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Federal Consumer Protection Agency

German semi-governmental consumer protection organization, umbrella organization of the Public German Consumer Protection Organisations
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Summary

Federal Consumer Protection Agency is a non-governmental organization[1]. It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Consumers International[3], Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hauswirtschaft[4], GfK Verein e.V.[5], German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property[6], Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verbandsmanagement[7], European Movement Germany[8], Finance Watch[9], German corporate energy efficiency initiative[10], Deutsche Lebensmittelbuch-Kommission[11], Engagement Global[12], Initiative D21[13], Initiative Transparent Civil Society[14], Schlichtungsstelle der Rechtsanwaltschaft[15], Schlichtungsstelle für den öffentlichen Personenverkehr[16]
  • Country: Germany[17]
  • Instance of: consumer organization[18], umbrella organization[19], organization[20]
  • Headquarters location: Berlin[21]
  • Commons category: Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband[22]
  • Chairperson: Ramona Pop[23]
  • Inception: November 1, 2000[24]
  • Official website: https://www.vzbv.de/[25], https://www.vzbv.de/en[26]
  • Email address: mailto:info@vzbv.de[27]
  • Employees: 225[28], 209[29], 246[30], 250[31]
  • Phone number: +49-30-25800-0[32]
  • Replaces: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Verbraucherverbände[33]
  • Official name: Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband[34]
  • Legal form: Registered association (eingetragener Verein)[35]
  • Short name: vzbv[36]
  • Different from: Public German Consumer Protection Organisation[37]
  • Member count: 41[38], 53[39], 61[40], 59[41]
  • Total revenue: 37,307,159[42], 44,127,097[43], 52651654.05[44], 57862065.90[45], 25,870,832[46]
  • Total expenditure: 25068676.30[47]
  • Has part(s) of the class: Public German Consumer Protection Organisation[48]
  • Number of viewers/listeners: 546,336[49], 603,446[50]
  • Privacy policy URL: https://www.vzbv.de/datenschutzerklaerung[51]
  • Donations: 24,600[52], 23,450[53]
  • Social media followers: 20,386[54], 19,058[55]

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  1. 23d ago · NGOgo · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Consumers International, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hauswirtschaft, GfK Verein e.V. +26
    Commons category → Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband
    Total expenditure → {'amount': '+25068676.30'}
    Worldcat entities id → E39QH7JmqFVQjX8tVgxdPwJwRg
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