ÖVG - Österreichische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft

What ÖVG - Österreichische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft does

ÖVG - Österreichische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft is a Vienna-based non-profit association (Verein) founded in 1926 that serves as an interdisciplinary platform connecting transportation research, politics, and industry practice in Austria. It operates through two legal entities: the parent Verein and a commercial ÖVG-GmbH subsidiary. The organization is governed by President Gudrun Senk and is supported by approximately 19 staff.

The core offering is structured around three recurring revenue streams: tiered annual memberships (personal at €49/year; supporting at €220/year; small corporate under 100 employees at €540/year; large corporate over 100 employees at €1,090/year; and a premium Plus tier at €3,050/year with advisory board access), paid and cooperative events (conferences, symposia, excursions, lectures), and scientific publications led by the Österreichische Zeitschrift für Verkehrswissenschaften (ÖZV). Distribution is direct via the website (www.oevg.at), which supports online membership registration, event booking, working-group sign-ups and passwordless Magic-Link authentication. Marketing is conducted through a modern website, email newsletter, blog content, events, working groups (Arbeitskreise), and the Young ÖVG community program.

ÖVG maintains no proprietary technology stack and its competitive position rests on roughly a century of brand recognition, a cross-modal expert community, working groups co-led with partners such as AustriaTech and ASFINAG, and an established channel for transmitting policy positions to Austrian government negotiators. Visible member and partner logos include ÖBB-Holding, ASFINAG, Alstom, Stadler, Plasser & Theurer, Rail Cargo Group, Hitachi, GYSEV, PORR, Vossloh AG, WKO, IV, SCHIG, and Global Rail Group, alongside testimonials from individual members. In 2025 the organization executed a comprehensive rebranding, website relaunch and digitalization program, partially supported by funding from Wirtschaftsagentur Wien.

Name

ÖVG - Österreichische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft

Legal name

Österreichische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft

Website

https://oevg.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1926

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Österreichische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (ÖVG) is a Vienna-based non-profit association founded in 1926 that connects transportation research, policy and industry practice in Austria through tiered memberships, events, working groups and scientific publications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Conferences & Conventions Operations Services (Registration, AV, Logistics) (MPAGAGAM)

Keywords

• Transportation science society
• Mobility research network
• Professional association services
• Scientific publishing services
• Transport policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees from individual members, corporate members (small, large, and Plus tiers), and supporting members. Membership provides access to events, publications, and networking.
2. Event Participation Fees: Revenue from conferences, symposia, excursions and lectures. Both free cooperative events and paid events are organized. Members receive discounted rates compared to non-members.
3. Publications: Revenue from the Austrian Journal of Transportation Science (ÖZV) and other scientific publications including expert interviews and best-practice reports.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ÖVG operates as a non-profit professional society that delivers tiered membership subscriptions, organizes transportation science events (conferences, symposia, excursions, lectures), publishes the ÖZV scientific journal, and runs specialized working groups (Arbeitskreise) and the Junge ÖVG young-talents program to connect research, politics, and industry across all transportation modes in Austria. Revenue is generated through membership fees, event participation fees (with member discounts), and publication sales.

