SEEBURG

What SEEBURG does

SEEBURG (legal name: Verein SEEBURG) is a Swiss non-profit social enterprise headquartered in Interlaken, Canton of Bern, providing vocational integration, residential care, and education services for people with cognitive, physical, and psychological disabilities. Operationally founded in 1986 and formally constituted as an association in 1996, SEEBURG operates from four sites in the Bernese Oberland (Interlaken, Wilderswil, Bönigen, Matten bei Interlaken) and serves approximately 100 residential places, 15 nursing care places, 150 external work placements, and 47 youth in vocational training, supported by ~190 staff.

The organization's service architecture rests on three integrated divisions: Residential Living (Wohnen), covering everything from intensive supervised youth housing (SEEGARTEN, LANDHUUS) through semi-autonomous living to a 15-bed nursing home (HAUS EICHE); Vocational Integration (Berufliche Integration), delivering 14 federally certified training programs (EFZ, EBA, PrA) through SEEBURG Schule and 22 in-house operating units including carpentry (SEEBURG Schreinerei with CNC capability), painting (Malerei), gardening (Gartenbau), logistics, housekeeping, office services, assembly/disassembly, hotel (JUNGFRAU HOTEL, 25 rooms + Annex), restaurants (TOPOFF, Restaurant zum CHOCHTOPF), a 2,700 m² retail center (BÖDELI CENTER), and a second-hand store (BÖDELI BROCKI); and commercial services sold to external B2B customers (Coop, Manor, logistics clients). These operating businesses are simultaneously revenue-generating, vocational training placements, and day-structure programs.

Revenue is derived from four streams: (1) a cantonal Leistungsvertrag (performance contract) with Canton Bern covering core social services and care — the primary funding base; (2) tariff agreements with Swiss disability insurance (IV) for vocational integration measures; (3) commercial revenue from hospitality, retail, e-commerce (seeburg-shop.ch, joh-kinderwelt.ch), and contracted B2B services (cleaning, logistics, carpentry, gardening); and (4) charitable donations, including an active CHF 1,000,000 fundraising campaign (CHF 689,400 raised) for the Wohnhaus AHORN barrier-free residential project (22 units) scheduled for 2025 completion. SEEBURG is certified to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018, supervised by the Gesundheits- und Fürsorgedirektion des Kantons Bern, and led by Geschäftsführer Adrian Zmoos (since January 2019).

Name

SEEBURG

Legal name

Verein SEEBURG

Website

https://seeburg.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Short description

SEEBURG is a Swiss non-profit social enterprise in Interlaken, Canton Bern, providing vocational integration, residential care, and federally certified training for people with cognitive, physical, and psychological disabilities across ~100 residential, 15 nursing, 150 work, and 47 training placements, funded by cantonal and disability-insurance contracts plus commercial hospitality, retail, and B2B service operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Services and Vocational Integration

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Educational Services (611), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (7225)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Lumber & Wood Products (No Furniture) (2400)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Development & Inclusive Employment (Job Training, Placement) (BPAGALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce Support Services & Case Management (Coaching, Wraparound) (EDAAAOAK), Joinery, Millwork & Casework Installation (Cabinetry, Built-Ins) (IMAFANAJ)

Keywords

• Vocational integration services
• Supported living arrangements
• Disability employment programs
• Social enterprise workshops
• Nonprofit healthcare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Interlaken

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Cantonal Leistungsvertrag (Performance Contract): Performance contract with Canton of Bern for social services, vocational integration, and care services. Primary funding source for core operations.
2. Invalidenversicherung (IV) Contracts: Tariff agreement with disability insurance for vocational integration measures, workplace assessments, and training programs
3. Hospitality Operations: Revenue from JUNGFRAU HOTEL, TOPOFF Restaurant, Restaurant zum CHOCHTOPF - providing vocational training placements and day structure for clients
4. Retail Operations: BÖDELI CENTER (2700m2) with MARKET, OUTLET, and BROCKI generating revenue through merchandise sales
5. Craftsmanship Services: SEEBURG Schreinerei, Malerei, Gartenbau providing carpentry, painting, gardening services to external customers
6. Housekeeping and Laundry Services: Commercial cleaning and laundry services for external clients
7. Logistics and Fulfillment: Storage, order fulfillment, and shipping services for external e-commerce customers
8. Donations and Fundraising: Charitable donations for specific projects such as the AHORN residential building campaign targeting CHF 1,000,000

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SEEBURG is a non-profit social enterprise providing vocational integration, supported living, education, and work opportunities for people with cognitive, physical, and psychological disabilities in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. The organization operates integrated commercial businesses — including carpentry, painting, gardening workshops, a hotel, restaurants, retail centers, logistics, laundry, and assembly services — that serve both as revenue sources and as practical training and employment fields for program participants.

