Sozialkasse Des Berliner Baugewerbes

What Sozialkasse Des Berliner Baugewerbes does

Sozialkasse des Berliner Baugewerbes (SKB) is a non-profit social fund established in 1949 in Berlin, Germany, that administers collective bargaining social benefit procedures for the Berlin construction industry and the stonemasonry trade. The organization operates as a "Verein kraft staatlicher Verleihung" (legally capable association by state charter) under the authority of Berlin's Senate Department for Justice, Consumer Protection and Anti-Discrimination, with mandatory participation enforced through generally binding collective agreements (BRTV, VTV, BBTV). SKB serves approximately 3,000 registered construction companies (including roughly 30 stonemason businesses) and covers 30,000+ commercial workers annually, securing portable vacation entitlements, funding vocational training, providing working time credit insolvency protection, and supporting minimum wage compliance in the Berlin/Brandenburg construction sector.

SKB's core technology centers on the Firmenportal, a web-based company portal for monthly reports, contribution management, vacation procedures, and training applications, supplemented by online services for direct reporting and authorization forms. The organization maintains the Weißbuch database, a quality classification system that qualifies compliant construction companies for public procurement (ULV) in Berlin/Brandenburg, and offers free electronic time recording through a 2025 partnership with TimeSec Zeitmanagement GmbH. SOKA-BAU in Wiesbaden handles contribution collection for the main construction sector on SKB's behalf, while SKB directly administers the stonemasonry sector. Management is led by Managing Director Christine Heydrich, with board members including Nikolaus Landgraf and Dr. Robert Momberg.

SKB's revenue model is based on mandatory employer contributions under collective agreements, with the largest portion redistributed to companies through vacation pay reimbursements and vocational training support. As a non-profit, the organization explicitly generates no profit from its procedures. Distribution is entirely digital through the Firmenportal and direct employer engagement, supported by the Anpacken.Machen. youth recruitment image campaign and outreach at events such as Grüne Woche and Tag des Handwerks.

Name

Sozialkasse Des Berliner Baugewerbes

Legal name

Sozialkasse des Berliner Baugewerbes

Website

https://sozialkasse-berlin.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sozialkasse des Berliner Baugewerbes (SKB) is a Berlin-based non-profit social fund, operating since 1949, that administers mandatory vacation pay, vocational training, and working time credit procedures for ~3,000 construction companies and 30,000+ workers under binding collective agreements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Social Benefits Administration

NAICS

Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs) (92313), Administrative and Support Services (561), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Contractor of Record (COR) / Global Contractor Management (BPACAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emergency Shelter, Camp Management & Non-Food Items (NFI) (BPAGAAAC), Public Works General Contracting (IMAFAAAG), Labor, Social Protection & Occupational Safety Standards Cooperation (BPADANAM)

Keywords

• Construction social fund
• Vacation pay administration
• Vocational training contributions
• Collective bargaining benefits
• Construction industry compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Employer Contributions: Construction and stonemason companies in Berlin pay mandatory contributions to fund vacation pay and professional training. The largest part of contributions is redistributed to companies upon vacation claims.
2. Contribution Collection (SOKA-BAU): For the main construction sector (Bauhauptgewerbe), SOKA-BAU in Wiesbaden handles contribution collection on behalf of the fund.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sozialkasse des Berliner Baugewerbes administers mandatory collective social benefit procedures for Berlin's construction and stonemason trades under binding collective agreements. Its core activities are securing portable vacation entitlements for commercial workers, funding vocational training through employer contributions, and providing insolvency protection for working time credits — all accessed by employers through the Firmenportal and Online-Dienste, with the Weißbuch database extending services to public procurement qualification.

