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Congress Organisation C. Schäfer
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COCS GmbH – Congress Organisation C. Schäfer
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cocs.de
Company typeenum
Private
Founded yearint
1987
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COCS GmbH – Congress Organisation C. Schäfer is a Munich-based, privately held German professional congress organizer (PCO) founded in 1987 by Managing Director Claudia Schäfer. The firm specializes in the full-service planning, organization, and execution of medical and scientific congresses, conferences, symposia, and continuing education events for German medical professional societies and associations, delivering events with up to 2,500 participants. Service offerings are modular and include event planning and management (in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats), financial management, online registration with payment processing, trade exhibition and sponsorship management, media and print production, framework and gastronomy coordination, post-event documentation, and business office administration for medical societies.

The company's operating model is a traditional sales-led professional services business, with an internal team of approximately 10 long-tenured project managers handling the full lifecycle of each event directly with enterprise clients in the DACH region. There is no proprietary technology platform; the firm relies on standard third-party tools for content delivery and registration. Revenue is generated through project-based service fees structured around event scope and complexity, with no publicly disclosed pricing.

COCS serves a concentrated base of recurring enterprise clients in the medical/healthcare vertical, including the Bayerische Gesellschaft für Nuklearmedizin (BGN), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Endoskopie und Bildgebende Verfahren (DGE-BV), Deutsche interdisziplinäre Gesellschaft für Dysphagie (DGD), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin (DTG), Bayerische Gesellschaft für Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde (BGGF), and dagnä e.V. (infectious diseases/HIV medicine). The company maintains a core creative partnership with COCS MEDIA GmbH for design and production services, and supports multiple society offices through ongoing association management contracts. Operating scope is exclusively German, with no disclosed geographic expansion plans.

Short descriptiontext

COCS GmbH is a Munich-based professional congress organizer founded in 1987 that delivers full-service planning and execution of medical and scientific congresses, conferences, and continuing education events for German medical professional societies, with events of up to 2,500 participants.

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Operating
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1–10
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HeadquartersMünchen, Germany
HQ citystring
München
HQ countrystring
Germany
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Europe
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices1 record

Each record includes

City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
medical congress organization, event management services, conference planning, association management, exhibition management
Industry2 codes
1Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies)
CodeTHAHACAAPrimaryYes
2Meeting & Conference Planning & Coordination
CodeHSACADAAPrimaryNo
NAICS code1 code
  • Convention and Trade Show Organizers561920
SIC code1 code
  • Services-Management Services8741
Product category
Medical Congress Organization Services
Social media profiles1 record
GTM motion1 record

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Type, Description, Source

Revenue model1 record
1Congress Organization Services
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Full-service planning, organization and execution of national and international medical congresses, conferences, symposia and training events with up to 2,500 participants. Services include event planning, registration management, exhibition management, media production, and association management.

cocs.de
Marketing channels3 records

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Title, Type, Stage, Description, Source

Distribution channels1 record

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Cost components5 values
Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeServices
Services
Core offering1 text field

COCS GmbH provides full-service congress organization for medical and scientific professional societies, planning and executing national and international congresses, conferences, symposia, and continuing education events with up to 2,500 participants. Services are delivered as a comprehensive modular portfolio covering event planning, financial management, participant registration, trade exhibition and sponsorship coordination, media production, framework programs, documentation, and association/society office management.

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Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product overview1 text field

COCS GmbH operates as a full-service event management company specializing in medical and scientific congresses, conferences, symposiums, and continuing education events with up to 2,500 participants. Founded in 1987 and based in Munich, Germany, the company offers a comprehensive, modular service portfolio that clients can select from according to their needs. The core offerings include event planning and management (supporting in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats), financial management, registration services with online capabilities, trade exhibition and sponsoring management, media production, framework program and gastronomy coordination, documentation services, and business office management for medical societies. All services are delivered as part of a unified full-service approach from a single provider, with individual service modules available based on client infrastructure.

Product and service1 record
1Event Planning and Management Services
Scale indicator3 records

Each record includes

Type, Value, Description, Source

Partnership6 partners
1COCS MEDIA GmbH
Strategic tierCoreTypeOthers
Description

Design and creative partner for visual identity, logo development, signage, and printed materials. COCS MEDIA provides the graphic design and production services for congress materials.

2Deutsche Gesellschaft für Endoskopie und Bildgebende Verfahren e.V. (DGE-BV)
Strategic tierCoreTypeOthers
Description

Long-standing client relationship for organization of annual congresses. DGE-BV is one of the primary medical societies COCS organizes conferences for.

cocs.de
3Deutsche interdisziplinäre Gesellschaft für Dysphagie e.V. (DGD)
Strategic tierCoreTypeOthers
Description

Client society for which COCS organizes annual conferences and meetings.

cocs.de
4Endoscopy Campus
Strategic tierMinorTypeOthers
Description

Educational platform partnership for endoscopy-related conferences and live events.

