Habila

What Habila does

Habila GmbH is a non-profit social services provider headquartered in Tübingen, Germany, operating as a subsidiary of the Kommunalverband für Jugend und Soziales Baden-Württemberg (KVJS), the statutory body for youth and social affairs in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 2003, the organization delivers a comprehensive continuum of disability services across nine districts of the state, including residential living (with specialized long-term intensive care / LIBW capacity such as the 24-place building opened at Tannenhof Ulm in 2024), vocational training and qualification, supported employment, day-care programs, and leisure offerings. The portfolio comprises approximately 103 distinct service points or programs, served by roughly 1,800 staff within the group.

The operational architecture spans multiple legal entities: the core Habila GmbH, Insiva GmbH (inclusive employment placing beneficiaries into the general labor market), AuK (mobile nursing care, originally established 1983), and ZEMO gGmbH. Service delivery relies on interdisciplinary care teams staffed with qualified Heilerziehungspfleger (therapeutic care workers) trained in specialized methodologies including TEACCH and UK-based approaches for LIBW care, supported by modern security and assistive-technology infrastructure in newer facilities such as the Ulm LIBW building. Supplemental commercial operations — workshops, gastronomy, retail, and e-commerce channels including rabenhof-shop.de and buchladen-rappertshofen.de — function both as revenue streams and as vocational platforms for beneficiaries.

The business model is anchored in statutory social welfare funding under the German SGB IX (rehabilitation and participation of people with disabilities) and SGB XI (long-term care insurance) frameworks. Payments flow from public cost-bearers (Leistungsträger) on a per-capita, service-defined basis for individual beneficiaries, producing demand that is structurally stable but rate-regulated and politically exposed. Commercial production and service units, plus e-commerce, provide a secondary revenue stream diversified across industries (manufacturing clients served through workshops, retail customers via the online shops). Workforce development is supported through external partnerships including the FAP Quali vocational qualification program with TGSR gGmbH, the Queraufstieg advancement track with KVJS Fachschule, and the JobRad employee benefits program.

Name

Habila

Legal name

Habila GmbH

Website

https://habila.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Habila GmbH is a Tübingen-based non-profit providing residential, vocational, employment, and leisure services for people with disabilities across nine districts of Baden-Württemberg, funded primarily through statutory social welfare frameworks with roughly 1,800 staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services / Disability Support

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (623210), Other Residential Care Facilities (6239)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Personal Care & ADL Assistance (bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility) (HLADAGAA), Housing Transition & Supported Living Navigation (EDAKANAK)

Keywords

• Disability support services
• Vocational training programs
• Residential care services
• Inclusive employment services
• Social welfare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tübingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Social Services / Statutory Funding: Habila generates revenue primarily through statutory social welfare funding under German Social Code books (SGB IX, XI), financed by public cost bearers (Leistungsträger) including health insurers, pension insurers, and integration offices. Services are provided under framework agreements and individual assistance plans (Hilfepläne) for people with disabilities.
2. Products and Services for External Clients: Habila operates commercial production and service units (Montage, Konfektionierung, Garten- und Landschaftspflege, Gastronomie, Holzspielzeug, etc.) that serve external business customers (Industrie, Handel, Kantinen). These generate additional revenue streams.
3. Subsidiary Operations (Insiva, AuK, ZEMO): Daughter companies Insiva GmbH (inclusive employment), AuK (mobile nursing), and ZEMO gGmbH operate as separate commercial entities providing inclusive employment, home nursing, and other services, contributing group revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Habila is a non-profit social services organization providing comprehensive support for people with disabilities across Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its core offerings span three pillars: Wohnen + Assistenz (residential living and assistance services including supported housing, ambulatory care, and intensive supervised living), Arbeit + Qualifizierung (vocational training, workshops, and inclusive employment programs), and Produkte + Dienstleistungen (commercial production and services including assembly, packaging, woodworking, gastronomy, and retail). Services are accessed primarily through Germany's statutory social welfare system (SGB IX, XI).

Product overview

Habila is a non-profit social services organization providing comprehensive disability support services across Baden-Württemberg. Rather than a unified software product, Habila operates a diversified portfolio of residential care homes (Wohn.Häuser), vocational workshops (Werkstätten), and commercial service offerings. The core services include Wohnen + Assistenz (Living and Assistance) with residential homes, shared living communities, and ambulatory care, and Arbeit + Qualifizierung (Work and Qualification) offering vocational training and inclusive employment. Commercially, Habila operates production and service divisions including woodworking/manufacturing (Holzspielzeugmanufaktur, Metall/Holz/Kunststoffbearbeitung), logistics and packaging services, gastronomy and catering, garden services, textile processing, and retail shops and cafés. Specialized programs include LIBW (long-term intensive supervised living), FAP (flexible work internship accompaniment), and the Insiva inclusion company subsidiary. All offerings are designed to create employment and participation opportunities for people with disabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Insiva: Inclusive employment company offering workplace integration services for people with disabilities in gastronomy, catering, garden services, and industrial/commercial sectors.
• AuK (Alten- und Krankenpflege)
• LIBW (Langfristig intensiv betreutes Wohnen)
• QuarTeTT

