Stadtverwaltung Nidau

What Stadtverwaltung Nidau does

Stadtverwaltung Nidau is the public-law municipal administration of the city of Nidau in the Seeland region of Canton Bern, Switzerland. It delivers statutory local-government services to the municipality's residents and businesses, including civil registration, taxation, waste management, building permits, urban planning, public safety, education administration, cultural promotion, and community facilities such as libraries (German and French), the Ludothek toy library, the Kita Aarehüpfer daycare, the Tagesschule day school, holiday care, and the JANU youth work program. Operations are organized across five departments (Finances; Formation/Culture/Sport; Civil Engineering/Environment/Security; Social Services; Public Works/Territorial Planning) and the administration maintains joint service agreements with neighboring municipalities (Port, Ipsach, and others via a regional school association) and the Canton of Bern.

The administration's core digital platform is a bilingual (German/French) website built on Weblication CMS CORE Business, hosted by Talus Informatik AG and designed by Campfire GmbH. It integrates the Talus Raum Management room/facility reservation system, KiBon childcare registration (canton-supported), AWStats analytics, and standard CRM functionality. Distribution is hybrid: physical service counters at Schulgasse 2 with published opening hours, complemented by 24/7 online forms, subscription services, and an active social media presence (Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn).

Revenue is generated through recurring municipal taxation of residents and businesses, transactional service fees (e.g., CHF 113 dog license, Ludothek memberships, building permit fees), rental income from school and sports facilities, and cantonal/contribution funding for cultural promotion and integration programs. Pricing is publicly disclosed and regulated by statute. There is no equity funding, no parent company, and no commercial ownership structure; governance is exercised through the elected Municipal Council (Gemeinderat), City Council (Stadtrat), and Mayor (Stadtpräsident), with Tobias Egger elected in November 2025 for the 2026–2029 term.

Name

Stadtverwaltung Nidau

Legal name

Stadtverwaltung Nidau

Website

https://nidau.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Stadtverwaltung Nidau is the public-law municipal administration of Nidau, Canton Bern, Switzerland, delivering statutory local-government services—registration, taxation, education administration, libraries, daycare, cultural promotion, and community facilities—to the city's residents and businesses through hybrid physical-counter and bilingual online channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Administration

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (92114), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Municipal Finance, Treasury, Budget & Procurement (BPAIACAC), Municipal Tax & Revenue Administration (Local) (BPAIACAD), Government Digital Service & eGovernment (Service Delivery, IDs, Portals) (BPAIAAAE)

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Public sector services
• Civil registration
• Waste management
• Urban planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Nidau

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Taxes: Revenue from local taxation of residents and businesses in Nidau.
2. Service Fees: Various administrative fees for services including dog licenses (113 CHF regular, 56.50 CHF reduced), waste disposal, building permits, residency documents, and library services.
3. Rental Income: Revenue from rental of school and sports facilities to residents and organizations.
4. Cultural Funding Support: Voluntary contributions and financial support for cultural events and institutions, partially funded through cantonal cultural promotion (BSJB Kultur).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stadtverwaltung Nidau is the municipal government administration of the city of Nidau in Canton Bern, Switzerland. It delivers statutory public services to local residents and businesses, including civil registration, resident administration, taxation, waste disposal, building permits, cultural promotion, education administration, childcare, youth work, and library services, delivered through physical service counters and a bilingual (German/French) municipal website.

Product overview

Stadtverwaltung Nidau operates a comprehensive digital service platform centered on its official municipal website (www.nidau.ch), which serves as the primary portal for citizen services. The offering consists of a unified website platform integrated with specialized modules including: an online form submission system for administrative requests; the Talus Raum Management room reservation system for school and sports facilities; the Bibliothek Nidau bilingual library service; Ludothek toy lending; Kita Aarehüpfer municipal daycare; Tagesschule day school and Ferienbetreuung holiday care; Jugendarbeit JANU youth services; Abfallkalender waste collection calendar; and Kulturförderung cultural promotion programs. All services are provided in a bilingual German/French format reflecting Nidau's location in the bilingual canton of Bern.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bibliothek Nidau (Library)

