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COMPAREX AG is an international company for IT services with headquarters in Leipzig, Germany. Following a takeover by SoftwareOne COMPAREX AG announced on April 1st that all its subsidiaries will undergo a rebranding process and fully integrate into the SoftwareOne Group.

Business field

COMPAREX AG is mainly involved in the management of software licenses and usage rights as well as in IT consulting and the development of Managed Services and cloud-based solutions.

Corporate structure

The Executive Group at COMPAREX AG consisted of the Board of Directors and the Vice Presidents. Since being acquired by SoftwareONE in February of 2019, COMPAREX AG's corporate structure is undergoing restructuring with Marc Betgem to serve on SoftwareONE's Executive Leadership Team and Thomas Reich, the former CEO of COMPAREX, supporting the integration process before leaving the company.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors at COMPAREX AG currently consists of two people:
Thomas Reich
Marc Betgem

Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board at COMPAREX AG has five members:
Michael Kafesie
Nikolaus Brajkovic
Andreas Fleischmann
Thomas Muchar
Oliver van Haentjens

Shareholders

Raiffeisen Informatik GmbH has owned 100 percent of COMPAREX AG since 2011; it holds these shares indirectly via “PERUNI” Holding GmbH. Raiffeisen Informatik GmbH belongs to the Raiffeisen Banking Group Austria.

Shareholdings

COMPAREX AG holds shares in companies around the world due to its strategy of acquisitions and start-ups.
2015
Start-up: Canada
Start-up: Singapore
Acquisition: Dataserv Information Technologies Inc.
Acquisition: amando software GmbH
2014Acquisition: Cloudbearing Inc.
Acquisition: PERIFEL
Acquisition: 2S Gestao de Ativos de Software Ltda. business unit
2013Acquisition: Agile Software B.V: & InfraControl B.V.
Start-up: USA
2012Acquisition: DATALOG Software AG
Start-up: Bulgaria, Indonesia
2011Acquisition: IRIS Unified Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Locations

A number of acquisitions in recent years mean that COMPAREX AG is now present in 35 countries worldwide.
Europe

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania

Asia

India, Kazakhstan, China, Singapore, Indonesia

South America

Brasil

North America

Canada, Mexico, USA

Origins

The company has operated under the name COMPAREX AG since 2011. Originally the company was named ":de:PC-Ware|PC-Ware Gesellschaft für Industrieinformatik Leipzig mbH".