02/03/2025

q.beyond is one of Germany’s TOP 100 innovators

• IT service provider convinces assessors in “TOP 100 Award” innovation competition
• Scientific assessment criteria met

Cologne, 3 February 2025 – q.beyond AG has asserted itself against many other companies in the TOP 100 innovation competition. The TOP 100 Seal is exclusively awarded to especially innovative small and medium-sized companies. Headed by innovation researcher Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke, the competition requires companies to satisfy more than 100 scientific criteria. Science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar accompanies the innovation competition as its mentor and will congratulate q.beyond on its success in person at the awards ceremony in Mainz on 27 June.

TOP 100 analyses the innovative power of participating companies by reference to five categories: climate of innovation, innovative processes and organisation, innovation-friendly senior management, outward-looking/open innovation and successful innovations. The competition is organised by compamedia.

Innovation embedded at core of company

“We are absolutely delighted to be ranked among the TOP 100 innovators in Germany! This award underlines the efforts we are making to be one step ahead of the market and our industry with our IT services. With our innovative solutions, we are advancing our customers’ businesses to a new, digital level”, comments Thies Rixen, CEO of q.beyond AG.

Based on cloud, application, AI and security services coupled with extensive sector expertise in retail, manufacturing, logistics, financial services and the public sector, the IT services provider accompanies its SME customers in all areas of their digital transformations. Its customers include companies such as Strauss, Frankfurter Leben Gruppe, Wempe and Fressnapf.

The competition answers the question as to whether innovations are the result of structured innovation management at the companies. TOP 100 is now in its 32nd year. In the current round, 364 small and medium-sized companies applied to take part. Of these, 262 companies in the three size categories (up to 50, 51 to 200 and more than 200 employees) were successful. Details of the assessment categories referred to in TOP 100 can be viewed here: www.top100.de/pruefkriterien


Image: TOP 100 Seal


TOP 100: the competition

compamedia has awarded the TOP 100 Seal to small and medium-sized companies in recognition of outstanding power of innovation and above-average innovative success since 1993. Since 2002, Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke has been the scientific head of TOP 100. He is the founder and director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. With 27 research awards and more than 200 publications, he is one of the leading international innovation researchers. The mentor of TOP 100 is the science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar. Its project partners are the applied research organisation Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW). The economic journal “manager magazin” accompanies the company comparison as its media partner, while “ZEIT für Unternehmer” is a cooperation partner.

About q.beyond AG

q.beyond AG is the key to successful digitalisation. We help our customers find, implement and operate the best digital solutions for their businesses. Our strong team of 1,100 specialists accompanies SMEs reliably as they tackle their digital transformation. Customers benefit here from our all-round expertise in cloud, applications, AI and security. With locations across Germany, as well as in Latvia, Spain, India and the USA, and its own certified data centres, q.beyond is one of Germany’s leading IT service providers.

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Arne Thull
Head of Investor Relations/Mergers & Acquisitions
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