BVS

What BVS does

BVS Blindenwarenvertrieb Schweiz GmbH is a privately held Swiss family business headquartered at Bahnhofstrasse 5 in St. Gallen, founded in 2005. It operates as a telephone sales and marketing firm in the social sector, providing B2B direct sales services for handcrafted products manufactured in Swiss blind and visually impaired workshops. The company is the long-standing exclusive marketing and sales partner of the Schweizerische Blinden- und Sehbehinderten Werkstatt SBSW GmbH, handling customer acquisition, active sales outreach, and ongoing customer care for products including brushes, brooms, candles, and woven or stitched goods. Its core services are organized around three pillars: telephone marketing built on a unified concept, direct B2B sales activities, and customer support — all delivered through outbound and inbound calling.

The company employs between 11 and 50 people, operates exclusively in Switzerland, and pursues a horizontal B2B segmentation across multiple industries and business fields. Its go-to-market is sales-led and human-driven: telephone outreach to existing customers and new prospects. Revenue is generated through direct sales of physical handcrafted products on what the source describes as a one-time-purchase basis, although no pricing, average contract values, or revenue figures are publicly disclosed. The firm holds no patents or trademarks in the source data, has no app or API surface, and reports no funding rounds, M&A activity, or external investment.

The business model is structurally dependent on its partnership with SBSW GmbH, which has been in place since 2005. BVS describes itself in recruiting materials as an 'expanding, market-leading company with a long-term perspective,' and is currently hiring additional full-time and part-time telephone sales staff in St. Gallen. The company is GDPR-compliant, operates with flat hierarchies, and positions its social-mission orientation — supporting full employment for visually impaired persons in Switzerland — as a differentiator for B2B customers seeking CSR-aligned purchasing options.

Name

BVS

Legal name

BVS Blindenwarenvertrieb Schweiz GmbH

Website

https://bvs-gmbh.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BVS Blindenwarenvertrieb Schweiz GmbH is a Swiss family-owned telephone sales and marketing firm that provides B2B direct sales services for handcrafted products manufactured at the SBSW blind workshops, serving business customers across multiple industries in Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Telemarketing and Direct Sales Services

akta.pro primary industry

Appointment Setting & Sales Development (SDR/BDR) Services (BPAFAKAD)

Keywords

• B2B telephone sales
• Social enterprise marketing
• Handicraft product distribution
• Blind workshop sales
• Telemarketing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Gallen

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. B2B Direct Sales of Handcrafted Products: The company generates revenue through B2B direct sales of handcrafted goods manufactured in blind workshops, including brushes, brooms, candles, and woven/stitched products. Sales are conducted via telephone marketing and direct outreach to business customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

BVS Blindenwarenvertrieb Schweiz GmbH is a telephone sales and marketing firm that provides B2B direct sales services for handcrafted products manufactured by Swiss blind workshops, including brushes, brooms, candles, and woven/stitched goods. The company handles active customer acquisition, sales outreach, and ongoing customer care on behalf of its partner, the Schweizerische Blinden- und Sehbehinderten Werkstatt SBSW GmbH, supporting employment for visually impaired individuals.

Product overview

BVS Blindenwarenvertrieb Schweiz GmbH operates as a telephone sales and marketing company in the social sector, providing B2B direct sales services for handcrafted products from blind workshops in Switzerland. The company offers three interconnected core services: telephone marketing with B2B focus, active sales outreach to potential customers, and ongoing customer care. Since 2005, BVS has been the marketing and sales partner for the Schweizerische Blinden- und Sehbehinderten Werkstatt SBSW GmbH, helping to market their handcrafted products (brushes, brooms, candles, woven and stitched goods) to business customers while supporting employment for visually impaired individuals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Telephone Sales Services B2B direct sales services via telephone, including customer acquisition, active outreach, and sales of handcrafted products from blind workshops in Switzerland. Targeted at business customers across various industries.
• Marketing Services B2B marketing services based on a unified concept, preparing sales teams and creating a trust basis for long-term B2B customer relationships.
• Customer Care Services Customer support services handling inquiries about blind workshop products and operations, building long-term customer relationships through intensive communication.
• Handcrafted Products from Blind Workshops

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Schweizerische Blinden- und Sehbehinderten Werkstatt SBSW GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Since the founding of the blind workshops in 2005, BVS has served as the exclusive marketing and sales partner for the Schweizerische Blinden- und Sehbehinderten Werkstatt SBSW GmbH. BVS handles all marketing and sales activities to ensure workshop utilization and support full employment for visually impaired and blind persons in Switzerland. The partnership enables the workshops to self-finance their operations through the sale of handcrafted products including brushes, brooms, candles, and woven/stitched goods.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Teleperformance: Global leader in outsourced customer experience and B2B sales services, including telephone-based outbound sales and customer care. Operates at vastly larger scale than BVS but shares the core B2B telesales delivery model and serves similar B2B buyer needs.
• Foundever (formerly Sitel Group): Global customer experience and B2B sales services company operating telephone-based sales and customer care operations across Europe. Comparable in channel and customer type but operates at vastly larger scale than BVS.
• Majorel: International B2B customer experience and sales services firm with strong European footprint, offering telephone-based sales, customer care, and lead generation. Comparable channel but operates at much greater scale and across more verticals.
• arvato (Bertelsmann): European-based CRM and B2B sales services arm of Bertelsmann. Comparable in delivering telephone-based customer acquisition and sales services for clients across multiple industries, with significant operations in German-speaking markets.
• Concentrix: Major global B2B and customer experience services provider with significant telephone sales and customer care operations. Comparable in service line and channel but operates at a much broader and larger scale than BVS.

Others

• Cegos: International sales training, sales transformation, and B2B marketing services firm. Not a direct competitor but operates in adjacent sales-effectiveness and B2B marketing services space relevant to BVS's customer-side decision-makers.

Direct peers

• Competence Call Center: Austrian-headquartered European B2B telesales and customer service provider. Closely comparable in scale, German-speaking language market, and B2B telephone sales delivery model to BVS.
• Sellxpert Group: Swiss B2B sales and telesales services company. Operates in the same Swiss B2B direct sales channel as BVS with comparable scale and German-speaking market focus. The most directly comparable peer in geography and delivery model, though serving different product categories.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about BVS