AVOS-Verein

What AVOS-Verein does

AVOS – Gesellschaft für Vorsorgemedizin GmbH is a Salzburg-based private limited company (GmbH) wholly owned by the non-profit association Arbeitskreis für Vorsorgemedizin, operating under the 'Gesundes Salzburg' brand. The company designs, coordinates, and delivers preventive medicine and health promotion programs targeting kindergartens, primary schools, middle and polytechnic schools, vocational schools, municipalities, and—via its sister organization AMD Salzburg—employed adults across the Salzburg region of Austria. Its portfolio includes structured initiatives such as Gesunder Kindergarten, Gesunde Volksschule, Gesunde Mittelschule/PTS, Gesunde Berufsschule, and Gesunde Gemeinde, complemented by specialized programs including lebenswert plus (suicide prevention), krisenFEST plus (psychosocial health for educators), Feel ok (youth health portal), RadFit (cycling/mobility training), and Zahngesundheitsprogramm. Programs are delivered through dedicated Gesundheitsteams embedded in partner institutions, supported by a network of multipliers and educators, and amplified via the gesundessalzburg.at portal and multi-channel social media.

AVOS does not develop or operate proprietary technology platforms; its digital footprint consists of the gesundessalzburg.at content portal, Google Analytics and Matomo for website analytics, and YouTube embeds for content distribution. The business model is project-based public funding: AVOS receives commissioned-program revenue from regional government sponsors (Fördergeber) rather than direct fees from end beneficiaries. Services are delivered free of charge to participating institutions, and the model is explicitly recurring in nature tied to multi-year program commissioning. End-users (children, students, educators, community members) access AVOS programs through their affiliated institutions rather than through commercial purchase.

The organization is governed by a board chaired by MR Dr. Holger Förster and managed operationally by two Geschäftsführer, Mag. Angelika Bukovski, MBA, MIM and Mag. Stefan Huber. Corporate communications for both AVOS and AMD Salzburg is led by Mag. Gerlinde Hinterauer. AVOS is headquartered at Elisabethstraße 2, 5020 Salzburg, and holds the BGF Gütesiegel (2025–2027) corporate health management certification along with Klimabündnis Salzburg membership. No public funding rounds, acquisition activity, or external equity are disclosed; the company is funded entirely through commissioned public-sector programs within its single regional market.

Name

AVOS-Verein

Legal name

AVOS – Gesellschaft für Vorsorgemedizin GmbH

Website

https://gesundessalzburg.at

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AVOS is a Salzburg-based preventive medicine organization wholly owned by the Arbeitskreis für Vorsorgemedizin nonprofit, delivering publicly funded health promotion programs to kindergartens, schools, municipalities, and—via sister organization AMD Salzburg—workplaces across the Salzburg region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (92312), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAJAC

Health Promotion, Prevention & Community Health Programs

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Public Health Administration & Regulation

SECONDARYBPAIAJAO

Health Equity, Access & Social Determinants Programs

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Public Health Administration & Regulation

SECONDARYBPAIAJAJ

Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Public Health Administration & Regulation

SECONDARYEDAAAFAG

Health Promotion & Public Health Education (Community Workshops)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Community & Public Education Programs (Libraries, Community Centers)

SECONDARYHLAFAGAO

Community-Based Preventive & Health Promotion Clinics

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Primary Care & Community Health Providers

Keywords

• Preventive medicine services
• Health promotion programs
• School health initiatives
• Community health programs
• Occupational health services

Headquarters

HQ city

Salzburg

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government and Public Funding: AVOS receives project-based funding from public sector sponsors (Fördergeber) to implement preventive medicine and health promotion programs in educational institutions and communities across the Salzburg region. Revenue is tied to commissioned programs rather than direct customer payments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AVOS – Gesellschaft für Vorsorgemedizin GmbH implements publicly funded preventive medicine and health promotion programs for educational institutions and municipalities in the Salzburg region. Its core offerings include structured, certified programs for kindergartens (Gesunder Kindergarten), primary schools (Gesunde Volksschule), middle and polytechnic schools (Gesunde Mittelschule/PTS), vocational schools (Gesunde Berufsschule), and municipalities (Gesunde Gemeinde), delivered through dedicated Gesundheitsteams and a network of trained multipliers.

