S&P Consulting SE

What S&P Consulting SE does

S&P Consulting SE operates as transformis Consulting SE, a German systemic organizational consulting firm headquartered in Ahrensburg, Schleswig-Holstein. Founded in 1986, the firm has operated for 40+ years and reports a team of 30+ across consulting and support functions, delivering deep organizational transformation advisory to enterprise clients. Its core methodology is built on systemic organization theory and organized around five integrated design fields — Strategy, Organization, Personnel, Culture, and Leadership — codified in the proprietary Fünf Gestaltungsfelder (Five-Field) framework. The firm differentiates by positioning transformation as an ongoing organizational self-renewal capability ("Organisationale Selbsterneuerungsfähigkeit") rather than a one-time project, and maintains proprietary diagnostic tools including the Systemischer Kulturkompass (Systemic Culture Compass) and the structured Zukunfts-Forum workshop format.

The firm operates specialized competency teams targeting two DACH-specific verticals — family businesses (Familienunternehmen) and municipal utilities (Stadtwerke) — alongside horizontal practices in general enterprise transformation, sustainability/ESG advisory (including CSRD reporting and GHG Protocol compliance), HR/personnel strategy and diagnostics (using Hogan and IST 2000 R), employer branding, and business mediation. Named engagements span diverse end markets including a social/nonprofit organization (Arbeit und Leben Hamburg), an international archive with 11 member-state governance (Arolsen Archives), a trade association (Einkaufsbüro Deutscher Eisenhändler), a municipal utility (Duisburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft), an automotive retail group (Walter Seitz), a chemical/industrial park operator (CURRENTA), a production commerce firm (PVH), public transport, and banking (Mittelstandsbank).

The business model is sales-led B2B professional services, billed either on a time-spent basis (Zeithonorar, in 0.125-day increments) or as agreed fixed project fees (Festpreis), with no success-based or outcome-dependent fees and expenses reimbursed separately. Go-to-market relies on direct consultative engagement with enterprise prospects supported by a content marketing engine: gated whitepapers, an active blog, LinkedIn, XING, YouTube, and email newsletters. The company is privately held, organized as a Societas Europaea (SE), with no external PE/VC ownership and leadership concentrated in the Sedlák family alongside academic advisory from Prof. Dr. Rudolf Wimmer as Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Name

S&P Consulting SE

Legal name

transformis Consulting SE

Website

https://spconsulting.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

S&P Consulting SE (operating as transformis Consulting SE) is a German systemic organizational consulting firm delivering deep transformation advisory across strategy, organization, personnel, culture, and leadership for family businesses, municipal utilities, and other enterprise clients in the DACH region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Change Management & Transformation Consulting (BPAHAGAC), Change Management & Transformation (Org/HR) (BPACAJAD), Change Management & Transformation Leadership (EDABAAAD)

Keywords

• Organizational transformation consulting
• Strategy consulting
• Corporate culture development
• Family business consulting
• Leadership development services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ahrensburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Organizational Transformation Consulting: Professional consulting services for deep organizational transformation across strategy, organization, personnel, culture, and leadership. Engagement models include time-based billing (Zeithonorar) or fixed project pricing (Festpreis). Each started hour is billed in 0.125 day increments (1 consultant day = 8 hours). No success-based or outcome-dependent fees are charged.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

S&P Consulting SE (operating as transformis®) is a systemic organizational consulting firm that delivers deep organizational transformation services across five integrated design fields: Strategy, Organization, Personnel, Culture, and Leadership. Its core service is helping enterprises develop continuous strategic self-renewal capability (Organisationale Selbsterneuerungsfähigkeit), rather than executing one-off change projects, with specialized competency teams serving family businesses, municipal utilities (Stadtwerke), and organizations pursuing sustainability/ESG transformation.

Product overview

S&P Consulting SE (operating as transformis Consulting SE) is a systemic organizational consulting firm with over 40 years of experience. The company offers a unified consulting methodology built on systemic organization theory, structured around five design fields: Strategy, Organization, Personnel, Culture, and Leadership. The core offering is deep organizational transformation aimed at developing continuous strategic self-renewal capabilities. Specialized competency teams address family businesses (Familienunternehmen), municipal utilities (Stadtwerke), sustainability/ESG, HR/personnel, employer branding, and business mediation. The firm provides proprietary tools including the Systemic Culture Compass (Systemischer Kulturkompass) and structured workshop formats like the Zukunfts-Forum. The portfolio includes strategic publications (whitepapers) on topics such as sustainability transformation, employer branding, and corporate culture development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• transformis®: The core consulting brand focusing on systemic organizational theory and transformation consulting.
• S&P Consulting

