DRK Pflegedienste gGmbH

What DRK Pflegedienste gGmbH does

DRK Pflegedienste gGmbH is the ambulatory care services subsidiary of the DRK-Kreisverband G\u00f6ttingen-Northeim e.V., a registered nonprofit association (eingetragener Verein) affiliated with the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) and headquartered in G\u00f6ttingen, Lower Saxony. The parent Kreisverband operates a broad portfolio of social and healthcare services across the G\u00f6ttingen and Northeim districts, including home-based ambulatory nursing care (Ambulante Pflege), a 24/7 home emergency alert system (Hausnotruf), first aid training (Erste-Hilfe-Kurse), blood donation logistics in collaboration with DRK-Blutspendedienst NSTOB, rescue and medical services (Rettungsdienst, Sanit\u00e4tsdienst), and a network of 19+ Kindertagesst\u00e4tten (Kitas) including regular, cr\u00e8che, integrative, and special-needs facilities. Additional offerings cover family relief services for people with disabilities (FED), school accompaniment, transportation, clothing donation retail (Kleidershops and Spendenzentrum), and disaster preparedness/civil protection through volunteer Bereitschaften.

The organization is governed by a volunteer board led by Vorstandsvorsitzende Petra Reu\u00dfner and operates through a federated structure of approximately 80 local DRK-Ortsvereine (local chapters) that provide grassroots volunteer capacity for service delivery, fundraising, and community engagement. The firmographic data indicates 12 employees, which appears to reflect only the Pflegedienste gGmbH legal entity rather than the full Kreisverband; named operational and administrative staff across the Kreisverband span HR, controlling/digitalization, finance, facility management, volunteer coordination, and service-specific leadership.

The business model is a hybrid non-profit structure combining recurring membership fees and donations, fee-for-service revenue from ambulatory care and Hausnotruf subscriptions, transactions from second-hand clothing retail, public-sector funding for Kitas and civil protection services, and DRK-umbrella integration for blood donation and disaster response logistics. The entity is part of the broader DRK network and the international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, which confers brand recognition, regulatory standing, and access to shared emergency resources but constrains commercial expansion to the regional G\u00f6ttingen-Northeim service area. No proprietary technology platforms or AI/ML capabilities are identified in the source data.

Name

DRK Pflegedienste gGmbH

Legal name

DRK Kreisverband Göttingen-Northeim e.V.

Website

https://drk-goe-nom.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DRK Pflegedienste gGmbH is the ambulatory care arm of the DRK-Kreisverband G\u00f6ttingen-Northeim, a German Red Cross nonprofit delivering home nursing, home alert, Kitas, rescue services, blood donation, and volunteer programs across the G\u00f6ttingen-Northeim district in Lower Saxony.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Home Healthcare and Humanitarian Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (62161), Individual and Family Services (6241), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG), Specialized Instruction & Resource Support (Inclusion, Pull-Out, Co-Teaching) (EDAJAKAC)

Keywords

• Home nursing services
• Emergency alert systems
• First aid training
• Child daycare services
• Humanitarian rescue services

Headquarters

HQ city

Göttingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees and donations: The organization relies heavily on membership contributions and monetary donations from individuals. These funds support the daily Red Cross work, projects, and enable the volunteer network to function.
2. Kleidershop sales: Clothing donations are sorted, processed, and sold through DRK clothing shops. Proceeds support youth work, social projects, clothing shops themselves, and volunteer equipment.
3. Blood donation (humanitarian service, not revenue-generating): Blood donation is organized in collaboration with the DRK-Blutspendedienst NSTOB. While a humanitarian service, it supports the broader DRK healthcare mission. Nearly 7,000 donors annually across 100+ events.
4. Clothing container placement and recycling: Clothing containers placed throughout the region collect donations. Damaged items go to recycling companies for raw material recovery, generating revenue that supports youth work and social projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

DRK Pflegedienste gGmbH, operating within the DRK-Kreisverband Göttingen-Northeim e.V., delivers community-based humanitarian and social services across the Göttingen-Northeim district. Core offerings include home ambulatory nursing care, a 24/7 home emergency alert system (Hausnotruf), first aid training courses, regional blood donation event coordination, and a network of 19+ daycare centers (Kindertagesstätten) including integrative and therapeutic facilities. Supporting services encompass rescue and emergency medical services, volunteer civil protection units, family relief services for people with disabilities, school accompaniment, and second-hand clothing retail through DRK Kleidershops.

Product overview

DRK Pflegedienste gGmbH operates as part of the DRK-Kreisverband Göttingen-Northeim e.V., a comprehensive humanitarian services organization. The portfolio consists of a diverse range of interconnected social and healthcare services rather than a unified software product. Core offerings include: Ambulatory Care (Ambulante Pflege) providing home-based nursing services; Emergency Alert System (Hausnotruf) offering 24/7 safety monitoring; First Aid Training (Erste-Hilfe-Kurse) with various specialized courses; Blood Donation Services (Blutspende) organizing over 100 annual donation events; and an extensive network of 20+ Daycare Centers (DRK-Kindertagesstätten) ranging from regular to therapeutic/integrative facilities. The organization provides Emergency and Rescue Services (Rettungsdienst), Medical Coverage Services (Sanitätsdienst), and extensive Volunteer Programs including the Youth Red Cross and Civil Protection units across 80 local associations. Additional support services include Family Relief Services (FED) for disabled individuals, School Accompaniment support, Transportation Services, and Clothing Donation/Shop operations. The services are primarily delivered through a network of local volunteer associations and professionally staffed facilities, utilizing donations and membership fees as funding sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DRK-Kleidercontainer: Clothing donation containers for collecting used textiles
• DRK-Kleidershops
• DRK-Spendenzentrum
• Hausnotruf
• Ambulante Pflege

