The clients of detectives are private individuals, companies and institutions with a legal interest in investigative measures.

For example, private individuals make use of reconnaissance services:

interpersonal problems in partnership and family
Maintenance and inheritance proceedings
Rental and leasing problems
property offences such as theft, fraud and embezzlement
problems in the areas of leisure, recreation and work
Defamation and insults
Warranty problems
Accidents or other traffic incidents
Commercial enterprises commission detective agencies to investigate completely different problem situations, for example

betrayal of company and business secrets
Undeclared work, business without invoice
Fraud, embezzlement, theft
Feigning diseases
Patent, trademark and product piracy
unfair competition
Tender fraud
illegal company cannibalisation
unauthorised supply of temporary workers
Subsidy fraud
fraudulent commodity futures
Sabotage of the equipment
dubious investment offers