Symvaro
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2010
- HeadquartersKlagenfurt, Austria
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingSoftware
Symvaro firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Symvaro
- Legal name
- Symvaro GmbH
- Website
- https://symvaro.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2010
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Symvaro industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Smart City / Municipal Utility Software
- NAICS
- Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Waste Collection (56211)
- SIC
- Water Supply (4941), Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Waste Management & Smart Sanitation (Facilities) (HSAPAPAM)
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Where Symvaro is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Klagenfurt
- HQ country
- Austria
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Symvaro business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- Software Subscriptions: SaaS-style software solutions for municipalities and utilities managing water supply and waste collection. The company provides applications for web, smartphones, and tablets.
- Municipal Software Licenses: Enterprise software licensing to cities, municipalities, and associations for digitalizing water and waste management operations.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels4 records
Symvaro product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Symvaro GmbH develops and provides smart city software applications for municipal water and waste management utilities. Its core offerings are WATERLOO, a water meter lifetime management platform that digitizes water meter exchange and reading for utilities and municipalities, and Die Müll App (The Waste App), a consumer-facing mobile application that reminds citizens to put out their garbage cans on collection days. The company delivers these solutions as web, smartphone, and tablet applications primarily to cities, municipalities, water utilities, and associations in the DACH region.
Product overview
Symvaro offers a portfolio of smart city applications for municipal water and waste utilities. The core products include WATERLOO (water meter lifetime management) and the Müll App (waste collection reminder service), both designed as mobile-first solutions for smartphones and tablets that help cities, municipalities, and utilities digitize their operations and improve citizen services.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- WATERLOO: Simple and efficient water meter lifetime management solution for exchange and reading of water meters.
- Die Müll App
Products and services
- WATERLOO WATERLOO is a water meter lifetime management software platform designed for municipal water utilities, cities, and associations. It enables efficient management of water meter data, including meter exchange scheduling and reading operations, replacing manual processes with a digital workflow available on web, smartphones, and tablets.
- Die Müll App (The Waste App) Die Müll App is a smart city mobile application that reminds citizens to put out their garbage cans on waste collection days, helping municipalities improve household waste collection compliance. The app is distributed directly to consumers via the muellapp.com website and supports municipalities in delivering citizen-friendly waste services.
Companies that use Symvaro
Customer profileSegments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Symvaro technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature2 records
Symvaro partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators1 record
Recent moves5 records
Expansion highlights4 records
Symvaro competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- ReCollect Systems: Provides waste collection reminder and pickup notification apps for North American municipalities and haulers (e.g., Waste Wizard style products). Most directly comparable to Symvaro's Müll App citizen-facing waste notification product for municipal customers.
- Kamstrup: Danish supplier of smart water meters and meter data management software used by water utilities in Europe. Direct competitor in the water meter lifecycle management space targeted by Symvaro's Waterloo product, particularly across DACH and broader EU municipal water utilities.
Broad incumbents
- AMCS Group: End-to-end waste management software platform serving municipal and commercial waste operators across collections, routing, recycling, and back-office operations. Comparable to Symvaro as a broader software provider to municipal waste and recycling utilities, though AMCS covers the entire waste value chain rather than just consumer notifications.
- Itron: Global leader in smart water, gas, and electricity metering plus utility meter data management software (including the MDM layer). Serves municipal and investor-owned utilities worldwide; functions as a broad incumbent whose MDM stack may displace or integrate with Symvaro's Waterloo.
- Diehl Metering: German smart metering manufacturer and software provider serving water, heat, and energy utilities across DACH and EU. Notably, Diehl Group's corporate venture arm (Diehl Ventures) is a 2017 investor in Symvaro, making this both a competitive overlap in water metering software and a strategic relationship for Symvaro.
- Xylem: Global water technology company combining smart metering (incl. Sensus), analytics, and utility network management. Broad incumbent whose metering and analytics portfolio can either complement or compete with Symvaro's municipal water management software.
- Landis+Gyr: Global provider of smart metering and grid management infrastructure for utilities, predominantly in electricity and increasingly water/gas. Overlaps with Symvaro at the utility-network software/MDM layer that Waterloo addresses at a much smaller scale.
- Badger Meter: US-listed manufacturer of flow measurement and smart water metering solutions, increasingly sold with BEACON advanced metering analytics software. Comparable to Symvaro at the water-meter-data-management software layer for municipal water utilities.
Emerging players
- Routeware: Provides smart routing, in-cab telematics, and citizen-facing waste apps (e.g., 'Trash Day' notifications) to municipalities and haulers. Overlaps with Symvaro's Müll App on the citizen engagement layer and with potential overlaps on municipal-side operational tooling.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Symvaro social profiles
Digital presenceSymvaro financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Symvaro leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles3 records
Symvaro funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors2 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Symvaro M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Symvaro
What does Symvaro do?
Symvaro GmbH develops and provides smart city software applications for municipal water and waste management utilities. Its core offerings are WATERLOO, a water meter lifetime management platform that digitizes water meter exchange and reading for utilities and municipalities, and Die Müll App (The Waste App), a consumer-facing mobile application that reminds citizens to put out their garbage cans on collection days. The company delivers these solutions as web, smartphone, and tablet applications primarily to cities, municipalities, water utilities, and associations in the DACH region.
Is Symvaro a public or private company?
Symvaro is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Symvaro founded?
Symvaro was founded in 2010. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Symvaro based?
Symvaro is headquartered in Klagenfurt, Austria, in the Europe region.
How does Symvaro make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Software Subscriptions are the primary driver. The others are municipal Software Licenses.
Who are Symvaro's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are ReCollect Systems and Kamstrup. Broad incumbents are AMCS Group, Itron, Diehl Metering, Xylem, Landis+Gyr and Badger Meter. Routeware is listed as an emerging player.
Does Symvaro have an API?
No public API is recorded for Symvaro.
What industry is Symvaro in?
Symvaro's product category is Smart City / Municipal Utility Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAIACAG, Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration, with a secondary code of HSAPAPAM, Waste Management & Smart Sanitation (Facilities). Its NAICS code is 2213 and its SIC code is 4941.