Name

Stadt Cottbus

Legal name

Stadt Cottbus/Chóśebuz

Website

https://cottbus.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Other General Government Support (921190), Legislative Bodies (92112), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems (485113)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF), Urban & Regional Planning (Land Use, Zoning, Master Planning) (BPAIANAD), Local Transportation, Parking & Mobility Administration (BPAIACAM)

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Public services
• Citizen services
• Urban planning
• Waste management

Headquarters

HQ city

Cottbus/Chóśebuz

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Revenue (Real Estate Tax, Trade Tax): Revenue from municipal taxes including real estate tax (Grundsteuer) and trade tax (Gewerbesteuer), which form the basis of municipal financial independence
2. State and Federal Grants: Structural transformation funding (Strukturwandel) from federal and state governments for coal phase-out transition, including major infrastructure and economic development projects
3. Administrative Fees: Fees for administrative services including permits, certifications, waste management, water services, and citizen documentation services
4. Utility Services Revenue: Revenue from municipal utilities including Stadtwerke Cottbus GmbH for energy, water, and public transportation services

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Stadt Cottbus/Chóśebuz is the municipal government of the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany, providing public administration, citizen services, urban planning, social welfare, cultural programs, and sports facilities. It operates digital portals (Bürgerportal, Open Data Portal, Geoportal), manages municipal utilities and transportation through subsidiaries, and oversees major structural transformation projects tied to the post-coal economic transition of the Lausitz region.

Product overview

Stadt Cottbus operates a digital municipal service ecosystem consisting of the Bürgerportal (citizen portal) providing online administrative services and forms, the Open Data Portal for transparent government data access, the Stadtverordneten-Informationssystem for parliamentary transparency, and Cottbus-Service (CMT) for tourism and congress services. These digital services are complemented by the city's main website providing news, events, sports facilities management, cultural services, and structural transformation project information.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bürgerportal (Citizen Portal) Online portal providing citizens access to administrative services, forms, procedures, and digital government services of the City of Cottbus.
• Open Data Portal Public open government data portal hosted on the ArcGIS platform, providing datasets for citizens, researchers, and developers.
• Stadtverordneten-Informationssystem Transparency portal providing access to city parliament (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) documents, meeting schedules, and decision-making records.
• Cottbus-Service (CMT) Tourism, congress, and event service operated by CMT Cottbus Congress, Messe & Touristik GmbH, handling visitor information, booking, and regional tourism services.
• Municipal Daycare Services (Kindertagesstätten) Municipal childcare services for children aged 0-14 provided through municipal Kita facilities, with parent fees regulated by KitaG Brandenburg state law.
• Haus der Athleten Dormitory Accommodation service at the Athletes' House dormitory on Dresdener Straße for athletes and sports students, with fee schedule effective 01.08.2025.
• Municipal Sports Facilities Network of municipal sports facilities including Lausitz-Arena (major sports complex), Radstadion (333m cycling velodrome), Leichtathletikhalle (indoor athletics), Leichtathletikstadion (19,000 capacity), and BMX-Anlage track, hosting training and international competitions.
• Waste Management Services Municipal waste disposal, street cleaning, and recycling services with regulated fee schedules (Abfallwirtschaftsgebühren, Straßenreinigungsgebühr).
• Noise Action Planning Services Environmental noise action planning services provided by the municipal Environmental Department (Fachbereich Umwelt und Natur) under EU Directive 2002/49/EC compliance; plan updated and approved 24.09.2025.

