Ultima Media Germany GmbH

Name

Ultima Media Germany GmbH

Legal name

Ultima Media Germany GmbH

Website

https://ultimamedia.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

B2B Event Management

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Conferences & Conventions Operations Services (Registration, AV, Logistics) (MPAGAGAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Professional & Association Conferences (MPAGAGAB), Partner, Channel & Vendor Conferences (MPAGAGAL), Training, Workshops & Certification Events (MPAGAGAJ), Executive Summits & Invitation-Only Forums (MPAGAGAK)

Keywords

• B2B event management
• Professional conferences
• Industry congresses
• Corporate knowledge transfer
• Trade event organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

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. Event Tickets and Attendance Fees: Revenue generated from professional conference attendance fees. The company organizes over 50 B2B events annually across multiple industry verticals including Automotive, Finance, Insurance, Production, Medicine, and Environment sectors. Attendees pay for access to conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Ultima Media Germany GmbH organizes and hosts more than 50 B2B conferences, congresses, summits, and specialized dinners annually across six industry verticals: Automotive, Production/Engineering, Finance, Insurance, Medical, and Environment/Energy. The company sells tickets and registration access to these professional events, which are supported by in-house editorial teams and provide attendees with industry knowledge, networking, and continuing professional education.

Product overview

Ultima Media Germany GmbH is a B2B event management company operating under SV Süddeutscher Verlag, organizing over 50 annual conferences and summits across six industry verticals: Automotive (featuring automotiveIT Kongress, Automotive Software Strategies, Automotive Computing Conference, Automobil-Elektronik Kongress, Automotive Battery Conference), Production & Engineering (including Deutscher Maschinenbau-Gipfel, Engineering Summit, Fabrik des Jahres, Automation NEXT Conference, Industrial Metaverse Conference), Finance (Bayerischer Finanzgipfel), Insurance (SZ-Versicherungstag, The Digital Insurance conference), Medical (Interdisziplinäre Adipositas Tage, AIDS-Tage, Gefängnismedizin-Tage), and Environment/Energy (SZ-Führungstreffen Energie, Münchner Gefahrstoff-Tage). The company operates as a portfolio of specialized event brands rather than a unified software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Automotive Events Portfolio

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Informa plc: Global B2B events, publishing, and intelligence group operating hundreds of conferences and exhibitions across industries worldwide. Comparable in multi-vertical B2B events portfolio and direct-attendee distribution model, but at vastly larger scale and with international footprint.
• RX Global (Reed Exhibitions): World's largest trade show and conference organizer, running B2B events across dozens of industry verticals globally. Comparable in business model (direct ticket/exhibitor sales) and vertical diversification, though with physical venue ownership and global scale.
• Clarion Events: Global B2B events company running exhibitions, conferences, and awards across multiple industries including automotive, gaming, energy, and retail. Comparable in multi-vertical conference portfolio and direct-attendee sales motion, with broader international footprint.
• DMG Events: International B2B events company producing exhibitions and conferences across energy, construction, hospitality, and technology sectors. Comparable multi-vertical B2B conference portfolio and direct-attendee GTM, though focused on larger trade-show formats.

Direct peers

• Vogel Communications Group: German B2B media house operating trade publications and industry conferences across automotive, manufacturing, electronics, and IT. Highly comparable to Ultima Media Germany's B2B-media-plus-events model in German-speaking markets.
• Handelsblatt (Holtzbrinck) Events: Events arm of Handelsblatt, the leading German business newspaper, running B2B conferences and summits for finance, economics, and corporate decision-makers. Directly comparable model of leveraging a premium German media brand to monetize executive-level professional events.
• Messe München GmbH: Major German trade fair and congress organizer headquartered in Munich, operating large-scale B2B exhibitions across multiple industries. Directly comparable to Ultima Media Germany in geography, B2B events focus, and multi-vertical portfolio, though with larger venue/fairground assets.
• Messe Frankfurt GmbH: One of the world's largest trade fair and congress operators, hosting B2B events across consumer goods, textiles, automotive, and technology verticals. Comparable in multi-vertical B2B events portfolio and German home market, though significantly larger in scale.
• Haymarket Media Group: International B2B media company combining trade publishing with industry events and conferences across automotive, medical, marketing, and communications verticals. Closely comparable in the "B2B media + events" model that Ultima Media Germany leverages through SV Süddeutscher Verlag.

Regional players

• Bitkom e.V. German digital industry association organizing major B2B tech conferences and summits (e.g., digital conference formats) for the German tech sector. Comparable in operating B2B conferences in the German market, though nonprofit/association-driven rather than commercially diversified across six verticals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ultimamedia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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