Piepenbrock is one of Germany's 150 most popular family businesses.

Piepenbrock now bears the quality seal "Most Popular Family Business Award Winner 2024". (Image: Piepenbrock Unternehmensgruppe GmbH + Co. KG)

"Most Popular Family Business Award Winner 2024": This quality seal is awarded to Piepenbrock for the fourth consecutive year. In an online survey of consumers, DEUTSCHLAND TEST has been annually identifying the winners since 2015, together with the business magazine FOCUS-MONEY and the Cologne-based consulting and analysis company ServiceValue.

Since 1913, Piepenbrock has been a successful family business and is now managed by the fourth generation. The building service provider is also popular among consumers. This is confirmed by the results of the nationwide online survey conducted by DEUTSCHLAND TEST. A total of 138,531 consumer judgments were collected and analyzed. How would you rate the respective company overall based on your own experience? Participants answered this question with grades ranging from "excellent" to "poor" or "cannot judge." The basis of the survey was the list "Top 1000 – The Largest Family Businesses" published by the business media "Die Deutsche Wirtschaft." To be included in the analysis, companies must meet additional criteria. These include, for example, an annual turnover of at least 35 million euros and direct contact with end customers.

Long-term Partnerships

Piepenbrock is among the eleven most popular family businesses in Lower Saxony – not least because the building service provider, headquartered in Osnabrück, has stood for quality, competence, and customized solutions with its clients since its founding. "We don't think in quarters, but in generations. We make decisions long-term and carefully – in the best interest of our customers and employees. Because people are at the center of everything we do," says Arnulf Piepenbrock, managing partner of the company group of the same name. For his brother Olaf Piepenbrock, who holds the same position, the secret of success of the award winners is obvious: "The lived values in family businesses distinguish them from other companies. Continuity, customer satisfaction, and employee leadership are core values that drive us as a building service provider. The visible quality seal confirms our commitment as a family business and the appreciation of consumers, which we are very pleased about. We will continue to pursue this path and stay committed to it."