Landratsamt Ravensburg

What Landratsamt Ravensburg does

Landratsamt Ravensburg is the district administration office (Landratsamt) of Landkreis Ravensburg, a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (public corporation under German public law) headquartered at Friedenstraße 6, 88212 Ravensburg, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The entity delivers statutory administrative services across 39 municipalities in the Oberschwaben region, including vehicle registration, driver's licenses, building permits, social services, health services, waste management, environmental protection, and education administration. It is led by Landrat Harald Sievers, with Selina Zembrodt heading the Stabsstelle des Landrats, and is supervised by the Regierungspräsidium Tübingen.

The core service platform centers on a Bürgerportal (citizen portal) providing digital access to administrative functions, complemented by the Virtuelles Bauamt (ViBa-BW) for online building permit submissions integrated with BundID and ELSTER authentication, an Abfall App RV for waste calendar access, online appointment booking, and the AI-powered chatbot and voicebot 'Charly' for waste management inquiries. Supporting technology includes Matomo web analytics, OpenStreetMap integration, and the Jaimo Stage social media aggregator. The entity also operates the Kreismedienzentrum (district media center) for educational media lending and the Ernährungszentrum Bodensee-Oberschwaben for nutrition education.

The business model is non-commercial: Landratsamt Ravensburg is funded through public taxation and government allocations rather than market revenue, with statutory fees collected for specific services such as construction permits, business licenses, and vehicle registration. Operations span 12 wholly-owned subsidiaries and investee companies covering public transportation (bodo GmbH, BOB GmbH, OTG mbH), healthcare (OSK gGmbH), economic development (WiR GmbH, IKP), energy (Energieagentur Oberschwaben), and personnel services (DiPers GmbH, REAG mbH). Customer segments include individual citizens (primary), local businesses, educational institutions, and environmental services users.

Name

Landratsamt Ravensburg

Legal name

Landkreis Ravensburg - Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts

Website

https://landkreis-ravensburg.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Landratsamt Ravensburg is the statutory district administration office for Landkreis Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, delivering vehicle registration, building permits, social services, waste management, and education administration to citizens and 39 municipalities through a digital Bürgerportal and physical offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ravensburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Administration Funding: Government district office funded primarily through tax revenues and public budgets. Collects various administrative fees for specific services such as building permits, vehicle registration, and official certifications.
2. Service Fees: Fees collected for specific administrative services including construction permits, business licenses, waste disposal services, and various certifications and approvals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Landratsamt Ravensburg is the district administration office for Landkreis Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, providing statutory government services to citizens, businesses, and 14 municipalities. Core offerings include vehicle registration, driver's licensing, building permits (via the virtual ViBa-BW platform), waste management, social services, health services, and environmental protection. Digital services are delivered through the Bürgerportal (citizen portal), online appointments, and the AI-powered chatbot Charly.

Product overview

Landratsamt Ravensburg operates a unified citizen services platform centered on the Bürgerportal, which provides access to multiple digital administrative services. The core digital products include the Virtuelles Bauamt for building permits, Online-Kfz-Zulassung for vehicle registration, and various citizen-facing modules like the Abfall App RV for waste management and the chatbot 'Charly' for automated citizen inquiries. Supporting services include the Kreismedienzentrum for educational media and the Ernährungszentrum for nutrition education. The offering represents a platform-plus-modules architecture where the citizen portal serves as the central access point for digital government services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bürgerportal (Citizen Portal)
• Virtuelles Bauamt Ravensburg (Virtual Construction Office)
• Kreismedienzentrum (District Media Center)
• Ernährungszentrum Bodensee-Oberschwaben (Nutrition Center)
• Naturschutzzentrum Wurzacher Ried

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IKP (Eigenbetrieb)coreOthersEigenbetrieb (municipal enterprise) of the district operating specialized services under district ownership and management.
• REAG mbHcoreOthersMunicipal company of the district ( GmbH - limited liability company) providing specialized services.
• WiR GmbH (Wirtschafts- und Innovationsförderungsgesellschaft)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEconomic and innovation promotion company of the district. Main economic development partner supporting businesses and economic growth in the region.
• OSK gGmbH (Oberschwaben Klinik)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHospital company of the OberSchwaben region operating healthcare facilities.
• bodo GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal public transportation company operating bus services in the district.
• Komm.Pakt.NetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBroadband expansion consortium of over 200 municipalities supporting fiber optic deployment. Largest municipal broadband association in Europe, covering over 10,000 km² and nearly 2 million residents.
• Zweckverband Breitbandversorgung OberschwabencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal utility association of 39 municipalities for broadband infrastructure development and FTTB (fiber to the building) expansion.
• WIR - Wirtschafts- und Innovationsförderungsgesellschaft Landkreis Ravensburg mbHcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEconomic development and innovation promotion company. Primary partner for business support, investment attraction, and economic initiatives in the district.
• European Union (European Social Fund)minorOthersEU funding program supporting social and economic development projects in the district.
• Regierungspräsidium TübingencoreOthersRegional government authority (Tübingen) is the supervisory authority for Landkreis Ravensburg.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Landratsamt Biberach: Neighbouring Oberschwaben district (Landratsamt) operating an almost identical set of statutory district services — vehicle registration, building permits, education administration, waste management — with comparable digital-portal offerings.
• Landratsamt Reutlingen: Another Baden-Württemberg Landratsamt of similar population scale, providing the same statutory district-level services, digital citizen portals, and building-permit workflows under the same state-level ViBa-BW framework.
• Stadt Ravensburg: The central city within Landkreis Ravensburg; together with the Landratsamt it jointly delivers administrative services to the same residents, often splitting responsibilities between municipal and district competence.
• Landratsamt Bodenseekreis: Adjacent Baden-Württemberg district administration (Landratsamt) sharing the Lake Constance (Bodensee) region with Ravensburg, delivering the same statutory portfolio of building permits, vehicle registration, waste, and social services to a similar municipal base.
• Landratsamt Sigmaringen: Sibling Baden-Württemberg Landratsamt in the same administrative region, offering a directly comparable portfolio of district services, online citizen portals, and supervised subsidiary structures.

Others

• PD – Berater der öffentlichen Hand: Public-sector consultancy owned by the German federal and state governments that advises municipalities and districts on administration, digitalization, and infrastructure — directly comparable mandates to those the Landratsamt executes internally.
• Materna Group: German IT service provider whose Public Sector division delivers e-government, citizen-portal, and digital-identity solutions comparable in scope to the Bürgerportal and ViBa-BW integrations used by Landkreis Ravensburg.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesverwaltungsamt: Federal-level administrative office providing a wide range of public services and identity/SSO infrastructure (e.g., BundID) that district offices like Ravensburg integrate with for digital citizen services.
• Land Baden-Württemberg: The state government that supervises the Landratsamt, operates the state-level ViBa-BW building-permit platform, and funds major programmes (schools, broadband, healthcare) on which the district's services depend.

Regional players

• AKDB (Anstalt für Kommunale Datenverarbeitung in Bayern): Municipal IT service provider for Bavarian municipalities offering citizen-portal, e-government, and digital-administration platforms analogous to the digital services Landkreis Ravensburg builds on ViBa-BW and its own Bürgerportal — comparable in function though serving a different federal state.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/landkreis.ravensburg
• Instagraminstagram.com/landkreis.ravensburg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/landratsamt-ravensburg

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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