What Jobline does

Jobline, operating as Jobline.hamburg, is a regional online job board serving the Hamburg metropolitan area and surrounding districts of northern Germany. Founded in 1997 and operated under the Norwegian holding company E-Comercio Group AS (part of the Internetmedia Group, with administrative headquarters at Landgangen 1/3, Oslo), the platform connects local employers with regional job seekers across more than 30 occupational fields — from Administration/HR and Banking/Insurance to Medizin/Pflege, Energie/Umwelttechnik, and Vertrieb — and across more than 20 Hamburg boroughs and surrounding municipalities including Ahrensburg, Norderstedt, Pinneberg, Reinbek, and Wedel. Leadership consists of Jean Paul Alsac and Paula A. Bourger as CEOs/Directors.

The underlying platform is a self-service plus managed-service job board built around an employer registration portal, a candidate search interface, a Jobfinder/Alert email notification system, and a banner advertising management module. Employers can self-publish listings via the Expressanzeige system (€195 net, same-day activation, up to three months' publication) or engage the company's design team for Premium Einfach (€295) and Premium Exklusiv (€400) postings with branded templates, refresh cycles, and top placement. The Premium Exklusiv tier automatically distributes listings across partner platforms including jobline-niedersachsen.de, stellenmarkt24.de, jobslife.de, and Google-4-Jobs, extending reach beyond Hamburg into Lower Saxony and Google search surfaces. Banner placements (156x60 pixels, 1/2/4-week durations) and bulk posting packages add a secondary monetization layer, with a 15% AE commission paid to agencies on HTML/Premium and banner bookings.

Revenue is generated primarily through transaction-based job posting fees across the three pricing tiers, with bulk packages (5-pack Express at €780, 5-pack Premium Einfach at €1,196, 4-pack Premium Exklusiv at €1,350) targeting higher-volume employers. The customer base spans enterprise and mid-market employers across healthcare, insurance, IT services, energy, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, construction, real estate, and HR services — including named logos such as Asklepios Klinikum Harburg, ERGO Beratung und Vertrieb, Capgemini Deutschland, Materna, UKA Umweltgerechte Kraftanlagen, Techem Energy Services, and REHAU Industries. No AI/ML capabilities, no mobile app, and no API integrations are disclosed; the technology stack reflects a mature, traditional regional job board model rather than a modern AI-augmented recruitment platform.

Name

Jobline

Legal name

Jobline.hamburg (E-Comercio Group AS)

Website

https://jobline.hamburg

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Jobline (Jobline.hamburg) is a regional German online job board serving the Hamburg metropolitan area, connecting local employers with regional job seekers via self-service and managed posting tiers, transaction-based pricing, and a partner distribution network extending across northern Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Board / Recruitment Advertising

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL)

Keywords

• Online job board
• Regional recruitment advertising
• Job posting platform
• Career portal services
• Employer banner advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Job Posting Fees: Transaction-based job posting fees with three tiers: Expressanzeige (self-service, €195), Premium Einfach (€295), and Premium Exklusiv (€400). Additional revenue from bulk packages and top placement upgrades.
2. Banner Advertising: Logo banner marketing on homepage and search result pages, priced by inquiry, format 156x60 pixels, available in 1, 2, or 4-week durations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Jobline.hamburg is a regional online job board connecting employers in the Hamburg metropolitan area with local job seekers across all industries. The platform sells tiered job posting packages ranging from a self-service Express option (€195) to Premium managed-service tiers (€295 and €400) along with banner advertising placements, distributing listings across partner job boards and search engines including Google-4-Jobs.

