Augusta Ambulante Dienste

What Augusta Ambulante Dienste does

Augusta Ambulante Dienste gGmbH is a German nonprofit ambulatory nursing care provider operating in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, with service stations in Bochum and Hattingen. The company delivers person-centered home nursing care (Ambulante Pflege) to individuals requiring medical, nursing, and daily living support, while also operating short-term residential care (Kurzzeitpflege) and hotel-style care accommodations (Pflegehotels) in both cities. Its primary customer segments are people in need of care (Pflegebedürftige) and their family caregivers (Pflegende Angehörige), with services accessed either directly by patients and families or via referrals through the broader Augusta healthcare network.

The company operates as part of the Augusta-Pflegeverbund and is wholly owned by Evangelische Stiftung Augusta (Evangelical Augusta Foundation), a nonprofit foundation that also operates Augusta Kliniken hospitals. This positioning provides institutional credibility, referral pathways, and integration with the wider care continuum, while the gGmbH (gemeinnützige GmbH) nonprofit legal structure ties the entity to a charitable mission rather than profit maximization. Funding flows through reimbursable care services under Germany's statutory long-term care insurance (Pflegeversicherung) and statutory health insurance (GKV) frameworks, with pricing regulated by public payor schedules rather than set commercially.

Operationally, Augusta Ambulante Dienste runs an established team of qualified nursing professionals (described as 'dutzenden Pflegefachkräften') within a larger network and reaches patients via field-based care delivery using a branded fleet of red vehicles. There is no proprietary technology stack disclosed; the company depends on standard care-delivery infrastructure and maintains a digital presence through augusta-pflege.de, Instagram, and an affiliated YouTube channel. The business model is therefore fundamentally a labor-intensive, regulated, regionally bounded B2C care service, with strategic reach shaped by the parent foundation's footprint rather than by independent capital allocation.

Name

Augusta Ambulante Dienste

Legal name

Augusta Ambulante Dienste gGmbH

Website

https://die-ambulanten-dienste.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Augusta Ambulante Dienste gGmbH is a German nonprofit ambulatory nursing provider in Bochum and Hattingen, delivering home nursing care, short-term care, and care hotel services to elderly and chronically ill patients and their families, operated under the Evangelische Stiftung Augusta.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Home Healthcare Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (62161), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Health Staffing & Per-Diem Skilled Clinician Services (HLADAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hospice/End-of-Life Respite (Caregiver Relief) (HLADAKAI), Family Caregiver Coaching, Education & Support (HSABAIAI)

Keywords

• Ambulatory nursing care
• Home healthcare services
• Short-term care facilities
• Care hotel accommodations
• Family caregiver support

Headquarters

HQ city

Bochum

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ambulatory Care Services: Reimbursable healthcare services delivered at patients' homes, covered by statutory long-term care insurance (Pflegeversicherung) and potentially statutory health insurance (GKV) in Germany's regulated healthcare system. Services include nursing care, caregiving support, and short-term care (Kurzzeitpflege) in Bochum and Hattingen.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Augusta Ambulante Dienste is a nonprofit ambulatory nursing and home healthcare provider that delivers professional nursing care, medical treatment support, and daily living assistance to patients in their own homes, primarily in Bochum and Hattingen. The service portfolio also includes Kurzzeitpflege (short-term residential care) and Pflegehotels (care hotel accommodations) for temporary supervised care and respite for family caregivers. Care is provided by an established team of qualified nursing professionals (Pflegefachkräfte) within the Augusta healthcare network.

Product overview

Augusta Ambulante Dienste operates as a unified home healthcare service offering that centers on person-centered care delivered in patients' homes. The portfolio consists of three interconnected core services: (1) Ambulante Pflege - mobile nursing care provided at patients' residences by qualified nursing staff; (2) Kurzzeitpflege - short-term residential care facilities in Bochum and Hattingen for temporary care needs and family caregiver respite; and (3) Pflegehotels - care hotel accommodations offering supervised living with professional nursing services. All services are delivered by an established team of nursing professionals within a comprehensive network across the Ruhr area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Augusta Kurzzeitpflege: Short-term care services offered in Bochum and Hattingen

Products and services

• Ambulante Pflege (Home Nursing Care) Mobile nursing and healthcare services delivered at patients' homes by qualified nursing professionals, providing medical care, daily living assistance, and health monitoring for individuals in need of care.
• Kurzzeitpflege (Short-Term Care) Temporary residential care services available in Bochum and Hattingen for individuals requiring short-term supervised care, offering respite and relief for family caregivers.
• Pflegehotels (Care Hotels) Hotel-style accommodation facilities providing professional care services for individuals who require temporary supervised living arrangements with nursing support.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Augusta-PflegeverbundcoreOthersAugusta Ambulante Dienste is part of the Augusta-Pflegeverbund (Augusta Care Network), a coordinated group of ambulatory care services operating within the Augusta healthcare system.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Malteser Pflegedienste: Malteser Hilfsdienst delivers ambulante Pflege and care-related services through faith-affiliated nonprofit structures in Germany, operating under similar regulatory and reimbursement frameworks as Augusta.
• Caritas Pflegedienste: Caritas runs Catholic-affiliated nonprofit ambulatory nursing services across Germany with comparable reimbursement, mission-driven structure, and home-visit delivery model.
• Johanniter Pflegedienste: Johanniter Unfall-Hilfe runs regional ambulante Pflegedienste across Germany with comparable nonprofit status, statutory reimbursement, and home-based care delivery focus.
• AWO Pflegedienste: Arbeiterwohlfahrt operates a nationwide network of ambulante Pflegedienste under a nonprofit welfare-association umbrella, mirroring Augusta's person-centered home nursing and Kurzzeitpflege model.
• Diakonie Pflegedienste: Diakonie operates a national network of ambulante Pflegedienste across Germany under Protestant-affiliated nonprofit structures - the same nonprofit, faith-affiliated, statutory-insurance-reimbursed home-care model as Augusta Ambulante Dienste.

Broad incumbents

• Korian (Clariane) Deutschland: Korian/Clariane is one of Germany's largest private care operators, offering ambulante Pflege, Kurzzeitpflege, and stationäre Pflege at scale - a broad incumbent serving overlapping patient needs with a national footprint.
• Asklepios: Asklepios is a major German private hospital and healthcare operator with affiliated nursing and care services; comparable as a healthcare-network-based operator with embedded care delivery across acuity levels.
• Alloheim: Alloheim operates a large national network of Pflegeeinrichtungen including ambulante services, Kurzzeitpflege, and care hotels - a broad incumbent offering the same multi-modal service stack as Augusta.
• Kursana Residenz: Kursana operates stationary and short-term care (Kurzzeitpflege) facilities across Germany; an incumbent with overlapping Kurzzeitpflege and care-residence offerings comparable to Augusta's residential component.

Others

• Evangelische Stiftung Augusta: The parent foundation and hospital network of Augusta Ambulante Dienste, providing the referral backbone and operational context for the ambulatory service - included as the closest ecosystem peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@augustakliniken
• Instagraminstagram.com/augusta_pflege
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/augusta-ambulante-dienste-ggmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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