Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe

Name

Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe

Legal name

Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe

Website

https://vvo-mobil.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (VVO) is a German regional public transportation association in Dresden coordinating fares, timetables, and mobile ticketing for residents, commuters, and visitors across the Upper Elbe region of Saxony via its VVO Mobil app.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dresden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (VVO) is a regional public transportation association that coordinates integrated ticketing, tariffs, timetables, and journey planning services across multiple transport operators in the Upper Elbe (Oberelbe) region of Saxony, Germany. Its core consumer-facing product is the VVO Mobil mobile application, which provides real-time transit information, mobile ticketing, fare lookup, and leisure trip suggestions for residents, commuters, and visitors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VVO Mobil Mobile and web application that delivers journey planning, real-time timetable information, mobile ticketing, tariff information, and leisure trip suggestions for public transportation across the Upper Elbe region in Saxony, Germany. Intended for residents, commuters, and visitors using regional public transit.
• Integrated Public Transport Tickets Integrated fare products and tickets valid across multiple transport operators within the VVO network, enabling seamless transfers between buses, trams, and regional rail services under a unified tariff system. Available to individual travelers in the Upper Elbe region.
• Timetable and Journey Planning Service Coordinated timetable information and journey planning service providing route, schedule, and connection data across all participating VVO transport operators. Targeted at commuters and travelers planning trips within the Upper Elbe transit network.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund (NVV): Regional Verkehrsverbund for northern Hesse. Runs a coordinated public transport tariff and information platform analogous to VVO, with mobile app access to timetables and ticketing across participating operators.
• Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV): Public transport association for the Hamburg metropolitan region. Operates the same Verkehrsverbund model as VVO, offering unified ticketing, timetables, and a companion mobility app (hvv switch), directly comparable in scope and digital strategy.
• Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB): Regional Verkehrsverbund coordinating public transport across Berlin and Brandenburg. Closest structural peer to VVO as a German tariff and timetable association; same Verkehrsverbund operating model, comparable product (mobile ticketing and journey planning).
• Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS): Transport association serving the Cologne/Bonn Rhine-Sieg region. Provides integrated ticketing and timetable services comparable to VVO, with a mobile app supporting the same journey planning and fare purchase workflows.
• Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV): Verkehrsverbund covering the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region. Operates the same multi-operator coordination and ticketing model as VVO, including mobile app services for regional public transport users.
• Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund (MVV): Transport association coordinating public transit in the Munich region. Mirrors VVO's structure of unifying operators under a common tariff and information platform, with a branded mobility app serving the same journey planning and ticketing use cases.

Emerging players

• Moovit: Global urban mobility app providing journey planning across public transport, including many German cities. Competes with VVO Mobil at the digital layer by offering independent, multi-agency trip planning that overlaps with VVO's core feature set.
• Citymapper: Multi-modal urban mobility app offering journey planning and ticketing partnerships in selected European cities. Comparable to VVO Mobil as a digital journey-planning and ticketing layer for public transit users.
• Mobility-as-a-Service integrators (e.g., Whim / MaaS Global): Providers of integrated multi-modal MaaS subscription platforms bundling public transport with other mobility services. Relevant peer to VVO's strategic trajectory of expanding VVO Mobil from simple ticketing toward integrated mobility services.

Broad incumbents

• Deutsche Bahn (DB): Germany's national rail operator and owner of the Deutschlandticket national subscription product. Operates as a broader incumbent whose rail services are integrated within Verkehrsverbünde like VVO and competes for cross-regional passenger trips.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/vvo_presse

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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