Werkhaus

Name

Werkhaus

Legal name

Werkhaus Kernen (Friedemann Gucker)

Website

https://werkhaus-kernen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Woodworking Workshop Services

NAICS

Nonupholstered Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing (337122), Custom Architectural Woodwork and Millwork Manufacturing (337212)

SIC

Wood Household Furniture, (No Upholstered) (2511), Household Furniture (2510)

akta.pro primary industry

Furniture & Built-In Wood Repair (Shelving, Mantels, Built-ins) (HSAGABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Stair Parts, Railings & Architectural Woodwork (HSAPAIAJ), Custom Modular Shelving & Cabinetry System Planning (Non-Construction) (HSAFAHAK)

Keywords

• Professional woodworking workshop
• Woodworking rental space
• Carpentry courses
• Custom furniture making
• DIY workshop facility

Headquarters

HQ city

Kernen-Rommelshausen, Baden-W��rttemberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Workshop Rental (Mietwerkstatt): Hourly rental of professional woodworking workstations including all small machines. Additional fee for large machine usage. Open Saturdays 9:00-17:00.
2. Woodworking Courses: Courses teaching fundamental craftsmanship skills and proper use of woodworking machines. Courses range from single-day (8 hours) to two-day formats. Pricing includes course fee and material costs.
3. Custom Carpentry Services: Full-service carpentry and joinery solutions for interior finishing, individual custom furniture, and woodworking projects as commissioned by customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Werkhaus is a professionally equipped woodworking workshop that rents five workstations with Festool small machines and a CO2 laser cutter to private hobbyists on an hourly pay-as-you-go basis (€18/hour). It also runs a structured Kurswerkstatt (course workshop) offering single- and multi-day woodworking courses for furniture building, traditional joinery, routing, and laser engraving, and provides custom furniture and interior-fit carpentry services directly to customers.

Product overview

Werkhaus is a physical woodworking workshop in Kernen-Rommelshausen, Germany offering a dual-service model combining a rental workshop (Mietwerkstatt) where customers work on personal projects with professional equipment, and a course workshop (Kurswerkstatt) providing structured woodworking instruction. The business also provides custom woodworking services as a master carpenter operation. The core services include five professionally equipped workstations with full tool access, and over a dozen different woodworking courses ranging from beginner furniture building (K1, K2) to advanced techniques like traditional hand-cut joints, router mastery, and laser cutting/graving. The Mietwerkstatt and Kurswerkstatt operate as complementary offerings within a unified workshop concept, while the custom services deliver complete woodworking solutions for customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mietwerkstatt (Rental Workshop)
• Kurswerkstatt (Course Workshop)
• Schreinermeister Leistungen (Custom Carpentry Services)
• K1 Möbelbau mit Elektrowerkzeugen (Furniture Building with Power Tools)
• K2 Möbelbau mit moderner Beschlagstechnik (Modern Hardware Techniques)
• K3 Holzverbindungen (Solid Wood Joints)
• Oberfräsen Spezialkurs (Router Special Course)
• Traditionelle Holzverbindungen mit Handwerkzeugen (Traditional Hand-Tool Joinery)
• Ulmer Hocker (Ulm Stool Workshop)
• Sitzbank aus Leimholz (Glulam Bench Course)
• Cajon die ultimative Rhythmuskiste (Cajon Percussion Workshop)
• Laser schneiden und gravieren (Laser Cutting and Engraving Course) Laser cutting and engraving course using an OMTECH 150W CO2 laser system with a 1000x1600mm work table, covering compatible materials including mirror, glass, plywood, felt, linoleum, cardboard, fabric, and acrylic.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Boels Rental: Boels is a major European equipment-rental company that, while primarily construction-focused, represents a broad incumbent in the professional tool-rental market. Hobbyist customers comparing Werkhaus's €18/h Festool access may benchmark against Boels's tool-only rental options.
• Bauhaus Werkers Welt: Bauhaus is a large German DIY retailer that offers in-store workshops and basic craft courses. Its scale and brand reach in Germany make it a broad incumbent competing for the same hobbyist-woodworking customer pool that Werkhaus serves in the Stuttgart region.
• Hornbach DIY-Werkstatt: Hornbach is a major European DIY retailer operating DIY workshops and tool-rental services at large-format stores. While not a focused woodworking maker space, Hornbach serves overlapping hobbyist demand for materials, tools, and basic course access across Germany.

Direct peers

• HappyLab: HappyLab operates open workshop / maker-space locations (originally in Vienna, expanded in DACH) where members access professional fabrication tools including woodworking equipment on a usage-fee basis. It is the closest comparable business model to Werkhaus's Mietwerkstatt concept in the German-speaking market.
• Offene Werkstatt (Open Workshop Network): Offene Werkstätten is a network of community-access workshops across Germany offering shared tool access and craft courses, including woodworking. It competes directly with Werkhaus on the maker-space rental and short-course education model.
• MachWerk Berlin: MachWerk Berlin is an open workshop in Berlin providing members and course attendees access to woodworking, metalworking, and craft equipment under expert supervision. The model closely parallels Werkhaus's combination of supervised tool access and structured courses.

Others

• Festool (Tool Manufacturer): Festool is the German professional power-tool manufacturer whose equipment ecosystem (TS 55, OF 1400, DOMINO, etc.) underpins Werkhaus's value proposition. As an ecosystem partner rather than competitor, Festool's brand reputation, second-hand market presence, and direct tool ownership affect the maker-space model's defensibility.
• Lokale Schreinerei (Local Joinery Workshops): Tischler.de and the broader network of German Schreinereien provide bespoke carpentry and joinery services to residential customers. They are not direct rental/course peers, but they compete with Werkhaus's Schreinermeister Leistungen custom-carpentry stream for higher-value commissioned work.

Emerging players

• FabLab Karlsruhe: FabLab Karlsruhe is a regional FabLab/maker-space in Baden-Württemberg offering workshop access, courses, and project support across digital and traditional fabrication tools. It overlaps with Werkhaus on the DIY community and short-course side but spans a broader equipment spectrum.

Regional players

• Holztechnikum / Holzfachschule (Wood Technology Schools): German Holzfachschulen (wood technology vocational schools) deliver formal carpentry and Holztechniker training, including weekend and adult-education courses. They overlap with Werkhaus's Kurswerkstatt on structured woodworking instruction but operate at a formal/credentialed education tier.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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