Products and services

• Organisationale Transformation (Strategic Transformation Consulting) Deep organizational transformation consulting focused on developing sustainable self-renewal capabilities in organizations, addressing the 70% industry transformation failure rate by treating transformation as an ongoing competency rather than a one-time project.
• Strategieentwicklung (Strategy Consulting) Strategic development consulting for cases where strategy raises more questions than it answers, helping organizations develop forward-looking strategic positioning.
• Organisationsberatung (Organizational Consulting) Organizational consulting addressing situations where good ideas get stuck in silos, focusing on breaking down organizational barriers and improving cross-functional collaboration.
• Personalberatung und -entwicklung (HR Consulting and Development) HR consulting and personnel development for cases where HR management becomes a bottleneck rather than an engine, including talent acquisition, succession planning, and HR strategy development.
• Kulturentwicklung (Culture Development Consulting) Corporate culture development consulting for cases where culture blocks progress, using the Systemic Culture Compass (Systemischer Kulturkompass) methodology to assess and develop organizational culture.
• Führungsentwicklung (Leadership Development Consulting) Leadership development consulting for cases where executives only manage rather than shape, focusing on developing effective leadership capabilities and structures.
• Beratung für Familienunternehmen (Family Business Consulting) Specialized consulting for family businesses addressing the unique challenges of balancing family, company, and shareholder interests across three complex systems. Services include succession planning, shareholder qualification, transition processes, and family governance.
• Stadtwerke-Beratung (Municipal Utility Consulting) Consulting for municipal utilities (Stadtwerke) addressing the paradoxes between economic, ecological, and social requirements, stakeholder management, and decision-making in public-sector organizations.
• Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie und ESG-Beratung (Sustainability & ESG Consulting) Sustainability strategy consulting including ESG reporting according to CSRD, GHG Protocol compliance, THG accounting, CO2 neutrality guidance, and sustainability management covering Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.
• Eignungsdiagnostik (Aptitude Diagnostics) Psychological assessment and diagnostic services for personnel selection and leadership development, using IST 2000 R and Hogan Assessment System (HPI, HDS, MVPI).
• Wirtschaftsmediation (Business Mediation) Business mediation services led by Frédéric Sedlák, addressing conflicts and disputes within organizational contexts.
• Employer Branding Beratung Employer branding consulting based on three pillars: Employee Value Proposition, Employer Brand Experience, and Employer Brand Communication. Includes development of workplace attractiveness strategies.
• Personalstrategie-Beratung (HR Strategy Consulting) HR strategy consulting integrating personnel strategy with corporate strategy, including PESTEL analysis for HR planning and development of strategic HR goals.
• Arbeitgeberattraktivität Beratung (Employer Attractiveness Consulting) Employer attractiveness consulting helping organizations develop strategies to attract and retain qualified personnel, addressing factors such as corporate culture, leadership, and employee experience.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% of transformations fail - transformis positions itself as the partner for the other 30%

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• osb international: Systemic organizational consulting firm with German roots, focused on large-scale transformation and organizational development. Highly comparable methodology (systemic theory), similar Mittelstand client base, and overlapping geographic focus in DACH.
• Kienbaum Consultants International: Leading German HR, executive search, and organizational consulting firm. Overlaps directly on personnel consulting, leadership development, and family business succession advisory within the same German Mittelstand segment.
• Metaplan: German systemic strategy and organizational development consultancy founded by Prof. Dietrich Dörner. Closely aligned methodology based on systemic organizational theory; serves enterprise clients in transformation, strategy, and innovation across German-speaking markets.
• hkp group (hkp/// group): Frankfurt-based HR and organizational effectiveness consultancy serving DAX-listed companies and Mittelstand. Comparable in compensation, leadership, and organizational transformation services; similar client profile and project-based delivery model.
• Staufen AG: German operational excellence and lean transformation consultancy serving Mittelstand industrial clients. Comparable in targeting German manufacturing and family-owned enterprises for deep transformation programs; stronger on operational/lean side.

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company (Germany): Global management consultancy with deep German practice serving DAX corporates and Mittelstand. Competes on enterprise transformation mandates; broader capability stack but less specialized in systemic family-business and Stadtwerke niches.
• Roland Berger: Major German-headquartered global management consultancy. Competes for the same Mittelstand and large enterprise transformation engagements; offers broader functional depth (strategy, operations, digital) but with less systemic theory orientation.

Regional players

• PD - Berater der öffentlichen Hand: German public-sector management consultancy owned by public shareholders. Comparable in advising municipal and public-sector organizations (overlapping Stadtwerke clientele); differs in being strictly public-sector-focused.

Emerging players

• HEALINGWORK: Berlin-based systemic organizational consulting firm applying complexity theory and dialogic approaches to transformation. Comparable niche positioning and methodology; smaller scale and earlier stage.
• Struktur Management Partner: German organizational development and transformation consultancy applying systemic and design thinking approaches. Smaller in scale than transformis but highly comparable in methodology and target client segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@transformisConsulting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/spconsulting

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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