Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband

What Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband does

Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband e.V. (BLSV) is a registered non-profit association (eingetragener Verein) headquartered in Munich that serves as the official umbrella organization for organized sports in Bavaria, Germany. It is the second-largest state sports federation (Landessportbund) in the country, representing 11,500 member clubs, 57 affiliated sports federations, and approximately 5 million individual memberships organized through 7 sports districts (Sportbezirke) and 76 sports circles (Sportkreise). Its primary constituencies are sports clubs, sports federations, and public-sector partners, to whom it delivers insurance, training, club management, facility funding, and policy advocacy services. Governance is provided by President Jörg Ammon and a management board chaired by Prof. Dr. Susanne Burger.

BLSV's core product is the verein360 digital club management platform, which handles membership administration, contribution management, document storage, and reporting for member clubs with data pre-loaded. This is complemented by QualiNET for trainer and club manager licensing, SpAz for German Sports Badge administration, and ehrensache! for volunteer-club matching. The federation operates five owned sports facilities — Sportcamp Nordbayern (Bischofsgrün), Sportcamp Spitzingsee, Sportcamp Inzell, Sportcamp Regen, and Sportschule Oberhaching — providing training camps, accommodation, and seminar infrastructure, with the Oberhaching facility housing an EGYM AI-supported fitness Assessment Center. Insurance is delivered through a long-standing partnership with ARAG Sportversicherung (covering accident, liability, D&O, and the newly launched CyberSchutz product) and statutory accident insurance via VBG.

BLSV generates revenue through a diversified mix including recurring membership fees from 11,500 clubs, usage-based sports facility bookings, education and licensing fees, and management of state Sportstättenbauförderung subsidies (up to 55% of eligible facility construction costs). Approximately 8 million EUR is distributed annually to the 57 affiliated federations through an own-funds mechanism established in 2016. The go-to-market is community-led, anchored by the multi-tier regional structure and supported by digital self-serve channels (verein360, website) and a Munich-based Service-Center. The federation is currently mid-restructuring under the "weiß-blaue Sport-Vision – Team 2040" initiative, with a charter vote scheduled for an extraordinary Verbandstag on November 14, 2026, backed by the largest affiliated federation BFV.

Name

Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband

Legal name

Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband e.V.

Website

https://blsv.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband (BLSV) is Bavaria's non-profit umbrella sports federation, serving 11,500 member clubs, 57 sports federations, and 5 million memberships across 7 sports districts and 76 sports circles via the verein360 digital platform, five owned sports facilities, insurance partnerships, and state funding administration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Federation Services

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394), Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Amateur & Grassroots Sport Associations (Community/Youth Governing Orgs) (MPAKAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sports Compliance, Governance & Integrity Services (Safeguarding, Anti-Doping, Match Integrity) (MPAKAKAM)

Keywords

• Sports federation services
• Club management software
• Sports training facilities
• Sports insurance products
• Volunteer engagement platform

Headquarters

HQ city

München

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: BLSV generates revenue through annual membership fees from its 11,500 member clubs. Fees are calculated based on the number of club members and are assessed annually with additional charges for supplementary registrations.
2. Sports Facility Operations: Revenue from operating five sports facilities (Sportcamps and Sportschule) offering training camps, club trips, adventure excursions with indoor/outdoor sports facilities, accommodation, and seminar rooms. Members receive up to 10% discount on bookings.
3. Education and Licensing Services: Fees from trainer and club manager qualification programs, license issuance, and continuing education courses through QualiNET platform.
4. Sport Stätte Förderung: Administration of state funding programs for sports facility construction and renovation, with clubs receiving subsidies up to 20% of eligible costs and special programs offering up to 55% subsidy rates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband (BLSV) is the umbrella organization for organized sports in Bavaria, providing a multi-product service portfolio to 11,500 member sports clubs and 57 sports federations. Its core offerings include the verein360 digital club management platform, five BLSV-owned sports camp facilities (Sportcamps Nordbayern, Spitzingsee, Inzell, Regen, and Sportschule Oberhaching), education and licensing programs via QualiNET, sports insurance distribution through ARAG, state sports facility funding administration, and community programs including anti-doping, violence prevention, integration, and rehabilitation sports.

