Richard Boorberg Publishing

What Richard Boorberg Publishing does

Richard Boorberg Verlag GmbH & Co KG is a German specialist legal and administrative publisher (Fachverlag) headquartered in Stuttgart with a secondary customer service office in Munich. Founded approximately in 1927, the company operates across all 16 German federal states and produces professional publications for public administration, the legal profession (judges, prosecutors, attorneys), police forces, law students, tax advisors, architects/engineers, fire services, and academic researchers. Its content portfolio includes print books, professional journals, loose-leaf subscription works, and an expanding digital product line.

The company's core technology stack centers on online subscription platforms branded under BOORBERG.digital, including the eVSV (Elektronische Vorschriftensammlung) state-specific digital regulation collections, and the context services family (TRöD context, TVöD context, TV-L context, Beihilferecht context, Besoldungsrecht context) for collective bargaining and civil servant law. The platform incorporates KI.Assist, an AI-powered question-answer tool that generates answers with source citations drawn from Boorberg's proprietary legal content corpus. Specialized sub-brands include Publicus (public law), BayRVR (Bavarian legal report), Sicherheitsmelder (security professional knowledge), and the Sportrechtspodcast (Liebling Bosman).

The business model combines one-time book sales (€10-€140 per title) with recurring annual subscriptions for online modules (€120-€1,212/year), loose-leaf updates (2-4 deliveries per year), and professional journals. Distribution is primarily through the company's e-commerce storefront at boorberg.de, supplemented by traditional Buchhandel (book trade) channels and direct customer service. Strategic partnerships with state institutions — including Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern for VSPA Bayern and Studieninstitut Westfalen-Lippe for eVSV NRW — provide official examination-aid status, embedding products into mandatory civil servant and police training workflows. The company is privately held with no disclosed parent company, funding rounds, or external investors identified in available data.

Name

Richard Boorberg Publishing

Legal name

Richard Boorberg Verlag GmbH & Co KG

Website

https://boorberg.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1927

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Richard Boorberg Verlag is a German specialist legal and administrative publisher (Fachverlag) founded ~1927, serving public administration, legal professionals, police, law students, and tax advisors with state-specific print books, digital regulation collections, subscription-based online commentary services, and an AI-assisted research tool (KI.Assist) across all 16 German federal states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (51313), Book Publishers (513130), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131), All Other Publishers (513199)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal & Regulatory Publishing (Case Law, Statutes, Treatises) (MPAJACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Legal Reference (Statutes, Case Law, Practice Guides) (EDAGAGAB), Government, Public Policy & Regulatory Reference (Public Administration, Regulatory Guidance) (EDAGAGAK), Legal & Governance Professional Development (EDAGANAK), Legal Practice Management & Case Management (BPAEAPAC), Law & Legal Studies Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAG)

Keywords

• Legal publishing
• Professional law books
• Administrative law journals
• Digital legal services
• Regulatory commentary

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Sale of print books including legal textbooks, commentaries, professional reference works, and state-specific legal publications. One-time purchase model with prices ranging from approximately €10 to €140 depending on publication type and format.
2. Subscription Services (Online Modules): Annual subscription-based access to digital services including eVSV (state-specific regulation collections), context services (TVöD, TV-L, TRöD, Beihilferecht, Besoldungsrecht), and online journals. Prices range from €120 to €1,212 annually depending on the service.
3. Loose-leaf Works (Loseblattwerke): Loose-leaf subscription publications with regular update deliveries, primarily for legal reference works and state-specific administrative guidelines. Updated 2-4 times per year with supplement deliveries.
4. Specialist Journals (Fachzeitschriften): Subscription-based professional journals covering administrative law, police topics, social law, and municipal finance for various German states. Published monthly or bi-monthly with annual subscription pricing.
5. E-Books: Digital versions of publications available through the Digital section of the website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Richard Boorberg Publishing (Richard Boorberg Verlag) is a German Fachverlag (specialist publisher) that publishes and sells legal textbooks, commentaries, professional journals, loose-leaf reference works, and digital subscription services. Core products include state-specific digital regulation collections (eVSV), online commentary services for collective bargaining and civil servant law (TRöD context, TVöD context, TV-L context, Beihilferecht context, Besoldungsrecht context), exam preparation books for law students (AchSo! series), and the KI.Assist AI-powered research tool. The company serves public administration, legal professionals, police, and law students across all 16 German federal states.

