What Stadt Goch does

Stadt Goch is a municipal government entity (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) operating under German municipal law (Gemeindeordnung NRW) in the district of Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city administers the core Goch area plus seven surrounding districts — Asperden, Hassum, Hommersum, Hülm, Kessel, Pfalzdorf, and Nierswalde — and serves residents, local businesses, and visitors with the standard portfolio of municipal services: civil registration, tax administration (Grundsteuer, Gewerbesteuer), building permits, public order enforcement via the Kommunaler Ordnungsdienst, childcare across 17 kindergartens, cultural programming, tourism (including the Arnold Janssen pilgrimage site), and urban development. Governance is led by Mayor Stephan Luyven and a 40-member city council (Rat der Stadt Goch) with representation across CDU, BürgerForumGoch, AfD, SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, and independent members.

Service delivery combines a traditional in-person Rathaus at Markt 2, 47574 Goch with an expanding digital layer. The technical platform is hosted by the Kommunales Rechenzentrum Niederrhein (KRZN) in Kamp-Lintfort, which provides the CMS, online form infrastructure (formulare.krzn.de), and the tevis online appointment booking system. Council transparency is delivered through the Ratsinformationssystem (SD.NET RIM by STERNBERG Software GmbH & Co. KG), and citizen engagement includes the Mängelmelder defect reporting tool and the GOCH erleben mobile app. The website operates under GDPR, DSG NRW, and BITV 2.0 (accessibility) compliance, with etracker for analytics and reCAPTCHA for bot mitigation.

Revenue is structured as a typical German municipal mix: local taxes (Grundsteuer, Gewerbesteuer), administrative service fees, intergovernmental transfers from the state of NRW and the federal government, and revenue from municipal-owned enterprises. Five wholly-owned subsidiaries execute operational service lines — Stadtwerke Goch GmbH (utilities), Abwasserbetrieb der Stadt Goch (wastewater), Wirtschaftsbetriebe der Stadt Goch GmbH (municipal operations), Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft der Stadt Goch mbH (economic development, city marketing, tourism), and GO! GmbH (urban development). Strategic forward-looking programs include the ISEK urban development concept, Glasfaserausbau fiber optic rollout, and Kommunale Wärmeplanung heating transition plan.

Name

Stadt Goch

Legal name

Stadt Goch

Website

https://goch.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stadt Goch is a municipal government entity serving the city of Goch and seven districts in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It provides administrative services, childcare, urban planning, public safety, and tourism through a Rathaus-led digital delivery model supported by five wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211), Executive Offices (92111), Other General Government Support (921190)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Government Digital Service & eGovernment (Service Delivery, IDs, Portals) (BPAIAAAE), Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public administration
• Civic digital services
• Urban development planning
• Local economic development

Headquarters

HQ city

Goch

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Taxes: Revenue from local taxes including property taxes (Grundsteuer) and trade taxes (Gewerbesteuer).
2. Service Fees: Fees for administrative services, building permits, childcare services, and other municipal utilities.
3. State and Federal Funding: Intergovernmental transfers and subsidies from North Rhine-Westphalia state and federal government.
4. Municipal Utilities Revenue: Revenue from Stadtwerke Goch, Abwasserbetrieb (wastewater), and other municipal-owned enterprises.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Stadt Goch is the municipal government of the city of Goch, Germany, providing public administration, civil services, education, childcare, cultural programming, tourism, urban planning, and infrastructure services to residents, businesses, and visitors. It delivers these services through the Rathaus (town hall), the digital Rathaus Digital portal, a mobile app, the Ratsinformationssystem for council transparency, and through wholly-owned municipal enterprises (Stadtwerke Goch, Abwasserbetrieb, WFG, GO! GmbH). Its core function is local governance and the provision of public goods within the district of Kleve in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Product overview

