GBG Gebäude- & Baumanagement Graz

Name

GBG Gebäude- & Baumanagement Graz

Legal name

GBG Gebäude- und Baumanagement Graz GmbH

Website

https://gbg.graz.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GBG Gebäude- & Baumanagement Graz is a 99.5% City of Graz–owned shared-service GmbH that manages approximately 365 municipal buildings, 404,000 m² of floor area, and 627 hectares of urban forest on a cost-coverage basis, delivering property management, cleaning, forestry, and education services to Haus Graz departments and Graz citizens.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Graz

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Shared-Service Revenue (City of Graz Funding): GBG operates as a cost-covering shared-service society (kostendeckungsorientierte Shared-Service-GmbH) for the City of Graz. Revenue is derived from service fees paid by the City of Graz for managing its real estate portfolio, buildings, forests, and public services. No commercial revenue model; the company is oriented toward 100% customer satisfaction rather than profit maximization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GBG is a municipal shared-service company that manages the City of Graz's real estate portfolio, including approximately 365 buildings and 404,000 m² of built floor area. It delivers integrated services spanning building lifecycle management, cleaning, urban forestry (627 hectares of forest), public recreation, construction project execution, and educational programs (Waldschule Graz, Schule am Bauernhof). The company operates on a cost-recovery basis as the central service provider for the City of Graz.

Product overview

GBG Gebäude- und Baumanagement Graz GmbH is a shared-service company (99.5% owned by Stadt Graz, 0.5% by Holding Graz) offering comprehensive building and property management services. The portfolio consists of core property management services (technical and commercial administration of approximately 355-365 buildings and ~9 million m² of land), supplemented by specialized service lines including Cleaning & Service (with approximately 375 employees managing ~404,000 m² of building space), Forest Management (627 hectares of urban forest), and educational programs (Waldschule Graz, Schule am Bauernhof). Additional services include public toilet facilities management, graffiti removal, and recreation area maintenance. The company also completed major construction projects including the Jesuitenrefektorium revitalization. The offering is structured as a unified property management platform with multiple specialized service divisions rather than distinct software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Waldschule Graz: Environmental education center in the Leechwald forest area offering forest guided tours, courses, and events for children, schools, families, adults, and companies.
• Schule am Bauernhof
• Noppelbad
• Biodiversitätszentrum Lustbühel

Products and services

• Building and Property Management (Hausverwaltung)

Quantifiable outcome

• Managed 627 hectares of urban forest (largest forest owner in Graz covering ~25% of city area) and approximately 404,000 m² of building floor area across 365 buildings.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• University of Graz (Uni Graz)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 October 2025GBG and Uni Graz jointly completed the revitalization of the Jesuitenrefektorium (17th-century heritage building at Rosenhain). Uni Graz invested approximately €12 million (via a 70-year land lease at a symbolic price) and now uses the building for its Institute of Movement Science, Sport, and Health. GBG managed the construction project. This is a flagship project combining heritage preservation with modern sustainable building technology (geothermal heat pumps, ecological materials).
• Stadt Graz (City of Graz)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2025The City of Graz is GBG's primary shareholder (99.5% ownership). The Waldenquete was co-hosted by the City of Graz and GBG at the Biodiversitätszentrum Lustbühel to raise awareness about urban forestry and sustainable forest management. The city sets the climate targets (klimaneutral by 2040) that GBG implements.
• Europe MPOminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2021Europe MPO is the partner for the annual program development and implementation of the Haus Graz Akademie (internal training and professional development for municipal employees).
• Bundesdenkmalamt (Federal Monument Office)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020All renovation and expansion work on the Jesuitenrefektorium was conducted in close coordination with the Bundesdenkmalamt due to its heritage status as a 17th-century building.
• LFI – Ländliches Fortbildungsinstitut SteiermarkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLFI certified the Waldschule Graz instructors and the 'Schule am Bauernhof' program at Lustbühel. GBG staff underwent LFI training to deliver environmental education programs. LFI also provides funding frameworks (Förderrichtlinien) that enable subsidized pricing for school programs.
• Waldverband SteiermarkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGBG collaborates with Waldverband Steiermark on sustainable forest management, particularly regarding the future strategy for Graz's urban forests.
• Imkerei Familie HeinrichminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily Heinrich's beekeeping operation is a cooperation partner of the Waldschule Graz, supporting forest education activities related to bees and biodiversity.
• Verein RadlagerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVerein Radlager operates and maintains the Enzi Trail mountain biking route on the Weinitzen/Platte area of Graz's recreational forest.
• Amt für Jugend und Familie (City of Graz)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with the City of Graz's Department for Youth and Family and Verein Fratz Graz to create child-friendly signage and educational trail markers throughout the Landwirtschaft Lustbühel.
• University of Graz – Institute of ApicultureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe University of Graz manages and cares for honeybee colonies at the Biodiversitätszentrum Lustbühel, supporting pollination and biodiversity education.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Wirtschaftsbetriebe Stadt Köln: Cologne's municipal operations company, providing shared services including building management, cleaning, and public infrastructure to the City of Köln. Directly comparable municipal shared-service GmbH structure.
• SAGA Siedlungs-Aktiengesellschaft Hamburg: Hamburg's municipal housing and property management company, publicly owned and providing building lifecycle management services. Comparable in scope (residential + public buildings) and in municipality-owned operating model.
• GWG Städtische Wohnungsgesellschaft München mbH: Munich's municipal housing and property company. Comparable as a German municipal GmbH providing end-to-end building management services to a single city owner.
• HOWOGE Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH: Berlin's municipal housing company managing ~73,000 units and providing facility management across public housing stock. Comparable as a German municipal GmbH with comprehensive building management and shared-service mandate.
• Bayerische Staatsforsten: Bavarian state forest management company (~140 employees per 100,000 hectares, PEFC-certified). Comparable as a public-sector forest operator with certified sustainable forestry, recreational forest maintenance, and education/forest pedagogy programs.
• Wald und Holz NRW: North Rhine-Westphalia's state-owned forest management agency managing ~360,000 hectares. Comparable as a public-sector forest management entity with PEFC-equivalent sustainability standards and recreational/public-use mandates.
• Wiener Wohnen GmbH: Vienna's municipal housing and property management GmbH (~2,200 employees, ~220,000 units). Comparable as a German-speaking municipal shared-service GmbH providing comprehensive building and facility management to a single city owner.

Broad incumbents

• Apleona GmbH: One of Europe's largest private facility management companies (>40,000 employees). Comparable in delivering integrated facility management, cleaning, and building operations across large property portfolios, but operates commercially across multiple clients.
• STRABAG Property and Facility Solutions: Austrian-headquartered private facility management arm of STRABAG SE, providing comprehensive building and property services across Central Europe. Comparable in geographic region and service portfolio, but commercially operated.
• Hochtief Facility Management: German-headquartered global construction and facility management group. Comparable in facility management service offering (cleaning, technical building management, property operations) but operates commercially across multiple clients and geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Waldschule-Graz-100718098290982
• Instagraminstagram.com/waldschulegraz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/geb%C3%A4ude-und-baumanagement-graz

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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