German Red Cross

What German Red Cross does

DRK Kreisverband Schaumburg e.V. is a registered non-profit association (Eingetragener Verein) and local chapter of the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz), operating continuously in the Schaumburg district of Lower Saxony since 1874. Headquartered at Bornemannstr. 1 in Obernkirchen, the organization delivers a broad portfolio of humanitarian and social services to district residents: ambulatory nursing care (Ambulante Pflege), HausNotruf emergency call services, six day care centers (Tagespflegen) across Obernkirchen, Sachsenhagen, Rodenberg, Stadthagen, Bückeburg, and Seggebruch, two psychiatric facilities in Steinbergen/Rinteln (a nursing home with a 38-bed closed ward and a residential home with 28+9 places for adults with mental disabilities), short-term and respite care (Kurzzeitpflege/Verhinderungspflege), assisted living (Service Wohnen), blood donation coordination, first-aid and fire-protection training, disaster response (Katastrophenschutz) and event medical standby (Sanitätswachdienste), migration support including refugee social work, trauma counseling, and vocational integration, youth programs (Jugendrotkreuz, Jugendbereitschaft, holiday care, family/youth welfare), and a social-aid network of six DRK clothing shops and four food banks (Tafeln).

The organization has no proprietary technology platforms; service delivery is human-staff- and volunteer-driven, with no disclosed AI/ML, API, or SDK components. Revenue is generated through three primary streams: recurring membership fees (Förderbeiträge) collected via door-to-door recruitment supported by an external partner (Kober, Aalen) and local volunteers, individual and organizational donations, and statutory reimbursements from German social insurance and government subsidies for nursing, psychiatric, and youth social services. Pricing for care services follows regulated German social-care tariff structures rather than commercial market rates. Service delivery is distributed directly through owned facilities and field teams across multiple Schaumburg towns, supplemented by referral and word-of-mouth through the local volunteer network (Ortsvereine).

Name

German Red Cross

Legal name

DRK Kreisverband Schaumburg e.V.

Website

https://drk-schaumburg.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1874

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

DRK Kreisverband Schaumburg e.V. is a non-profit German Red Cross chapter serving the Schaumburg district of Lower Saxony, providing ambulatory nursing, psychiatric care, day care, emergency response, youth services, migration support, and social aid.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian and Social Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Social Assistance (624), Community Housing Services (62422), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee, Migration & Displacement Support (BPAGABAH), Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI), Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI)

Keywords

• Humanitarian services
• Home nursing care
• Emergency response services
• Social welfare programs
• Community healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Obernkirchen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees (Förderbeiträge): Annual membership fees collected from supporters who contribute financially to the organization. These fees help fund the voluntary work of the local chapters and support ongoing humanitarian activities.
2. Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individuals and organizations to support specific humanitarian programs and services.
3. Social Services Funding: Government funding and social insurance reimbursements for healthcare, elderly care, and social support services including nursing care, psychiatric facilities, and youth services.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The German Red Cross (DRK Kreisverband Schaumburg e. V.) is a regional chapter of the German Red Cross providing humanitarian, healthcare and social services in the Schaumburg district of Lower Saxony, Germany. It offers ambulant (home) nursing care, day care facilities, psychiatric residential and nursing homes, HausNotruf emergency call services, first aid training, disaster relief and civil protection, medical standby services, blood donation, migration and refugee support, youth and family services, clothing donation shops, and food banks.

Product overview

DRK Kreisverband Schaumburg e.V. is a regional chapter of the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) providing humanitarian services. The organization offers a portfolio of care and social services including ambulatory nursing care (Ambulante Pflege), emergency call services (HausNotruf), day care facilities (Tagespflegen) across multiple locations (Obernkirchen, Sachsenhagen, Rodenberg, Stadthagen, Bückeburg, Seggebruch), psychiatric residential and nursing homes, blood donation services, first aid training courses, disaster relief and civil protection (Katastrophenschutz), medical standby services (Sanitätswachdienste), migration support services, youth services (Jugendrotkreuz), clothing donation shops (DRK Shops), food banks (Tafeln), and volunteer membership programs. This is a charitable service organization, not a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jugendrotkreuz: Youth Red Cross program for children and teenagers involving first aid training, school paramedic services and youth volunteer activities.
• Jugendbereitschaft

Products and services

• Ambulante Pflege (Home Nursing Care)

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Kober (Aalen)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExternal member recruitment company contracted to conduct door-to-door membership campaigns for the local DRK chapters. Organised professional door-to-door recruitment services to help grow membership numbers and stabilise voluntary work funding.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Caritas Deutschland: The German Catholic welfare confederation, the closest direct peer to DRK. Operates parallel social, healthcare, youth, and family services through regional chapters with a similar nonprofit, government-funded, donation-supported model.
• Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB): Welfare and aid organization with ambulant care, Rettungsdienst, Katastrophenschutz, migration work, and youth programs across regional chapters — highly comparable operating footprint.
• Diakonie Deutschland: The Protestant welfare umbrella in Germany. Runs ambulant Pflege, residential care, migration services, and youth programs through local member organizations — structurally analogous to DRK chapters.
• Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO): A major German welfare association operating Pflege, Kinder- und Jugendhilfe, migration services, and community aid via regional chapters with a comparable nonprofit, mixed-funding model.
• Malteser Hilfsdienst: Catholic aid organization closely parallel to the Red Cross in mission — runs ambulant care, HausNotruf-equivalent emergency call, first-aid training, disaster relief, and migration services in Germany.
• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe: German Johanniter organization offering ambulant Pflege, HausNotruf, Rettungsdienst, first-aid training, youth programs, and disaster relief — essentially the Protestant Red Cross equivalent and a direct operational peer.

Broad incumbents

• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK) Bundesverband: The national parent/coordination body of which DRK Schaumburg is a chapter. Comparable in service breadth (blood donation, disaster relief, Pflege, youth) but operates at national scale with coordination and policy functions rather than direct local delivery.
• British Red Cross: UK national society of the Red Cross movement, operating elderly support, refugee services, first-aid training, and emergency response. Comparable mission and funding mix (donations plus government contracts).
• Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband: Umbrella association for nonprofit social service providers in Germany. Not a direct operator of services but the coordinating body through which many DRK-equivalent services are funded, contracted, and benchmarked.
• American Red Cross: U.S. national Red Cross society. Same International Red Cross movement, with parallel humanitarian, blood, disaster, training, and community-service lines — useful for movement-level benchmarking even though operating model differs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/deutsche-rote-kreuz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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