Products and services

• Ambulante Pflege (Ambulatory Nursing Care)
• Hausnotruf (24/7 Home Emergency Alert System)
• Erste-Hilfe-Kurse (First Aid Training Courses)
• Blutspende (Blood Donation Service)
• DRK-Kindertagesstätten (Daycare and Kindergarten Network) Network of 19+ daycare centers (Kitas) across the Göttingen-Northeim region, offering regular, integrative, and special needs childcare from infancy through school age. A new 5-group Kita in Uslar is planned to open in August 2027.
• Rettungsdienst (Rescue and Emergency Medical Service)
• Sanitätsdienst (Medical Coverage at Events)
• DRK-Kleiderspenden und Kleidershops (Clothing Donations and Retail Shops) Clothing donation collection through regional containers and retail second-hand clothing shops in Einbeck, Hann. Münden (two locations), and Göttingen (now at the Spendenzentrum). Proceeds support youth work, social projects, and volunteer equipment.
• Bereitschaften und Katastrophenschutz (Volunteer Emergency Response and Civil Protection)
• Familienentlastender Dienst (FED) (Family Relief Service for People with Disabilities)
• Schulbegleitende Hilfen (School Accompaniment Support)
• Fahrdienst (Transportation Service for People with Disabilities)
• DRK-Spendenzentrum (Donation Center) Central donation processing facility at Robert-Bosch-Breite 1, 37079 Göttingen, handling clothing and material donations for the region, including the relocated Göttingen Kleidershop.
• Personenauskunftsstelle (Tracing and Family Reunion Service)

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 7,000 blood donors per year across 100+ events; 30% of donors under 40 years old

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

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

• Albert-Schweitzer-FamilienwerkmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2026Partner in the new Kita building in Uslar (Jahnstraße), alongside DRK and AWO, representing a multi-provider child care facility.
• Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2026Partner in the new Kita building in Uslar (Jahnstraße), alongside DRK and Albert-Schweitzer-Familienwerk, representing a multi-provider child care facility.
• DRK-Blutspendedienst NSTOBcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe blood donation service is provided by the DRK-Blutspendedienst NSTOB, a non-profit company of the DRK state associations of Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen, Oldenburg, and Bremen (NSTOB). The blood collection itself is performed by highly qualified professional teams from this service using mobile blood donation equipment.
• 80 DRK-Ortsvereine (local chapters)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe 80 local DRK Ortsvereine form the grassroots network for volunteer engagement, blood donation event organization, first aid courses, clothing collection, and community services throughout the district.
• City of UslarmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partner for the new Kita construction project in Uslar. Mayor Torsten Bauer participated in the groundbreaking ceremony and emphasized the importance of the facility for the city.
• SC HainbergminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCooperation with SC Hainberg for city bus training for users of rollators or wheelchairs, organized by DRK-Ortsverein Göttingen.
• Tuspo MengerhausenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCooperation partner for first aid courses (Erste-Hilfe am Kind) held at the sports hall in Mengershausen.
• Various fire brigades (Feuerwehren)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegular joint training exercises with fire departments (Freiwillige Feuerwehren) for emergency response, including traffic accident drills, rescue operations, and disaster preparedness.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Malteser Hilfsdienst: Malteser operates ambulatory and elder care, Kita, first aid training, emergency medical services, and disability/inclusion programs in Germany under a federal-regional model that closely mirrors the DRK Kreisverband structure and service breadth.
• AWO (Arbeiterwohlfahrt) Bezirksverband: AWO is a co-developer of the new Uslar Kita alongside DRK and provides nearly identical social and care services (childcare, ambulatory care, elder care, disability support). It is a direct peer competing for the same subsidized regional contracts and members.
• ASB Deutschland (Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund): ASB is a German welfare and humanitarian organization with a virtually identical service portfolio (ambulatory care, Kita, rescue services, blood donation coordination, first aid training, disability services) and operates through a similar federal-state-local chapter model. It is the most direct functional peer of DRK-Kreisverband Göttingen-Northeim within the German welfare sector.
• DRK-Kreisverband Berlin: Another DRK Kreisverband with a comparable service mix (ambulatory care, Kitas, rescue, blood donation, Hausnotruf, disability services), differing mainly in being urban and larger; it is the most direct same-brand peer to the Göttingen-Northeim Kreisverband.
• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe: Johanniter is a federally organized German welfare organization delivering ambulatory care, emergency medical services, first aid training, Kita, and volunteer-based civil protection — directly comparable to the DRK Kreisverband's service mix and regional chapter structure.

Broad incumbents

• Caritas Deutschland: Caritas is the largest German welfare confederation, offering elder care, disability services, childcare, and emergency aid at much greater national scale. It overlaps heavily with DRK service lines but operates on a much broader institutional footprint.
• Diakonie Deutschland: Diakonie is a major national welfare provider of ambulatory nursing, elder care, disability services, and youth/family programs under Protestant church auspices, comparable in mission and service breadth to DRK but operating at greater national scale.

Emerging players

• Home Instead (Deutschland): A private franchise network providing non-medical and ambulatory home care services in Germany, competing with DRK's Ambulatory Pflege and Hausnotruf offerings for the same elderly customer segment, though without DRK's broader social service portfolio.

Regional players

• KWA Kuratorium Wohnen im Alter: KWA operates senior residences, ambulatory care services, and senior community programs in Germany. It is comparable to DRK's elder care and Hausnotruf offerings but is regional/southern Germany-focused and more residential-care-oriented.
• compassio (formerly SRH Seniorenheime): compassio is a German operator of residential and ambulatory elder care services, comparable to DRK's Ambulatory Pflege and Hausnotruf service lines, though it focuses more on residential care settings in southern Germany rather than rural Lower Saxony.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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