What Staatliches Bauamt Passau does

Staatliches Bauamt Passau is a Bavarian state government construction authority (Behörde) headquartered in Passau, Germany, operating under the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wohnen, Bau und Verkehr. Established in 2006, the agency serves six districts in Lower Bavaria (Freyung-Grafenau, Passau, Rottal-Inn, Deggendorf, Straubing-Bogen, and Regen) plus the city of Straubing. It employs 29 staff and is responsible for planning, construction, and maintenance of public infrastructure in the region.

The agency's operations are organized around four core divisions: Hochbau (public building construction), Straßenbau (road infrastructure), Betriebsdienst (road maintenance including winter services), and Dombauhütte (cathedral preservation). It manages a road network of approximately 2,200 kilometers of federal, state, and county roads plus a section of Autobahn A94, operated through five Straßenmeistereien with 81 vehicles, 25 salt storage halls, and 25,000+ tonnes of winter road salt capacity. Major construction projects under its purview include the JVA Passau prison (450 places, the largest project in the agency's history), the €60M police headquarters in Passau, the NAWAREUM renewable resources center in Straubing, and university campus expansions. The technical stack is limited to Matomo Analytics for website usage analysis; there is no proprietary AI/ML technology.

The business model is exclusively public budget funding from the Freistaat Bayern — there is no commercial revenue, no pricing model, and no private-sector customers. Construction delivery is executed through public tendering of external contractors managed by in-house staff. The agency communicates through its official website, WhatsApp channel, email newsletters, press releases, and public information events. Strategic priorities include heritage preservation of St. Stephen's Cathedral via the affiliated Staatliche Dombauhütte Passau and modernization initiatives such as a 2024 electric truck pilot for road maintenance fleets.

Name

Staatliches Bauamt Passau

Legal name

Staatliches Bauamt Passau

Website

https://stbapa.bayern.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Staatliches Bauamt Passau is a Bavarian state government construction authority that plans, builds, and maintains public infrastructure — roads, bridges, government buildings, and heritage monuments — across six districts in Lower Bavaria, funded entirely through state budget appropriations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Infrastructure Construction Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220), Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (237310)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Government & Civic Building Construction (Courthouses, City Halls, Public Safety) (IMAFACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Building Codes, Permitting & Inspections (Building Safety) (BPAIANAF), Retaining Walls & Hardscape Structures (HSAPALAH)

Keywords

• Public building construction
• Road infrastructure management
• Winter road maintenance
• Heritage monument preservation
• Government construction authority

Headquarters

HQ city

Passau

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Budget Funding: Government agency funded through the Bavarian state budget. Receives appropriations from the Freistaat Bayern for infrastructure projects, building construction, and road maintenance. No commercial revenue generation.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Staatliches Bauamt Passau is a Bavarian state government construction authority that plans, builds, and maintains public infrastructure for the Free State of Bavaria across six districts in Lower Bavaria. Its core offerings cover public building construction (Hochbau), road construction (Straßenbau) for federal, state, and county roads, year-round road maintenance and winter service (Betriebsdienst) through five Straßenmeistereien, and preservation of state-protected heritage monuments including St. Stephen's Cathedral (Dombauhütte).

Product overview

Staatliches Bauamt Passau is a Bavarian state construction authority offering a portfolio of public infrastructure services organized around four core divisions: Hochbau (public building construction), Straßenbau (road infrastructure), Betriebsdienst (road maintenance including winter services), and Dombauhütte (cathedral preservation). The authority manages large-scale construction projects including prisons, police facilities, university buildings, and highway bypasses. It operates road maintenance depots across six districts and provides specialized heritage conservation for the Passau Cathedral. The organization functions as a government agency executing construction projects for the Free State of Bavaria rather than offering commercial products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Team Orange: The road maintenance service team of Staatliches Bauamt Passau, responsible for winter service and road maintenance operations.