Product overview

ÖVG is a non-profit professional society (Verein) founded in 1926 that serves as a platform for interdisciplinary exchange between research, politics, and practice in transportation science. The organization offers membership programs (personal and corporate), organizes events and conferences, publishes the Österreichische Zeitschrift für Verkehrswissenschaften (ÖZV), maintains a blog with industry news, and facilitates various working groups (Arbeitskreise). The organization is structured as a society with an affiliated ÖVG-GmbH company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Persönliche Mitgliedschaft (Personal Membership) Annual individual membership at €49/year providing discounted access to events, publications, networking opportunities, and participation in working groups, aimed at individuals interested in transportation and mobility topics.
• Unternehmensmitgliedschaft Klein (Small Corporate Membership) Annual corporate membership at €540/year for companies with under 100 employees, offering discounted member prices for all employees and access to the ÖVG professional network.
• Unternehmensmitgliedschaft Groß (Large Corporate Membership) Annual corporate membership at €1,090/year for companies with over 100 employees, offering discounted member prices for all employees and access to the ÖVG professional network.
• Unternehmens-Mitglied Plus (Corporate Member Plus) Premium corporate membership at €3,050/year with active governance participation, including a seat on the advisory board, exclusive UM Plus events, and enhanced visibility for the member company.
• Fördernde Mitgliedschaft (Supporting Membership) Annual supporting membership at €220/year for federal states, municipalities, regional chambers, institutes, and associations, including discounted member prices for selected employees.
• Österreichische Zeitschrift für Verkehrswissenschaften (ÖZV) Scientific journal publishing relevant articles, expert interviews, and best-practice reports in transportation science for members, researchers, and industry stakeholders.
• Veranstaltungen (Events) Organization of conferences, symposia, excursions, and lectures on topics such as sustainable mobility, infrastructure planning, digitalization in transport, and intermodal logistics, open to both members and non-members with member discounts.
• Arbeitskreise (Working Groups) Specialized expert groups discussing current developments in areas such as traffic law, corporate mobility, traffic management, railway technology, and sustainable mobility, bringing together industry, research and policy stakeholders.
• Junge ÖVG (Young ÖVG) Network program for young talents providing fresh impulses for the mobility of tomorrow and connecting early-career professionals in the Austrian transport sector.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• AlstomminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTransportation technology company and ÖVG member/logo partner. Supports the organization's mission for sustainable mobility and innovative transportation solutions.
• ASFINAGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAustrian motorway operator and ÖVG member/logo partner. Provides infrastructure perspective to transportation discussions.
• ÖBB-HoldingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAustrian Federal Railways holding company and ÖVG member/logo partner. Major stakeholder in Austrian rail transportation.
• Plasser & TheurerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRailway track construction machinery manufacturer and ÖVG member/logo partner.
• Rail Cargo GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRailway logistics operator and ÖVG member/logo partner. Provides freight transportation perspective.
• STADLERminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRailway vehicle manufacturer and ÖVG member/logo partner.
• PORRminorGTM or Marketing PartnerConstruction and infrastructure company and ÖVG member/logo partner.
• HitachiminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTechnology company and ÖVG member/logo partner.
• WKO (Wirtschaftskammer Österreich)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerAustrian Federal Economic Chamber and ÖVG member/logo partner.
• GYSEVminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAustrian-Hungarian railway operator and ÖVG member/logo partner.
• AustriaTechcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustriaTech works with ÖVG on the working group for corporate mobility. Natasa Hodzic-Srndic and Ivana Serafimovic from AustriaTech lead the ÖVG working group 'Corporate Mobility'.
• ASFINAGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlorian Koch from ASFINAG co-leads the ÖVG working group 'Corporate Mobility' with AustriaTech representatives.
• offroad communicationsminorOthersDigital agency that designed and implemented ÖVG's new website and rebranding in 2025.
• Wirtschaftsagentur WienminorOthersVienna Business Agency funded ÖVG's digitalization measures. A fund of the City of Vienna.
• Global Rail GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRailway industry group and ÖVG member/logo partner.
• SCHIG (Schieneninfrastrukturfinanzierungs-Gesellschaft)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerRailway infrastructure financing company and ÖVG member/logo partner.
• IV (Industriellenvereinigung)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerFederation of Austrian Industry and ÖVG member/logo partner.
• Vossloh AGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRailway infrastructure company and ÖVG member/logo partner.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• POLIS Network: European network of cities and regions for transport innovation; comparable multi-stakeholder convening model with events and working groups, focused on urban mobility.
• ERTICO - ITS Europe: European public-private partnership for intelligent transport systems; intersects with ÖVG's digitalisation and traffic management working groups as an adjacent ecosystem organiser.

Broad incumbents

• ITF - International Transport Forum: OECD-linked intergovernmental transport policy forum; overlaps with ÖVG's policy-transmission role and convening function but at a global government level.
• UITP - International Association of Public Transport: Global public transport association with broader scope and international membership; overlaps ÖVG's public-transport working groups and event activity at a larger scale.

Regional players

• VNL - Verein Netzwerk Logistik: Logistics network association active in Northern Germany; comparable membership-and-events model to ÖVG but focused on logistics and operating primarily outside Austria.

Others

• AustriaTech: Federal agency for technological innovation in transport, already a strategic co-leadership partner in ÖVG's Corporate Mobility working group; comparable policy-adjacent convening role in Austria.
• Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (WKO): Austrian Federal Economic Chamber; logo partner of ÖVG and overlapping constituency of transport-industry member companies, operating as a broader industry convenor.

Direct peers

• SVI - Schweizerische Vereinigung der Verkehrsingenieure und -experten: Swiss association of transport engineers and experts, matching ÖVG's profile as a DACH-region professional society focused on interdisciplinary transport science exchange.
• DVWG - Deutsche Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft: German national transport-science society, the closest linguistic and functional sister organisation to ÖVG; both convene research, policy and practice across modes via membership, working groups and conferences.
• BVL - Bundesvereinigung Logistik: Germany's leading logistics and supply chain management association, structurally comparable to ÖVG as a membership society organising events, publications and working groups for industry and academia.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oevg

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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