System 2000 Kopp Gmbh

What System 2000 Kopp Gmbh does

System 2000 Kopp GmbH is a founder-owned, privately held German IT company headquartered in Lünen, North Rhine-Westphalia, founded in 1990 by Detlef Kopp and operating as a GmbH since 1992. The company develops, distributes, and supports the SENAT Handwerkersoftware — a Windows-based, modular ERP system with 50+ modules covering the full business lifecycle for craft and trade businesses (Handwerk), including document creation, project and construction management, customer service/repair/wartung, calendar and resource planning, time tracking, and mobile field-service operations. Data is stored locally on the customer's premises using a DSGVO-compliant encrypted database with GoBD-compliant document processing, explicitly positioned against cloud-first competitors. The product integrates with a broad standards-based interface ecosystem including DATANORM, SHK-Connect, IDS-Connect, UGL, DATEV, GAEB, ÖNORM, ZUGFeRD, X-Rechnung, DMS, TAPI, and an Outlook add-in.

The company operates as a one-stop IT partner for German SMEs, combining SENAT software licensing, hardware resale (servers, clients, network equipment, Synology NAS), third-party software distribution (ecoDMS, QuickLohn, Avast Business, Securepoint UTM-Firewall), and professional IT services (consulting, implementation, maintenance, monitoring, on-site support). Revenue is generated through quote-based software licensing/subscriptions, hardware sales, IT service contracts, and a long-running payroll distribution partnership (QuickLohn — 2,500+ operating businesses across all German states). Go-to-market combines a direct enterprise field-sales motion (free on-site or in-office product demonstrations with IST analysis), a hotline-based inside-sales channel (over 10 hours daily, no call-center queue), and a regional specialist-dealer network covering Germany and Austria, including Schaal IT-Service, BIZZ/NET/IT, COS Computer, and GPS.at.

Recent strategic activity has focused on product modernization — notably the 2019 launch of the Mobillösung mobile field-service solution and the 2022 rebrand of the core product to SENAT — alongside active promotion of the federal 'Digital Jetzt' subsidy program to lower customer purchase friction. The firm claims approximately 2,000 daily users and a 30+ year operational track record, but discloses no revenue, headcount, funding, or M&A activity, and operates without external investors under continuous founder leadership.

Name

System 2000 Kopp Gmbh

Legal name

System 2000 Kopp GmbH

Website

https://system2000.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Short description

System 2000 Kopp GmbH is a founder-owned German IT company, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Lünen, that develops and distributes the SENAT modular ERP software — alongside hardware resale and IT services — for small, medium, and large craft and trade businesses across Germany and Austria.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Business Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers (423430)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Captive/Global In-House Center (GIC) Setup & Managed Services (BPAEAMAK)

Keywords

• Craft business software
• Trade ERP software
• Handcraft administration software
• Tradesman IT services
• Trade industry hardware

Headquarters

HQ city

Lünen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SENAT Software Licenses/Subscriptions: The company sells licenses and subscriptions for the SENAT handyman software, a modular ERP system. The software is composed of over 50 modules, and customers select packages tailored to their trade and operational requirements. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.
2. Hardware Sales: As an independent IT systems house, the company sells hardware including servers, clients, telephone systems, network equipment (routers, firewalls, switches, WLAN access points), monitors, printers, scanners, UPS, storage systems (Synology NAS), and Home Office solutions. They also sell ESD software licenses (Microsoft Office, F-Secure, etc.) and Microsoft 365 managed hosting. Server and client solutions are manufactured in-house.
3. IT Services and Consulting: IT services including consulting (network infrastructure planning, IT security, workflow, video surveillance), implementation and installation, maintenance, monitoring, and on-site service. Offered as part of a comprehensive IT service package (IT-Service Rundum-Betreuung). Additionally, training services for System 2000, ecoDMS, and Microsoft computer courses are provided.
4. QuickLohn Payroll Software: The company distributes QuickLohn, a payroll calculation program targeted at small and medium-sized businesses across craft, trade, and other sectors. QuickLohn has been in use for over 20 years with more than 2,500 operating businesses across all German states.

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

System 2000 Kopp GmbH is a German small-to-medium enterprise that develops and distributes handcraft/trade business software under the name SENAT, targeted at trade and industrial companies. In addition to the SENAT software product, the company sells hardware and provides IT services to its trade-business customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SENAT: The company's main handcraft/trade software product that manages all essential business processes from quotes to invoices, including mobile solutions, calendar, customer service, and project management.
• SENAT Mobillösung
• SENAT TerminApp

Products and services

• SENAT business software

Quantifiable outcome

• ~2,000 people served daily with software solutions and IT services
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, regional and peripheral.

