Its jurisdiction covers the city and its surrounding area, responsible for the commuter trains, the Augsburg tramway and buses.

The AVV coordinates transport and fares in area comprising the city of Augsburg and three surrounding districts.

It is jointly owned by the state of Bavaria, the city of Augsburg and the three surrounding districts, which are:[1] The first plans for a transport association in the Augsburg region had already been drawn up in 1974, but the shareholders' agreement was not signed until 1985[2] before the Verbundgesellschaft finally commenced operations on 1 July 1985.

In July 1985, the Verbundgesellschaft commenced business operations and initially started a test operation with eight sections (1 Mering and Kissing; 2 Eurasburg, Dasing, Friedberg, Aichach and Inchenhofen; 3 Aindling and Pöttmes; 4 Gersthofen, Meitingen, Wertingen, Nordendorf, Donauwörth and Otting-Weilheim; 5 Neusäß, Zusmarshausen, Welden and Altenmünster; 6 Langenneufnach, Gessertshausen, Dinkelscherben and Stadtbergen; 7 Klosterlechfeld, Schwabmünchen and Bobingen; 8 Königsbrunn).

[3] The AVV initially replaced the community tariff of the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Augsburg (VGA) before it was completely dissolved in 1995.