Ascherslebener Computer

What Ascherslebener Computer does

Ascherslebener Computer GmbH is a German municipal software company founded on March 16, 1990 in Aschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt. It develops, sells, and supports two proprietary product families: ALVA 9, which handles general traffic matters (road closures under §45 StVO, exception permits under §46 StVO, parking permits, traffic graphics, civil-engineering office workflows, passenger and freight transport under PBefG and GüKG, oversized/heavy haul permits, and driving-school administration under FahrlG), and OWI 9, which processes administrative offenses such as parking violations, speeding fines, environmental violations, and truancy. The software uses proprietary data formats and XML-schema interfaces and connects to federal registries (KBA, VUDat, FAER), KomGIS for traffic-sign visualization, and external cash-register and document-management systems. More than 800 municipal administrations across all 15 German federal states use the software, including prominent customers such as the Hansestadt Hamburg, the Thüringer Landesverwaltungsamt, and the Regierungspäsidium Darmstadt; the company states that approximately two out of three German districts (Landkreise) run ALVA or OWI.

The product architecture is modular, with ALVA 9 functioning as a platform composed of specialized modules (§45 Baumaßnahmen, §46 Ausnahmegenehmigungen, Parken, Verkehrsgrafik, Tiefbauamt, Personenverkehr, Güterverkehr, Großraum-/Schwerverkehr, Fahrschul-/Fahrlehrerverwaltung) that share common interfaces and configuration. Online application processing is delivered through a partnership with Form-Solutions GmbH (signed February 2020), producing HTML5 application assistants that exchange XML-schema data directly with ALVA 9 to support the German Online Access Act (OZG). The technology stack is on-premises municipal software with web-based online-application extensions rather than a multi-tenant cloud SaaS, and the company holds DIN ISO 9001:2015 certification (achieved 2024).

The business model combines quote-based subscription software licenses, recurring maintenance and regulatory-update revenue, paid training (webinars and in-house sessions at EUR 124.95 plus VAT per participant), and professional services for installation, configuration, and consulting. Go-to-market is exclusively direct, with no resellers or channel partners; the company reaches municipal buyers through a customer hotline, structured webinars (GoToWebinar), quarterly user meetings (Anwendertreffen) at locations such as Aschersleben, Wetzlar, Celle, Ulm, and Winsen/Luhe, and trade-show presence at Smart Country Convention, KommDIGITALE, and Zukunftskongress. Ascherslebener Computer GmbH is a privately held German limited liability company (HRB 108379, Stendal; VAT ID DE 139 929 375), since April 2021 led by co-managing directors Linda Grunenberg (B.A. Betriebswirtschaftslehre) and Henry Schmidt (Dipl.-Ing. FH), who succeeded founding managing director Angelika Fischer after her 27-year tenure.

Name

Ascherslebener Computer

Legal name

Ascherslebener Computer GmbH

Website

https://ascherslebener-computer.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ascherslebener Computer GmbH is a German municipal software company providing ALVA 9 and OWI 9, proprietary on-premises software for traffic authorities and fine offices. It serves over 800 administrations across all 15 German federal states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Traffic Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Parking Management & Enforcement (Citations, Permits, Compliance) (BPABAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Permitting, Validation & Credential Programs (Permits, Passes, Validations) (BPABAKAL)

Keywords

• Municipal traffic software
• Traffic authority software
• Administrative offence processing
• Parking permit management
• Fine office software

Headquarters

HQ city

Aschersleben

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: ALVA 9 and OWI 9 software licenses sold to municipal administrations for processing traffic permits and violations. Pricing is quote-based, not publicly disclosed on the website.
2. Software Maintenance and Support: Ongoing software maintenance, updates (including regulatory updates for traffic law changes, new traffic signs), and customer support with hotline. Updates automatically delivered to existing customers.
3. Professional Services - Training: Web-based and in-person training sessions for ALVA 9 and OWI 9. Pricing at 124.95 EUR plus VAT per participant. Includes webinars, user meetings, and individual in-house training.
4. Service Offerings (Serviceleistungen): Installation, configuration, and consulting services for municipal software deployment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Ascherslebener Computer GmbH develops and sells proprietary municipal software solutions for German traffic authorities (Straßenverkehrsbehörden) and fine offices (Bußgeldstellen). The core products are ALVA 9, a comprehensive platform for general traffic affairs including road closures, event permits, parking permits, excavations, and transport administration, and OWI 9, a software for processing administrative offences such as parking violations, speeding, and environmental violations. The software is sold with subscription-based licensing, recurring maintenance, and professional services to over 800 municipal administrations across all 15 German federal states.

