What Stadtwerke Freiburg GmbH does

Stadtwerke Freiburg GmbH is a privately held municipal utility company headquartered in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, classified within the Electric Utilities industry covering generation, transmission, and/or distribution of electric energy. The entity operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau (Stadt Freiburg im Breisgau), structured under German municipal law as a public-sector enterprise. Its inclusion in the city's official domain portfolio and its listing as a responsible entity under the city's data protection policy confirm that it is an active service provider serving the municipal territory.

The company employs between 501 and 1,000 people and serves a local/municipal market in Germany, with no global footprint claim or geographic expansion beyond the city of Freiburg. No specific products, services, technology stack, pricing models, customer segments, or distribution channels are disclosed in the available source material — the input data describes the entity primarily through its ownership status, industry classification, and municipal integration rather than through operational detail. Similarly, no management team, regulatory actions, M&A activity, partnerships, certifications, or patents are documented.

The business model is that of a German Stadtwerke: a municipal utility typically delivering a bundle of essential public services — electricity, heat, water, and/or local public transport — to residents and businesses within the city boundary, funded through regulated tariffs and operating under public ownership. Revenue mechanics, contract structures, and pricing are not disclosed in the source data. The company does not maintain a mobile app, has no publicly documented social-media presence, and has no API or SDK footprint.

Name

Stadtwerke Freiburg GmbH

Legal name

Stadtwerke Freiburg GmbH

Website

https://freiburg.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Stadtwerke Freiburg GmbH is a municipal utility company in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, owned by the City of Freiburg. Operating in the Electric Utilities industry with 501-1000 employees, it serves local residential and business customers within the municipal territory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Multi-utility municipal services (electricity, heat, water, and public transport)

NAICS

Utilities (221), Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213)

SIC

Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)

akta.pro primary industry

Energy, Utilities & Sustainability Management (BPABAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

Keywords

• Municipal utility services
• Electricity distribution
• Heat and power supply
• Public water supply
• Local public transportation

Headquarters

HQ city

Freiburg Im Breisgau

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain

Core offering

Stadtwerke Freiburg GmbH is a municipal utility company serving the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, providing essential public services including electricity and heat supply, drinking water provision, and public transportation services. It operates under German municipal utilities law (Stadtwerke model) as a city-owned enterprise of the City of Freiburg.

Product overview

No product or service information for Stadtwerke Freiburg GmbH is available in the provided source data. The source content is from the City of Freiburg municipal website (freiburg.de), which covers municipal services including public administration, urban planning, mobility, environment, and community services. The subdomain stadtwerke.freiburg.de is referenced in the datenschutz page navigation but no content from that subdomain is included in the provided sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electricity supply Generation, transmission, and/or distribution of electric energy to households and businesses within the Freiburg municipal concession area.
• Heat supply (district heating) Provision of district heating and heat energy to residential and commercial customers in Freiburg.
• Drinking water supply Extraction, treatment, and distribution of drinking water to households and businesses in Freiburg.
• Public transportation Local public mobility services (tram and bus operations) for residents and visitors of Freiburg.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Direct peers

• Stadtwerke Leipzig: Stadtwerke Leipzig is the municipal utility of Leipzig, offering electricity, gas, district heating, water, and transport. Comparable as a German Stadtwerke with a similar multi-utility operating model.
• Stadtwerke München (SWM): SWM is the municipal utility of Munich, operating electricity, district heating, gas, water, and public transport. Comparable as a large German municipal multi-utility with similar ownership structure and service portfolio.
• MVV Energie: MVV Energie is the municipal utility of Mannheim, providing electricity, district heating, gas, and water to a city-region. Comparable as a mid-sized German municipal utility with multi-vector operations.
• Stadtwerke Köln: Stadtwerke Köln is the municipal utility of Cologne, providing electricity, gas, water, district heating, and public transport. Comparable as a German municipal multi-utility under city ownership.
• Stadtwerke Düsseldorf: Stadtwerke Düsseldorf is the municipal utility of Düsseldorf, providing electricity, gas, water, district heating, and mobility. Comparable as a mid-sized German municipal multi-utility.
• Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main: Stadtwerke Frankfurt is the municipal utility of Frankfurt, providing energy, water, and mobility services. Comparable in structure as a German municipal multi-utility.
• badenova: badenova is the regional energy and water utility headquartered in Freiburg that supplies electricity, gas, heat, and water to the Freiburg region. It is the closest direct peer given overlapping service territory and product offerings.

Broad incumbents

• E.ON: E.ON is one of Europe's largest integrated utilities with major operations in Germany across electricity distribution, retail, and energy networks. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating in the same German utility space.
• EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg: EnBW is the major integrated energy utility in Baden-Württemberg, the same state as Freiburg, providing generation, transmission, distribution, and retail services across multiple energy vectors. It operates as a much larger incumbent in the same geography.

Regional players

• Stadtwerke Karlsruhe: Stadtwerke Karlsruhe is the municipal utility of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg, providing electricity, gas, water, and district heating. Regional comparable given shared federal state and similar municipal utility model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/freiburg
• Facebookfacebook.com/stadtfreiburg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/theater-freiburg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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