What Teamwerk Ag does

Teamwerk AG is a Mannheim-headquartered consulting firm founded around 2000 that serves German municipalities and other public-sector clients. The company operates across six service lines — circular economy (Kreislaufwirtschaft), procurement (Vergabe), communication, business economics, sustainability, and strategy — delivered through project-based professional engagements. Its value proposition combines interdisciplinary advisory with proprietary digital tooling, notably the teamdigital Power App for tracking textile collection containers and the PPK-Mitbenutzung Software Tool supporting municipal compliance with packaging-law (Verpackungsgesetz) obligations such as the participation of lightweight packaging in municipal collection systems. The firm extends its delivery capacity through a partner ecosystem that includes teamiur Rechtsanwälte for procurement law, commma Personalentwicklung for personnel development, wer denkt was for survey methodology, teamsort for waste analytics, and teamdigital for software capabilities. Revenue mechanics rely primarily on advisory fees and project work, supplemented by what appears to be modest software-enabled recurring revenue from the in-house digital tools.

Name

Teamwerk Ag

Legal name

teamwerk AG

Website

https://teamwerk.ag

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Teamwerk AG is a Mannheim-based consulting firm advising German municipalities and public-sector clients on circular economy, procurement, communication, business economics, sustainability, and strategy, supported by proprietary digital tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Management Consulting

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Circularity Consulting & Program Management (EPR, Design-for-Circularity, LCA) (EUAIANAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organization Design & Restructuring (BPACAJAB), Performance Management & Productivity Consulting (BPAHAGAL)

Keywords

• Municipal consulting services
• Circular economy advisory
• Public procurement consulting
• Waste management consulting
• Sustainability strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

Mannheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Project-based consulting fees for advisory services to municipalities and municipal companies. Services include strategic consulting, process optimization, communication, sustainability, and procurement support. Revenue is generated through professional service engagements rather than recurring subscriptions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

teamwerk AG provides specialized consulting services for municipalities and municipal companies in Germany, organized around six core service areas: circular economy (Kreislaufwirtschaft), procurement and tendering (Beschaffung und Vergabe), communication (Kommunikation), business economics (Betriebswirtschaft), sustainability (Nachhaltigkeit), and strategy (Strategie). Services span the full engagement cycle from analysis through implementation, complemented by digital tools such as the teamdigital Power App and PPK-Mitbenutzung Software Tool.

Product overview

Teamwerk AG is a specialized consulting firm for municipalities and municipal companies, offering six core service areas: Kreislaufwirtschaft (Circular Economy), Beschaffung und Vergabe (Procurement and Tendering), Kommunikation (Communication), Betriebswirtschaft (Business Economics), Nachhaltigkeit (Sustainability), and Strategie (Strategy). The company provides practical solutions through downloadable product sheets (Produktblätter) covering specific topics like waste management concepts (AWIKO), strategic restructuring, recycling center optimization, sustainable procurement, and employee surveys. Additionally, they publish the teamgeist Broschüre, a practitioner-oriented publication featuring specialist articles and project reports. The portfolio is structured around advisory services supplemented by standardized knowledge products and publications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kreislaufwirtschaft (Circular Economy Advisory)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• teamiur RechtsanwältecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with a law firm specializing in public procurement law. teamiur provides legal expertise for legally compliant procurement procedures, while teamwerk contributes operational and technical municipal consulting expertise. Together they offer integrated procurement consulting services to public clients.
• commma Personalentwicklung GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for employee survey (MAB - Mitarbeitendenbefragung) services. commma provides HR development expertise while teamwerk contributes organizational consulting capabilities. The collaboration enables comprehensive employee survey processes with follow-up dialogue and implementation support.
• wer denkt wasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for employee survey solutions. wer denkt was provides scientifically grounded survey methodology while teamwerk offers organizational consulting integration. The partnership enables GDPR-compliant, barrier-free employee surveys for municipal enterprises.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Ramboll Group: Ramboll is a large Nordic engineering, design, and consultancy firm with a significant public sector and waste management practice in Germany. It is comparable to Teamwerk as a broad incumbent offering overlapping municipal and circular economy advisory at much larger scale.
• EY (Ernst & Young) Germany: EY Germany's public sector and sustainability advisory teams serve German municipalities on transformation and reporting. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities to Teamwerk's strategy and sustainability practices at much larger scale.
• Roland Berger: Roland Berger is a major German-headquartered strategy and management consulting firm with a public sector practice serving European municipalities. It overlaps with Teamwerk on strategy and organizational consulting but at far greater scale and broader geographic reach.
• PwC Germany: PwC Germany is part of the Big 4 with a substantial public sector advisory practice serving German municipalities on procurement, sustainability reporting, and organizational transformation. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same client wallet as Teamwerk.
• KPMG Germany: KPMG Germany has a public sector practice advising municipalities and state-owned enterprises on procurement, ESG, and operational transformation. It competes with Teamwerk on larger, more complex advisory mandates in the same municipal client base.

Direct peers

• ifok GmbH: ifok is a German consulting firm working with public sector clients on sustainability, participation, and stakeholder communication. It is comparable to Teamwerk's Kommunikation and Nachhaltigkeit service lines serving municipalities and federal agencies.
• Witzenhausen-Institut: Witzenhausen-Institut is a German research and consulting institute specializing in waste management, recycling, and circular economy, frequently advising municipalities and public waste management companies. It is a direct peer to Teamwerk's Kreislaufwirtschaft practice.
• Prognos AG: Prognos is a German-European research and consulting firm focused on energy, environment, and circular economy topics, often advising public authorities. It is comparable as a directly competing municipal/sustainability advisory specialist with deeper research capabilities than Teamwerk.
• INFRANORM GmbH: INFRANORM is a German consulting firm advising municipalities and municipal utilities on infrastructure, procurement, and regulatory matters. It is a direct peer to Teamwerk's Beschaffung und Vergabe and municipal strategy practices.

Others

• teamify Consulting: teamify is a small German consulting network with adjacent municipal and public sector advisory offerings. It is an ecosystem adjacent comparable rather than a direct competitor, reflecting the broader ecosystem of small specialist consultancies in Teamwerk's space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/teamwerkAG
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/_teamwerk_-ag

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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