Planning Office Light

What Planning Office Light does

Planungsbüro Lichte is a founder-owned, sole-proprietorship architecture and building planning firm headquartered in Berlstedt, Thuringia, Germany, founded in 1997 by Wilhelm Lichte. The firm delivers architectural planning and construction supervision services for residential, commercial, and municipal projects, with a documented specialization in village renewal (Dorferneuerung) programs for local governments across the Thuringia region. Services follow the standardized German HOAI (Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure) service phases, spanning conceptual design, permit applications, execution planning, specifications, tender documents, and on-site construction monitoring. Select clients include the municipalities of Bachstedt, Markvippach, Vogelsberg, Waltersdorf, and Ramsla, as well as named care and education projects such as Tagespflege Berlstedt and Kita Rastenberg.

The firm operates a direct-to-client, project-based professional services model with no software or platform product, no disclosed pricing tiers, and fees aligned to HOAI regulations. GTM relies on personal networks, referrals from existing municipal clients, and a basic informational website, with no active digital marketing, no public social media presence, and no API or SDK offering. Technology consists of standard architectural design methodologies; there is no proprietary technology, no AI/ML capability, and no data flywheel. The practice is staffed by two professionals — Wilhelm Lichte (architect and managing director) and Kerstin Thielo (civil engineer) — and holds professional memberships in the Architektenkammer Thüringen and Bund Deutscher Baumeister Architekten und Ingenieure e.V. The firm is entirely bootstrapped with no external funding, no subsidiaries, and no parent company, and continues to operate from Schwerstedter Str. 5 in Berlstedt within the municipal building of the Landgemeinde 'Am Ettersberg'.

Name

Planning Office Light

Legal name

Wilhelm Lichte

Website

https://planungsbuero-lichte.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Planungsbüro Lichte is a two-person architectural planning firm in Berlstedt, Thuringia, Germany, founded in 1997. It delivers HOAI-compliant design and construction supervision for residential, commercial, and municipal village-renewal projects across the Thuringia region, serving local municipalities and private clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Architectural planning services
• Residential building design
• Municipal infrastructure planning
• Village renewal projects
• Construction supervision services

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlstedt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Planning Services: Project-based professional services revenue from architectural planning, design, and construction supervision for residential, commercial, and municipal buildings. Services include conceptual design, permit applications, execution planning, specifications, tender documents, and construction monitoring.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Planungsb\u00fcro Lichte provides architecture and construction planning services for residential, commercial, and municipal buildings, executed across HOAI performance phases from conceptual design through construction supervision. Service scope includes new builds, renovation and remodeling of existing structures, building measurements, village renewal (Dorferneuerung) planning, and barrier-free design for senior and care facilities in the Thuringia region of Germany.

Product overview

Planning Office Light is an architecture and construction planning firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of services in high-rise construction (Hochbauplanung) and architecture. The firm specializes in single-family and multi-family residential buildings, barrier-free housing, and commercial construction, alongside municipal infrastructure planning for village renewal programs. Core offerings include building measurement services, HOAI-compliant phase services (design through construction supervision), and property exposure creation (Exposés). The firm does not offer a software product platform but rather professional planning and architectural services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Construction Planning Services Comprehensive architecture and construction planning services including design and realization of residential buildings, commercial buildings, and municipal facilities, as well as renovation and remodeling of existing structures, delivered under German HOAI fee phases.
• Municipal Infrastructure Planning (Village Renewal / Dorferneuerung) Specialized planning for municipal infrastructure including village renewal (Dorferneuerung) and public facilities such as community centers, kindergartens, fire stations, municipal housing, funeral halls, playground redesign, and street lighting for German municipalities.
• Multi-Family Residential Building Planning Planning and implementation of multi-family rental housing, single-family homes, senior-friendly apartments, and multi-generational housing complexes, with emphasis on functional floor plans and barrier-free accessibility.

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered historical and core.

• Klaus Steinmann Architekturbüro NürnberghistoricalStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormer partnership with the architecture firm Klaus Steinmann from Nürnberg for project execution. Projects were jointly developed until the death of Mr. Steinmann in 2000, after which the firm continued independently as Planungsbüro Lichte.
• Architektenkammer ThüringencoreOthersProfessional membership in the Thuringian Chamber of Architects - a statutory professional body for architects in the state of Thuringia, Germany.
• Bund Deutscher Baumeister Architekten und Ingenieure e.V.coreOthersProfessional membership in the Federal Association of German Builders, Architects and Engineers - a nationwide professional organization for construction professionals.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Broad incumbents

• HPP Architekten: Established German architectural firm headquartered in Düsseldorf delivering residential, commercial, and public-sector building design; comparable because of its German footprint and full architectural service delivery similar to Planungsbüro Lichte's offering.
• kadawittfeldarchitektur: Aachen-based German architecture firm with a portfolio spanning residential, civic, and commercial buildings; relevant peer because of the shared focus on full-service German architectural design and execution.
• KSP Engel: Frankfurt-based German architecture firm with work across residential, educational, and public-sector buildings; relevant peer due to its German full-service architectural delivery model.
• Hascher Jehle Architektur: Berlin-headquartered German architecture firm with significant public-building expertise in education, administration, and infrastructure; comparable because of overlap in municipal and institutional architectural delivery.
• gmp Architekten: Large internationally active German architecture firm covering residential, public, and commercial buildings; comparable as a German-headquartered architectural services provider with overlapping typologies.
• RKW Architektur+: German architecture firm with practice areas in residential, commercial, and public-sector projects; comparable because of its mixed-typology architectural delivery within the German market.
• Heinle, Wischer und Partner: Mid-sized German architecture practice with a portfolio in residential, educational, and healthcare buildings; comparable because of similar service scope across residential and public-sector typologies in Germany.
• Staab Architekten: Berlin-based German architectural practice with work spanning residential, cultural, and public-sector buildings; relevant peer because it competes in the same German architectural services market with similar project typologies.
• AS&P Albert Speer + Partner: Large Frankfurt-based German architecture and urban planning firm with a broad portfolio across residential, commercial, and municipal projects; relevant peer because it operates in the same German architecture-and-planning space with broader scale.

Regional players

• pbr Planungsbüro Rohling: German engineering and architectural planning firm active in building and infrastructure projects; relevant peer because of its similar name pattern (Planungsbüro), its regional German planning footprint, and overlapping architectural service offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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