Gemeinde Frick

What Gemeinde Frick does

Gemeinde Frick is a Swiss municipal government entity (Einwohnergemeinde) located in the Laufenburg district of Canton Aargau, serving a population of 6,149 residents as of 1 January 2026 and acting as the most populous municipality among the district's 18 municipalities. Its core function is the delivery of statutory public services to residents, local businesses, and visitors — including population registry administration, building and construction permits, financial management, waste and water infrastructure, education, cultural programming, and economic development. The municipality operates a digital service portal (Online-Schalter) and is integrated into the inter-cantonal eUmzug verbund for online address registration, with 128-bit SSL encryption on all online forms.

The municipality's revenue model is non-commercial: it is funded through local tax levies (Gemeindesteuerfuss of 102% in 2026, stable since 2023), service fees, and cantonal/federal contributions. Distributed channels include the physical municipal offices at Gemeindehausplatz 1, 24/7 digital self-service portals, an emergency hotline, inter-municipal digital platforms (eUmzug, GAOF waste association, Sisslebach/Bözberg West sewage associations), and traditional channels such as printed mailings, physical notice boards, and community events (Fasnachts-, Pfingst-, Sommer-, Martini-, and Weihnachtsmarkt, Marktfest, Bundesfeier). Key strategic partnerships include Canton Aargau (e-government), SBB (railway station), Gemeinde Gipf-Oberfrick (joint regional planning), FiBL (Fricker Bio-Gemeindewein), and Frickingen, Germany (sister municipality). The municipality also owns distinctive cultural assets including the Kornhauskeller (baroque venue, acquired 2001), the Sauriermuseum dinosaur museum, and the Vitamare leisure center, and participates in the Jurapark Aargau regional nature park.

Name

Gemeinde Frick

Legal name

Gemeinde Frick

Website

https://frick.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1803

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gemeinde Frick is a Swiss municipal government entity in Canton Aargau serving 6,149 residents with statutory public services including population registry, permits, waste/water infrastructure, education, and digital e-government via the inter-cantonal eUmzug platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Frick

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gemeinde Frick is a Swiss municipality (Einwohnergemeinde) that delivers statutory local-government services to its residents, businesses, and property owners, including civil registry, tax administration, waste disposal, building permits, and social welfare coordination. It supplements these public-administration functions with community-oriented offerings such as the Spartageskarte Gemeinde (community day transit ticket), municipal wine (Fricker Bio-Gemeindewein), online relocation (eUmzug), and digital reservations of public facilities through its Online-Schalter portal.

Product overview

Gemeinde Frick operates as a municipal government offering a digital service portal alongside traditional administrative services. The digital offerings include the eUmzug online registration system, Online-Schalter for administrative procedures, and Spartageskarte Gemeinde for discounted transit passes. Beyond digital services, the municipality offers tangible products including the Fricker Bio-Gemeindewein (organic community wine produced with FiBL), and maintains traditional market events. The service portfolio combines modern e-government solutions with community-focused offerings reflecting Frick's cultural heritage dating back to its 1701 market charter.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fricker Bio-Gemeindewein: Organic community wine produced in collaboration with FiBL Frick, featuring two cuvées (white and red) made from resistant grape varieties.

