TIMOCOM
TIMOCOM is a German freight-technology and logistics-software company operating a Europe-wide digital marketplace for road transport.
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Overview
TIMOCOM GmbH is a German information-technology and freight-technology company headquartered in Erkrath. It operates a Europe-wide digital platform that connects companies seeking road-transport capacity with carriers and other logistics providers. The company’s central offering is its Road Freight Marketplace, a development of the freight and vehicle exchange originally launched as TC Truck&Cargo. TIMOCOM was established in 1997 in Düsseldorf by entrepreneurs Jens Thiermann and Jürgen Moorbrink together with software developers Gunther Matzaitis and Oliver Schubert. Its initial product addressed a persistent problem in road freight: transport companies frequently had unused vehicle capacity after completing a delivery, while shippers and forwarding companies needed transport services. By allowing freight and available vehicles to be listed digitally, the exchange helped users find counterparties and reduce empty runs. The business expanded from a listing service into a broader digital transport platform. Its tools support several stages of the transport process, including freight and vehicle exchanges, transport orders, quotations, tenders, route and cost planning, warehouse-space searches, company profiles, shipment and truck tracking, and connections to external logistics or telematics systems. Since 2018, these connected applications, interfaces, and services have been presented as the TIMOCOM Smart Logistics System, with the freight marketplace at its centre. A significant development was TIMOCOM’s move online in 2006, which enabled users to publish and access offers in real time. In 2009, the company introduced the Transport Barometer, a service intended to show the relationship between freight supply and transport capacity. The indicator became a reference point for some logistics companies when assessing market conditions and pricing. TIMOCOM serves customers in 46 European countries and makes its products and services available in 24 languages. The platform is described as linking more than 58,000 certified companies. Its customer base includes freight forwarders, carriers, shippers, logistics companies, and other participants in road transport. The company also provides supporting services such as an international debt-collection service, a security-oriented service offering, shipment tracking, and technology interfaces for integrating marketplace data with existing systems. The company relocated its headquarters to Erkrath in 2014 and expanded its site with a second building complex in 2017. In 2019, founder Jens Thiermann transferred operational management to his son Tim Thiermann, who has managed the business alongside Sebastian Lehnen. TIMOCOM remains a privately held logistics-technology company rather than a publicly listed corporation. For the 2018 financial year, the company reported turnover of €74.6 million and employed more than 700 people representing over 40 nationalities.
History
TIMOCOM began in 1997 in Düsseldorf under the name TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH. The founding team consisted of entrepreneurs Jens Thiermann and Jürgen Moorbrink and software developers Gunther Matzaitis and Oliver Schubert. The name was derived in part from the first names of the two leading entrepreneurs. The company’s first major product was TC Truck&Cargo, a digital freight and vehicle exchange designed to bring together transport demand and available road-freight capacity. The original exchange addressed the operational inefficiency created when trucks completed a delivery without securing a return load. By publishing freight requirements and vehicle availability electronically, users could seek loads, transport providers, or logistics partners more efficiently than through fragmented offline processes. This marketplace model became the foundation for TIMOCOM’s later logistics software portfolio. During the following years, the company broadened its service range beyond freight listings. It developed or added tools for route and cost calculation, vehicle tracking, warehouse-space allocation, transport orders, quotation requests, long-term tenders, and company information. These products gradually positioned TIMOCOM as a wider transport-technology provider rather than only a freight-exchange operator. In 2006, TIMOCOM moved its exchange online and enabled real-time publication of offers. This changed the speed at which European logistics companies could advertise and source transport opportunities. As activity grew and the platform received hundreds of thousands of offers each day, TIMOCOM introduced the Transport Barometer in 2009. The service represented the relationship between available freight and transport capacity and was intended to help users interpret market conditions and inform commercial decisions such as pricing. The company relocated its head office from Düsseldorf to Erkrath in 2014. A second building complex was added at the site in 2017, reflecting the company’s continued expansion. In 2018, TIMOCOM grouped its connected applications, interfaces, and services under the Smart Logistics System concept, now associated with the Road Freight Marketplace. The system was designed to connect marketplace activity with transport execution, planning, tracking, tendering, company data, and external logistics or telematics software. In 2019, Jens Thiermann handed operational management to his son Tim Thiermann. Tim Thiermann subsequently managed the company together with Sebastian Lehnen, an Executive Board member. TIMOCOM’s services expanded across 46 European countries and 24 languages. The company describes its marketplace network as comprising more than 58,000 certified companies and serving the broader ecosystem of shippers, carriers, freight forwarders, and logistics providers. TIMOCOM’s business remains focused on digital road-freight infrastructure. Its offerings include the Road Freight Marketplace, freight and vehicle exchanges, transport orders, tenders, quotation requests, shipment and vehicle tracking, route and cost tools, warehouse listings, company profiles, integration interfaces, security-related services, international debt collection, and market information through the Transport Barometer. The available reference material identifies TIMOCOM as an active privately held company; it does not identify a parent corporation, stock-market listing, or current website URL.