Product overview

SEEBURG is a non-profit social enterprise based in Interlaken, Switzerland, providing vocational integration and residential services for people with cognitive, physical, and psychological disabilities. The organization operates a diversified portfolio of 14 different professional training programs (EFZ, EBA, PrA) and approximately 22 distinct operational units organized across three main divisions: Residential Living (Wohnangebote), Vocational Integration (Berufliche Integration), and Commercial Operations (Betriebe & Dienstleistungen). The commercial operations include specialized workshops (carpentry, painting, gardening), retail centers (BÖDELI CENTER with outlet and thrift shops), hospitality businesses (JUNGFRAU HOTEL, two restaurants, cultural center), and professional services (logistics, assembly, office services, laundry, cleaning). The organization also operates e-commerce platforms (seeburg-shop.ch, joh-kinderwelt.ch) and is developing a new barrier-free residential building (Wohnhaus AHORN) with 22 units for people with support needs. SEEBURG employs approximately 190 staff and serves around 100 residential places, 15 nursing care places, and 150 work places for externally housed individuals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• seeburg-shop.ch: Online shop for special wood products including cutting boards, phone holders, decorative animals, and sewing boxes
• joh-kinderwelt.ch
• TOPOFF Kulturzentrum

Products and services

• Berufliche Integration (Vocational Integration Program) Vocational integration program offering Eingliederungsmassnahmen (integration measures), ressourcenorientierte Arbeitsangebote (resource-oriented employment), kommunale Integrationsangebote (municipal integration offerings), and Job Coaching for youth and adults with disabilities. Includes apprenticeship placements (EFZ, EBA, PrA INSOS) and approximately 150 workplace positions for externally housed individuals.
• Wohnangebote (Residential Living Services) Residential living options from intensive support to semi-autonomous living for people with support needs, including SEEGARTEN (youth 16-24 in vocational training), LANDHUUS (young professionals), UB14, UB48, SCHLÖSSLI (adults needing daily support), BIRKE UND LINDE, and HAUS EICHE nursing home for elderly with care needs. Approximately 100 residential places plus 15 geriatric/nursing care places.
• SEEBURG Spitex (Home Care Service) Internal psycho-medical home care assistance and Spitex (home-based support) for people needing home care services in the Bernese Oberland region.
• SEEBURG Schule (Vocational School) Vocational school providing individual-oriented education for learners with support needs, offering training in 14 professions through EFZ (Federal Certificate of Proficiency), EBA (Federal VET Certificate), or PrA (INSOS Practical Training) including retail, logistics, hospitality, gardening, ICT, facility maintenance, commercial work, kitchen, painting, care, restaurant, and carpentry.
• JUNGFRAU HOTEL Three-star hotel with 25 comfortable rooms offering direct views of the Jungfrau mountain range, plus ANNEX ALPINE INN with additional rooms. Provides vocational training placements and adapted work opportunities as part of SEEBURG's vocational integration programs.
• TOPOFF Restaurant Self-service restaurant in Interlaken with large sun terrace offering views of Lake Brienz and mountain panorama. Daily changing lunch menus at affordable prices, plus beverages, sandwiches, and homemade items. Open Monday to Friday 8:00-16:00. Provides vocational training placements in hospitality for integration clients.
• Restaurant zum CHOCHTOPF Restaurant featuring regional and seasonal cuisine with traditional Swiss dishes, loggia and lounge areas, and a sunny terrace with views of the Jungfrau massif. Accommodates groups up to 80 people for banquets and functions. Provides vocational training placements for hospitality careers.
• TOPOFF Kulturzentrum (Cultural Center) Cultural center hosting 8 concerts per year featuring various performers including SRF 3 Best Talents, comedy shows, readings, and other cultural events. Offers 20 free tickets per concert for supported employees. Available for private and business event rentals.
• SEEBURG Schreinerei (Carpentry Workshop) Custom carpentry and woodworking services including repairs, furniture making, furniture restoration, serial production, and CNC machining. Operates online shops selling wooden products including cutting boards, phone holders, decorative animals, and sewing boxes. Provides vocational training placements in carpentry.
• SEEBURG Gartenbau (Gardening and Landscaping) Garden maintenance and landscaping services including tree and shrub pruning, garden care for private properties, hotels, and parks, garden redesign and planting, lawn seeding and renovation, paving stone installation, wall construction, fence building, and native plant nursery operations.
• SEEBURG Malerei (Painting Services) Professional painting services for interior and exterior work, including color consultation, wood treatments, wallpapering, decorative painting, and custom furniture painting and restoration. Delivered to external customers and as a vocational training placement in SEEBURG's apprenticeship programs.
• Hauswirtschaft und Wäscherei (Housekeeping and Laundry) Professional housekeeping and laundry services including property cleaning, window cleaning, end-of-tenancy cleaning with guarantee, and washing/ironing of professional clothing, bed/bath/kitchen linens, and personal laundry with shirt service for external customers.
• Office Service Administrative and office outsourcing services including word processing, data maintenance, digital archiving, copying, laminating, spiral binding, and mailing/mass shipping services for external organizations.
• SEEBURG Logistik (Logistics and Fulfillment) Storage, order picking, packaging, shipping preparation, and dispatch for external customers and online shops. Provides vocational training in logistics for apprentices.
• Montage und Demontage (Assembly and Disassembly) Assembly and disassembly services including packaging, assembly and pre-assembly of electrical components, labeling, filling and packing, counting and sorting, kit assembly, shrink wrapping, and disassembly of IT equipment for recycling.
• Atelier Eiger Work atelier providing sewing and textile work for people who have left the workforce, refugees, and disability insurance beneficiaries. Offers 14 workstations for customer orders in lingerie and various sewing tasks.
• BÖDELI CENTER Retail shopping center with three shops under one roof: BÖDELI MARKET, BÖDELI OUTLET, and BÖDELI BROCKI. Total of 2,700m2 retail space located directly at Interlaken Ost highway exit, serving local population and tourists.
• BÖDELI BROCKI (Second-Hand Thrift Store) Second-hand thrift store selling furniture, household items, and unique finds including practical everyday objects, stylish furniture, and collector's items.
• BÖDELI RÄUMUNGEN (Clearing and Removals) Clearing and removal services for apartments and properties. Recoverable furniture and household items are collected for a small fee and sold at BÖDELI BROCKI; non-usable items and bulky waste are disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner.
• seeburg-shop.ch (Online Shop for Wood Products) Online shop selling SEEBURG wooden products including cutting boards, phone holders, decorative animals, sewing boxes, and various handcrafted wood items produced in the carpentry and creative workshops.
• joh-kinderwelt.ch (Online Shop for Children's Furniture and Toys) Online shop featuring Joh-Kinderwelt children's furniture, play equipment, and toys including climbing triangles and rocking horses made from wood.
• Wohnhaus AHORN (Inclusive Barrier-Free Residential Building) New barrier-free residential building in Wilderswil offering 22 barrier-free rooms with community spaces, bistro, and garden. Features 18 barrier-free single rooms with kitchens, 1 barrier-free single room with disabled toilet, and 3 barrier-free two-room studios for couples. Includes a large communal room, public bistro as integration zone, production kitchen with training placements, and terrace.

