What Vivamo does

Vivamo GmbH is a privately held, founder-owned German full-service design and implementation agency headquartered in Bochum, established in its current legal form in 2006 by a team that had been active in 3D brand communication since 2000-2001 through the predecessor agency Magwick Essentials. The company delivers commercial space projects across five integrated service lines: Objektgestaltung (interior design for offices, showrooms, gastronomy, and sports/leisure facilities), Praxisräume (medical practice design and turnkey fit-out), Ladenbau (retail stores, shop-in-shop, pop-ups, and displays), Messebau (trade-fair and exhibition stand construction), and Werbetechnik / Vivasign! (signage, printing, and visual merchandising). Execution is delivered by an in-house team of designers, architects, creative directors, project managers, and a Werbetechnik production unit, supplemented since 2020 by a regional and international supplier and producer network after the company divested its in-house joinery.

The business operates on a project-based, quote-based professional services model: clients can engage Vivamo for individual project phases or for full turnkey delivery from concept and planning through production, logistics, and handover, with payment terms of 50% on order confirmation and 50% within 30 days of delivery per the company's AGB. Go-to-market is direct, enterprise-focused field sales with no resellers or intermediaries, supported by a website portfolio, dlv (Deutscher Ladenbauverband) association membership, participation in major industry trade shows (EuroShop, IFA, ISPO, A+A, Bread & Butter), and a network partnership with APO-Bank that channels medical-practice clients into the Praxisräume pipeline. Customer concentration spans nine plus named enterprise logos across sports retail, security, banking, fashion, professional sports, beauty/e-commerce, safety footwear, and food retail, with anchor relationships in Burton European retail programs and GLS Bank. The company is bootstrapped, with no disclosed funding rounds, no external institutional investors, and CEO Volker Brunswick listed as managing director in the commercial register.

Name

Vivamo

Legal name

Vivamo GmbH

Website

https://vivamo.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vivamo GmbH is a founder-owned, Bochum-based full-service design and realization agency delivering retail stores, medical practices, trade-fair stands, interiors, and signage for enterprise clients across Germany and Europe via direct project engagement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Fair and Exhibition Construction

NAICS

Interior Design Services (541410), Sign Manufacturing (33995)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Trade Show & Exhibition Marketing (Booth Design/Build) (MPAAAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pavilion & Country/Group Exhibit Build-Outs (THAHAHAD)

Keywords

• Trade fair construction
• Exhibition booth design
• Retail interior design
• Medical practice design
• Commercial signage services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bochum

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Design and Implementation Services: Project-based professional services for commercial space design, retail fit-out, medical practice design, trade show construction, and advertising technology. Services range from initial concept and design through planning, production, logistics, and final realization. The company offers modular services where clients can engage for individual phases or complete turnkey projects.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Vivamo is a German trade fair construction company that provides full-service design, shop fitting, and booth construction services. The company designs and builds commercial spaces including exhibition booths, retail interiors, medical practice facilities, and signage solutions for brand clients across industries.

Product overview

Vivamo is a full-service commercial space design agency offering five interconnected service modules: Objektgestaltung (Interior Design) for offices, showrooms, gastronomy and sports facilities; Praxisräume (Medical Spaces) for medical practice construction and fit-out; Ladenbau (Retail Design) for shops, shop-in-shop and displays; Messebau (Exhibition Design) for trade show stands; and Vivasign! (Signmaking) for advertising technology including signage, printing, and visual merchandising. The company operates on a 'modular full service' model, combining designers, architects, project managers, craftsmen, and logistics specialists to deliver projects from concept through turnkey completion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Messebau

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• APO-BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVivamo is a proud network partner of APO-Bank, supporting medical professionals in practice planning and financing. APO-Bank provides financial services specifically for medical professionals, and Vivamo supports these clients through practice design and implementation.
• dlv (Deutscher Ladenbauverband)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVivamo is an active member of the German Store Construction Association (dlv). Beyond general association activities, they participate in the dlv-Erfa-Kreis, where leadership from different store construction companies meet twice yearly for intensive knowledge exchange, presentations, excursions, and company visits.
• Sign SupremecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2007, Vivamo merged with their long-term partner company Sign Supreme, expanding their service portfolio to include development and in-house production of custom advertising technology products, supplementing their agency activities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Messe Frankfurt: World's largest trade fair organizer with own venue and exhibition services portfolio including booth construction via subsidiaries. Provides both competitive supply (booth design/build) and demand (exhibitor leads) to the same ecosystem as Vivamo.
• Jack Morton Worldwide: Global brand experience agency part of IPG, with integrated live, digital, and spatial brand experiences including trade show and retail environment design. Comparable offering to Vivamo but at global enterprise scale.
• GL events: Large French-headquartered event services group with global booth construction, exhibition services, and venue operations. Overlaps with Vivamo's Messebau and exhibition design services but operates at significantly larger scale across multiple continents.

Direct peers

• Meissner Expo: German full-service trade fair booth design and construction company headquartered in Munich. Directly comparable to Vivamo in delivering custom Messebau projects for enterprise exhibitors across consumer electronics, sports, and lifestyle sectors.
• VOK DAMS Agentur für Events: German full-service event and live-marketing agency with booth design/exhibition capabilities; comparable in vertical breadth and enterprise client focus, though with stronger event-marketing tilt.
• factor design: German booth construction and brand experience agency offering design, project management, and turnkey realization — closely aligned with Vivamo's modular full-service model and DACH enterprise client base.
• Mahr Expo: German booth builder and trade fair construction company, comparable in scale and offering full-service booth design and fabrication for enterprise exhibitors across sectors.
• Expomobil: German booth construction and exhibition services company with custom stand design and turnkey delivery — similar mid-sized profile and DACH-centric enterprise client mix to Vivamo.
• bluePool: German full-service booth construction and brand staging company with similar capabilities in design-to-realization and corporate event marketing; competes for the same DACH exhibitor and retail brand budgets.

Regional players

• Hartmann von Siebenthal: DACH-focused brand space and retail design agency with comparable interior, retail, and exhibition design services, primarily serving German-speaking markets with a similar SMB/mid-enterprise client profile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Vivamo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vivamo-gmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/vivamo_

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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