Wirtschaftsförderung Region Goslar GmbH & Co. KG (WiReGo)

What Wirtschaftsförderung Region Goslar GmbH & Co. KG (WiReGo) does

Wirtschaftsförderung Region Goslar GmbH & Co. KG (WiReGo) is the officially designated economic development agency for Landkreis Goslar in Lower Saxony, Germany, founded in 2010 and operating with 11 employees from its headquarters at Klubgartenstraße 5, Goslar. The organization serves three primary constituencies: existing SMEs in the district seeking business development and funding support, founders and startups in the pre-launch and early-stage phases, and outside investors evaluating site locations or expansion opportunities in the region. Its service portfolio includes free one-on-one advisory consultations covering financing and funding (notably the GRW-Förderung program), digitization, technology and innovation (delivered through the SNIC consortium), energy and circular economy consulting, recruiting fair representation, and site/real estate brokerage for commercial properties. Operational infrastructure includes the Gründungszentrum Clausthal-Zellerfeld startup center on the TU Clausthal campus (managed since January 2022), the Gründungs- und Innovationsakademie training series, the Gründungsportal Region Goslar online platform, the monthly WiReGo-Infobrief newsletter, and internal funding instruments (Beteiligungsfonds and Beratungsfonds Landkreis Goslar).

WiReGo is structured as a German GmbH & Co. KG limited partnership serving as a public-private partnership entity, with Landkreis Goslar as its primary stakeholder and funder. The business model is publicly funded rather than revenue-generating from clients: all consulting services are provided free of charge, and the organization does not disclose revenue. Performance is measured in intermediary outputs — 46+ million EUR in non-repayable subsidies facilitated, 225 million EUR in supported investments, 670+ jobs created, 140 completed technology/innovation projects, 90+ companies represented at career fairs, and a 22-company hydrogen network (H2Goslar) — rather than commercial ARR. The go-to-market motion is relationship-driven: direct advisory engagement, recurring events (Gründungstag, Gründungsmodule, Unternehmergespräch ENERGIE), and coordinated regional trade fair presence at EXPO REAL Munich and Real Estate Arena Hannover. Dr. Jörg Aßmann serves as Geschäftsführer (Managing Director), leading a small team that includes specialists in funding advice (Edda Schaper), startup center management (Samet Kibar), skilled worker consulting (Lena-Marie Feldgeber, Bozhena Gerasymchuk), digitalization (Hendrik Prochnow), technology and innovation including the hydrogen network (Dr. Daniel Tomowski), and the Beratungsnetzwerk (Anja Blümel).

Name

Wirtschaftsförderung Region Goslar GmbH & Co. KG (WiReGo)

Legal name

Wirtschaftsförderung Region Goslar GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://wirego.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

WiReGo is the publicly funded economic development agency for Landkreis Goslar, Germany, providing free consulting, funding facilitation, and startup support services to SMEs, founders, and investors in the district. It manages the Gründungszentrum Clausthal-Zellerfeld startup center and the H2Goslar hydrogen network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Goslar

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. Public Funding and Economic Development Services: WiReGo operates as a publicly funded economic development corporation providing advisory and support services to businesses, startups, and investors in the Goslar region. Services include consulting for funding applications, business development, site marketing, and networking facilitation. The organization is funded through public sources including Landkreis Goslar and associated municipalities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

WiReGo is the official publicly funded economic development agency for Landkreis Goslar in Lower Saxony, Germany. It provides free consulting and advisory services to existing businesses, startups, and investors, covering funding application support, business development, site selection, technology and innovation consulting, digitalization advice, and networking facilitation. The organization manages the Gründungszentrum Clausthal-Zellerfeld startup center, operates the H2Goslar hydrogen network, and coordinates the regional advisory network of approximately 35 advisors.

