berchtoldkrass space&options

What berchtoldkrass space&options does

berchtoldkrass space+options is a privately held German planning consultancy (Partnerschaft) founded in 2010 and headquartered in Karlsruhe, with a second co-working location in Stuttgart established in November 2025. The firm is owned entirely by its two founding partners, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Berchtold and Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Philipp Krass, both of whom hold university professorships (at KIT and OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences respectively). It employs 17 architects, urban planners, landscape architects, geographers and environmental planners working across scales from region to neighbourhood.

The firm's core service offering is integrated spatial and urban planning consultancy, organized around ten practice areas: comprehensive spatial development concepts; spatial vision images and future scenarios; urban design and neighbourhood development; climate protection and climate adaptation concepts; open space concepts; inner-city development and urban transformation; future commercial/industrial areas; data, GIS and mapping; illustration and visualization; and public participation processes. Its technical approach combines systematic analysis (including GIS-based density and settlement analysis as codified in the proprietary Dichtebild methodology) with strategic thinking and creative design, and it places strong emphasis on stakeholder participation and visualization to make complex spatial processes legible to public-sector decision-makers.

Revenue is generated entirely through professional services — primarily project-based consulting fees for public-sector clients, secured via competitive public procurement (including EU-wide tenders, multi-stage selection procedures and cooperative workshop procedures) and direct commissions. The client base is almost exclusively governmental: more than twenty named municipal, cantonal and regional clients across Germany (Stuttgart, Hamburg, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Bremen, Bonn, Trier, Fellbach, Regionalverband Mittlerer Oberrhein, RWTH Aachen, Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar, Fricktal Regio Planungsverband, Collectivité Européenne d'Alsace, Grand Est) and Switzerland (Zürich, Winterthur, Bern, Kanton Zürich, Kanton Aargau, Kanton Obwalden, St. Gallen, Thun), plus select non-profit foundations. Strategic activity in 2023–2026 has been defined by award recognition (Deutscher Städtebaupreis 2023 Sonderpreis for the Freiburg climate adaptation concept; POLIS award 2nd prize 2024 for Masterplan Magistralen Hamburg), geographic broadening into cross-border EU projects (Oberrhein, Lausitz), and a sustained hiring wave.

Name

berchtoldkrass space&options

Legal name

berchtoldkrass space+options Raumplaner, Stadtplaner. Partnerschaft

Website

https://berchtoldkrass.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

berchtoldkrass space+options is a German-owned urban and spatial planning consultancy founded in 2010, employing 17 architects, planners and landscape architects. It provides integrated spatial development, climate adaptation and participation-based planning services exclusively to public-sector clients across Germany and Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Planning Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional & Land Use Planning (BPAHAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO), Transportation & Infrastructure Planning (BPAHAKAF)

Keywords

• Urban planning consultancy
• Spatial development concepts
• Climate adaptation planning
• Urban design services
• Regional development strategies

Headquarters

HQ city

Karlsruhe

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Planning Services: Project-based consulting fees for urban and regional development planning services, including spatial development concepts, climate adaptation concepts, urban design frameworks, and participation processes for public sector clients.
2. Direct Client Commissions: Direct commissions from municipalities and government institutions, including cities, cantons, and regional associations in Germany and Switzerland, for strategic planning and urban development concepts.
3. Competitive Tender Projects: Projects secured through competitive tendering processes including EU-wide procurement procedures, multi-stage selection procedures, workshop procedures, and multiCommission competitions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

berchtoldkrass space+options is a spatial and urban planning consultancy that develops integrated planning concepts, climate adaptation strategies, urban design frameworks, open space strategies, and participation processes for cities, municipalities, cantons, and regional associations in Germany and Switzerland. The firm delivers project-based services spanning comprehensive spatial development concepts (Gesamträumliche Entwicklungskonzepte), spatial visions (Raumbilder), neighborhood-level urban development, climate adaptation concepts, GIS-based data analysis and mapping, and stakeholder participation procedures.

Product overview

berchtoldkrass space&options is a spatial and urban planning consultancy offering integrated planning services, not a software product company. Their service portfolio includes: Gesamträumliche Entwicklungskonzepte (comprehensive spatial development concepts for regions, cities, and quarters); Raumbilder und Zukunftsvisionen (spatial visions and future scenarios for large transformation areas); Städtebau und Quartiersentwicklung (urban development and neighborhood planning); Klimaschutz und Klimaanpassung (climate protection and climate adaptation concepts); Freiraumkonzepte (open space concepts); Innenentwicklung und urbane Transformation (inner-city development and urban transformation); Zukunft Gewerbegebiete (future commercial/industrial areas); Daten, GIS und Mapping (data, GIS, and mapping services); Illustration und Visualisierung (illustration and visualization for planning communication); and Beteiligung und Partizipation (participation and public involvement processes). The firm works across scales from region to city to neighborhood, integrating analytical precision with creative design. This is a unified consultancy service offering, not a modular software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gesamträumliche Entwicklungskonzepte (Comprehensive Spatial Development Concepts)

Quantifiable outcome

• Sonderpreis (Special Prize) Deutscher Städtebaupreis 2023 for Klimaanpassungskonzept Freiburg
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

