Österreichischer Genossenschaftsverband

What Österreichischer Genossenschaftsverband does

The Österreichischer Genossenschaftsverband (ÖGV) is a registered non-profit association (Verein) founded in 1872 and headquartered at Löwelstraße 14 in Vienna, operating as the central service and statutory audit/revision association for Austrian cooperatives. It serves two primary member segments: the Volksbanken-Verbund (9 regional cooperative banks plus specialized banks such as the Österreichische Ärzte- und Apothekerbank) and over 100 commercial and service cooperatives spanning energy, housing, agriculture, retail, brewing, media, and purchasing. The ÖGV employs 77 staff and operates under the regulatory supervision of the Federal Ministry for Digitalization and Economic Location as its revision supervisory authority, having passed the APAB quality assurance examination in 2025 for the maximum six-year period.

The ÖGV's product portfolio spans the full cooperative lifecycle: the Gründerservice (CoopCheck online self-assessment and Top-Koop founding service) supports new cooperative formation; the proprietary GENOS database manages data for approximately 500,000 cooperative members across all Volksbank-Genossenschaften following its universal 2025 rollout, enabling digital share subscription, digital business share certificates, and online voting; statutory and specialized audits cover banks, Beteiligungsgenossenschaften, and commercial cooperatives; legal and advocacy services engage with approximately 20,000 pages of regulatory documentation annually; and the cooperativ quarterly magazine plus the Nachhaltigkeits-Guide support member education. Recent additions include the Förderkreis.at cooperative crowdfunding platform and the BMD ERP platform integration.

The ÖGV is funded through recurring membership fees from its member cooperatives and banks, plus fee-for-service auditing and consulting engagements. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the organization does not publish service pricing. Its go-to-market is community-led and relationship-driven: services are delivered directly from Vienna to member institutions, supported by member-facing channels including an annual Verbandstag, Genossenschaftskongress, Talk 14 discussion series, Austria Tour outreach, GenoConnect educational program, and digital properties spanning social media, newsletter, and the cooperativ magazine.

Name

Österreichischer Genossenschaftsverband

Legal name

Österreichischer Genossenschaftsverband // Schulze-Delitzsch

Website

https://genossenschaftsverband.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1872

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Österreichischer Genossenschaftsverband (ÖGV) is Austria's 1872-founded statutory audit, legal, and service association for the Volksbanken-Verbund and over 100 commercial/service cooperatives, operating from Vienna with 77 employees and serving approximately 500,000 cooperative members via the proprietary GENOS database.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cooperative Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

EHS Auditing, Inspections & Assurance (BPAHAJAG)

Keywords

• Cooperative auditing
• Association services
• Member database management
• Cooperative founding support
• Bank revision services

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: The ÖGV operates as an association funded through membership fees from its member cooperatives and banks. Services provided include auditing/revision, legal consultation, business advisory, and interest representation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Österreichischer Genossenschaftsverband (ÖGV) is Austria's primary service, audit, and advocacy association for the Volksbanken cooperative banking network and the country's commercial and service cooperatives. It delivers statutory auditing/revision services, legal and business consulting, member management through the GENOS database, cooperative founding support, regulatory compliance, training programs, and industry representation at national and EU levels.

Product overview

The Österreichischer Genossenschaftsverband (ÖGV) operates as an integrated service and revision organization for Austrian cooperatives and the Volksbanken-Verbund, offering a unified portfolio of interrelated service modules. Its core offerings span the full cooperative lifecycle: the Genossenschaft gründen (Cooperative Founding Service), featuring the CoopCheck online self-assessment tool, guides businesses through the cooperative formation process; the GENOS Database manages data for approximately 500,000 cooperative members across the Volksbanken; auditing and revision services provide annual and biennial audits of cooperative accounts and governance; the cooperativ Magazine publishes quarterly news and trends; the Nachhaltigkeits-Guide provides multi-edition sustainability guidance; and Förderkreis.at offers a digital cooperative crowdfunding platform. Together, these offerings support cooperatives and banks in formation, compliance, member engagement, and sustainable growth.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CoopCheck (online self-assessment tool) An online self-assessment tool that helps entrepreneurs and project founders evaluate whether the cooperative legal form is the right choice for their business or project.
• Genossenschaft gründen (Cooperative Founding Service) Comprehensive support for founding new cooperatives, including legal formation, business plan development, assembly organization, and commercial register registration.
• GENOS Database A centralized member database serving as the central hub for data on approximately 500,000 cooperative members of the Volksbanken, managing the full member lifecycle including data capture, transaction processing, and reporting for executives and management.
• Revisions- und Prüfungsleistungen (Auditing & Revision Services) Annual and biennial audits of cooperative accounts, management practices, and governance for Volksbanken, their participation cooperatives, and commercial goods and service cooperatives, including specialized examinations for the Volksbanken-Verbund.
• Förderkreis.at (Cooperative Crowdfunding Platform) A cooperative crowdfunding platform that enables ÖGV member banks and their cooperatives to fulfill their promotional mandate through an innovative, transparent digital tool involving the online crowd.
• cooperativ Magazine The ÖGV's quarterly member magazine delivering news, trends, and background reporting from the world of cooperatives and the Volksbanken-Verbund.
• Nachhaltigkeits-Guide (Sustainability Guide) A multi-edition guide for SMEs and cooperatives covering sustainable business practices including biodiversity, circular economy, energy transition, sustainable value creation, and sustainability reporting.
• Ombudsstelle (Ombudsman Service) A neutral arbitration body that handles customer complaints against ÖGV's member cooperative banks.

