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TempoLegal — EU Mandatory Time Tracking Compliance SaaS for Micro-Businesses

The 2019 ECJ ruling mandated ALL EU employers implement an "objective, reliable, and accessible" system to record daily working time. This applies to businesses of every size — including the bakery with 3 employees, the plumbing company with 7, and the design agency with 12.

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Mar 25, 2026
TAM
€2.3B — European time tracking software market for SMBs (2025 estimate based on 27% of global market × 54-63% SMB share)
SAM
€500M — Micro-businesses (1-19 employees) across EU needing compliance-first time tracking (subset currently underserved by Personio/Factorial which target 20-500 employees)
SOM
€1.5M-€5M — Capture 5,000-15,000 micro-businesses in first 2 years across 3-4 Southern/Western European markets at €10-30/month average
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TempoLegal — EU Mandatory Time Tracking Compliance SaaS for Micro-Businesses

The Problem

The 2019 ECJ ruling mandated ALL EU employers implement an "objective, reliable, and accessible" system to record daily working time. This applies to businesses of every size — including the bakery with 3 employees, the plumbing company with 7, and the design agency with 12.

The problem: existing time tracking solutions fall into two camps. Generic tools (Clockify, Toggl) track time but don't understand EU labor law compliance — they can't check if rest period rules are met, don't know Spain's 4-year retention requirement differs from Germany's, and don't generate audit-ready reports. Meanwhile, HR platforms (Personio, Factorial) bundle compliance-aware time tracking but target companies with 20-500+ employees, pricing and feature sets that are overkill for micro-businesses.

Result: millions of European micro-businesses are either non-compliant (using nothing, paper, or basic spreadsheets) or using tools that give them a false sense of compliance.

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