Product overview

Jobline.hamburg is a regional job board platform for the Hamburg metropolitan area (Hansestadt Hamburg und Umgebung) offering job posting and candidate search services. The platform provides three tiers of job ad products: Expressanzeige (self-service, up to 3 months), Premium Einfach (branded placement, up to 6 months), and Premium Exklusiv (full corporate identity with multi-portal distribution, up to 12 months). Additional services include banner marketing for employer branding and a Jobfinder/Alert notification system for job seekers. The platform covers job categories ranging from Administration/HR to Vertrieb/Verkauf and serves districts across the Hamburg region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jobline.hamburg Job Board Platform Regional online job board for Hamburg and the surrounding metropolitan area (Hansestadt Hamburg und Umgebung), connecting employers with job seekers across all industries and districts including Administration/HR, Banking/Insurance, Construction/Engineering, Healthcare, IT/Telecommunications, Logistics, Manufacturing, Sales, and many others.
• Job Posting Service (Express, Premium Einfach, Premium Exklusiv) Tiered job posting service for employers with three options: Express self-service (€195 net, up to 3 months, employer publishes directly), Premium Einfach (€295 net, up to 6 months, logo integration, brand template, refresh every 2 weeks, top placement), and Premium Exklusiv (€400 net, up to 12 months, full corporate identity layout, publication across jobline-niedersachsen.de, stellenmarkt24.de, Google-4-Jobs and leading job search engines, refresh weekly). Discounted bulk packages available: Premium Einfach 5-pack (€1,196 net), Premium Exklusiv 4-pack (€1,350 net), and Express 5-pack (€780 net). Agencies receive 15% AE commission.
• Banner Marketing Employer branding via logo banner placement on Jobline.hamburg homepage and first results page. Format 156x60 pixels, static or animated, available in 1, 2, or 4 week durations. Priced by inquiry with bookings applicable across all Jobline portals during the booking period. Supports employer branding objectives beyond individual job postings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 68% of job seekers prefer to work in their local region
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• stellenmarkt24.decoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner job board network where Jobline Hamburg postings are automatically distributed for extended reach across Germany
• jobline-niedersachsen.decoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional sister job board part of the Jobline-Deutschland network, receiving postings from Jobline Hamburg
• Google-4-JobscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJob posting distribution partner for enhanced visibility in search engines and Google job search
• jobslife.deminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner job board included in the distribution network for cross-posting of job listings
• Internetmedia GroupcoreOthersJobline.hamburg is listed as a member of the Internetmedia Group, providing corporate structure and affiliation
• E-Comercio Group AScoreOthersListed as E-Comercio Group AS Administration Europe, providing administrative oversight for the Jobline network

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Jobbörse der Bundesagentur für Arbeit: Germany's official public-sector job board providing free postings; competes for the same Hamburg employer recruitment budget, particularly in healthcare and public-sector roles.
• LinkedIn (Deutschland): Professional network with integrated job marketplace widely used by Hamburg employers for white-collar hiring, directly overlapping Jobline's enterprise customers such as Capgemini and ERGO.
• StepStone: One of Germany's leading national job boards; directly competes for the same Hamburg employer recruitment spend as Jobline but operates at significantly larger scale across all German metros.
• Indeed Deutschland: Global aggregator with a strong German presence that captures job seeker demand across all industries, including Hamburg — the same candidate pool Jobline serves.

Emerging players

• HeyJobs: AI-driven talent acquisition platform targeting volume hiring in Germany; represents the next-generation technology stack that could displace legacy regional boards like Jobline.

Regional players

• Kalaydo: Regional job portal primarily active in the Rhineland (Cologne/Bonn/Düsseldorf); comparable regional-jobs-board business model to Jobline but serving a different German metropolitan area.

Direct peers

• meinestadt.de: City-focused German job and local-services portal that operates on a regional model similar to Jobline, targeting local candidates and employers in specific metropolitan areas.
• Kimeta: German job search engine that aggregates regional and niche job boards; competes with Jobline for candidate traffic in the Hamburg metro and overlaps in partner-distribution economics.
• Stellenanzeigen.de: German regional/national job board with multi-posting distribution and tiered posting products; closely comparable business model and pricing structure to Jobline's Express/Premium tiers.
• stellenwerk: Regional student and graduate job portal; serves the same Hamburg candidate audience with a focused segment angle, partially overlapping Jobline's trainee/internship categories.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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