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Zielona Góra (Poland)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Twin-city partnership for the preservation and development of historic park landscapes - Branitz Park (Cottbus) and Zatonie Park (Zielona Góra). The parks were created simultaneously under mutual influence of Fürst Pückler, Princess Dorothea von Sagan, and Peter Joseph Lenné. The partnership aims to make these historical connections sustainably accessible to visitors and create new cultural tourism attractions in the cross-border region.
• Sparkasse Spree-NeißecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsoring partner for cultural events including the Sorbian/Wendish Fest (Serbski swěźeń), providing financial support for cultural heritage preservation and public events.
• Gebäudewirtschaft Cottbus GmbH (GWC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal building management company providing support for cultural events and Sorbian/Wendish Fest sponsorship.
• Lausitzer Wasser GmbH & Co. KGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMunicipal water company sponsoring the Sorbian/Wendish Fest cultural event.
• POREDDA Logistic Service oHGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLogistics company providing sponsorship support for the Sorbian/Wendish Fest cultural event.
• Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor public university located in Cottbus serving as key partner for research, higher education, and innovation in the Lausitz region. Central to the Lausitz Science Park development and structural transformation of the region.
• Medizinische Universität Lausitz – Carl Thiem (MUL-CT)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical university being established in Cottbus as part of structural transformation (Universitätsmedizin project), creating healthcare and research facilities in the Lausitz region.
• Deutsche BahnflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction of new Deutsche Bahn maintenance facility in Cottbus as part of major infrastructure investment in the structural transformation of the Lausitz region.
• Bundestiftung Gleichstellung (Federal Foundation for Gender Equality)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity of Cottbus represented at the 1st Structural Transformation Lab of the Federal Foundation for Gender Equality in June 2026 in Berlin, contributing to gender-equitable structural transformation policy.
• Stadtsportbund Cottbus e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity sports federation coordinating sports clubs and specialized sports associations, working with municipal sports office for sports promotion and development.
• Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz BrandenburgcoreOthersState data protection authority providing regulatory oversight for the city's data processing activities. Citizens can file complaints regarding data protection violations with this authority.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• Stadt Rostock: Mid-sized Hanseatic city in eastern Germany with comparable municipal subsidiary structure (RSAG, Stadtwerke Rostock, WIRO). Comparable in scale, eastern-German demographic profile, and the challenge of operating a port-connected municipal economy.
• Stadt Frankfurt (Oder): Brandenburg border city on the German-Polish frontier of comparable scale. Comparable as a mid-sized municipal government managing cross-border partnerships, demographic challenges, and a state-funded transformation agenda.
• Stadt Jena: Thuringian city of comparable mid-size with a strong university and research-driven economy. Directly comparable as a mid-sized German municipal government leveraging higher-education and science-park ecosystems to drive structural transformation.
• Stadt Leipzig: Largest city in Saxony and a structural transformation success story. Comparable as a mid-sized-to-large eastern German municipal government that has converted post-industrial legacy into a growing population and university-anchored economy — relevant benchmark for the upside scenario of Cottbus's transformation programme.
• Stadt Potsdam: Capital of Brandenburg state — direct administrative peer within the same jurisdiction. Similar municipal subsidiary structure (Stadtwerke Potsdam, ViP, ProPotsdam), Berlin metro-area dynamics, and statewide Strukturgeld interface.
• Stadt Bautzen/Budyšin: Upper Lusatian city with explicit bilingual German/Sorbian administrative identity (matching Cottbus's German/Lower Sorbian 'Chóśebuz' designation). The closest functional peer on Sorbian cultural policy, minority service delivery, and bilingual governance.
• Stadt Dresden: Saxon state capital of larger scale but directly comparable as a major eastern-German municipal government with a similarly broad subsidiary stack (DVB, DREWAG, Wohnungsgenossenschaft). Useful peer for upper-bound subsidiary governance and OMBud complexity.
• Stadt Chemnitz: Saxon city of comparable size (~245,000) also undergoing post-industrial structural transformation. Comparable in municipal governance complexity, subsidiary footprint (e.g., CVAG, Stadtwerke Chemnitz), and reliance on public investment to reposition its economic base.
• Stadt Brandenburg an der Havel: Smaller Brandenburg city within the same Land jurisdiction. Shares Cottbus's Brandenburg municipal financing framework, state-supervised budget dynamics, and dependency on state-level investment programmes.
• Stadt Senftenberg/Zły Komorow: Smaller Lusatian city directly inside the same coal-phase-out region. Shares the Cottbus-area Strukturgeld pipeline, the Cottbuser Ostsee catchment, and the Brandenburg Sorbian cultural geography — the closest geographic peer in the structural transformation programme.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Stadt_Cottbus_offiziell
• Facebookfacebook.com/Cottbus.de
• Instagraminstagram.com/stadt_cottbus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadt-cottbus

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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