Tips Zeitungs Gmbh & Co Kg

What Tips Zeitungs Gmbh & Co Kg does

Tips Zeitungs GmbH & Co KG is a privately held regional media company headquartered in Linz, Austria, founded in 1986. It publishes the Tips print newspaper and operates the tips.at regional news portal covering 18 districts across Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), organized into the regions Linz, Innviertel, Hausruckviertel, Traunviertel, and Mühlviertel. The company is part of the Medienhaus Wimmer media network alongside properties such as OÖNachrichten, Life Radio, TV1, and OÖN Immobilien.

Its core technology is a web-based content management system supporting the tips.at portal, an e-paper digital edition, and several interconnected digital properties: immobilien.tips.at (a real estate marketplace integrated with kimeta and justimmo), regionaljobs.at (a regional job portal), and community features including Tips Shorts (short-form video), Tips Podcast, Tips Quiz, Tips Versteigerungen (charity auctions), Tips Leserreise (reader travel), and Tips Kleinanzeigen (classifieds). Distribution is multi-channel across print, web, mobile-responsive design, social media (Facebook, X, Instagram), and email newsletters.

The business model combines four revenue streams: online advertising and sponsored content on tips.at, print advertising in the Tips newspaper, classified and listing fees (real estate, jobs, general classifieds), and e-paper subscriptions. The customer base is a hybrid of B2C regional news consumers and B2B regional SMB advertisers, with the immobilien portal also serving third-party real estate brokers. Headcount is reported at 101-250 employees, and no revenue, funding, or ownership figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

Tips Zeitungs Gmbh & Co Kg

Legal name

Tips Zeitungs GmbH & Co KG

Website

https://tips.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Tips Zeitungs GmbH & Co KG is an Upper Austrian regional media company based in Linz that publishes the Tips print newspaper and operates the tips.at news portal, real estate marketplace (immobilien.tips.at), job portal (regionaljobs.at), and e-paper, serving consumers and SMB advertisers across 18 districts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

News & Content Aggregation Portals (BPAMAAAI), Vertical/Specialty Search (e.g., jobs, real estate, travel, products) (BPAMAAAD)

Keywords

• Regional newspaper publishing
• Digital news media
• Online classifieds platform
• Real estate marketplace
• Job board platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Linz

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Online Advertising: Display advertising and sponsored content on tips.at website and mobile platforms
2. Classified Listings: Job listings via regionaljobs.at integration, real estate listings via immobilien.tips.at, and general classifieds (private and commercial)
3. Print Advertising: Traditional print newspaper advertising including classifieds and display ads in the TIPS print edition
4. E-Paper Subscriptions: Digital version of the print newspaper available for online reading

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tips Zeitungs GmbH & Co KG publishes the regional Tips newspaper and operates the tips.at digital news portal serving Upper Austria. In addition to editorial content delivered via print, e-paper and web, the company runs complementary vertical marketplace platforms including immobilien.tips.at for real estate listings and regionaljobs.at for job postings, as well as online classifieds.

Product overview

Tips Zeitungs GmbH & Co KG operates a multi-platform regional media network in Upper Austria (Oberösterreich). The core offering is tips.at, a regional news portal covering 18 districts across Linz, Innviertel, Hausruckviertel, Traunviertel, and Mühlviertel. The company operates several interconnected digital properties: immobilien.tips.at (real estate marketplace), regionaljobs.at (job portal), E-Paper (digital newspaper), Tips Kleinanzeigen (classifieds), Tips Versteigerungen (auctions), Tips Leserreise (travel), Tips Podcast, Tips Quiz, Tips Shorts (video), and Tips Events & Bildergalerien (events/photo galleries). These products serve as the digital extension of the Tips newspaper brand, creating an integrated regional media ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tips.at: Regional news portal for Upper Austria covering news from Linz, Innviertel, Hausruckviertel, Traunviertel, and Mühlviertel districts

