vbw Verband baden-württembergischer Wohnungs- und Immobilienunternehmen

What vbw Verband baden-württembergischer Wohnungs- und Immobilienunternehmen does

vbw Verband baden-württembergischer Wohnungs- und Immobilienunternehmen is a registered non-profit association (e.V.) founded in 1909 and headquartered at Herdweg 52/54 in Stuttgart, Germany. It represents approximately 276 publicly-oriented housing and real estate companies operating in Baden-Württemberg, including cooperatives, municipal housing companies, and other non-profit housing providers. The organization is governed by Verbandsdirektorin Dr. Iris Beuerle and Verbandsratsvorsitzender Peter Bresinski, with a total staff of 35 employees.

vbw operates as a comprehensive service platform for its member companies, delivering an integrated portfolio spanning political interest representation, legal advice, statutory cooperative audits (as a registered Prüfungsverband since 1992), IT consulting, tax advisory (via wholly-owned subsidiary WTS Wohnungswirtschaftliche Treuhand Stuttgart GmbH), insurance brokerage (via AWTS Versicherungsmakler), and professional training (via the AWI Akademie der Wohnungs- und Immobilienwirtschaft). It also supports the formation of new housing cooperatives and provides compliance tools such as the EmpCo-Checker for European sustainability reporting. The association operates exclusively within the Baden-Württemberg region and is a member of the federal GdW Bundesverband.

Revenue is generated primarily through recurring membership fees paid by the ~276 member companies, supplemented by service fees from subsidiary operations (WTS, AWTS, AWI). The association does not publicly disclose financial figures. Strategic activity is heavily oriented toward political advocacy — vbw actively lobbies the Baden-Württemberg state government on housing construction crisis, the 2026 Koalitionsvertrag, and conditions for the member companies, which collectively invested nearly EUR 2 billion in maintenance, modernization, and new construction in 2025 despite a 31% decline in apartment completions.

Name

vbw Verband baden-württembergischer Wohnungs- und Immobilienunternehmen

Legal name

vbw Verband baden-württembergischer Wohnungs- und Immobilienunternehmen e.V.

Website

https://vbw-online.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

vbw is a Stuttgart-based non-profit trade association founded in 1909 serving approximately 276 publicly-oriented housing and real estate companies in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, delivering integrated legal, audit, IT, tax, insurance, and training services through member fees and wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: vbw generates revenue through membership fees from approximately 276 publicly-oriented housing and real estate companies in Baden-Württemberg. Members pay for access to comprehensive services including interest representation, legal, tax, and audit services, training, and insurance brokerage.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

vbw is a regional trade association (e.V.) founded in 1909 and headquartered in Stuttgart that represents approximately 276 publicly-oriented housing and real estate companies in Baden-Württemberg. It delivers member services including political interest representation, legal advice, statutory economic audits (as a Prüfungsverband), IT/EDV services, professional training through its subsidiary AWI, tax consulting via WTS, and insurance brokerage via AWTS.

Product overview

vbw is a trade association serving approximately 270 member housing and real estate companies in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Rather than a software product company, vbw provides an integrated portfolio of professional services including: interest representation and lobbying, legal advice, economic auditing (as a registered cooperative audit association), IT consulting, tax advisory (via WTS), insurance brokerage (via AWTS), and professional training (via AWI Academy). The association also supports new cooperative formations. All services are designed for communal housing enterprises and are delivered both directly and through subsidiary companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Interessenvertretung (Interest Representation)
• Rechtsberatung (Legal Advisory)
• Wirtschaftsprüfung (Economic Auditing)
• EDV-Dienstleistungen (IT Services)
• AWI Akademie
• WTS Steuerberatung (Tax Consulting)
• AWTS Versicherungsvermittlung (Insurance Brokerage)
• Genossenschaftsberatung (Cooperative Advisory)