Quantifiable outcome

• 9 new cooperatives founded with ÖGV support in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Accenture TiGital GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnical implementation partner for the ÖGV website and digital services. Located at Grasbergergasse 13, 1030 Vienna.
• ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationData center provider where the ÖGV's Piwik web analytics system is hosted, storing information about website usage on their servers in Vienna.
• Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation to make all historical issues of the ÖGV's association journal (originally 'Die Genossenschaft', later 'Die gewerbliche Genossenschaft', now 'cooperativ') freely accessible online through the ANNO archive.
• EACB (Europäische Vereinigung der Genossenschaftsbanken)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Association of Cooperative Banks membership enabling ÖGV to represent Austrian cooperative bank interests at EU level through working groups.
• CIBP (Internationale Volksbankenvereinigung)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Confederation of Professional Banks membership for international representation of the Volksbanken-Verbund.
• Fachverband der Volksbanken (within Wirtschaftskammer)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Fachverband represents common interests of Volksbanken within the Federal Chamber of Commerce's Bank and Insurance sector, with ÖGV employee Silvia Liegl serving as Managing Director.
• Raiffeisen and SparkassenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint organization of sustainability reporting training module within the framework of bank auditor training.
• Accenture (via Regulatory Pool)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe Regulatory Pool provides a compliance tool enabling efficient communication between ÖGV-member banks and IT service provider Accenture regarding regulatory requirements.
• WI.RE.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccounting subsidiary of ÖGV offering comprehensive accounting packages from ongoing bookkeeping to annual financial statement preparation for smaller cooperatives.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (WKO): Austrian Federal Chamber of Commerce, a statutory industry representation body covering all Austrian businesses including cooperatives. Provides broader industry advocacy, advisory, and member services at national scale, overlapping with ÖGV's representative mandate but at far larger scope.
• PwC Österreich: Big-4 audit and advisory firm in Austria. Competes with ÖGV for non-statutory audit, assurance, and consulting engagements for cooperative-adjacent financial-services clients and could directly contest ÖGV's audit mandate if statutory reform opened it to competition.
• KPMG Österreich: Big-4 audit and advisory firm in Austria with significant financial-services practice. Comparable in providing audit, advisory, and regulatory support services to banks and large cooperatives, and a potential substitute supplier should the statutory audit framework be liberalised.

Direct peers

• Cooperatives Europe: European confederation representing cooperative enterprises across sectors, of which ÖGV is a member. Comparable scope in cross-sector cooperative representation and EU-level advocacy, and a natural cooperation/comparison point for ÖGV's supra-national work.
• Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband: Austrian cooperative association serving the Raiffeisen sector, the other principal cooperative banking group in Austria. Operates a parallel statutory audit, legal, and advocacy mandate for its member institutions, making it ÖGV's closest domestic counterpart.
• Deutscher Genossenschafts- und Raiffeisenverband (DGRV): German national apex association and statutory audit confederation for cooperatives, performing a near-identical role for German Volksbanken/Raiffeisenbanken and commercial cooperatives as ÖGV does for Austria. Direct functional counterpart for auditing, legal, and advocacy services.
• CECOP: European confederation of cooperatives in industry and services, covering worker, social, and industrial cooperatives. Comparable mission of promoting and representing cooperative enterprise models at EU level alongside national associations like ÖGV.
• Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken (BVR): German trade association for cooperative banks, providing industry representation, lobbying, and member services comparable to ÖGV's role for Austrian Volksbanken. Closest peer on the cooperative banking trade-association dimension.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/genossenschaftsverband.at
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oesterreichischer-genossenschaftsverband
• Instagraminstagram.com/genossenschaftsverband.at

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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