyma: Dusyma is a long-established German specialist in kindergarten and early-childhood educational materials, including Montessori, sensory, and pedagogical play resources. Highly comparable to TimeTEX’s kindergartenbedarf and Montessori material lines.
• Conatex-Didactic: Conatex supplies science teaching equipment, lab materials, and STEM/robotics kits to European schools, directly overlapping with TimeTEX’s Forscherwerkstatt (research workshop) and MINT/robotics product lines.
• Wehrfritz / Ökotopia: Wehrfritz is a major German supplier of pedagogical and educational materials for kindergartens, schools, and therapeutic settings, with overlapping product categories in classroom organisation, arts and crafts, and Montessori-style learning materials.
• WENCO Lehrerbedarf: WENCO is a German specialist retailer focused on teacher-specific supplies (planners, stamps, classroom management tools), competing head-to-head with TimeTEX’s Lehrerbedarf category.

Broad incumbents

• Amazon (Education & Office categories): Amazon’s German marketplace competes across nearly every TimeTEX product category (teacher bags, planners, stamps, classroom supplies), offering broader assortment and faster delivery but without specialist education curation.
• Staples Europe: Staples operates a broad office supplies and stationery business in Europe; while not specialised in education, it overlaps with TimeTEX’s Bürobedarf and stationery categories and represents a much larger, well-capitalised competitor.

Emerging players

• LEGO Education: LEGO Education sells STEM, robotics, and creative learning kits directly to European schools, overlapping with TimeTEX’s robotics, coding, and primary-school STEM assortment, but as a globally scaled branded player.
• fischertechnik: fischertechnik is a German STEM construction-set brand whose education line TimeTEX resells; comparing it as a peer captures the brand-side economics of the higher-margin STEM kits that TimeTEX distributes in its catalogue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/timetex

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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