Merger of INTARIA and 3 Moore Global companies

Munich — INTARIA AG, a leading provi­der of audit and tax advi­sory services for medium-sized clients in Germany, has ente­red into a stra­te­gic part­ner­ship with Moore Belgium, Moore DRV from the Nether­lands and Moore King­s­ton Smith from the UK. In this context, Moore Belgium has acqui­red a majo­rity stake in INTARIA, wher­eby the INTARIA part­ner­ship will conti­nue to manage the German busi­ness as entrepreneurs. 

In the coming years, the service port­fo­lio is to be expan­ded through targe­ted acqui­si­ti­ons and mergers and the geogra­phi­cal coverage within Germany is to be streng­the­ned. INTA­RIA’s clear objec­tive in taking this step is to build a group that will provide custo­mers from the SME sector with a full range of services as a trus­ted part­ner. The merger will also enable them to bene­fit from inte­gra­ted support across borders for their Euro­pean issues. 

Moore Belgium, Moore DRV, Moore King­s­ton Smith and INTARIA have alre­ady been coope­ra­ting for some time in the Moore Global network and now want to signi­fi­cantly inten­sify this coope­ra­tion as a Euro­pean group of natio­nal cham­pi­ons in order to offer clients from the Euro­pean upper midmar­ket a seam­less inter­na­tio­nal offe­ring and to tackle the dyna­mic chal­lenges in the audi­ting and tax consul­ting indus­try with combi­ned forces. In addi­tion, a declared goal of Moore Belgi­um’s invest­ment in INTARIA is to acce­le­rate INTA­RIA’s growth as one of the German market leaders in the SME sector. Among other things, the Belgian company’s expe­ri­ence in inor­ga­nic and orga­nic growth will serve as a driving force. As part of the tran­sac­tion, the opera­tio­nal manage­ment and respon­si­bi­lity for the busi­ness in Germany will remain in the hands of the INTARIA part­ners, who will also retain a signi­fi­cant share­hol­ding. INTARIA has appoin­ted addi­tio­nal part­ners who, toge­ther with the exis­ting team, will drive forward the imple­men­ta­tion of the ambi­tious growth strategy. 

Focus on acqui­si­ti­ons and orga­nic growth levers

In view of the dyna­mi­cally deve­lo­ping market envi­ron­ment, the future closer part­ner­ship with Moore Belgium, Moore DRV and Moore King­s­ton Smith offers INTARIA the oppor­tu­nity to diffe­ren­tiate itself stra­te­gi­cally and opera­tio­nally from the local compe­ti­tion as part of a Euro­pean group of leading provi­ders for SMEs and to find answers to the rapidly chan­ging client requi­re­ments. Moore Belgium, Moore DRV and Moore King­s­ton Smith are the three largest Moore Global network members in Europe and are on a dyna­mic growth path, which has been supported for seve­ral years by the Euro­pean invest­ment company Water­land with capi­tal and compre­hen­sive know-how. INTARIA expects a wide range of addi­tio­nal growth poten­tial within this network for the bene­fit of custo­mers and employees. For exam­ple, INTARIA will be able to offer its more than 1,100 clients addi­tio­nal services, such as advice on digi­tal analy­tics or subsi­dies, as a result of the closer coope­ra­tion and thus further streng­then its posi­tion as a flexi­ble solu­tion part­ner. At the same time, as part of the growth stra­tegy, indus­try exper­tise is to be built up and expan­ded in order to be able to support clients with addi­tio­nal exper­tise in future challenges. 

In addi­tion, INTARIA will gain access to the latest tech­no­lo­gi­cal tools and AI-based solu­ti­ons that Moore Belgium, Moore DRV and Moore King­s­ton Smith, and in the future INTARIA, are jointly deve­lo­ping to be at the fore­front of digi­tal deve­lo­p­ments in the profes­sion. In this way, INTARIA will be able to bene­fit from the use of inno­va­tive tech­no­lo­gies for grea­ter process digi­tiza­tion and streng­then its compe­ti­ti­ve­ness. At the same time, the focus will remain on the quality and inde­pen­dence of its advi­sory services and its close proxi­mity to clients in day-to-day business. 

