What Wiener Gesundheitsverbund does

Wiener Gesundheitsverbund (WIGEV) is the municipal healthcare association of the City of Vienna, founded in 2020 by consolidating the City of Vienna's prior hospital and nursing home operations (previously operating as KAV, Krankenanstaltsverbund). WIGEV operates 7 clinics (Kliniken) and 9 nursing homes (Pflegehäuser) plus the Therapiezentrum Ybbs rehabilitation center, with approximately 30,000 employees delivering over 5.2 million patient contacts annually and accounting for more than three-quarters of Vienna's hospital services. Its clinical portfolio spans emergency medicine, oncology, cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, radiology (536,000 examinations in 2024), geriatrics, psychiatry, and rehabilitation, supported by advanced medical technology including DaVinci robotic surgery, biplane angiography, MRI-guided radiation therapy, and AI-enhanced diagnostic imaging.

WIGEV is the largest provider of healthcare and nursing training in Austria, running its own schools and Ausbildungsstandorte in partnership with FH Campus Wien and operating the international #Nurses4Vienna recruitment program. It runs the Klinikkosmos health podcast and the internal WIGEV-Award innovation program (around 130 employee projects submitted in 2025), and has launched a renovated oncological outpatient clinic at Klinik Landstraße (June 2026), a new central laboratory at Klinik Favoriten (February 2026), and a psychiatric day clinic at Klinik Donaustadt (May 2026).

As a publicly funded entity, WIGEV is financed through Austrian public health insurance contributions and City of Vienna municipal budgets; patients access services either directly (emergency) or via general practitioner referral without direct billing for covered services. Distribution is wholly direct — hospital and nursing-home services delivered across its own facilities within Vienna — and its sole distribution partner arrangement is a March 2025 cooperation with private Viennese clinics to reduce surgical waiting times. Leadership consists of CEO Evelyn Kölldorfer-Leitgeb (reappointed for five years in November 2024), Deputy CEO Herwig Wetzlinger, and Medical Director Michael Binder.

Name

Wiener Gesundheitsverbund

Legal name

Wiener Gesundheitsverbund

Website

https://gesundheitsverbund.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Wiener Gesundheitsverbund is the City of Vienna's municipal healthcare association, operating 7 clinics, 9 nursing homes, and a rehabilitation center with ~30,000 employees delivering over 5.2 million annual patient contacts and more than 75% of Vienna's hospital services, publicly funded through Austrian health insurance and municipal budgets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital and Nursing Care Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Palliative Care (e.g., oncology, CHF/COPD, dementia) (HLADAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

In-Home Hospice Nursing Visits (RN/LPN) (HSABAFAL), Palliative Care (Home-Based) Providers (HLAFAEAD), Non-Hospice Serious-Illness / Community-Based Palliative Care (In-Home) (HSABAFAF)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Nursing home care
• Medical rehabilitation services
• Oncology cardiology services
• Healthcare education training

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare Services: Publicly funded healthcare provider operating under the Austrian public healthcare system. Services funded through health insurance contributions and municipal government subsidies. Revenue derived from providing medical services to the Viennese population.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Wiener Gesundheitsverbund (WIGEV) is the public healthcare provider of the City of Vienna, operating a network of 7 Kliniken (hospitals) and 9 Pflegewohnhäuser (nursing homes) along with the Therapiezentrum Ybbs rehabilitation center. It delivers more than 75% of Vienna's hospital services and provides inpatient, outpatient, long-term care, psychiatric, and rehabilitation services to Vienna residents.

