Magistrat Der Stadt Groß-Umstadt

What Magistrat Der Stadt Groß-Umstadt does

Magistrat Der Stadt Groß-Umstadt is the elected executive administration of the German town (Stadt) of Groß-Umstadt, located in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany. It serves a resident population of approximately 22,000 spread across nine Stadtteile (neighborhoods/districts): Dorndiel, Heubach, Kleestadt, Klein-Umstadt, Raibach, Richen, Semd, Wiebelsbach, and Umstadt. The Magistrat delivers the full scope of mandatory and discretionary municipal services through approximately 14 specialized departments, including Bauen und Wohnen, Gewerbeamt, Kfz-Zulassung, Ordnungsamt, Standesamt, Steueramt, Friedhofsverwaltung, Umweltamt, Wasserversorgung und Abwasserreinigung, and the UmStadtBüro citizen service center. Service delivery operates through three channels: physical department offices, the UmStadtBüro walk-in service center, and a digital online service portal supporting appointment booking, online forms, and digital procedures.

The underlying technology stack is a conventional municipal e-government website platform (gross-umstadt.de), with citizen-facing presence on Facebook, Instagram, and an RSS news feed. The administration is led by Bürgermeister René Kirch. The town is part of the Odenwälder Weininsel (Odenwald wine island) wine region, holds Fairtrade Town certification, and is the host of the annual Winzerfest wine festival, which reportedly attracts 120,000 visitors and serves as a major tourism and economic development driver. Other recurring cultural events include Jazz Day, São João Johannisfest, Ostermarkt, and Adventsmärkte. The administration maintains international sister-city partnerships, including with Santo Tirso, Portugal. As a public-sector entity, the Magistrat does not operate a commercial revenue model; it is funded through municipal taxes (Gewerbesteuer, Grundsteuer, Einkommensteueranteil), administrative fees, and intergovernmental transfers, with finances administered via the kommunaler Haushalt.

Name

Magistrat Der Stadt Groß-Umstadt

Legal name

Magistrat der Stadt Groß-Umstadt

Website

https://gross-umstadt.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Magistrat Der Stadt Groß-Umstadt is the municipal executive administration of the German town of Groß-Umstadt in Hessen, serving approximately 22,000 residents across nine districts with administrative services, childcare, fire protection, and cultural events including the Winzerfest wine festival.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Executive Offices (921110), Executive Offices (92111), Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (92114), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251)

akta.pro primary industry

City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB)

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Local government services
• Citizen services
• E-government portal
• Public sector administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Groß-Umstadt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Magistrat Der Stadt Groß-Umstadt is the municipal administration (Stadtverwaltung) of the town of Groß-Umstadt in Hesse, Germany. It delivers public administration services to residents and businesses, including building permits, vehicle registration, trade licensing, civil registry, waste disposal, and cultural event management such as the annual Winzerfest.

Product overview

Magistrat Der Stadt Groß-Umstadt operates a municipal administration website providing citizen services, administrative functions, cultural events, and community information. The website serves as a portal for online administration services, children's daycare (Kitas), cultural events (Winzerfest, Feste & Märkte), tourism, and various municipal departments. The offering represents a unified municipal e-government portal rather than a commercial product portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bauen und Wohnen (Building and Housing Office)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 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 minor.

• Santo TirsominorOthers
• Partnerstädte (Sister Cities)minorOthersGroß-Umstadt maintains sister city relationships with international partner cities for cultural exchange and mutual cooperation. Santo Tirso (Portugal) is specifically mentioned in connection with wine princess Joanne Castro Rodrigues who has family roots there.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stadt Pfungstadt: Larger Darmstadt-Dieburg neighbor providing a same-district benchmark for service delivery scale, digitization approach, and municipal budget composition.
• Stadt Michelstadt: Odenwaldkreis town also situated in the Odenwälder Weininsel wine-growing region, making it a strong comparator on wine tourism, cultural events, and regional municipal services.
• Stadt Höchst im Odenwald: Odenwaldkreis municipality sharing the Odenwälder Weininsel wine region context, making it directly comparable on tourism, cultural event programming, and rural municipal administration.
• Stadt Reinheim: Neighboring municipality in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district with comparable population size and a similar Magistrat/municipal administration structure, providing directly comparable peer service portfolio.
• Gemeinde Münster (Hessen): Darmstadt-Dieburg municipality of comparable scale with a similar municipal administration structure and service portfolio, providing a same-district peer benchmark.
• Stadt Erbach: Odenwaldkreis administrative center sharing the same wine region and rural Hessian context, comparable on municipal structure, tourism-driven economic development, and citizen engagement.
• Stadt Babenhausen: Adjacent Darmstadt-Dieburg municipality of similar scale operating a comparable municipal administrative structure with full departmental coverage and citizen services.
• Stadt Groß-Bieberau: Adjacent Darmstadt-Dieburg municipality of comparable population and economic profile, with similar administrative scope including Bauen, Umwelt, and Ordnungsamt functions.
• Stadt Dieburg: Larger town in the same Darmstadt-Dieburg district operating a near-identical municipal governance model, providing a useful population-scale comparator.
• Stadt Ober-Ramstadt: Darmstadt-Dieburg municipality operating a comparable municipal administration model, useful for benchmarking digital services, departmental breadth, and citizen engagement approaches.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/grossumstadt
• Instagraminstagram.com/stadt_grossumstadt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/magistrat-der-stadt-gro%C3%9F-umstadt

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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