Magyarország Bíróságai

What Magyarország Bíróságai does

Magyarország Bíróságai (Courts of Hungary) is the official digital portal and operating brand of the Hungarian national judiciary, administered by the Országos Bírósági Hivatal (OBH, National Courts Office) under the constitutional authority of the Hungarian Parliament and the President of Hungary. The organization delivers judicial services across a four-tier court hierarchy — járásbíróságok (district courts), törvényszékek (regional courts, 19 in total), ítélőtáblák (courts of appeal, 5), and the Kúria (Supreme Court) — and serves Hungarian citizens, businesses, government institutions, and constitutional bodies across civil, criminal, administrative, family, labor, insolvency, company registration, and enforcement matters. The OBH is headquartered at Szalay u. 16, Budapest (postal: 1363 Budapest, Pf. 24).

The core technology stack is built around the E-akta (Digitális Bíróság Projekt) electronic case management platform, which encompasses the Ügyfél Irathozzáférési Rendszer (client document access system), the Eljárás időtartam kalkulátor (procedure duration calculator), and integrates with the Bírósági Fizetési Portál (Court Payment Portal, via SimplePay), the Csődbetekintő Portál (insolvency viewer, via Digital Citizen App qualified signatures), and the VIA VIDEO PROJEKT for remote hearings. Speech recognition and transcription software is deployed within the Digital Court Project for automated court proceeding transcription. Additional products include court mediation services (bírósági közvetítés), public registries (guardianship, power of attorney, civil organizations, National Registry Office), searchable court decision databases, judge/court/mediator locator tools, and integrations with the European e-Justice Portal.

The entity operates as a government state entity rather than a commercial enterprise: it is funded through the Hungarian national budget under a constitutional mandate, with no equity, venture, or private ownership. Court fees are statutorily regulated and free judicial mediation is offered as an alternative dispute resolution pathway (with fee reductions of up to 90% for settlements reached at the earliest procedural stage). The GTM motion is institutional — official website, Bírósági Szemle (Court Review journal), Bírósági Közlöny (Court Gazette), press spokesperson network, video library, and EU e-Justice portal — rather than commercial. There is no app, no public API, and no SDK offering. Note: the firmographics header lists city "Maussane, France" and founded "2020," which conflicts with multiple authoritative sources confirming Budapest, Hungary as headquarters and a centuries-old institutional history; this conflict should be resolved in favor of Hungary.

Name

Magyarország Bíróságai

Legal name

Országos Bírósági Hivatal

Website

https://birosag.hu

Company type

Public

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Magyarország Bíróságai is the Hungarian national court system, providing digital judicial services including electronic case management (E-akta), remote hearings, court mediation, insolvency viewing, and public registries to citizens, businesses, and government bodies across Hungary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Judicial Administration

NAICS

Courts (92211), Courts (922110), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAFAA

Judicial Courts & Court Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Justice System (Courts, Prosecution & Corrections)

SECONDARYBPAEAPAC

Legal Practice Management & Case Management

Business & Public Services/IT & Digital Services (Managed Services, Systems Integration)/Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) & Legal Tech

SECONDARYBPAIAFAG

Specialty & Problem-Solving Courts (Drug, Mental Health, Veterans, Family)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Justice System (Courts, Prosecution & Corrections)

Keywords

• Court administration services
• Judicial case management
• Court mediation services
• Civil organization registration
• Electronic court services

Headquarters

HQ city

Budapest

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Magyarország Bíróságai operates the official Hungarian judicial system, providing court services across a tiered structure comprising district courts (járásbíróságok), 19 regional courts (törvényszékek), 5 Courts of Appeal (ítélőtáblák), and the Curia (Kúria). The organization delivers civil, criminal, administrative, family, and labor dispute resolution, civil organization registration, insolvency proceedings, and court enforcement. It runs a digital court infrastructure (E-akta) supporting electronic filing, case tracking, document access, and remote hearings (VIA VIDEO), alongside a court payment portal and free judicial mediation services as an alternative dispute resolution pathway.