Quantifiable outcome

• Members completed 2,815 apartments in 2025 (31% decrease year-over-year)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GdW Bundesverband deutscher Wohnungs- und Immobilienunternehmen e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partnervbw is a member of the GdW, the federal association of German housing and real estate companies headquartered in Berlin (Mecklenburgische Straße 57, 14197 Berlin). The GdW represents housing companies at the federal level and coordinates industry positions across Germany.
• Arbeitgeberverband der Deutschen Immobilienwirtschaft e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partnervbw maintains membership in the employers' association of the German real estate industry, located at Peter-Müller-Straße 16, 40468 Düsseldorf. This partnership addresses labor law and employment policy matters relevant to housing companies.
• DESWOS e.V. Deutsche Entwicklungshilfe für soziales Wohnungs- und SiedlungswesenminorStrategic or Co-development Partnervbw is a member of DESWOS, the German development aid organization for social housing and settlement development based in Cologne (Innere Kanalstraße 69, 50823 Köln). The partnership supports international development of affordable housing.
• AWI Akademie der Wohnungs- und ImmobilienwirtschaftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAWI is vbw's training and continuing education subsidiary offering seminars, conferences, and professional development for housing industry professionals in Baden-Württemberg.
• WTS Wohnungswirtschaftliche Treuhand Stuttgart GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWTS is vbw's tax consulting subsidiary providing comprehensive tax advisory services to member housing companies. Located at Herdweg 52/54, 70174 Stuttgart.
• AWTS VersicherungsmaklercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAWTS is vbw's insurance broker subsidiary providing insurance services to member housing companies.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BFW Bundesverband Freier Immobilien- und Wohnungsunternehmen: Federal association of private (non-cooperative) housing and real estate companies. Serves a broader industry portfolio including private developers and investors, making it an adjacent incumbent to vbw's publicly-oriented cooperative and municipal focus.
• Haus & Grund Deutschland: Germany's largest private landlord and homeowner association with over 900,000 members. A broader incumbent serving a different segment (private owners rather than corporate housing companies) but occupying the same association/advocacy niche in German housing policy.
• ZIA Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss e.V. Germany's leading cross-sector real estate industry lobby, representing the full value chain (investors, banks, project developers, housing companies). A broader incumbent in the same advocacy space as vbw but with national, cross-segment scope.

Direct peers

• VdW Bayern Verband bayerischer Wohnungsunternehmen: Regional housing association serving publicly-oriented housing companies in Bavaria. Operates the same member-services-plus-advocacy model as vbw in a different German state, with similar service portfolio across legal, tax, audit, training, and IT advisory.
• IVD Immobilienverband Deutschland: Federal association of real estate agents, brokers, and property managers in Germany. Operates as a trade body with member services and advocacy — comparable association model to vbw but serving agents and managers rather than housing companies.
• GdW Bundesverband deutscher Wohnungs- und Immobilienunternehmen e.V. Federal-level umbrella association of German housing and real estate companies, headquartered in Berlin. vbw is itself a member of GdW, making it the direct federal counterpart and the body that coordinates industry positions nationally — same association model, broader geographic scope.
• Verband norddeutscher Wohnungsunternehmen (VNW): Regional housing association serving publicly-oriented housing companies across northern German states (Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). Mirrors vbw's role as the political and professional voice of community-oriented housing providers in its respective region.
• Verband der Wohnungs- und Immobilienwirtschaft Rheinland Westfalen (VdW RW): Regional housing association for North Rhine-Westphalia with the same member-based model as vbw. Provides advocacy, training, and advisory services to publicly-oriented housing companies in the largest German state.

Regional players

• National Housing Federation: UK membership body for housing associations and not-for-profit providers of affordable housing. The closest international analogue to vbw in terms of serving publicly-oriented housing providers with advocacy, training, and member services — though operating in a different geography.

Emerging players

• VDIV Verband der Immobilienverwalter Deutschland: Federal association for German property managers. Smaller and more specialized than vbw, but follows the same member-services-plus-advocacy model within a narrower property-management segment of the housing industry.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

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