Products and services

• Hochbau (Public Building Construction)
• Straßenbau (Road Construction)
• Betriebsdienst (Road Maintenance Services)
• Dombauhütte (Cathedral and Monument Preservation)

Quantifiable outcome

• Project completion: Transferzentrum Deggendorf completed March 2018, 7.335 million euros total cost
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wohnen, Bau und VerkehrcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent ministry providing funding, strategic direction, and project approvals for all major construction initiatives. The agency operates under the ministry's authority and reports to the Government of Niederbayern.
• Regierung von Niederbayern (Government of Lower Bavaria)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government authority overseeing the agency's activities. Receives and reviews project plans, provides approvals for infrastructure projects, and coordinates with other state agencies.
• Landesbaudirektion BayerncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentral coordination body for all state construction offices in Bavaria. Provides shared services including the joint data protection officer for all Staatliche Bauämter.
• Dialogforum Nordumgehung PassauminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-stakeholder forum established by District Administrator Franz Meyer, Mayor Jürgen Dupper, and Karl Wiebel (head of Bavarian Road Construction Administration) to facilitate dialogue on B 388 Northern Bypass project. Includes affected municipalities and community representatives.
• Staatliche Dombauhütte PassauminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated organization responsible for preservation and maintenance work on St. Stephen's Cathedral (Dom St. Stephan). Operates under the agency's umbrella for monument protection tasks.
• Team Orange (Betriebsdienst)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWinter and summer road maintenance service team operating from five Straßenmeistereien. Manages road safety operations including snow removal, gritting, and road repairs.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Staatliches Bauamt Regensburg: Direct peer Bavarian state construction office covering the Regensburg/Oberpfalz district with identical statutory authority for road, building, and bridge construction. Operates under the same ministry and provides nearly indistinguishable services to a different geographic catchment.
• Staatliches Bauamt Würzburg: Direct peer Bavarian state construction office serving the Würzburg/Unterfranken region. Operates with the same four-service mandate, reports to the same ministry, and provides the most direct operational benchmark for Staatliches Bauamt Passau.
• Staatliches Bauamt München: Sibling Bavarian state construction office serving the München/Oberbayern government district with the same four-division mandate (Hochbau, Straßenbau, Betriebsdienst, monument preservation). Directly comparable in scope, funding model, and statutory role, differing only by geography.
• Staatliches Bauamt Bayreuth: Sibling Bavarian Bauamt covering the Bayreuth/Oberfranken government district. Performs the same statutory duties across Hochbau, Straßenbau, and Betriebsdienst, and shares the centralized Landesbaudirektion Bayern coordination structure.
• Staatliches Bauamt Nürnberg: Direct peer construction office for the Nürnberg/Mittelfranken region under the same Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wohnen, Bau und Verkehr. Comparable in scale, mandate, and funding model, with similar mix of urban building projects (universities, police, courts) and highway infrastructure.
• Staatliches Bauamt Augsburg: Direct peer Bavarian Bauamt serving the Augsburg/Swabia region. Shares identical mandate structure — federal/state road construction, public building projects, maintenance depots — and reports to the same parent ministry, making it a like-for-like operational comparator.

Broad incumbents

• Die Autobahn GmbH des Bundes: Federal-level German highway authority that took over the Autobahn network in 2021. Although Staatliches Bauamt Passau manages only an A94 section, the Autobahn GmbH is a relevant structural peer for federal highway construction oversight, traffic management, and maintenance operations.

Regional players

• Landesbetrieb Straßenbau Nordrhein-Westfalen: State-level road construction and maintenance authority for North Rhine-Westphalia. Comparable in core road infrastructure mandate and public-sector funding model, though structurally distinct as a Landesbetrieb (state enterprise) rather than a Bavarian Bauamt, and serving a different geography.
• Niedersächsische Landesbehörde für Straßenbau und Verkehr: Lower Saxony's state authority for road construction, maintenance, and traffic management. Performs an analogous road infrastructure mandate under different state administration, providing a useful cross-state benchmark for operational scale and budget.
• Hessen Mobil – Straßen- und Verkehrsmanagement: Hesse's state road and traffic management authority with comparable responsibility for federal/state road construction, maintenance, and winter service. Functions as a regional peer operating under a different state ministry but with a similar integrated mandate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/staatliches-bauamt-passau

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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