find experts

Name

find experts

Legal name

Walter Kaltenbach

Website

https://find-experts.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Recruiting Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Engineering Leadership Search (BPACAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

C-Suite & Board Search (BPACAAAA), Functional Leadership Search (HR/Finance/Legal/Marketing/Sales/Ops) (BPACAAAB)

Keywords

• Executive recruiting services
• Specialist headhunting
• Recruitment consulting
• Talent acquisition
• Mittelstand recruiting

Headquarters

HQ city

Böbingen An Der Rems

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Consulting Engagements: Project-based consulting engagements for mid-sized German companies seeking to fill key positions with qualified specialists and executives. Engagements are customized based on modules selected and scope of collaboration. Investment is described as lower than vacancy costs and costs of misplacements. The firm offers a structured process from initial consultation through onboarding support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

find experts® provides B2B recruitment consulting services to German technical mid-sized companies (Mittelstand), using a proprietary brain-compatible (gehirngerecht) recruiting methodology structured as a 9-step process. The service covers position analysis, target profile development, brain-compatible job postings, online headhunting, candidate screening via video presentations, structured interviews, transition management, and onboarding support. Engagements are customized by module and delivered personally by founder Walter Kaltenbach.

Product overview

find experts® ist eine Personalberatung für den technisch orientierten Mittelstand, die ihren gehirngerechten find-experts®-Ansatz als Kernprodukt einsetzt. Das Angebot umfasst eine ganzheitliche Recruiting-Beratung mit einem 9-stufigen Erfolgsbaustein-Prozess (von der Soll-Profil-Entwicklung über gehirngerechte Bewerberansprache und Online-Headhunting bis zum Onboarding), ergänzt durch ein kostenloses Whitepaper zu Recruiting-Fehlern, ein Experten-Webinar sowie ein Terminbuchungstool. Es handelt sich um eine reine Beratungs-/Dienstleistung ohne SaaS-Produkt oder softwarebasierte Lösung.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• find-experts®-Ansatz: Proprietary brain-compatible recruiting methodology with 9 success components (Erfolgsbausteine) for finding and retaining top talent in technical mid-sized companies.

Products and services

• find-experts® Recruiting-Beratung (Brain-Compatible Recruiting Consulting) Core recruitment consulting service for German technical mid-sized companies (Mittelstand), delivering brain-compatible recruiting strategies that source qualified candidates for key specialist and executive positions. Covers position analysis, target/benchmark profile creation, brain-compatible job postings, online headhunting, candidate screening, structured interviews, transition management, and onboarding support. Delivered personally by founder Walter Kaltenbach.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 95% of newly hired employees pass the probation period successfully
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search firm with strong presence in Germany serving CEO and senior leadership mandates. Comparable to find experts® at the executive search level but serves a far broader client base across industries and geographies, making it a scaled incumbent in the same core service category.
• Korn Ferry: Large global organizational consulting firm with an executive search practice covering industrial clients in Germany. Operates as a broad incumbent offering overlapping executive search services alongside a much wider HR consulting portfolio.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search firm with established Germany practice serving industrial and technical clients. Comparable in targeting senior leadership roles for industrial firms but at much larger scale and with diversified geographic and sector coverage.
• Odgers Berndtson: International executive search firm with a German Mittelstand practice focused on senior leadership appointments. Most directly comparable to find experts® in serving German mid-market and family-owned technical companies, but with multiple offices and partners versus find experts®'s solo model.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm operating in Germany. Comparable as an executive search competitor for senior appointments in industrial and technical sectors, but at materially greater scale and with a broader industry footprint.

Direct peers

• PageGroup (Michael Page / Page Personnel): International recruitment group with German operations placing technical specialists, managers, and executives into mid-sized companies. Comparable in business model and target customer profile, though operating as a multi-consultant firm rather than a solo practice.
• Robert Walters Germany: International recruitment firm placing mid-to-senior professionals into German technical and industrial employers. Comparable in direct-hire search model and Mittelstand customer base, though at greater scale and with a multi-consultant delivery model.
• Robert Half (Germany): Global staffing and direct-hire firm with German operations recruiting finance, accounting, and technical specialists. Comparable to find experts® in providing direct-hire recruiting services to German mid-market companies, though operating at much larger scale and with broader functional coverage.
• Hays Deutschland: Global recruitment firm with a strong German Mittelstand practice recruiting across technical, engineering, and construction sectors. Comparable in customer segment (German mid-sized technical companies) and direct-hire model, but with significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Emerging players

• LinkedIn (Talent Solutions / Recruiter): AI-enabled sourcing platform increasingly used by German Mittelstand HR teams to source candidates directly. Not a direct search competitor but represents the platform-shift pressure that could commoditize parts of find experts®'s online headhunting offering over time.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/find-experts-vertrieb

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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