Langer & Partner

What Langer & Partner does

Langer & Partner is a family-owned employee benefits consulting and brokerage firm headquartered in Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany, operating as a GmbH & Co. KG and licensed as an insurance broker under §34d of the German Trade Regulation (GewO). Founded in 1992 by Stephan Langer, the firm serves more than 250 German Mittelstand (mid-market) companies, advising on tax-advantaged employee benefits structures including meal subsidies (Essenszuschüsse up to €115.05/month for 2026), tax-free vouchers (Warengutscheine via prepaid MasterCard up to €50/month), company bicycles (Dienstrad with up to 40% savings), company pension schemes (bAV up to €338/month tax-free for 2026), corporate discounts, corporate fitness (access to 6,000+ facilities), net salary optimization, and employer branding.

The firm's underlying service architecture is advisory-led and partnership-orchestrated rather than product-built: it relies on partner platforms such as givve for payment card infrastructure, a European employee benefits market leader for corporate discounts, and Allianz for professional liability coverage, while adding its own consulting layer on regulatory structuring, contract design, and client-specific implementation. The most recent product extension is a THG-Quote management service that enables corporate clients to monetize electric-vehicle emission certificates.

Revenue is generated through professional consulting fees for benefits design and implementation, insurance brokerage commissions on placed coverage, and multi-year advisory engagements, with named clients spanning manufacturing, electrical engineering (DEHN SE since 2019), medical devices, government, and legal industries. The firm operates with a small, specialist headcount and has received third-party recognition through the HIPE AWARD 2023, positioning itself as a focused "Benefit-Manufaktur" for the German mid-market.

Name

Langer & Partner

Legal name

LANGER & PARTNERS GMBH & CO. KG

Website

https://langer-partner.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Langer & Partner is a family-owned German employee benefits consulting and insurance brokerage firm advising more than 250 mid-market companies on tax-advantaged benefits, pension, and corporate discount structures. Founded in 1992 in Nördlingen, Bavaria, it operates with six employees via partner platforms like givve and Allianz.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employee Benefits Consulting

NAICS

Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities (5242), Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (524210)

SIC

Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service (6411), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Employee Benefits Brokerage & Consulting (FSAEADAC)

Keywords

• Employee benefits consulting
• Corporate benefits administration
• Salary optimization services
• Company pension consulting
• Tax-free benefit vouchers

Headquarters

HQ city

Nördlingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Insurance Brokerage Services: Langer & Partner operates as a licensed insurance broker (Versicherungsmakler) under §34d GewO, providing brokerage services for company pension schemes (bAV), company bikes, and other employee benefits. Revenue is generated through commissions from insurance companies and favorable group insurance rates negotiated for client companies.
2. Employee Benefit Consulting: Advisory services for designing and implementing employee benefit concepts including tax optimization, salary sacrifice arrangements, and employer branding strategies. Includes administrative relief services for HR and payroll departments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Langer & Partner is a German employee benefits consulting firm that advises and implements tax-optimized benefit programs for companies, covering benefits consulting, tax-free vouchers and prepaid MasterCard, meal subsidies, company bicycle leasing, company pensions, employee discount portals, corporate fitness, net salary optimization, employer branding support, special payment optimization, and THG quota management.

Product overview

Langer & Partner is a consulting company (Benefit-Manufaktur) offering a portfolio of employee benefit consulting services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). Their core offering is Benefits Consulting, which encompasses multiple sub-products including Steuerfreie Sachbezüge/Warengutscheine (tax-free vouchers via prepaid MasterCard), Essenszuschüsse/Restaurantschecks (meal subsidies), Dienstrad (company bicycle leasing), Betriebliche Altersversorgung/bAV (company pension schemes), Mitarbeiterrabatte (corporate discount portals), Firmenfitness (corporate fitness memberships), Mehr Netto vom Brutto (net salary optimization), Employer Branding, Optimierung Sonderzahlung (special payment optimization), and THG-Quote management for electric vehicle fleets. These are consulting services rather than software products, designed to help companies attract, retain, and motivate employees through tax-advantaged benefits while reducing labor costs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Benefits Consulting (Benefit-Beratung) Advisory service that analyzes a client's workforce and designs a tailored mix of tax-optimized employee benefits for German companies.
• Tax-Free Vouchers and Prepaid MasterCard

Quantifiable outcome

• Employees achieve up to 40% savings on company bikes compared to retail purchase
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• givvecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner8-year reliable collaboration partnership with givve, a provider of payment cards for employee benefits. Langer & Partner shared experiences and best practices with givve in an informative interview about modern employee payment solutions and benefit concepts.
• European Employee Benefits Market LeadercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with the European market leader for employee discount offers to provide branded employee discount portals with continuous new offers from strong brands, available both online and in retail stores.
• AllianzminorOthersProfessional liability insurance provider (Berufshaftpflichtversicherung) for Langer & Partner as a licensed insurance broker. Allianz provides coverage for the company's operations as required by German regulations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• JobRad: German Dienstrad (company bicycle) leasing provider. Comparable because Langer & Partner offers Dienstrad advisory and implementation as a core product, making JobRad both a potential partner and a direct competitor for the same end-client budget.
• BusinessBike: Provider of company bicycle leasing solutions in Germany. Comparable as a competing Dienstrad channel that Langer & Partner's clients may evaluate alongside the firm's intermediary offering.
• Benefit-Plus: German provider of tax-free employee benefits, shopping cards, and meal vouchers. Comparable as a direct competitor and potential partner for the same Warengutscheine and Essenszuschuss offerings that Langer & Partner bundles in its benefit concepts.

Broad incumbents

• MRH Trowe: German insurance broker and risk consulting firm serving corporate and mid-market clients. Comparable because it acts as a Versicherungsmakler and offers employee benefits and bAV advisory to a similar Mittelstand and enterprise client base, though at materially larger scale.
• Funk Gruppe: Major German insurance broker and risk consultant. Comparable as a licensed broker providing employee benefits, bAV, and HR-related risk advisory to German SMEs and corporates, with overlapping regulatory expertise.
• Ecclesia Group: German insurance broker specializing in corporate and institutional clients. Comparable because it operates as a Versicherungsmakler and offers benefits and risk advisory solutions to mid-market and enterprise German clients.
• Mercer Deutschland: Global HR and benefits consultancy with a substantial German practice. Comparable because it advises German employers on bAV, benefits design, and total rewards strategy — overlapping directly with Langer & Partner's core offering, but with deeper resources and broader international coverage.
• Willis Towers Watson (Germany): Global advisory and brokerage firm with a German practice offering benefits, bAV, and talent consulting. Comparable on the benefits brokerage and consulting side, though it operates at materially larger scale across multiple lines.
• Aon Germany: Global insurance and reinsurance broker with German operations. Comparable on the licensed-broker and corporate benefits advisory model serving German Mittelstand and enterprise clients.

Emerging players

• companio: German digital benefits platform for SMEs offering meal vouchers, shopping cards, and corporate fitness. Comparable because it targets the same Mittelstand employer with overlapping products (Essenszuschuss, Sachbezüge, fitness), but with a more self-service, tech-led model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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