STADT OFFENBURG

What STADT OFFENBURG does

Stadt Offenburg is the municipal government entity (Stadtgemeinde) of the city of Offenburg in the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, serving a population of approximately 60,000 across 12 districts. Founded in 1148, it administers core public services including citizen registration, building and event permitting, social and family services, education (Stadtbibliothek, Volkshochschule, Musikschule, Kunstschule), cultural programming (Museum im Ritterhaus, Salmen cultural venue), and recreational facilities such as the Freizeitbad Stegermatt. The city also serves as a regional center (Oberzentrum) within the Eurodistrikt, anchored by the Messe Offenburg-Ortenau exhibition center and proximity to Strasbourg, and holds the "Freiheitsstadt" (Freedom City) brand identity linked to the 1847 Salmen democratic proclamation.

The entity operates a municipal digital services platform that includes the OFFI chatbot, ReadSpeaker text-to-speech accessibility layer, online appointment booking (Terminbuchung), and electronic residence registration, delivered alongside a physical network comprising the central BürgerBüro and 11 district offices (Ortsverwaltungen). Revenue is generated through municipal taxes — Grundsteuer (property tax), Gewerbesteuer (trade tax), Hundesteuer (dog tax), Übernachtungssteuer (overnight/accommodation tax), and Vergnügungssteuer (amusement tax) — supplemented by administrative service fees, parking revenue from the Parkleitsystem, and ticket/event revenue from cultural venues. Marketing and citizen engagement span a multilingual website (German, English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish), the "Offen. Gesagt!" podcast, OFFENBLATT gazette, Salmen magazine, social media, and event marketing around the Freiheitsfest and Salmengespräche.

The city is led by Oberbürgermeister Marco Steffens, with Oliver Martini (1. Beigeordneter) and Hans-Peter Kopp (Beigeordneter) as deputies. Notable institutional partnerships include a sister-city relationship with Lons-le-Saunier (France) for student exchange, the Kunstschule Offenburg German-French branch in Kehl, and a shared traffic enforcement equipment cooperation with Stadt Achern. The legal entity is a non-profit government body under German state law, not a commercially traded enterprise, and therefore operates via public budget rather than commercial revenue.

Name

STADT OFFENBURG

Legal name

Stadt Offenburg

Website

https://offenburg.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Stadt Offenburg is the municipal government of Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, administering citizen services, taxation, education, culture, and recreation for a population of ~60,000 across 12 districts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration Services

NAICS

Facilities Support Services (561210), Administrative and Support Services (561)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Parking & Curbside Management Authorities (Municipal Parking, Permits, Loading Zones) (BPAIALAL)

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Citizen services
• Public administration
• Urban development
• Cultural programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Offenburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Taxes: Collection of various municipal taxes including Grundsteuer (property tax), Gewerbesteuer (trade tax), Hundesteuer (dog tax), Übernachtungssteuer (overnight tax), and Vergnügungssteuer (amusement tax)
2. Service Fees: Fees collected for various administrative services, construction permits, event permits, and other municipal services
3. Parking Revenue: Revenue from parking facilities and parking management systems including Parkleitsystem
4. Cultural and Event Revenue: Revenue from cultural events, venues including the Salmen, museum admissions, and event rentals

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Stadt Offenburg is a municipal government entity that administers public services for residents and visitors of Offenburg, Germany. It delivers administrative services (registration, permits, documentation), family and social services, education programs through Volkshochschule and Stadtbibliothek, cultural offerings through museums, the Salmen cultural venue, and Musikschule, sports and leisure facilities including Freizeitbad Stegermatt, and supports local economic development. The city operates a digital services portal with the OFFI chatbot, online appointment booking, and electronic residence registration.