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy efficiency certification achieved through EnergieStadt program
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SchliengenminorOthersSister/partner municipality relationship with Schliengen, Germany. Part of Nidau's city portrait and international cooperation.
• Talus Informatik AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite hosting provider and implementation partner for the municipal website. Also provides the room reservation system (Talus Raum Management). Located in Wiler bei Seedorf, Switzerland.
• Scholl Communications AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationSoftware provider for Weblication CMS CORE Business, the content management system underlying the municipal website.
• Campfire GmbHminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDigital agency responsible for the design of the municipal website.
• JANU (Jugendarbeit Nidau und Umgebung)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth work organization jointly funded by Nidau, Port, Ipsach municipalities and Canton Bern. Serves as the primary youth services provider under the Youth Commission Nidau.
• KartellCulturelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional cultural institution recognized as having at least regional significance. Formed in 2024 from merger of Kultur Kreuz +, Groovesound, and Le Singe. Supported through Leistungsvertrag (service agreement) with the city.
• Kultur Kreuz +coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural institution of regional importance since 2016, now part of KartellCulturel. Financially supported by the municipality.
• BSJB Kultur (Gemeindeverband Kulturförderung Biel-Seeland-Berner Jura)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional cultural promotion association for Biel-Seeland-Berner Jura. Manages joint cantonal-municipal funding for cultural institutions of regional significance.
• Canton of BerncoreOthersCantonal government providing administrative oversight, educational funding, and support for bilingual website development and language promotion programs.
• InterNidominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntegration program operating in Weidteile district, promoting dialogue between cultures. Supports peaceful coexistence of residents from over 80 nations.
• KiBon (Canton of Bern)coreTechnology or IntegrationCanton-supported childcare registration software used by the municipality for day care and school care enrollment.
• School Association (Schulverband) - Bellmund, Hermrigen, Ipsach, Jens, Merzligen, Nidau, PortcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint school association organizing secondary level I (Sekundarstufe I) education across multiple municipalities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Gemeinde Ipsach: Neighboring small municipality co-funding JANU youth services and part of the Schulverband with Nidau. A directly comparable small municipal administration operating under the same cantonal framework.
• Gemeinde Evilard: Bilingual (German/French) small municipality in the Biel agglomeration, sharing similar bilingual service delivery challenges and cantonal oversight. Directly comparable in size and bilingual character.
• Gemeinde Port: Adjacent small municipality sharing several inter-municipal services with Nidau (JANU youth work, Schulverband). Operates as a direct peer in the same service ecosystem, illustrating the smaller end of the municipal scale and the cooperation model Nidau relies on.
• Stadtverwaltung Biel/Bienne: Direct peer as a bilingual (German/French) municipal administration in the same Canton of Bern and immediately adjacent to Nidau. Offers the full municipal service stack that Nidau does, but at significantly larger scale, serving as both a benchmark and a competitor for residents, businesses, and cultural activity.

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Thun: Mid-sized Bernese municipal administration comparable in governance model and service breadth. Useful as a peer for digital service maturity and mid-size municipal operations, larger than Nidau but smaller than Bern.
• Stadt Bern: Capital city municipal administration in the same Canton of Bern, offering a much broader and more digitally mature service portfolio. Comparable in governance structure (Mayor/Council model), canton oversight, and bilingual/multi-language context.
• Stadt Burgdorf: Mid-sized Canton of Bern municipal administration with a comparable service portfolio and population scale to Nidau's broader catchment. Useful benchmark for Energiestadt-certified mid-size municipalities.
• Stadt Solothurn: Canton-capital municipal administration in a neighboring canton, offering a comparable full-stack municipal service model with similar school, cultural, and digital service components. Useful as a regional peer outside Canton Bern.

Regional players

• Stadt Aarberg: Small Seeland-region municipality in Canton of Bern with comparable scale and service model, useful as a regional peer for benchmarking small-city municipal digital and cultural offerings.
• Stadt Grenchen: Bilingual municipal administration in Canton Solothurn (Seeland-adjacent), with comparable bilingual service delivery and industrial heritage. Functions as a regional peer rather than direct competitor given cantonal boundaries.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/StadtNidau
• Facebookfacebook.com/StadtNidau
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadtverwaltung-nidau
• Instagraminstagram.com/stadt_nidau/?hl=de

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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