HOSCH Building Automation

What HOSCH Building Automation does

HOSCH Building Automation (legal entity: Holger Schaefe GmbH) is a privately held German system integrator for building automation, headquartered in Teltow (Berlin/Brandenburg) and operating as a GmbH since 2002. The company positions itself as the largest fabrikatsunabhängiger (manufacturer-independent) system integrator in the Berlin/Brandenburg region, with branch offices in Nürnberg, Hamburg (opened early 2025), and Düsseldorf, executing projects across Germany. Its commercial operations span planning, software engineering, system integration, switchgear construction, commissioning, and recurring maintenance, delivered against open protocols including BACnet/IP, LON, Modbus TCP, and DDC.

HOSCH combines a proprietary product family — "rigento" — with full-service integration work. The rigento line includes rigento S3 (smoke extraction control), rigento BSK (fire protection damper system), rigento NET (a ring bus safety system with up to 2,500 meters of supported bus length), and rigento BOX (enclosures allowing module placement in fire-risk zones). The largest deployed base of rigento S3 modules to date exceeds 3,000 units at Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier. Beyond rigento, HOSCH delivers adjacent services including energy management (Energiemanagement), laboratory control (Laborregelung), system modernization (Anlagenmodernisierung), and analytical building management (Analytisches Gebäudemanagement).

The business is project-led and references are concentrated on landmark public and commercial assets: Bundeskanzleramt, Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, Charité Berlin, Olympiastadion Berlin, Berliner Hauptbahnhof, Humboldt-Universität, EDGE East Side Berlin (140 m sustainable high-rise), Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier, Amazon Oberkrämer logistics, Rhein-Energie-Stadion Köln, and the historic Alter Elbtunnel. Revenue mechanics are a mix of professional-services project revenue (typically multi-year contracts for new build and modernization) and a recurring maintenance and service stream (inspection, hygiene testing, troubleshooting). Go-to-market is enterprise field sales through competitive tenders with general contractors, architects, building owners, and facility managers. Leadership is concentrated around founder/managing director Holger Schaefe; key regional branch managers include Roland Heinz (Nürnberg) and Alexander Mackensen (Hamburg). The business has a double-study program partnership with HTW Berlin for pipeline development.

Name

HOSCH Building Automation

Legal name

Holger Schaefe GmbH

Website

https://hosch-ga.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HOSCH Building Automation (Holger Schaefe GmbH) is a German manufacturer-independent building automation system integrator founded in 2002. It designs, integrates, and services HVAC, fire protection, smoke extraction, and energy management systems for landmark government, healthcare, and commercial projects across Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Automation System Integration

NAICS

Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (238220), Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512)

SIC

Auto Controls For Regulating Residential & Comml Environments (3822)

akta.pro primary industry

Building Automation Systems (BAS/BMS) Integration & Controls (BPABAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

HVAC Controls & Optimization (Smart Thermostats, VAV, Chillers/Boilers Controls) (BPABAGAB), Ventilation & Smoke Control Systems (Smoke Exhaust/Pressurization) (IMADANAI), Building Automation & Controls (BAS/BMS, HVAC Controls) (IMAIABAD), Controls, Thermostats, Sensors & Building Automation (HVAC Controls) (IMADANAH)

Keywords

• Building automation
• System integration
• Smoke extraction control
• Fire protection systems
• HVAC automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Teltow

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Building Automation Projects: Design, engineering, installation, and commissioning of complete building automation systems for new construction and modernization projects. Includes project management, software engineering, system integration, switchgear construction, and on-site implementation.
2. Maintenance and Service: Ongoing maintenance, inspection, and repair services for installed building automation systems. Includes hygiene testing and troubleshooting of HVAC, smoke extraction, and building management systems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

HOSCH Building Automation (legally Holger Schaefe GmbH) is a manufacturer-independent system integrator that designs, engineers, installs, and services complete building automation systems for commercial, public, healthcare, transportation, and industrial facilities across Germany. The company integrates HVAC, lighting, shading, fire protection, smoke extraction, energy management, and laboratory control subsystems using open protocols (BACnet/IP, LON, Modbus TCP) and delivers its own proprietary rigento family of smoke extraction and fire protection products. Projects are delivered end-to-end from planning and software engineering through switchgear construction, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance.

