GS P Architekten GmbH & Co. KG

What GS P Architekten GmbH & Co. KG does

GS P Architekten GmbH & Co. KG is a Bremen-headquartered German architecture practice tracing its origins to 1914, employing approximately 60 professionals across architecture, interior architecture, design, and engineering disciplines. The firm serves public-sector and institutional clients — primarily in healthcare, justice/correctional facilities, and education — through Germany's regulated VgV-Verfahren procurement procedures, architectural competitions, and direct relationships. Notable mandates include the €180 million Delme Klinikum Delmenhorst reconstruction, the €65.6 million Vitos-Klinik Haina forensic psychiatric facility, and the ~50,000 m² Vechta hospital (delivered via ARGE consortium with G.A.F. Rotterdam and jes architekten).

The firm's service portfolio spans four lines: full-service architecture across HOAI Leistungsphasen 1–9, interior architecture (specialized for patient rooms, therapy areas, and representative institutional spaces), project steering/management, and general planning (multi-disciplinary coordination). Its technology infrastructure is built on Building Information Modeling (BIM) and CAD platforms — ArchiCAD, Revit, and Allplan — and it has begun adopting Integrated Project Delivery (IPA) methodologies through active participation in the IPA network. The firm converted from a Partnerschaft mbB legal structure to a GmbH & Co. KG in 2025 to secure long-term continuity.

Revenue is generated on a project-based professional services model, with fees structured according to Germany's regulated HOAI fee schedule and tied to construction cost and Leistungsphasen. The go-to-market approach combines competitive public-sector bidding, architecture competition wins (e.g., first prize for Feuer- und Rettungswache Nord Bremerhaven and Gesundheitscampus Wiesbaden), and ARGE consortium arrangements with peer firms such as jes architekten, assmann gruppe, and G.A.F. Rotterdam. The 2025 Bremer Wohnbaupreis Sonderpreis Quartier for the BlauHaus project marks the firm's first visible move into the residential/neighborhood-development vertical.

Name

GS P Architekten GmbH & Co. KG

Legal name

GS P Architekten GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://architekten-gsp.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1914

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GS P Architekten is a Bremen-based German architecture firm founded in 1914 with ~60 professionals. It specializes in healthcare, justice, and education architecture, delivering planning, interior design, project management, and general planning services to German public-sector clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (541410)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Healthcare architecture services
• Institutional building design
• Interior architecture planning
• Project management consulting
• General planning coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Bremen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Planning Services: Full-service architectural planning for healthcare, justice, education, residential, and commercial projects. Revenue is generated through project-based fees structured according to HOAI (Verordnung über die Honorare für Architekten- und Ingenieurleistungen), the German fee structure for architectural and engineering services, covering all phases from concept to construction supervision.
2. Interior Architecture Services: Specialized interior architecture services for specialized spaces including patient rooms, therapy areas, entrance zones, and residential environments, delivered as part of overall project planning or as standalone engagements.
3. Project Steering (Projektsteuerung): Project management and construction management services alongside core architectural planning, offering clients comprehensive oversight of complex building projects from initiation through completion.
4. General Planning (Generalplanung): Comprehensive planning coordination services where GSP serves as single point of contact for multi-disciplinary projects involving architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, technical building equipment specialists, and medical/lab technology planners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GS P Architekten provides full-service architectural planning and realization across healthcare, justice, education, residential, and commercial sectors, with a specialization in hospital and medical facility construction. Offerings include core architectural design, interior architecture (room concepts, material concepts, furniture), project steering/management, and general planning coordination that integrates multi-disciplinary consultants (structural engineers, MEP planners, medical/lab technology specialists) into a single point of contact. Fees are structured according to HOAI across all Leistungsphasen 1-9.

Product overview

GS P Architekten GmbH & Co. KG is an architecture and interior architecture firm with over 111 years of history, offering a comprehensive portfolio of services. The core offerings consist of Architecture (covering healthcare, justice, education, residential, commercial, and industrial sectors), Interior Architecture (including room concepts, material concepts, and furniture), Project Steering/Management, and General Planning services. The firm employs approximately 60 professionals and is recognized as one of the leading architecture firms in northwestern Germany, specializing particularly in healthcare facilities and justice buildings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architektur (Architecture)

Quantifiable outcome

• Delme Klinikum: 180 million euro project, described as 'most modern hospital in the region'
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• G.A.F. – Gortemaker Algra Feenstra (Rotterdam)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 July 2023Joint venture partnership with G.A.F. from Rotterdam along with jes architekten for the hospital consolidation project in Vechta (50,000 m² BGF, 450 beds, 10-year implementation). GSP serves as lead architecture partner in this ARGE (Arbeitsgemeinschaft) consortium for one of the largest healthcare construction projects in northern Germany.
• jes architekten / jes janßen eberlei-sobing architekten (Bremen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegular partnership with Bremen-based jes architekten in ARGE (joint venture) arrangements for multiple projects including: Schulzentrum Rahden, Feuerwache Nord Bremerhaven (won 1st prize), Astrid-Lindgren-Schule Bad Zwischenahn, and Delme Klinikum Delmenhorst. Long-standing collaborative relationship on public sector building projects.
• assmann gruppemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARGE partnership with assmann gruppe for Delme Klinikum Delmenhorst project, providing combined architecture and general planning services for the 180 million euro hospital reconstruction.
• Köster GmbHminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTotal contractor (Totalunternehmer) for the Verwaltungsgebäude am Klinikzentrum Westerstede project, working with GSP as the planning architects in an ARGE arrangement.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Ludes Architekten: Berlin-based architecture firm with healthcare, justice and education portfolio. Similar integrated architecture-plus-interior service offering and comparable firm size.
• KSP Engel Architekten: German architecture firm with broad public-sector and institutional portfolio. Comparable size and a recurring competitor on architectural competitions for public building commissions.
• assmann gruppe: German architecture and general-planning firm that is both an ARGE partner (Delme Klinikum) and a competitor on healthcare and institutional tenders. Closest peer in size, geography, and integrated-service model.
• Wörner Traxler Richter Planungsgesellschaft: Frankfurt-based German architecture firm specializing in hospital and research facility design. Direct competitor in healthcare architecture competitions, comparable firm scale.
• Heinle, Wischer und Partner: Stuttgart-headquartered German architecture firm with long-standing healthcare and institutional building focus. Comparable project scale and HOAI-based fee model, often encountered in public architectural competitions.
• Hascher Jehle Architektur: Berlin- and Frankfurt-based German architecture practice with strong public-sector portfolio in education, research and healthcare. Comparable scale and design-competition profile.
• Nickl & Partner Architekten: Munich-based German architecture firm specializing in hospital and research facility design. Directly comparable in healthcare domain expertise and competes in the same German public-tender competitive set.
• HPP Architekten: Cologne-based architecture firm with comparable German healthcare, justice and education specialization. Similar size band and competitive head-to-head on German VgV-Verfahren tenders for institutional buildings.

Broad incumbents

• HDR Architecture: Global architecture and engineering firm with one of the world's largest healthcare practices. Competes with GSP on larger German and international hospital commissions while offering broader portfolio across commercial, civic and transport sectors.
• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm with a large European architecture practice. Overlaps with GSP on integrated design-plus-project-management mandates for major institutional clients but operates at much greater scale and geographic breadth.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gsp-gerlach-schneider-partner-architekten-mbb

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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