asp Architekten GmbH

Name

asp Architekten GmbH

Legal name

asp Architekten GmbH

Website

https://asp-architekten.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural and Urban Planning Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Other Specialized Design Services (54149)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO), Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural planning services
• Urban development consulting
• Sustainable architecture design
• Building information modeling
• Urban planning firm

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture Services: Full-service architecture firm providing planning services across all HOAI phases, from feasibility studies through construction management. Revenue generated through professional service fees for architectural design, interior design, and project management on public and private construction projects.
2. Urban Planning Services: Urban development and master planning services including integrated development concepts, neighborhood development, campus developments, and climate adaptation concepts. Services delivered across formal and informal planning phases.
3. Process Design and Consultation: Dialogue-based process design for transformation processes, citizen participation formats, planning workshops, and Phase 0 target definition services. Revenue from consulting and facilitation services alongside architectural commissions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

asp Architekten GmbH is a German architecture and urban planning firm delivering professional services across all HOAI phases, covering architectural design, interior design, urban development, and dialogue-based process design. The firm combines architecture, urban planning, and process design in an integrated cross-scale approach, serving municipalities, private companies, and developers through competitions, direct commissions, and cooperative planning procedures across Germany.

Product overview

asp Architekten GmbH is an architecture and urban planning firm that offers integrated service modules across three core areas: Architecture, Urban Development (Städtebau), and Process Design. Their services span all HOAI phases with specialized offerings including BIM management, life cycle analyses, material passports, workplace design, and citizen participation. The firm operates across defined project categories including sports venues, educational/cultural buildings, housing, mobility solutions, and working environments. Their approach emphasizes cross-scale planning combining digital tools (BIM, life cycle analyses) with analog design methods, serving municipalities, companies, and developers. The company does not offer a software product but rather professional services delivered through interdisciplinary teams at offices in Stuttgart and Berlin.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architektur (Architecture Services) Comprehensive architectural planning services covering all phases of the German HOAI fee structure, including feasibility studies, project organization, BIM management, life cycle analyses, material passports, workplace design, and spatial-organizational development. Targeted at municipalities, private companies, and developers commissioning building projects.
• Städtebau (Urban Development) Urban planning services including integrated development concepts, neighborhood development, factory structure planning, campus developments, mobility concepts, climate adaptation concepts, brownfield analyses, master plans, framework plans, design manuals, and spatial models. Targeted at municipalities and public institutions.
• Prozesse (Process Design) Process design services for transformation projects including Phase 0 target definition, needs and strategy consulting for work locations, cooperative location development, citizen participation formats, and planning workshops. Targeted at municipalities and organizations undergoing urban transformation.
• Arbeitswelten (Working Environments) Design of working environments as hybrid knowledge spaces, addressing transformation needs through dialogue, cooperation, and adaptability across scales from urban regions to interior spaces. Targeted at companies commissioning office, research, and production facilities.
• Sportstätten (Sports Venues)

Quantifiable outcome

• German Urban Development Prize 2023 (Deutscher Städtebaupreis), Special Award in 'Shaping Climate Adaptation' category for Stuttgart Rosenstein framework plan
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Koeber LandschaftsarchitekturcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architecture partner collaborating on urban planning projects including the B14 New Urban Space framework plan in Stuttgart, working together with Inovaplan on cross-scale planning development.
• InovaplancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlanning partner for the B14 New Urban Space framework plan in Stuttgart, contributing to the collaborative planning process alongside Koeber Landschaftsarchitektur.
• Grüne WelleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architecture partner for the Haisterkirch inner-city development project in Bad Waldsee, received recognition in the design competition.
• Architektenkammer Baden-WürttembergcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner for the 'Dialog Zirkuläres Bauen' (Dialogue on Circular Construction) event series, held annually. The third edition featured speakers from the City of Munich's Building Department.
• Ippolito Fleitz GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior design collaborator on the Haus des Tourismus project in Stuttgart, a flagship renovation project transforming a former department store into a tourism experience center. Both firms' managing directors delivered joint keynote presentations on circularity.
• Marcus HergetminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSustainability consultant collaborating on the 'Dialog Zirkuläres Bauen' event series initiated by asp Architekten in cooperation with Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg.
• PlanbarhochdreiminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProcess design and citizen participation specialist organizing and conducting public participation events for the B14 New Urban Space project in Stuttgart.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ippolito Fleitz Group: Stuttgart-based architecture and interior design firm that is a named strategic partner of asp on the Haus des Tourismus project. Directly comparable in Stuttgart positioning, design philosophy, and interior architecture focus.
• Wulf Architekten: Stuttgart-based architecture firm of comparable size, working on public buildings, urban development, and civic projects. A direct local peer competing for the same Baden-Württemberg municipal client base.
• Barkow Leibinger: Berlin-based architecture practice of comparable size and profile, working across building typologies including cultural, civic, and industrial projects with a strong design-research orientation. Directly comparable in scale (~100 staff), German-headquartered, and competing for similar cultural and civic commissions.
• HPP Architekten: Established Düsseldorf-based German architecture practice with a comparable mix of public, sports, office, and urban planning commissions. Slightly larger and more international, but directly competes with asp for German municipal and corporate clients.
• Staab Architekten: Berlin-based architecture firm working on cultural, civic, and residential projects at comparable scale. Strong awards profile comparable to asp, and competes for similar German public-sector commissions.
• Henn Architekten: Munich-headquartered German architecture firm with deep expertise in workplace, cultural, and educational buildings. Comparable design-led positioning and competes with asp for German corporate and public-sector clients.
• Kuehn Malvezzi: Berlin architecture firm with a comparable mix of cultural, civic, and urban design projects. Similar headcount and design-led positioning; competes with asp on museum, cultural, and public-building commissions in Germany.
• Hascher Jehle Architektur: Berlin-headquartered architecture firm working across commercial, cultural, and public-sector projects at comparable scale. Overlaps with asp in the German civic and commercial building market, with similar project-based fee model.

Broad incumbents

• David Chipperfield Architects: Berlin-based international architecture practice with global reach, working on cultural, civic, and residential commissions. A much larger and more internationally recognized incumbent that competes for marquee German and European cultural projects at the upper end of asp's market.
• gmp Architekten: Large Hamburg-headquartered German architecture practice with global reach and significant in-house engineering capacity. Broader portfolio spanning stadiums, airports, and masterplans — asp's Berlin office director David Meurer previously worked at gmp, indicating direct talent and project overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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