Hospiz St. Martin

Name

Hospiz St. Martin

Legal name

Katholisches Stadtdekanat Stuttgart

Website

https://hospiz-st-martin.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospice and Palliative Care Services

NAICS

Other Residential Care Facilities (6239)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Hospice Agencies (HLAFAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Hospice / Hospice House (Facility-Based) (HLADAHAC), Non-Hospice Serious-Illness / Community-Based Palliative Care (In-Home) (HSABAFAF), Respite Hospice Care (Short-Term Relief) (HSABAFAD), Hospice/End-of-Life Respite (Caregiver Relief) (HLADAKAI), Volunteer & Companion Support Services (Hospice Volunteer Programs) (HSABAFAO)

Keywords

• Hospice care services
• Palliative care
• Bereavement counseling
• End-of-life care
• Pastoral care

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Health Insurance Reimbursement: Stationary hospice care costs are covered by health insurance (Krankenkassen) and long-term care insurance (Pflegekassen) based on daily rates. Ambulatory services are partially covered by insurance.
2. Donations and Foundation Support: Grief counseling services (Trauerbegleitung) are fully donation-funded. The Katholische Hospizstiftung secures long-term financing and relies on donations, sponsors, and supporters. Various donation types including one-time, recurring, occasion-based, project support, and endowments.
3. Volunteer Services: Extensive volunteer workforce (160+ total) provides companionship, support, and grief care services at no cost to patients, funded through donations and foundation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hospiz St. Martin is a Catholic hospice organization in Stuttgart-Degerloch providing inpatient hospice care (8 beds), ambulatory hospice care for adults, ambulatory hospice care for children and adolescents, a TrauerZentrum for grief counseling, and training/qualification programs for hospice volunteers and professionals. Services combine palliative medical-nursing care with psychosocial, spiritual, and bereavement support for terminally ill individuals and their families in the Stuttgart region.

Product overview

Hospiz St. Martin is a hospice care organization offering a comprehensive suite of services for end-of-life care and grief support. The organization operates as a unified service portfolio comprising: (1) Stationäres Hospiz - an inpatient facility with 8 beds providing round-the-clock palliative care with spiritual, psychosocial, and therapeutic support (art/music therapy); (2) Ambulantes Hospiz Erwachsene - home-based consultation and accompaniment for terminally ill adults with volunteer companions and hospice nurses; (3) Ambulantes Hospiz Kinder und Jugendliche - specialized services for children and youth facing illness or bereavement, including group programs like Zirkus Martinelli and Heartbeat; (4) TrauerZentrum - a dedicated grief center offering individual counseling, diverse support groups, creative and movement-based therapies; and (5) Beratung und Qualifizierung - volunteer training programs. The organization is part of the Catholic Diocese Rottenburg-Stuttgart and operates under the new Eigenbetrieb 'Leben' alongside the Catholic Social Station. Services are primarily funded through health/pension insurance and donations, with grief services entirely donor-funded.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 800+ volunteer deployments by three dedicated volunteers over 15 years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Malteser Hilfsdienst (Malteser)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation between Hospiz St. Martin and Malteser Hilfsdienst for the Ambulantes Hospiz Kinder und Jugendliche (Ambulatory Hospice for Children and Youth). Malteser Stuttgart received a 20,000€ donation from Rolf Kittel supporting this program.
• Live Music Now Stuttgart e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation brings student musicians from Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts to perform in the hospice. Yehudi Menuhin founded the organization in the 1970s to bring music to places where people cannot attend public concerts.
• Degerloch hilft e.V.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal civic association supporting hospice volunteer qualification efforts with donations. Founded 2000, supports social causes in Degerloch district.
• Bürgerverein Degerlocher Frauenkreis e.V.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCooperating association provides Café Helene mobile refreshments during Schwätzbänkle grief conversations on church square.
• Klinikseelsorge am Klinikum StuttgartminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation with hospital pastoral care for orphaned parents support group.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Diakonie Württemberg: Diakonie provides hospice and palliative care in the Baden-Württemberg region via its Protestant welfare network. Direct peer given overlapping stationary/ambulatory hospice offerings, similar volunteer models, and parallel referral channels from local hospitals.
• Malteser Hilfsdienst (Malteser Germany): Malteser operates ambulatory hospice and palliative care services across Germany, including a partnership with Hospiz St. Martin for pediatric services. As a Catholic aid organization with comparable stationary/ambulatory hospice offerings, it is the most direct peer and strategic partner.
• Hospiz Stuttgart (Christophorus Hospiz or similar Stuttgart inpatient hospice): Other stationary hospices in the Stuttgart metropolitan area — such as Christophorus Hospiz — compete for the same inpatient referrals from Marienhospital and other regional hospitals, making them direct peers in the same geography.
• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe (Johanniter): Johanniter runs ambulatory hospice services nationwide, including in Baden-Württemberg, with comparable volunteer-driven palliative care models and faith-affiliated funding. Similar service portfolio makes it a relevant direct peer.
• Caritasverband Stuttgart: Caritas operates hospice and palliative care services across Germany under the Catholic welfare umbrella — the same institutional ecosystem as Hospiz St. Martin. Comparable service mix (ambulatory hospice, grief support, inpatient capacity) and shared faith-based funding model make this a direct regional peer.
• ASB (Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund) Baden-Württemberg: ASB operates hospice services including ambulatory palliative care and inpatient facilities in the Stuttgart/Baden-Württemberg region. Comparable volunteer-supported model and similar payer/referral dynamics position it as a direct regional peer.

Broad incumbents

• Stiftung Hospiz Berlin (and other German Hospice Foundation operators): Stiftung Hospiz and other German hospice foundations operate inpatient hospices and ambulatory services in their respective regions with similar insurance-reimbursement + donation funding. They serve as broader incumbents in the same category across Germany.

Others

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin (DGP): DGP is the German medical society for palliative care — not a service provider but a defining standards body and network that influences referral patterns and qualification standards relevant to Hospiz St. Martin's operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/kathStadtdekanatStuttgart
• Instagraminstagram.com/katholisch.in.stuttgart
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hospiz-st-martin

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

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