Staatspreis Unternehmensqualität und Business Excellence

Name

Staatspreis Unternehmensqualität und Business Excellence

Legal name

Quality Austria Holding GmbH

Website

https://staatspreis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Excellence Awards

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920), Business Associations (813910)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPADAKAL

Assessment, Certification & Qualifications Frameworks

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Education & Skills Development Programs

SECONDARYBPADANAD

Conformity Assessment, Testing, Inspection & Certification Cooperation

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Standards, Policy & Regulatory Cooperation

SECONDARYBPADANAA

International Standards Development & Standardization Bodies

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Standards, Policy & Regulatory Cooperation

Keywords

• Business excellence awards
• Quality management assessment
• EFQM framework evaluation
• Corporate quality certification
• National quality recognition

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Staatspreis Unternehmensqualität und Business Excellence is Austria's national state award for corporate quality and business excellence. It assesses and recognizes organizations that demonstrate outstanding performance, evaluated against the Excellence Framework Europe (EFE). The program is jointly operated by Quality Austria Holding GmbH and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Economics, Energy and Tourism (BMWET).

Product overview

The Staatspreis Unternehmensqualität und Business Excellence is an award program platform administered by Quality Austria in partnership with the Austrian Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Tourismus. The core offering is the Excellence Framework Europe (EFE), a modern European assessment framework for holistic organizational evaluation. Organizations participate in structured assessments across four domains—Leadership & Strategy, Employees & Resources, Processes & Innovation, and Results & Impact—to earn recognition as 'Excellent Companies of Austria.' Supporting offerings include modular assessor training programs, the annual Excellence Day conference, Future Readiness+ scanning services, and educational webinar series. The platform positions itself as 'model-open,' accepting organizations using any Excellence approach while using EFE as the objective evaluation standard.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Excellence Framework Europe (EFE): Das Excellence Framework Europe (EFE) ist ein moderner, europäischer Orientierungsrahmen für ganzheitliche Unternehmensentwicklung, der bei der Bewertung für den Staatspreis Unternehmensqualität eingesetzt wird.

Products and services

• Staatspreis Unternehmensqualität und Business Excellence Assessment & Award Multi-stage organizational assessment and award program that evaluates Austrian companies and institutions against the Excellence Framework Europe (EFE) criteria and awards the Austrian State Prize for Corporate Quality and Business Excellence to qualifying organizations.

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie und Tourismus (BMWET)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1996The BMWET is the official government body that co-awards the Staatspreis Unternehmensqualität. As the government partner, BMWET provides official recognition and credibility to the award as the national Austrian prize for business excellence.
• Quality Austria Holding GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuality Austria is the operational partner responsible for managing the Staatspreis program, including assessor training, application processing, evaluation coordination, and event organization. Quality Austria is the leading Austrian organization for training, certification, and assessments.
• Excellence Framework Europe (EFE)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe Excellence Framework Europe is the assessment framework used by the jury for objective, comparable evaluation of organizational quality. It covers four domains: Leadership & Strategy, Employees & Resources, Processes & Innovation, and Results & Impact.
• AFQM (Austrian Foundation for Quality Management in Business Excellence)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFQM is a founding organization of Quality Austria and plays a key role in the governance of the Staatspreis program. Franz-Peter Walder serves as the managing director of AFQM and chairs the jury.
• ÖQS (Österreichische Vereinigung zur Förderung von Qualitäts- und Managementsystemen)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerÖQS holds 59% ownership of Quality Austria Holding GmbH and promotes quality and management systems in Austria.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ludwig-Erhard-Preis (DGQ): Germany's national excellence award organized by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität (DGQ). Operates as a direct competitor in the DACH region, using similar EFQM-derived assessment frameworks to recognize organizational excellence.
• France Qualité (formerly MFQ): French national quality organization that administers excellence awards and quality frameworks modeled on EFQM. Direct peer as a national-level excellence assessment body in continental Europe.
• TÜV Austria: Austrian-based testing, inspection, and certification organization. Direct domestic competitor in the Austrian certification and assessment market, particularly relevant to Quality Austria Certification GmbH's compliance-oriented services.
• EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management): Brussels-based organization that originated the EFQM Excellence Model, the direct European predecessor to the Excellence Framework Europe (EFE) used by the Staatspreis. EFQM operates similar award programs (EFQM Global Award) and assessment schemes across Europe.
• British Quality Foundation (BQF): UK national quality foundation administering the British Quality Foundation Awards and UK Excellence Award, modeled on EFQM principles. Direct functional peer as a national excellence award administrator.
• DGQ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität): German professional society for quality management that administers the Ludwig-Erhard-Preis and offers training, certification, and assessment services. Comparable as a national quality society with award programs and assessor training.

Broad incumbents

• DNV (Det Norske Veritas): Large global certification body offering management system certification (ISO 9001, etc.) and related assurance services. Adjacent competitor for organizational quality assessment wallet share, particularly through Quality Austria Certification GmbH's ISO-aligned offerings.
• EOQ (European Organisation for Quality): European umbrella organization for quality management, providing broader continental coordination across national quality bodies. Comparable as the supranational layer that includes national quality organizations like Quality Austria.
• Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (NIST): The US national business excellence award program, operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Closest functional equivalent to the Staatspreis at the national level, providing a benchmark for award structure, assessment methodology, and government-backed recognition.

Regional players

• SAQ (Swiss Association for Quality): Swiss national quality association offering assessment, training, and certification services based on EFQM-derived frameworks. Comparable regional peer in the DACH market with similar excellence assessment offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/qualityaustria
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCRqk_vsfYGB5os-_xZLp9VA
• Facebookfacebook.com/QualityAustria
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/staatspreis-unternehmensqualitaet

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

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