Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Soziales und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt

What Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Soziales und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt does

The Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Soziales und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt (Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Social Cohesion) is a state-government ministry of the Free State of Saxony, headquartered at Albertstraße 10, 01067 Dresden. It is the central regulatory and policy authority for social welfare, healthcare, family services, senior care, disability inclusion, migrant integration, consumer protection, animal welfare, and social cohesion across the federal state, serving the approximately 4 million inhabitants of Saxony. The ministry operates under the leadership of State Minister Petra Köpping (in office since 2019) and State Secretary Dagmar Neukirch, and coordinates service delivery through a network of subordinate state authorities and Saxony's 10 rural districts and 3 urban districts.

The ministry operates a portfolio of citizen-facing digital services, including the Amt24 citizen portal, the Pflegedatenbank (care provider database), Pflegenetz Sachsen, Gesunde Sachsen, Familie Sachsen, the Engagementbörse volunteer-matching platform, and elba.sax for electronic application management. It is modernising the Saxon public-health offices through the "Digitales Gesundheitsamt Sachsen" initiative, which deploys Octoware® NET public-health software, and has piloted the MUBE mobile ophthalmology unit combining telemedicine with mobile clinical delivery for rural areas. A Sächsische Transparenzplattform is planned by January 2028 under the Saxon Transparency Act. The ministry holds no proprietary technology platform, no patents are disclosed, and no AI/ML capabilities are documented.

As a state-government entity, the ministry is funded through the general tax revenues of the Free State of Saxony and operates without commercial pricing or revenue generation. Operational service delivery is executed through subordinate bodies, including the four state psychiatric hospitals (Altscherbitz, Arnsdorf, Großschweidnitz, Rodewisch), the Landesuntersuchungsanstalt Sachsen, the Staatsbetrieb für Mess- und Eichwesen, the Landesjugendamt, and the Haus am Karswald residential care facility. Direct headcount at the ministry is 90 employees.

Name

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Soziales und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt

Legal name

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt

Website

https://sms.sachsen.de

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Social Cohesion is a German state ministry headquartered in Dresden that delivers social welfare, healthcare, family, disability, and consumer protection services to approximately 4 million Saxony citizens through statutory authority and subordinate state authorities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Social Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211), Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (92114), Other General Government Support (921190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Management Services (8741), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIABAI

State/Provincial Human Services & Benefits Administration (Welfare, Disability, Child & Family)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/State/Provincial & Regional Government Administration

SECONDARYBPAIABAH

State/Provincial Health Department & Public Health Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/State/Provincial & Regional Government Administration

SECONDARYBPAIAAAC

Intergovernmental Affairs & Federal Grants Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Central/Federal Government Administration

Keywords

• Public social welfare
• State health policy
• Disability inclusion services
• Consumer protection regulation
• Family and senior services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dresden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Soziales und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt is the Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion, a state government ministry of the Free State of Saxony headquartered in Dresden. It develops and implements policy and oversees public services in social welfare, healthcare, family support, senior care, inclusion of people with disabilities, integration, consumer protection, and animal health. The ministry discharges its mandate through policy regulation, supervisory oversight, and coordination with subordinate agencies and municipal authorities.

Product overview

The Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Soziales und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt operates a portfolio of citizen-facing digital services and thematic web portals. The core web presence at www.sms.sachsen.de serves as the ministry's primary digital channel, supplemented by a network of specialized portals including Amt24 (central citizen service portal), the Pflegedatenbank (care provider database), the Pflegenetz Sachsen (care network portal), Gesunde Sachsen (health portal), Familie Sachsen (family portal), the Sozialberichterstattung (social reporting platform), and the upcoming Sächsische Transparenzplattform (transparency platform, launch planned by 2028). Cross-cutting digital services include elba.sax for electronic application management, the Engagementbörse for civic volunteering, and the Familiendatenbank FABISAX. In healthcare, the ministry is modernizing public health offices through the 'Digitales Gesundheitsamt Sachsen' initiative using Octoware® NET software, piloting the MUBE mobile ophthalmology unit, and advancing the E-Rezept system. The ministry also oversees the iKFZ online vehicle registration service via Amt24.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Die stärksten Sachsen: Career portal for health, social and medical professions with the slogan 'Wir machen die stärksten Sach(s)en!'
• Web App Leichte Sprache
• Uns kümmert's
• Behindern.Verhindern
• 100% Liebe – 0% Alkohol
• Alltag ohne Gewalt

Products and services

• Social Welfare and Social Cohesion Policy Statutory policy and oversight functions covering social welfare, integration, and social cohesion matters for residents of the Free State of Saxony.
• Healthcare Policy and Oversight State-level healthcare policy direction and supervisory oversight of hospital, care, and public health matters in Saxony; the ministry's portfolio was expanded to include health following a December 2024 reorganization.
• Family and Senior Citizen Support Services Policy and programs supporting families, children, and senior citizens in Saxony, including coordination with municipal and welfare organizations.
• Disability Inclusion Services Programs and oversight supporting the inclusion, participation, and welfare of people with disabilities in Saxony.
• Consumer Protection Regulation State-level consumer protection policy and regulatory functions for residents of Saxony.
• Animal Health and Welfare Oversight State-level policy and oversight of animal health and welfare in Saxony.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Ministerium für Justiz, Sicherheit, Steuern, Finanzen Sachsen: Sister Saxon state ministry within the same Free State of Saxony government. Useful for benchmarking cross-ministry digital infrastructure (Amt24, sachsen.de) and shared administrative services.

Direct peers

• Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit und Integration Baden-Württemberg: Combines social affairs, health and integration policy in a German federal state. Closest peer by combined social/health remit and by operating subordinate authorities across welfare and health.
• Ministerium für Soziales, Jugend und Sport Brandenburg: Eastern German state ministry covering social affairs, youth and sport. Directly comparable by geography, demographic profile and post-reunification social-policy demands.
• Thüringer Ministerium für Arbeit, Soziales, Gesundheit, Frauen und Familie: Thuringia's combined social/health/labour ministry. Comparable scale and integrated health-and-social remit, particularly relevant given similar demographic challenges in eastern Germany.
• Hessisches Ministerium für Soziales und Integration: State ministry for social affairs and integration in a mid-sized German Land. Comparable structure with Hospitals, welfare integration and inclusion mandate.
• Ministerium für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen: NRW's state ministry combining labour, health and social affairs. Operates analogous programmes for ~18 million citizens and oversees multiple subordinate authorities similar to SMS's portfolio.
• Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Gesundheit und Pflege Berlin: Berlin's combined health and care administration. Comparable mandate across welfare, inclusion, health and the operation of state-owned healthcare facilities.
• Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Gesundheit und Pflege: Bavaria's state ministry combining health and care portfolios. Most direct comparable to SMS now that Saxony has added 'Gesundheit', with similar universal service mandate across hospitals, nursing and public health.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesministerium für Gesundheit: Federal-level German Ministry of Health. Sets the national legal framework that the SMS implements at Land level, making it the highest-tier peer for the 'Gesundheit' portion of the mandate.
• Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend: Federal ministry for family, seniors, women and youth. Defines the federal family and senior-care policy that SMS implements locally, providing direct upstream policy comparability.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sms_sachsen
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@sms_sachsen
• Facebookfacebook.com/SozialministeriumSachsen
• Instagraminstagram.com/sms_sachsen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sms-sachsen

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

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