Verband Insolvenzverwalter und Sachwalter Deutschlands (VID)

What Verband Insolvenzverwalter und Sachwalter Deutschlands (VID) does

VID (Verband Insolvenzverwalter und Sachwalter Deutschlands) is a registered professional association (eingetragener Verein, e.V.) founded in 2004 and headquartered in Berlin. It represents the overwhelming majority of Germany's professional insolvency administrators (Insolvenzverwalter) and supervisors (Sachwalter), with 470+ members, and is governed by a board chaired by Dr. Christoph Niering, with Dr. Andreas Kästner as Managing Director. Membership requires at least three years of corporate insolvency experience, and members commit to a codified set of quality standards, including VID-CERT, GOI (Principles of Proper Insolvency and Self-Administration), ISO 9001, the SKR-InsO chart of accounts, and the Uhlenbruck criteria.

The association's "products" are member services rather than technology goods. These include VID-Fortbildungen (seminars, workshops, online webinars, Mitarbeiterschulungen, Fachanwaltskurse), industry events (Deutscher Insolvenzverwalterkongress, Frühjahrstagung, Tagungen in Brüssel, and the German-French Restructuring Summit with CNAJMJ), the VID-Ombudsmann dispute resolution service, the biennial Uhlenbruck-Preis academic award, an FAQ/Lexikon for consumers, and a newsletter. VID is also a sustained legislative voice: it submits formal Stellungnahmen to the Federal Ministry of Justice, jointly with DAV, BAKinsO, and NIVD, and is currently co-leading an eleven-expert commission on consumer insolvency reform and digitalization (recommendations due autumn 2026).

VID's business model is membership-dues-based recurring revenue, supplemented by paid training and event fees. Distribution is single-channel and domestic — membership recruitment through vid.de, with audience reach extended through LinkedIn, press relations led by Manuela Doss, and industry events. VID operates with a lean 6-person back office and is not part of any larger corporate group; it owns no subsidiaries and has no disclosed funding events. The organization is, in PE/VC/M&A terms, not an investable enterprise but rather a non-profit that functions as a quasi-regulatory body and standards-setter for its profession.

Name

Verband Insolvenzverwalter und Sachwalter Deutschlands (VID)

Legal name

Verband Insolvenzverwalter und Sachwalter Deutschlands e.V.

Website

https://vid.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

VID is the dominant German professional association for insolvency administrators and supervisors (Sachwalter), with 470+ members representing the vast majority of the profession. It sets quality standards, delivers continuing education, runs industry conferences, and advocates on insolvency law reform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Insolvency administration services
• Professional association services
• Continuing legal education
• Dispute resolution services
• Legislative advocacy services

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: VID generates revenue primarily through membership fees paid by insolvency administrators and supervisors. Members receive access to professional development, quality certification (VID-CERT, ISO 9001), legislative representation, networking events, and the association's publications and resources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

VID is the professional association representing insolvency administrators and supervisors (Sachwalter) in Germany. It delivers membership services including unified professional representation before politics, courts, and creditors; certified quality standards (VID-CERT, ISO 9001, GOI, Uhlenbruck criteria); continuing education programs; industry conferences; an ombudsman service for dispute resolution; and legislative advocacy through formal position statements.

Product overview

VID (Verband Insolvenzverwalter und Sachwalter Deutschlands) is a professional association representing insolvency administrators and supervisors in Germany, not a technology company. The organization provides a portfolio of member services including professional development (VID-Fortbildungen with seminars, workshops, online webinars, and training programs), major industry events (Deutscher Insolvenzverwalterkongress, VID-Fachtagung, Deutsch-frranzösischer Sanierungsgipfel, Frühjahrstagung, Tagungen in Brüssel), dispute resolution (VID-Ombudsmann), quality certification (VID-CERT, ISO 9001), the biennial Uhlenbruck-Preis academic award, educational resources (FAQ/Lexikon), and communications services (Newsletter, Pressemitteilungen). VID also engages in legislative advocacy through formal position statements and policy initiatives.

