hpo forecasting ag

What hpo forecasting ag does

hpo forecasting ag is a Swiss-based industrial forecasting firm established in 2019 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of hpo group ag, headquartered in Cham, Canton Zug. The company builds and commercializes the proprietary Peter-Meier-Prognosemodell, a mathematically founded and empirically tested model that treats the economy as a vibrating system and predicts cyclical order intake for industrial firms, with a focus on the capital goods industry (mechanical and component engineering) and durable consumer goods manufacturers. The company maintains more than 200 industry-specific forecasting models covering Europe, North America and Asia, and delivers company-specific 18-month and 5-year order intake forecasts, quarterly economic commentaries, webinars, and the hpo cockpit dashboard for active subscribers.

The business model is enterprise sales-led with recurring subscription revenue from company-specific forecasts, supplemented by one-time paid research products such as the Top 100 Machine Tool Report (CHF 990). Customer engagement is highly personalized, including quarterly forecast updates, bilateral expert consultations, and free preliminary analyses offered to prospects. The company serves a concentrated set of named enterprise customers in the DACH industrial sector (including Festo, United Grinding, Bobst Group, Swissmem, Ammann, Stöber Antriebstechnik, and JUNKER Gruppe), as well as industrial trade associations. Distribution relies on direct outreach, HubSpot-driven appointment booking, a newsletter subscription funnel, and public webinars/YouTube content for thought leadership. Operating geographies span Europe (primary), North America, and Asia through model coverage, though the named enterprise customer base is overwhelmingly DACH-focused.

Name

hpo forecasting ag

Legal name

hpo forecasting ag

Website

https://hpoforecasting.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

hpo forecasting ag is a Swiss industrial forecasting firm that uses its proprietary Peter-Meier-Prognosemodell to deliver company-specific order intake forecasts and quarterly economic commentary to enterprise customers in the European capital goods industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (541910)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Scenario Planning, Forecasting Platforms & Planning Intelligence (HDAAAHAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Demand Forecasting & Inventory Optimization (HDAAAHAA)

Keywords

• Industrial forecasting services
• Order intake forecasts
• Economic cycle analysis
• Capital goods demand forecasting
• Industry-specific forecasting models

Headquarters

HQ city

Cham

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Company-Specific Order Intake Forecasts: Quarterly updated analysis and forecast of company order intake, differentiated by market segments. Includes commented 18-month forecasts and long-term forecasts over 5 years, including industry comparison, trend analysis and data series. Delivered through personal exchange with hpo forecasting experts.
2. Top 100 Machine Tool Report: Premium research report on the world's 100 largest machine tool manufacturers. Contains detailed information on revenue, net profit, number of employees, and mergers and acquisitions in the industry. Updated until October 2025, available in English.
3. Quarterly Economic Commentary: Quarterly economic commentaries providing in-depth analysis of industrial demand, economic developments in Europe, USA, China and their impact on DACH-region industry. Available via subscription newsletter and webinar invitations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

hpo forecasting ag provides company-specific order intake forecasts and cyclical economic analysis for industrial companies in the capital goods and durable consumer goods sectors. The service is built on the proprietary Peter-Meier-Prognosemodell and over 200 industry-specific forecasting models, delivered quarterly with 18-month and 5-year outlooks, industry comparisons, and access to the hpo cockpit customer portal. Customers also receive personal expert consultations and quarterly economic commentaries.

Product overview

hpo forecasting ag offers a unified forecasting platform centered on the Peter-Meier-Prognosemodell, a mathematically-based forecasting approach for industry and company-specific order intake predictions. The core offering consists of branchenspezifische Auftragseingangsprognosen (company-specific order intake forecasts) supported by over 200 industry-specific models. Accessory offerings include the hpo cockpit dashboard (interactive economic indicators), the Top 100 Machine Tool Report (annual industry analysis), Konjunkturkommentare (quarterly economic commentaries), and Konjunktur-Webinare (quarterly webinars). The product suite delivers 18-month forecasts and 5-year long-term projections with quarterly updates and personal consultations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered parent company and sister company.

• hpo group agparent companyOthershpo group ag is the parent company of hpo forecasting ag. hpo stands for High Performance Organisations. The group also includes hpo management consulting ag and hpo innovation ag as sister companies.
• hpo management consulting agsister companyOthersSister company under hpo group ag. Experts for strategy, business processes, organization and transformation. Has been accompanying national and global clients since 1995 to release performance potentials and transform strategies into measurable results.
• hpo innovation agsister companyOthersSister company under hpo group ag. One of the Swiss pioneers in innovation consulting. Originally emerged from an ETH spin-off with the goal of permanently strengthening the innovation power of organizations and increasing the value contribution of innovations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• S&P Global Market Intelligence (incl. legacy IHS Markit): Large incumbent provider of industry research, economic indicators and demand forecasting used by industrial corporates. Overlaps with hpo forecasting on cyclical industry analysis but serves a much broader portfolio of customers and verticals.
• Allianz Trade (formerly Euler Hermes): Global trade credit insurer whose economic research division publishes detailed country, sector and insolvency forecasts. Comparable in delivering industrial cyclical forecasts tied to real-economy demand, particularly for European corporates.
• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU): The Economist Group's research and forecasting arm, providing country and industry forecasts to corporate subscribers. Comparable subscription-based economic intelligence model serving global enterprise customers.
• Bloomberg Economics: Economics research arm of Bloomberg providing global and country-level forecasts to enterprise subscribers. Comparable in delivering subscription economic intelligence to corporate decision-makers, though at vastly larger scale and breadth.

Regional players

• ifo Institute (Leibniz Institute for Economic Research): Munich-based economic research institute publishing Germany's most-watched business climate index and industrial forecasts. Comparable as a cyclical forecasting authority for German industry, though primarily a public research institute rather than a paid subscription service.
• VDMA (German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association): German industry association publishing mechanical-engineering order intake statistics and forecasts. Comparable as a provider of cyclical capital-goods demand intelligence, though as a member association rather than a paid subscription vendor.
• ZEW (Centre for European Economic Research): Mannheim-based economic research institute producing industrial and financial-market indicators. Comparable in focus on European industrial cycles and in providing expert-driven economic analysis, though operating as a public research body.
• Swiss National Bank Economic Research: Swiss central bank's economic research division producing GDP, inflation and sectoral forecasts relevant to Swiss industry. Comparable in providing cyclical Swiss/European economic analysis to industrial decision-makers.

Others

• Swissmem: Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering industry association — already a named customer of hpo forecasting. Comparable as a producer and consumer of capital-goods cyclical forecasts for the Swiss industrial base.

Direct peers

• Oxford Economics: Global economic forecasting and research firm providing industry-level and country-level forecasts to corporate customers. Directly comparable to hpo forecasting in delivering subscription-based economic and demand forecasts to industrial enterprises.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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