Product overview

Richard Boorberg Verlag is a German legal and administrative Fachverlag (professional publisher) offering a dual-format portfolio of print and digital products. The core digital offerings include eVSV (state-specific digital regulation collections for civil service), online context services (TRöD context, TVöD context, TV-L context, Beihilferecht context, Besoldungsrecht context) providing comprehensive commentary on collective bargaining and civil servant law with integrated KI.Assist AI functionality, and specialized journals like HessVBl. and VBlBW. Print products include the AchSo! case-based learning series and Schwabe exam preparation books for law students, professional loose-leaf works, and specialized journals for administrative law, police, social law, and tax law. The company also operates themed platforms (Publicus for public law, BayRVR for Bavarian reports, Sicherheitsmelder for security topics) and the Sportrechtspodcast.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AchSo!: Case-based learning books for law students, known as 'Lernen mit Fällen' or 'Schwabe-Titel' series
• eVSV
• Gesetzbuch24
• BOORBERG.digital
• KI.Assist
• Publicus
• BayRVR
• Sicherheitsmelder

Products and services

• eVSV (Digitale Vorschriftensammlung) Digital collection of regulations for civil service training and administration in German federal states (North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Saxony), available as online applications with browser support, update-safe annotations, notes, and favorites functionality. Tailored to specific training and administration requirements.
• TRöD context Comprehensive online commentary service combining TVöD context and TV-L context for collective bargaining law covering federal, state, and municipal employers, with approximately 4,700 court decisions, over 230 regulations, and integrated KI.Assist AI functionality.
• TVöD context Online commentary service for collective bargaining law for federal and municipal employers, featuring commentary by Clemens/Scheuring/Steingen/Wiese, access to over 4,900 court decisions, and KI.Assist AI functionality.
• TV-L context Online commentary service for collective bargaining law for public service employees of German federal states, featuring commentary and access to approximately 4,900 court decisions, with KI.Assist AI functionality.
• Beihilferecht context

Quantifiable outcome

• VENSA database contains over 14,000 court decisions
• +2 more outcomes

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Bundesverband rechtswissenschaftlicher Fachschaften e.V. (BRF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the Federal Association of Law Student Organizations (BRF), representing approximately 120,000 law students in Germany. The BRF cooperates with Richard Boorberg Verlag on the 'Recht reloaded' magazine, a publication by young lawyers for law students, referendaries, and young legal professionals.
• Studieninstitut Westfalen-LippecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe eVSV Nordrhein-Westfalen was compiled in close coordination with Studieninstitut Westfalen-Lippe and is tailored to the requirements of training and continuing education opportunities at the institutes in North Rhine-Westphalia. The eVSV can be used as an examination aid at the institute.
• Bayerisches Staatsministerium des InnerncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe loose-leaf work 'VSPA' (Vorschriftensammlung für die Polizeiausbildung in Bayern) is officially recognized as an examination aid by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior. The collection is editorially maintained by the examination office of the Bavarian Police.
• Prüfungsamt der Bayerischen PolizeicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe VSPA Bavaria collection is editorially maintained by the examination office of the Bavarian Police (Prüfungsamt der Bayerischen Polizei), ensuring content and scope are continuously adapted to changing requirements of training, examination, and practice.
• German Municipal Associations (Bayerischer Gemeindetag, Bayerischer Landkreistag, etc.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVarious municipal associations serve as publishers, editors, or contributors to publications including the Hesse Municipal Association, Baden-Württemberg Municipal Associations, Saxon Municipal Associations, and other regional municipal organizations. These partnerships ensure content relevance and official status for municipal publications.
• Various German State Governments and Administrative BodiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-specific publications are developed in cooperation with various German state governments, including Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, and others. Publications include state-specific guidelines, recommendations, and official directives for social law, municipal administration, and other administrative areas.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Juris GmbH: Leading German legal information database provider offering juris, JurPC, and related online services for judges, lawyers, and public administration. Direct competitor in digital German legal research with comparable target customers.
• Nomos Verlag: German legal and social-sciences publisher with strong academic and practitioner coverage including public law, criminal law, and public administration. Comparable as a multi-format German legal publisher with subscription-based journal portfolio.
• Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen-based academic legal publisher specializing in jurisprudence, public law, and theology. Comparable in legal scholarly publishing with overlapping target customers in academia and legal practice.
• Erich Schmidt Verlag (ESV): Berlin-based specialist publisher for law, economics, and public administration, with strong coverage of public-sector, tax, and labor law. Direct peer for Boorberg's administrative, public-sector, and professional reference offerings.
• Deutscher Gemeindeverlag (Kommunal- und Schul-Verlag): Specialist publisher for German municipal administration, providing forms, loose-leaf works, and digital services to communes and county administrations. Direct competitor in the same municipal/administrative publishing niche.
• Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt: German commercial-law publisher (now part of Wolters Kluwer) producing legal journals, commentaries, and handbooks for tax, labor, and commercial law. Comparable specialty legal publisher serving overlapping professional segments.

Broad incumbents

• Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden: Major German subsidiary of Springer Nature publishing professional and academic content across law, economics, and public administration. Broad incumbent peer with overlapping professional reference and digital offerings.
• Wolters Kluwer Deutschland: Global legal and regulatory information provider operating in Germany with products such as jurion, Otto Schmidt, and Carl Heymanns Verlag. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering legal publishing and digital legal research competing with Boorberg's context services.
• LexisNexis Deutschland: Global legal information provider with German operations including Beck-online equivalents and tax/legal databases. Broad incumbent comparable for digital legal research services targeting lawyers, tax advisors, and government.
• Verlag C.H. Beck: Germany's largest legal publisher, producing legal commentaries, handbooks, journals, and online databases (beck-online). Direct competitor in the same German legal/administrative publishing space, but with a much broader portfolio across all major legal fields.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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