What GeBO does

GeBO (Gesundheitseinrichtungen des Bezirks Oberfranken) is a public-law municipal healthcare institution owned by Bezirk Oberfranken (Upper Franconia district) in Bavaria, Germany, organized as a Kommunalunternehmen under Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts status. Founded in 2005 and headquartered at Nordring 2, 95445 Bayreuth, GeBO serves as the legally designated psychiatric and psychosomatic care provider for the entire Upper Franconia region (~1 million residents) under Bavarian state psychiatric planning (Psychiatrieplanung). The organization delivers comprehensive psychiatric, psychotherapeutic, psychosomatic, addiction, child and adolescent, gerontopsychiatric, forensic psychiatric, and selected somatic (pneumology, rheumatology, allergology) care through a distributed network of four core hospitals — Bezirkskrankenhaus Bayreuth (526 inpatient + 119 day-care places), Bezirksklinikum Obermain/Kutzenberg (198 inpatient + 16 day-care), Bezirksklinik Rehau (146 inpatient + 10 day-care), and Bezirksklinik Hochstadt (65 inpatient addiction specialty) — plus a residential and nursing home (Wohn- und Pflegeheim Kutzenberg), multiple Tageskliniken (day clinics) for adults and children/adolescents in Bayreuth, Bamberg, Coburg, Hof, Kronach, and Kutzenberg, and a network of Psychiatrische Institutsambulanzen (PIA) for outpatient care. Specialized units include the Depressionszentrum Bayreuth (with ECT, ketamine, repetitive magnetic stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, light and wake therapy; multiple FOCUS-Siegel Top Nationales Krankenhaus Depression awards), the Gerontopsychiatrisches Zentrum Bayreuth, and the Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie.

The underlying technology platform consists of standard hospital information systems (Krankenhaus-Informationssystem) supporting clinical documentation under §630f BGB, SEPPmail secure email encryption infrastructure, and the TELE-JUST digital group speech therapy pilot for adolescents aged 14–17 (screen-to-screen video sessions, Autumn 2022 to early Summer 2025, 60 adolescents, funded by the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Gesundheit und Pflege). GeBO holds academic teaching hospital status with Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Karlsuniversität Prag – Lékařská fakulta v Hradci Králové, and operates the GeBO-Akademie for internal and external continuing education including a Pflegestudium Pflege B.Sc. nursing degree program. Infrastructure cooperation agreements place GeBO child/adolescent day clinics within the host facilities of Sana-Klinik Hof and Sozialstiftung Bamberg (Klinikum am Bruderwald).

GeBO generates revenue almost entirely through the German statutory (GKV) and private (PKV) health insurance reimbursement system, billed under the G-DRG inpatient framework and the AOP/Kapitel V ambulatory framework per SGB V, with data transmission to health insurers under §301 SGB V and private billing routed through the Privatärztliche Verrechnungsstelle Mosel-Saar in Trier. Additional revenue streams cover accident insurance (Unfallversicherungsträger), pension and rehabilitation insurance, and social welfare offices under §§2–6 SGB XII. Patients access services via physician referral (Einweisung) under §39 SGB V from general practitioners, specialists (Nervenarzt), pediatricians, or institutional channels such as Jugendämter, with no out-of-pocket charges for insured patients. Customer acquisition is institutionally driven rather than commercial, and there is no commercial marketing or pricing function. Headcount is reported at 1,001–5,000 employees, and the entity is not publicly traded or backed by private equity.

Name

GeBO

Legal name

Gesundheitseinrichtungen des Bezirks Oberfranken

Website

https://gebo-med.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

GeBO is a public-law municipal healthcare institution in Bavaria that delivers psychiatric, psychosomatic, addiction, forensic, child/adolescent, gerontopsychiatric, and selected somatic care across the Upper Franconia region (~1M residents), reimbursed under the German GKV/PKV statutory framework and operating four hospitals plus distributed day clinics and outpatient institutes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Healthcare Services

NAICS

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (62221), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330), Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (623220)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals & Units (HLAFACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA), Behavioral Health for Children & Adolescents (Youth Services) (HLAFACAL), Crisis Stabilization Units & Psychiatric Emergency Services (HLAFACAH), Residential Mental Health Treatment Centers (HLAFACAC)

Keywords

• Psychiatric hospital services
• Psychosomatic medicine
• Mental health treatment
• Addiction treatment services
• Child adolescent psychiatry

