MeinBezirk

What MeinBezirk does

MeinBezirk.at is an Austrian regional news portal network that provides free, ad-funded local news and community content across all nine Austrian federal states (Vienna, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Styria, Carinthia, Vorarlberg, and Burgenland) at the district (Bezirk) level. The platform is operated not as a single company but as a federated network of eleven distinct legal entities — RegionalMedien companies for each state plus RMA Marketing Services GmbH as the coordinating entity for cross-portal data protection and advertising commercialization. Registered users ("Regionauten") can contribute their own articles, photos, videos, and event listings; non-registered readers access publicly available content without charge. The publishing stack is built on PEIQ's content management and digital publishing technology ("Powered by PEIQ"). Distribution spans a web platform, dedicated mobile app, ePaper digital edition, WhatsApp channel, and Facebook/Instagram/Twitter profiles.

The core product is the MeinBezirk.at portal, supported by an ecosystem of add-on modules: a regional ePaper, push-notification breaking-news alerts, a weekly email newsletter, a Veranstaltungen events calendar, a jobs portal at jobs.meinbezirk.at, a Marktplatz classifieds marketplace, a community photo-of-the-day gallery, and the Regionauten user-contribution platform. MeinMed.at, a health information sub-brand, extends the same RegionalMedien Austria AG parent into a vertical content niche. The company makes money primarily through non-personalized and (consent-based) personalized display and audiovisual advertising, supplemented by classifieds and marketplace activity governed by separate commercial terms. Pricing is freemium for end users; commercial advertisers and classifieds buyers transact under separate terms, and ePaper access may be subscription-based. There is no public API, SDK, or developer platform, and no AI/ML capabilities are described in available sources.

The platform's customer base is segmented into Austrian general-public readers (primary), community contributors (Regionauten), and local businesses placing regional advertising and classifieds. GTM is community-led, relying on user-generated content contributions, multi-channel content distribution (web, app, WhatsApp, social), SEO for local district-level terms, weekly newsletters, push notifications, and community competitions. The company was founded in 2000, is headquartered in Eisenstadt, Austria, and operates as a privately held for-profit network with 11–50 employees. No venture funding, M&A activity, or parent-company structure is disclosed.

Name

MeinBezirk

Legal name

RMA Marketing Services GmbH

Website

https://meinbezirk.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MeinBezirk.at is an Austrian regional news portal network covering all nine federal states at the district level, operated as a federated group of eleven RegionalMedien legal entities. It serves Austrian consumers with free, ad-funded local news, user-contributed community content, events, classifieds, and a jobs portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Local News

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Periodical Publishers (513120), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

News & Content Aggregation Portals (BPAMAAAI), National & General-Interest Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAA)

Keywords

• Regional news portals
• Local journalism
• Community publishing
• Classified marketplace
• Digital newspapers

Headquarters

HQ city

Eisenstadt

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advertising: The platform is financed through advertising revenue. Non-personalized display advertising and audiovisual advertising are shown to all users, while personalized advertising is displayed only to users who have given their consent. The platform operates as a free, ad-funded service for users.
2. Classifieds/Marketplace: The platform features a marketplace (Marktplatz) section for private and commercial classified advertisements. Commercial advertising and classifieds are subject to separate terms and conditions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MeinBezirk.at operates a network of regional news portals covering all nine Austrian federal states and their districts. The platform delivers local news, photos, videos, and community-contributed content, supplemented by a digital newspaper (ePaper), a regional job board, a classifieds marketplace (Marktplatz), an event calendar, and a weekly email newsletter. Users can register as Regionauten to publish their own articles, photos, and event submissions, with the service free to consumers and monetized through advertising and commercial listings.

Product overview

MeinBezirk.at is a regional news portal network covering all nine Austrian federal states (Tirol, Salzburg, Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich, Wien, Burgenland, Steiermark, Kärnten, Vorarlberg) and their districts. The platform provides local news, community engagement features, and supplementary services. Users can register as 'Regionauten' to contribute content, access a job board (jobs.meinbezirk.at), a marketplace (Marktplatz), event listings, digital newspaper (ePaper), newsletters, and push notifications. The network is operated by RegionalMedien Austria AG and its regional subsidiaries, with MeinMed.at operated separately as a health information portal under the same parent company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MeinBezirk.at Portal Core regional news portal providing local news coverage across all Austrian federal states and districts. Registered users (Regionauten) can publish articles, photos, videos, and comments; free to access, ad-funded.
• ePaper Digital Newspaper

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Heute: Austrian free daily newspaper with strong digital presence and national distribution; competes with MeinBezirk for free ad-funded local-news audience share.
• Regionalmedien Austria AG: Parent group operating the network of RegionalMedien entities; comparable as a multi-region Austrian local-media publisher and a direct internal comparison point for MeinBezirk's portfolio.
• Der Standard: Austrian national news brand with a strong digital footprint and regional supplements; competes for digital advertising inventory and reader attention across Austria.
• Kurier: Major Austrian national daily with substantial regional content and digital operations; overlaps with MeinBezirk on local news and classifieds/marketplace monetization.
• Kronehit / krone.at: Austria's largest tabloid news network with broad national reach across print, web, and radio; competes with MeinBezirk for Austrian local and national advertising and audience attention.

Emerging players

• willhaben: Austria's leading classifieds/marketplace platform with deep Austrian consumer reach; comparable on marketplace monetization and adjacent to MeinBezirk's Marktplatz offering.

Direct peers

• Bvz.at (Burgenländische Volkszeitung): Regional newspaper serving Burgenland — one of the federal states MeinBezirk also covers — making it a directly overlapping peer in the same geographic and editorial niche.
• BezirksRundschau: Austrian regional newspaper with district-level editions and community content, operating across Upper Austria and surrounding areas; highly comparable local-news platform with similar ad-funded model.
• Niederösterreichische Nachrichten (NÖN): Regional newspaper group focused on Lower Austria with district-level editions and digital portals; the most directly comparable regional-news model to MeinBezirk's federal-state coverage.
• Kleine Zeitung: Austrian regional newspaper with strong Styria/Carinthia coverage via print and digital portals; directly comparable in district-level news, regional ad sales, and community-driven content.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/meinbezirk_at
• Facebookfacebook.com/rma.meinbezirk
• Instagraminstagram.com/meinbezirk.wien/?hl=de
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/regionalmedien-burgenland

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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