OLG.Duesseldorf

What OLG.Duesseldorf does

Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (OLG Düsseldorf) is the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, headquartered at Cecilienallee 3, 40474 Düsseldorf, with approximately 239 staff. Founded in 1906, it operates as a public judicial institution under the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia (Justiz NRW) and functions as the appellate court for civil and criminal matters within its district. It holds statutory Sonderzuständigkeiten (special competencies) in state security (Staatsschutz), patent law, cartel law, and economic/commercial law, and runs a specialized Commercial Court with dedicated senates for construction and architecture, insurance law, and corporate/Post-M&A disputes. The court also administers the Justizprüfungsamt (state legal examinations for NRW), handles recognition of foreign divorces, publishes the Düsseldorfer Tabelle (maintenance guidelines), operates the Rechtsprechungsdatenbank NRWE (legal rulings database), and offers Güterichter-led mediation and video hearings as alternative dispute resolution channels.

Its product surface is organized around the official court website (olg-duesseldorf.nrw.de), hosted by IT.NRW at Mauerstraße 51, Düsseldorf, with integrated English-language content, sign-language video, Leichte Sprache (easy-language) versions, and accessibility-compliant navigation. Public service offerings include session schedules, press releases, forms, electronic legal communication (Elektronischer Rechtsverkehr), video hearings, and a commercial-court seat-booking system. Governance is delivered via Justiz NRW's shared IT infrastructure, GDPR-compliant data processing under Art. 6 DSGVO, and a structured press office and Data Protection Officer function.

The business model is non-commercial: as a state court, OLG Düsseldorf is fully funded through the North Rhine-Westphalian state budget and does not generate commercial revenue or pricing tiers. Its users are citizens, businesses, and legal entities that come before the court under mandatory territorial and subject-matter jurisdiction, with no GTM motion, sales funnel, or paying customer relationship in the venture-investor sense. It does not have investors, funding rounds, subsidiaries, M&A activity, or external shareholders; its "partnerships" consist of intra-government technology hosting (IT.NRW), the state-level Justiz NRW portal network, and its internal Güterichter mediation chambers.

Name

OLG.Duesseldorf

Legal name

Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf

Website

https://olg-duesseldorf.nrw.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1906

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

OLG Düsseldorf is the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) of North Rhine-Westphalia, handling civil and criminal appellate cases, a specialized Commercial Court, state legal examinations, and mediation services for citizens, businesses, and legal entities in its district.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Appellate Court Services

NAICS

Courts (92211), Courts (922110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Courts & Judicial Administration (BPAIABAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Professional & Occupational Licensing Examination Authorities (EDADAFAD)

Keywords

• Appellate court services
• Commercial court proceedings
• Legal examination office
• Judicial mediation services
• Foreign divorce recognition

Headquarters

HQ city

Düsseldorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

OLG Düsseldorf is the Higher Regional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia providing appellate judicial review in civil and criminal matters, specialized Commercial Court senates (Kammern für Handelssachen) for complex commercial and corporate disputes, a Justizprüfungsamt administering state legal examinations, Güterichter/mediation services for out-of-court dispute resolution, and administrative services including recognition of foreign divorces and the Düsseldorfer Tabelle child support guidelines.

Product overview

The Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf website serves as the official digital presence of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, a German appellate court. The site is organized into several interconnected service areas: the main court information portal (offering session schedules, press releases, and general court information), the Commercial Court division (specializing in construction/architectural law, insurance law, and corporate/M&A disputes), the Justice Examination Office (managing state legal examinations), the Rechtsprechungsdatenbank NRWE legal rulings database, and various administrative services including foreign divorce recognition, mediation/mediator services, and video hearing capabilities. The website also provides access to the Düsseldorfer Tabelle (child support guidelines) and other legal information resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Appellate Court Proceedings (Civil and Criminal)
• Commercial Court (Kammern für Handelssachen)
• Justizprüfungsamt (Legal Examination Office)
• Güterichter/Mediation Services
• Recognition of Foreign Divorces
• Videoverhandlungen (Video Hearings)
• Düsseldorfer Tabelle (Child Support Guidelines)
• Rechtsprechungsdatenbank NRWE

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IT.NRW (Landesbetrieb Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen)coreTechnology or IntegrationIT.NRW hosts the internet platform for OLG Düsseldorf. The Landesbetrieb Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen provides the technical infrastructure for the court's web presence, located at Mauerstraße 51, 40476 Düsseldorf. Contact: Telefon: 0211 9449-01, Telefax: 0211 9449-8000.
• Justiz NRW (Justice Portal North Rhine-Westphalia)coreTechnology or IntegrationOLG Düsseldorf is part of the Justiz NRW portal network, a unified justice information system for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The court website links to the central Justizportal NRW (www.justiz.nrw) for broader justice information and services.
• Güterichter/Mediation ChambersminorOthersThe court offers mediation services through Güterichter (conciliation judges) who conduct mediation sessions in designated rooms (BZ 8) for consensual dispute resolution in civil matters.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Oberlandesgericht München: Higher Regional Court of Munich, Bavaria's largest appellate court; comparable in scale and role, with similar specialized senates for commercial and intellectual property matters.
• Oberlandesgericht Nürnberg: Higher Regional Court of Nürnberg (Bavaria's northern appellate court); institutional peer with similar jurisdiction over civil and criminal appeals.
• Oberlandesgericht Hamburg: Hamburg Higher Regional Court with notable maritime and commercial law expertise; comparable in scale and function as a city-state appellate court.
• Oberlandesgericht Hamm: NRW's other major Higher Regional Court, gaining expanded civil appeal jurisdiction under the July 2025 JuZuVO reform; direct institutional peer within the same state system.
• Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart: Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart with significant commercial law caseload in Baden-Württemberg; comparable peer in appellate structure and economic-law specialization.
• Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe: Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe serving Baden; institutional peer with similar appellate responsibilities and economic law specializations.
• Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main: Another major German Higher Regional Court with strong special competencies in commercial and economic law, serving the financial center of Hesse; directly comparable in scope and appellate role to OLG Düsseldorf.
• Oberlandesgericht Köln: NRW Higher Regional Court in Cologne; second appellate court within the same state, also receiving expanded jurisdictional concentration under the 2025 reform.
• Oberlandesgericht Berlin: Berlin's Higher Regional Court; comparable peer handling appellate matters in a major German city-state jurisdiction.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesgerichtshof: Germany's Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe; sits above the Oberlandesgerichte as the supreme court of civil and criminal matters, providing the appellate framework in which OLG Düsseldorf operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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