About Drees & Sommer

Uniting opposites to create a world we want to live in

Drees & Sommer is a partner-managed, global consulting company providing a single source of consultation and implementation services for the real estate, infrastructure and industrial markets. The company delivers sustainable, innovative, and economically viable solutions that meet each client’s unique needs. Founded in 1970 and long recognized as a pioneer in driving sustainability and digitization, today Drees & Sommer employs more than 6,000 people at 63 offices. The company’s interdisciplinary teams are involved in around 6,500 projects worldwide, working to create a livable future and unite concepts which can at face value appear to be opposites: tradition and future, economy and ecology, analog and digital, efficiency and well-being. As ‘intrapreneurs’, the Drees & Sommer Partners are personally responsible for managing the company.

Facts and Figures

Much of our everyday activity can be expressed using facts and figures. We stand for measurable success - both within specific projects individually, and throughout the company as a whole.

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Locations

Drees & Sommer operates internationally and has a global customer presence. We have experts at 63 locations supporting customers from a number of sectors with consultancy expertise and strong implementation skills. There are also specific project offices, distributed literally all over the world - wherever our customers need us, that's where we go. 

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Corporate Management

Drees & Sommer SE is the holding company that owns the independent operating units of the Drees & Sommer-Group. The operating organizational units are regional companies or expert teams. They have sufficient authority to be self-managing. The whole group uses the Drees & Sommer network to ensure that customers receive added value. 

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Purpose

The concept of purpose offers an answer to the question of meaning. What is Drees & Sommer here for?

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Corporate Philosophy

The Drees & Sommer corporate philosophy consists of nine statements that express how we think, how we work together, and what sets us apart.

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Compliance and Certifications

For Drees & Sommer, compliance is an essential component of responsible and successful corporate management.

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Investments and Cooperation

In a world that changes every day, our customers are constantly facing new challenges. Sometimes these changes happen so fast that it isn't possible for the Drees & Sommer Group to deal with them on its own within a reasonable timeframe. In cases like these, Drees & Sommer makes its position stronger with investments. In order to offer customers specialist services seamlessly, the Drees & Sommer Group works together with well-known companies.

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Company History

In 1970, in Stuttgart, Gerhard Drees founded a small engineering company. At that time, he and his co-founder, Hans Sommer, could never have imagined that their three-person team would grow over time into an international company with more than 6,000 employees. To this day, Drees & Sommer continues to be characterized by the ability to innovate and to "think outside the box".

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Uniting Opposites

To create a world we want to live in