Steuerberaterverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.

What Steuerberaterverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. does

Steuerberaterverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. is a registered professional association (eingetragener Verein / non-profit) founded in 1948 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It serves approximately 2,200 members comprising tax advisors (Steuerberater), accountants, auditors, and lawyers practicing in the Berlin-Brandenburg region, providing professional advocacy, continuing professional education, member networking, and regulatory representation. The association is a member of the Deutscher Steuerberaterverband (DStV), the national umbrella body, and operates under ISO 9001:2015 quality management certification.

The association's core "products" are professional services rather than technology: advocacy and political representation on tax and professional-conduct matters, continuing professional development seminars and events, member-only information services, and access to vetted partner ecosystems. Underlying infrastructure is light: the organization runs with approximately 11 employees and no disclosed proprietary technology platform. The most significant operational asset is the wholly-owned subsidiary FSB GmbH, which functions as an in-house training institute delivering structured professional education programs to members and the broader market.

The business model is non-profit and dues-driven. Revenue is generated primarily through membership subscriptions, paid seminar and event registrations, and training-program income channeled through FSB GmbH; sponsorship and partner contributions add a secondary layer. Go-to-market is exclusively regional (Berlin-Brandenburg) and member-driven, with no traditional sales motion. Recent strategic positioning — opening membership to TaxTech firms, co-participating at deGUT 2025 with DATEV and the regional Steuerberaterkammer, and launching the talents4.tax recruitment platform — signals a deliberate widening of the membership base and value proposition ahead of the approved June 25, 2026 merger with the BBV.

Name

Steuerberaterverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.

Legal name

Verband der steuerberatenden und wirtschaftsprüfenden Berufe e.V.

Website

https://stbverband.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Steuerberaterverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. is a registered non-profit professional association founded in 1948, serving approximately 2,200 tax advisors, accountants, auditors, and lawyers in Berlin-Brandenburg through advocacy, continuing education, and member services via its FSB GmbH training subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services for Tax Advisors

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal & Compliance (CLE, Paralegal CE) (EDAAALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Legal & Governance Professional Development (EDAGANAK), Finance, Accounting & Tax Reference (GAAP/IFRS, Audit, Compliance, Tax) (EDAGAGAE)

Keywords

• Professional association services
• Tax advisor advocacy
• Continuing professional education
• Membership dues association
• Professional networking events

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Revenue generated through annual membership fees from approximately 2,200 members including tax advisors, accountants, auditors, and lawyers. The association also generates revenue through event fees, seminar registrations, and professional services offered to members.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Steuerberaterverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. is a regional professional association that represents approximately 2,200 tax advisors, auditors, sworn accountants, and specialist tax lawyers in Berlin-Brandenburg. Its core offerings include membership-based advocacy, continuing professional education (seminars, webinars, conferences) delivered directly and via its wholly-owned FSB GmbH training institute, professional networking, a public tax advisor directory, a job exchange, an expert hotline, and policy representation through its membership in the Deutscher Steuerberaterverband (DStV).

Product overview

Steuerberaterverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. operates as a professional membership organization offering a platform of interconnected services for tax advisors, auditors, and tax professionals. The core offering centers on the main association with approximately 2,200 members, supported by the proprietary FSB GmbH training institute for professional education. Members access StBdirekt (DStV internet service), TAXarena events, talents4.tax recruitment platform, and a comprehensive job exchange. Additional services include TeleTax online seminars, exam preparation courses, a member podcast, resource library, practice exchange, expert hotline, and a public tax advisor finder. The portfolio integrates professional development, networking, advocacy, and practical business tools for the tax advisory profession.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Steuerberaterverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. Membership
• FSB GmbH Fachinstitut Continuing Education Seminars

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Steuerberaterkammer BerlinminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 October 2025The Berlin Chamber of Tax Advisors co-exhibited with the association at the deGUT 2025 trade fair, demonstrating collaborative advocacy for the tax advisory profession in the Berlin region.
• Deutscher Steuerberaterverband (DStV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Steuerberaterverband Berlin-Brandenburg is a member of the DStV, the national umbrella association for tax advisors in Germany. Through this membership, the regional association participates in national and European policy advocacy, coordinates professional positions on tax and career policy matters, and represents members' interests at the federal level.
• FSB GmbH (Fachinstitut für Steuerrecht und Betriebswirtschaft)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFSB GmbH is the association's own training institute (Fachinstitut) for tax law and business administration. It provides continuing education seminars, online seminars (TeleTax), and professional development programs exclusively or primarily for members of the association.
• Steuerberaterverband Brandenburg (BBV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe members of both the Berlin-Brandenburg Association (BBV) and the Steuerberaterverband Berlin-Brandenburg voted unanimously on June 25, 2026 to merge the BBV into the Steuerberaterverband Berlin-Brandenburg. This represents a major consolidation of the professional association landscape in the region.
• TaxTech CompaniesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe association has opened membership to TaxTech companies, enabling a 'Miteinander von Tax und Tech' (collaboration between tax and technology). This partnership approach allows technology companies in the tax space to participate in the association while fostering innovation dialogue.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Haufe Group: A major German provider of tax-law reference, continuing-education, and professional content. Not a membership association, but competes for the same CPE and reference budget the Verband's FSB GmbH and library serve — a thematically adjacent commercial peer.
• DATEV eG: Germany's dominant tax/accounting software cooperative, co-exhibited with the Verband and Steuerberaterkammer Berlin at deGUT 2025. Not a peer in the membership-association sense, but a critical ecosystem participant and adjacent enabler of the same practitioner audience.

Direct peers

• Steuerberaterkammer Berlin: The mandatory-membership chamber for tax advisors in Berlin, co-exhibiting with the Verband at deGUT 2025. It addresses the same professional audience in the same region, complementing the Verband's voluntary-membership services.
• Deutscher Steuerberaterverband (DStV): The national umbrella association for tax advisors in Germany. The Verband is itself a member of the DStV, making it the closest structural peer and the channel through which the regional association participates in federal and EU-level policy advocacy.
• Steuerberaterverband München: A regional voluntary-membership association for tax advisors in Bavaria, structurally and operationally analogous to Steuerberaterverband Berlin-Brandenburg. Comparable scale, dues model, and CPE/advocacy mandate make it a direct regional peer.
• Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (BRAK): The federal chamber for German lawyers, structurally analogous to a federal Steuerberaterkammer. BRAK is a strong model peer for how a licensed profession organizes mandatory advocacy, continuing education, and member services at scale.
• Steuerberaterverband Westfalen-Lippe: Another regional voluntary-membership association for tax advisors, covering Westfalen-Lippe. Same operating model, member-services portfolio, and DStV affiliation, making it a near-clone peer for benchmarking.
• Steuerberaterverband Hessen: Regional voluntary tax-advisor association in Hessen. Operates the same member-services-plus-advocacy model and is one of the most relevant benchmarks for Berlin-Brandenburg's member economics and event programming.

Broad incumbents

• Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer in Deutschland e.V. (IDW): The professional association for German public auditors, with a substantial overlap in membership (the Verband itself represents Wirtschaftsprüfer alongside Steuerberater). IDW is a useful peer for benchmarking standards, advocacy, and CPE infrastructure in an adjacent licensed profession.
• Bundessteuerberaterkammer (BStBK): The federal chamber representing all German tax advisors (mandatory membership). It is the parallel, statutory counterpart to the Verband's voluntary-membership model, serving the same profession with overlapping — but institutionally distinct — advocacy and standards roles.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC
• Facebookfacebook.com/StBVerbandBerlinBB
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stbverband
• Instagraminstagram.com/stbverbandbb

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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