Headquarters

HQ city

Bayreuth

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Statutory Health Insurance (GKV) Revenue: The primary revenue stream is reimbursement from statutory health insurance funds (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung) under the German Diagnosis-Related Groups (G-DRG) and ambulatory outpatient (AOP/Kapitel V) reimbursement frameworks regulated by SGB V. All inpatient, day-care, and outpatient psychiatric and psychosomatic treatment services are billed through §301 SGB V data transmission to health insurers.
2. Private Health Insurance (PKV) Revenue: Revenue from privately insured patients billed through the Privatärztliche Verrechnungsstelle Mosel-Saar, Trier, under German private healthcare billing standards.
3. Accident Insurance & Social Benefits: Revenue from accident insurance providers (Unfallversicherungsträger), pension insurance (Rehabilitation/Reha), and social welfare offices for patients covered under §2–6 SGB XII.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GeBO operates the public psychiatric, psychotherapeutic, psychosomatic, addiction, forensic, and gerontopsychiatric hospital and day-care infrastructure for the Upper Franconia (Oberfranken) district of Bavaria, delivering inpatient, partial inpatient, and outpatient psychiatric services across multiple facilities together with child/adolescent psychiatry and somatic outpatient services (pneumology, rheumatology). It also runs the GeBO-Akademie continuing education academy and a telemedicine pilot (TELE-JUST) for adolescent group speech therapy.

Product overview

GeBO (Gesundheitseinrichtungen des Bezirks Oberfranken) is a healthcare provider organized as a public law institution (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) offering psychiatric, psychotherapeutic, and psychosomatic care across Upper Franconia (Oberfranken). The organization operates a network of facilities including Bezirkskrankenhaus Bayreuth (main teaching hospital with 526 inpatient and 119 day-patient places), Bezirksklinikum Obermain (198 beds with attached Ambulatory Treatment Center for pneumology/rheumatology), Bezirksklinik Rehau (146 beds), Bezirksklinik Hochstadt (addiction specialty with 65 beds), and Wohn- und Pflegeheim Kutzenberg (residential care). Treatment is delivered through specialized units (Depressionszentrum, Gerontopsychiatrisches Zentrum, forensic psychiatry, child/adolescent psychiatry), day clinics in multiple locations (Bayreuth, Bamberg, Coburg, Hof, Kutzenberg, Kronach, Rehau), and psychiatric institute ambulances (PIA). Digital health services include TELE-JUST, an online group speech therapy program for adolescents. The GeBO-Akademie provides internal and external continuing education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GeBO-Akademie: Training and continuing education academy for GeBO staff and external participants.
• TELE-JUST

