Arcass Freie Architekten BDA

What Arcass Freie Architekten BDA does

Arcass Freie Architekten BDA is a Stuttgart-based architecture and general planning firm specializing in complex healthcare buildings, founded in 1932 by Regierungsbaumeister Otto Karl Müller and operating for over 90 years. The firm is structured as a GbR (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts) partnership, with Arcass Planungsgesellschaft mbH serving as a wholly-owned GmbH subsidiary through which general planning services are delivered. Its current leadership consists of four partners — Lucas Müller, Manfred Ehrle, Ralf Müller, and Katja Schwarzlmüller — supported by two Associates (Marcus Rausch, Vassilios Skouras) at the Planungsgesellschaft, with a total team of approximately 60 employees of which around 50 are architects.

The firm provides comprehensive architectural and planning services covering all HOAI Leistungsphasen 1–9, including project development, feasibility studies, target planning, interior architecture, fire protection assessments, visualizations, and Generalplanung. Its core technology footprint is BIM-based, using Nemetschek Allplan and ArchiCAD as referenced in job postings. Practice emphasis is on complex hospital projects across all care levels — Grund-, Regel-, Zentral-, and Maximalversorgung — with recurring engagements at academic teaching hospitals affiliated with the Universities of Tübingen, Heidelberg, Freiburg, and Ulm.

Commercially, Arcass acquires work primarily through architectural competitions (1st-prize track record including Neubau Filderklinik in December 2023, GRN Klinik Sinsheim in 2020, and Alb Fils Klinikum in 2014) and VGV (Vergabeverfahren) public tendering procedures, supplemented by direct institutional relationships with hospital operators and university medical centers. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees structured under Germany's HOAI fee ordinance, with key clients including the four major hospitals of Stuttgart (Marienhospital, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Diakonie-Klinikum, Klinikum Stuttgart) and a portfolio spanning Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hamburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, and Switzerland. The firm has secured multiple industry awards including DGNB Gold for the Alb Fils Klinikum Göppingen (the first 'Green Hospital' in Baden-Württemberg), AKBW 'Beispielhaftes Bauten' awards in 1997 and 2011, and the AKG Preis 2019.

Name

Arcass Freie Architekten BDA

Legal name

Arcass Freie Architekten BDA

Website

https://arcass.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1932

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arcass Freie Architekten BDA is a Stuttgart-based architecture and general planning firm founded in 1932, with ~60 employees specializing in complex healthcare building design — primarily hospitals and academic teaching hospitals — across Germany and Switzerland, operating under HOAI fee structures.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Planning Services: Arcass generates revenue through professional services fees for architectural design, general planning, project management, and related consulting services for healthcare and other building projects. Revenue is project-based and follows HOAI (Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure) fee structures in Germany.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Arcass Freie Architekten BDA, together with its planning subsidiary Arcass Planungsgesellschaft mbH, provides comprehensive architectural and specialist planning services for hospitals and healthcare facilities. Deliverables cover all nine HOAI service phases (Grundlagenermittlung through Objektbetreuung), including feasibility studies, target planning, architectural design, interior architecture, fire-protection assessments, visualizations, and construction supervision, with projects often delivered while hospital operations continue.

Product overview

Arcass Freie Architekten BDA is an architecture firm specializing in healthcare architecture. They do not offer a traditional software product but rather architectural and planning services. Their service portfolio encompasses all phases of architectural planning (HOAI Leistungsphasen 1-9), general planning, project development, project management, interior architecture, fire protection assessments, feasibility studies, target planning, and visualizations. The firm specializes in designing hospitals, clinics, psychiatric facilities, medical rehabilitation centers, and other healthcare buildings across Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural and General Planning Services (Architekten- und Generalplanerleistungen)

Quantifiable outcome

• DGNB Gold certification achieved for Alb Fils Klinikum Göppingen — first 'Green Hospital' in Baden-Württemberg
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

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Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei: Stuttgart-based architecture firm active in healthcare, research, and public buildings. Directly comparable to Arcass on Stuttgart regional overlap and HOAI service scope, but broader in sector coverage with a stronger research-building portfolio.

Direct peers

• HDR Inc. Global architecture and engineering firm with the world's largest dedicated healthcare design practice. Comparable to Arcass in healthcare vertical focus and complex hospital planning capability, but at vastly larger scale and geographic reach.
• NBBJ: Global architecture firm with deep healthcare specialization. Comparable to Arcass in healthcare vertical expertise and complex hospital program delivery, with significantly larger scale and international footprint.
• HKS Inc. International architecture firm with a leading healthcare practice. Comparable to Arcass in healthcare architecture specialization and large-scale hospital master planning, but operating globally with substantially larger bench depth.
• Hascher Jehle Architektur: Berlin-based architecture firm with healthcare, cultural, and public-sector project work. Comparable to Arcass in HOAI-aligned delivery, competition-driven public procurement focus, and German healthcare architecture expertise.
• HPP Architekten: Düsseldorf-based architecture firm with a strong healthcare and research building portfolio across Germany. Closely comparable to Arcass in vertical focus (hospital and clinical facilities), HOAI-aligned service offering, and competition-driven public-sector go-to-market.
• Nickl & Partner Architekten: Munich-based architecture firm specializing in healthcare, research, and educational buildings. Comparable to Arcass in healthcare vertical depth, HOAI-based fee model, and use of architectural competitions to win major public hospital and university clinic projects.
• ASTOC Architects and Engineers: Cologne-based architecture and engineering firm with a recognized healthcare and urban-building practice. Comparable to Arcass in healthcare vertical specialization, full-phase project delivery, and German public-sector competition participation.
• Heinle, Wischer und Partner: Stuttgart-headquartered architecture firm with significant healthcare and laboratory project work. Direct local competitor to Arcass in the Stuttgart/Baden-Württemberg healthcare architecture market, with comparable HOAI service scope and public-tender GTM.

Broad incumbents

• gmp Architekten: Hamburg-headquartered, internationally active German architecture firm with a broad portfolio spanning healthcare, transport, culture, and public buildings. Larger and more diversified than Arcass, but competes in the same public-sector healthcare tender market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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