What Stadt Rees does

Stadt Rees is a municipal government entity (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) located in Rees, Kreis Kleve, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Founded in 1228 when Cologne Archbishop Heinrich von Müellenark granted it city rights, it is positioned as the oldest city on the Lower Rhine (älteste Stadt am unteren Niederrhein). The municipality serves approximately 22,000 residents across eight districts (Ortsteile): Rees-Mitte, Bienen, Millingen, Haldern, Haffen-Mehr, Empel, and Esserden. Its service portfolio spans civil registry (Standesamt), building permits (Baugenehmigungsverfahren), business registration (Gewerbe), waste management (Abfallentsorgung via partner Schönmackers), wastewater treatment (through joint operations with Abwasserverband Rees-Kalkar), five municipal cemeteries, fire protection (five volunteer fire units), tourism promotion, economic development programs (Wirtschaftsforum Rees, MittagsImpuls), and social services including care consultation and refugee assistance.

The administration's underlying technology stack is a conventional German e-government platform operated through the Kommunal-Rechenzentrum Niederrhein (KRZN): a digital Serviceportal with online forms, a Bürgerdesktop for citizen interactions, an online appointment booking system (Online Terminvergabe via Tevis/KRZN), a virtual post office (Virtuelle Poststelle), and a fully digitized Bauaktenarchiv (building records archive). The Schadensmelder provides a web-based damage-reporting interface. Geoportal Niederrhein integration delivers spatial-planning layers, and the website is delivered via Chamaeleon AG. No proprietary AI/ML systems, data flywheels, or custom models are disclosed.

Revenue and service funding flow through a mix of statutory local taxes (Grundsteuer A and B, Gewerbesteuer), administrative fees (e.g., 26 € sole-proprietor registration, 33 € for legal entities, 29 € per half-hour for building record extraction, 20 € corpse pass), usage-based utility charges (wastewater: 48.79 € base + 1.99 €/m³ fresh water + 1.17 €/m² rainwater; street cleaning: 3.39–4.23 €/m frontage plus 2.16 €/m winter service; resident parking permits: 30 €/year or 70 €/three years), and operating grants from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the federal government. Go-to-market is direct-to-citizen across multiple channels: in-person at the Rathaus and BürgerService center, the digital service portal, scheduled appointments, the tourist information office at Markt 41, and weekly physical markets in Rees and Haldern. Customer segments comprise residents (primary), local businesses and commercial registrants (primary), tourists (primary), and developers/investors interested in building land (priced at 95–135 €/m² with family discounts).

Name

Stadt Rees

Legal name

Stadt Rees

Website

https://stadt-rees.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Stadt Rees is a German municipal government serving about 22,000 residents across eight districts in Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen. It delivers statutory administrative services — civil registry, building permits, waste and wastewater management, cemeteries, fire protection, tourism, and economic development — funded by local taxes, administrative fees, and state/federal grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Executive Offices (921110), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF), Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ)

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Civil registry services
• Wastewater utility
• Building permits
• Tourism promotion

Headquarters

HQ city

Rees

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Local Taxes (Gemeindesteuern): Municipal taxes including property taxes (Grundsteuer A and B), trade tax (Gewerbesteuer), and other local levies collected from residents and businesses within the city boundaries.
2. Administrative Fees (Verwaltungsgebühren): Fees for various administrative services including building permits, civil registry services (Standesamt), commercial registrations, dog licenses, parking permits, and other municipal services.
3. Wastewater Fees (Abwassergebühren): Charges for sewage treatment services based on fresh water consumption (1.99 €/m³), property area for rainwater (1.17 €/m²), and annual connection fees (48.79 €). Managed in conjunction with Abwasserverband Rees-Kalkar.
4. Street Cleaning and Winter Service Fees: Annual fees for street cleaning based on property frontage length (3.39-4.23 €/meter depending on road classification) plus winter service fees of 2.16 €/meter.
5. Parking Revenue: Revenue from parking fees and resident parking permits (30€ for 1 year, 70€ for 3 years), traffic fines, and parking enforcement.
6. State and Federal Grants: Operating grants and project funding from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Land Nordrhein-Westfalen) and federal government for infrastructure projects, urban development, and public services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Stadt Rees is a municipal government that provides comprehensive public administrative services to approximately 22,000 residents across eight districts. Core services include civil registry (Standesamt), citizen services (BürgerService), building permits and urban planning, business registration, waste management and wastewater utilities, cemetery and burial services, public order and fire protection, social and welfare services, tourism promotion, and economic development support. These are delivered through in-person service at the Rathaus, an online Serviceportal, and various municipal departments.

