- CEO
- Martin Walter
- Full Time Employees
- 440
- Sector
- Commercial services
- Industry
- Commercial printing/Forms
- Address
- Baumstraße 23 Essen NW Germany 45128
- IPO Date
- Apr 23, 1999
- Business
- 11880 Solutions AG, a Germany-based digital media and marketing company founded in 1996 and headquartered in Essen, operates primarily in the telecommunications and online information services sectors through its two key segments of Directory Assistance and Digital; it provides telephone directory assistance services to private and business customers, including inquiries for phone numbers, addresses, and pre-dial information, alongside its core online platform 11880.com, Germany's largest business directory with over 4.4 million entries offering detailed company profiles, customer reviews, opening hours, images, price comparisons across 19 specialized portals (such as handwerk, health, and beauty), and tools like route planners and person searches. In the Digital segment, the company delivers comprehensive online marketing solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), encompassing website creation, search engine optimization (SEO), search engine advertising (SEA) via Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising, social media management including Facebook company pages and new social media offerings, Google My Business optimization, usability analyses, online visibility tools like Localytix for competitive benchmarking, the werkenntdenBESTEN review portal, and subsidiary Fairrank's services in content and social media since 2020; it primarily serves the German market with additional operations in Italy and Spain, employing around 485 staff, and functions as a subsidiary of united vertical media GmbH. Recent developments include the October 2025 appointment of Martin Walter as new Chief Executive Officer by the Supervisory Board, ongoing investments in product enhancements such as expanded features for the werkenntdenBESTEN platform with bundled reviews and content summaries for improved SME visibility, launch of a new social media portfolio to target fresh audiences, a redesigned review portal, and maintenance of stable revenue and EBITDA in the first nine months of 2025 amid efficiency strategies, as reflected in adjusted forecasts and half-year results.