Ompex

What Ompex does

Ompex AG is a privately held, owner-managed Swiss energy services company founded in 2006 by Pascal Vautier and Oliver Meyhack and headquartered in Zurich, with a second office in St. Gallen. The firm provides independent trading, consulting, portfolio management, and market access services for electricity, gas, carbon certificates, and guarantees of origin to two primary client segments: energy supply utilities (Energieversorger) and large-scale industrial energy buyers (Grossindustrie). Ompex is structured to operate without tied customers or power plant participations, positioning independence from conflicts of interest as a core differentiator in the Swiss and broader European energy market.

The company's core technology stack consists of two proprietary online platforms, Stromportfolio.ch and gasportfolio.ch, which deliver portfolio management, time-series handling, pricing and risk calculations (including Value-at-Risk), and information access to clients. These portals are underpinned by an in-house fundamental electricity market simulation model, daily and intraday Price Forward Curve analytics, the proprietary HEGIX benchmark for the Swiss gas market, and balancing energy optimization tools. More recently, Ompex has published a BESS-Index reference price for 2-hour battery storage in Switzerland. The firm is a registered member of international electricity and gas exchanges and operates its own balancing groups in several European countries, enabling direct market access and settlement support across Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, France, and Italy, with a managed portfolio volume of over 30 TWh per year.

Ompex generates revenue through three primary streams: transaction-based commissions on electricity, gas, carbon, and guarantees-of-origin trades executed as an independent broker; ongoing portfolio management mandates where Ompex implements client strategies or provides full-service procurement; and professional services such as long-term market simulations, power plant investment analysis, second opinions, contract evaluations, and concession negotiations. Go-to-market is predominantly direct enterprise sales backed by personal consulting from the Zurich and St. Gallen teams, supplemented by self-service portal access for existing clients, weekly published market reports, and a regular Tuesday webinar. The company employs 35 or more staff, has never raised external capital, and is 100% privately owned.

Name

Ompex

Legal name

OMPEX AG

Website

https://ompex.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ompex AG is a privately held, owner-managed Swiss energy services firm that provides independent trading, consulting, portfolio management, and market access for electricity, gas, carbon, and guarantees of origin. It serves energy utilities and large industrial buyers across eight European countries via proprietary Stromportfolio and gasportfolio platforms and a 30+ TWh managed portfolio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Energy Trading Services: Ompex acts as an independent energy broker providing transaction execution services for electricity, gas, carbon certificates, and guarantees of origin across European markets. Revenue generated through transaction fees and commissions on executed trades.
2. Consulting Services: Advisory services including long-term market development evaluation, power plant investment analysis, second opinions, contract evaluations, and concession negotiations support.
3. Portfolio Management Mandates: Ongoing portfolio management services where Ompex implements client strategies or provides full-service procurement support for electricity, gas, carbon certificates, and guarantees of origin.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ompex is an independent energy service provider delivering electricity and gas trading execution, portfolio management, consulting, and market access services across European wholesale markets. The company combines proprietary online platforms (Stromportfolio.ch and gasportfolio.ch) with expert advisory and managed portfolio services for energy suppliers and large industrial buyers, managing over 30 TWh per year across Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, UK, France, and Italy.

Product overview

Ompex offers a suite of digital energy management platforms and professional services for energy procurement, trading, and portfolio management. The core digital products are Stromportfolio.ch (electricity portal) and gasportfolio.ch (gas portal), which provide online portfolio management tools, price forward curves, risk calculations, and market reporting. These are complemented by professional services including Portfolio Solutions (mandated portfolio management), Consulting (advisory and market simulation), and Market Access & Optimization (market access and settlement services across European countries). The company manages over 30 TWh per year across Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, UK, France, and Italy. The BESS-Index serves as a market data reference for battery storage pricing in Switzerland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Stromportfolio: Online portal for electricity portfolio management, pricing and risk calculations, and information access - available at stromportfolio.ch
• Gasportfolio
• HEGIX

Products and services

• Stromportfolio.ch (Energy Portal) Central online platform enabling dynamic and profitable movement in electricity markets. Provides portfolio management, time series management, pricing and risk calculations (including Value-at-Risk), comprehensive reporting, distribution support, and real-time market information for energy suppliers and large industrial customers.
• gasportfolio.ch Online platform for gas portfolio management, providing daily updated Price Forward Curves (PFC) in THE and TTF market regions, the HEGIX benchmark price index for the Swiss market, and weekly market reports covering electricity, coal, gas, carbon, and oil markets.
• Portfolio Solutions Mandated portfolio management services in which customers use state-of-the-art online tools to manage energy portfolios and implement strategies, supported by experienced specialists for electricity, gas, carbon certificates, and guarantees of origin procurement.
• Consulting Advisory services including evaluation of long-term market developments, simulations for power plant and investment project evaluations, second opinions, and support in concession negotiations based on established simulation models and deep international energy market expertise.
• Market Access & Optimization Service providing access to European energy markets with full settlement support, including balancing group management, spot exchange access, post-scheduling, natural gas spot market access, futures market access, and grid access handling for multiple European countries.
• BESS-Index Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) index providing pricing data for the 2-hour Switzerland market, displayed on the Ompex website as a market reference indicator.

Quantifiable outcome

• Manage over 30 TWh per year in portfolio management across 8 European countries

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Energy Aspects: Independent energy market analytics and consulting firm providing research, price forecasting and advisory across oil, gas, power and renewables. Comparable to Ompex because both sell independent expert analysis and market data to traders and utilities globally, combining subscription content with bespoke consulting.
• Baringa Partners: Management consultancy with one of the largest dedicated European energy and commodities practices, advising utilities and large industrials on procurement, trading and risk management. Comparable to Ompex due to shared buyer-base (Energieversorger, Grossindustrie) and overlap on portfolio and trading advisory mandates.
• Next Kraftwerke: German virtual power plant operator that aggregates and trades distributed renewable assets across European markets, offering balancing, market access and portfolio optimization. Comparable to Ompex for market access, balancing group management and portfolio optimization services across multiple European jurisdictions.
• Trayport: Energy trading network/platform connecting brokers, exchanges and traders for OTC and exchange-traded power, gas and environmental products. Comparable to Ompex as both operate as intermediaries/brokers facilitating energy trading across European wholesale markets.

Broad incumbents

• Wood Mackenzie: Global energy research and consulting firm providing commodity research, market analytics and advisory across oil, gas, power and renewables. Comparable to Ompex for analytical IP and energy consultancy services, but at much larger global scale and broader scope.
• S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts): Benchmark price reporting and energy market data provider covering oil, gas, power, coal, and emissions globally. Comparable to Ompex for energy price benchmarks and market-data analytics (e.g., analog to HEGIX and the PFC suite), though at global incumbency scale.
• Argus Media: Independent price reporting agency and energy market intelligence provider covering power, gas, coal and emissions. Comparable to Ompex for benchmark pricing, market reports and consultancy content sold to energy market participants.
• AFRY (formerly ÅF/Pöyry): Engineering, design and consulting firm with a substantial European energy practice advising on power generation, transmission and market design. Comparable to Ompex for consulting/advisory work, particularly the long-term electricity market simulation modeling.
• ICIS: Independent commodity intelligence service providing pricing, news and analytics for energy and petrochemical markets. Comparable to Ompex for energy price reporting and analytics content sold to utilities and industrial buyers.
• Vattenfall Energy Trading: In-house trading arm of a major European utility active across wholesale power, gas and emissions markets. Comparable to Ompex as a competing market-access and trading counterpart, but with proprietary balance sheet and substantially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInch.linkedin.com/company/ompex-ag

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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