WIRTSCHAFTSRAT GMBH

What WIRTSCHAFTSRAT GMBH does

WIRTSCHAFTSRAT GMBH is a privately held, owner-managed Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft headquartered at Bleichenbrücke 11 in Hamburg, with a secondary office in Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein. Founded in the late 1960s by Carl-Ulrich Bremer and now led in its second generation by Dr. Henrik Bremer alongside managing directors Dr. Tobias Reiter, Matthias Müller, and Ina Peters, the firm operates as a multi-discipline professional services practice combining Steuerberatung (tax advisory), Wirtschaftsprüfung (statutory and voluntary auditing), Betriebswirtschaftliche Beratung (business consulting), and Rechtsberatung (legal advisory). The legal advisory line is delivered through an affiliated partnership with WIRTSCHAFTSRAT Recht, enabling integrated tax-audit-legal mandates under a single umbrella. Pricing follows statutory fee schedules (Steuerberatergebührenverordnung) for tax work and engagement-based professional service rates for audit and consulting mandates, with multi-year engagements the norm. Distribution is exclusively direct and personal—managing partners are involved in all matters, with no self-service or digital channels.

Name

WIRTSCHAFTSRAT GMBH

Legal name

WIRTSCHAFTSRAT GMBH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft

Website

https://wpg-wirtschaftsrat.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Owner-managed Hamburg-based auditing, tax advisory, and business consulting firm serving family businesses and ten other verticals across the Hamburg metropolitan region, with integrated legal services via affiliated WIRTSCHAFTSRAT Recht.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tax Advisory and Audit Services

NAICS

Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (5412), Management Consulting Services (54161), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Audit & Assurance Services (BPAHABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Transaction Tax Structuring & Deal Advisory (BPAHAOAJ)

Keywords

• Tax advisory services
• Statutory audit services
• Business consulting
• Legal advisory services
• Family business succession

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: The firm generates revenue through professional services including tax advisory (Steuerberatung), auditing (Wirtschaftsprüfung), and business consulting (Betriebswirtschaftliche Beratung). Additional revenue stream includes legal advisory services provided through the affiliated partner WIRTSCHAFTSRAT Recht. Services are billed on a fee basis according to statutory fee schedules for tax advisors (Steuerberatergebührenverordnung) and professional service rates for auditing engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

WIRTSCHAFTSRAT is an owner-managed auditing and tax advisory firm offering an integrated portfolio of tax advisory (Steuerberatung), statutory and voluntary auditing (Wirtschaftsprüfung), business consulting (Betriebswirtschaftliche Beratung covering M&A, valuation, process optimization, succession), and legal advisory (Rechtsberatung) services. Interdisciplinary teams deliver these services to clients across diverse industries, with particular specialization in family businesses, energy transition, broadband infrastructure, and regulated industries.

Product overview

WIRTSCHAFTSRAT GMBH is an owner-managed auditing and tax advisory firm offering a unified portfolio of four integrated service lines: Steuerberatung (Tax Advisory), Wirtschaftsprüfung (Auditing), Betriebswirtschaftliche Beratung (Business Consulting), and Rechtsberatung (Legal Advisory). The firm operates as a single integrated professional services practice rather than a platform with separate modules, where interdisciplinary teams combine these services to serve clients across diverse industries including family businesses, trade, logistics, energy, telecommunications, public sector, healthcare, real estate, digital economy, insurance, and non-profit organizations. The core offering is the seamless combination of audit, tax, business, and legal advisory services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Steuerberatung (Tax Advisory) Professional tax advisory services covering all aspects of German tax law, including tax returns, tax planning, and tax dispute resolution, delivered to businesses across multiple industries.
• Wirtschaftsprüfung (Auditing) Statutory audit services including annual and consolidated financial statement audits, as well as special audits for various industries, performed for companies above statutory audit thresholds.
• Betriebswirtschaftliche Beratung (Business Consulting) Business consulting services focusing on transaction decisions, company valuations, process optimization, project controlling, and succession planning for family businesses.
• Rechtsberatung (Legal Advisory) Legal advisory services including contract drafting and review, with additional specialized legal consulting offered through partner firm WIRTSCHAFTSRAT Recht. Most of the firm's professionals hold additional qualifications as lawyers (Rechtsanwalt).

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• WIRTSCHAFTSRAT RechtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWIRTSCHAFTSRAT Recht is an affiliated law firm that provides legal advisory services complementary to the accounting firm's tax and audit services. The partnership enables the firm to offer integrated tax, audit, and legal advisory services under the WIRTSCHAFTSRAT umbrella. Most professionals at the firm hold additional qualifications as lawyers (Rechtsanwalt), and the affiliated firm provides extended legal services when specialized expertise is required.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ebner Stolz: Top-10 German audit and tax advisory firm serving mid-market and family businesses with combined audit, tax, legal and consulting offerings. Closely comparable integrated model and Mittelstand focus to WIRTSCHAFTSRAT.
• Rödl & Partner: German mid-market audit, tax and legal advisory firm with integrated service lines and significant presence in family-owned Mittelstand mandates — directly comparable multi-disciplinary model to WIRTSCHAFTSRAT, though at substantially greater scale and international footprint.
• Flick Gocke Schaumburg: Boutique German tax advisory and audit firm focused on complex tax matters for family businesses and corporate clients. Closely comparable on integrated tax/legal advisory for Mittelstand, though with stronger specialization in sophisticated international tax planning.
• HLB Germany (Streck Mack Schwedhelm): German member of HLB international network providing tax advisory and audit to mid-market and family-owned businesses. Comparable integrated offering and Mittelstand client base, with broader international network reach.
• Pohlmann & Company: Mid-sized German audit and tax advisory firm headquartered in Northern Germany serving regional Mittelstand clients. Comparable on regional Northern Germany presence, scale, and family business focus.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Germany: Big 4 firm with full-service audit, tax, consulting and legal advisory offering in Germany including Hamburg office. Comparable on integrated service lines; competes with WIRTSCHAFTSRAT for larger mandates but operates at vastly greater scale and global reach.
• BDO Germany: Germany arm of global BDO network providing audit, tax and advisory to mid-market companies across all major industries. Comparable on service mix; significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach than WIRTSCHAFTSRAT.
• Mazars Germany: International audit, tax and advisory firm with German operations serving Mittelstand and family businesses. Comparable integrated service offering; materially larger scale than WIRTSCHAFTSRAT.
• Grant Thornton Germany: International audit and advisory network's German practice serving mid-market and family-owned companies with audit, tax and consulting services. Comparable on client profile; broader portfolio and global footprint.

Others

• Datev eG: German cooperative providing tax advisory software, IT solutions and partner recognition to tax advisors and auditors. WIRTSCHAFTSRAT is recognized as a DATEV partner, making Datev a relevant ecosystem/adjoining partner rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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