ASIG Housing Cooperative

What ASIG Housing Cooperative does

ASIG Wohngenossenschaft is a non-profit housing cooperative (gemeinnützige Wohngenossenschaft) founded in 1943 and headquartered at Dreispitz 21, 8050 Zürich, Switzerland. It is the second-largest housing cooperative in Switzerland, managing approximately 2,800 cooperative apartments across 24 settlements in the city of Zürich and seven surrounding municipalities (including Winterthur, Fällanden, Effretikon, Buchs, Hegnau, Nänikon, Oberglatt, and Rümlang). The cooperative serves 3,380 members (Genossenschafter) who join as shareholders, pay cooperative shares, and participate in governance through neighborhood forums, tenant surveys (94.5% satisfaction in 2026), and an annual General Assembly (632 attendees at the 84th in 2025). The cooperative is politically and confessionally independent, with services including social counseling, 40 playgrounds, and dedicated socioculture programs.

The cooperative's core offering is affordable rental housing, distributed through cooperative membership rather than market-rate allocation. Its technology stack comprises a website platform (www.asig-wohnen.ch) with a member login portal and the ASIG mobile application, through which residents submit maintenance requests, communicate with management, and access services; apartment listings are also published on Homegate.ch. ASIG operates with a lean central staff of 24 in the Geschäftsstelle plus 20 caretakers (Hauswarte) across settlements, with five Bereichsleiter (department heads) covering Real Estate/ISP/IT, Property Management/Social Affairs, Finance/Controlling, Marketing/Communications/Socioculture, and HR/Central Services.

The business model is non-profit and subscription-recurring: rental income from approximately 2,800-3,000 apartments forms the sole core revenue stream, with rents set at affordable rather than market levels. The cooperative reported 2025 profit of 1.9 million CHF on equity capital of 75.2 million CHF, and finances expansion through accumulated equity, member cooperative shares, and co-development partnerships (notably Anliker AG for Huebwis and Habitat 8000 AG for Dreispitz Etappe 2). An active development pipeline — including 265 apartments in Etappe 2 'Am Ueberlandpark', Tre Sorelle in Winterthur, and Huebwis in Fällanden — is supported by the Zurich City Council-approved Dreispitz masterplan extending to 2035.

Name

ASIG Housing Cooperative

Legal name

ASIG Wohngenossenschaft

Website

https://asig-wohnen.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1943

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ASIG Wohngenossenschaft is a non-profit housing cooperative founded in 1943 in Zürich, Switzerland, providing affordable rental housing to approximately 3,380 members across 24 settlements in Zürich and surrounding municipalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cooperative Rental Housing

NAICS

New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) (236116), Other Community Housing Services (624229)

SIC

Operators Of Apartment Buildings (6513), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Cooperative (Co-op) Housing Association Management (BPAJAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mixed-Use Community Association Management (BPAJAHAF)

Keywords

• Affordable housing cooperative
• Residential property management
• Cooperative rental housing
• Social housing services
• Community housing governance

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Rental Income: Monthly rental income from approximately 2800-3000 cooperative apartments in Zürich and surrounding municipalities. ASIG operates as a non-profit organization (gemeinnützig), with rental prices set to be affordable rather than profit-maximizing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ASIG Wohngenossenschaft provides affordable cooperative rental housing to its members across approximately 24 settlements in the city and canton of Zürich, operating as a non-profit (gemeinnützig) cooperative founded in 1943. Beyond apartment rental, the cooperative delivers property management, regular maintenance, on-site caretaking, social counseling, socioculture programming, and member governance through forums and an annual General Assembly. Supplementary member-facing tools include the ASIG mobile application and a website member login portal for service requests and communication.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cooperative Rental Housing (Genossenschaftswohnungen) Affordable long-term rental apartments allocated to cooperative members (Genossenschafter) across approximately 24 settlements in the city and canton of Zürich. Rents are set on a non-profit (gemeinnützig) basis.
• Property Management Services (Bewirtschaftung) Day-to-day rental, maintenance, and on-site caretaking services for cooperative members across ASIG's settlements, delivered through an in-house team of 20 Hauswarte and dedicated Bewirtschaftung staff.
• Social Counseling (Sozialberatung) Confidential social counseling services for cooperative members, provided as part of the Bewirtschaftung & Soziales division.
• Cooperative Member Governance (General Assembly and Settlement Forums) Annual Generalversammlung (General Assembly) and settlement-level forums that give cooperative members direct input into settlement development, budgeting, and the cooperative's strategic direction.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Habitat 8000 AGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Co-development partner for the Dreispitz Areal transformation project. Two additional buildings in Etappe 2 will be built by Habitat 8000 AG.
• Anliker AGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Construction partner for the Huebwis settlement development in Fällanden, implementing a new 77-unit cooperative housing project together with ASIG.
• Blickwinkel AGminorOthersDesign agency responsible for visual design and creative direction of ASIG communications materials.
• HomegateminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss real estate platform where ASIG listings are published for apartment searches.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Neue Wohnraum-Genossenschaft Zürich (NWG): A Zürich housing cooperative offering affordable rental housing to members. Directly comparable in business model, non-profit status, and target customer segment in the same metropolitan market.
• Bau- und Wohngenossenschaft (BWS): Long-established Zürich housing cooperative providing non-profit rental apartments to its members. Highly comparable in legal form (Genossenschaft), operating geography (Zürich), and tenant base (middle-income households seeking affordable housing).
• Allgemeine Baugenossenschaft Zürich (ABZ): The largest housing cooperative in Switzerland, also based in Zürich, operating a similar non-profit Genossenschaft model with member-owned rental housing. ASIG is positioned as the second-largest to ABZ, making it the most direct comparable.
• Genossenschaft mehr als wohnen: Zürich-based non-profit housing cooperative focused on innovative, sustainable, and community-oriented rental housing. Comparable in cooperative governance structure, target market, and emphasis on member participation similar to ASIG's forums.
• Allmend Wohngenossenschaft: A Zürich-area housing cooperative with a comparable non-profit model and member-driven governance. Operates in overlapping geographic markets with similar affordable housing mission and community engagement practices.

Regional players

• Wohnbaugenossenschaften Nordwestschweiz (WGN): A regional federation of housing cooperatives in Northwestern Switzerland, comparable in cooperative model but operating in a different geography (Basel area vs. ASIG's Zürich focus).

Others

• Habitat 8000 AG: Real estate development company partnering with ASIG on the Dreispitz Etappe 2 project. Comparable as a co-development partner operating in the same Swiss non-profit/affordable housing construction market where ASIG is also a developer.

Broad incumbents

• Wohnbau Genossenschaften Schweiz (WBG): The umbrella association of Swiss non-profit housing cooperatives, representing the broader Wohngenossenschaft sector in which ASIG operates. Comparable as the industry association governing and representing the same cooperative model ASIG uses.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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