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Unit4

Logo: Unit4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Dutch business software company

Unit4 is an Enterprise Resource Software company that designs and delivers enterprise software and ERP applications and related professional services for people in services organizations, with a special focus on the professional services, education, public services, and nonprofit sectors. It has subsidiaries and offices in 23 countries across Europe, North America, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1980Founded1
  • Industryinformation technology1
  • HeadquartersDordrecht1
  • Founded inSliedrecht1
  • Websitewww.unit4.com
  • Legal formventure capital1

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Unit4 is an Enterprise Resource Software company that designs and delivers enterprise software and ERP applications and related professional services for people in services organizations, with a special focus on the professional services, education, public services, and nonprofit sectors.2

Corporate structure

Unit4 sits at the top of its group. 3 entities on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Unit4 Dordrecht
    • Agresso Subsidiary
    • SendRegning Subsidiary

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Unit4 was founded in 1980 by Chris Ouwinga and listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in 1998.

In 2000, Unit4 merged with the Norwegian ERP software house Agresso Group ASA and the company name was changed to Unit4Agresso.

In March 2014, Unit4 was acquired by international venture capital firm Advent International.

In 2015, Unit4 rebranded its Coda financial management software package as Unit4 Financials. The Unit4 People Platform was also launched in 2015 as the foundation for Unit4 business applications using Microsoft Azure technology.

In April 2019, Mike Ettling, former president of SAP SuccessFactors and CEO of NGA Human Resources, became Unit4's CEO.

Global growth private equity firm TA Associates announced the strategic growth buy out of Unit4 for more than $2billion in March 2021. Global private markets firm, Partners Group, invested alongside TA. In April 2021, Unit4 released ERPx, its next-generation intelligent Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution built for mid-market, people-centric organizations.

In January 2025, Unit4 announced that Simon Paris had been appointed as CEO, succeeding Mike Ettling, who had led Unit4 for almost six years.

From Wikipedia’s article on Unit4, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • ERP software

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

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Timeline

  1. 1980Founded Founded in Sliedrecht1

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