5Lebensblicke
Strategic tierMinorTypeOthers
Description

Partner organization with cross-promotional relationship.

6TIM München
Strategic tierMinorTypeOthers
Description

Partner organization for medical training and education in Munich.

cocs.de
Recent move4 records

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Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Expansion highlight3 records

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Type, Description

Peers8 records
1International Conference Services (ICS)
TypeDirect peer
Description

PCO providing full-service congress organization for medical and scientific associations, including registration, exhibition, and association management — directly comparable professional service model to COCS.

2Congrex Switzerland / Congrex Germany
TypeDirect peer
Description

Long-standing German/Swiss-based Professional Congress Organizer (PCO) specializing in medical, scientific, and association conferences across Europe — directly comparable to COCS in service scope (registration, association management, exhibition) and customer type.

3event lab GmbH
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

German event agency with broader corporate event portfolio but overlapping in medical/scientific congress and association management services in the DACH region.

4Interplan AG
TypeDirect peer
Description

Munich-based PCO and association management firm with a strong medical/scientific society focus; matches COCS in specializing in German medical-society congresses and offering modular full-service event management.

5Mondial Congress & Events
TypeRegional player
Description

Vienna-based PCO with operations across DACH; focused on medical/scientific association events — comparable service profile but centered more on Austrian and pan-European clients.

6MCI Group
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Large global events and association management group headquartered in Switzerland; competes in association/congress management but at much larger scale across multiple verticals.

7m:con – mannheim:congress GmbH
TypeDirect peer
Description

Germany-based congress organizer with strong experience in medical/scientific congresses and association services; competes in the same DACH PCO market as COCS.

8Conventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbH
TypeDirect peer
Description

German PCO focused on medical and scientific associations; provides full-service congress organization including association management — overlapping directly with COCS's core offering and customer base.

Market position
Strengths5 records

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Weaknesses5 records

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Competitive moat3 records

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Key risks5 records

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Key highlights5 records

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Customer concentration

Classification, Details

Named customers6 records

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Segment2 records

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Ideal customer profile1 record

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No
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Profiles11 records

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Congress Organisation C. Schäfer

Medical Congress Organization Servicescocs.de

COCS GmbH is a Munich-based professional congress organizer founded in 1987 that delivers full-service planning and execution of medical and scientific congresses, conferences, and continuing education events for German medical professional societies, with events of up to 2,500 participants.

What Congress Organisation C. Schäfer does

COCS GmbH – Congress Organisation C. Schäfer is a Munich-based, privately held German professional congress organizer (PCO) founded in 1987 by Managing Director Claudia Schäfer. The firm specializes in the full-service planning, organization, and execution of medical and scientific congresses, conferences, symposia, and continuing education events for German medical professional societies and associations, delivering events with up to 2,500 participants. Service offerings are modular and include event planning and management (in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats), financial management, online registration with payment processing, trade exhibition and sponsorship management, media and print production, framework and gastronomy coordination, post-event documentation, and business office administration for medical societies.

The company's operating model is a traditional sales-led professional services business, with an internal team of approximately 10 long-tenured project managers handling the full lifecycle of each event directly with enterprise clients in the DACH region. There is no proprietary technology platform; the firm relies on standard third-party tools for content delivery and registration. Revenue is generated through project-based service fees structured around event scope and complexity, with no publicly disclosed pricing.

COCS serves a concentrated base of recurring enterprise clients in the medical/healthcare vertical, including the Bayerische Gesellschaft für Nuklearmedizin (BGN), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Endoskopie und Bildgebende Verfahren (DGE-BV), Deutsche interdisziplinäre Gesellschaft für Dysphagie (DGD), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin (DTG), Bayerische Gesellschaft für Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde (BGGF), and dagnä e.V. (infectious diseases/HIV medicine). The company maintains a core creative partnership with COCS MEDIA GmbH for design and production services, and supports multiple society offices through ongoing association management contracts. Operating scope is exclusively German, with no disclosed geographic expansion plans.

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Congress Organisation C. Schäfer
Legal name
COCS GmbH – Congress Organisation C. Schäfer
Website
https://cocs.de
Company type
Private
Founded year
1987
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
1–10 employees
Short description
COCS GmbH is a Munich-based professional congress organizer founded in 1987 that delivers full-service planning and execution of medical and scientific congresses, conferences, and continuing education events for German medical professional societies, with events of up to 2,500 participants.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer industry classification

Industry
Product category
Medical Congress Organization Services
NAICS
Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)
SIC
Services-Management Services (8741)
akta.pro primary industry
Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)
akta.pro secondary industry
Meeting & Conference Planning & Coordination (HSACADAA)

Keywords

  • Medical congress organization
  • Event management services
  • Conference planning
  • Association management
  • Exhibition management

Where Congress Organisation C. Schäfer is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
München
HQ country
Germany
HQ region
Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

  1. Congress Organization Services: Full-service planning, organization and execution of national and international medical congresses, conferences, symposia and training events with up to 2,500 participants. Services include event planning, registration management, exhibition management, media production, and association management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer product offering

Product offering

Core offering

COCS GmbH provides full-service congress organization for medical and scientific professional societies, planning and executing national and international congresses, conferences, symposia, and continuing education events with up to 2,500 participants. Services are delivered as a comprehensive modular portfolio covering event planning, financial management, participant registration, trade exhibition and sponsorship coordination, media production, framework programs, documentation, and association/society office management.

