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Bechtle describes its mission as “the success of 70,000+ customers”; the company was founded in 1983 [https://www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/company][https://www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/company/company-development].\n\nThe company operates at more than 120 locations in 14 European countries and extends its international reach through a global partner network [https://reports.bechtle.com/annual-report/2025/combined-management-report/company/business-activity.html][https://www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/international-business/global-it-alliance]. In fiscal 2025, Bechtle reported revenue of €6.406 billion and employed 16,360 people at year-end [T722080].\n[T722080][T722080][https://reports.bechtle.com/annual-report/2025/combined-management-report/company/the-bechtle-group.html][https://reports.bechtle.com/annual-report/2025/combined-sustainability-statement/general-information/strategy/strategy-business-model-and-value-chain.html][https://www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/company][https://www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/company/company-development][https://reports.bechtle.com/annual-report/2025/combined-management-report/company/business-activity.html][https://www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/international-business/global-it-alliance]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:25:47.074184Z" }, { "type": "PRODUCTS", "text": "Bechtle supplies hardware and software solutions, including its ARTICONA own-brand range of IT accessories and peripherals such as keyboards, mice, cables, adapters, chargers, storage devices and cases. One listed ARTICONA USB-C docking station supports up to 100 W and three 4K displays. [P119735754][P43163545][https://www.bechtle.com/shop/articona-3-x-4k-100-w-usb-c-docking--4617924--p] Its Bechtle Clouds offering brings together public-cloud and business-cloud services, with a self-service marketplace, automated provisioning and billing; related capabilities include cloud consulting, integration and cost management, as well as virtualisation, infrastructure and security applications. [P30824728][P61510738]\n\nServices span IT strategy and infrastructure consulting, modern workplace and application solutions, project planning and implementation, systems integration, maintenance, training, multi-cloud and managed services, IT security and AI services. Bechtle also provides business-application services for PLM and ERP, as-a-service models and operation of customers’ IT environments. [P37551938] Its security offering includes technology sourcing, consulting, professional and managed services, and learning services. [P58621321] Bechtle also describes a software-based Index of Sovereignty for assessing customer dependencies in data sovereignty, technological independence and organisational freedom. [P30824728][https://www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/press/press-releases/2026/bechtle-launches-sovereignty-assessment] The latest annual reporting does not disclose a product-versus-service revenue percentage; it reports by regional segments rather than the former product-based segments. 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[P77828310][P67565618]\n\nIn FY2025, revenue of €6,405.874 million was distributed as follows: Germany €3,737.802 million (58.3%); France €637.574 million (10.0%); Benelux €759.491 million (11.9%); and Other Europe €1,271.007 million (19.8%). [T12270568] In Q1 2026, revenue was €1,571.691 million: Germany €871.367 million (55.4%); France €175.095 million (11.1%); Benelux €188.711 million (12.0%); and Other Europe €336.518 million (21.4%). Percentages are calculated from reported regional revenue. [T12391653]\n\nDisclosed subsidiary head-office locations include Illkirch-Graffenstaden, Les Ulis and Roissy-en-France in France, and Murcia, Zaragoza and Seville in Spain; this is not an exhaustive office list. [T9035170][T4506372] Bechtle reported 15,553 employees at 31 December 2025, but the cited disclosure gives a group-wide total rather than a geographic breakdown. [T9091981] A separate disclosure lists foreign group companies in additional countries, including Argentina, Australia, Denmark, Taiwan, the United States and Vietnam, indicating a wider legal-entity footprint than the stated 14-country European operating-market footprint. [P92739170]\n[P77828310][P67565618][T12270568][T12391653][T9035170][T4506372][T9091981][P92739170]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:25:47.074184Z" }, { "type": "SEGMENTS", "text": "Bechtle’s FY2025 segment reporting is regional, grouping activity by national markets rather than by product or sales channel. Germany accounted for approximately 58.4% of FY2025 revenue, France 10.0%, Benelux 11.9%, and Other Europe 19.8%. The regional model brings sales channels together under country-market leadership; Germany and France cover their respective national markets, Benelux covers Belgium and the Netherlands, and Other Europe includes Austria, Switzerland, Southern Europe, the British Isles and Eastern Europe. Other Europe is a grouping of smaller markets rather than a reportable segment. [T12270568][P25898155][P67565618]\n\nThrough FY2024, Bechtle also reported by business activity: IT System House & Managed Services, focused on IT hardware and software, consulting, implementation, systems integration, maintenance, cloud and managed services, IT security and related services; and IT E-Commerce, which sold IT hardware, standard software and accompanying services through telephone and online channels across European markets. In FY2024, these segments contributed approximately 62.1% and 37.9% of revenue, respectively. [P91927805][P70469819][P57795706][T2201435]\n[T12270568][P25898155][P67565618][P91927805][P70469819][P57795706][T2201435]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:25:47.074184Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "Bechtle was founded in Heilbronn on 21 July 1983 by Ralf Klenk, Gerhard Schick and Klaus von Jan, initially as a small computer shop. [https://www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/newsroom/company-culture/2023/beginning-of-the-bechtle-story-40-years-zukunftsstark] From 1993, it expanded its system-house network; the company’s chronicle describes growth to 43 system houses in nine countries by 2002. [https://www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/company/company-development]\n\nBechtle went public on 30 March 2000. [https://www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/newsroom/company-culture/2025/25-years-since-the-ipo-a-launchpad-for-bechtles-success-story] It joined the TecDAX in 2004 and the MDAX in 2018. [P111237356] In 2018, it acquired French IT provider Inmac Wstore, which the company described at the time as its largest takeover. [https://www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/press/press-releases/2018/bechtle-intends-to-acquire-inmac-wstore]\n\nBechtle said it achieved its Vision 2020 revenue target, reaching €5.3 billion in 2020. 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