Ganz Group

What Ganz Group does

Ganz Group (Ganz Gruppe) is a privately held, family-controlled Swiss industrial and services group headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland, operating across building materials, installation services, construction, and commercial real estate. The group is structured as a holding company (Plättli Ganz Baumaterial Holding / PGB AG) above eight affiliated companies: Ganz Baumaterial AG (building materials), Plättli Ganz AG (tiles/flooring), Tilag AG, Ganz Verlegearbeiten AG (installation work), Zuffelato & Wirrer AG (construction services), Ganz & Co. AG (central administrative services and commercial real estate), Ganz AG (Liechtenstein operations and EEA representative), and the holding entity itself. The group was founded in 1898 and operates with 101–250 employees.

The core operating model has two interlocking revenue streams. First, Ganz & Co. AG acts as a shared-service company, providing administrative functions (finance, HR, IT/applications, process management, technical services) to the group's affiliated companies and charging internal service fees. Second, Ganz & Co. AG owns and leases commercial real estate across multiple properties in St. Gallen, Gossau, and Schaan (Liechtenstein), generating recurring rental income from external tenants. The affiliated operating subsidiaries supply building materials and installation/construction services to the regional market in eastern Switzerland.

The go-to-market is relationship-driven and direct: commercial real estate inquiries route to a named contact (Stefan Tschumper) via email and phone, and the corporate website (pgb.ch) serves as the primary digital presence for the group's service offerings, team, and job postings. There are no disclosed digital marketplaces, channel partner networks, or external customer logos in the source material. Revenue figures, pricing models, and contract values are not publicly disclosed, and the business is privately held with no external investment, funding rounds, or M&A activity indicated.

Name

Ganz Group

Legal name

Ganz & Co. AG

Website

https://pgb.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1898

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ganz Group is a privately held Swiss industrial and services group (founded 1898) operating eight affiliated companies in building materials, installation, construction, and commercial real estate across eastern Switzerland and Liechtenstein, with centralized administrative services via Ganz & Co. AG.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction and Building Materials Services

NAICS

Offices of Other Holding Companies (551112), Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (551114)

SIC

Operators Of Nonresidential Buildings (6512)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Building materials supply
• Commercial real estate leasing
• Tile installation services
• Administrative shared services
• Construction contracting

Headquarters

HQ city

Little Switzerland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Administrative Service Fees: Ganz & Co. AG, the service company of the group, provides administrative service functions to affiliated companies of the Ganz Group and charges fees for these services.
2. Commercial Real Estate Rental: The group earns rental income from leasing commercial office and business spaces across multiple properties in St. Gallen, Gossau, and Schaan (Liechtenstein).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Ganz & Co. AG is a service company that delivers administrative shared services (finance, HR, IT, process management) to the affiliated companies of the Ganz Gruppe. In addition, the group rents out commercial office and business spaces across properties in St. Gallen, Gossau (Switzerland), and Schaan (Liechtenstein), and operates affiliated subsidiaries in building materials, tiling, and installation services.

Product overview

Ganz Group is a diversified industrial and services group consisting of multiple subsidiary companies primarily focused on building materials, installation services, and commercial real estate. The core service offering includes administrative services provided by Ganz & Co. AG to affiliated group companies, along with commercial real estate rental operations. The group companies include Ganz Baumaterial AG (building materials), Plättli Ganz AG (tiling/flooring), Tilag AG, Ganz Verlegearbeiten AG (installation work), Zuffelato & Wirrer AG, and the holding company Plättli Ganz Baumaterial Holding (PGB) AG. This is a traditional industrial/trading company portfolio rather than a unified software product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Administrative Services Centralized administrative, finance, HR, IT, and process-management services delivered by Ganz & Co. AG to the affiliated companies of the Ganz Gruppe.
• Commercial Real Estate Rental Rental of commercial office, business, and showroom spaces across multiple properties in St. Gallen, Gossau (Switzerland), and Schaan (Liechtenstein).
• Building Materials Supply Supply of building materials and tiles (Plättli) to construction and renovation customers through the Ganz Baumaterial AG and Plättli Ganz AG subsidiaries.
• Tile and Installation Services Tile laying, flooring, and general installation/construction services delivered through the Tilag AG, Ganz Verlegearbeiten AG, and Zuffelato & Wirrer AG subsidiaries of the Ganz Gruppe.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• JLL Switzerland: Global real-estate services firm with Swiss operations covering commercial property management, brokerage, and advisory. Comparable as an operator in the commercial real-estate services space where Ganz Group is active, though at much larger scale.
• Implenia: Switzerland's largest construction and real-estate services group, listed on SIX. Comparable as a diversified Swiss construction player, though materially larger in scale and offering a much broader service portfolio than Ganz Group's regional building-materials and installation focus.
• Sika: Swiss-listed specialty chemicals company serving construction and installation applications. Comparable as a Swiss supplier to the same installer and contractor customer base that Ganz Group's installation subsidiaries serve, but at a global scale.
• Holcim: Global Swiss-headquartered building materials and aggregates leader. Comparable through the building-materials supply chain (Ganz Baumaterial AG, Plättli Ganz AG) but operates at vastly different scale and is publicly listed.
• PSP Swiss Property: Swiss-listed commercial real-estate company with a portfolio of office and commercial properties. Comparable through the commercial real-estate rental stream that Ganz & Co. AG operates across St. Gallen, Gossau, and Schaan.

Direct peers

• Priora Group: Swiss general contractor and real-estate developer active in commercial construction and property development. Comparable through the commercial real-estate and construction services overlap with Ganz Group's portfolio.
• Eberhard Bau AG: Swiss mid-sized construction firm operating across building construction, civil engineering, and real-estate development. Directly comparable in scale and regional orientation to Ganz Group's construction and installation subsidiaries.
• Frutiger Group: Swiss family-owned construction and real-estate group with regional operations across construction, civil engineering, and property development. Closely comparable to Ganz Group's diversified, family-controlled, regionally anchored Swiss construction model.
• Anliker AG: Swiss construction and real-estate group operating building construction, renovation, and development services. Comparable as a multi-entity Swiss regional construction group with similar family-business characteristics.
• Bürgi AG Bauunternehmung: Regional Swiss construction firm with comparable offerings in building construction, civil engineering, and tenant build-out. A reasonable size-and-model comparator for Ganz Group's regional operating subsidiaries.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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