Lama Energy Group

What Lama Energy Group does

LAMA Energy Group is a privately held Czech conglomerate founded in 1991 by Petr Lamich, operating across seven integrated business lines: energy and heating supply, oil and gas extraction, telecommunications and media, geological exploration, industrial manufacturing, petroleum products trade, and energy-saving solutions. The group supplies gas and electricity to households and hundreds of B2B customers across the Czech Republic and Slovakia through the LAMA Energy brand, and operates heating plants in Kyjov and Český Krumlov. It is one of only two Czech-market participants that supplies customers with its own domestically extracted crude oil and natural gas from South Moravia reservoirs via the LAMA GAS & OIL subsidiary.

The group's revenue model is a hybrid of subscription-style recurring supply (energy retail, heating, telecom subscriptions) and transaction-based commodity trading (crude oil and petroleum product sales via Petr Lamich-LAMA and LAMA TRADE). The midstream asset base includes the Wildhorse crude oil terminal in Cushing, Oklahoma (4.5 million barrel capacity, >5% of hub share, operated with KEYERA), representing over $200M USD of infrastructure investment. Telecommunications and media operations run through the Telly brand (pay-TV via OTT/DTH, broadband, VoIP) and LAMA mobile MVNO, with the LIVE Telecom acquisition (2017) adding landline voice and data. Diversified industrial activities include DFK Cab polycarbonate cabin manufacturing for forklifts and quads distributed to Western Europe and North America, plus LAMA solar and LAMA lighting renewable and LED solutions.

LAMA operates across five countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Canada, United States, Mongolia) and three continents through 25 group entities and 700+ employees. The company is entirely founder-owned (Petr Lamich), has no disclosed external institutional investment, and converted from s.r.o. to a.s. (joint stock) legal form in 2017. 2024 consolidated revenues were 6.7 billion CZK (approximately 275 million EUR / $288M USD) with net assets of 6.4 billion CZK, with revenue heavily influenced by commodity market prices rather than volume. Distribution channels combine direct field sales for enterprise energy supply, owned consumer brands (Telly, LAMA mobile) for telecom, and wholesale distribution for industrial products.

Name

Lama Energy Group

Legal name

LAMA ENERGY GROUP a.s.

Website

https://lamagroup.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

LAMA Energy Group is a privately held Czech conglomerate founded in 1991 that supplies gas, electricity, and heating to households and B2B customers across Central Europe, operates oil and gas extraction in the Czech Republic, the Wildhorse crude terminal in Oklahoma, telecom services via Telly, and industrial manufacturing in five countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nove Mesto

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Energy Trading (Gas & Electricity): Deliver gas and electricity to households and companies throughout Czech Republic and Slovakia. Revenue derived from market commodity prices.
2. Heating Industry: Operation of heating plants with highly efficient combined production of electricity and heat energy. Heating Plant Kyjov and Energo Český Krumlov provide heat supply.
3. Oil and Natural Gas Extraction: Extraction of natural gas and crude oil from reservoirs in South Moravia. One of two subjects on Czech market providing customers with their own commodity extracted in Czech Republic.
4. Telecommunications and New Media: Pay-TV broadcasting over internet (OTT) and satellite (DTH), fixed internet broadband, mobile virtual network operator services, and VoIP phones through Telly brand.
5. Petroleum Products Trade: Transport, storage, and delivery of petroleum and petroleum products in Central and Western Europe through Petr Lamich-LAMA and LAMA TRADE.
6. Energy-saving Solutions: LED lighting solutions from concept to realization, renewable energy source installations (photovoltaic power plants), and energy-saving measures reducing CO2 emissions.
7. Industrial Manufacturing: Manufacturing of polycarbonate cabins for forklifts and quads through DFK Cab in Uherské Hradiště, distributed to Western Europe and North America.
8. Oil Terminal Operations: Wildhorse terminal in Cushing, Oklahoma with 4.5 million barrel capacity for crude oil storage and blending, operated in partnership with KEYERA.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

LAMA Energy Group supplies natural gas and electricity to households and businesses across the Czech Republic and Slovakia, operates heating plants in Kyjov and Český Krumlov, extracts crude oil and natural gas in South Moravia, runs the Wildhorse crude oil terminal in Cushing, Oklahoma (4.5 million barrel capacity), provides pay-TV, broadband, VoIP and mobile services under the Telly and LAMA mobile brands, manufactures polycarbonate cabins for forklifts and quads via DFK Cab, trades petroleum products across Central and Western Europe, and delivers photovoltaic and LED energy-saving installations through LAMA solar and LAMA lighting.

Product overview

LAMA ENERGY GROUP is a diversified Czech energy conglomerate operating across seven main business areas: (1) Energy & Heating - supplying gas and electricity via LAMA Energy, and operating heating plants (Teplárna Kyjov, Energo Český Krumlov); (2) Oil & Gas Extraction via LAMA GAS & OIL; (3) Telecommunications & Media via Telly (pay-TV/OTT/DTH) and LIVE Telecom; (4) Geological Exploration via LAMA INVESTMENTS MONGOLIA and PETROLAMA NAMUR OIL SANDS EXPLORATION in Canada; (5) Industrial Manufacturing via DFK Cab producing polycarbonate cabins; (6) Petroleum Products Trade via Petr Lamich - LAMA and LAMA TRADE; and (7) Energy-saving Solutions via LAMA solar (photovoltaic installations) and LAMA lighting (LED solutions). The Group operates in 5 countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Canada, USA, Mongolia) with 700+ employees and consolidated revenues of 6.7 billion CZK (275 million EUR) in 2024.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LAMA Energy — natural gas and electricity supply
• Heating Plants — Teplárna Kyjov and Energo Český Krumlov
• LAMA GAS & OIL — oil and natural gas extraction

Quantifiable outcome

• 645 tons CO2 reduction per year from single photovoltaic installation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SUR LIE GroupminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2024SUR LIE group is a pioneer in biomethane production in Czech Republic. Their biogas plant in Herálc (Vysočina region) produces biomethane that LAMA ENERGY GROUP pilots injecting into gas grid at their production centre in South Moravia.
• KEYERAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 August 2019Collaboration with Canadian group KEYERA (TSE:KEY) for construction of Wildhorse crude oil terminal in Cushing, Oklahoma. Project valued at over 200 million USD. KEYERA provides pipeline connectivity and infrastructure at Cushing oil hub. PetroLama Energy Canada Inc. serves as main business operator of the terminal.
• LIVE TelecomcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 February 2017LAMA ENERGY GROUP acquired 100% share in LIVE Telecom on February 7, 2017. LIVE Telecom is a mobile network operator providing landline voice and data services. Acquisition expanded LAMA's telecommunications portfolio and client base.
• SOS Children's VillagesminorOthers · 1 January 2013Since 2013, SOS Children's Villages receives gas and electricity supplies from LAMA energy, saving hundreds of thousands CZK annually. LAMA energy also provides financial donations and material support (presents for children).

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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