EPLAN GmbH & Co. KG Due Diligence

Run due diligence on EPLAN GmbH & Co. KG: check compliance and get alerts when suppliers change.

Germany · www.eplan-software.com · 12 vendors

EPLAN GmbH & Co. KG provides software and service solutions in the fields of electrical, automation, and mechatronic engineering. The company develops leading design software for machine and panel builders. Its solutions aim to streamline challenging engineering processes for customers worldwide.

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Last updated 2026-07-29 · revision 7

12 direct vendors, 173 subvendors

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Compliance

12 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

MLPS 2.0 — Evidence found

Evidence: https://www.eplan.com/de-en/services/trust-and-security/multi-level-protection-scheme-20/, https://www.eplan.com/de-en/services/trust-and-security/, https://www.eplan.com/zh/, https://www.eplan.com/en/

Cyber Resilience Act (source) — No public evidence

Evidence: https://www.eplan.com/de-en/services/trust-and-security/, https://www.eplan.com/de-en/products/eplan-platform/, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32024R2847

ISAE 3000 (source) — No public evidence

Evidence: https://www.eplan.com/de-en/services/trust-and-security/soc2-report/, https://www.eplan.com/de-en/services/trust-and-security/

Financials

Three-year financials

Financial Resilience Score: 7/10

EPLAN GmbH & Co. KG benefits from being embedded within the privately held, family-owned Friedhelm Loh Group, which reported approximately €3.1 billion in revenue in FY2024 and employs around 12,600 people worldwide. The group's debt-averse family ownership provides balance-sheet resilience and long investment horizons, insulating EPLAN from short-term market pressures. EPLAN itself operates a sticky, recurring-revenue engineering CAE software model with heavy switching costs, serving a blue-chip customer base including 19 of the 20 largest automotive OEMs and 70 of the top 100 machine/plant builders globally. However, EPLAN is exposed to cyclical end-markets (automotive, machinery, industrial automation), particularly in Germany and the broader DACH region, which is currently under industrial pressure. The company faces competitive pressure from Siemens, AutoCAD Electrical, Zuken E3, and emerging cloud-native CAE vendors. As a private KG within a private group, financial transparency is limited, with no public disclosure of EPLAN-specific revenue, EBIT, or equity, making external assessment of profitability and leverage difficult. The ongoing transition to cloud/SaaS licensing (Eplan Cloud, Eplan Copilot) should improve revenue predictability over time.

Key strengths: Backing of debt-averse family-owned Friedhelm Loh Group (~€3.1B revenue, 12,600 employees), Sticky recurring revenue software model with high switching costs, Blue-chip customer base: 19 of 20 largest automotive OEMs, 70 of top 100 machine/plant builders, Ecosystem lock-in via SAP, Siemens Teamcenter integrations and 2.3M+ components in Data Portal, Strategic partnership with sister company Rittal in panel building/automation, Transition to cloud/SaaS licensing improving revenue predictability

Risk factors: Cyclical exposure to automotive, machinery, and industrial automation end-markets, Geographic concentration in DACH/Europe amid European industrial malaise, Competitive pressure from Siemens (EDA/COMOS), AutoCAD Electrical, Zuken E3, and cloud-native entrants, Limited financial transparency as a private KG within a private group, Talent and wage inflation in German software engineering hubs

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