What does a BFSG audit cost for a Salzgitter business?

A WCAG 2.2 AA audit for an SME website of up to around 30 pages is available at a fixed price from €2,480 net. If you first only need a quick baseline of your website, you can start with the BFSG quick check for €490 net. The subsequent technical remediation in the existing code also starts from €2,480, and the legally required accessibility statement costs €390. For larger shops and supplier portals we prepare a binding fixed-price quote after a brief review. All prices are listed in our services overview.

Does the BFSG apply to industrial businesses in Salzgitter without a classic online shop?

Yes, if you offer digital services to consumers or operate booking and ordering systems through which consumers conclude contracts. This also applies to supplier portals and SaaS offerings, provided they are aimed at consumers. Whether pure application portals fall under the BFSG has not been conclusively settled in law. Micro-enterprises providing services are exempt: fewer than 10 employees and an annual turnover or annual balance sheet total of no more than 2 million euros (Section 3(3) BFSG). We clarify your specific situation in the initial consultation.

How long does a BFSG audit take for a Salzgitter industrial business?

The duration depends on scope: a corporate website with few page types can be audited faster than a supplier portal, a career platform with multi-step application forms or an online shop with customer accounts. We agree the schedule from audit to validated remediation with you once the scope is defined. In urgent cases, we prioritize the critical barriers and address them in a first sprint.

Do we need to redevelop our website to become BFSG-compliant?

As a rule, no. We work directly in the code of your existing system, whether Shopware, WordPress, TYPO3, Drupal, SAP portal or custom development. A relaunch is advisable only when the technical foundation is so outdated that it structurally prevents WCAG conformance. Many barriers can be resolved through targeted HTML, CSS and JavaScript adjustments.

How far is the agency from Salzgitter, and do you come on-site?

Our office is in Söhlde in the Hildesheim district, a municipality directly bordering Salzgitter. We come to you personally for kickoff meetings, audit presentations and training sessions. Technical audits and remediation are conducted remotely for efficiency. Personal availability by phone and on-site appointments by arrangement are part of our collaboration, not an add-on.

Which barriers are typical for industrial businesses from the Salzgitter area?

Typical issues are untagged PDF documents (technical data sheets, standards, manuals), keyboard-inaccessible forms and filter functions, missing or contextually inappropriate alt texts on technical illustrations and product images, and corporate design contrasts below the 4.5:1 target. In career portals, incorrect ARIA implementations in multi-step application forms are also common. All of these barriers can be systematically identified and remediated.

Accessibility in Salzgitter: Accessible Websites to WCAG 2.2 AA for the Industrial Region

Steel production, automotive suppliers and technical businesses define Salzgitter – and where their shops and ordering systems are aimed at consumers, the German Accessibility Strengthening Act has generally applied since June 28, 2025. We audit, advise and implement WCAG 2.2 AA, from the neighboring municipality of Söhlde and personally reachable.

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WCAG 2.2 AA audit from €2,480 fixed price Own accessibility statement published On-site for Salzgitter · from neighboring Söhlde

In short and in plain language

This page is for businesses in Salzgitter. It is about web accessibility. Accessible means that all people can use a website, including people with disabilities.

The BFSG is a German law. In most cases it applies to shops and order systems for consumers.

We check websites, shops and portals. We check against fixed rules. Then we fix the problems right in your code.

Our office is in Söhlde, right next to Salzgitter. We are glad to visit you, and we can also train your team.

Want to know more? The first talk is free. Write to us or give us a call.

Key figures

WCAG 2.2 AA

our audit benchmark

EN 301 549

European standard for accessible ICT

Söhlde

office in the neighboring municipality

Desktop + mobile

every view checked in both layouts

Salzgitter is more than a city: it is an industrial region with decades of tradition in steel and automotive production. Salzgitter AG, Volkswagen suppliers and hundreds of technical businesses form an economic network that increasingly depends on digital channels. Career portals for skilled workers, supplier platforms for just-in-time processes and technical documentation portals have long become indispensable. Where these digital offerings fall under the BFSG, they must be accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. We support Salzgitter businesses with systematic WCAG audits, technical remediation and practical training. The entry point is transparently priced: a WCAG 2.2 AA audit is available at a fixed price from €2,480 net, and all packages and prices are listed in our services overview. We assess our own website against WCAG 2.2 AA ourselves; status and known limitations are set out in our accessibility statement.