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

• GEO-NET Umweltconsulting GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership with GEO-NET for climate adaptation projects. Collaborated on Klimaanpassungskonzepte (climate adaptation concepts) for multiple cities including Freiburg, Achern, and Konstanz, combining spatial planning with environmental consulting expertise.
• Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar / Nachbarschaftsverband Heidelberg-MannheimcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the Dichtebild project analyzing settlement density and development perspectives for the metropolitan region, working with regional planning bodies on GIS-based spatial analysis.
• BBSR im Auftrag des BMWSBcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunded research project on settlement density and spatial development strategies, supported by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development on behalf of the Federal Ministry.
• urbanista.chmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner for Raumkonzept Oberrhein trinational spatial concept, bringing Swiss spatial planning expertise to cross-border regional development collaboration.
• AT2majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner for Raumkonzept Oberrhein contributing to the trinational spatial concept for the Upper Rhine region spanning France, Switzerland, and Germany.
• ASTOC Architects and PlannersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Masterplan Magistralen 2040+ for Hamburg, contributing architectural and urban planning expertise to the integrated urban development concept.
• urban catalystmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on multiple projects including Masterplan Magistralen Hamburg, contributing urban development and transformation expertise.
• bgmr LandschaftsarchitektenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Modell Räumliche Ordnung (MRO) Mannheim and other projects, contributing landscape architecture expertise.
• orange edgeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner on Modell Räumliche Ordnung Mannheim contributing urban design expertise.
• Kontextplan AGmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLed interdisciplinary team for ESP Sisslerfeld test planning in Kanton Aargau, collaborating on area development and urban design concepts.
• MRS Partner AGmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on ESP Sisslerfeld test planning and Räumliche Entwicklungsperspektive Winterthur 2040.
• Fahrländer PartnerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner for ESP Sisslerfeld contributing real estate and planning expertise.
• Amunt Nagel TheissenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Urban Sandwich I and II studies for Stuttgart on vertical stacking of commercial uses, and Konzeptstudie Gewerbe neu denken! for Fellbach.
• Hosoya Schaefer Architects AGmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Konzeptstudie Gewerbe neu denken! for Fellbach IBA'27 project combining urban planning with architectural expertise.
• intégral rueidi baur ZürichmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner for Metrobild Zurich metropolitan spatial vision, contributing urban design and identity expertise.
• YellowZmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Integrierte Raumstrategie Rheinisches Revier 2038+ developing visionary spatial images for the Rhenish mining region transformation.
• rabe landschaftmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner on Integrierte Raumstrategie Rheinisches Revier contributing landscape architecture expertise.
• ARGUS studiomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Integrierte Raumstrategie Rheinisches Revier contributing mobility and transport planning expertise.
• Dr. Stefan CarstenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExpert contribution to Integrierte Raumstrategie Rheinisches Revier providing strategic spatial planning consulting.
• bauchplan ).(majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership on multiple projects including Integriertes Digitales Entwicklungskonzept for Nördliches Fichtelgebirge and Langenfeld development projects.
• STUDIO . URBANE STRATEGIENmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Räumliches Leitbild Karlsruhe spatial development concept combining urban strategies expertise.
• wgf Landschaft GmbHmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Integriertes Klimaanpassungskonzept Freising (KLAPS50) contributing landscape planning expertise.
• Ingenieurgesellschaft Prof. Dr. Sieker mbHmajorTechnology or IntegrationProject partner for KLAPS50 climate adaptation concept contributing water management and engineering expertise.
• Adapter e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the cooperative framework planning process for Dorschberg district, contributing sustainable urban development expertise.
• StadtimpulsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the cooperative framework planning process for Dorschberg district transformation.
• Feinheit AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunications agency partner for Zukunftsbilder Zentrum Hardbrücke project in Zürich.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ASTOC Architects and Planners: Cologne-headquartered architecture and urban planning firm with comparable international urban development portfolio; Philipp Krass previously worked here 2002-2009, and ASTOC co-delivered the Masterplan Magistralen Hamburg with berchtoldkrass.
• urbanista: Zurich-based urban development consultancy operating across Switzerland and internationally; project partner of berchtoldkrass on Raumkonzept Oberrhein and serves the same Swiss municipal/cantonal client base.
• bgmr Landschaftsarchitekten: Berlin-based landscape architecture firm with strong urban and regional planning practice; partnered with berchtoldkrass on Modell Räumliche Ordnung Mannheim and several climate adaptation projects.
• yellowZ: Berlin-based urban planning studio focused on regional transformation strategies; partnered with berchtoldkrass on Integrierte Raumstrategie Rheinisches Revier 2038+ and competes for the same federal-level regional planning commissions.
• STUDIO . URBANE STRATEGIEN: Bonn/Berlin urban strategies practice with parallel methodology around integrated spatial development concepts; partnered with berchtoldkrass on Räumliches Leitbild Karlsruhe.
• SchlaU - Werkstatt für Stadtentwicklung: Munich-based planning and participation consultancy delivering integrated urban development, participation processes, and climate adaptation concepts for German municipalities — closely comparable in service mix and tender profile.
• Hosoya Schaefer Architects AG: Zurich architecture and urban design practice with comparable focus on large-scale development concepts, mobility, and integrated spatial strategies; partnered with berchtoldkrass on Fellbach IBA'27 study.
• AS&P - Albert Speer + Partner: Frankfurt-based urban planning and architecture consultancy working on city, mobility, and regional planning projects across Germany. Most direct comparable in scale, public-sector focus, and integrated planning/design offering within the German market.
• Machleidt + Partner: Berlin-based planning consultancy delivering integrated urban development, mobility, and open-space strategies for German municipalities — comparable service portfolio, scale, and public-sector client mix.
• Topos Stadtplanung Landschaftsplanung: Frankfurt-based urban and landscape planning consultancy with comparable work on integrated development concepts, open-space strategies, and participation-based planning for German public-sector clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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