Polizei-Sport-Verein Berlin E.V.

What Polizei-Sport-Verein Berlin E.V. does

Polizei-Sport-Verein Berlin e.V. is a registered non-profit sports club (eingetragener Verein) founded in 1921 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The organization operates 28 sports departments serving approximately 2,700 members and traces its heritage to the Berlin police force; it was originally restricted to police personnel before opening to the general public in 1953. The club spans a broad range of athletic disciplines and serves a community membership base in the Berlin metropolitan area, with no evidence of commercial product lines, technology platforms, or equity-funded operations.

The organization's business model follows the traditional German Sportverein membership model: members pay periodic fees that fund operations, departmental programming, and facility access. Revenue is supplemented by institutional support from Polizei Berlin, which serves as naming sponsor and provides structural backing. The club has received federal and municipal recognition, including the Sportplakette des Bundespräsidenten and the Goldene 50 distinction, reinforcing its standing within the German amateur sports system.

There is no indication of venture-scale activity, equity funding rounds, or proprietary technology development in the available data. Leadership is exercised through elected governance — most recently Alan Kamal, who assumed the presidency in June 2023 — consistent with the association's status as a registered member-run Verein rather than a commercial enterprise.

Name

Polizei-Sport-Verein Berlin E.V.

Legal name

Polizei-Sport-Verein Berlin e.V.

Website

https://polizei-sport-verein-berlin.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1921

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Berlin-based registered non-profit sports club (e.V.) founded in 1921, serving approximately 2,700 members across 28 sports departments with police-affiliated heritage. Operates as a Verein funded by membership fees with naming-sponsor support from Polizei Berlin.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Club Services

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940), Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Amateur Clubs & Community Sports Organizations (MPAKACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Olympic & Multi-Sport Movement Organizations (NOCs, Olympic Committees) (MPAKACAI)

Keywords

• Amateur sports club
• Multi-sport membership
• Community athletics programs
• Recreational sports association
• Youth sports programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: The club generates revenue through annual membership fees from its approximately 2,700 members across 28 sports departments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Polizei-Sport-Verein Berlin e.V. is a registered multi-sport club offering organized training and competition opportunities across 28 sports departments — including Aikido, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Cheerleading, Cycling, Golf, Handball, Dog Sports, Judo, Karate, Kickboxing, Athletics, Motorsports, Sailing, Swimming, Sports Gymnastics, Shooting, Dance Sports, Table Tennis, Tennis, and Water Sports — to approximately 2,700 members. The club sells annual memberships that grant access to training programs, police-owned sports facilities, youth development initiatives, and community-based competitive sports participation.

Product overview

Polizei-Sport-Verein Berlin E.V. (PSV Berlin) is a sports club offering a diverse range of athletic activities across 28 departments. The club provides sports programs including Aikido, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Cheerleading, Cycling, Golf, Handball, Dog Sports, Judo, Karate, Kickboxing, Athletics, Motorsport, Sailing, Swimming, Sports Gymnastics, Shooting Sports, Dance Sports, Table Tennis, Tennis, and Water Sports. With over 2,700 members, it is one of the 25 largest clubs in Berlin, offering both police-affiliated and public membership options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Multi-sport club membership (28 departments) Annual membership granting access to organized training, coaching, and competitive participation across 28 sports departments at the club, available to police-affiliated members and the general public in Berlin. Includes free access to police-owned sports facilities for police-affiliated members.
• Handball department (PSV Handball) Organized handball training and competitive teams, including A and B youth teams, accessible to members of the club's handball department.
• Judo department Organized judo training and competition for club members, including participation in district-level championships.
• Karate department Organized karate training and competition for club members, including participation in district-level championships.
• Aikido department (Friedrichshain) Organized aikido training, including an annual winter seminar at the Sport- und Bildungszentrum Lindow (Mark), for club members and visiting aikidoka.
• Athletics department (Leichtathletik) Organized athletics training and competition for club members, including race walking and track events.
• Swimming department (Schwimmen) Organized swimming training and competition for club members.
• Cycling department (Radsport) Organized cycling training and competition for club members, including recreational rides and competitive participation.
• Boxing department (PSV Boxen) Organized boxing training and competition for club members.
• Cheerleading department (BCA Cheerleader) Organized cheerleading training and competition for club members, including junior and senior squads.
• Motorsports department Organized motorsports participation for club members.

Quantifiable outcome

• 63 Bronze, 5 Silver, and 26 Gold medals won at the 2024 Reinickendorf District Championship

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Bezirksamt Reinickendorf von BerlinminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 July 2024The Reinickendorf district office organized the annual sports recognition ceremony where PSV athletes were honored with medals for their achievements in district championships. The district mayor and councilman attended the ceremony.
• DYNminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 21 May 2024DYN is a handball equipment and training provider that organized a special training session for PSV handball youth players with professional player Nils Lichtlein. DYN captured the event on camera for promotional content.
• Polizei BerlincoreOthersPolizei Berlin serves as the naming sponsor and institutional supporter of the club. As the namesake, Polizei Berlin promotes the club and enables all PSV members to use police-owned sports facilities free of charge. The Police President also holds the position of Honorary President of the club.
• Füchse BerlinminorOthersFüchse Berlin is a professional handball club. PSV handball youth players participated in a training session with Nils Lichtlein from Füchse Berlin as part of a promotional event.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf: Professional handball club in Berlin with a youth academy that collaborates with PSV Berlin; comparable in handball-specific operations and an institutional partner for player development.

Regional players

• Polizei-Sport-Verein Hamburg: Hamburg's police-affiliated sports club operating on the same model of police-named amateur sports association, comparable conceptually but in a different market.
• Polizei-Sport-Verein München: Counterpart police sports club in Munich with similar police-affiliated multi-sport framework, comparable in operations but serving a different German city.

Direct peers

• TuS Lichterfelde: Major Berlin amateur sports club offering multiple sports including handball, basketball, and judo, comparable to PSV Berlin's multi-sport municipal club model.
• SC Charlottenburg: Long-established Berlin sports club offering a wide range of team and individual sports, structurally very similar to PSV Berlin as a community amateur club.
• Berliner Turn- und Sportclub (BTSC): One of the largest traditional multi-sport clubs in Berlin with broad amateur sports departments and a long history, directly comparable in scale of membership and sport offerings to PSV Berlin.
• Polizei-Sport-Verein Braunschweig: Another German police-affiliated sports club (PSV) with multi-sport offerings and police institutional support, directly comparable in model and mission to PSV Berlin.
• SV Berlin-Buch: Berlin-based multi-sport club with dozens of departments and broad membership, comparable to PSV Berlin in structure and amateur sports orientation.

Others

• Landessportbund Berlin (LSB): Berlin state sports federation representing the city's sports clubs; PSV Berlin operates under this federated structure, making it part of the same peer ecosystem.
• Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB) member clubs: Umbrella organization for German amateur sports clubs; PSV Berlin is part of the Olympic sports ecosystem and awards like Goldene 50 link the club to this structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/polizei-sport-verein-berlin-e.v.

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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