Product overview

HOSCH Building Automation operates as a brand-independent (fabrikatsunabhängiger) system integrator offering comprehensive building automation solutions. The company provides a unified portfolio combining proprietary smoke extraction and fire protection systems under the "rigento" brand family with full-service building automation capabilities. The core offerings include: (1) The rigento product line comprising rigento S3 (smoke extraction complete system), rigento BSK (fire protection damper system), rigento NET (ring bus interconnection system), and rigento BOX (module enclosures); (2) Complete building automation services including system integration, switchgear construction, and maintenance; (3) Specialized solutions for smoke extraction control, building security, energy management, and laboratory control systems. The company positions itself as a full-service provider delivering building automation from a single source: project planning, software engineering, system integration, switchgear construction, maintenance and service, with the stated goal of environmentally friendly, comfortable and economical buildings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• rigento: Smoke extraction and fire protection control system - includes rigento S3 (complete smoke extraction system), rigento BSK (fire protection damper system), and rigentoNET (security bus system).
• Analytisches Gebäudemanagement

Products and services

• rigento S3 Smoke Extraction System

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy consumption reduction of up to 76% achieved at BahnTower Berlin through comprehensive automation modernization
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• HTW Berlin (Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for dual study program (Duales Studium) in Building Energy and Information Technology (Gebäudeenergie- und -informationstechnik) Bachelor of Engineering. Students combine theory at HTW with practical experience at HOSCH.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure): Global energy management and automation incumbent with EcoStruxure Building Operation. Comparable to HOSCH in the BMS integration layer but operates at global scale with bundled hardware/software offerings.
• Johnson Controls: Global BMS, HVAC and fire/security incumbent (including Tyco/Software House integrations). Competes for the same German healthcare, public and commercial projects HOSCH targets, with greater resources and broader portfolios.
• Bosch Building Technologies: German security and building systems provider with fire, access and BMS offerings. Comparable to HOSCH in the German fire/smoke and integration space, but with broader security portfolio and parent-company resources.
• Honeywell Building Technologies: Global BMS incumbent (including legacy Niagara/Tridium and Honeywell BMS) with strong German presence. Overlaps with HOSCH in commercial and healthcare automation but at significantly larger scale and with proprietary hardware lock-in.
• Siemens Smart Infrastructure: Global incumbent offering Desigo CC, APOGEE and other BMS platforms. Competes with HOSCH on German commercial, public and healthcare tenders but as part of a much broader portfolio including fire safety, security and energy; not vendor-independent.

Emerging players

• Distech Controls: Smaller multi-protocol BAS vendor specializing in BACnet/LON/KNX controllers and energy optimization. Comparable to HOSCH in open-protocol building automation philosophy, with growing presence in European mid-market projects.

Direct peers

• WAGO Kontakttechnik: German manufacturer of automation and interconnection technology widely used in building automation. Comparable to HOSCH as a DACH-based vendor with BACnet/LON/KNX-capable controllers and significant German BMS integration footprint.
• Beckhoff Automation: German PC-based control and automation specialist whose building automation platform competes in the same open-protocol BAS integrator space. Comparable on open-architecture philosophy and German engineering identity.
• Kieback&Peter: Berlin-based German building automation manufacturer and system integrator founded 1926. Highly comparable as a mid-sized DACH BAS specialist competing for similar public, commercial and healthcare projects with multi-protocol integration capability.
• SAUTER Headquarter Germany: Swiss-German building automation specialist (Fr. Sauter AG) with deep presence in DACH. Directly comparable to HOSCH as a vendor-independent BAS/BMS integrator with proprietary controllers and a strong German reference base in healthcare, public and commercial buildings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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