KREUZER

Name

KREUZER

Legal name

KREUZER Medien GmbH

Website

https://kreuzer-leipzig.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Media & Cultural Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Alternative/Independent Newsweeklies & Opinion Press (MPAJADAH)

Keywords

• Local journalism
• City magazine
• Cultural publishing
• Event listings
• Restaurant directory

Headquarters

HQ city

Leipzig

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Magazine Subscription (Print): Traditional print magazine subscription model delivering monthly issues to subscribers in Leipzig and surrounding areas.
2. Digital/ePaper Subscription: Digital edition subscription for online reading and digital-first subscribers.
3. Advertising: Print and digital advertising space sold to local Leipzig businesses, restaurants, and cultural venues.
4. Classifieds (Kleinanzeigen): Small classified advertisements from individuals and local businesses.
5. Ticket Sales Commission: Ticketing services through Reservix integration, earning commission on event ticket sales featured on the platform.
6. Book Publishing (kreuzerbooks): Publishing and sale of books under the kreuzerbooks brand, including local culture and literary content.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

KREUZER publishes a monthly Leipzig-focused cultural and city magazine in print and as a digital ePaper edition, complemented by an online news and events portal (kreuzer-leipzig.de). The core offering covers local politics, cultural reviews, city life reporting, a restaurant directory, an event calendar, and classifieds, with monetization through subscriptions, advertising, and ticketing commissions.

Product overview

KREUZER is a Leipzig-based regional media company publishing a cultural magazine and operating an online portal. The core offering consists of the kreuzer online platform and the kreuzer epaper digital edition. Supporting products include kreuzerbooks (publishing imprint), the Terminfinder (events calendar), Restaurantfinder (dining directory), and Kleinanzeigen (classifieds). Additional offerings include review sections for film, music, books, and games, plus the Kreuzer flaschenpost weekly newsletter. The company operates as a platform-plus-modules architecture, with the online portal as the central hub and specialized vertical features as add-on modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• kreuzer Magazin (Print & Digital Subscription) Monthly Leipzig-focused cultural and city magazine delivered as a print subscription (Abonnement) and through digital ePaper access, covering local politics, culture, city life, dining, and reviews. Designed for Leipzig residents and cultural enthusiasts who want in-depth local journalism.
• kreuzer online (Web Portal) Online news and cultural content portal at kreuzer-leipzig.de providing articles, event listings, reviews, and updates on Leipzig politics, culture, city life, and dining for individual readers.
• kreuzerbooks (Publishing Imprint) Book publishing imprint producing and selling books on Leipzig culture and local literary topics under the kreuzerbooks brand, available for direct purchase by readers.
• Kreuzer flaschenpost (Email Newsletter) Weekly curated email newsletter delivering Leipzig news and event highlights directly to subscribers' inboxes, serving as a recurring content touchpoint for engaged local readers.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ReservixminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorReservix provides ticketing services integrated into the Kreuzer website (kreuzer-leipzig.reservix.de), allowing readers to purchase tickets for local events. Kreuzer serves as a marketing and distribution channel for event tickets.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• BUNTE: Leading German lifestyle and celebrity magazine with national print and digital presence. Represents a broader incumbent in the German lifestyle-magazine category, competing for advertising spend and reader attention with similar subscription and ad-driven model.
• Stern: One of Germany's flagship weekly news and lifestyle magazines with national reach across print and digital. A broader incumbent in the German magazine industry, offering overlapping cultural and lifestyle coverage but at national scale rather than local focus.
• Die Zeit: Major German weekly newspaper/magazine with national circulation and a strong digital subscription business. Comparable to KREUZER's subscription-based periodical model but operating at national scale with political and cultural coverage.

Regional players

• Leipziger Volkszeitung: Major Leipzig regional daily newspaper covering local politics, culture, and city life. Operates in the same Leipzig geography as KREUZER with overlapping audience, but competes via daily news reporting rather than monthly cultural-magazine editorial.

Others

• Reservix: Germany-wide ticketing platform integrated with KREUZER via kreuzer-leipzig.reservix.de, enabling event ticket sales and commissions. Ecosystem partner rather than competitor, but central to KREUZER's commerce monetization layer.

Emerging players

• Yelp: Global restaurant and business discovery platform with significant Leipzig coverage. Competes directly with KREUZER's Restaurantfinder feature as a free, user-generated alternative for local dining discovery.
• Tripadvisor: Global travel and dining review platform with extensive Leipzig listings. Competes with KREUZER's restaurant and event discovery features through free user-generated reviews and ratings.

Direct peers

• Tip Berlin: Berlin's leading city magazine covering culture, nightlife, restaurants, and events with print and digital editions. Comparable in scope and business model to KREUZER, serving as the Berlin analogue for a single-city cultural magazine with similar advertising and ticketing dynamics.
• PRINZ: Historic German city-magazine brand (originally multi-city print, now primarily digital) covering local culture, events, and lifestyle in multiple German cities. Closest direct peer to KREUZER's model of curated local cultural content with advertising and ticketing monetization.
• Szene Hamburg: Long-running German city magazine covering Hamburg's cultural, nightlife, and dining scene with print and digital editions. Operates the same local city-magazine playbook as KREUZER, including editorial coverage, event listings, and advertising sales to local businesses.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/kreuzer_leipzig
• Facebookfacebook.com/kreuzerleipzig
• Instagraminstagram.com/kreuzer_leipzig

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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