LBD

What LBD does

LBD-Beratungsgesellschaft mbH is a Berlin-based strategic management consulting firm founded in 1988 that advises German energy suppliers, grid operators, municipalities, housing companies, transport operators, policy bodies, and renewable energy companies on decarbonization, digitalization, and transformation. The firm runs multi-year mandates including the target scenario for Hamburg's municipal heat plan (supporting the Free and Hanseatic City's net-CO2 neutrality by 2040 goal) and scenario analyses for utilities such as Stadtwerke Frankenthal. The company is led by four Managing Directors (Dirk-Florian Müggenburg, Dr. Bastian Sauer, Ben Schlemmermeier, and Claudia Schlemmermeier) and operates with more than 50 employees from its headquarters at Mollstraße 32, Berlin.

The firm's core proprietary asset is INFRA, a browser-based SaaS platform that combines geo-data algorithms with a digital twin of the real world to automate and digitize infrastructure expansion planning, municipal heat planning under the Wärmeplanungsgesetz (WPG, including Anlage 2 reporting), transformation plans for existing heat networks, feasibility studies, and funding applications (BEW, BAFA). INFRA delivers building-precise bottom-up analyses, automated scenario modeling, economic viability calculations, and one-button report generation, and operates as two branded modules - INFRA|Analytics (Wärme) and INFRA|Analytics (Breitband) - for heat and broadband infrastructure planning respectively. The firm also maintains the ZuMa-Katalog, an open-source market standard with 45 evaluation criteria across five categories (currently at version 2.1) used in electricity and gas concession procedures.

Revenue is generated through two streams: project-based consulting engagements (decarbonization strategy, transformation planning, concession management, feasibility studies, M&A and restructuring advisory) sold through direct enterprise and government sales, plus subscription-based INFRA SaaS licenses sold to planners and consultancies via weekly demonstration webinars. LBD has extended its footprint through two adjacent ventures: Caeli Wind, a wholly-founded marketplace for wind power areas, and Elysium Solar, a joint venture with EIC Partners developing agri-photovoltaic systems. The firm holds TÜV SÜD information security certification and has been recognized by brandeins as one of Germany's best management consultancies in Digitalization and Sustainability for three consecutive years (2024, 2025, 2026).

Name

LBD

Legal name

LBD-Beratungsgesellschaft mbH

Website

https://lbd.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LBD is a Berlin-based management consultancy (founded 1988, 50+ employees) advising German energy suppliers, grid operators, municipalities, and housing companies on decarbonization and heat transition, complemented by its proprietary INFRA SaaS platform for digital municipal heat planning under the WPG.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Transition Consulting

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro industry

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LDC Operations Strategy, Governance & Performance Management

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Gas Utilities (Distribution)/Local Distribution Company (LDC) Operations

Keywords

• Energy transition consulting
• Municipal heat planning
• Decarbonization strategy
• Infrastructure planning software
• Climate neutrality advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consulting Services: Advisory services for decarbonization, digitalization, and transformation including communal heat planning, transformation plans, feasibility studies, and infrastructure development strategies.
2. INFRA Software (SaaS): Browser-based software-as-a-service offering for planners and consultants supporting digital municipal heat planning. The platform enables automated analysis, scenario modeling, and economic assessments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

LBD is a strategic management consulting firm that advises energy suppliers, grid operators, municipalities, housing companies, and other organizations on decarbonization, digitalization, and transformation toward climate-neutral living spaces. The firm also developed and sells INFRA, a proprietary browser-based SaaS platform for automated and digitized municipal heat planning, broadband planning, and infrastructure economic viability analysis. Services are delivered through direct consulting engagements while INFRA is offered as a SaaS subscription to planners and consultants.

Product overview

LBD offers a unified product portfolio centered on INFRA, a browser-based SaaS platform for energy and heat transition planning. INFRA serves as the core product with two sub-product modules: INFRA|Analytics (Breitband) for broadband infrastructure planning and INFRA|Analytics (Wärme) for heat supply visualization and management. The platform operates as a digital twin, combining data, algorithms, and parameters for automated planning and economic viability calculations. LBD also maintains the ZuMa-Katalog, an open-source market standard for concession procedure evaluation criteria, with versions for both electricity and gas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• INFRA: SaaS platform for digitalized municipal heat planning and infrastructure development, including INFRA|Analytics (Breitband) and INFRA|Analytics (Wärme)
• INFRA|Analytics (Breitband)
• INFRA|Analytics (Wärme)
• LBD Digital
• Caeli Wind
• Elysium Solar
• ZuMa-Katalog

Products and services

• INFRA Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Digital municipal heat planning compliant with WPG requirements
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Caeli WindcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by LBD, Caeli Wind is a unique marketplace for wind power areas, accelerating the expansion of renewable energies through digital marketplace solutions.
• Elysium SolarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded jointly with EIC Partners, Elysium Solar develops innovative agri-photovoltaic systems combining agricultural use with solar energy generation.
• INFRA-Analytics PlatformscoreTechnology or IntegrationLBD operates INFRA|Analytics platforms for broadband and heat planning. Third-party services include Microsoft Azure for hosting, Mapbox for visualization, Sentry for error monitoring, Zoho for data management, built[t] for planning information, and Salesforce for customer management.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BET (Betzel Engineering & Technik): German energy economics and consulting firm with deep utility-sector and WPG-related heat planning expertise; closest direct peer to LBD in advisory scope and German market positioning.
• ConEnergy: German consulting and project house for utilities, municipal energy suppliers, and energy transition; comparable to LBD in serving the same Stadtwerke and municipal client base.
• Baringa Partners: Specialist energy and commodities consultancy with German and European practice; competes with LBD on transformation and decarbonization advisory for utilities and grid operators.
• E-Bridge Consulting: Bonn-based energy consulting firm advising utilities, grid operators, and regulators on power and heat networks; overlaps directly with LBD's transformation planning and network economics practices.
• KISTERS AG: German software vendor for energy, water, and environmental data management with energy planning and heat network modules; competes with INFRA on the SaaS side of municipal heat and infrastructure planning.
• Enervis Energy Advisors: Berlin-based energy economics consultancy advising utilities, politics, and associations on energy transition strategy; similar positioning to LBD with overlap in municipal heat and decarbonization advisory.

Emerging players

• Energy Brainpool: Berlin-based energy market and data analytics provider serving utilities with market data and trading analytics; adjacent peer in German energy transition advisory and software-enabled services.

Broad incumbents

• Roland Berger: Global management consultancy with significant German energy and utilities practice; competes with LBD for large transformation and decarbonization engagements but at much broader scale.
• PwC (Energy, Utilities & Resources): Big-4 firm with German energy practice serving municipal utilities and energy suppliers on transformation, regulation, and decarbonization strategy; broader portfolio competitor to LBD.
• Esri (ArcGIS): Dominant GIS and spatial analytics platform used in municipal infrastructure planning; potential substitute/competitor to INFRA's digital twin for heat and broadband planning at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries3 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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