What Meteo-Services does

Meteo-Services, legally s.t.o.r.k. Media GmbH MeteoServices, is a Munich-based private meteorological services company founded in 1989 that operates as an Institute for Weather & Climate Analysis. The company delivers weather forecasts, marine weather forecasts, weather charts, and weather predictions through a multilingual website covering all inhabited continents and major oceans in German, English, and Spanish. Its technical foundation is a global weather measurement network of more than 17,000 stations (including crowdsourced user-contributed stations) supplemented by NOAA satellite HD imagery and GRIB-format gridded data products.

The product portfolio is organized into subscription tiers — Premium Weather for travel and leisure, Professional Weather for business applications, and Maritime Weather (branded WaveWatch) for seafaring — alongside usage-based add-ons including Weather SMS alerts and downloadable GRIB data products. Vertical-specific solutions are offered for Energy & Offshore operations, Navigation & Routing, and Farming & Agriculture, addressing operational decision-making rather than consumer curiosity. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-customer through a self-serve website with member login functionality, with no mobile app or documented API.

The revenue model combines freemium acquisition with recurring monthly subscriptions and pay-as-you-go usage charges across SMS and GRIB products. Customer segments span maritime/shipping, energy/offshore, agriculture, professional users, and individual travelers, with no enterprise anchor customers or disclosed revenue figures. No funding rounds, M&A activity, leadership disclosures, or AI/ML capabilities are documented in the source material.

Name

Meteo-Services

Legal name

s.t.o.r.k. Media GmbH MeteoServices

Website

https://meteo-services.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Meteo-Services is a Munich-based private meteorological services company founded in 1989 that provides weather forecasts, marine forecasts, weather charts, and GRIB data products through subscription tiers serving maritime, energy/offshore, agriculture, and consumer travel segments globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

München

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Meteo-Services provides weather forecasts, marine weather forecasts, weather charts, and weather predictions through a multilingual digital platform. The company operates a global network of more than 17,000 weather stations and delivers tiered subscription products targeting both individual travelers and commercial/industrial customers in maritime, energy/offshore, navigation, and agriculture sectors. Additional offerings include SMS-based weather alerts, downloadable GRIB data products, and NOAA satellite imagery integration.

Product overview

Meteo-Services is a meteorological services company providing a comprehensive weather forecasting platform with multiple product tiers and specialized vertical solutions. The core offerings include Weather Charts (regional coverage of global continents and oceans) and Maritime Weather (WaveWatch) services for marine applications. The company operates subscription-based tiers: Premium Weather for travel/leisure, Professional Weather for business applications, and Maritime Weather for seafaring. Additional services include Weather SMS alerts, GRIB weather data downloads for technical users, and vertical solutions for Energy & Offshore, Navigation & Routing, and Farming & Agriculture sectors. The platform is powered by a global network of over 17,000 weather stations and NOAA satellite imagery integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MeteoServices Premium Weather: Premium weather forecasting service for travel and professional use
• MeteoServices Professional Weather

Products and services

• Premium Weather Subscription-based travel weather forecast service providing worldwide weather predictions for leisure and travel planning purposes, targeted at individual consumers and travelers.
• Professional Weather Subscription-based professional weather forecasting service delivering high-accuracy meteorological data for business applications, including energy, offshore, navigation, and agriculture.
• Maritime Weather (WaveWatch) Specialized marine weather subscription service covering waves, wind, and sea conditions for all major world oceans including Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, North Sea, Baltic Sea, and regional seas, for maritime navigation and seafaring.
• Weather SMS SMS-based weather alert service delivering weather forecasts and warnings to mobile devices with configurable notification areas and booking options on a pay-as-you-go basis.
• GRIB Weather Data Downloadable GRIB (General Regularly-distributed Information in Binary form) data products offered in multiple categories (Category 1, Category 2, Grib Regatta) with different resolution and coverage options, for professional use in navigation, routing, and weather analysis applications.
• Energy & Offshore Weather Services Vertical weather forecasting solution specialized for the energy sector and offshore maritime activities, supporting energy production forecasting, offshore platform operations, and wind farm planning.
• Navigation & Routing Weather Weather information service supporting navigation and route planning for maritime and land-based transportation, including route optimization and weather-related safety.
• Farming & Agriculture Weather Vertical agricultural weather service including forecasts, soil values, field monitoring, and grassland temperature sums to support crop planning, harvest timing, and irrigation management.
• Weather Charts Visual weather map product covering Europe, Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Arctic, and Antarctic regions with various forecast parameters and country-level sub-pages.
• NOAA Satellite HD High-definition NOAA satellite imagery product providing live worldwide weather reporting and satellite-based weather observations.
• Weather Stations Network Global weather measurement network of more than 17,000 weather stations worldwide, where users can register and contribute their own weather stations to the network.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• PredictWind: PredictWind provides high-resolution global wind and weather forecasts targeted at sailors, yachtsmen, and maritime professionals. It competes head-on with Meteo-Services' GRIB data and Maritime Weather products in the sailing/routing segment.
• Windfinder: Windfinder offers wind, wave, and weather forecasts for water sports, sailing, and maritime use across global coastlines. Like Meteo-Services, it serves a global audience with subscription-based marine weather products.
• StormGeo: StormGeo is a Norway-based commercial weather provider specializing in marine weather routing, offshore forecasting, and energy market services. It is the closest direct competitor to Meteo-Services' maritime and offshore verticals, with overlapping subscription-based forecasting for shipping and offshore operators.
• WetterOnline: WetterOnline is a DACH-region commercial weather service offering forecasts, alerts, and professional data products. It is the most direct German regional competitor to Meteo-Services across consumer and professional weather.
• Weathernews Inc. Weathernews is a Japanese-headquartered global commercial weather company providing forecasting for shipping, aviation, and media. It is comparable in serving maritime and professional weather verticals with multilingual global coverage.
• DTN (DTN Weather): DTN delivers professional weather and climate intelligence for agriculture, energy, transportation, and maritime customers. It overlaps with Meteo-Services on energy/offshore, agriculture, and routing verticals, with a much larger enterprise sales footprint.

Broad incumbents

• The Weather Company (IBM): IBM's The Weather Company operates one of the largest commercial weather platforms with consumer, media, and enterprise offerings. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with Meteo-Services on data products and professional forecasting but at vastly greater scale.
• AccuWeather: AccuWeather is a major U.S. commercial weather provider serving consumer media plus enterprise verticals including energy and transportation. Comparable to Meteo-Services as a broad incumbent in subscription weather, with much larger scale and brand reach.

Emerging players

• Tomorrow.io: Tomorrow.io is an AI-native weather intelligence platform offering an API-first forecasting service across transportation, logistics, energy, and on-site operations. It targets similar enterprise verticals as Meteo-Services but via a developer/API integration model.
• Spire Weather: Spire leverages its own satellite constellation and AI to produce global numerical weather predictions and data products. It is an emerging, tech-forward entrant competing for the same maritime, energy, and data-licensing budgets as Meteo-Services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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