Verband medizinischer

What Verband medizinischer does

Verband medizinischer Fachberufe e.V. (vmf), headquartered in Bochum, Germany, is a registered non-profit professional association and trade union (eingetragener Verein, Amtsgericht Bochum VR 44 48) founded in 1963. It represents four professional groups in German healthcare: Medizinische Fachangestellte (MFA — medical assistants), Tiermedizinische Fachangestellte (TFA — veterinary assistants), Zahnmedizinische Fachangestellte (ZFA — dental assistants), and employed dental technicians. The association operates through four regional Landesverbände (Nord, Süd, West, Mitte-Ost) and a network of Bezirksstellen covering all German chamber regions, and combines professional representation with active collective bargaining (Gewerkschaftsarbeit), holding statutory seats on Prüfungsausschüsse and Berufsbildungsausschüsse.

Core services include membership with income-dependent monthly dues (€5/month flat for trainees), legal advice, collective-bargaining and tariff negotiation, continuing education under a three-tier Gütesiegel quality seal (Empfohlen / Anerkannt / Geprüft), the bimonthly praxisnah journal, an internal member portal (Commblue), and salary calculators. Recent product extensions include co-developed Bachelor programs with SRH Fernhochschule (B.Sc. Praxis- und Versorgungsmanagement, Nov 2024) and CBS University of Applied Sciences (dual B.Sc. Physician Assistance, 2026). The technology footprint is non-proprietary: a public website plus Commblue member portal with Matomo analytics; no software products, APIs or AI capabilities are disclosed.

The business model is subscription-recurring membership dues supplemented by event/seminar fees, partner co-marketing (e.g., Vet-concept, ESAVS, akademie.vet, SRH, CBS), and journal subscriptions. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via online Beitrittserklärung, supported by event-driven acquisition (Fachtagungen, Bundeskongresse, DVG-Vet-Congress, infotage FACHDENTAL Stuttgart) and community-led engagement through regional structures. Leadership comprises Stephanie Schreiber (1. Vorsitzende), Karin Becker-Oevermann (2. Vorsitzende) and Patricia Ley (Vizepräsidentin).

Name

Verband medizinischer

Legal name

Verband medizinischer Fachberufe e.V.

Website

https://vmf-online.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Verband medizinischer Fachberufe e.V. (vmf) is a German non-profit professional association and trade union founded in 1963, representing medical, veterinary, and dental assistants and employed dental technicians through collective bargaining, legal advice, and continuing education across Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bochum

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: The association generates revenue primarily through membership dues. Members pay either an income-dependent monthly contribution (einkommensabhängiger Monatsbeitrag laut Beitragsordnung) or a flat monthly trainee/apprentice contribution of €5. The membership application form includes options for monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual billing cycles. Annual payments receive a 3% discount.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Verband medizinischer Fachberufe e.V. is a registered non-profit trade union and professional association representing medical assistants (MFA), veterinary assistants (TFA), dental assistants (ZFA), and employed dental technicians across Germany. It provides membership-based services including national collective bargaining and tariff negotiation, legal advice, continuing education and seminars under a three-tier Gütesiegel quality seal, occupational health and safety guidance, political advocacy, and the bimonthly praxisnah journal. Members gain access to an internal portal (Commblue), salary calculators, and a dense regional network of Bezirksstellen (district offices) covering all German chamber regions.

Product overview

The Verband medizinischer Fachberufe e.V. is a professional association and union representing Medizinische Fachangestellte (MFA), Tiermedizinische Fachangestellte (TFA), Zahnmedizinische Fachangestellte (ZFA), and employed dental technicians. The organization offers membership-based services including collective bargaining representation, legal consultation, professional development (Fortbildungen und Seminare), the quarterly publication 'praxisnah', and member tools such as salary calculators and the internal member portal (CommBlue). Professional divisions provide specialized support for each profession, with a three-tier training quality seal system (Gütesiegel für Fortbildungen) and educational partnerships with SRH Fernhochschule and CBS University for degree programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• praxisnah: The official journal/organ of the Verband medizinischer Fachberufe e.V., published six times per year.

