Accessibility & BFSG
Since 28 June 2025 the German Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG) applies: online shops, booking flows and customer portals for consumers generally have to be accessible. We test existing websites against WCAG 2.2 AA with automated tools, assess every finding personally and build new websites accessible from the start. You receive a finished draft of your accessibility statement and documentation of the test.
When this is worth it
If you recognise yourself in any of these, a conversation is worth having.
- You sell online to consumers or let them book appointments.
- You do not know whether the BFSG applies to your website.
- A customer has told you they cannot use your site.
- You are planning a relaunch and do not want to retrofit accessibility expensively later.
What you get
- Tool-supported testing against WCAG 2.2 AA, every finding assessed personally
- Action plan for existing websites
- New websites accessible in design and code
- Draft of your accessibility statement and documentation of the test
Also part of this
Accessibility audit (BFSG)
A written review against WCAG 2.2 AA with findings ranked by severity, an action plan and the basis for your accessibility statement.
Accessible websites (BFSG)
WCAG 2.2 AA built into design and code from the start and tested, with a draft accessibility statement and documentation.
Accessibility & BFSG: frequently asked questions
If consumers book, order or enter into a contract through your website, generally yes. The German Accessibility Strengthening Act has applied since 28 June 2025 and covers, for example, online shops, booking systems and customer portals. Purely informational sites are usually not covered, nor are pure B2B offerings. Micro-enterprises with fewer than ten staff and at most €2m annual turnover or balance sheet total are exempt. Whether your offering is affected is something we clarify in the free initial consultation. That does not replace legal advice, but it shows you where you stand.
The state market surveillance authorities can raise defects, set a deadline for fixing them and, in the last resort, prohibit the offering. The BFSG provides for fines of up to €100,000. Apart from that, you lose customers: people who use a keyboard, a screen reader or strong magnification abandon an order when one step does not work. A test against WCAG 2.2 AA shows which barriers exist and which of them to fix first because they actually stop customers.
No. Plugins and so-called overlays place a toolbar over the page that lets visitors change contrast or font size, for example. The actual barriers sit in the code: form fields without labels, elements that cannot be used with a keyboard, images without a text alternative. No overlay fixes these errors, and screen reader users already have their own settings anyway. Accessibility is created in design and code. That is why we test the code itself and fix errors where they arise.
Goes with this
These services often come up in projects like this one.
Does that sound like your project?
A free initial consultation with David Kopka in person. We work out honestly whether we are the right fit and what your project realistically costs.
David Kopka, founder of Agilido