“INTARIA has deve­lo­ped stron­gly in recent years and has grown steadily. Our clients appre­ciate the quality and our DNA ‘From SMEs for SMEs’. By part­ne­ring with Moore Belgium, Moore DRV and Moore King­s­ton Smith, with whom we share values and goals, we will advise the Euro­pean upper mid-market even more compre­hen­si­vely and across natio­nal borders, while paving the way to signi­fi­cantly acce­le­rate INTA­RIA’s natio­nal growth,” explains Thomas Zieg­ler, Mana­ging Part­ner of INTARIA (photo © INTARIA).

Fabian Galler, also Mana­ging Part­ner, adds: “Our almost 200 employees are the foun­da­tion of our successful deve­lo­p­ment. By conti­nuously expan­ding the team over the years, we have been able to create a culture charac­te­ri­zed by cohe­sion, quality aware­ness and expert know-how. Based on these values, we want to acce­le­rate our growth course and are convin­ced that the constel­la­tion as a new strong player will give us all addi­tio­nal clout in the market.”

Peter Verschel­den, Execu­tive Chair­man of Moore Belgium, comm­ents: “I am deligh­ted with this new part­ner­ship with INTARIA. As a company we share the same values, appre­cia­tion for our employees and the same vision for how we want to advise our custo­mers. This part­ner­ship enables us both to serve our clients with the same high quality stan­dards across natio­nal borders. Germany is an important econo­mic market for many clients within our Group and vice versa. I look forward to conti­nuing to grow together.” 

About INTARIA

INTARIA is a leading tax consul­tancy and audi­ting firm with offices in Munich, Rosen­heim and Traun­stein. Active in southern Bava­ria, a region with a strong SME sector, the company curr­ently employs more than 190 people. Foun­ded in 1993, the company has been trading as INTARIA since its renaming in 2019 and has steadily expan­ded its range of services and increased its work­force. INTARIA offers compre­hen­sive services such as tax consul­ting, audi­ting, legal advice, corpo­rate finance, IT and ESG consul­ting. The company is mana­ged by eight part­ners, inclu­ding mana­ging part­ners Thomas Zieg­ler and Fabian Galler. 

About Moore Belgium, Moore DRV, and Moore King­s­ton Smith

Moore Belgium, Moore DRV and Moore King­s­ton Smith are leading inde­pen­dent member firms of the global Moore network. Toge­ther, they stand for excel­lent consul­ting quality and compre­hen­sive exper­tise in the areas of audi­ting, tax consul­ting, accoun­ting, manage­ment consul­ting and digi­tal trans­for­ma­tion — with a parti­cu­lar focus on medium-sized and family-run companies.
Moore Belgium, based in Antwerp, is the largest inde­pen­dent audi­ting and consul­ting firm in Belgium. With around 1,900 employees at 11 loca­ti­ons, the company offers tailor-made solu­ti­ons in the areas of audit, tax, corpo­rate finance, accoun­ting and data & IT advisory.
Moore DRV, based in Rotter­dam, supports entre­pre­neurs and SMEs in the southern Nether­lands with over 1,500 employees at more than 25 loca­ti­ons. The focus is on perso­nal advice in the areas of tax, audit, consul­ting and IT services. 

Moore King­s­ton Smith, head­quar­te­red in London, is one of the leading mid-market consul­tancies in the UK and Ireland. Over 1,500 employees at 10 loca­ti­ons in the UK and 7 support compa­nies, non-profit orga­niza­ti­ons and inter­na­tio­nal clients with compre­hen­sive services — from audit and tax advice to outsour­cing and ESG consul­ting. The three compa­nies combine a regio­nal presence with an inter­na­tio­nal perspec­tive and support their clients in achie­ving sustainable growth and successfully maste­ring complex challenges.