Products and services

• Mitgliedschaft (Membership)
• Rechtsberatung (Legal Advice)
• Tarifverhandlungen (Collective Bargaining)
• Fortbildungen und Seminare (Training and Seminars)
• Interner Mitgliederbereich (Internal Member Portal)
• Gehaltsrechner (Salary Calculator)
• praxisnah Magazine
• Gütesiegel für Fortbildungen (Training Quality Seal)

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SRH Fernhochschule – The Mobile UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024The association is a Kooperationspartner (cooperation partner) of SRH Fernhochschule for the Bachelor of Science program 'Praxis- und Versorgungsmanagement' (Practice and Care Management), launched in November 2024. The program is specifically designed for Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Assistants. The association's members receive a 10% discount on tuition fees and certificate course fees at SRH MU. The program is offered as a distance learning (Fernstudium) course with monthly enrollment starts.
• CBS University of Applied SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe association cooperates with CBS University of Applied Sciences for the dual Bachelor program 'Physician Assistance (B.Sc.)'. The program is designed for medical assistants (MFA) and combines campus presence with online lectures. vmf members receive an enrollment fee waiver when applying through a code available in the internal member area. The program is offered at CBS campuses in Köln, Berlin, Rheine, Rostock, and Stuttgart, with start dates in April and October 2026.
• Bildungswerk für Gesundheitsberufe e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe association offers seminars and courses in cooperation with Bildungswerk für Gesundheitsberufe e.V., particularly on complex topics such as quality management and practice management. This partnership delivers continuing education offerings for members.
• Vet-conceptminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMembers of the association receive a €10 Vet-Concept merchandise voucher per seminar attended, upon presentation of their membership card.
• ESAVS Veterinary CoursesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe European School of Advanced Veterinary Studies offers a Small Animal Anaesthesia certificate course for TFA (veterinary assistants). Members of the association receive preferential pricing upon presentation of their membership card.
• akademie.vetminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe association cooperates with akademie.vet (george & oslage Verlag und Medien GmbH) to provide online seminars for veterinary assistants (TFA). Topics cover practice everyday scenarios. Two formats are offered: virtual classrooms with live chat and on-demand webinars. Regular duration is 90 minutes. Member price: €39.90; non-member price: €49.90.
• VAHL – Veterinary Academy of Higher LearningminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVAHL offers the VMPT (Akademischer veterinärmedizinischer Lehrgang für Physiotherapie/physikalische Therapie) course for TFA and veterinarians. The association's members receive preferential pricing, details available in the internal member area.
• Berliner FortbildungenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBerliner Fortbildungen offers seminars for veterinary assistants in cooperation with the association.
• Berliner SymposienminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBerliner Symposien offers symposia specifically for TFA in cooperation with the association.
• vetline akademieminorGTM or Marketing Partnervetline akademie offers online learning (via ILIAS platform) for TFA in cooperation with the association.
• Narkovet Consulting, LLC.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerNarkovet Consulting offers continuing education in anaesthesia and pain management for TFA, with courses held at Tierklinik Neandertal, Haan (near Düsseldorf).
• Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH & Co. KGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe association participates with an information booth at the infotage FACHDENTAL Stuttgart trade fair, one of the most important regional trade fairs for dentistry and dental technology.
• Deutsche Veterinärmedizinische Gesellschaft (DVG) Service GmbHminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe association supports the DVG-Vet-Congress (28-31 October 2026 in Berlin) with vmf members receiving reduced participation fees. The association also promotes this event and arranges a discounted rate for its members.
• Deutsche Veterinärmedizinische Gesellschaft (DVG) Service GmbHminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe association supports the Tierärztetag West 2026 (4-6 September 2026 in Dortmund), organized by DVG in cooperation with chambers in Nordrhein, Westfalen-Lippe, Rheinland-Pfalz, Hessen, and Saarland. vmf members benefit from reduced member prices.
• Netzwerk Gesund ins Leben / Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe association supports the 'Netzwerk Gesund ins Leben' specialist conference 'Schwangere begleiten' on 9 July 2026 in Berlin, a joint initiative of BLE and the network's scientific advisory board.
• Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Bayerns (KVB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe association joined a joint press release with KVB, Bayerische Landesärztekammer (BLÄK), Bayerischer Hausärztinnen- und Hausärzteverband (BHÄV), Dachverband Bayerischer Fachärztinnen und Fachärzte (DBFF), and Sozialverband VdK Bayern to jointly oppose the expansion of Private Equity-owned medical care centers (iMVZ) and advocate for patient-centered care and physician independence.
• Bayerische Landesärztekammer (BLÄK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint press release co-signatory with KVB, BLÄK, BHÄV, DBFF, and VdK Bayern regarding concerns over Private Equity expansion in outpatient care in Bavaria.
• Bayerischer Hausärztinnen- und Hausärzteverband e.V. (BHÄV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint press release co-signatory with KVB, BLÄK, BHÄV, DBFF, and VdK Bayern regarding concerns over Private Equity expansion in outpatient care.
• Dachverband Bayerischer Fachärztinnen und Fachärzte e.V. (DBFF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint press release co-signatory with KVB, BLÄK, BHÄV, DBFF, and VdK Bayern regarding concerns over Private Equity expansion in outpatient care.
• Sozialverband VdK Bayern e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint press release co-signatory with KVB, BLÄK, BHÄV, and DBFF regarding concerns over Private Equity expansion in outpatient care and its impact on patients and healthcare workers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Bundeszahnärztekammer (BZÄK): Federal German dental chamber (Kammer) representing dentists themselves. Adjacent rather than competing — it is a mandatory chamber for practice owners, whereas vmf represents the ZFA employees — but operates in the same dental sector with parallel policy and training-regulatory roles.
• Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW): German union for education and science workers. Operates the same union/association hybrid model as vmf with collective bargaining and member service delivery, providing a structural parallel in an adjacent public-sector-adjacent field.
• IG Metall: Germany's largest industrial union. While not in healthcare, it operates the same union model — Tarifverhandlungen, regional Bezirke, member services, vocational training involvement — and competes with vmf indirectly for members in technical-adjacent roles.

