KARLS TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LIMITED

What KARLS TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LIMITED does

KARLS TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LIMITED (KTMS) is a UK-registered company (No. 17085260) that operates a cloud-based transport management system aimed at small and mid-sized UK freight and haulage operators. The product packages more than 15 workflow modules covering job and load management, driver and vehicle records, customer and supplier administration, invoicing, self-billing, a load board, and UK-specific compliance such as DEFRA 2023-aligned carbon reporting and HMRC-ready financials. A dedicated Customer Portal was launched in 2024 to give operators a self-service entry point.

The technical architecture is a modern lean stack: a Supabase-managed PostgreSQL data layer, Railway for application hosting, a Streamlit front end, a progressive web application (PWA) for mobile access, and infrastructure running on AWS in the eu-west-1 region, with the company registered as a UK GDPR data controller with the ICO. The system integrates directly with Xero for accounting, and multi-currency support for GBP and EUR is in place. Roadmap items disclosed by the company include a Driver App (PWA) and Live Map Phase 2 for real-time GPS tracking.

KTMS sells on a tiered SaaS subscription: Starter at £199/month, Growth at £299/month, and Scale at £499/month, with an Enterprise tier priced on application, plus a promotion offering 12 months for the price of 11 on annual contracts. The company is privately held, self-funded with no external investment disclosed, operates with 1-10 employees from Cannock, England, and serves the UK domestic freight market as its primary segment.

Name

KARLS TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LIMITED

Legal name

Karls Transport Management System Ltd

Website

https://ktms.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

KARLS TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LIMITED (KTMS) is a UK-based SaaS that delivers a cloud transport management system to small and mid-sized UK freight and haulage operators, covering jobs, drivers, vehicles, invoicing, Xero integration, and DEFRA-compliant carbon reporting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transport Management Software

NAICS

Support Activities for Transportation (488)

SIC

Wholesale-Computers & Peripheral Equipment & Software (5045)

akta.pro primary industry

Freight Settlement, Billing & Freight Audit/Pay (TMS Add-on) (TLAEAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Invoice Matching & Cost Allocation (3-Way Match, GL Coding, Project/Customer Chargeback) (TLAEAIAG), Sustainability & Emissions Analytics for Logistics (CO2e, Fuel, ESG) (TLAEAKAI), Freight Rating, Tariff & Contract Management (TMS Add-on) (TLAEAAAH), Dedicated Lanes & Mini-Bid / RFP Marketplace Platforms (TLAEAJAG)

Keywords

• Transport management system
• Freight management software
• Logistics SaaS platform
• Fleet management software
• Xero integration software

Headquarters

HQ city

Cannock

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Licensing: Monthly or annual subscription tiers (Starter £199/mo, Growth £299/mo, Scale £499/mo, Enterprise POA) providing access to platform based on user count limits. Annual plans offer 11-months-for-12 deal. Additional users priced at £35/mo per user. Revenue is recurring and predictable, scaling with customer headcount and tier upgrades.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

KTMS sells a cloud-based, subscription Transport Management System (TMS) platform that unifies the full freight workflow from quote through to final invoice for UK freight operators. The product includes 15+ integrated modules covering job management, native Xero accounting integration, load board with backload intelligence, storage/warehousing management, fleet management, customer portal, and DEFRA-compliant carbon footprint reporting, sold on tiered monthly or annual subscriptions priced from £199/month.

Product overview

KTMS is a unified, cloud-based transport management system built by freight professionals. The platform provides an integrated suite of 15+ core modules covering the complete freight workflow from quote to invoice. The core KTMS Platform serves as the foundation, with Job Management handling lifecycle tracking, Xero Integration managing accounting sync, Customer Portal enabling self-service for clients, and Storage Management providing warehouse operations. Additional modules include Load Board for marketplace bidding, Fleet Management for driver/vehicle scheduling, Carbon Footprint Reporting for ESG compliance, Analytics Dashboard for business intelligence, Fuel Surcharge for cost recovery, Live Map for tracking, Supplier Invoice Reconciliation for accounts payable, Role-Based Access Control for security, and a Driver App PWA for field operations. All modules share a common database and workflow engine with role-based access control and encrypted storage via Supabase.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• KTMS Platform A cloud-based, subscription Transport Management System (TMS) that unifies the full freight workflow from first quote through to final invoice. Sold to UK freight operators under tiered monthly or annual subscriptions (Starter £199/mo, Growth £299/mo, Scale £499/mo, Enterprise POA), with all core modules, unlimited jobs, training, and a 30-day free trial included.
• Customer Portal A self-serve portal launched in 2024 that gives freight operators' end customers a secure login to track their jobs with milestone timestamps, view and export their own invoices, and view carbon reports — scoped to only their own data.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30-day free trial with no payment required during evaluation
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SupabasecoreTechnology or IntegrationDatabase hosting and storage. EU hosted on AWS eu-west-1. Provides PostgreSQL database with encryption at rest. Acts as primary data persistence layer for all customer data including job records, financial data, and user information.
• RailwaycoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud application hosting. EU hosted. Provides infrastructure for running the KTMS application platform.
• XerocoreTechnology or IntegrationAccounting integration. UK/EU hosted. Where enabled by customer, pushes invoices, credit notes, and supplier bills (with PDFs) to customer's own Xero organisation. Bidirectional data flow - sales invoices, supplier bills, contacts, and financial data. Customer-specific integration engaged only where customer opts in.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Turvo: Modern cloud TMS for shippers, brokers and 3PLs with collaboration, workflow automation and analytics — represents the modern-SaaS TMS category KTMS is positioning against.
• Aljex Software: Cloud-based TMS for freight brokers and 3PLs of similar size to KTMS's target SMB segment, with comparable job, carrier and document workflows.
• Mandata: UK-based transport management software for road haulage operators, offering job planning, invoicing and scheduling for SMB freight businesses — the closest direct UK competitor to KTMS in target customer and feature scope.
• MercuryGate: Established cloud TMS serving shippers, 3PLs and carriers with end-to-end transportation management — competes for the same mid-market and enterprise transportation-management workloads.
• TransVirtual: Cloud TMS for haulage and warehousing operators with job management, customer portal and integrations — overlaps directly with KTMS's job-to-invoice workflow and SMB freight operator segment.
• 3G-TL: UK transport and logistics software provider covering freight management, scheduling and invoicing for hauliers — a like-for-like TMS competitor for UK SMB freight operators.
• HaulTech: UK transport management software serving freight operators with planning, compliance and back-office modules — competes for the same UK SMB-to-mid-market freight customer as KTMS.

Broad incumbents

• McLeod Software: Long-standing transportation management software provider focused on trucking and freight brokerage — represents the legacy incumbent alternative to KTMS for mid-market and enterprise carriers.
• Descartes Systems Group: Large global logistics technology incumbent with a broad TMS, routing and compliance portfolio (including acquired UK road-haulage TMS assets) — sets the competitive ceiling for KTMS in the UK SMB freight segment.
• Oracle Transportation Management: Enterprise-grade TMS within Oracle's supply chain suite — competes indirectly with KTMS at the upper end of the market and defines the 'enterprise' pricing tier KTMS's POA offering is benchmarked against.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kt-marketing-services

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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