Deutschen Roten Kreuzes

What Deutschen Roten Kreuzes does

DRK-Kreisverband Cloppenburg e.V. is a registered non-profit association (eingetragener Verein) and district-level chapter of the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz), serving Landkreis Cloppenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. The organization's purpose is to deliver humanitarian and social services under the Geneva Conventions and German federal/state mandates, addressing emergency medical response, social welfare, senior care, violence protection, migration integration, and civil protection. Functionally, it organizes its work into five operational pillars: emergency medical response (Rettungsdienst) and doctor-prescribed patient transport (Krankentransport) delivered through a separate non-profit subsidiary (Krankentransport und Rettungsdienst gGmbH, DRK-Kreisverband Cloppenburg); first-aid and continuing-education courses (Erste-Hilfe-Kurse, Notfalltraining, Brandschutzhelferausbildung); senior and disability support services including Hausnotruf (home emergency response), Menüservice / Essen auf Rädern (meal delivery), Fahrdienst (transport), and Hauswirtschaftliche Hilfen (household assistance); social services including debt counseling, migration counseling, second-hand clothing shops, and the Gewaltschutzzentrum violence-protection center with its Frauenhaus; and volunteer/engagement programs including Bereitschaften, Bundesfreiwilligendienst, Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr, and Bluttspende (blood donation) coordination. Medical air repatriation (Flugdienst) and event medical coverage (Sanitätsdienst) round out the portfolio.

Operationally, services are delivered through 14 local volunteer chapters (Bereitschaften) distributed across the district's municipalities — Barssel, Bösel, Cloppenburg, Emstek/Cappeln, Essen, Friesoythe, Garrel, Lastrup, Lindern, Löningen, Markhausen, Molbergen, Sedelsberg, and Strücklingen/E'Fehn — supplemented by paid professional staff. The organization is embedded within the national DRK structure of 19 Landesverbände (state associations) and 33 DRK-Schwesternschaften (nursing sisterhoods) and is affiliated with the ICRC and IFRC. Leadership comprises Chairman Bernhard Möller as legal representative and Kreisgeschäftsführer Jann-Aike Diekmann, who also serves as managing director of the medical-transport gGmbH. Emergency rescue services have been operational in the district since 1968.

The business model is that of a non-profit humanitarian organization. Revenue is generated from a mix of insurance reimbursements for medically prescribed patient transport, government and municipal contracts for mandated emergency rescue and social welfare services, course and tuition fees for paid training, member contributions, and donations. The entity does not charge market-rate prices for personal social services; many services are free or subsidized. As a registered eingetragener Verein, it is not publicly traded, has no outside equity funding, and does not publish consolidated revenue figures. Digital operations are limited to a TYPO3-hosted informational website (drk-cloppenburg.de) and a social media presence on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram; there is no proprietary mobile application, no disclosed application programming interface, and no AI-driven service features in the public record. Website design is provided by DRK-Service GmbH and web hosting by D&T Internet GmbH.

Name

Deutschen Roten Kreuzes

Legal name

DRK-Kreisverband Cloppenburg e.V.

Website

https://drk-cloppenburg.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

DRK-Kreisverband Cloppenburg e.V. is a non-profit district chapter of the German Red Cross serving Landkreis Cloppenburg. It delivers emergency medical services, first aid training, senior support, social welfare, and humanitarian aid through 14 local volunteer chapters and a paid medical-transport subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian and Emergency Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Food Services (62421)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH), Emergency Medical Care & Field Hospitals (BPADADAC), Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Emergency medical response
• First aid training
• Social welfare services
• Blood donation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cloppenburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Deutsches Rotes Kreuzes (DRK-Kreisverband Cloppenburg e.V.) is a non-profit humanitarian organization providing emergency medical rescue services, ambulance and patient transport, first aid training courses, home emergency alert systems, meals-on-wheels delivery, blood donation services, social welfare support, and disaster relief to residents of Landkreis Cloppenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. The organization operates through 14 local volunteer chapters and is part of the national German Red Cross structure, with services delivered directly through its own rescue stations, social service offices, and mobile infrastructure.