Transparent fixed prices for Salzgitter businesses

from €2,480 fixed price net

BFSG quick check as an entry point for €490
Remediation of existing websites in the current code from €2,480
Accessibility statement at a fixed price of €390
Ongoing BFSG monitoring from €49 per month

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WCAG 2.2 AA audit (SMEs up to 30 pages). All prices net. For larger websites, shops and supplier portals we prepare a binding fixed-price quote after a brief review.

Prices as of October 2026. Ongoing services are booked individually and can be canceled with one month's notice to the end of the month; there is no minimum term.

WCAG 2.2 AA · BFSG · Salzgitter region

The building blocks of your BFSG implementation

What goes into a demonstrably accessible website

Website to WCAG 2.2 AA

WCAG 2.2 auditContrast ≥ 4.5:1Form labelsKeyboard & focusPDF/UA data sheetsAlt textsAccessibility statementBFSG monitoring

Conformance79 %22 met · 12 open

Criteria audited34target WCAG 2.2 AA

WCAG auditfrom €2,480fixed price net

Test standardA + AAWCAG 2.2

WCAG 2.2 AA auditfrom €2,480 fixed price

This websiteAccessibility statement published

Example WCAG 2.2 AA audit view: conformance level, the four WCAG principles and prioritized findings by severity. Example view — values are illustrative.

The BFSG and Its Significance for Salzgitter Industrial Businesses

The German Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG) transposes EU Directive 2019/882 into German law and has been binding since June 28, 2025. It covers businesses offering certain products and services to consumers, including online shops, booking portals and other e-commerce services. For the technical requirements, the European standard EN 301 549 serves as the benchmark in practice: its version V3.2.1 is based on WCAG 2.1 AA, while version V4.1.1, published in September 2026, is based on WCAG 2.2 AA. We therefore audit against WCAG 2.2 AA; this benchmark covers the requirements of WCAG 2.1 AA.

For Salzgitter industrial businesses, this creates concrete obligations: any company operating an online shop for spare parts or a digital ordering system for consumers must, as a rule, make these offerings accessible; whether a pure career portal is covered has not been conclusively settled in law. The obligation covers the entire usage process, from search to contract execution. In case of violations, market surveillance authorities can issue orders and impose fines of up to €100,000 (Section 37 BFSG). Beyond mere compliance, the investment is worthwhile: approximately 7.8 million severely disabled people live in Germany (Federal Statistical Office, 2026). Accessibility opens target groups that are systematically excluded without accessible offerings.

What We Deliver for Businesses in Salzgitter

WCAG Audit and Assessment

Systematic testing of your website, shop or web application against WCAG 2.2 AA. Measurement combined with per-criterion assessment, keyboard and screen reader output. Result: a prioritized action plan with clear responsibilities, at a fixed price from €2,480 net.

Technical Remediation

Fixing identified barriers directly in the HTML, CSS and JavaScript of your existing system. ARIA attributes, semantic structuring, contrast adjustments, focus management and skip links are implemented, usually without relaunch and without disrupting operations.

Accessibility Statement

Creation of the legally required accessibility statement in line with BFSG requirements, at a fixed price of €390. Documentation of conformance status, known limitations and the feedback mechanism for users with disabilities.

On-Site Training

Hands-on workshops at your premises in Salzgitter: creating accessible content, writing alt texts, designing accessible forms, captioning videos. Suitable for editors, designers and developers in industrial businesses alike.

Ongoing Monitoring

Regular accessibility monitoring from €49 per month: regular scans, spot checks and reporting to your compliance stakeholders; frequency and scope depend on the chosen plan. Details in the BFSG monitoring section.

Legal Documentation

Traceable documentation of the measures implemented as evidence of your compliance efforts for market surveillance authorities. Technical statements on the implementation status against WCAG 2.2 AA if needed, and support during regulatory proceedings.