Products and services

• Inpatient Psychiatric Care at Bezirkskrankenhaus Bayreuth Full inpatient psychiatric hospital with 526 inpatient and 119 day-care treatment places, providing adult psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychosomatics, child and adolescent psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry. Academic teaching hospital of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Patients are referred by general practitioners or specialists under §39 SGB V.
• Inpatient Psychiatric Care at Bezirksklinikum Obermain (Kutzenberg) Psychiatric and psychotherapeutic clinic in Kutzenberg with 198 inpatient beds and 16 day-care places, treating adult mental illnesses including depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, gerontopsychiatric conditions, burnout, ADHD, and addiction. Academic teaching hospital of Charles University Prague.
• Inpatient Psychiatric Care at Bezirksklinik Rehau Psychiatric facility with 146 inpatient and 10 day-care places, offering acute psychiatry, gerontopsychiatry, addiction medicine, crisis intervention, psychotherapy, psychosomatic medicine, and sociotherapy across multiple specialized stations.
• Addiction Specialty Inpatient Care at Bezirksklinik Hochstadt (Suchtfachklinik) Specialized addiction clinic with 65 inpatient beds treating stimulant, alcohol, medication, and drug dependence, including modern diagnostics, therapy, nursing care, and dual diagnosis treatment.
• Residential and Nursing Care at Wohn- und Pflegeheim Kutzenberg Long-term residential and nursing home in Kutzenberg providing care, accommodation, and support for patients and nursing care recipients, affiliated with the Soziotherapeutisches Förderzentrum Kutzenberg for socio-therapeutic rehabilitation.
• Adult Day Clinics (Tageskliniken für Erwachsene) Partial inpatient psychiatric treatment for adults operating Monday to Friday at multiple locations including Bayreuth (Tagesklinik E1, E2, E3), Coburg, Kutzenberg, Kronach, Rehau, and Bayreuth addiction day-clinic. Provides structured daytime treatment as a bridge between full inpatient and outpatient care to avoid or shorten hospital stays.
• Child and Adolescent Day Clinics (Tageskliniken für Kinder und Jugendliche) Partial inpatient psychiatric treatment for children and adolescents aged 5–18 (5–15 in Coburg, 5–17 in Hof) with 12 treatment places per location in Bamberg, Bayreuth (8 child + 6 youth places), Coburg, and Hof. Each clinic includes a psychiatric institute ambulance for outpatient diagnostics and counseling.
• Psychiatric Institute Outpatient Clinics (Psychiatrische Institutsambulanzen / PIA) Outpatient diagnostics, counseling, and ongoing care for adults with recurring or severe mental illness who cannot be adequately treated by office-based psychiatrists. Operated at Bayreuth, Coburg, Kronach, Kutzenberg, and Rehau. Includes initial assessment, ongoing treatment, and outreach nursing (aufsuchende Fachpflege).
• Depressionszentrum Bayreuth (Depression Center with Neurostimulation) Specialized depression treatment center comprising Stations A1 and A5, offering both inpatient and partial inpatient therapies including brain stimulation procedures (electroconvulsive therapy / ECT, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation), ketamine treatment, light therapy, and wake therapy. Average inpatient treatment duration approximately 50 days; recognized multiple times with the FOCUS-Siegel Top Nationales Krankenhaus Depression award.
• Forensic Psychiatric Clinic (Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie) Forensic psychiatric clinic at Bezirkskrankenhaus Bayreuth with multiple stations (FP1–FP11) and a forensic outpatient ambulance for court-ordered assessment and treatment of mentally ill offenders, including violence risk assessment, rehabilitation, and reintegration support under judicial supervision.
• Gerontopsychiatric Center (Gerontopsychiatrisches Zentrum Bayreuth) Specialty gerontopsychiatric service with three specialized stations (G1 for dementia, G2 for acute admissions, G3 for depression) totaling 55 beds, plus integrated day-clinic places, a gerontopsychiatric ambulance with outreach services, and a specialized Memory Clinic (Gedächtnisambulanz). Certified teaching hospital of the Deutsche Akademie für Gerontopsychiatrie und Psychotherapie.
• Somatic Outpatient Center (Ambulantes Behandlungszentrum Obermain) Ambulatory treatment center attached to Bezirksklinikum Obermain offering somatic specialty care in pneumology (including post-TBC follow-up), rheumatology, allergology, and internal medicine for patients with chronic respiratory and rheumatological conditions in the Oberfranken region.
• TELE-JUST Online Group Speech Therapy Online screen-to-screen group speech therapy for adolescents aged 14–17 experiencing communicative stress and social anxiety, delivered via video sessions in groups of up to 3 adolescents with a speech therapist over 6-week phases (three weekly meetings), with pre- and post-therapy in-person assessments. Project period Autumn 2022 to early Summer 2025, funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Health and Care, targeting 60 adolescents across Oberfranken. Tablets are provided to participants.
• GeBO-Akademie Continuing Education Continuing education and training academy for GeBO staff and external healthcare professionals, offering courses on stress management, time management, de-escalation, resilience, positive psychology, professional communication, hygiene, and CME-accredited events for physicians (Bayerische Landesärztekammer). Recognized by the Vereinigung der Pflegenden in Bayern.
• Multidisciplinary Therapy Services (Therapieangebote) Comprehensive therapeutic offerings prescribed based on individual patient needs, including sports and movement therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, nutritional therapy, speech therapy, and animal-assisted therapy, delivered across all GeBO inpatient and day-care settings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average inpatient treatment duration of ~50 days at the Depressionszentrum Bayreuth
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBezirkskrankenhaus Bayreuth serves as an academic teaching hospital (Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus) of FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, providing medical education and training for physicians. This relationship supports the physician talent pipeline and ensures evidence-based treatment protocols aligned with university research.
• Karlsuniversität Prag – Lékařská fakulta v Hradci KrálovécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBezirksklinikum Obermain in Kutzenberg serves as a teaching hospital of Charles University Prague (Medical Faculty Hradec Králové), providing German medical students and physicians training opportunities in psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine.
• Sana-Klinik HofminorOthersTagesklinik for Children and Adolescents in Hof operates on the Sana-Klinik Hof campus, utilizing shared facilities (parking, infrastructure) under a location cooperation agreement. GeBO provides the specialized psychiatric day-care service while Sana provides the physical facility infrastructure.
• Sozialstiftung Bamberg (Klinikum am Bruderwald)minorOthersTagesklinik and Institutsambulanz for Children and Adolescents in Bamberg operates within the Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Klinikum am Bruderwald (Level 5). GeBO provides the psychiatric child/adolescent service using hospital facilities including parking (Level -1) under a location cooperation arrangement.
• Deutsche Akademie für Gerontopsychiatrie und Psychotherapie e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBezirkskrankenhaus Bayreuth holds certified teaching hospital status (Lehrkrankenhaus) of the German Academy for Gerontopsychiatry and Psychotherapy, under the direction of Dr. Christian Mauerer. This certification supports continued education and quality standards in geriatric psychiatry treatment.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bezirkskrankenhaus Augsburg: Public district psychiatric hospital in the Bezirk Schwaben (Swabia) of Bavaria, structurally analogous to GeBO as a Bavarian Bezirkskrankenhaus under the same public-law framework and Psychiatrieplanung. Comparable multi-clinic model with inpatient, day-care, and outpatient psychiatric services for a similar regional catchment.
• Vitos Klinikum: Public psychiatric hospital network operated across Hesse (Hessen) by regional districts under analogous Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts structures. Comparable in offering full-spectrum adult, child/adolescent, forensic, and addiction psychiatry under statutory health insurance reimbursement, with multi-site distributed facilities.
• Bezirksklinikum Ansbach: Public district psychiatric hospital serving Middle Franconia (Bezirk Mittelfranken), part of the same Bavarian Bezirkskliniken network as GeBO. Offers the full adult and child/adolescent psychiatry, addiction, and gerontopsychiatric service spectrum under analogous SGB V reimbursement and regional mandate structure.
• LVR-Kliniken (Landschaftsverband Rheinland): Rhineland district psychiatric hospital network operated by the LVR public-law entity, providing inpatient and outpatient behavioral health across multiple sites. Comparable in scale, public-law governance, and comprehensive service spectrum (adult, child/adolescent, forensic, addiction), although in a different German federal state.
• LWL-Klinikum Gütersloh: Public psychiatric hospital operated by the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL), providing inpatient and ambulatory psychiatric care in Westphalia. Directly comparable to GeBO as a district-level (Landschaftsverbands) public-law psychiatric provider with multi-specialty service spectrum and academic affiliations.
• kbo-Isar-Amper-Klinikum: Munich district (Bezirk Oberbayern) psychiatric hospital network operated as a Kommunalunternehmen under Bavarian law, providing inpatient, day-care, and outpatient psychiatry across multiple sites. Closely comparable to GeBO in legal form, multi-site distributed model, statutory reimbursement dependence, and academic teaching affiliations.