Products and services

• Tips Newspaper (Print Edition) Paid regional print newspaper covering news, politics, sports, culture, lifestyle and classifieds for readers in Upper Austria; distributed via retail and home delivery.
• Tips E-Paper Digital replica/syndicated edition of the Tips newspaper delivered electronically to subscribers, enabling cross-device reading of the same editorial content as the print edition.
• tips.at Digital News Portal Web and mobile portal publishing daily regional news, sport results, lifestyle and event content for Upper Austria readers, with extended coverage of classifieds and community topics.
• immobilien.tips.at Real Estate Marketplace Online marketplace that connects property seekers with real estate agents and private sellers across Upper Austria, featuring listings search and map-based discovery of properties.
• regionaljobs.at Job Board Online job marketplace connecting candidates with regional employers in Upper Austria, allowing employers to post openings and job seekers to browse and apply to regional roles.
• Tips Online Classifieds Online classifieds offering on the tips.at ecosystem where individuals and businesses post and browse ads (motors, general merchandise, services) within the Upper Austria region.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Partnerships

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

• Wimmer Media Group (Weitere Angebote des Medienhauses Wimmer)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTips.at is part of the Wimmer media group which includes TV1 (regional TV), OÖNachrichten, OÖN Immobilien, OÖN Karriere, OÖN Reise, Life Radio, Regionaljobs, and other Upper Austrian media properties. This allows cross-promotion and content sharing across the regional media ecosystem.
• Real-Treuhand LINZmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorReal-Treuhand LINZ is a major real estate broker operating across Upper Austria with approximately 76 rental listings and 483+ purchase listings on the immobilien.tips.at platform, representing the largest agent presence on the Tips real estate portal.
• LEWOG - Leondinger Wohnerlebnis GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional property developer listing rental properties on immobilien.tips.at, including modern apartments in Linz-Pichling area.
• Thomas Girkinger Immobilien GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional real estate agent listing properties on the Tips immobilien portal.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Vorarlberger Nachrichten: Regional daily newspaper for Vorarlberg, Austria's westernmost state. Mirrors Tips' regional print-plus-digital strategy and integrated classifieds but serves a non-overlapping geography, making it a model reference rather than direct competitor.
• Tiroler Tageszeitung: Regional daily newspaper in Tirol combining print, online news, and online portals (jobs, real estate, travel). Operates the same print-to-vertical-portal integrated regional media model as Tips, but in a different Austrian state.

Direct peers

• Salzburger Nachrichten: Austrian regional daily newspaper serving the Salzburg region with strong digital platform and verticals. Comparable business model combining regional print, online news, real estate and job verticals targeting a defined Austrian state audience.
• Kleine Zeitung: Major Austrian regional newspaper group based in Styria/Carinthia. Combines print editions with a strong regional digital news platform, regional classifieds, and event marketing, providing a structural template comparable to Tips' integrated regional media approach.
• Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (OÖN): Austrian regional daily newspaper serving the same Upper Austria region as Tips. Operates both print and digital editions with verticals in real estate and careers through OÖN Immobilien and OÖN Karriere, and is also part of the Wimmer media group, making it the closest direct competitor within the Tips home market.
• Kronen Zeitung: Austria's highest-circulation daily newspaper with national print distribution and a large digital audience. Operates a similar print-to-digital model with classified listings and regional coverage that competes with Tips for regional display and classified ad budgets.

Broad incumbents

• Der Standard: One of Austria's two national quality dailies, with a large digital audience and advertising platform. Competes for upper-funnel regional advertising budgets and is a benchmark for digital subscription and online news monetization relevant to Tips' digital growth path.
• Kurier: Austrian national daily newspaper with print and digital editions, owned by Funke Mediengruppe/Heim.at. Operates a broader national footprint including classifieds, lifestyle and verticals, overlapping with Tips for display ad budgets and online classifieds.
• Die Presse: Austrian national daily with print and digital editions targeting business and policy readers. Comparable broad-incumbent comparator for advertising pricing, digital subscription strategies, and brand extensions in the Austrian news market.

Emerging players

• willhaben.at: Austria's leading online marketplace for real estate, vehicles, jobs and general classifieds. Not a direct news competitor, but directly competes with immobilien.tips.at and regionaljobs.at for listing volume and advertiser spend on regional real estate and job categories.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/tipszeitung
• Facebookfacebook.com/tips.at
• Instagraminstagram.com/tips.at

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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