Baugesellschaft Hanau

What Baugesellschaft Hanau does

Baugesellschaft Hanau GmbH (BauGe / BGH) is a municipal housing company (Kommunales Wohnungsunternehmen) founded on September 28, 1942 in Hanau, Germany, and wholly owned by the City of Hanau. It manages approximately 4,200-4,264 residential apartments and ~50 commercial units (restaurants, retail, social institutions, offices such as the Hanau Senior Citizens' Office and Fire Station) in Hanau and the broader Rhein-Main region. The portfolio spans publicly subsidized and free-financed apartments, barrier-free units, heritage-listed buildings, and modern new construction (including timber-hybrid), serving singles, families, young people, seniors, and people with disabilities.

Core digital product infrastructure includes the Meine BauGe App — a tenant-facing iOS/Android application built on the third-party Spiri.Bo platform that handles damage reporting, document access, rent composition, consumption data, forms, and a 24/7 chatbot — and an online apartment search/application portal integrated with the Wohnungshelden platform and SCHUFA credit checks. Supporting tools include Google Maps, Facebook/Twitter/YouTube social plugins, OneTap accessibility overlay, a whistle.law-powered whistleblower portal, and partnerships with Ista and Techem for smoke alarm fault handling. A strategic 2026 partnership with OXG Glasfaser GmbH is deploying fiber to ~4,000 apartments by end-2028 on an open-access network.

The business model is straightforward recurring rental income: residential rents (not publicly disclosed, positioned as 'bezahlbarer Wohnraum') and commercial rents, complemented by nominal community fees (e.g., €5/month raised bed rentals). No external funding is indicated; the entity is government-owned, governed by a Supervisory Board chaired by Mayor Claus Kaminsky, and led by Managing Director Mirja Dorny. Distribution is direct-to-tenant via the head office at Heinrich-Bott-Straße 1, the website, and the BauGe App; staffing is ~75 with neighborhood-aligned property management teams and Social Neighborhood Management functions.

Name

Baugesellschaft Hanau

Legal name

Baugesellschaft Hanau GmbH

Website

https://bau-hanau.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1942

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Baugesellschaft Hanau GmbH is a municipal housing company in Hanau, Germany, managing roughly 4,200 residential apartments and 50 commercial units across the Rhein-Main region for affordable rental to individuals, families, and local businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Property Management

NAICS

Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings (53111), Other Residential Care Facilities (62399)

SIC

Operators Of Apartment Buildings (6513), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable & Subsidized Housing Property Management (LIHTC, Section 8) (BPAJAFAD)

Keywords

• Residential property management
• Affordable housing rental
• Commercial leasing services
• Municipal housing company
• Tenant services platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Hanau

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Residential Rental Income: Monthly rental income from approximately 4,250 apartments managed in Hanau and the Rhein-Main region. Includes publicly subsidized (öffentlich gefördert) and privately financed (frei finanziert) apartments for singles, families, young people, seniors, and people with disabilities.
2. Commercial Rental Income: Rental income from approximately 50 commercial units including restaurants, retail shops, social institutions, and offices such as the Hanau Senior Citizens' Office and Fire Station.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Baugesellschaft Hanau GmbH is a municipal housing company that owns, manages, and rents approximately 4,200 residential apartments and 50 commercial units in Hanau and the Rhein-Main region. It provides publicly subsidized and privately financed housing for singles, families, young people, seniors, and people with disabilities, and supplements the rental portfolio with tenant-facing services such as the Meine BauGe App, an online apartment search portal, social neighborhood management, and community programs.

