Varianta | Mokosch • Piekatz Steuerberater GbR

What Varianta | Mokosch • Piekatz Steuerberater GbR does

Varianta, legally Mokosch • Piekatz Steuerberater GbR, is a partnership-owned tax advisory firm (Steuerberatungsgesellschaft) headquartered in Münster Hiltrup, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with roots in the 1960s. The firm is managed by two partners, Claudia Mokosch and Andre Piekatz, both licensed Steuerberater, supported by an employed tax consultant (Tobias Markmann) and a team of 25 professionals, twelve of whom have tenures exceeding ten years. The current ownership structure dates to the 2007 transition from founder Theo Mathias, and the firm was rebranded to its present name in 2022 alongside an intensification of its digital presence.

Name

Varianta | Mokosch • Piekatz Steuerberater GbR

Legal name

Mokosch • Piekatz Steuerberater GbR

Website

https://varianta.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Varianta is a Münster-based tax advisory partnership serving SMEs, craftsman businesses, and private individuals in North Rhine-Westphalia with tax consulting, annual financial statements, monthly bookkeeping and payroll, succession planning, and international tax services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tax Advisory Services

NAICS

Offices of Certified Public Accountants (541211), Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (5412)

akta.pro primary industry

Tax Advisory & Compliance (BPAHABAB)

Keywords

• Tax advisory services
• Accounting and payroll
• Business succession planning
• Annual financial statements
• Corporate tax consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Münster

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tax Advisory Services: Professional tax advisory and consulting services billed on a fee basis, including tax planning, tax returns, tax declarations for businesses and individuals, inheritance/gift tax consulting, corporate succession planning, and tax litigation support.
2. Accounting and Bookkeeping Services: Monthly financial accounting, payroll processing, and financial reporting services provided as ongoing professional service engagements to business clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Varianta is a tax advisory firm (Steuerberatungsgesellschaft) that delivers comprehensive tax consulting, tax return preparation, annual financial statements, monthly bookkeeping, and payroll processing for businesses and private individuals. The firm also advises on business succession, inheritance and gift tax, company valuations, legal form selection, international tax matters, and represents clients in tax litigation proceedings. Advisory services are delivered by 25 in-house specialists through personal consultations and secure client portals (Steuerboard and Simba).

Product overview

Varianta is a full-service tax advisory firm (Steuerberatungsgesellschaft) based in Münster, Germany, operating under the legal entity Mokosch • Piekatz Steuerberater GbR. The firm offers a comprehensive portfolio of tax and accounting services including tax advisory (Steuerberatung), annual financial statement preparation (Jahresabschluss), monthly accounting and payroll processing (Rechnungswesen / Lohnbuchhaltung), business succession and inheritance planning, company valuations, tax litigation representation, and international tax advisory. The firm also provides client-facing digital portals through Simba Portal (document transfer) and Steuerboard (information exchange) to facilitate secure communication with clients. Founded in the 1960s and employing 25 specialists, the firm serves small and medium-sized enterprises and tradespeople.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tax Advisory Services (Steuerberatung)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• TuS HiltrupminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 3 June 2026Varianta has been sponsoring the U12 basketball team of TuS Hiltrup since their U10 days, accompanying the team through their progression and recent promotion to the Landesliga. This sponsorship reflects the firm's commitment to local community engagement and youth development, aligning with its values of long-term support and team spirit.
• KG EmmerbachgeisterminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 12 February 2024Varianta sponsored the women's order (Damenorden) of the Ammelsbürener carnival society KG Emmerbachgeister, contributing to the local carnival tradition. This engagement underscores the firm's local community involvement in the Münster region.
• Herz-Jesu-Krankenhaus Münster-HiltrupminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 12 October 2023Varianta donated a walking aid (Gehwagen) to the Herz-Jesu-Krankenhaus in Hiltrup to improve patient treatment quality during rehabilitation. This charitable donation demonstrates the firm's social responsibility and community support beyond commercial activities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Taxfix GmbH: Taxfix is a leading German digital tax-return app for individuals, commoditizing the personal income tax filing use case that Varianta serves. Although not a Mittelstand competitor, it pressures the firm's individual-client book.
• sevDesk GmbH: sevDesk is a cloud accounting platform for German SMBs and freelancers, automating the very bookkeeping and invoicing work that is a core Varianta service. Represents the digital substitute risk for Varianta's lower-margin recurring services.
• BuchhaltungsButler GmbH: BuchhaltungsButler is a digital bookkeeping and financial-management service for German SMBs that automates monthly accounting — directly competing for the recurring bookkeeping engagements that form Varianta's steady revenue base.
• Stotax GmbH: Stotax offers digital tax research, declaration, and advisory tools for German tax professionals, increasingly competing for the digital-information layer that small advisory firms traditionally deliver manually. Comparable as a digital complement/threat to Varianta's tax advisory workflow.

Broad incumbents

• HLB Deutschland: HLB Deutschland is the German member of the international HLB accounting and advisory network, serving Mittelstand clients including craftsman and family businesses across multiple German regions — a larger, more international alternative to Varianta for the same client archetypes.
• ETL AG: ETL is Germany's largest franchise-style network of tax advisors, accountants, and lawyers with a strong Mittelstand and craftsman-business focus. It directly competes with Varianta for the same SME and Handwerk client segments, but at national scale and with a broader service portfolio.
• FGS GmbH: FGS is one of Germany's leading tax advisor and lawyer networks, with partner firms serving SME clients nationwide. Comparable to Varianta in core Mittelstand advisory, but with substantially larger geographic and resource scale.

Others

• DATEV eG: DATEV is the dominant IT and software cooperative serving German tax advisors — Varianta itself runs standard Kanzleisoftware on this stack. DATEV is an enabler/ecosystem dependency rather than a direct competitor, but its cloud and digitalization roadmap shapes Varianta's operating model.

Direct peers

• Schomerus & Partner mbB: Schomerus is a mid-sized Hamburg-based tax advisory and audit firm serving Mittelstand and family-owned businesses with full tax, accounting, and succession services. Operates the same partnership model and Mittelstand focus as Varianta, providing a comparable analog at similar scale.
• ADVISION Steuerberatungsgesellschaft: ADVISION is a German partnership network of mid-sized tax advisory firms focused on Mittelstand clients with combined service offerings including tax, accounting, and succession. It is structurally analogous to Varianta's partnership-led, Mittelstand-focused model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/VariantaSteuerberatung
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/varianta-mokosch-%E2%80%A2-piekatz-steuerberater-gbr
• Instagraminstagram.com/varianta.erfolgsvaktor

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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