What Main-Taunus-Kreis does

Main-Taunus-Kreis (MTK) is a statutory public corporation (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) and administrative district (Landkreis) in the German state of Hesse, headquartered in Hofheim am Taunus. Founded in 1928 and led by Landrat Michael Cyriax, MTK delivers mandated public administration services to the district's residents and businesses — including vehicle registration, residence and immigration permits, building permits, waste disposal coordination, public safety, youth welfare, healthcare administration, veterinary services, and Jobcenter functions. Service delivery spans both in-person and digital channels, with the primary citizen-facing web property at www.mtk.org.

The organization's technology stack centers on a recently modernized digital Serviceportal, complemented by an integrated online appointment system (TEVIS21, operated by ekom21), connection to the state-level Verwaltungsportal Hessen, the i-Kfz channel for online vehicle registration, and an AI-assisted chatbot (FITKO's "115") for citizen inquiries. Supporting tooling includes Usercentrics for GDPR consent management, Eye-Able for accessibility compliance, and Matomo for privacy-respecting web analytics. The website redesign and Serviceportal integration were delivered in partnership with Intentive GmbH, with the relaunch completed in July 2026. Beyond digital channels, MTK invests in physical public infrastructure including district schools and automated external defibrillators (AEDs), and maintains an active social media presence for citizen engagement.

MTK's "revenue model" is that of a German municipal authority: funding flows from statutory taxation (Kreisumlage), state and federal transfers, and regulated administrative fees for specific services. There is no commercial pricing model or go-to-market function in the private-sector sense; the entity has no funding rounds, equity instruments, or M&A activity. The customer base is the entire resident and business population of the district — a captive, geographically bounded constituency for whom MTK is the sole legally authorized provider of most regulated services. The 144-employee figure in the source data appears to reflect a subset of personnel (likely digital-channel staff) rather than the full district workforce.

Name

Main-Taunus-Kreis

Legal name

Main-Taunus-Kreis - Der Kreisausschuss

Website

https://mtk.org

Company type

Public

Founded year

1928

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Main-Taunus-Kreis is a German public district administration in Hesse delivering mandated administrative services — vehicle registration, permits, public safety, youth welfare, and healthcare — to district residents and businesses, with a modernized digital Serviceportal and AI chatbot.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Business Services, Nec (7389)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Transportation, Parking & Mobility Administration (BPAIACAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH), Permitting, Validation & Credential Programs (Permits, Passes, Validations) (BPABAKAL)

Keywords

• Public administration services
• District government services
• Vehicle registration
• Residence permits
• Building permits

Headquarters

HQ city

Hofheim am Taunus

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Main-Taunus-Kreis is a public district administration (Kreisverwaltung) in Hesse, Germany providing statutory government services to residents and local businesses. Core offerings include vehicle registration (KFZ-Zulassung), residence permits and immigration services (Aufenthaltstitel), building permits, waste management, youth and family services, public safety, health services, veterinary and consumer protection, and the Jobcenter. Services are delivered in person at the Landratsamt and Straßenverkehrsamt as well as digitally via the Serviceportal at www.mtk.org.

Product overview

Main-Taunus-Kreis operates a digital government service platform centered on its Serviceportal, which provides citizens access to administrative services organized alphabetically and by category. The portfolio includes core digital services such as Online-Leistungen for electronic applications, the Online-Terminvereinbarung (powered by TEVIS21) for appointment scheduling, and the KI-Chatbot '115' for AI-driven inquiries about administrative procedures. The platform also offers specialized services including KFZ-Zulassung for vehicle registration, Aufenthaltstitel services for immigration matters, a Schuldatenbank for school information, and various building/construction services. The integrated Serviceportal serves as the unified entry point, while the ekom21 portal handles specific online application workflows. The 2026 relaunch incorporated AI capabilities, establishing a modern, digitally-accessible county administration presence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Serviceportal Digital service portal providing centralized access to all administrative services of Main-Taunus-Kreis, from waste disposal to vehicle registration, organized alphabetically and by category.
• Online-Leistungen
• Online-Terminvereinbarung Digital appointment booking system (TEVIS21) enabling citizens to schedule appointments online with the county administration.
• KFZ-Zulassung Vehicle registration services including new registrations, seasonal plates, temporary registration, and license plate services, with digital i-Kfz support.
• Aufenthaltstitel und Ausländerwesen Residence permits and immigration services including applications for residence titles, extensions, family reunification, and related administrative procedures.
• Bauvorhaben Construction project information and services including building applications, deviation requests, and construction supervision approvals.
• Schuldatenbank School database providing information about schools within the Main-Taunus-Kreis district.
• Formulare und Merkblätter Digital forms and information sheets for various administrative services, available for download in PDF format.
• Online-Abwicklung über ekom21 Portal Online processing platform (portal-civ.ekom21.de) for various administrative applications including Abgeschlossenheitsbescheinigung and other building-related services.
• KI-Chatbot "115" AI-powered chatbot supporting citizens with general questions about administrative services through conversational text interaction, based on the FITKO platform.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ekom21 – KGRZ HessencoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides and operates the TEVIS21 appointment scheduling system used by Main-Taunus-Kreis citizens to book appointments online with the district administration.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Landkreis Offenbach: Hessian Landkreis immediately east of MTK, serving a comparable mix of suburban and urban municipalities under the same Hessian legal framework — direct peer for portal and service comparisons.
• Landkreis Groß-Gerau: Hessian Landkreis operating under the same state-administered e-government infrastructure, comparable to MTK on services and citizen-facing digital channels.
• Hochtaunuskreis: Neighboring Hessian Landkreis with effectively the same mandate as MTK — vehicle registration, building permits, immigration, youth welfare — making it the closest functional peer for service-portal and process benchmarking.
• Main-Kinzig-Kreis: Hessian Landkreis of similar scale in the Rhein-Main fringe, providing the same broad portfolio of district administrative services and a natural benchmark for digitalization pace.
• Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis: Adjacent district in the Rhein-Main/Rheingau region operating under the same Hessian Verwaltungsportal and ekom21/TEVIS21 stack, so functionally and technically directly comparable to MTK.
• Landkreis Wiesbaden (Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis — alt): Hessian Landkreis sharing the same state-level IT ecosystem (ekom21, Verwaltungsportal Hessen); directly comparable for portal design and service delivery benchmarks.

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Frankfurt am Main: Large Hessian municipal authority with overlapping service mandate (residence permits, vehicle registration, building permits) but operating at city rather than district scale; useful as an incumbent reference for advanced digital services.
• Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden: Hessian state capital with overlapping district-equivalent responsibilities (Straßenverkehrsamt, Ausländerbehörde, Bauaufsicht); relevant as a larger incumbent for digital service benchmarking.

Others

• ekom21 – KGRZ Hessen: Hessian municipal IT cooperative that operates MTK's TEVIS21 appointment system and the portal-civ.ekom21.de application platform — an ecosystem partner rather than competitor, but core to MTK's digital stack.
• FITKO (Föderale IT-Kooperation): Federal/state IT cooperation that supplies the KI-Chatbot "115" used on MTK's site — a key upstream technology provider for MTK's AI-enabled citizen service channel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mtk_info
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MainTaunusKreisdirekt
• Facebookfacebook.com/MainTaunusKreis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/main-taunus-kreis
• Instagraminstagram.com/main.taunus.kreis

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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