Product overview

Stadt Rees operates as a municipal government administration providing comprehensive citizen services through a digital platform. The core offerings include the BürgerService (Citizen Service Portal) and Serviceportal as unified access points for all administrative functions. Service modules encompass civil registry (Standesamt), wastewater management (Abwasserbeseitigung), waste disposal (Abfallentsorgung), building permits, cemetery services, business registration, tourism services, and digital infrastructure projects including broadband expansion. Additional services include the Schadensmelder (damage reporting tool) and Stadtgutschein (city voucher system) for local commerce support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BürgerService (Citizen Service Portal)
• Serviceportal (Digital Service Portal)
• Standesamt (Civil Registry Services)
• Abwasserbeseitigung (Wastewater Management)
• Abfallentsorgung (Waste Disposal Services)
• Baugenehmigungsverfahren (Building Permits)
• Friedhöfe und Bestattung (Cemetery and Burial Services)
• Gewerbe (Business Registration)
• Tourismus (Tourism Services)
• Freiwillige Feuerwehr (Volunteer Fire Department)
• Stadtgutschein Rees (City Gift Voucher)
• Wochenmärkte (Weekly Markets)
• Residential Building Land - Am Rückenbuschfeld Millingen
• General Residential Building Land
• Bauaktenausleihe (Building Records Extraction)
• Resident Parking Permit
• Corpse Pass (Leichenpass)

Quantifiable outcome

• Fully digitized Bauaktenarchiv (building records archive)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Schönmackers (Waste Management)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSchönmackers is the contracted waste management company providing household waste collection, recycling services, and bulky waste (Sperrmüll) pickup for Rees residents. Residents can schedule free bulky waste collection via the free hotline +49 800 1747474.
• Abwasserverband Rees-KalkarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint municipal wastewater association responsible for sewage treatment infrastructure serving both Rees and Kalkar municipalities. The Abwasserbetrieb Stadt Rees operates through this partnership, managed from Kirchfeld 57 in Kalkar.
• Kreis Kleve (District Administration)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe district of Kleve provides regional services including building permit processing (Bauaufsicht), water rights (Untere Wasserbehörde), housing allowance administration, waste management oversight, food monitoring, and veterinary services that complement municipal services.
• KRZN (IT Cooperation)coreTechnology or IntegrationKommunal-Rechenzentrum Niederrhein (KRZN) provides IT infrastructure and systems including the Tevis appointment booking system and other digital services used by the municipal administration.
• Niederrhein TourismusminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional tourism network promoting the Lower Rhine region. Rees participates in joint tourism marketing including events like the Raderlebnistag Niederrhein (cycling experience day).

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• KRZN (Kommunal-Rechenzentrum Niederrhein): KRZN is the shared IT services provider behind Rees's Serviceportal, Tevis appointment booking, and back-office systems. It is an infrastructure/ecosystem enabler rather than a competitor, but it directly shapes Rees's digital trajectory and operating cost structure.

Regional players

• Stadt Isselburg: Isselburg is a directly neighboring small Lower Rhine municipality on the Dutch border with a very similar administrative profile, useful as a regional benchmarking peer for tax base, Ortsteil structure, and Kreis Kleve service dependencies.
• Stadt Emmerich am Rhein: Emmerich is a directly neighboring Rhine-border municipality with similar geographic and economic profile (Rhine ferry crossing, Lower Rhine tourism, Dutch-border logistics), serving overlapping rather than identical catchment — making it a strong regional comparable rather than a direct substitute.
• Gemeinde Bedburg-Hau: Bedburg-Hau is a neighboring Kreis Kleve municipality sharing the same regional governance and IT-partnership ecosystem (KRZN); its similar rural-Niederrhein service mix makes it a regional peer for cross-municipal cooperation benchmarks.

Direct peers

• Stadt Goch: Goch is a similar-sized Lower Rhine municipality in NRW Kreis Kleve with comparable rural-urban mix, citizen services, building-land programs, and tourism assets (Museum Goch, Niederrhein location), making it a like-for-like operational peer.
• Stadt Kevelaer: Kevelaer is a comparable Lower Rhine pilgrimage/tourism municipality with similar population range, state-recognized excursion status, and strong tourism-management focus — a relevant peer on heritage tourism strategy and visitor infrastructure.
• Stadt Xanten: Xanten is a comparable Lower Rhine tourism/heritage city (LVR-Römerstadt, Dom, Archäologischer Park) with similar size and economic base, facing the same Rhine-adjacent service mix (BürgerService, Standesamt, tourism, fire, cemeteries) and competing with Rees for heritage tourists in the same regional corridor.
• Stadt Geldern: Geldern is a similar Lower Rhine NRW municipality with comparable population, Ortsteil structure, agricultural-tourism mix, and municipal service offering — a tight operational peer for benchmarking BürgerService, Standesamt, and tourism programs.
• Stadt Kalkar: Kalkar is the explicit joint-partner in Abwasserverband Rees-Kalkar (joint wastewater management) and a peer Lower Rhine municipality of comparable scale, providing a near-perfect operational peer for service mix, tax structure, and inter-municipal cooperation model.

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Kleve: Kleve is the Kreis Kleve district capital — Rees's supervisory authority for building permits, water rights, waste oversight, and food monitoring. As a larger and broader incumbent in the same district, it overlaps with Rees on many administrative services but at materially greater scale.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/StadtRees
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadt-rees

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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