Product overview

WiReGo operates as a unified economic development agency offering a portfolio of interconnected services for businesses, startups, and investors in the Goslar region. The core offerings include consulting and advisory services for business development, funding programs (Beteiligungsfonds and Beratungsfonds), the Gründungszentrum Clausthal-Zellerfeld startup facility, the Gründungs- und Innovationsakademie training program, and the Gründungsportal Region Goslar online platform. These services are complemented by event organization, recruiting fair services, and a regular newsletter (WiReGo-Infobrief) that connects users to the broader ecosystem of regional support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gründungs- und Innovationsakademie Region Goslar: Training and continuing education program for entrepreneurs and business development
• H2Goslar - Wasserstoffnetzwerk Landkreis Goslar
• Gründungszentrum Clausthal-Zellerfeld
• Kreislaufwirtschaft Landkreis Goslar
• Beratungsnetzwerk Region Goslar

Products and services

• Beratung & Unterstützung (Consulting & Support Services)

Quantifiable outcome

• 46+ million EUR in subsidies facilitated for 225 million EUR in investments, creating 670+ jobs since 2016
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• H2Goslar WasserstoffnetzwerkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023WiReGo established and manages the hydrogen network for Landkreis Goslar with 22 companies and 14-member steering group from business, science, and administration. The network promotes the region as a hydrogen technology hub.
• Allianz für die Region GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2022WiReGo collaborates with Allianz für die Region GmbH on multiple initiatives including the 'Look & See' talent attraction program, Transfernale innovation festival, and regional marketing efforts. They jointly organize events and share resources for regional economic development.
• SüdniedersachsenInnovationsCampus (SNIC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016WiReGo is a key partner in the SNIC consortium alongside Landkreise Göttingen and Northeim and Stadt Göttingen. They provide technology and innovation consulting for SMEs through this platform. Since 2016, over 500 project approaches have been identified and 140 projects implemented.
• Gründungszentrum Clausthal-Zellerfeld GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWiReGo was awarded the contract to manage the startup center on TU Clausthal campus. They handle marketing, rental management, tenant support, and service provision for this 2022-opened facility.
• REWIMET e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWiReGo collaborates with REWIMET, the recycling industry network, on the Innovationsforum Recyclingregion Harz (biennial event) and joint initiatives like the Rückkehrertag Harz career event.
• TU ClausthalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrong partnership with TU Clausthal including management of the Gründungszentrum, DIGIT program support, joint events, and technology transfer initiatives. TU Clausthal provides research capabilities for WiReGo's circular economy and hydrogen projects.
• Landkreis GoslarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary stakeholder and funder of WiReGo. The district county provides financing and strategic direction for WiReGo's economic development activities.
• Klimaschutz- und Energieagentur Niedersachsen (KEAN)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWiReGo cooperates with KEAN to offer free 'Transformationsberatung – Impuls Klimaneutralität' for SMEs in the region.
• Energie Ressourcen Agentur Goslar (ERA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerERA collaborates with WiReGo on the 'Unternehmergespräch ENERGIE' event series, energy consulting, and hydrogen network activities.
• Forschungszentrum Energiespeichertechnologie (EST) TU ClausthalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEST is a key partner for energy-related events and consulting, co-organizing the Unternehmergespräch ENERGIE series and providing technical expertise.
• pro Goslar e.V.majorGTM or Marketing PartnerPro Goslar is a co-organizer of the Rückkehrertag Harz event and provides member discounts on WiReGo's recruiting fair services (30% discount).
• Grillo Zinkoxid GmbHminorGTM or Marketing PartnerConsortium partner for EXPO REAL trade fair presence, representing the region's chemical industry sector.
• Junicke & Co. GmbH & Co. KGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerConsortium partner for EXPO REAL trade fair presence.
• Sparkasse Hildesheim Goslar PeineminorGTM or Marketing PartnerConsortium partner for EXPO REAL trade fair presence, representing regional banking sector.
• August Wilhelm Scheer InstitutmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWiReGo supported the first Greentech Innovation Day event at UNESCO World Heritage Site Rammelsberg in Goslar, promoting digital greentech innovation.
• Zukunftsregion SüdostniedersachsenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWiReGo participates in the Zukunftsregion Südostniedersachsen initiative, which supports the feasibility study on value chains for circular economy in Landkreis Goslar.
• SüdniedersachsenStiftungmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of SNIC-PraxisForum events with WiReGo, supporting knowledge transfer between science and business.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Giessen-Friedberg Wirtschaftsförderung: District-level economic development company for Gießen-Friedberg (Mittelhessen) offering classical Wifö services: SME consulting, funding advice, site selection, technology and innovation support. Same municipal GmbH structure and service portfolio, providing a close analog in a different Land.
• Südwestfalen Agentur GmbH: Regional economic development agency for Südwestfalen offering SME consulting, funding navigation, regional marketing, talent attraction, and cluster management (including Energie, Leichtbau/Additive Fertigung). Comparable service portfolio to WiReGo including hydrogen-adjacent energy consultancy and recruiting support.
• Wirtschaftsförderung und Technologieförderung Wuppertal (WFG): Municipal economic development and technology promotion agency offering free SME consulting, technology transfer, innovation promotion, and site-marketing for the Wuppertal area. Closely matches WiReGo's product/service portfolio of Beratung, Förderung, Standortmarketing, and Technologietransfer — illustrates the standard German Wifö-GmbH operating model.
• Wirtschaftsförderung Hannover (hannoverimpuls GmbH): Public economic development agency for the Hannover region offering comparable services — free SME consulting, funding advice, site selection, foreign investment support, and technology transfer. Same organizational form and service portfolio as WiReGo, but operating in the larger Hannover metropolitan area.