Salzgitter as a Steel and Industrial Hub: special digital challenges

The Salzgitter economic region is shaped by heavy industry: Salzgitter AG, one of Europe's largest steel groups, together with a dense network of automotive suppliers and metalworking businesses defines the region's profile. Many of these companies have built digital offerings in recent years that go far beyond simple corporate websites. Technical documentation portals, supplier platforms, career portals and internal service websites are increasingly opened to external users.

These web applications are often complex: multi-step application forms, interactive product catalogs for semi-finished products and steel items, technical configurators and password-protected supplier portals. Accessibility here extends far beyond simple contrast checks. In accessible development, we therefore also address the pitfalls that rule checks alone cannot detect.

Common Barriers in Salzgitter Business Websites

Certain accessibility barriers recur on the websites and portals of industrial businesses. Technically sophisticated web applications from the steel and automotive environment often fall short on accessibility requirements when they were originally designed for internal users and only later made publicly accessible.

Industrial Portals and Supplier Platforms

Multi-step registration processes, dynamic form sections and file-based upload workflows frequently generate ARIA errors, missing live-region announcements and broken focus sequences. Keyboard users and screen reader users often cannot complete these processes end to end.

Technical PDF Documentation

Steel and mechanical-engineering companies publish technical data sheets, standards and manuals as PDFs that are frequently untagged or produced from scans. We advise on PDF accessibility and the implementation of PDF/UA for normative technical documents.

Corporate Design Contrast

Many corporate design systems in industrial environments were created without accessibility in mind. Technically oriented color palettes with cool gray tones, fine type in data tables and low contrast values in infographics regularly fall below the WCAG target of 4.5:1.

Complex Navigation Structures

Mega-menus for extensive product categories, sticky headers with dropdown layers and collapsible navigation levels that are operable only by mouse. These barriers affect keyboard power users as well as people with motor disabilities.

Before and after: an accessible application form

Career portals are decisive for Salzgitter industrial businesses competing for skilled workers, and application forms in particular often contain barriers. We fix missing labels, insufficient contrast, color-only error indicators and invisible focus states directly in the existing code. The goal is a form that can be operated throughout with keyboard and screen reader, usually without rebuilding your system.

Every input field gets a visible, programmatically linked label
Contrasts are raised to at least 4.5:1 (AA target reached)
Error messages with text, icon and live region instead of color alone

Before

Input field without label 1.3.1

Contrast 3.1:1 below AA 1.4.3

Errors flagged by colour only 1.4.1

Focus not visible 2.4.7

After

Visible label plus description

Contrast 4.8:1 · AA met

Errors with text, icon and live region

Focus ring consistently visible

Career Portals and Application Platforms

Whether the BFSG also applies to application portals has not been conclusively settled in law. Regardless of that, an inaccessible application form excludes qualified candidates with disabilities and can have legal consequences. For industrial businesses in Salzgitter competing for skilled workers, an accessible career portal is a real differentiating feature. We audit your application platform and also advise on the accessible corporate web presence.

Get your Salzgitter business checked for accessibility

We assess your website, shop or career portal against WCAG 2.2 AA and give you a clear fixed price for the right entry point, before an open barrier turns into a regulatory proceeding.

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Our Audit and Remediation Process

Step 1

Initial Consultation and Scope Definition

We discuss your digital offering, identify BFSG-relevant areas and jointly define the audit scope. For Salzgitter businesses, we are available in person on-site or by video conference. We prioritize by business relevance and legal risk and name the fixed price up front.

Accessibility as a Competitive Advantage for Salzgitter Industrial Businesses

Salzgitter businesses compete nationally and internationally for skilled workers, contracts and business partners. An accessible web presence is more than a legal obligation: it is a quality signal that demonstrates corporate responsibility while simultaneously opening new target groups. Approximately 7.8 million severely disabled people in Germany (Federal Statistical Office, 2026) are potential customers, applicants and business partners. Businesses that make their digital offerings accessible can gain an edge over competitors who still overlook accessibility.

