Harsch

Name

Harsch

Legal name

Harsch Bau GmbH & Co KG

Website

https://harsch.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bretten

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Turnkey Construction Contracts: Harsch acts as the general contractor for turnkey industrial, commercial, and residential buildings. Contracts include fixed price, guaranteed completion date, and cover the full lifecycle from land acquisition through planning, financing, and construction delivery. This is the primary revenue driver.
2. Civil and Infrastructure Engineering: Civil engineering, road construction, pipeline installation, water supply infrastructure, and demolition with materials recycling services provided as standalone or bundled offerings.
3. Concrete Prefabricated Elements: Production and sale of precast concrete elements for third-party construction projects, both within the group and to external clients. Revenue from the group's own manufacturing facilities.
4. Ready-Mix Concrete (Transportbeton): Kraichgau Beton subsidiary produces and delivers ready-mix concrete from its Bretten plant, serving external construction clients. A separate revenue stream from the core construction business.
5. Property Development and Sales: Through Steinzeugpark and other residential developments, Harsch develops and sells real estate (apartments, penthouses, terraced houses), generating proceeds from property sales as part of its project development arm.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Harsch is a family-owned German construction group that delivers turnkey industrial, commercial, and residential buildings under fixed-price contracts with guaranteed completion dates, covering land acquisition, planning, financing, and construction. The company also produces precast concrete elements in-house at two plants, executes civil and road construction, pipeline installation, and demolition with materials recycling through a network of ten specialized subsidiaries.

Product overview

Harsch is a family-owned construction group (founded 1919) operating as a platform of specialized construction services. The core offerings center on turnkey construction (Planen und Bauen), project development, precast concrete products (Betonfertigteile) as their specialty, structural and civil engineering (Hoch- und Ingenieurbau), and civil/road construction (Tief- und Straßenbau). The portfolio is supported by a network of subsidiaries providing specialized services: Artur Weiler (pipe/electrical), Lischma (precuts at Laupheim), Elektro Heck, Gartner Elektrotechnik, Harsch Profilblech, Kraichgau Beton (transport concrete), Fliesen Fihn (tiling), Morlock Heizungsbau (heating), and EBRD (waste management/recycling). The company also operates precast concrete production facilities in Gondelsheim.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Planen und Bauen (Turnkey Construction) Schlüsselfertiges (turnkey) planning and construction service for industrial and commercial buildings — production halls, warehouses, offices, and administrative buildings — delivered under fixed price with a guaranteed completion date. Covers the full lifecycle from initial draft through to construction completion, for enterprise clients in the industrial and commercial sector.
• Projektentwicklung (Project Development) Real estate project development and conception service delivered by in-house architects and project developers. Covers the conception and planning of residential and commercial property objects, including current developments such as Steinzeugpark and Emil Wächter Gärten.
• Betonfertigteile (Precast Concrete Elements) In-house manufactured steel-reinforced precast concrete elements used in industrial, commercial, and residential construction. Produced at the Gondelsheim main plant and LISCHMA's Laupheim secondary plant, sold both within the group and to external third-party construction projects. Hollow-core slabs and special concrete components are produced at LISCHMA.
• Hoch- und Ingenieurbau (Structural and Civil Engineering) Construction of residential complexes, residential and commercial buildings, and complex infrastructure structures as a standalone construction service line within the Harsch Group.
• Tief- und Straßenbau (Civil and Road Construction) Road construction, sewage system construction, and utility supply pipeline construction delivered as an integrated single-source offering from the Harsch Group, serving public-sector and infrastructure clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 turnkey construction projects completed across industrial, commercial, and residential segments.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Strabag GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Joint contract for the construction of the autobahn interchange Böblingen Ost (A81). Harsch and Strabag collaborate on this infrastructure project, with Harsch responsible for specific structural works such as the bridge deck concrete pour.
• Vollack (ARGE — Working Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2020Harsch and Vollack formed a working group (ARGE) to jointly deliver the Heidelberg Innovation Park (HIP) parking garage project for Stadtwerke Heidelberg Garage GmbH. Vollack handles steel construction; Harsch provides in-situ concrete on trapezoidal sheet metal decks, floor coatings, and concrete prefabricated elements from LISCHMA. Artur Weiler installs underground cooling pipes.
• BusinessBike (Johann Derksen GmbH)minorOthers · 1 August 2017Since August 2017, all employees have been offered the opportunity to lease a bicycle or pedelec (up to 25 km/h) through a 36-month bike leasing program in cooperation with BusinessBike. The leasing rate is deducted from the employee's gross salary.
• Stadt Bretten and Stadtwerke BrettenminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2017Kooperationsvereinbarung (cooperation agreement) signed July 20, 2017 for the 'Energetische Stadtsanierung' project to supply the district of Diedelsheim with district heating from sustainable and renewable energy sources. Harsch participates as a construction partner.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Leonhard Weiss: Family-owned German construction group offering turnkey building construction, civil engineering, and road construction. Directly comparable to Harsch in services portfolio, scale (multi-thousand employees), and family ownership structure.
• KLEBL GmbH: German construction company combining turnkey building construction with its own precast concrete plant. Closely comparable to Harsch on vertical integration via in-house precast, fixed-price industrial/commercial project delivery, and family-run regional positioning.
• Diringer & Scheidel GmbH: Family-owned German construction firm active in turnkey building, civil engineering, and infrastructure. Comparable to Harsch in ownership structure, service breadth across building and infrastructure, and southern German regional focus.
• Max Bögl: Large German construction group with vertically integrated precast concrete production and civil/infrastructure capabilities. Highly comparable to Harsch on in-house Betonfertigteile production, structural/civil engineering scope, and industrial customer focus.
• Goldbeck: German family-owned turnkey industrial and commercial building contractor with a strong systems-construction approach. Direct competitor to Harsch in fixed-price Schlüsselfertigbau for industrial, commercial, and logistics clients across Germany, with comparable scale and integrated prefabrication.
• Köster GmbH: German general contractor specializing in turnkey industrial, commercial, and residential construction with fixed-price delivery. Closely comparable to Harsch on project scope, customer base (industrial / commercial enterprises), and integrated service model across multiple German locations.
• Wolff & Müller Holding: Family-owned German construction company providing turnkey building construction, civil engineering, and infrastructure services. Comparable to Harsch in segment coverage (industrial, commercial, residential, infrastructure), family ownership, and integrated multi-trade delivery model.
• Heberger GmbH: German general contractor with turnkey industrial, commercial, and civil engineering offerings. Directly comparable to Harsch in fixed-price turnkey model, regional German footprint, and broad service portfolio spanning building and infrastructure construction.

Broad incumbents

• Ed. Züblin AG (Strabag): Major German general contractor and subsidiary of Strabag SE, covering turnkey building, civil, and infrastructure construction. Comparable to Harsch on direct-contract collaboration (Böblingen Ost joint venture) and overlapping civil/infrastructure scope, but operates at substantially larger scale.
• BAM Deutschland: German arm of Royal BAM Group, a large multinational construction company with nonresidential building, civil engineering, and infrastructure. Broader incumbent competitor to Harsch, particularly on larger civil and infrastructure projects where Harsch partners with Strabag.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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