Stadt Goch operates as a municipal government providing digital and physical public services to citizens. The digital portfolio consists of a citizen service portal (Rathaus Digital) offering online administrative services, appointment booking, and electronic communication. The city library (Stadtbücherei) provides physical and digital media access including e-books and streaming services. Key digital tools include the GOCH erleben mobile app for local experiences, the Mängelmelder defect reporting system, the Ratsinformationssystem (RIS) for transparent council proceedings, and GOJob for local employment matching. The city also manages urban development initiatives (ISEK) and infrastructure programs for fiber optic and heating network expansion. The technical infrastructure is supported by KRZN, with no public API offered to external developers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rathaus Digital (Digital Town Hall)
• Stadtbücherei Goch (City Library)
• GOCH erleben App
• Mängelmelder (Citizen Defect Reporting Tool)
• Ratsinformationssystem (Council Information System / SD.NET RIM)
• ISEK Goch – Lebendiges Goch am Blau-Grünen-Band (Integrated Urban Development Concept)
• GOJob (Local Job and Training Exchange Platform)
• Online-Termine (Online Appointment Booking via tevis)
• Newsletter-Service (Email Newsletter)
• Glasfaserausbau (Fiber Optic Expansion Program)
• Kommunale Wärmeplanung (Municipal Heating Plan)
• Webcams (Marktplatz & NiersWellen)
• Stadtwerke Goch (Municipal Utilities)
• Abwasserbetrieb (Wastewater Utility)
• Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft der Stadt Goch mbH (WFG – Economic Development)
• GO! GmbH (Urban Development and Economic Promotion)
• Wirtschaftsbetriebe der Stadt Goch GmbH
• Kulturprogramm (Theater, Konzerte, Kabarett, Kino Goli Theater, KASTELL)
• Veranstaltungskalender (Event Calendar)

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Kommunales Rechenzentrum Niederrhein (KRZN)coreTechnology or IntegrationKRZN provides technical infrastructure and content management system for Stadt Goch's website and digital services. Located in Kamp-Lintfort, KRZN serves as the IT service provider for municipal websites in the Lower Rhine region.
• Katholische Kirchengemeinde St. Martinus PfalzdorfcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCatholic parish operates multiple kindergartens in Goch's rural districts including St. Peter Hommersum and St. Stephanus Kessel, providing childcare services under partnership with the municipality.
• Katholische Kirchengemeinde St. Arnold-JanssencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCatholic parish operates Liebfrauen Kindergarten and other facilities, providing integrated childcare services.
• STERNBERG Software GmbH & Co. KGcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides the SD.NET RIM Ratsinformationssystem for council information management, meeting schedules, and political documentation.
• Facebook Ireland Ltd.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSocial media platform used by Stadt Goch for citizen communication and municipal announcements.
• Gewerbepark Weeze-Goch (Zweckverband)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal association between Weeze and Goch for joint commercial/industrial park development and economic promotion.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Gemeinde Weeze: Co-shareholder of the Gewerbepark Weeze-Goch Zweckverband; similar small NRW municipality profile with shared industrial-park and airport-region economic ties.
• Stadt Emmerich am Rhein: Neighboring municipality in Kreis Kleve along the Lower Rhine; similar size class, NRW municipal law framework, and economic-development focus via inter-municipal cooperation.
• Stadt Kalkar: Small neighboring Kreis Kleve municipality with similar rural-district composition (Ortsteile) and comparable municipal service delivery profile.
• Stadt Xanten: Neighboring Kreis Wesel municipality with a strong cultural-tourism orientation (Archäologischer Park, Dom), comparable to Goch's Arnold Janssen tourism positioning.
• Stadt Geldern: Adjacent Kreis Kleve municipality of comparable size and rural-district structure; operates the same municipal service categories (utilities, kindergartens, libraries, eGovernment) under GO NRW.
• Stadt Rees: Lower Rhine neighbor in the same administrative region; comparable size, municipal-utility subsidiary model, and tourism/cultural programming.
• Stadt Kleve: District capital of Kreis Kleve and Goch's direct administrative superior; same NRW municipal governance model with comparable digital service offerings (Rathaus, council information system, municipal utilities). Closest peer for benchmarking.
• Stadt Kevelaer: Neighboring pilgrimage town in Kreis Kleve with an analogous tourism-and-cultural-service orientation and comparable municipal subsidiary structure.

Broad incumbents

• Kreis Kleve (Kreisverwaltung): District-level public administration above Stadt Goch; provides oversight, shared IT (KRZN context), and intergovernmental funding that directly shapes Goch's operating model.
• Stadt Moers: Larger NRW city in the same governmental framework operating an analogous municipal digital-services portfolio; useful benchmark for Goch's eGovernment scaling trajectory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCgocherland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadt-goch

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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