Stadt Sulingen

What Stadt Sulingen does

Stadt Sulingen is the municipal government (Stadtgemeinde) of Sulingen, a town in the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony, Germany, serving approximately 15,000 residents across the city center and five surrounding Ortschaften (Groß Lessen, Klein Lessen, Rathlosen, Nordsulingen, and Lindern). The municipality is governed by Mayor Patrick Bade and a city council (Rat), operating from the Rathaus at Galtener Str. 12, 27232 Sulingen, with supporting offices including the Stadtarchiv, the Büro des Bürgermeisters, and a Tourism Information Office led by Sabine Kammacher. Its functional remit spans civil registry, building permits, local taxation, urban planning, family and social services, childcare, education support, public order, tourism, cultural programs, and climate protection.

The municipality's core product surface is the Digitales Rathaus (Digital Town Hall) portal at sulingen.de, organized into six modules: Rathaus+Politik, Freizeit+Kultur, Familie+Soziales, Bauen+Wohnen, Wirtschaft, and Klima. Underlying technology includes a Nextcloud instance for online file exchange, surveys, and forms hosted by an external IT service provider under GDPR Art. 28; online appointment booking; digital trade tax assessments; a virtual 360-degree Sulingen tour; and an accessibility layer offering Leichte Sprache and Gebärdensprache. Distribution combines the website, official Facebook and Instagram channels, downloadable print materials such as the Stadtverführer, the in-person Rathaus, and partnerships with STEG (city development), meet.factory (coworking), Energieagentur Sulinger Land (renewable energy), and Verein Labbusmühle (heritage windmill).

As a public-sector entity, Stadt Sulingen is funded through local taxes (Grundsteuer A/B, Gewerbesteuer, Hundesteuer, Straßenreinigungsgebühren) and intergovernmental transfers rather than commercial revenue. Commercial pricing is therefore not applicable. Customer segments include local citizens and residents as the primary constituency, plus tourists, day visitors, and local businesses. The municipality maintains a documented GDPR compliance program, an external data protection officer (secom IT GmbH, appointed 2020-10-01), and certifications including DSGVO Informationspflichten and barrierefreiheit.

Name

Stadt Sulingen

Legal name

Stadt Sulingen

Website

https://sulingen.de

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Stadt Sulingen is the municipal government of Sulingen in Lower Saxony, Germany, serving about 15,000 residents across the city and five surrounding villages. It delivers administrative services, urban planning, family/social programs, tourism, economic development, and climate protection via its Digitales Rathaus portal and physical offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services (BPAIACAI), Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ), Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Public administration services
• Civil registry services
• Local government services
• Urban planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Sulingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stadt Sulingen provides statutory municipal administration and public services for the town of Sulingen and five surrounding villages, delivering civil registry services, building permits, local tax collection, vehicle registration, childcare, education support, economic development, tourism promotion, and community facilities. The digital offering centers on a comprehensive online citizen services portal (Digitales Rathaus) that enables appointment booking, forms and applications, digital tax assessments, and various administrative transactions. The municipality also maintains cultural and recreational facilities including a leisure pool, city archive, public library, and organizes community events.

Product overview

Stadt Sulingen's digital presence consists of a multi-module citizen services portal organized into six main functional areas: Rathaus+Politik (administration and governance), Freizeit+Kultur (tourism, leisure, and culture), Familie+Soziales (family and social services), Bauen+Wohnen (urban development and housing), Wirtschaft (economic development and business services), and Klima (climate protection). The core offering is the 'Digitales Rathaus' (Digital Town Hall), which provides online administrative services including appointment booking, forms, digital tax assessments, civil registry services, and vehicle registration. Supporting services include virtual city tours, guided tours, online surveys via Nextcloud, and a comprehensive climate protection program with solar cadastre and energy dashboards. The city also maintains active social media presence on Facebook and Instagram for citizen communication.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digitales Rathaus (Digital Town Hall)
• Freizeit+Kultur (Leisure and Culture Services)
• Familie+Soziales (Family and Social Services)
• Bauen+Wohnen (Building and Living Services)
• Wirtschaft (Economic Development Services)
• Klima (Climate Protection Services)
• Virtuelle Sulingen-Tour (Virtual Sulingen Tour)
• Stadtführungen (Guided City Tours)
• Stadtarchiv (City Archive)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• secom IT GmbHcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 October 2020secom IT GmbH serves as the external data protection officer (Datenschutzbeauftragter) for Stadt Sulingen, appointed from October 1, 2020. Located at Nienburger Str. 9d, 27232 Sulingen. The company is responsible for supporting the city in ensuring GDPR compliance across all data processing activities.
• meet.factory (Coworking Space Operator)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe meet.factory operator manages the Coworking Space Sulingen at Lange Straße, offering workspace for new ventures. The city promotes this facility as part of its economic development and business support services. Website: coworking-sulingen.de
• Stadtentwicklungsgesellschaft Sulingen mbH (STEG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSTEG is the urban development company of Stadt Sulingen, responsible for city development projects, property development, and urban renewal initiatives. It supports the municipality in implementing development concepts and managing real estate for community benefit.
• Verein Labbusmühle e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Labbusmühle windmill association maintains and operates the historic Windmühle Labbus at Windmühlenweg 3, offering tours and preserving local heritage. The city includes this attraction in its tourism offerings.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Stadt Syke: Another municipality in the Diepholz district of comparable scale. Provides the same core municipal services (civil registry, building permits, local taxation, tourism) and serves as a directly comparable small-town administration in Lower Saxony.
• Stadt Twistringen: Small town in the Diepholz district with comparable population size (~12,000-13,000). Closely comparable in administrative scope, demographic profile, and rural Lower Saxony context.
• Stadt Nienburg/Weser: Self-governing city (Selbständige Stadt) in the neighboring Nienburg district. Similar municipal structure, population scale, and service portfolio, with comparable digital citizen services and tourism functions — a directly comparable regional peer.
• Stadt Bassum: Small town in the Diepholz district with comparable population scale (~15,000-16,000). Comparable in administrative scope, demographic profile, and service offerings.
• Samtgemeinde Barnstorf: Collective municipality (Samtgemeinde) in the Diepholz district. Operates as a directly comparable form of local government administration in the same district, with similar service scope and rural context.
• Stadt Diepholz: Direct neighbor and the district capital (Kreisstadt) of the Diepholz district. Operates as a comparable small-to-medium municipal government providing similar administrative, tourism, and economic development services across a similar population base in Lower Saxony.
• Stadt Verden (Aller): District capital of the neighboring Verden district in Lower Saxony. Slightly larger but comparable as a regional small-city administration providing tourism, economic development, and citizen services in a similar demographic and economic context.

Regional players

• Stadt Minden: Mid-sized city in neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia. Operates a similar municipal service portfolio (digital services, tourism, economic development) but in a different state context — useful as a regional benchmark for small-to-medium city administration.

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Oldenburg: Major independent city (kreisfreie Stadt) in Lower Saxony. Functions as a broader incumbent in the same state, providing comparable services (citizen portal, digital administration, tourism) but at a much larger scale — useful for benchmarking digital transformation trajectory.
• Stadt Hannover: Regional capital of Lower Saxony and a much larger municipal government. Operates an overlapping set of citizen services, tourism, and economic development functions at city scale — useful as a broad incumbent reference for service breadth and digital best practices.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sulingen.de
• Instagraminstagram.com/stadtsulingen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadt-sulingen

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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