What Suchthilfe Ost does

Suchthilfe Ost is a Swiss non-profit organization headquartered in Olten, Switzerland, that provides prevention, counseling, housing support, and therapeutic services focused on addiction and psychosocial health. The organization serves individuals and families in the region coping with substance dependency and related psychosocial challenges, operating in a domain typically funded through Swiss cantonal health and social welfare channels, supplemented by donations and nonprofit revenue mechanics.

The organization's service model centers on in-person, human-delivered interventions across four interconnected pillars: prevention (community-level awareness and early intervention), counseling (individual and group psychosocial support), housing support (residential assistance for clients in recovery or crisis), and therapy (structured therapeutic programs). With 11-50 employees, Suchthilfe Ost operates at a small-to-mid scale typical of regionally embedded Swiss social service providers, where physical proximity and local trust are prerequisites for service delivery. No technology stack, proprietary platform, or digital product layer is disclosed in the available data.

The business model is consistent with a Swiss social-sector non-profit: revenue is implicitly derived from public-sector contracts (cantonal and municipal health/social services), third-party payer reimbursements, and charitable contributions. Pricing details, customer segments, partnership structure, and management information are not available in the source material, and the company's web page only returned a loading placeholder at the time of data collection, limiting further operational detail.

Name

Suchthilfe Ost

Website

https://suchthilfe-ost.ch

Company type

Private

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Suchthilfe Ost is a Swiss non-profit based in Olten that provides prevention, counseling, housing support, and therapeutic services for individuals and families affected by addiction and psychosocial health issues in the region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Addiction and Psychosocial Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (623220)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Substance Use Disorder Prevention & Recovery Services (BPAGACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Substance Use Recovery & Harm Reduction Support Services (BPAGAEAO), Behavioral Health & Substance Use Public Health Programs (BPAIAJAK)

Keywords

• Addiction counseling
• Psychosocial health
• Prevention services
• Housing support
• Therapeutic services

Headquarters

HQ city

Olten

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Suchthilfe Ost provides prevention, counseling, housing support, and therapeutic services related to addiction and psychosocial health. The organization serves individuals affected by substance use disorders and psychosocial challenges in Switzerland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Addiction Prevention Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Regional players

• Sozialwerk Pfarrer Sieber: Zurich-based social services nonprofit supporting vulnerable populations including people with addictions; comparable as a Swiss faith-affiliated social service operator competing for similar donations and public contracts.
• Pro Mente Sana: Swiss nonprofit providing psychosocial support and advocacy; comparable as a peer addressing the 'psychosocial health' portion of Suchthilfe Ost's mandate.

Direct peers

• Contact Netz: Low-threshold drug and addiction service in the Aargau/Solothurn area; close regional adjacency to Olten and overlapping scope in harm reduction and counseling.
• Blaues Kreuz Schweiz: Swiss nonprofit delivering addiction counseling, self-help groups and prevention — directly comparable as a regionally active SUD service provider with a similar mission and funding model.
• Suchthilfe Bern: Regional addiction counseling and prevention services in the Canton of Bern; same operating model — nonprofit, cantonal-funded, multi-modality addiction support.
• Stiftung Sucht: Swiss addiction foundation offering counseling, therapy and reintegration services; competes for the same cantonal commissioning and donor pool as Suchthilfe Ost.
• Suchthilfe Region Basel: Regional Suchthilfe provider in northwestern Switzerland with the same outpatient counseling, prevention and harm-reduction mandate — a direct functional peer to Suchthilfe Ost.

Broad incumbents

• Sucht Schweiz: National umbrella organization for addiction prevention and policy in Switzerland; comparable as the federal-level counterpart to a regional Suchthilfe provider and a likely commissioner/partner for Suchthilfe Ost.
• Heilsarmee Schweiz: Swiss arm of the Salvation Army running addiction recovery, social support and housing programs nationwide; competes for cantonal contracts and donor funding.
• Infodrog: Federal coordinating office for addiction support in Switzerland; comparable as the national authority that shapes commissioning frameworks and partners with regional Suchthilfe providers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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