Product overview

AVOS offers a coordinated portfolio of health promotion programs for educational institutions (kindergartens, elementary schools, middle schools, and vocational schools), alongside therapeutic services, training offerings, and prevention projects. The core offerings include structured programs like Gesunder Kindergarten, Gesunde Volksschule, and regional health promotion initiatives, complemented by specialized programs such as Lebenswert Plus (suicide prevention) and krisenFEST Plus (psychosocial health).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 34 kindergartens certified as 'Gesunder Kindergarten' in a single certification round (2022)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AMD Salzburg (Arbeitsmedizinischer Dienst Salzburg)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMD Salzburg operates as a sister organization under the same corporate umbrella as AVOS. Together with BEKI, the three organizations form a unified health services group. AMD Salzburg focuses on occupational medicine and workplace health, while AVOS handles preventive medicine and health promotion in educational and community settings. They share joint communication channels including a combined quarterly newsletter and unified website presence.
• BEKI (Betriebliche Kinderbetreuung)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBEKI operates under the same corporate umbrella as AVOS and AMD Salzburg, three companies under one roof. BEKI focuses on workplace childcare solutions. The three organizations share joint communication channels including a combined quarterly newsletter.
• Klimabündnis Salzburg (Climate Alliance Salzburg)minorOthersAVOS is a member of Klimabündnis Salzburg, the Climate Alliance Salzburg, demonstrating organizational commitment to environmental sustainability and climate action.
• Nationalparkzentrum Hohe TauernminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe Nationalparkzentrum Hohe Tauern is a partner venue for educational excursions conducted by kindergarten partners of AVOS. Children visit the center for experiential learning about the natural environment, wildlife, and regional ecology.
• Rotes Kreuz Salzburg (Austrian Red Cross Salzburg)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAVOS partner kindergartens engage Rotes Kreuz Salzburg for children's and infant emergency first aid training courses, helping educators prepare for medical emergencies.
• Friedensbüro SalzburgminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe Friedensbüro (Peace Office) Salzburg provides conflict resolution and violence prevention workshops to AVOS partner kindergartens. For example, it delivered the 'Du hast angefangen – nein, du' (You started – no, you) workshop on playful conflict resolution for kindergarten children.
• Styria vitalisminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStyria vitalis is referenced as a consultant organization providing expertise for AVOS webinars. Specifically, Margit Lintner MSC BA from Styria vitalis served as the speaker for the 'Was heißt denn Psyche?' webinar on mental health for children and adolescents.
• ÖAMTC (Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle and Touring Club)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerÖAMTC supports AVOS's traffic safety education programs for kindergartens, contributing road safety training materials and expertise for the 'Das kleine Straßen 1x1' program in partner institutions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Styria vitalis: Austrian preventive health and health promotion organization operating in Styria with a very similar mandate to AVOS (kindergarten/school/community health promotion). Already a known consultant partner of AVOS; direct structural analogue in another Austrian state.

Broad incumbents

• Fonds Gesundes Österreich (FGÖ): Austrian national fund for health promotion under the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs; funds and coordinates regional health promotion programs across Austria, including the kinds of school/kindergarten initiatives AVOS delivers in Salzburg.
• Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (GÖG): Austrian national research and planning institute for health, owned by the federal government; operates in the same public health policy and program administration space as AVOS but at the national rather than regional level.
• BZgA (Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung): German federal agency for health education; operates national-level preventive health, vaccination, and youth health programs comparable in mandate to AVOS's prevention and health literacy work in Salzburg.
• AUVA (Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt): Austrian statutory accident insurance carrier that funds and operates prevention and safety programs in schools and workplaces; adjacent to AVOS's safety and preventive medicine remit in the Salzburg region.
• SVS (Sozialversicherung der Selbständigen): Austrian social insurance carrier for self-employed professionals; co-funds and co-delivers preventive health programs in schools and workplaces, intersecting with AVOS's public health promotion mission.

Regional players

• Wiener Gesundheitsförderung (WiG): Vienna's municipal health promotion organization implementing kindergarten and school health programs analogous to AVOS's Gesunder Kindergarten / Gesunde Volksschule initiatives, but serving the Vienna region instead of Salzburg.
• Caritas Salzburg: Salzburg-based social services non-profit that, like AVOS, delivers community-level social and health support services to vulnerable populations (children, families, seniors) in the same geographic market.

Others

• Austrian Red Cross Salzburg (Rotes Kreuz Salzburg): Implementation partner of AVOS for first-aid training in partner kindergartens; operates adjacent community health and emergency services in the same Salzburg region.

Emerging players

• Pro Juventute Österreich: Austrian non-profit focused on child and youth welfare including mental health support; comparable to AVOS's lebenswert plus suicide prevention and youth health programs, but with a narrower children-only scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@teamgesundessalzburg
• Facebookfacebook.com/avos.salzburg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/avosundamd
• Instagraminstagram.com/gesundes_salzburg_avos_und_amd
• TikToktiktok.com/@gesundes.salzburg

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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