Rettungsdienst

Name

Rettungsdienst

Legal name

DRK Kreisverband Main-Spessart e.V.

Website

https://kvmain-spessart.brk.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (621910), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disaster Response, Rescue & Tactical EMS (DMAT/USAR/SWAT/HAZMAT Medical) (HLAFANAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical Emergency Response & On-site First Aid/Paramedics (BPABANAG), Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE)

Keywords

• Emergency medical services
• Patient transport
• Mountain rescue
• Water rescue
• First aid training

Headquarters

HQ city

Gemünden am Main

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Healthcare Contracts: Primary funding through public contracts with the Bavarian healthcare system for emergency medical services, patient transport, and disaster response.
2. Membership Fees: Supporting membership program where members pay annual fees (starting at 45 EUR) to support the organization's humanitarian work.
3. Donations: Voluntary monetary donations from the public to support humanitarian activities.
4. Course Fees: Fees charged for first aid training courses and other educational programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rettungsdienst provides 24/7 emergency medical services (land, water, and mountain rescue), scheduled patient transport, on-site medical event services (Sanitätsdienst), and certified first aid training courses. It operates as the government-contracted primary rescue service provider for the Main-Spessart district in Bavaria, running six rescue stations staffed by professional paramedics and volunteer responders.

Product overview

BRK Kreisverband Main-Spessart operates as a regional branch of the Bavarian Red Cross, providing emergency and social services. The core offerings include Rettungsdienst (emergency rescue services with land, water, and mountain rescue), Sanitätsdienst (medical event services), and Krankentransport (patient transport). Supporting services include first aid training courses, blood donation, self-help group support, and volunteer programs such as Bereitschaften, Bergwacht, Wasserwacht, and Jugendrotkreuz. The organization also provides social services through its Servicecenter Soziale Dienste, including home emergency calls and meal delivery. These services operate from multiple rescue stations across the district (Arnstein, Burgsinn, Gemünden, Karlstadt, Lohr, and Marktheidenfeld) and are delivered by approximately 95 full-time and 80 volunteer employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rettungsdienst (Rescue Service) Emergency medical services including land rescue, water rescue, and mountain rescue operations with trained personnel operating from multiple rescue stations across the Main-Spessart district.
• Krankentransport (Patient Transport) Transportation services for sick and disabled individuals, with statutory insurance coverage for transport costs.
• Sanitätsdienst (Medical Service)
• Bergwacht (Mountain Rescue)
• Wasserwacht (Water Rescue)
• Flugdienst (Air Service)
• Erste-Hilfe-Kurse (First Aid Courses)
• Blutspende (Blood Donation)
• Bereitschaften (Emergency Response Units)
• Suchdienst (Tracing Service)
• Servicecenter Soziale Dienste
• Jugendrotkreuz (Youth Red Cross)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,000 rescue service deployments per day across Bavaria
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

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 flagship.

• IKRK (International Committee of the Red Cross)flagshipOthersInternational Red Cross network partner providing humanitarian aid coordination, international disaster response, and adherence to the Geneva Conventions. The BRK Kreisverband operates under the umbrella of the international Red Cross movement.
• IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)flagshipOthersGlobal federation connecting national Red Cross societies for coordinated international humanitarian action, disaster response, and health emergencies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Falck Deutschland: Large international commercial EMS and patient transport provider operating across Germany. Comparable on ambulance and patient transport service lines, but differs in being for-profit and operating at significantly broader national scale.
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK) Generalsekretariat: National umbrella organization of which the subject is a member Kreisverband; sets policy, training standards, and coordinates federal-level humanitarian response. Comparable in mission and brand rather than direct operations.

Direct peers

• Bergwacht Bayern: Bavarian mountain rescue organization affiliated with BRK. Operates specialized mountain rescue services in the same geography, sharing operational overlap with the subject's Bergwacht offering.
• Malteser Hilfsdienst: Catholic aid organization operating EMS, patient transport, first aid training, and social services across Germany. Direct competitor for both contracted EMS work and humanitarian aid fundraising within Bavaria and beyond.
• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe (JHU): German Protestant aid organization delivering EMS, patient transport, first aid training, and humanitarian services through regional structures. Closely comparable in mission, service mix, and volunteer/professional hybrid staffing model.
• Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) Deutschland: German humanitarian aid and EMS organization providing ambulance services, patient transport, and social services with regional associations. Direct functional peer offering the same portfolio of rescue, transport, and training services under a different aid-society brand.
• Wasserwacht Bayern: Bavarian water rescue branch of BRK providing lifeguard, water rescue, and swimming education services. Direct functional peer for the subject's Wasserwacht service line.
• DRK Kreisverband Würzburg: Adjacent Bavarian Red Cross district association operating EMS, rescue, and social services in the Würzburg area; shares the same operational playbook, training infrastructure, and regulatory framework as the subject.

Regional players

• MKT Krankentransport Bayern: Bavaria-focused private patient transport company. Comparable for non-emergency patient transport contracts that compete with the organization's Krankentransport service line.
• RKT Rettungsdienst und Krankentransport: Private German EMS and patient transport operator. Comparable as a competing non-Red-Cross ambulance service bidding for public contracts in Bavaria and elsewhere.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/roteskreuz_de
• YouTubeyoutube.com/DRKonline
• Facebookfacebook.com/brkmainspessart
• Instagraminstagram.com/brkmsp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rettungsdienst

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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