Vibrio

What Vibrio does

Vibrio is one of the leading agencies for PR, communication management and social media marketing in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The agency serves international corporations, medium-sized companies and small innovative companies, with both B2B and B2C focus. The clients of the agency come from industries with products and services requiring explanation, such as for example from IT, logistics, textile and hygiene. Among the customers are not only manufacturing and service companies, but also associations or trade fair organizers. Vibrio offers the entire range of modern public relations, from brand PR, to product and technology PR, to crisis PR, from change communication and reputation management to online PR and social media marketing.

Name

Vibrio

Legal name

vibrio. Kommunikationsmanagement Dr. Kausch GmbH

Website

https://vibrio.eu/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

vibrio Communication Management - Agency for PR, Social Media Marketing and Communication Management

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Relations and Communications Services

NAICS

Public Relations Agencies (541820), Public Relations Agencies (54182), Media Representatives (54184)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Customer Experience (CX) & Digital Experience (BPAHAEAC)

Keywords

• Corporate communications services
• Public relations agency
• Crisis communications consulting
• Social media marketing
• Technology PR services

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. PR and Communications Consulting Services: Professional services revenue from providing public relations, media relations, content marketing, social media marketing, crisis communications, and strategic communications consulting to B2B clients across various industries in the DACH region.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Vibrio is an owner-operated DACH communications agency that provides PR, social media marketing, content creation, and crisis communications consulting to enterprise clients. The agency supplies personal expert teams for each client, executing work across technology PR, product PR, brand PR, crisis PR, reputation management, and corporate communications using text, image, audio, video, and event formats. Services are delivered as custom consulting engagements rather than packaged products.

Product overview

Vibrio is a DACH-based corporate communications and PR agency offering strategic consulting, content creation, and campaign execution services. It does not offer a software product, platform, or module. Services include technology PR, brand PR, crisis PR, social media marketing, LinkedIn marketing, email marketing, inbound marketing, employee marketing, online monitoring, and corporate communications. The agency operates primarily as a consulting firm with no packaged software products or SaaS offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brand PR (Marken-PR)
• Crisis PR (Krisen-PR)
• LinkedIn Marketing
• Reputation Management (Reputationsmanagement)
• Social Media Marketing
• Technology PR (Technologie-PR)
• Product PR (Produkt-PR)
• Email Marketing
• Inbound Marketing
• Employee Marketing
• Online Monitoring
• Corporate Communications (Unternehmenskommunikation)

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ media placements and 30 interview agreements in single year for flagship client
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Jenni KommunikationcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss representation partner handling vibrio's DACH communications services in Switzerland. Located in Zürich at Südstrasse 85/PF. Contact: Urs Jenni.
• Alexander BroycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for web design and video production. Created vibrio's Christmas card artwork and provides videography and web development services for agency and clients.
• Martina LimleicoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAustrian representation partner for vibrio, operating from Perchtoldsdorf near Vienna.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Fink & Fuchs Public Relations GmbH: German B2B technology PR agency with a similar boutique-to-mid scale, focused on IT and industrial clients in DACH. Directly comparable in vertical specialization, B2B tech and cybersecurity emphasis, and DACH media-relations model.
• Häberlein & Mauerer AG: Owner-managed Munich-based PR and content agency serving B2B clients across corporate communications, brand PR, and digital. Direct peer given same geography, similar owner-operated model, and comparable service portfolio including content and social media.
• Faktor 3 AG: Hamburg-based German PR and communications agency with strong B2B technology and digital practice. Directly comparable in vertical (IT/telecom/tech) emphasis and DACH regional scope, with similar breadth of strategic consulting plus content execution.
• We. Communication GmbH & Co. KG: German communications agency providing PR, content and digital marketing to B2B brands. Same service mix (PR, social, content) and same owner-operated German agency profile; comparable target customers in technology and industrial sectors.

Broad incumbents

• Hotwire (Global Citizens for Good Ltd.): Global technology and B2B communications agency with substantial DACH presence. Compares as a wider-scope incumbent in the same tech-PR category, with deeper resources and international footprint but less DACH depth per office than Vibrio.
• Edelman Germany: Largest global PR firm with German operations. Competes for the same enterprise B2B tech and crisis mandates at the upper end of the market; provides a benchmark for what Vibrio cannot scale to without partnership or acquisition.
• FleishmanHillard Germany: International network agency with Munich and Frankfurt offices serving large German enterprise accounts. Comparable at the brand-PR and corporate-comms layer but competes from scale rather than specialty.
• Scholz & Friends Group: Major Hamburg-based integrated communications group offering PR alongside creative and digital. Adjacent comparable for the broader DACH creative-PR market and the kind of scaled, multi-service player Vibrio is not.
• Serviceplan Group: Largest German-owned integrated agency group with PR, content and digital houses. Comparable for the convergence of PR with content and digital marketing, representing the integrated scale end of Vibrio's competitive set.

Emerging players

• Lewis Global Communications: Global B2B tech and corporate comms agency that grew via international hubs. Comparable in tech-B2B positioning and digital-plus-PR mix; represents the growth trajectory above Vibrio's current boutique scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCQSslHYITZMKUMDQxFABmWw
• Facebookfacebook.com/agenturvibrio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vibrio.-kommunikationsmanagement
• Xx.com/vibrio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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 →

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