Product overview

Wiener Gesundheitsverbund (WIGEV) is Vienna's largest public healthcare provider operating as a unified hospital and nursing care network. The organization offers a multi-facility portfolio consisting of 7 hospitals (Kliniken), 9 nursing homes (Pflegehäuser), and the Therapiezentrum Ybbs rehabilitation center. Core medical services span general and specialized hospital care including emergency medicine, surgery, oncology (Krebsschwerpunkt), and cardiology. The organization provides diagnostic services (radiology, laboratory), outpatient clinics, nursing home residential care, and educational/training programs for healthcare professionals. Notable technology offerings include robot-assisted surgery using DaVinci systems, AI-enhanced diagnostic imaging, and a health podcast (Klinikkosmos) for patient education. All services are accessible to Vienna residents regardless of income or social status.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Klinikkosmos: The Wiener Gesundheitspodcast of Wiener Gesundheitsverbund
• Nurses4Vienna
• WIGEV-Award
• Mutig gegen Krebs
• Herz-Gesundheit

Products and services

• Kliniken (Hospital Services)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5.2 million patient contacts annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Private Clinics ViennaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 March 2025Cooperation agreement with private clinics to reduce surgical waiting times. WIGEV provides access to its patient base while private clinics contribute their facilities to help reduce OP waiting times. Aims to improve patient outcomes through shorter wait times.
• ONGKG (Arbeitsgemeinschaft medikamentöse Tumortherapie)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 November 2024Medical oncology conference hosting at Klinik Floridsdorf for cancer treatment specialists
• Medizinisch-Wissenschaftlicher Fonds des BürgermeistersminorOthers · 5 August 2024Research funding grant for innovative garden therapy project at Klinik Hietzing, supporting therapeutic interventions for patients
• Österreichisches Rotes KreuzminorOthersJoint blood donation campaigns conducted at WIGEV facilities
• FH Campus WienminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership for nursing bachelor degree programs; modernization of nursing education
• Indonesian Nursing Recruitment PartnersminorOthers#Nurses4Vienna program bringing international nursing staff to Vienna healthcare facilities

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP): France's largest public hospital system, a municipal/state entity operating dozens of hospitals with comparable scale (~100,000 staff) and direct public funding model. Comparable as a major public hospital network serving a European capital region.
• Helsinki University Hospital (HUS): Finland's largest hospital operator, publicly owned and providing specialty and acute care across multiple sites. Comparable in being a publicly funded, multi-site hospital network serving a Nordic capital region with strong academic and training roles.
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin: One of Europe's largest university hospitals, publicly owned and operating multiple campus locations with a comparable mix of general hospital services, research, and medical training. Directly comparable as a major municipal/state-owned hospital network serving a major European capital.
• Karolinska University Hospital: Sweden's publicly operated academic hospital with multiple sites, providing tertiary care and serving the Stockholm region. Comparable as a publicly funded European capital-region hospital with strong research and training functions.
• Universitätsspital Zürich (USZ): Public university hospital serving the Canton of Zurich with multiple specialty centers and a strong academic mission. Comparable as a publicly funded, multi-specialty teaching hospital serving a DACH-region population.
• Klinikum München (Munich Clinic Network): City of Munich's municipal hospital network operating multiple acute hospitals and specialty facilities. Closely comparable as a German-speaking municipal hospital network providing comprehensive public hospital services within a major city.
• NHS Foundation Trusts (London): Public hospital trusts operating under the UK NHS, providing comprehensive secondary and tertiary care in the London metropolitan area. Comparable as publicly funded hospital systems delivering universal-access care in a European capital region.

Emerging players

• Asklepios Kliniken: Major private German hospital group operating numerous acute and specialty hospitals across Germany. Comparable as a multi-site hospital network in the DACH region, though privately held and competing in the same metropolitan hospital market.
• Helios Kliniken: Germany's largest private hospital operator with a broad network of acute care hospitals, including DACH-region facilities. Comparable in operating multi-site hospital networks in the DACH region, though privately rather than publicly owned.

Direct peers

• Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien (AKH Wien): Vienna's other major public hospital (university hospital) operating in the same city as WIGEV and providing overlapping specialty and inpatient services. Most directly comparable as a Vienna-based public acute hospital serving the same population, although organizationally separate from WIGEV.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wiengesundheit
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCZ5tXgP3K3lL9U5cX5Z5Kg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wiener-gesundheitsverbund

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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