• QuickLohncoreTechnology or IntegrationQuickLohn is a specialized payroll calculation program distributed by System 2000. With over 20 years of market presence and more than 2,500 operating businesses across all German states, QuickLohn enables the company to offer an integrated HR/payroll solution alongside its core SENAT software. Programming and support are based in Berlin and Britz, Brandenburg. Qualified specialist dealers across Germany provide on-site training and support.
• ecoDMS GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationecoDMS provides document management system (DMS) software and ecoMailz email archiving solution that System 2000 distributes and integrates with its SENAT handyman software. ecoDMS offers platform-independent, revision-secure archiving compliant with GoBD regulations. The integration enables automatic document archiving and full-text search from within the SENAT environment.
• BIZZ/NET/IT GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationBIZZ/NET/IT is an Austrian IT company and software developer that developed BIZZ/TIME — a mobile time tracking solution specifically for trades integrated with SENAT software. BIZZ/NET/IT also developed BIZZ/PLAY (digital signage solution). The partnership enables bi-directional data exchange: work orders from SENAT are transferred to BIZZ/TIME, and recorded hours are returned to post-job cost calculation in SENAT.
• Schaal IT-ServiceregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSchaal IT-Service is a regional IT service company based in Kappelrodeck, Baden-Württemberg, that serves as a key regional partner and reseller of System 2000 products. Founded in 2011 by Sebastian Schaal, the company specializes in IT services for craft businesses, trade, commerce, service, industry, and hospitality sectors in Baden-Württemberg. It provides on-site sales, implementation, and support for System 2000 products.
• COS ComputerregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCOS Computer is listed as a partner company of System 2000. The nature of the partnership appears to be distribution and/or reseller oriented, with a presence in the German market.
• GPS.at FleetsoftwareregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGPS.at is an Austrian company specializing in GPS vehicle tracking and digital fleet management solutions. Listed as a partner of System 2000, suggesting complementary product offerings for field service management.
• AAG KommunikationregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAAG Kommunikation is a strategic consulting, design and development firm based in Dortmund, Germany. Listed as a partner of System 2000, suggesting collaboration in areas of digital strategy, design, or software development.
• TeamViewercoreTechnology or IntegrationTeamViewer Germany GmbH provides the remote maintenance software used by System 2000 for its customer support operations. System 2000 offers customers a dedicated TeamViewer-based remote maintenance tool (Fernwartung System 2000) for encrypted, on-demand support sessions without requiring on-site visits.
• Avast Business (CloudCare)peripheralChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAvast Business CloudCare is the antivirus and endpoint security solution distributed by System 2000 as part of its product portfolio. It provides reliable virus protection, ransomware prevention, and security software for Windows clients, notebooks, and tablets.
• Securepoint UTM-FirewallperipheralChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSecurepoint is a German IT security company providing UTM (Unified Threat Management) firewall solutions. System 2000 distributes Securepoint firewall products as part of its hardware and IT security portfolio, offering firewall solutions for SMEs as one-time purchase or monthly rental inclusive of service.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• ToolTime GmbH: Munich-based SaaS for trades field service management — scheduling, digital job documentation and customer communication. Overlaps with SENAT's Mobillösung and TerminApp offerings.
• Craftboxx GmbH: German SaaS startup offering trades-specific CRM, project management and field service tooling. Represents the next-generation cloud-native threat targeting younger Handwerk operators.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Microsoft's mid-market ERP platform with strong partner ecosystem in DACH. Competes for the same German SMB/Handwerk IT budgets as an alternative stack to SENAT + Windows.
• SAP SE (Business One / S/4HANA): Global enterprise ERP vendor with mid-market and indirect-channel reach into German Mittelstand trades and industrial customers. Competes for larger Handwerk and industrial accounts adjacent to SENAT's enterprise tier.

Direct peers

• Weclapp SE: Cloud-native ERP/CRM platform for German SMBs and trades with mobile apps, project management and DATEV integration. Represents the cloud-first competitive threat to SENAT's on-premise Windows stack.
• Haufe-Lexware (Lexware): Established German SMB software suite (Lexware Handwerk, Lexoffice) serving trades, tax advisors and small businesses. Targets the same Handwerk buyers with comparable document, invoicing and DATEV integration capabilities.
• Sage GmbH: Major ERP and accounting software vendor in Germany with a Handwerk-focused product line (Sage 50 Handwerk, Sage Office Line). Competes directly with SENAT for trades businesses on functionality, scale and partner reach.
• PDS GmbH: German specialist vendor of Handwerkersoftware focused on trades business processes, project management and service workflows. Direct head-to-head competitor in the German craft ERP niche.
• sevDesk GmbH: Cloud accounting and ERP platform for German SMBs and self-employed trades. Competes on subscription pricing, mobile access and DATEV integration — overlapping with QuickLohn and SENAT use cases.
• BRZ Deutschland GmbH: Germany-based IT provider serving the construction and trades sector with ERP, payroll and back-office software. Comparable business model and target customer base to System 2000.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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