GFSG Graz

What GFSG Graz does

GFSG Gesellschaft zur Förderung seelischer Gesundheit GmbH, operating as GFSG Graz, is a non-profit private limited liability company (GmbH) founded in 1991 and headquartered at Annenstraße 24, 8020 Graz, Austria. The organization delivers a comprehensive continuum of psychosocial and psychiatric care services across the Styria region, including counseling (Beratung), mobile psychiatric care (Mobile Betreuung), day structure programs (Tagesstrukturen), employment assistance (AASS Stmk. PSY, working-aspects, werk-design), supported housing (Wohnen), and specialized services for children/adolescents and elderly populations. These services are delivered through a multi-site infrastructure spanning Graz, Hartberg, and Leibnitz, including fixed-site counseling centers, mobile outreach teams, day facilities (aKKu, taQuer, Palette Pöllau, kreaktiv Vorau, Klapotetz, mach[ART]), and residential group homes.

The underlying technology is a human-delivered clinical service platform supported by a proprietary website infrastructure (gfsg.at). There are no software products, APIs, or digital platforms; the service architecture is operational (clinicians, facilities, mobile teams) rather than technological. Specialized sub-services include Autismus-Diagnostik (autism diagnostics), Kreativwerkstatt (creative workshop), JuKiTz mandatory pre-divorce counseling, and Ausbildungspraktikum Psychotherapie (clinical training internships).

GFSG operates a non-profit revenue model funded primarily through public social and healthcare funding channels: the European Social Fund (ESF), Gesundheitsfonds Steiermark (Styrian Health Fund), Land Steiermark (State of Styria), and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Social Affairs. Services are not priced directly to end clients but are reimbursed through social insurance and government contracts within Austria's psychosocial care network. The customer base comprises publicly funded referrals from hospitals, psychiatric facilities, schools, courts, and social services, rather than commercial customers. Leadership consists of managing directors Mag. Dr. Omid Amouzadeh-Ghadikolai and Mag. Klaus Hanus, following the May 2026 retirement of the long-serving medical-professional managing director PDoz. Dr. Günter Klug.

Name

GFSG Graz

Legal name

GFSG Gesellschaft zur Förderung seelischer Gesundheit GmbH

Website

https://gfsg.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GFSG Graz is a non-profit psychiatric and psychosocial care provider in Styria, Austria, founded in 1991. It delivers counseling, mobile care, day structures, employment assistance, and housing services through multi-site facilities in Graz, Hartberg, and Leibnitz, funded primarily by public social and healthcare contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Psychosocial and Psychiatric Care Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Residential Care Facilities (623990), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFACAI

Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) & Public Behavioral Health Providers

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Behavioral Health & Substance Use Treatment

SECONDARYHLAFAEAI

Home-Based Primary Care / Medical House Call Practices

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Home Health & Hospice Providers

SECONDARYBPAGACAG

Disability Services & Independent Living Support

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

Keywords

• Psychosocial care services
• Psychiatric counseling
• Social psychiatry
• Supported housing services
• Community mental health

Headquarters

HQ city

Graz

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding and Social Services Contracts: GFSG operates as a non-profit organization funded primarily through public social and healthcare funding, including support from the European Social Fund, Styrian Health Fund, and government social services contracts. Services are provided as part of Austria's psychosocial care network.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

GFSG Gesellschaft zur Förderung seelischer Gesundheit GmbH is a non-profit organization that provides psychosocial counseling, mobile psychiatric care, day structure programs, employment assistance, supported housing, and specialized services for children, youth, and elderly people across the Styria region of Austria. The organization operates as part of Austria's public psychosocial care network, delivering services through fixed-site counseling centers, mobile outreach teams, day facilities, and residential housing units in Graz, Hartberg, and Leibnitz.

Product overview

GFSG Graz is a non-profit organization (GmbH) providing comprehensive mental health and social psychiatric services in Styria, Austria. The organization operates as a multi-service platform offering counseling, mobile care, day structures (Tagesstrukturen), employment assistance (AASS Stmk. PSY, working-aspects, werk-design), housing services, and specialized programs for children, youth, and elderly people. Services are delivered through regional facilities in Graz, Hartberg, and Leibnitz. Key facilities include Psychosoziales Zentrum Leibnitz, various Beratungsstellen (counseling centers), Mobile Betreuung teams, and specialized projects like Autismus-Diagnostik, Kreativwerkstatt, and the SOPHA/PIA elderly support program. The organization also offers training internships for psychotherapists under supervision.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beratung (Counseling)

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ professionals and community members attended the 35th anniversary conference

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Plattform PsychecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlatform for psychosocial care coordination in Styria, bringing together various mental health service providers to ensure comprehensive care delivery.
• Dachverband der sozialpsychiatrischen Vereine und Gesellschaften SteiermarkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUmbrella organization for social psychiatric associations in Styria, coordinating standards and collaboration among mental health service providers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights11 records

Direct peers

• pro mente Steiermark: Austrian mental-health nonprofit providing psychosocial services and supported housing in the same Styria region. Directly comparable as a community mental-health provider with similar public-funding model and overlapping service categories (counseling, housing, employment support).
• Lebenshilfe Steiermark: Styrian provider of services for people with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities, including supported housing and day structures. Comparable in mission, public contracting, and operational model of residential and day programs for vulnerable adults.
• Psychosoziale Dienste Wien (PSD Wien): Vienna's public social-psychiatry provider offering counseling, housing, day structures, and mobile care. Directly comparable in service model and public-mandate structure to GFSG, but operating in a different Austrian federal state.
• Caritas Steiermark: Regional Caritas affiliate delivering social and psychosocial services in Styria, including counseling and supported housing. Comparable in non-profit social-services mission, public funding reliance, and multi-segment population focus across Styria.

Regional players

• SOS Kinderdorf: Austrian child-protection and family-support organization offering child and youth welfare services comparable to GFSG's Kinder & Jugend segment. Similar public contracting and non-profit operating model, with national reach rather than Styria-only.

Broad incumbents

• Volkshilfe Steiermark: Styrian social-services nonprofit providing social counseling, housing support, and family services. Overlaps with GFSG in psychosocial counseling and support for vulnerable populations, but operates across a wider social-services portfolio.
• Hilfswerk Steiermark: Large regional social-services provider in Styria offering home care, family support, and psychosocial counseling. Comparable in service breadth, public funding reliance, and multi-segment coverage, but broader and larger than GFSG.
• Diakonie Österreich: National umbrella for Protestant social-services organizations offering psychosocial care, family counseling, and disability support across Austria. Larger and broader than GFSG, but directly overlapping on community mental-health, family, and disability service lines.

Others

• Plattform Psyche Steiermark: Coordination platform for psychosocial service providers in Styria in which GFSG is a core partner. Functions as a peer network / ecosystem orchestrator rather than a competitor, but reflects the structural peer set GFSG operates within for referrals and standards alignment.
• Rotes Kreuz Steiermark: Styrian Red Cross providing health and social services including crisis intervention and care coordination. Comparable as a publicly funded regional health-services provider, though broader in mission and less specialized in psychosocial care.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gfsg-graz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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