Product overview

Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband (BLSV) is a state sports federation and the umbrella organization for organized sport in Bavaria, operating a multi-product digital and service portfolio centered around the verein360 platform for digital club management and five BLSV-owned sports camp facilities across Bavaria (Nordbayern, Spitzingsee, Inzell, Regen, and Sportschule Oberhaching) for training camps and athletic development. The core digital platform verein360 provides member and club administration, training documentation, member fee management, and document storage for all member clubs. An additional volunteer engagement platform called ehrensache! connects volunteers with sports organizations. The product suite also encompasses qualification management via BLSV QualiNET, sports promotion and facility funding services, insurance products (ARAG Sportversicherung, VBG Unfallversicherung, ARAG Kfz-Zusatzversicherung), awards programs, and prevention/health programs (anti-doping, violence prevention, integration, rehabilitation sports, health sports quality seals), all supported by the digital German Sports Badge software SpAz integrated with verein360.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bayerische Sportjugend (BSJ): Youth organization of the BLSV for children and young adults under 27 years of age in member clubs
• Bayerische Sportstiftung
• verein360
• SpAz

Products and services

• verein360
• Sportcamp Nordbayern
• Sportcamp Spitzingsee
• Sportcamp Inzell
• Sportcamp Regen
• Sportschule Oberhaching
• ehrensache!
• BLSV QualiNET
• ARAG Sportversicherung
• VBG Unfallversicherung
• Sportförderung (Sportstättenbauförderung)
• SpAz (Sportabzeichen-Software)
• ARAG CyberSchutz for Sports Clubs

Quantifiable outcome

• 5 million memberships representing the organized sports community in Bavaria
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Athletic Sport Sponsoring (ASS)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 1997ASS provides car subscription services for sports organizations since 1997, offering new cars at fixed monthly rates including insurance, taxes, maintenance, and up to 30,000 free kilometers annually.
• ARAG SportversicherungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARAG is the insurance partner for BLSV, providing comprehensive sports insurance coverage for all member clubs. The partnership includes accident insurance, liability coverage, cyber protection, and vehicle insurance for members. ARAG maintains an insurance office specifically for BLSV at Georg-Brauchle-Ring 93 in Munich.
• Versicherungskammer BayernminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner providing BLSV Energy Consulting services free of charge for member clubs through this partnership.
• Lotto BayernminorOthersCooperation partner supporting BLSV activities and member club programs.
• Bayerischer Fußball-Verband (BFV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBFV is the largest sports federation in Bavaria with approximately 1.8 million memberships. BFV supports BLSV's weiß-blaue Sport-Vision – Team 2040 initiative and structural reform process, representing the most significant member federation relationship.
• Hochschule für angewandtes Management (HAM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHAM offers Summer Schools at Adventure Campus Treuchtlingen for BLSV members, combining sports, movement, nature, and competency development in outdoor learning formats.
• DOSB (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational sports confederation that BLSV is affiliated with, providing GEMA fee exemptions for member clubs through collective agreement.
• VBG (Verwaltungs-Berufsgenossenschaft)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStatutory accident insurance provider for BLSV. BLSV collects a blanket contribution through a public law contract, which is passed to VBG. Also offers voluntary honorary insurance for elected or appointed honorary officials.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Landessportbund Sachsen: Saxony state sports federation with similar umbrella functions for organized sports — another comparable within the nationwide federation system.
• Landessportbund Berlin: Berlin state sports federation with member clubs and umbrella services, providing the same model in an urban context — comparable peer for BLSV's membership-federation model.
• Sportbund Rheinland-Pfalz: Rhineland-Palatinate state sports federation with comparable member-club services and regional structure — direct peer within the German Landessportbund network.
• Landessportbund Niedersachsen: Lower-Saxony state sports federation with similar umbrella functions including club support, education, insurance, and sports facility operations — direct structural peer.
• Landessportbund Nordrhein-Westfalen: The largest state sports federation (Landessportbund) in Germany, operating the same umbrella federation model across NRW with member clubs, regional districts, sports facilities, and digital services — the most direct structural and operational comparable to BLSV.
• Landessportbund Hessen: State sports federation for Hesse with comparable member-club structure, regional districts, sports facility operations, and digital services for organized sports — direct German peer.
• Landessportverband Baden-Württemberg: Another German state sports federation operating the same member-club umbrella model in Baden-Württemberg, providing insurance, training, and facility services — structurally identical to BLSV.

Others

• Bayerischer Fußball-Verband (BFV): The largest member federation of BLSV and a sport-specific governing body for football in Bavaria; BLSV's closest member federation partner and direct beneficiary of its funding distribution (8M EUR annually).
• Bayerische Sportjugend (BSJ): The wholly-owned youth subsidiary of BLSV serving under-27 members; operationally embedded within BLSV rather than independent, but functions as a comparable youth-sports organization to similar state-level youth sport structures.

Broad incumbents

• Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB): The national German sports confederation that BLSV is affiliated with; operates at national scale across all member federations and sets the strategic framework for state-level bodies like BLSV — broader incumbent in the same ecosystem.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/bayernsportTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/BayerischerLandesSportVerband
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bayerischer-landes-sportverband
• Instagraminstagram.com/blsv_ev
• Xx.com/blsvnuernberg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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