Product overview

The DRK-Kreisverband Cloppenburg e.V. offers a comprehensive portfolio of humanitarian and social services. The organization operates as a network of interconnected service offerings rather than a unified technology product. Core services include emergency response (Rettungsdienst) and first aid training (Erste-Hilfe-Kurse), supported by blood donation services (Blutspende) and medical air transport (Flugdienst). Daily living support is provided through home emergency response (Hausnotruf), meal delivery (Menüservice/Essen auf Rädern), transportation services (Fahrdienst), and household assistance (Hauswirtschaftliche Hilfen). Social support services encompass debt counseling, migration services, clothing shops, supervised travel, and a domestic violence protection center. Volunteer programs include the Federal Volunteer Service (Bundesfreiwilligendienst), Voluntary Social Year (FSJ), and youth engagement through the Jugendrotkreuz. The organization serves the Cloppenburg district with approximately 14 local chapters (Bereitschaften) providing community-based emergency response and social support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rettungsdienst (Emergency Rescue Service)
• Erste-Hilfe-Kurse (First Aid Training Courses)
• Hausnotruf (Home Emergency Alert System)
• Menüservice / Essen auf Rädern (Meals on Wheels)
• Krankentransport (Medical Patient Transport)
• Blutspende (Blood Donation Services)
• Das Gewaltschutzzentrum (Domestic Violence Protection Center)
• Fahrdienst (Transportation Service)
• Schuldner- und Insolvenzberatung (Debt and Insolvency Counseling)
• Migrationsberatung für erwachsene Zugewanderte (MBE)
• Kleiderläden (Second-Hand Clothing Shops)
• Betreutes Reisen / Seniorenfahrten (Supervised Senior Travel)
• Sanitätsdienst (Event Medical Coverage)
• Flugdienst (Medical Air Transport)
• Bundesfreiwilligendienst (Federal Volunteer Service)
• Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr (FSJ) (Voluntary Social Year)
• Hauswirtschaftliche Hilfen (Household Assistance)
• Suchdienst (Tracing Service)
• Schwangerschafts- und Schwangerschaftskonfliktberatung (Pregnancy Counseling)
• Brandschutzhelferausbildung (Fire Protection Training)

Quantifiable outcome

• 170,000 people served daily with meal delivery services
• +2 more outcomes

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• DRK-Landesverband Oldenburg e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent regional organization providing oversight, coordination, and support for all DRK Kreisverbände in the Oldenburg region including Cloppenburg, Vechta, Ammerland, and other districts. Coordinates statewide emergency response and humanitarian operations.
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz e.V. (National DRK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational German Red Cross organization based in Berlin. Sets standards, coordinates international operations, manages federal mandates under Geneva Conventions, and provides centralized services including DRK-Blutspendedienst (blood donation services) and DRK-Suchdienst (tracing service).
• DRK-Blutspendedienste (Blood Donation Services)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSix DRK blood donation services across Germany ensure safe blood supply. DRK-Cloppenburg promotes and facilitates blood donation drives in its region, coordinated with the national DRK blood services.
• ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Committee of the Red Cross based in Geneva. Part of the global Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. DRK as German national society collaborates on international humanitarian missions and adheres to international humanitarian law.
• IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal federation coordinating Red Cross and Red Crescent societies worldwide. DRK participates in international disaster response and humanitarian cooperation through this network.
• Krankentransport und Rettungsdienst gGmbH, DRK-Kreisverband CloppenburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeparate legal entity (gGmbH - non-profit limited company) operated by DRK-Cloppenburg for emergency medical transport and rescue services. Managed by Geschäftsführer Jann-Aike Diekmann.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB): Major German humanitarian aid organization providing ambulance services, emergency rescue, social services, senior care, and refugee support — directly competing with DRK for municipal emergency contracts and volunteer-driven social service delivery across Germany.
• Malteser Hilfsdienst: German humanitarian organization offering emergency medical services, patient transport, first aid training, social services, and migration support — overlapping service portfolio and competing for the same municipal and regional emergency response contracts.
• Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO): Major German welfare association providing senior care, family support, migration services, and social counseling through regional chapters — directly comparable to DRK Cloppenburg in social service delivery model and target segments.
• Bayerisches Rotes Kreuz: State-level Red Cross chapter in Bavaria operating the same Rettungsdienst, Hausnotruf, Blutspende, and social service portfolio as DRK Cloppenburg — a peer district/state-level chapter under the same national DRK structure.
• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe: German humanitarian organization with a service portfolio spanning ambulance, rescue, Hausnotruf, meals-on-wheels, youth programs, and social services — a near-direct competitor in the same volunteer-driven humanitarian segment as DRK.

Broad incumbents

• Caritas (Deutscher Caritasverband): Germany's largest welfare organization providing social services, family counseling, elder care, refugee integration, and crisis intervention — comparable to DRK in social service breadth and humanitarian mission, with similar geographic chapter structure.
• Diakonie Deutschland: German welfare federation of Protestant social welfare organizations delivering elder care, family services, migration counseling, debt advice, and crisis support — a comparable chapter-based social service provider competing for the same municipal contracts and donor pool.
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (National DRK): The national German Red Cross federation of which DRK Cloppenburg is a district chapter. Operates the same core emergency, social, and humanitarian service portfolio across all 19 state associations, providing the structural parent comparable in mission, mandate, and service mix.

Others

• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC): Global federation coordinating the 191 national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies. DRK is a member society; IFRC is the strategic coordinator and an ecosystem counterpart enabling international humanitarian missions and disaster response mobilization.

Regional players

• DRK-Blutspendedienste: National DRK blood donation service organization coordinating six regional blood donation services across Germany. DRK Cloppenburg partners with this entity to drive local blood donations, making it a closely related operational counterpart.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/DRKonline
• Facebookfacebook.com/DRKKreisverbandCloppenburg
• Instagraminstagram.com/drk_cloppenburg
• Xx.com/DRKCLP
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/drk-cloppenburg

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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