- 2019
Operational management transferred
[1]Jens Thiermann transferred operational management to Tim Thiermann, who has managed the company alongside Sebastian Lehnen.
- 2018
Smart Logistics System presented
[1]TIMOCOM organized its connected marketplace applications, services, and interfaces under the Smart Logistics System concept, now associated with its Road Freight Marketplace.
- 2017
Second headquarters building added
[1]A second building complex was added at the Erkrath site.
- 2014
Headquarters moved to Erkrath
[1]TIMOCOM relocated its head office from Düsseldorf to Erkrath, Germany.
- 2009
Transport Barometer introduced
[1]The company introduced a market indicator showing the relationship between freight supply and transport capacity.
- 2006
Real-time online exchange launched
[1]TIMOCOM moved its exchange online and enabled users to publish and view transport offers in real time.
- 1997
Company founded in Düsseldorf
[1]Jens Thiermann, Jürgen Moorbrink, Gunther Matzaitis, and Oliver Schubert founded TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH.
- 1997
TC Truck&Cargo introduced
[1]The company launched its first freight and vehicle exchange, creating a digital channel for matching freight with available transport capacity.
Products and positioning
A pan-European digital infrastructure provider for road freight, positioned around connecting transport supply and demand, reducing empty vehicle capacity, and integrating marketplace, planning, tracking, tendering, and related logistics services in one network.
Digital freight marketplace · 2018
Road Freight Marketplace
TIMOCOM’s central platform combines a European logistics network with applications for arranging and managing road transport. It brings together freight and vehicle offers, transport orders, quotation requests, tenders, tracking, company profiles, and related services. The platform can be connected to customers’ existing logistics and telematics systems through interfaces, allowing marketplace information and transport-process data to be incorporated into established workflows.
Freight exchange · 1997
Freight and vehicle exchange
Originally launched as TC Truck&Cargo, the freight and vehicle exchange is TIMOCOM’s foundational product. It enables companies to publish available freight or transport capacity and search for counterparties across the road-freight market. Its principal operational value is matching loads with vehicles, helping transport companies find return loads and reduce empty journeys.
Market intelligence service · 2009
Transport Barometer
The Transport Barometer is an online indicator based on the relationship between freight supply and available transport capacity. Introduced after TIMOCOM’s marketplace had accumulated substantial activity, it gives logistics users a way to observe changes in market balance. Companies may use the indicator as one input when evaluating capacity conditions and transport pricing.
Fleet and shipment technology
Tracking and shipment tracking
TIMOCOM provides tools for tracking trucks and shipments within its broader logistics platform. These functions are intended to give transport stakeholders visibility into the progress and location of vehicles or consignments and can be connected with external telematics and logistics systems through platform interfaces.
Transport planning software
Routes & Costs
Routes & Costs supports road-transport planning by combining route calculation with cost-related analysis. It belongs to TIMOCOM’s set of applications for digital transport-process support and is intended to help logistics users assess journeys and associated operating considerations before or during execution.
Transport procurement tools
Transport orders, quotations, and tenders
TIMOCOM’s marketplace includes tools for issuing or handling transport orders, requesting quotations, and conducting longer-term transport tenders. These functions extend the platform beyond spot-market matching by supporting structured procurement and ongoing relationships between shippers, forwarders, and carriers.
Brand decisions
2019
Transfer of operational managementOtherBackground
After more than two decades associated with the company’s management, founder Jens Thiermann changed his operational role.
Action taken
Operational management was transferred to Tim Thiermann, who has managed the company together with Sebastian Lehnen.
Aftermath
The change represented a transition to the next generation of operational leadership while the company continued its existing logistics-technology strategy.
2018
Expansion into a Smart Logistics SystemStrategyBackground
TIMOCOM had expanded beyond its original freight exchange into applications, services, and interfaces covering several transport-process activities.
Action taken
The company grouped its connected digital offerings under the Smart Logistics System concept, with the Road Freight Marketplace as its central platform.
Aftermath
TIMOCOM positioned itself as an integrated logistics-technology provider rather than solely as a freight-exchange operator.
2009
Launch of the Transport BarometerProduct launchBackground
Large volumes of daily marketplace offers created a basis for presenting the balance between freight demand and available transport capacity as an online service.
Action taken
TIMOCOM introduced the Transport Barometer as a market indicator for the road-freight sector.
Aftermath
The indicator became a reference used by some logistics companies when assessing market conditions and pricing.
2006
Shift to a real-time online exchangeStrategyBackground
The earlier freight-exchange model was expanded to support online access and real-time publication of offers.
Action taken
TIMOCOM placed the exchange online so users could publish and retrieve freight and vehicle offers digitally in real time.
Aftermath
The move accelerated the digital matching of freight demand and road-transport capacity across Europe.
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