Accessibility also has side benefits: semantic HTML and correct document structure make it easier for search engines to capture the content. Correct form labels can reduce completion errors and thereby abandonment in application portals. Better keyboard navigation benefits power users who prefer working with the keyboard in technical industrial environments.

Regional Proximity for Salzgitter Businesses

Our office is in Söhlde in the Hildesheim district, a municipality directly bordering Salzgitter. This proximity enables personal on-site appointments for kickoff meetings, audit presentations and training, combined with the efficiency of remote collaboration for technical audits and remediation. For Salzgitter businesses seeking an accessibility partner with personal availability and understanding of industrial business structures, we offer the combination of deep WCAG expertise and short distances.

Whether a Shopware shop, WordPress website, TYPO3 CMS, SAP-based portal or bespoke web application: we work within your existing system and intervene precisely, usually without disrupting your operations. Our offering ranges from initial BFSG classification through the WCAG 2.2 audit and accessible development to training and ongoing monitoring.

On Site in the Salzgitter Region

From our office in Söhlde near Hildesheim we reach Salzgitter and the surrounding industrial cities for personal appointments. We are also there for you with dedicated location pages in these neighboring cities:

BFSG classification: an initial assessment against the criteria of whether and to what extent the law may apply to your Salzgitter business (not legal advice)
WCAG 2.2 AA audit: systematic measurement and per-criterion assessment of your website, shop or web application, fixed price from €2,480
Technical remediation: fixing barriers directly in the code of your existing system
Accessibility statement: legally required document with conformance status and feedback mechanism, fixed price €390
Training: workshops for editors, designers and developers on-site in Salzgitter
Ongoing BFSG monitoring from €49 per month: monitoring accessibility during continuous development

Accessibility for Salzgitter Industries

The Salzgitter industrial region brings specific digital requirements with it. Steel producers and metalworking companies publish technical product data sheets and material standards online that are frequently untagged PDFs, rendering them inaccessible to screen reader users. Automotive suppliers operate supplier portals with complex registration and approval processes. Technical businesses post job vacancies via career portals, which should also be accessible in the competition for skilled workers.

For online shops selling technical components, tools or industrial supplies to both consumers and commercial customers, the BFSG requirements cover the entire purchasing process. Businesses operating in the e-commerce space are equally affected as classic service companies. Healthcare providers, educational institutions and public utility companies may also have their own accessibility obligations; our services are aimed at them too. In public procurement above the EU thresholds, Section 121(2) of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB) requires the technical specifications for anything procured for use by natural persons to take into account the accessibility criteria for people with disabilities or design for all users, except in duly justified cases. Anyone bidding in such tenders should therefore expect accessibility requirements.

Technical documentation and standards

Product data, material properties and delivery times sit in tables — how to make them accessible is shown in the article on accessible data tables. The standards reference for tenders and supplier questionnaires is explained in the article on the EU standard EN 301 549. And anyone rebuilding a portal anyway plans accessibility most economically from the start — see accessibility by design.

Key Points at a Glance

Accessibility for Salzgitter businesses: WCAG 2.2 AA audit at a fixed price from €2,480 (SMEs up to 30 pages), entry via a BFSG quick check for €490
The BFSG has been binding since June 28, 2025; violations can incur fines of up to €100,000 (Section 37 BFSG)
Remediation of existing websites in the current code from €2,480, ongoing BFSG monitoring from €49 per month — a relaunch is usually not required
On site from neighboring Söhlde: personal appointments in Salzgitter, technical audits and remediation remote
We assess our own website against WCAG 2.2 AA ourselves; status and known limitations are set out in our accessibility statement

Frequently Asked Questions from Salzgitter Businesses

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University department

Department with degree filter and disability provisions

A draft for a university department: eight degree programmes can be filtered by qualification and study mode, each listing award, standard duration and entry requirements in the same order. The application is described in four steps, and a separate section covers disability provisions and the advisory service hours. On campus accessibility the draft names ramp gradient, hearing loop and tactile guidance — and what is missing.

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Illustrative layout drafts. The businesses shown are fictitious; these are not client projects.