Becthle has bigged up its UK business as its second quarter results showed a top-line rebound.
Mainland Europe’s largest reseller staged a “recovery” during the period, as ‘business volumes’ (which equate to gross invoiced income in UK lingo) jumped 5.1% year on year to €1.93bn.
That compares with the 0.8% growth it registered in Q1 and 2% growth logged in 2024.
The Neckarsulm-headquartered outfit’s bottom line failed to follow suit, however, as earnings before tax sank by a fifth to €66.8m.
Following a string of UK acquisitions – including most notably March 2023 purchase Tangible Benefit – Bechtle now claims to have a €290m-revenue business here. It ranked 41st in Oxygen 250 2025.
Bechtle said its second quarter growth was “considerably boosted” by the UK, as well as Benelux, as overall international business volumes pogoed 9.1%.
While the “challenging” economic background continued to dampen demand in Germany, Bechtle saw an increase in demand among public-sector customers in its home market during the quarter, meanwhile.
“Although we have yet to reach the ambitious growth targets we have set ourselves and firmly believe we can achieve, the second quarter’s performance has put us back on track towards growth,” Bechtle CEO Dr Thomas Olemotz stated.
Bechtle’s revenues for the quarter rose 0.8% year on year to €1.49bn, with Germany contributing €849m of the total (-3.4%) and international €638m (+7.2%).
Breaking it down by activity, Bechtle’s ‘IT System House & Managed Services’ arm saw revenues drop 2.6% to €895m, while its ‘IT E-commerce’ business was up 6.6% to €592m.
Bechtle’s headcount stood at 15,608 as of 30 June 2025, up by 302 year on year and a rise of 70 on an organic basis. Its number of vocational trainees and university students now stands at 761, up 9.7% year-on-year.
Looking ahead to its full-year, Bechtle expects to register a “slight rise” in business volumes, with earnings set to match that within a -5% to +5% range.
“In the first half-year, a gap emerged in earnings that we are determined not only to narrow but to close by year-end. It’s an ambitious, yet achievable goal – provided the positive momentum from the second quarter continues to build over the coming months, particularly driven by renewed impetus in our public-sector business,” Olemotz stated.