Product overview

STADT OFFENBURG is the municipal government website of the city of Offenburg, Germany. The website serves as a digital portal providing citizen services, administrative information, and online transaction capabilities. The primary services include Online-Dienste (online services), Terminbuchung (appointment booking), and various BürgerService offerings covering areas such as Bürgerservice, Familie, Soziales, Integration, Senioren, Bildung, Kultur, Sport & Freizeit, Einkaufen, Wirtschaft, Bauen und Umwelt, and Gemeinderat und Stadtverwaltung. The website also features a chatbot named OFFI, accessibility features including text-to-speech via ReadSpeaker, and supports multiple languages (German, English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online-Dienste (Online Services) Digital administrative services allowing citizens to complete government transactions online, including residence registration and permit applications.
• Terminbuchung (Appointment Booking)

Quantifiable outcome

• Messe Offenburg-Ortenau exhibition center serves as regional economic driver
• +1 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lons-le-Saunier (France)coreOthersSister city partnership involving regular student exchange programs. French students from the partner city visit Offenburg for cultural exchange, living with host families. The exchange operates bidirectionally with Offenburg students visiting Lons-le-Saunier as well.
• EurodistriktcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross-border cooperation with neighboring European regions. Offenburg serves as a vital regional center within the Eurodistrikt, promoting transnational collaboration and integration with the Strasbourg metropolitan area.
• Stadt AchernminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlanned cooperation for shared traffic enforcement equipment including mobile speed camera trailer with 2/3 usage allocation for Offenburg and 1/3 for Achern.
• Kunstschule Offenburg - Deutsch-französische Außenstelle KehlminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench-German cross-border art education facility in Kehl operated by Offenburg's art school, offering summer programs and creative workshops for children and youth.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Baden-Baden: Larger Baden-Württemberg city (~55,000 residents) functioning as a tourism and convention destination with casino and spa revenues. Comparable cultural-tourism positioning and Übernachtungssteuer reliance, with broader convention and luxury-tourism scale.

Direct peers

• Stadt Tübingen: Baden-Württemberg university city of comparable scale (~92,000 residents) operating as an Oberzentrum with similar departmental structure (Bürgerservice, Kultur, Bauen). Strong comparison for digital citizen services and multilingual university-population resident communications.
• Stadt Lahr/Schwarzwald: Neighboring Ortenau district municipality of comparable scale (~47,000 residents) with overlapping economic-development and citizen-service profiles. Direct geographic and administrative peer for shared-service and budget benchmarking.
• Stadt Kehl: Direct Ortenau neighbor on the French border and fellow Eurodistrikt member with the same Strasbourg-area cross-border cooperation profile. Operates the same kind of twin-city, bilingual citizen-service obligations as Offenburg.
• Stadt Rastatt: Baden-Württemberg Oberzentrum of comparable population (~50,000 residents) with similar facility portfolio (Schloss, Stadtbibliothek, Schwimmbad) and tax/fee revenue mix. Useful like-for-like for comparing German mid-size municipal unit economics.
• Stadt Achern: Neighboring Ortenau municipality with an existing shared-service partnership (mobile speed camera trailer) and similar mid-size municipal scope. Direct operational peer for shared-services and small-municipal benchmarking.
• Stadt Konstanz: Baden-Württemberg university city of comparable size (~85,000 residents) operating as an Oberzentrum on the Swiss border. Confronts the same cross-border service delivery, multilingual citizen communications, and Oberzentrum-level facility obligations as Offenburg.
• Stadt Weinheim: Baden-Württemberg city of comparable size (~45,000 residents) with similar mid-size Oberzentrum service scope, cultural programming (Schloss, Herbststraße), and tax/fee revenue mix. Useful comparator for facility unit economics.
• Stadt Schwäbisch Hall: Baden-Württemberg Oberzentrum of comparable size (~40,000 residents) with a strong cultural-tourism and museum-based economy (Kunsthalle Würth). Comparable in scope of cultural-venue operations and reliance on tourism-related fees.
• Stadt Reutlingen: Baden-Württemberg city of comparable scale (~117,000 residents) operating as an Oberzentrum with similar citizen-service, education, and cultural-facility portfolio. Comparable tax base and departmental structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/OGKultur
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadt-offenburg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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