Products and services

• Wohnen + Assistenz (Living and Assistance)

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Insiva GmbHcoreOthersInsiva GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Habila GmbH operating as an Inklusionsunternehmen (inclusive employment company). It provides vocational employment for people with disabilities in gastronomy, catering, garden and landscape maintenance, and industrial/commercial services on the general labor market. Habila employees are placed at Insiva, which offers social-insurance-covered employment with potential for permanent contracts.
• ZEMO gGmbHminorOthersZEMO gGmbH is a subsidiary of Habila GmbH. Together with Insiva, it falls under the HR management scope of approximately 1,800 total employees managed by Habila.
• AuK Alten- und KrankenpflegecoreOthersAuK (Alten- und Krankenpflege) is a mobile nursing service subsidiary of Habila GmbH, providing home-based nursing and care services since 1983. It serves clients in their familiar home environment, offering long-term experience and professionally trained staff for safety and security.
• TGSR gGmbH (Tübinger Gesellschaft für Sozialpsychiatrie und Rehabilitation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHabila cooperates with TGSR gGmbH in the FAP Quali program (Flexible Arbeits- und Praktikumsbegleitung), a joint 27-month vocational qualification initiative for people with psychological, physical, or cognitive impairments. This partnership is branded as a cooperation between Habila and Tübinger Gesellschaft für Sozialpsychiatrie und Rehabilitation.
• KVJS (Kommunalverband für Jugend und Soziales Baden-Württemberg)coreOthersHabila GmbH is a nonprofit subsidiary (Tochterunternehmen) of the Kommunalverband für Jugend und Soziales Baden-Württemberg (KVJS), a public-law institution for youth and social affairs in Baden-Württemberg. KVJS provides the overarching public mandate and governance for Habila's disability services.
• Diakonisches Institut (Fachschule für Heilerziehungspflege, Dornstadt)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHabila's Queraufstieg program for career changers to become Heilerziehungspfleger (specialist disability care) includes school partnerships with the Diakonisches Institut in Dornstadt near Ulm for theoretical training.
• Fachschule für Heilerziehungspflege Flehingen (KVJS)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe Queraufstieg part-time training program for becoming a Heilerziehungspfleger includes school partnerships with KVJS Fachschule in Flehingen and St. Loreto in Schwäbisch Gmünd.
• JobRadminorOthersHabila partners with JobRad to offer employees bicycle leasing up to €7,000, with the company leasing the bike and deducting payments from gross salary.
• Corporate Benefits ProgramminorOthersHabila provides employees access to a Corporate Benefits program offering discounts on products and services from major brands including electronics, fashion, travel, and leisure.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Lebenshilfe Baden-Württemberg: Largest statewide network of disability services in Baden-Württemberg, operating Wohnstätten, Werkstätten and Förderbereiche with overlapping statutory funding model under SGB IX. Most direct functional comparable to Habila within the same geography.
• BruderhausDiakonie: Reutlingen-based Protestant social welfare provider offering Wohnen, Werkstatt and assistive services for people with disabilities in Baden-Württemberg, including specialized intensive-care Wohngruppen overlapping directly with Habila's service lines.
• Stiftung Liebenau: Non-profit foundation at Lake Constance region providing Wohnen, Werkstatt, Bildung and Inklusion services for people with disabilities, comparable residential and vocational training portfolio under the same German social code frameworks as Habila.
• Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein: North Rhine-Westphalia-based foundation running large residential, vocational and therapeutic facilities for people with disabilities in Germany, with similar SGB IX-funded operating model and in-house production/workshop operations analogous to Habila's Werkstätten.
• Karlsruher Heimstiftung: Baden-Württemberg non-profit providing residential, nursing and assisted-living services for elderly and disabled individuals in the Karlsruhe region, overlapping with Habila's Wohnen + Pflege (SGB XI Kombimodell) offerings in a shared geographic market.

Broad incumbents

• Caritas Baden-Württemberg: State-level confederation of Catholic welfare organizations offering disability, elderly and youth services across Baden-Württemberg; competes for the same SGB IX funding pool but across a much broader social-services portfolio.
• Diakonie Württemberg: Protestant welfare association operating a comparable continuum of disability, nursing and youth services in Baden-Württemberg under the same statutory cost-bearer system, but at much larger scale and broader scope than Habila.
• von Bodelschwinghsche Stiftungen Bethel: One of Germany's largest diakonie-affiliated disability and social-services operators, headquartered in Bielefeld; comparable scale of residential and Werkstatt services, with similar statutory revenue model and broad Inklusion strategy across NRW and beyond.

Regional players

• Stiftung ICP München: Bavarian nonprofit providing Wohnen, Förderstätte, Therapie and Werkstatt services for people with cerebral palsy and disabilities under SGB IX/XI, with similar combination of residential care and workshop production as Habila, but operating regionally in Munich rather than Baden-Württemberg.
• Josefsheim Biggesee: Sauerland-based non-profit operating large-scale Wohnen, Werkstätten and Förderbereiche for people with disabilities, comparable service portfolio and social-code funding model but concentrated in NRW rather than competing directly in BW.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

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