Regional players

• Sana Kliniken: Private hospital chain with a major site in Hof (Sana-Klinik Hof), where GeBO operates a child/adolescent psychiatry day clinic on its campus under infrastructure cooperation. Comparable in Bavarian/Franconian regional presence and overlap on inpatient referrals, though Sana's primary portfolio is general somatic rather than psychiatric specialty.

Broad incumbents

• Helios Kliniken: One of Europe's largest private hospital operators with multiple psychiatric and psychosomatic facilities in Germany. Comparable to GeBO in offering inpatient psychiatry under SGB V reimbursement but operates as a broad incumbent with much larger scale, capital flexibility, and digital health infrastructure across national geographies.
• Oberberg Kliniken: Germany's largest private psychiatric hospital chain, operating a broad national portfolio of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric and psychosomatic facilities. Comparable to GeBO in clinical service mix but competing as a private-sector incumbent with greater capital flexibility, digital health investment, and geographic reach beyond regional mandates.
• Asklepios Fachklinikum: Asklepios operates multiple specialty psychiatric and psychosomatic hospitals across Germany within a broader general hospital network. Comparable to GeBO in inpatient psychiatric delivery and statutory reimbursement reliance, but with substantially larger scale, private ownership, and digital health capabilities across a national footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Gesundheitseinrichtungen-des-Bezirks-Oberfranken-100057041636475
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gesundheitseinrichtungen-bezirk-oberfranken

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

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 →

Frequently asked questions about GeBO