Product overview

Magyarország Bíróságai operates as a comprehensive e-government platform for the Hungarian judicial system, offering a unified digital infrastructure built around the E-akta (Digital Court Project) as the core platform. The ecosystem includes specialized portals for specific functions: Csődbetekintő for bankruptcy proceedings, Bírósági Fizetési Portál for payments, and various registry and search tools for locating mediators, judges, and court locations. The VIA VIDEO project enables remote hearings, while speech recognition software supports digital transcription. Court mediation services are integrated as an alternative dispute resolution pathway. The platform provides citizen-facing services including case management access, document handling, and public registries, all connected through Hungary's central authentication infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• E-akta (Digitális Bíróság Projekt) Comprehensive electronic case management system enabling digital document handling, online case access, automated proceedings management, a client document access system (Ügyfél Irathozzáférési Rendszer), a procedure duration calculator, and online case tracking for citizens, lawyers, and courts in Hungary.
• Csődbetekintő Portál Bankruptcy and insolvency viewer portal enabling users to electronically submit and track bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings, request certificates, and monitor case status online. Requires client portal (KAÜ) authentication and qualified electronic signature via the Digitális Állampolgár mobile application.
• Bírósági Fizetési Portál Court payment portal integrated with the SimplePay payment gateway for processing court fees, charges, and other court-related payments via card transactions, enabling digital payment for judicial services.
• Bírósági közvetítés (Court Mediation) Court-connected judicial mediation service providing alternative dispute resolution through trained court mediators, available for civil, administrative, and family law matters. No court fee is charged for judicial mediation proceedings, with fee reductions of 90%, 70%, or 50% available depending on the stage at which settlement is reached.
• VIA VIDEO PROJEKT (Távmeghallgatás) Remote hearing system allowing witnesses, parties, and experts to participate in court proceedings via video conference, reducing the need for in-person attendance at Hungarian courts.
• Civil nyilvántartási eljárások Civil organization registration procedures providing online submission capabilities for associations, foundations, and other civil entities, including name verification, registry access, and public disclosure publication.
• Gondnokoltak és előzetes jognyilatkozatok nyilvántartása Public registry of protected persons under guardianship and their advance legal directives (előzetes jognyilatkozatok), providing official public records of guardianship relationships and pre-declared legal intentions.
• Általános meghatalmazások nyilvántartása Official public registry of general authorizations and representations (általános meghatalmazások), recording powers of attorney granted for representation purposes.
• Országos Nyilvántartási Iroda National Registry Office managing various public registries including business associations, civil organizations, and legal person registries across Hungary.
• Bírósági határozatok gyűjteménye Searchable public database of published Hungarian court rulings and judgments, providing access to court decisions for legal research and transparency purposes.
• Felszámolói díjfedezeti letét webes adatbázis Web database for liquidator fee guarantee deposits (felszámolói díjfedezeti letét), providing information and management tools for insolvency practitioners operating in Hungary.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 90% court fee reduction available when settlement reached during judicial mediation at earliest stage of proceedings
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Igazságügyi Minisztérium (Ministry of Justice)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Ministry of Justice cooperates on judicial policy, legislative matters, and maintains a registry of non-court mediators (névjegyzék) referenced by courts for mandatory mediation proceedings.
• Országgyűlés (Hungarian Parliament)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParliament approves OBH (National Judicial Office) president annual reports and legislation affecting the judicial system. Parliamentary Justice Committee reviews OBH president semi-annual reports.
• Köztársasági Elnök (President of Hungary)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe President appoints the OBH president, deputy president, and convenes extraordinary lay judge elections (soron kívüli ülnökválasztás) upon OBH recommendation.
• European e-Justice PortalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe birosag.hu portal integrates with the EU e-Justice Portal (e-justice.europa.eu) to provide cross-border judicial information and services at European Union level.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Tyler Technologies (Odyssey): US-listed provider of court case management software (Odyssey) to US state and county courts. Comparable as a technology vendor whose court case-management products compete with or could augment the E-akta stack that OBH has built internally.
• Court of Justice of the European Union: EU's supranational court via its e-Curia electronic filing platform. Comparable as a digitally advanced judicial institution whose case-management platform (e-Curia) sets a benchmark that national courts like Hungary's E-akta are aligned with via the European e-Justice Portal.

Emerging players

• National Center for State Courts (NCSC): US non-profit providing court technology standards, consulting, and modernization guidance to state judiciaries. Comparable as an adjacent ecosystem organization influencing the same court-modernization agenda Hungary pursues via OBH projects.
• Journal Technologies (eCourt): Provider of eCourt case management systems used by courts in multiple US jurisdictions. Comparable as a court-tech specialist whose product overlaps functionally with Hungary's E-akta, providing a benchmark for productization of the platform.

Direct peers

• Bundesgerichtshof / Federal Court of Justice of Germany: Germany's federal supreme court in civil and criminal matters. Directly comparable as another EU member state supreme judicial body operating a tiered court system with constitutional foundations similar to Hungary's Kúria.
• Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court of Poland): Polish supreme court and national judiciary portal. Comparable as a Central European EU member state court system with similar case management modernization needs and analogous exposure to EU rule-of-law scrutiny.
• Nejvyšší soud České republiky (Supreme Court of the Czech Republic): Czech supreme court and national judicial portal. Comparable as a Visegrád-region EU member state judiciary with parallel tiered structure (district, regional, high, supreme) and parallel digital modernization agenda.
• Corte Suprema di Cassazione (Italian Supreme Court): Italy's supreme court of cassation. Comparable as an EU member state supreme judicial body with similar case-volume scale, tiered appellate structure, and digital filing modernization efforts analogous to Hungary's E-akta project.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/nyiregyhazitorvenyszek
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/birosag

Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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