Quantifiable outcome

• 47 youth in vocational training with approximately two-thirds having integrated housing
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stiftung Wagerenhof: Swiss non-profit foundation in Uster operating an integrated model combining residential living, sheltered workshops (carpentry, weaving, gastronomy), and a hotel for vocational training placements — directly comparable to SEEBURG's workshop-plus-hospitality-plus-residential structure.
• Arwo Stiftung: Central Swiss foundation running sheltered workshops, residential housing, and supported employment specifically for people with psychological impairments — comparable to SEEBURG's psychological-disability segment and its workshop-and-living model.
• Werkheim Uster: Swiss foundation combining sheltered workshops, residential homes, and supported employment for people with disabilities in the canton of Zurich — directly comparable in scope (workshops + living + integration) to SEEBURG's Canton of Bern operations.
• Brühlgut Stiftung: Winterthur-based foundation combining vocational training workshops, residential care, and integration services for people with disabilities, including commercial-grade production operations — closely aligned with SEEBURG's training-integrated-with-commerce approach.
• Sunnegarte: Swiss social enterprise offering residential and vocational integration programs with a focus on agriculture and horticulture — directly comparable to SEEBURG's gardening/gartenbau vocational program and residential offerings.
• Stiftung Brüttelenbad: Bernese Oberland-based foundation offering residential living, vocational workshops, and day-structure services for adults with disabilities — geographic and operational peer of SEEBURG with overlapping cantonal funding sources.
• Vivendra: Zurich-area non-profit social enterprise providing vocational integration workshops, supported housing, and day-structure programs for adults with disabilities — operating the same vocational-plus-residential model as SEEBURG with comparable Swiss disability insurance (IV) funding structure.
• Stiftung Lindenbühl: Swiss foundation providing residential living, occupational workshops, and vocational integration for people with disabilities — comparable operational model combining sheltered employment with supported housing.

Broad incumbents

• Pro Infirmis: Nationwide Swiss disability services organization offering consultation, supported employment, and residential services at scale across all cantons — broader incumbent operating in the same disability-integration space but at national scale.
• INSOS Schweiz: National umbrella association of Swiss social enterprises providing vocational integration and residential services — not a direct operator but the sector's national body that sets standards and represents organizations like SEEBURG.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/seeburg-interlaken

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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