Product overview

Ascherslebener Computer GmbH provides municipal software solutions with two core products: ALVA 9 for general traffic affairs management and OWI 9 for traffic violations processing. ALVA 9 is a comprehensive modular platform consisting of specialized modules for road construction (§45 Baumaßnahmen), exception permits (§46 Ausnahmegenehmigungen), parking administration, traffic graphics, civil engineering office operations, passenger transport, freight transport, oversized/heavy transport, and driving school administration. OWI 9 handles administrative offences including parking violations and speeding. The products share interfaces for cash register systems, document management systems (DMS), VUDat/KBA, FAER, and KomGIS integration. Online application processing is enabled through partnership with Form-Solutions GmbH. The company serves over 800 administrations across 15 German federal states, with software used by two-thirds of all German districts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ALVA: Software for general traffic matters (Straßenverkehrsbehörden), covering road closures, event permits, parking permits, and excavations
• OWI

Products and services

• ALVA 9 Comprehensive software solution for general traffic affairs (Allgemeine Verkehrsangelegenheiten) for municipal traffic authorities, handling road closures, event permits, parking permits, excavations, traffic planning, and serving as the modular platform underlying all ALVA add-on modules.
• OWI 9 Software for processing traffic violations and administrative offences (Ordnungswidrigkeiten) for fine offices, handling penalties for parking violations, speeding, environmental violations, and truancy with automated notice generation.
• Serviceleistungen (Service Offerings) Service offerings including installation, configuration, training, hotline support, and customer care services for ALVA 9 and OWI 9 deployments at municipal administrations.
• Online-Anträge (Online Applications via Antragsmanagement 4.0) Online application services integrated with Antragsmanagement 4.0 for media-break-free digital application processing under OZG compliance, including 14 online services covering road closures, traffic signs, exceptions, civil engineering permits, and parking permits.

Quantifiable outcome

• 800+ municipal administrations across 15 German federal states use the software
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Form-Solutions GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2020Ascherslebener Computer GmbH and Form-Solutions GmbH signed a cooperation agreement in February 2020 to provide mediabruchfreie (seamless) application processes for traffic authorities in line with the Online Access Act (OZG). The partnership developed HTML5 application assistants that transfer data directly to ALVA 9 via XML interface. Currently 14 online services are available covering road closures, traffic signs, exceptions, civil engineering permits, and parking permits. Additional services for public transport and heavy transport are planned.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• PTV Group: German vendor of traffic and transportation planning software, including simulation and traffic-management solutions. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the German traffic-software space, though focused more on planning/simulation than on permitting and fine processing.
• MACH AG: Provider of ERP and administrative software for German public-sector organizations. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering municipal software that overlaps with permit/violation workflows, though typically as part of a wider public-sector suite rather than a traffic-specialized product.
• Yunex Traffic: Global provider of intelligent traffic management systems with strong German roots (formerly Siemens). Comparable as a broader incumbent in German traffic technology, addressing overlapping municipal customers with real-time traffic management rather than permitting/enforcement software.
• Prosoz Herten GmbH: German software vendor specializing in public-administration solutions, including modules for municipalities. Comparable as a broader public-sector software peer whose portfolio intersects with traffic-authority and permitting workflows across German municipalities.
• AKDB (Anstalt für Kommunale Datenverarbeitung in Bayern): Largest municipal IT provider in Bavaria, offering a broad suite of public-sector software including traffic and permitting modules. Directly comparable as a German municipal-software competitor with overlapping traffic-authority functionality, though at significantly larger scale and broader portfolio.

Regional players

• KDVZ Citkomm: Municipal data-processing center serving municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia with administrative software solutions. Comparable as a regional German municipal IT vendor whose customer base overlaps with traffic authorities and fine offices.
• ITEBO GmbH: Municipal IT service provider serving Lower Saxony and surrounding regions with software for public administrations. Comparable as a German municipal software peer with overlapping customer base (German municipalities), though focused on a more regional territory.
• KIV Thüringen: Thuringia's municipal IT service provider offering software for public administrations including traffic and permitting. Comparable as a German municipal software peer with similar traffic-authority and fine-office functionality, but with regional rather than national focus.

Others

• mgm technology partners GmbH: German software vendor delivering e-government and public-sector solutions, including workflow and digitization platforms. Comparable as an adjacent/ecosystem player that frequently serves the same German municipal customers and partners with form-solutions-style online application stacks.

Direct peers

• PAVONE AG: German provider of specialized workflow and document-management software for public administration, including traffic and permitting use cases. Closely comparable as a vertical municipal software vendor serving similar German traffic-authority and fine-office workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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