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Products and services

• VID Membership (VID-Mitgliedschaft) Professional membership service for licensed insolvency administrators and supervisors (Sachwalter) in Germany. Requires at least three years of experience as a corporate insolvency administrator. Members receive unified professional representation, quality certification access (VID-CERT, ISO 9001), continuing education, networking, and legislative advocacy.
• VID Continuing Education Programs (VID-Fortbildungen)

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CNAJMJ (Conseil National des Administrateurs et Mandataires Judiciaires)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVID and its French counterpart CNAJMJ jointly organize the annual Deutsch-Französischer Sanierungsgipfel (German-French Restructuring Summit), an interdisciplinary conference bringing together insolvency practitioners, legal scholars, and policymakers from both countries. The event is also co-hosted with the Institute for International and European Insolvency Law at the University of Cologne.
• Institut für Internationales und Europäisches Insolvenzrecht der Universität zu KölncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Institute for International and European Insolvency Law at the University of Cologne co-organizes the annual Deutsch-Französischer Sanierungsgipfel with VID and CNAJMJ, contributing academic expertise and international perspective to the event.
• Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVID and DAV jointly established a commission of eleven experts from the judiciary, academia, and practice to develop proposals for streamlining and digitizing consumer insolvency procedures. The commission is chaired by Marie Luise Graf-Schlicker (former Ministerial Director) and is tasked with delivering reform recommendations by autumn 2026.
• BAKinsO e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVID co-authored a joint position paper with BAKinsO e.V. and NIVD e.V. on the need for professional law reform for insolvency administrators.
• NIVD e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVID co-authored a joint position paper with NIVD e.V. and BAKinsO e.V. on the need for professional law reform for insolvency administrators.
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Insolvenzrecht und Sanierung (AGIS) im DAVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Working Group on Consumer Insolvency and Residual Debt Discharge of AGIS within the DAV, together with VID, established a joint commission on consumer insolvency law reform under the leadership of Marie Luise Graf-Schlicker.
• Partnerverbände (Partner Associations)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVID maintains a network of partner associations, including European umbrella organizations. The European umbrella organization EIP (European Association of Insolvency Practitioners) is referenced as a dedicated partner page.
• Europäischer Insolvenzrechtlicher Parlamentskreis (EIP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEIP is VID's European umbrella organization, representing insolvency practitioners at the European level. VID is listed as a member of this European body.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• BAKinsO e.V. Bundesarbeitskreis Insolvenzverwalter e.V. is a competing German professional association for insolvency administrators, directly parallel to VID. Both organizations co-author joint position papers on insolvency administrator professional law reform, reflecting overlapping membership constituencies.
• NIVD e.V. Neuer Insolvenzverwalterverband Deutschlands e.V. is another German professional association representing insolvency administrators. It co-authored joint position papers with VID and BAKinsO, indicating it is a direct peer serving the same insolvency practitioner constituency.
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Insolvenzrecht und Sanierung (AGIS) im DAV: AGIS is the Working Group on Insolvency Law and Restructuring within the German Bar Association (DAV). It co-established the consumer insolvency reform commission with VID, reflecting closely aligned advocacy interests on insolvency and restructuring matters in Germany.

Broad incumbents

• Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV): The German Bar Association is a much larger professional organization representing all lawyers in Germany. VID partnered with DAV's AGIS working group to establish the consumer insolvency reform commission, reflecting comparable advocacy and continuing education functions but at the broader legal profession level.
• TMA (Turnaround Management Association): TMA is a global community of turnaround and restructuring professionals with European chapters. It serves a partially overlapping professional community focused on corporate restructuring, comparable to VID's restructuring-oriented insolvency administration mandate.
• INSOL International: INSOL International is a global federation of insolvency and restructuring associations, providing a broader international counterpart to VID's national focus. It addresses cross-border insolvency practice and policy at a global scale beyond VID's Germany-only scope.
• EIP (European Association of Insolvency Practitioners): EIP is the European umbrella organization for insolvency practitioner associations, of which VID is a member. It operates at the supranational level coordinating policy and standards across national member associations including VID.

Regional players

• CNAJMJ (Conseil National des Administrateurs et Mandataires Judiciaires): The French national council of judicial administrators and representatives is VID's direct French counterpart. The two jointly organize the annual Deutsch-Französischer Sanierungsgipfel, reflecting parallel professional association structures serving insolvency practitioners in their respective national markets.
• R3 (UK): R3 is the UK trade association for restructuring, insolvency, and turnaround professionals. It is a comparable professional body in another major European market, serving a similar function of representing practitioners, setting standards, and advocating on restructuring policy.

Others

• Institut für Internationales und Europäisches Insolvenzrecht der Universität zu Köln: The University of Cologne's Institute for International and European Insolvency Law co-organizes the annual German-French Restructuring Summit with VID and CNAJMJ. It is an academic peer contributing intellectual leadership to the same insolvency law field in which VID operates.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

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Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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