Direct peers

• Marburger Bund: Germany's largest doctors' union, with collective bargaining rights for hospital physicians. Directly comparable to vmf in operating model: a professional association that runs Tarifverhandlungen, provides Rechtsberatung, and represents a specific healthcare-auxiliary profession nationally.
• NAV-Virchow-Bund: German professional association for general practitioners and family doctors. Operates with the same combination of professional representation, policy advocacy, and member services as vmf, just one professional tier above the assistants the vmf represents.
• Hartmannbund – Verband der Ärztinnen und Ärzte Deutschlands: German professional association for physicians focused on professional policy, berufspolitische advocacy, and member services. Same association-with-union-activities model as vmf, but for the physician profession rather than medical assistants.
• Vereinigung Deutscher Zahntechniker-Innungen (VDZI): German guild/innung association for dental technicians, including the employed dental technician segment that vmf represents. Directly comparable on the dental technician constituency and on tariff/collective representation for that craft trade.

Emerging players

• American Dental Assistants Association (ADAA): US national professional association for dental assistants. Mirrors vmf's ZFA division in constituency and mission (advocacy, continuing education, professional standards) but in a different geography and without German-style collective bargaining function.
• American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA): US national association for medical assistants with certification and continuing-education offerings. Comparable mission and constituency (medical assistants) to vmf's MFA division, but operates in a different regulatory environment without tariff-bargaining rights.

Broad incumbents

• Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (ver.di): Germany's largest services sector union, covering health, social services, and many other industries. Comparable as a union competitor for healthcare assistants and a broader incumbent in collective bargaining across German white-collar workers, with overlapping membership pools.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/verbandmedizinischerfachberufe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/verband-medizinischer-fachberufe-e-v-
• Instagraminstagram.com/vmf_online
• Xx.com/vmfonline

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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