Product overview

Baugesellschaft Hanau is a municipal housing company managing over 4,250 apartments and 50 commercial units in the Rhein-Main region. The core offering consists of residential property management (Wohnungssuche, Portfolio Management, Gewerbevermietung) supplemented by the Meine BauGe App—a tenant-facing digital platform built on Spiri.Bo that centralizes damage reporting, document access, rent management, and communication. Additional services include Social Neighborhood Management, the Häusergebabbel tenant magazine, and community programs (chicken sponsorship, raised beds, team bus, football camps). Infrastructure initiatives include a fiber optic expansion partnership with OXG Glasfaser. The company also operates a Whistleblower System via whistle.law for compliance reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Rental Housing (Portfolio Management) Long-term residential rental of approximately 4,200 apartments in Hanau and the Rhein-Main region, including publicly subsidized (öffentlich gefördert) and privately financed (frei finanziert) units for singles, families, young people, seniors, and people with disabilities.
• Gewerbevermietung (Commercial Leasing) Rental of approximately 50 commercial units — including restaurants, retail shops, social institutions, and offices such as the Hanau Senior Citizens' Office and Fire Station — to small businesses and public-sector tenants across Hanau.
• Meine BauGe App Mobile tenant portal application (iOS/Android) built on the Spiri.Bo platform, enabling tenants to report damage, view documents, contact staff, check rent composition, access consumption data, submit forms, and reach 24/7 chatbot support.
• Wohnungssuche (Apartment Search & Application) Online apartment search and application service that lets prospective tenants create search profiles, receive matching results, and submit rental applications through the Wohnungshelden platform, including SCHUFA credit check integration.
• Glasfaseranschluss (Fiber Optic Connection) High-speed fiber optic internet infrastructure being deployed in collaboration with OXG Glasfaser GmbH, targeting approximately 4,000 apartments (around 90% of BauGe's housing stock) by end of 2028. Operates on an Open-Access network model with multiple ISP choices.
• Hochbeete (Raised Garden Beds) Communal gardening program renting raised garden beds to tenants for €5 per month for growing herbs, vegetables, or flowers; tenants are responsible for planting and maintenance.
• Fußball-Camp (Football Camp) Annual football camp for children and youth aged 6-15 held during the summer holidays; free for children of BauGe tenants, €30 for others, including equipment and training.
• Team Bus Rental Eight-passenger team bus available for rent to tenant children's and youth groups and to non-profit organizations since 2014.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~4,000 apartments to receive fiber optic connections by end of 2028
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OXG Glasfaser GmbHcoreTechnology or Integration · 16 June 2026Strategic partnership to expand fiber optic infrastructure to approximately 4,000 apartments managed by Baugesellschaft Hanau. OXG (a joint venture of Vodafone and Altice, founded March 2023) handles planning, construction, and ongoing network operation. Target completion is end of 2028 with nearly 90% of BauGe apartments to have fiber access. The open-access network allows tenants to choose from multiple internet service providers including Vodafone, 1&1, and others.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Degewo AG: Berlin's state-owned housing company with a large affordable residential portfolio. Comparable to BauGe in mission, ownership structure, and modernization/ESG retrofit program scope.
• Gewobag AG: Berlin's municipal housing company managing a large affordable residential portfolio. Directly comparable in mandate, scale (municipal landlord), and the emphasis on energy-efficient modernization within an urban stock.
• GWH Wohnungsbaugesellschaft Hessen: State-owned housing company in Hesse managing residential portfolios including publicly subsidized units. Comparable in mandate (affordable housing in Hesse), scale, and the combination of own-portfolio rental with traditional property management services.
• Howoge Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft: Berlin municipal/cooperative housing company managing ~80,000 units. Comparable as a publicly-mandated landlord combining affordable-housing provision with modern digital tenant services and ongoing new construction.
• SAGA Siedlungs-Aktiengesellschaft Hamburg: Hamburg's municipal housing company with a portfolio of ~130,000+ units. One of the most relevant analogues to BauGe as a publicly owned, mixed affordable/market-rate landlord operating digital tenant services at portfolio scale.
• ABG Frankfurt Holding: City of Frankfurt's municipal housing and real estate holding company, operating a major residential portfolio in the immediate Frankfurt metropolitan area. Closely comparable as a municipally owned landlord serving the same Rhein-Main labor market and housing-shortage dynamic.
• Nassauische Heimstätte | Wohnstadt (NH Projektstadt): One of the largest municipal and state-affiliated housing companies in Hesse, managing tens of thousands of residential units across the Rhein-Main region. Most direct strategic comparable to BauGe given shared Hesse footprint, municipal/public mandate, and mixed subsidized/market-rate portfolio model.

Broad incumbents

• Vonovia SE: Germany's largest private residential landlord with ~500,000+ units nationwide. Sets the private-sector benchmark for portfolio management digitalization, ESG retrofit, and customer-service platforms against which a municipal operator like BauGe is implicitly compared.
• Deutsche Wohnen SE: Major German residential landlord concentrated in urban markets with a focus on portfolio quality and value-add modernization. Comparable as a benchmark for urban German rental operations and digital tenant engagement even though private and Berlin-weighted.

Regional players

• GBG Mannheimer Wohnungsbaugesellschaft: Municipal housing company of the City of Mannheim operating in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. Relevant as a municipally owned residential landlord under the same federal housing-policy regime, though not in the immediate Rhein-Main geography of BauGe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Baugesellschaft
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/baugesellschaft-hanau

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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