What Green Lake County, WI does

Green Lake County, Wisconsin is a public county government entity established in 1858, operating under Wisconsin state law and governed by an elected County Board of Supervisors currently chaired by David Abendroth, with Samantha Stobbe serving as County Clerk. The county delivers a full suite of municipal services to its residents, businesses, and visitors through departments including the Sheriff's Office, Health & Human Services, Highway Department, Land Conservation, County Clerk, Treasurer, Register of Deeds, District Attorney, and GIS, along with the Fox River Industries rehabilitation and employment division. Its territory spans Central Wisconsin — encompassing the Cities of Berlin, Green Lake, Markesan, and Princeton, plus ten towns — and is anchored by Wisconsin's deepest natural lake (Green Lake, 237 feet) and 20 total lakes with the Fox River running through Berlin and Princeton.

The county's technology footprint is modest and standard for a small municipal entity: an official public website (greenlakecountywi.gov) built on a WordPress/DOS-theme platform provides departmental directories, news, events, employment postings, election information, documents, and announcements, while an authenticated employee intranet provides internal staff access. Microsoft Teams is used to enable virtual attendance at County Board, Finance & Insurance, and EMS Committee meetings, supporting public transparency. No commercial product portfolio exists, no APIs or AI capabilities are disclosed, and no proprietary technology is in development.

Green Lake County is funded through property taxes, state funding, and federal grants rather than user fees for general government services. It does not operate a commercial revenue model, has no funding rounds, no parent company, and no subsidiaries in the corporate sense — only the wholly-owned internal division Fox River Industries, which provides rehabilitation and employment services. Industrial and healthcare relationships with ThedaCare, Badger Mining, Generac, Del Monte Corporation, and RAJ are positioned as local economic-development partners rather than commercial contracts. The entity employs 51-100 staff and serves a fixed, captive jurisdictional population with no churn risk and no pricing pressure.

Name

Green Lake County, WI

Legal name

Green Lake County, Wisconsin

Website

https://co.green-lake.wi.us

Company type

Public

Founded year

1858

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Green Lake County, Wisconsin is a public county government founded in 1858, delivering municipal services — public safety, health and human services, highways, conservation, and elections — to residents, businesses, and visitors of Central Wisconsin through approximately 51-100 staff, funded by property taxes, state aid, and federal grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

County Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (923120), Police Protection (922120), Correctional Institutions (922140)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Works Departments (Streets, Bridges, Stormwater, Fleet, Maintenance) (BPAIALAD), County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB), Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

Keywords

• County government services
• Public safety administration
• Health and human services
• Highway maintenance
• Land conservation

Headquarters

HQ city

Green Lake, Wisconsin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Green Lake County operates as a county-level municipal government providing mandated public services across departments including the Sheriff's Office, Emergency Medical Services, Health & Human Services, Highway Department, Land Conservation, Circuit Court, Clerk of Courts, County Clerk, Treasurer, Register of Deeds, and Veterans Services. Services are delivered free of charge to county residents and visitors through physical government centers, an official public website (greenlakecountywi.gov), and an employee intranet, with public meetings accessible in person and via Microsoft Teams.

Product overview

Green Lake County, WI operates a county government website providing public information, departmental services, meeting schedules, event announcements, and resource access for residents. The website is built on a WordPress/DOS theme platform and does not represent a commercial product portfolio. It provides access to county departments (Sheriff, Health & Human Services, Highway, GIS, etc.), meeting calendars, contact directories, documents and forms, news/blog posts, and online services such as the Clean Sweep hazardous waste collection program and Solar Project RFP.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Green Lake County Government Website
• Green Lake County Employee Intranet

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ThedaCarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThedaCare provides quality healthcare system for the county with a full-service hospital in Berlin and satellite clinics in each community, serving all county residents and visitors.
• Badger MiningcoreOthersBadger Mining is a sand producing firm that has been operating for over 100 years with headquarters in Berlin, located in several communities around the county.
• GeneraccoreOthersGenerac is a world-leader in mobile generators, light towers, and other construction industry-based products, located in one of Berlin's three industrial parks.
• Del Monte CorporationcoreOthersDel Monte Corporation operates in Markesan, situated in the county's farming country.
• RAJ (Berlin)minorOthersRAJ produces most NFL, NBA and college sport uniforms in Berlin.
• Boys & Girls Club of the Tri-CountyminorOthersBoys & Girls Club of the Tri-County offers a wide variety of activities in the county.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Marquette County, WI: Neighboring Wisconsin county from which Green Lake was originally separated in 1858. Comparable rural service profile with similar industrial-mix and lake-region tourism economy, making it the closest structural peer.
• Waushara County, WI: Adjacent rural Wisconsin county of comparable size and population. Provides the same slate of municipal services (sheriff, highway, HHS, land conservation) to a similar small-population, agriculture-tourism economy in Central Wisconsin.
• Waupaca County, WI: Neighboring Central Wisconsin county with similar lake-region tourism profile and comparable rural municipal government structure. Comparable in service scope, scale, and economic base.
• Dodge County, WI: Adjacent Wisconsin county sharing manufacturing and agricultural economic base, similar service offerings, and identical state-level governance framework under Wisconsin county statutes.
• Columbia County, WI: South-central Wisconsin county with a similar mix of agriculture, manufacturing, and lake-region recreation. Operates the same Wisconsin county service structure with comparable population scale.
• Adams County, WI: Small rural Central Wisconsin county of comparable size, providing a near-identical mix of municipal services (sheriff, highway, HHS) with similar reliance on tourism, agriculture, and small manufacturing.
• Fond du Lac County, WI: Slightly larger neighboring Wisconsin county with overlapping industrial employers (manufacturing, agriculture) and a similar service portfolio. Comparable in governance structure under Wisconsin county law, but with greater population density.

Others

• ThedaCare: Regional healthcare system and core strategic partner providing the hospital and clinic network serving Green Lake County residents. Not a peer in the governance sense but a deeply intertwined ecosystem partner.
• Wisconsin Counties Association: Statewide membership association representing all 72 Wisconsin counties. Provides shared services, advocacy, and policy coordination relevant to Green Lake's governance, funding, and intergovernmental operations.

Regional players

• Winnebago County, WI: Larger neighboring county anchored by Oshkosh with broader industrial base and urban services. Operates under the same Wisconsin county framework but at materially larger scale than Green Lake.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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