Gemeinde Birsfelden

What Gemeinde Birsfelden does

Gemeinde Birsfelden is a Swiss municipal government entity (Gemeinde) located in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, serving the residents and businesses of Birsfelden, a community of approximately 10,000+ inhabitants adjacent to Basel. Founded in 1875 and employing 58 staff, the municipality delivers the full spectrum of local government services: civil registration, identity documents, building and construction permitting, social services, childcare vouchers, waste management, water and sewage, road maintenance across ~25 km of municipal roads, municipal police, fire brigade, and civil protection. Service delivery is structured around life events (Lebensthemen) and an A-Z service catalog, accessed through a hybrid of physical counters at Hauptstrasse 77, an appointment booking system, and the Onlineschalter digital portal offering 50+ online services.

The municipality's core technology footprint centers on the Onlineschalter self-service portal, the Multimedianetz (MMN/GGA) cable and fiber network, the Bewilligungen (permit) portal, and the Automatische Durchfahrtskontrolle (ADK) for traffic monitoring. It is currently executing a multi-year climate and infrastructure program: the Wärme Birsfelden district heating expansion in partnership with Alternativ-Energie Birsfelden AG and Wärmeverbund Lehenmatt Birs to displace ~80% of fossil-fuel-based heating; the Schwammstadt (sponge city) initiative offering subsidies for private rainwater separation; and ongoing urban development tracked via entwicklung-birsfelden.ch. Birsfelden holds the Energiestadt (Energy City) and Fair Trade Town certifications.

Revenue and funding mechanics are those of a Swiss municipality: the operating budget is funded principally through cantonal tax collection (administered at Basel-Landschaft level), supplemented by fees for permits, certificates, market stalls, sports facility rentals, and parking permits set under a municipal fee schedule (Gebührenordnung). There is no commercial revenue stream in the corporate sense, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no funding rounds; the entity is publicly governed by a Gemeinderat (municipal council) and is not listed on any exchange.

Name

Gemeinde Birsfelden

Legal name

Gemeinde Birsfelden

Website

https://birsfelden.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1875

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Gemeinde Birsfelden is a Swiss municipal government entity in Basel-Landschaft serving local residents and businesses with administrative services, civil registration, permitting, waste management, district heating, fiber network, and social services via physical counters and a 50+ service digital portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Birsfelden, Basel-Landschaft

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Gemeinde Birsfelden is a Swiss municipal government entity that delivers administrative, infrastructural, social, and cultural services to residents and local businesses within its territory. Its core offerings include civil registry and resident services (residence registration, passports, civil status matters), building permit issuance, waste management, district heating supply, a municipal fiber/cable network (Multimedianetz), the Schwammstadt rainwater management program, and community/cultural services. These are delivered through both a digital self-service portal (Onlineschalter) with 50+ online services and physical service counters.

Product overview

Gemeinde Birsfelden operates a digital service platform offering municipal administration services through an integrated online portal system. The core offering is the Onlineschalter (Online Counter), which provides digital access to administrative services organized by life events (Lebensthemen) and administrative departments. Key services include the MMN Multimedianetz for community media services, district heating (Fernwärme) for energy transition, Schwammstadt for sustainable water management, comprehensive waste management (Abfallwirtschaft), and the Automatische Durchfahrtskontrolle for traffic monitoring. Services are accessible through a unified digital interface with online forms, permit applications, and the Bewilligungen Portal for permit requests.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Onlineschalter (Online Counter) Digital self-service portal providing residents 24/7 access to municipal administrative services including residence registration, building permits, waste management, childcare vouchers, tax-related services, and over 50 additional online services organized by department and life events.
• MMN Multimedianetz / GGA Community multimedia network providing cable television, internet, and telecommunications services to residents and businesses in Birsfelden. Residents can submit connection requests, completion notifications, and service disruption reports through the online portal.
• Fernwärme (District Heating) Municipal district heating network services supporting renewable energy transition, currently extending district heating networks in collaboration with Alternativ-Energie Birsfelden AG and Wärmeverbund Lehenmatt Birs to replace fossil fuel-based heating.
• Schwammstadt (Sponge City) Program Sustainable urban water management initiative including rainwater separation subsidies, water infiltration systems, and environmental protection measures for climate adaptation. Provides subsidies to private property owners for rainwater separation projects.
• Abfallwirtschaft (Waste Management) Municipal waste management services including green waste collection, recycling programs, waste calendar, collection points, and waste disposal request services for residents and businesses.
• Automatische Durchfahrtskontrolle (ADK) Automatic traffic control system for monitoring vehicle passages on municipal roads with partial traffic bans, including permit applications and objection processing for residents and businesses.
• Bewilligungen Portal (Permit Portal) Online portal for applying for various municipal permits including traffic, events, and construction-related authorizations for residents, property owners, and event organizers.
• Lebensthemen (Life Topics) Service Organization Life-event based service organization system categorizing municipal services by life situations including identity documents, waste/environment, building/housing, health/social, leisure/events, security, birth/death/marriage, education/family, and mobility/transport.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Alternativ-Energie Birsfelden AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBirsfelden collaborates with Alternativ-Energie Birsfelden AG on the expansion of district heating networks, a key initiative to reduce the municipality's dependence on fossil fuels (currently ~80% of heating energy comes from oil and natural gas). This partnership supports the Wärme Birsfelden development program aimed at transitioning the municipality's heating infrastructure to renewable energy sources.
• Wärmeverbund Lehenmatt BirscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Wärmeverbund Lehenmatt Birs to expand and connect district heating networks across the municipality, supporting the energy transition away from fossil fuel heating systems.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gemeinde Riehen: Swiss municipality across the Basel border with a comparable mix of digital administrative services, cultural and recreational venue management, and community association support.
• Gemeinde Arlesheim: Nearby Basel-Landschaft municipality with comparable administrative, social, and recreational services, comparable headcount profile, and similar proximity to the Basel metropolitan economy.
• Gemeinde Liestal: Cantonal capital of Basel-Landschaft; operates a similar municipal service portfolio including digital counter, permit portal, and community facilities, but at a larger administrative scale.
• Gemeinde Münchenstein: Directly neighboring municipality in Basel-Landschaft offering the same breadth of administrative, social, and infrastructure services within a comparable residential and small-business base.
• Gemeinde Muttenz: Neighboring Basel-Landschaft municipality of similar size and service profile, offering the same portfolio of administrative services, construction permitting, and municipal infrastructure to its residents — a directly comparable Swiss Gemeinde.
• Gemeinde Pratteln: Adjacent Basel-Landschaft municipality with comparable population scale, administering similar online services, building permits, district heating, and community association support to its residents.
• Gemeinde Allschwil: Basel-Landschaft municipality with similar scale and operational scope, providing analog municipal services (registration, permits, social services, waste management) to a residential constituency.

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Zürich: Largest Swiss municipality; provides administrative services, digital e-government platforms, and utility/energy programs at city scale, serving as an upper-bound reference for advanced digital and sustainability best practices relevant to Birsfelden's evolution.
• Stadt Basel: Larger urban municipality in the same metropolitan region operating municipal administration at scale with a much broader portfolio and headcount, providing a benchmark for service delivery and digital-portal maturity.

Others

• Verein Birsstadt: Regional association linking Birsfelden with neighboring municipalities (including Muttenz, Pratteln, Münchenstein) for joint projects and shared services; functions as a peer ecosystem and collaboration layer rather than a competing administrative entity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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