Archimedes Leasing

What Archimedes Leasing does

archimedes Leasing GmbH is a privately held German leasing company headquartered in Bad Ems, founded on July 1, 1993, and led by Managing Director Christoph Hermann. It operates a dual-sided leasing business serving two customer groups: corporate lessees seeking to preserve liquidity while acquiring equipment, and manufacturers and dealers (Hersteller und Händler) who use the firm as a sales-financing arm to complement their product portfolios. The firm self-describes specialized knowledge in selected industry segments, including healthcare, and emphasizes direct personal contact, quote-based pricing, and a transparent, low-friction service experience over the past three decades.

The company's core technology stack is a leasing management and intermediation platform rather than an externally marketed SaaS product. Sales partners and lessees transact through "checkdirekt," a sub-brand online service portal available 24/7, which functions as the channel-partner mediation and processing layer. Supporting capabilities include VideoIdent (third-party video-based identity verification for contract execution) and Cryptshare (third-party encrypted email and file exchange under a multi-language licensed deployment). Integration of these third-party services is the principal technical differentiator; there is no in-house model development, no proprietary model IP, and no public developer API or SDK.

Commercially, the firm employs approximately 30 staff, sells exclusively into Germany, and operates on a quote-based pricing model with multi-year contract tenors. Distribution is entirely direct or via the manufacturer/dealer channel partnership; there is no reseller or retail layer, and marketing is conducted primarily through named account managers, the checkdirekt portal, and a LinkedIn corporate presence. Revenue mechanics follow equipment-leasing economics — recurring payments over contract life in exchange for asset use — though the firm provides no audited revenue disclosure and no external capital has been raised or is reported.

Name

Archimedes Leasing

Legal name

archimedes Leasing GmbH

Website

https://archimedes-leasing.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Archimedes Leasing GmbH is a privately held German leasing firm founded in 1993 that provides customized leasing solutions to corporate lessees and sales-financing programs to manufacturers and dealers in healthcare and selected industries across Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Equipment Leasing

NAICS

Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (5324)

SIC

Finance Lessors (6172), Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, Nec (7359)

akta.pro primary industry

Equipment & Tool Leasing (Consumer) (FSAKANAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Subscription & Product-as-a-Service Consumer Leasing (FSAKANAK)

Keywords

• Equipment leasing services
• Sales financing solutions
• Healthcare equipment leasing
• Manufacturer financing partnerships
• Business asset leasing

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Ems

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Leasing: Provides leasing solutions for investments, allowing customers to preserve liquidity while acquiring equipment or assets. The company structures leasing contracts tailored to customer needs, handling the financing aspect for various business assets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Archimedes Leasing provides equipment and asset leasing solutions that enable businesses to make investments while preserving liquidity, complemented by sales financing concepts (Absatzfinanzierung) for manufacturers and dealers who wish to offer leasing to their customers. The company structures multi-year leasing contracts tailored to customer needs, covering selected industry segments including healthcare, and supports its offerings with the checkdirekt online service portal, VideoIdent verification, and Cryptshare secure data exchange.

Product overview

Archimedes Leasing GmbH operates as a leasing company founded in 1993, offering a unified service portfolio centered on leasing solutions for both lessees and sales financing for manufacturers and dealers. The core offering includes leasing arrangements with approximately 30 employees serving customers across selected industry segments. The company provides an online service portal called 'checkdirekt' for leasing mediation, along with supporting services including VideoIdent for identity verification and secure data exchange via Cryptshare. The product architecture is a single unified offering with integrated digital services rather than a modular platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• checkdirekt: Online service portal for successful leasing intermediation, providing 24/7 service for sales partners.

Products and services

• Equipment Leasing for Lessees Equipment and asset leasing solutions that allow German businesses in selected industry segments (including healthcare) to make investments while preserving liquidity. Supports balancing seasonal revenue fluctuations, accessing the latest technology on demand, and reducing cost pressure during product launches.
• Sales Financing for Manufacturers and Dealers Absatzfinanzierungskonzepte (sales financing concepts) tailored for manufacturers and dealers that complement their product portfolio with a leasing payment option for end customers. Includes administration support, consulting on financing concepts, and training for dealers' sales staff.
• checkdirekt Online Service Portal Comprehensive online service portal for leasing mediation, available 24/7 to sales partners (manufacturers, dealers, brokers). Provides personal contact partners, streamlined processing, and direct access for managing leasing transactions.
• VideoIdent Identity Verification Video chat-based identity verification service enabling customers to legitimize themselves using a valid identity card or passport via smartphone or tablet, free of charge during contract conclusion.
• Secure Data Exchange (Cryptshare) Secure and encrypted email and file transfer service (powered by Cryptshare from Pointsharp GmbH) allowing confidential and traceable exchange of information of any size with the company.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions: BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions is a European equipment-finance provider serving manufacturers, dealers, and end-customers across multiple verticals. It overlaps with Archimedes' sales-financing-for-manufacturers model but at pan-European scale and with significantly broader asset-class coverage.
• Deutsche Leasing: Deutsche Leasing is one of Germany's largest asset finance providers, owned by the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe. It serves the same SME and mid-market customer base as Archimedes but across a much broader asset base (real estate, mobility, infrastructure), making it a broad incumbent rather than a direct competitor.
• TARGOBANK: TARGOBANK is a German retail and SME bank that offers equipment leasing and sales financing alongside deposits and lending. It is a broad financial services incumbent that competes with Archimedes for German SME credit business but offers leasing as one product among many.
• Siemens Financial Services: Siemens Financial Services provides equipment financing globally, often bundled with Siemens equipment sales. Its vendor-finance model is comparable to Archimedes' manufacturer/dealer channel motion but operates at much greater scale and primarily inside Siemens' own product ecosystem.
• DLL (De Lage Landen): DLL is a global vendor finance company providing equipment leasing through manufacturer and dealer partnerships. It mirrors Archimedes' two-sided model (vendor + lessee) at international scale, particularly in healthcare equipment financing — Archimedes' highlighted vertical.

Direct peers

• abcfinance: abcfinance is a German mid-market lessor (part of the Werhahn Group) providing leasing, factoring, and SME finance — directly comparable to Archimedes in customer segment (German Mittelstand), product set (equipment leasing), and distribution (partner/mediator channels).
• GRENKE: GRENKE is a German-listed leasing specialist focused on SME equipment and IT leasing — directly comparable to Archimedes in target customer (German Mittelstand), product (small-ticket equipment leases), and asset class. GRENKE is the scale leader in Archimedes' exact niche and represents the most relevant public-market proxy.
• VR Smart Finanz: VR Smart Finanz is the cooperative banking group's leasing and sales-financing arm serving SMEs in Germany. It competes head-to-head with Archimedes for manufacturer/dealer-originated SME equipment leases and is the most operationally similar private German competitor.

Regional players

• Mercedes-Benz Bank: Mercedes-Benz Bank provides automotive and equipment financing for German SME and commercial customers. While primarily focused on vehicles, its dealer-channel financing model and German SME target market parallel Archimedes' sales-financing motion.

Emerging players

• Mediqon: Mediqon is a German specialist financier focused on healthcare and medical-technology investments. It is a relevant emerging peer given Archimedes' explicit healthcare vertical focus, although Mediqon's typical structures lean more toward mezzanine and project finance than operating leases.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/archimedes-leasing-gmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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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