History
2018
- KPS and Infront named Best Consultants for the 5th time (brand eins and Statista)
- Acquisition of the Envoy Digital Limited in Wimbledon/London
- 13 Subsidiaries and offices in Europe and USA
- KPS among “The 10 Most Recommended Retail Solution Providers, 2018”
- KPS receives Innovation Award IT 2018 (category “App”)
- KPS among the top-seven German e-commerce agencies
- KPS among the top-six German management consultancies
- Laying of the cornerstone of the new building at Lake Phönix in Dortmund
- Revenue: EUR 172 million, 1100 consultants
2017
- KPS named Best Consultants for the 4th time (brand eins and Statista)
- KPS among the top-8 German e-commerce agencies
- KPS in the Financial Times 1000 „fastest growing companies” in Europe
- KPS among the top-20 German internet agencies
- Acquisition of the Spanish SAP Partner ICE Consultants Europe SL in Barcelona
- KPS appointed first SAP Concur Customer Implementation Partner Nordics
- Acquisition of the strategy consultancy Infront Consulting in Hamburg, Germany
- 12 Subsidiaries and offices in Europe and USA
- 1000 consultants working for KPS customers world-wide
- Revenue: EUR 160 million
2016
- KPS named Top Supplier Retail 2016
- KPS client Lidl wins the reta Europe Award (EHI Institute)
- KPS among the top-five German management consultancies
- KPS among the top-10 German e-commerce agencies
- KPS among the top-20 German internet agencies
- KPS named Best Consultants for the third consecutive time (brand eins and Statista)
- Branch offices opened in Amsterdam and Arlington, VA, USA
- kps.com domain acquired
- Acquisition of the Danish SAP Consultancy Saphira Consulting, Copenhagen
- 750 consultants
- Revenue: EUR 145 million
2015
- KPS again ranked Germany’s Best Consultants (brand eins and Statista)
- Business activities in northern Europe expanded
- KPS office in Vienna opens
- Expansion into the UK, France, and Spain
- KPS CEO Dietmar Müller named European CEO 2015 in the Management Consultancy category
- Team increased to 650 consultants
- Revenue: EUR 122 million
2014
- KPS branch office in Copenhagen established
- KPS rated one of Germany’s Best Consultants (brand eins and Statista)
- SAP Gold Channel Partner
- getit GmbH, one of the leading e-commerce and Internet agencies in Germany, becomes a subsidiary of KPS AG
- KPS becomes an SAP Hybris Platinum Partner
- KPS ranks 6th among management consultancies in Germany on the 2014 Lünendonk List
- Team of around 500 consultants
- Revenue: EUR 111 million
2013
- KPS acquires SAP business unit of Didas Business Service GmbH
- Team of 450 consultants
- Revenue increases to EUR 97 million
2011
- Team increased to 260 consultants
- Market leadership for business transformation in retail
2009
- KPS ranks 9th among leading German mid-size management consultancies on the 2009 Lünendonk List
- KPS ranks 23rd in the top 25 management consultancies in Germany (2009 Lünendonk List)
- First projects launched in the Nordic region
2007
- KPS Consulting acquires Haitec AG and Autinform, and changes its name to KPS AG
- KPS shares listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- Company headquarters relocated to Munich
- Team of 130 consultants
- Revenue: EUR 21 million
2006
- KPS office at SAP in Walldorf opens
- KPS is one of the fastest-growing consultancy firms in Germany
- Expansion into other European countries begins
- Market leadership in the retail sector expanded
2004
- KPS expands into Austria and Switzerland
- Team increased to 60 consultants
- SAP Expertise partnership for SAP for Retail and SAP for Fashion Management established
- SAP for Fashion Management flagship project launched at Hugo boss
2003
- Headquarters relocated to Düsseldorf
- First projects launched in the fashion and consumer products sectors
- KPS Rapid Transformation Methodology established
2000
- KPS Consulting GmbH founded
- Founders: Dietmar Müller, Michael Tsifidaris, Leonardo Musso, Uwe Grünewald
- Vision: A consulting firm that can define strategic objectives, optimize processes, realign them, and implement them on the basis of a standard software stack – and all of this in the shortest time possible.
- Revenue: EUR 1.2 million
2001
- First projects launched in the retail, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing sectors
- 25 consultants
- Partnership with SAP established (service partner)
- Revenue: EUR 5 million