Broad incumbents

• NBank – Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen: State-level investment and development bank of Lower Saxony, administering GRW and a wide range of subsidy programs that WiReGo directs its clients toward. Operates on a much larger, state-wide mandate, providing direct funding, Förderberatung, and investment instruments — overlapping heavily with WiReGo's funding facilitation role but at a different tier.
• IHK Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Wolfsburg: Regional chamber of commerce covering Niedersachsen municipalities that includes Landkreis Goslar in its constituency. Provides adjacent member services around consulting, funding information, vocational training coordination, and policy advocacy — overlapping with WiReGo on SME support, though structured as a statutory body.
• Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen (WFS): State-level economic development corporation for Saxony providing investment promotion, SME consulting, cluster development (including mobility, hydrogen, and circular economy themes), and innovation support — comparable in mission to WiReGo but operating at state scale and closer to municipal Wifö in function.

Direct peers

• KEAN – Klimaschutz- und Energieagentur Niedersachsen: Climate and energy agency for Lower Saxony running the 'Transformationsberatung – Impuls Klimaneutralität' program — a direct collaboration partner with WiReGo offering SMEs free climate and energy consulting. Strong functional overlap with WiReGo's energy- and circular-economy advisory activities.
• Allianz für die Region GmbH: Regional economic development partnership operating across Southern Lower Saxony, including the Braunschweig-Wolfsburg-Göttingen corridor. Direct partner and occasional co-organizer with WiReGo on events like 'Look & See', the Transfernale innovation festival, and regional marketing — competing and collaborating on the same SME support, talent attraction, and regional branding mandates.
• Metropolregion Hannover Braunschweig Göttingen Wolfsburg GmbH: Public-private partnership economic development organization spanning Southern Lower Saxony and adjacent regions — the same geography in which WiReGo's Landkreis Goslar sits. Both work on cluster development, regional marketing, and investor outreach, with WiReGo embedded in the broader Metropolregion ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xxing.com/pages/wirtschaftsfoerderung-region-goslar-gmbh-co-kg
• Facebookfacebook.com/wirego
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wirego
• Instagraminstagram.com/_wirego_

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

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