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SAP Business One has approximately 700 to 800 global resellers

Len Rio · He Makes $4m Selling Other Peoples Software, Inside The Head of A Power Reseller · Apr 4, 2021 · at 10:53

Ativo Group founder Len Rio discusses market size and M&A opportunities within the SAP reseller ecosystem.

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“There's approximately 700 or 800 SAP resellers for the product line that we work with around the globe.”

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The claim, plainly

There are approximately 700 to 800 SAP resellers globally for the product line that Ativo works with.

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Assessment

On April 4, 2021, Len Reo, then-President of The Attivo Group, stated that there were approximately 700 to 800 SAP resellers globally for the product line his company works with. Attivo's core SAP product line is SAP Business One. Contemporary partner network documentation and industry reports from late 2020 and 2021 consistently confirm this estimate: Michell Consulting Group cited 'roughly 700 value-added resellers (VARs)' in late 2020, itesys AG cited 'around 700 partners', Motherson Technology Services cited 'approximately 800 Local Partners', and Codestone Group documented 'more than 850 Value Added Resellers worldwide'. Subsequent official SAP publications have affirmed a network of roughly 850 partners for SAP Business One.

December 2020 industry overview by Michell Consulting Group documented roughly 700 value-added resellers (VARs) globally for SAP Business One.
2021 collateral from Motherson Technology Services reported approximately 800 local partners worldwide for SAP Business One.
2021 itesys AG and Codestone Group reports documented between around 700 and more than 850 value-added resellers worldwide for SAP Business One.

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[1] attivoerp.com [2] prnewswire.com [3] erpresearch.com [4] michellgroup.com [5] codestone.com [6] mothersontechnology.com [7] itesys.expert [8] softcoresolutions.com

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