Gemeinde Fehraltorf

What Gemeinde Fehraltorf does

Gemeinde Fehraltorf is a Swiss municipality (Gemeinde) and public-law corporation located in the Canton of Zurich, serving its resident population and local businesses with the full bundle of mandatory local government services. Operationally, it runs a 38-employee municipal administration out of its headquarters at Kempttalstrasse 54, Fehraltorf, and delivers services across resident registration and civil documentation (Einwohnerkontrolle), tax administration (Steueramt, including the eSteuerkonto online tax account), building permits, social services (AHV-Zweigstelle), public safety coordination (with Polizei Region Pfäffikon), waste management (Entsorgung), and community facilities including the Hallenbad (indoor swimming pool), library, and event spaces.

The municipality's core digital platform is the Online-Schalter e-government portal, developed, hosted, and maintained by Innovative Web AG (i-web), which provides interactive applications such as the eSteuerkonto, online building applications (eBaugesuch), and room/coworking reservation systems. Beyond the in-house administration, Fehraltorf operates wholly owned utilities subsidiary Werke Fehraltorf (electricity, water, gas, waste) and the municipal school system Schule Fehraltorf, and participates in the joint statutory sewage association ARA Fehraltorf-Russikon and the regional coordination body Zweckverband Region Zürcher Oberland. Long-term concession and supply agreements with Elektrizitätswerk der Stadt Zürich (effective 01.01.2023) and Erdgas Zürich AG (effective 01.01.2005) underpin utility service delivery.

Funding is not derived from commercial sales but from local taxation and cantonal transfers under Swiss municipal law; revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. Resident-facing fees are limited to small administrative charges (CHF 30 for resident registration, CHF 60/year for weekly residency, CHF 70/35 for adult/child ID cards) and usage fees for facilities such as SBB day passes, the Hallenbad, and coworking space. Ownership is democratic — residents exercise control through the Gemeindeversammlung (municipal assembly) and Gemeinderat (municipal council) — and the entity is supervised by the Canton of Zurich rather than held by any private parent.

Name

Gemeinde Fehraltorf

Legal name

Gemeinde Fehraltorf

Website

https://fehraltorf.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gemeinde Fehraltorf is a Swiss public-law municipality in the Canton of Zurich that delivers mandatory local government services — resident registration, tax administration, utilities, education, and community facilities — to its residents and local businesses through a 38-employee administration and an i-web-powered e-government portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fehraltorf

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Gemeinde Fehraltorf is a Swiss municipality that delivers local government and public administration services to its residents. Its core offerings include resident registration and civil registry, tax administration via the eSteuerkonto online portal, building permit applications (eBaugesuch), waste management, public safety coordination, and community facilities such as the Hallenbad indoor swimming pool. Services are delivered both through the in-person Gemeindeverwaltung office and through the Online-Schalter digital portal hosted by Innovative Web AG (i-web).

Product overview

Gemeinde Fehraltorf operates a comprehensive eGovernment platform serving its residents with digital administrative services. The core offering is the Online-Schalter (Online Counter) portal, which provides access to resident registration, tax services (including eSteuerkonto), building permits, and various municipal applications. Supporting services include SBB day passes, the municipal swimming pool (Hallenbad), room reservations and coworking spaces, utilities management (Werke Fehraltorf), and the municipal school system. The platform also hosts community features including an event calendar and voting/election information. The website is built and hosted by Innovative Web AG (i-web), a leading provider of eGovernment solutions for Swiss public administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online-Schalter (Online Counter)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, regional and minor.

• Innovative Web AG (i-web)coreTechnology or Integrationi-web is the provider for the municipality's official website and eGovernment modules. Responsible for hosting, technical maintenance, and development of the web platform including interactive applications like Online-Schalter and reservation systems.
• Polizei Region PfäffikoncoreOthersRegional police services providing public security services for Fehraltorf. Located at Kempttalstrasse 54.
• kjz Pfäffikon (Kinder- und Jugendhilfezentrum)coreOthersProvides free mother and father counseling services (Mütter- und Väterberatung) for parents with children 0-4 years. Patricia Zgraggen serves as consultant.
• ARA Fehraltorf-Russikon (Zweckverband Abwasserreinigungsanlage)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint sewage treatment facility serving both Fehraltorf and Russikon municipalities. Statutory association managing regional wastewater treatment infrastructure.
• Energieverbund FehraltorfcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal energy network/utility providing energy supply services for the municipality of Fehraltorf.
• Zweckverband Region Zürcher Oberland (RZ)regionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional association for planning and coordination in the Zürcher Oberland region, established 2009.
• SVA Zürich (Sozialversicherungsanstalt)coreOthersHandles individual premium reductions (IPV), AHV contributions, and supplementary benefits to AHV/IV for residents of Fehraltorf.
• Schule FehraltorfcoreOthersMunicipal school system providing education services for children in Fehraltorf.
• werke FehraltorfcoreOthersMunicipal works department managing utilities including electricity, water, gas, and waste management services.
• Elektrizitätswerk der Stadt ZürichminorOthersConcession agreement for electricity supply services in Fehraltorf, effective 01.01.2023.
• Erdgas Zürich AGminorOthersNatural gas supply provider with supply agreement for Fehraltorf, effective 01.01.2005.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Dübendorf: Adjacent Zurich-metro municipality with similar governance structure and full municipal service portfolio. Useful as a scaled peer for measuring service efficiency, utility operations, and e-government maturity progression.
• Stadt Wetzikon: Larger Zürcher Oberland municipality with comparable service offering and same governance framework. Provides a useful reference for budgeting, tax-base dynamics, and regional cooperation structures that Fehraltorf operates within.
• Gemeinde Uster: Larger, more established municipality in the same district. Offers a broader set of municipal services at scale, including its own municipal utility, and serves as a benchmark for what a scaled-up Fehraltorf service portfolio could look like.

Others

• Innovative Web AG (i-web): Technology partner providing Fehraltorf's website, e-government modules, and digital service platform. Not a peer in the citizen-service sense but a strategic ecosystem participant whose product roadmap directly determines Fehraltorf's digital service capability.

Direct peers

• Gemeinde Volketswil: Adjacent Zürcher Oberland municipality with similar suburban-residential character and service-line breadth. Comparable in e-government maturity, utility operations, and reliance on cantonal funding flows.
• Gemeinde Bassersdorf: Nearby Zurich-lowlands municipality of comparable population size and profile. Provides the same municipal service portfolio (resident registration, tax, utilities, schools, e-government), making it a like-for-like peer for operational and per-capita benchmarking.
• Gemeinde Russikon: Partner municipality through the joint ARA Fehraltorf-Russikon wastewater Zweckverband. Similar population size, rural-suburban character, and Canton of Zurich governance — a tight functional peer for cost-sharing and service-model comparison.
• Stadt Illnau-Effretikon: Slightly larger but geographically adjacent Zürcher Oberland municipality offering the same set of municipal services (administration, utilities, schools, e-government). Directly comparable in tax structure, cantonal oversight, and service-line breadth.
• Gemeinde Pfäffikon: Adjacent municipality in the same Pfäffikon district; comparable size, service mix, and demographic profile. Hosts the regional police (Polizei Region Pfäffikon) that also serves Fehraltorf, making it a directly comparable peer for service delivery and fiscal analysis.
• Gemeinde Wallisellen: Suburban Zurich municipality of broadly comparable scale, with a strong e-government platform and municipal utility subsidiary. Comparable in delivery model, citizen-facing digital services, and standortförderung focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gemeinde-fehraltorf

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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