Product overview

Sozialkasse Des Berliner Baugewerbes is a social fund for Berlin's construction industry that provides a unified platform of services centered on vacation management (Urlaubsverfahren), vocational training support (Berufsbildungsverfahren), and online company services. The core offering includes the Firmenportal for company administration, Online-Dienste for digital reporting, and the Weißbuch database for verified construction company information. The organization also offers electronic time tracking services through a partnership with TimeSec. Services are mandated by collective agreements for all construction companies operating in Berlin.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Firmenportal Sozialkasse Berlin
• Urlaubsverfahren (Vacation Procedure)
• Berufsbildungsverfahren (Vocational Training Procedure)
• Weißbuch der Sozialkasse Berlin
• Online-Dienste (Online Services)
• Elektronische Arbeitszeiterfassung (Electronic Time Tracking)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000 Berlin construction companies served annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TimeSec Zeitmanagement GmbHcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Partnership to provide free electronic time recording (digital Zeiterfassung) to construction companies. SKB directs members to TimeSec's Bau Basis free version, with optional paid Bau Pro version. The system is designed for construction industry needs and complies with German working time legislation.
• bbw HochschuleminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Potential cooperation for a new market-oriented dual study program in civil engineering, discussed in the Dual Study Working Group (Arbeitskreis Duales Studium).
• Hiestermann & Frömchen GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Research partner that co-authored the study 'Duales Studium in der Bauwirtschaft 2025' with SKB, surveying 31 Berlin construction companies.
• Bauakademie OstminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025100% subsidiary of Bauindustrieverband Ost e.V., providing E-learning and continuing education for the construction industry, supported by SKB's network.
• Berufsförderungswerk der Bauindustrie Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. (BFW-BB)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Specialized training provider for the construction industry in Berlin-Brandenburg, offering apprenticeships, continuing education (Vorarbeiter, Polier, Meister), and over-the-top training (ÜAZ).
• Berufsförderungswerk der Fachgemeinschaft Bau (Lehrbauhof Berlin)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Regional competence center for training, qualification, and continuing education for Berlin's construction sector. Has trained over 35,000 people since 1991. Runs projects AddOn, BREAK, and Startklar für Ausbildung.
• Gemeinschaft Jugend, Erholung und Weiterbildung e.V. (GJEW)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Independent workers' education association for the construction sector, providing educational and cultural programs for employees, apprentices, works councils, and youth representatives.
• Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025University partner for dual study programs in civil engineering (B.Sc. and M.Sc.), both practice-integrating and training-integrating models.
• Fachhochschule PotsdamminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025University partner for dual civil engineering programs (B.Eng., B.A. Architektur und Städtebau, Infrastruktursysteme, Siedlungswasserwirtschaft), offering both practice-integrating and training-integrating models.
• Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025University partner for intensive dual civil engineering study program (6 semesters) with practice phases.
• Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025University partner for civil engineering bachelor and master programs with focus on construction materials, calculations, and site management.
• Technische Universität Berlin (TU)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025University partner for civil engineering (B.Sc., M.Sc.) and architecture (M.Sc.) programs, including dual-degree options with Pontificia Universidad Católica Santiago and Tsinghua University Beijing.
• Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025University partner for civil engineering (B.Eng., M.Eng.), architecture (M.Sc.), environmental engineering (B.Eng.), and urban infrastructure planning (M.Eng.) programs.
• Hochschule für Nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde (HNE)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025University partner for wood engineering dual study (B.Eng., M.Sc.) with specialization in wood technology or structural engineering, available in training-integrating and vocational-integrating models.
• SOKA-BAU (Wiesbaden)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Responsible for collection of social fund contributions for the main construction sector (Bauhauptgewerbe), operating as the central collection body for the German construction industry.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Tarifvertragsparteien des Baugewerbes (Bundesvereinigung Bauwirtschaft): Collective bargaining counterpart organizations for the German construction industry. Comparable as stakeholders in the same collective bargaining framework that defines SKB's mandate — they negotiate the BRTV and related agreements that determine SKB's contribution rules and benefit scope.
• Lehrbauhof Berlin (Berufsförderungswerk der Fachgemeinschaft Bau): Berlin's regional competence center for construction training, having trained over 35,000 people since 1991. Directly comparable in mission (construction vocational training in Berlin) and a documented SKB partner — together they form the educational backbone of the Berlin construction workforce SKB serves.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesagentur für Arbeit: Germany's federal employment agency. Comparable as a public-sector body administering labor-related programs (unemployment insurance, wage compliance support) that overlap with SKB's mandate in the construction sector, but at vastly broader scope and as a federal rather than state-chartered entity.
• Berufsgenossenschaft der Bauwirtschaft (BG BAU): Statutory accident insurance carrier for the German construction industry. Comparable in that it is a mandated, sector-specific institution funded by construction employer contributions, but operates at national scope and serves a different function (occupational safety/accident insurance) versus SKB's vacation/training mandate.

Direct peers

• UKB (Urlaubs- und Lohnausgleichskasse der Bauwirtschaft): Vacation and wage compensation fund for the German construction industry. Closely related in mission to SKB — both administer vacation pay portability and wage compensation under collective bargaining — though UKB operates at a different level of the German construction social-fund ecosystem.
• SOKA-BAU: The central social fund for the German construction industry, headquartered in Wiesbaden. SOKA-BAU handles contribution collection for Bauhauptgewerbe across all of Germany (including on behalf of SKB), administers vacation and training funds, and is the most direct comparable — both are Sozialkassen administering the same collective agreements, just at different geographic scopes.
• ZVK-Bau (Zusatzversorgungskasse des Baugewerbes): Supplementary pension fund for the German construction industry. Operates as a sectoral Sozialkasse with mandatory employer contributions under collective agreements, offering comparable institutional structure to SKB but focused on retirement benefits rather than vacation/training.
• Sozialkasse des Maler- und Lackiererhandwerks: Sectoral social fund for the German painter and lacquer trade. Structurally identical model — Verein kraft tarifflicher Vereinbarung, mandatory employer contributions, vacation and training fund administration — operating under analogous collective agreements for a different trade, making it a clean functional peer.
• Sozialkasse Gerüstbau (SOKA-Gerüstbau): Social fund for the German scaffold construction industry. Same operating model: mandatory employer contributions, vacation fund administration, training promotion under collective bargaining. Highly comparable as a sector-specific Sozialkasse.

Regional players

• IHK Berlin (Industrie- und Handelskammer Berlin): Berlin's Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Comparable as a Berlin-based mandatory membership organization of regional companies with quasi-public mandate under state authorization, sharing SKB's 'Verein kraft staatlicher Verleihung' institutional status though serving a much broader membership base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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