Product overview

COCS GmbH operates as a full-service event management company specializing in medical and scientific congresses, conferences, symposiums, and continuing education events with up to 2,500 participants. Founded in 1987 and based in Munich, Germany, the company offers a comprehensive, modular service portfolio that clients can select from according to their needs. The core offerings include event planning and management (supporting in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats), financial management, registration services with online capabilities, trade exhibition and sponsoring management, media production, framework program and gastronomy coordination, documentation services, and business office management for medical societies. All services are delivered as part of a unified full-service approach from a single provider, with individual service modules available based on client infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Event Planning and Management Services

Companies that use Congress Organisation C. Schäfer

Customer profile

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

  • COCS MEDIA GmbHcoreOthersDesign and creative partner for visual identity, logo development, signage, and printed materials. COCS MEDIA provides the graphic design and production services for congress materials.
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Endoskopie und Bildgebende Verfahren e.V. (DGE-BV)coreOthersLong-standing client relationship for organization of annual congresses. DGE-BV is one of the primary medical societies COCS organizes conferences for.
  • Deutsche interdisziplinäre Gesellschaft für Dysphagie e.V. (DGD)coreOthersClient society for which COCS organizes annual conferences and meetings.
  • Endoscopy CampusminorOthersEducational platform partnership for endoscopy-related conferences and live events.
  • LebensblickeminorOthersPartner organization with cross-promotional relationship.
  • TIM MünchenminorOthersPartner organization for medical training and education in Munich.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • International Conference Services (ICS): PCO providing full-service congress organization for medical and scientific associations, including registration, exhibition, and association management — directly comparable professional service model to COCS.
  • Congrex Switzerland / Congrex Germany: Long-standing German/Swiss-based Professional Congress Organizer (PCO) specializing in medical, scientific, and association conferences across Europe — directly comparable to COCS in service scope (registration, association management, exhibition) and customer type.
  • Interplan AG: Munich-based PCO and association management firm with a strong medical/scientific society focus; matches COCS in specializing in German medical-society congresses and offering modular full-service event management.
  • m:con – mannheim:congress GmbH: Germany-based congress organizer with strong experience in medical/scientific congresses and association services; competes in the same DACH PCO market as COCS.
  • Conventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbH: German PCO focused on medical and scientific associations; provides full-service congress organization including association management — overlapping directly with COCS's core offering and customer base.

Broad incumbents

  • event lab GmbH: German event agency with broader corporate event portfolio but overlapping in medical/scientific congress and association management services in the DACH region.
  • MCI Group: Large global events and association management group headquartered in Switzerland; competes in association/congress management but at much larger scale across multiple verticals.

Regional players

  • Mondial Congress & Events: Vienna-based PCO with operations across DACH; focused on medical/scientific association events — comparable service profile but centered more on Austrian and pan-European clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer social profiles

Digital presence

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Congress Organisation C. Schäfer M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Congress Organisation C. Schäfer

What does Congress Organisation C. Schäfer do?

COCS GmbH provides full-service congress organization for medical and scientific professional societies, planning and executing national and international congresses, conferences, symposia, and continuing education events with up to 2,500 participants. Services are delivered as a comprehensive modular portfolio covering event planning, financial management, participant registration, trade exhibition and sponsorship coordination, media production, framework programs, documentation, and association/society office management.

Is Congress Organisation C. Schäfer a public or private company?

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Congress Organisation C. Schäfer founded?

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer was founded in 1987. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Congress Organisation C. Schäfer based?

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer is headquartered in München, Germany, in the Europe region.

How does Congress Organisation C. Schäfer make money?

One revenue line is on record: congress Organization Services.

Who are Congress Organisation C. Schäfer's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are International Conference Services (ICS), Congrex Switzerland / Congrex Germany, Interplan AG, m:con – mannheim:congress GmbH and Conventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbH. Broad incumbents are event lab GmbH and MCI Group. Mondial Congress & Events is listed as a regional player.

Does Congress Organisation C. Schäfer have an API?

No public API is recorded for Congress Organisation C. Schäfer.

What industry is Congress Organisation C. Schäfer in?

Congress Organisation C. Schäfer's product category is Medical Congress Organization Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THAHACAA, Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies), with a secondary code of HSACADAA, Meeting & Conference Planning & Coordination. Its NAICS code is 561920 and its SIC code is 8741.

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