Products and services

• eUmzug (Electronic Relocation) Online service that lets residents notify the municipal authorities of a move/address change digitally via the Online-Schalter, eliminating the need for an in-person visit to register a new residence.
• Online-Schalter (Online Counter) Centralized e-government portal where residents, businesses, and property owners can access municipal administrative services and forms online, with SSL encryption.
• Spartageskarte Gemeinde Discounted community day pass for regional public transit (S-Bahn / post bus), available to Frick residents through the municipal administration.
• Fricker Bio-Gemeindewein Organic wine branded and sold under the municipality of Frick.
• Marktfest Annual community market festival organized by the municipality, featuring local vendors, food, and cultural programming.
• Reservation of public rooms and facilities Online reservation system allowing residents and groups to book municipal rooms and public facilities for events and meetings.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gemeinde Gipf-OberfrickcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Neighboring municipality jointly planning railway station development, pedestrian/cycling connections, and regional transportation infrastructure with shared Agglomerationsprogramm Basel funding.
• Kanton Aargau (Canton of Aargau)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Frick participates in the inter-cantonal eUmzug verbund, collaborating with the Canton of Aargau and other cantons to provide unified online address registration services.
• Frickingen (Germany)minorOthersFrickingen is the official partner municipality (Partnergemeinde) of Frick, located in Germany. The partnership fosters cross-border cultural exchange and municipal cooperation between the two communities.
• Jurapark AargauminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrick participates in the Jurapark Aargau regional nature park initiative, promoting sustainable tourism, landscape protection, and regional development in the Jura region.
• Abwasserverband Sisslebach (Sisslebach Sewage Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional sewage association managing wastewater treatment infrastructure. Frick serves as the managing municipality for sewage infrastructure serving multiple municipalities in the Sisslebach catchment area.
• Abwasserverband Bözberg West (Bözberg West Sewage Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional sewage association connecting Hornussen's wastewater to Frick's treatment infrastructure via new transport pipeline through the Stieracker development zone.
• FiBL (Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Fricker Bio-Gemeindewein project where FiBL cultivates organic grapes on its Frick campus. The municipality and FiBL jointly produce and sell organic community wines featuring dinosaur motifs on labels.
• Stahlton Bauteile AGminorOthersIndustrial company in the Stieracker zone where Frick is relocating the public bicycle/pedestrian path from their property as part of the Stieracker development and Sisslebach renaturation project.
• AEW Energie AGminorOthersRegional energy utility with transformer stations in the Stieracker zone. An alternative access route was negotiated via Stahlton property to enable path relocation.
• SBB (Swiss Federal Railways)coreOthersSBB operates the Frick railway station with approximately 5,800 daily passengers. The municipality coordinates with SBB for station development including platform accessibility and underpass extension.
• Gemeindeverband Abfallbeseitigung Oberes Fricktal (GAOF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUpper Fricktal waste disposal association operating the Seckenberg landfill on Frick's territory for slag waste from the Buchs incineration plant, with expansion planned to 2045.
• Bundesamt für Strassen ASTRAcoreOthersFederal road authority planning A3 highway maintenance between Rheinfelden and Frick, including noise reduction measures. Frick has filed objections regarding asphalt specifications.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Kanton Aargau: The cantonal government that oversees Frick, funds its programs, and approves its land-use planning. Operates a much broader public-administration portfolio of which municipal administration is a subset, providing the regulatory and financial framework within which Frick operates.

Regional players

• Stadt Bad Säckingen: German municipality directly across the Rhine from Frick, providing municipal services with a comparable profile (registration, culture, tourism, infrastructure). Operates in a different national jurisdiction but shares the cross-border regional context.

Direct peers

• Gemeinde Rheinfelden: Aargau municipality close to Frick offering the same mix of municipal services, e-government portal, and regional-center functions. Similar canton, similar Swiss-German border context, and equivalent administrative structure.
• Stadt Laufenburg: District capital of Laufenburg and the other major municipality in the same Bezirk as Frick. Operates an essentially identical municipal service portfolio (registration, e-government, infrastructure, schools) for a comparable Swiss population, making it the most direct functional peer.
• Gemeinde Möhlin: Aargau municipality of broadly comparable size and profile. Provides the same range of municipal services (registration, permits, schools, waste/water) and competes for residents and businesses in the Fricktal region.
• Gemeinde Stein: Mid-sized Aargau municipality providing essentially the same municipal services to a comparable population. Comparable in service portfolio, e-government deployment, and tax-driven fiscal model.
• Gemeinde Gipf-Oberfrick: Immediate neighbor and explicit partner municipality of Frick, jointly planning railway station and regional infrastructure with Agglomerationsprogramm Basel funding. Operates the same Swiss municipal service stack and shares structural inter-municipal relationships.

Others

• CM Informatik AG: Swiss IT services provider active in the public-sector and municipal software market. Adjacent to Frick's digital-services ecosystem, with overlapping content-management and e-government capabilities.
• Talus Informatik AG: Swiss public-sector IT provider offering solutions for cantonal and municipal administrations. Thematically adjacent to Frick's e-government services and competes for the same digitalization budgets from Swiss public entities.
• i-web AG: Swiss e-government platform provider that hosts Gemeinde Frick's website (frick.ch) and enables the online service portal. Provides the underlying digital infrastructure for many Swiss municipalities, making it a key enabling technology partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Gemeinde-Frick-104829814712853
• Instagraminstagram.com/gemeindefrick
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gemeinde-frick

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Profiles2 records

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