Stadtwerke Villingen-Schwenningen

What Stadtwerke Villingen-Schwenningen does

Stadtwerke Villingen-Schwenningen GmbH (SVS) is a German municipal utility (Stadtwerke) registered in Freiburg and headquartered in Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg. The company supplies electricity, natural gas, drinking water, and district heating to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers within the Villingen-Schwenningen region, where it also serves as the designated Grundversorger (default supplier). SVS has been operating in the region for more than 50 years and employs approximately 250-280 people, with profits reinvested locally into clubs, social institutions, and regional economic development under the public-service (Daseinsvorsorge) mandate. The company is owned by the city of Villingen-Schwenningen and led by managing director Gregor Gülpen.

SVS operates a multi-product portfolio anchored on fixed-price green electricity tariffs with 27-month price guarantees (SVSnaturstrom sorglos 27, SVSheimatstrom natur), dynamic and spot-market electricity products (SVSnaturstrom dynamisch, SVSnaturstrom live), biomethane-blended gas (SVSbioerdgas10 sorglos 27), and district heating contracting. Revenue is generated through consumption-based monthly subscription pricing with base fees across residential and commercial segments, supplemented by one-time installation and service revenue from energy services. The supporting ecosystem includes solar and storage solutions, heat pumps installed via partnerships with Viessmann and Vaillant, EV charging (Ladestrom) with roaming across EnBW, naturenergie netze, EGT Energie, and Netze BW networks, the flotti electric car-sharing service, smart meters, balcony power plants, thermography, energy consulting and certification, and the SVS-Vorteilswelt customer loyalty program offering up to EUR 450 in annual benefits.

The go-to-market is sales-led and regionally focused, combining a physical customer service center at headquarters, a 24/7 online self-service portal (Meine SVS), and dedicated account managers for large commercial, industrial, and municipal customers. AI use is limited to email-inquiry routing automation; core technology relies on Microsoft 365 hosted within the Thüga Group IT infrastructure, with vendor-hosted tools such as the Artcodix/ASEW solar calculator. SVS has been recognized as TOP-Lokalversorger 2026 for electricity and gas, certified to ISO 9001:2015 by TÜV SÜD, and received the essentiq 2025 service-quality recognition, while advancing the #AufzurGrünenNull (Die Grüne Null) climate-neutrality initiative for the VS city region.

Name

Stadtwerke Villingen-Schwenningen

Legal name

Stadtwerke Villingen-Schwenningen GmbH

Website

https://svs-energie.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Stadtwerke Villingen-Schwenningen is a German municipal utility that supplies electricity, natural gas, drinking water, and district heating to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the Villingen-Schwenningen region, where it serves as the designated default supplier (Grundversorger).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Villingen-schwenningen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Electricity supply (Strom): SVS supplies electricity to residential and commercial customers through various tariff products including SVSnaturstrom sorglos 27 (27-month fixed price guarantee), SVSheimatstrom natur (regional green electricity), SVSnaturstrom live (spot market product), SVSnaturstrom dynamisch (dynamic pricing), heat pump electricity (Wärmepumpenstrom), and EV charging electricity (Ladestrom). Revenue is generated through monthly subscription fees based on consumption (kWh) plus base fees.
2. Natural gas supply (Erdgas): SVS provides natural gas through products including SVSgas sorglos 27 (27-month fixed price), SVSbioerdgas10 sorglos 27 (10% biomethane blend), and SVSgas live (spot market). Revenue model is consumption-based with monthly base and usage fees.
3. Water supply (Wasser): SVS supplies drinking water to households and businesses in the region, with revenue generated through consumption-based pricing.
4. District heating (Fernwärme/Wärme): SVS provides district heating connections and contracting services for buildings, with revenue from connection fees and ongoing heating supply.
5. Energy services and solutions: Additional revenue streams include solar panel and storage systems (Solar & Speicher), heat pump solutions (Wärmepumpen), e-mobility solutions (E-Mobilität), energy consulting, balcony power plants (Balkonkraftwerk), thermography services, and building connection services (Hausanschluss). These services generate one-time installation fees and ongoing service revenue.
6. E-carsharing (flotti): SVS operates flotti, an electric car-sharing service in the region, generating revenue through usage-based fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Stadtwerke Villingen-Schwenningen GmbH is a regional municipal utility supplying electricity, natural gas, drinking water, and district heating to households, businesses, and municipalities in the Villingen-Schwenningen region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In addition to core utility supply under multiple fixed-price and spot-market tariffs, the company delivers energy services such as solar and storage installations, heat pumps, EV charging, smart meters, energy consulting, and electric car-sharing, alongside technical and commercial operations management for local municipalities.

Product overview

Stadtwerke Villingen-Schwenningen (SVS) operates a comprehensive multi-product energy services portfolio organized around four core utility categories: electricity (Strom), gas, water (Wasser), and heating (Wärme). The core product line includes fixed-price green electricity tariffs (SVSnaturstrom sorglos 27, SVSheimatstrom natur, SVSnaturstrom dynamisch, SVSnaturstrom live) and natural gas products (SVSgas sorglos 27, SVSbioerdgas10 sorglos 27, SVSgas live). Supporting these, SVS offers an extensive energy services ecosystem including smart meters, EV charging solutions, photovoltaic/solar storage systems, heat pump installations (via Viessmann and Vaillant partnerships), balcony power stations, thermal imaging, energy consulting with energy certificates, and the flotti e-carsharing service. The company also provides technical and commercial operational management for municipalities and operates a customer loyalty program (SVSvorteilswelt) alongside a 24/7 online customer portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SVS-Vorteilswelt: Customer loyalty and discount program offering rebates, free entries, and vouchers up to €450 per year.
• flotti
• SVSheimatstrom natur
• SVSnaturstrom sorglos 27
• SVSnaturstrom dynamisch
• SVSnaturstrom live
• SVSbioerdgas10 sorglos 27
• SVSgas sorglos 27
• SVSgas live

Products and services

• SVSnaturstrom sorglos 27

Quantifiable outcome

• 30,000 tonnes of CO₂ saved annually through 100% green electricity tariffs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ViessmanncoreTechnology or IntegrationSVS partnered with Viessmann for heat pump solutions, offering smart heat pumps for homes as part of the energy transition. SVS promotes Viessmann heat pump systems as part of its heat pump offering, providing consultation and installation services through this partnership.
• VaillantcoreTechnology or IntegrationSVS partnered with Vaillant for heat pump solutions, offering smart heat pump systems for residential homes. The partnership enables SVS to provide heat pump consultation and installation services using Vaillant products.
• EnBW (Energie Baden-Württemberg)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEnBW is listed as a partner network for SVS's spot market electricity product (SVSnaturstrom live), allowing customers to charge their EVs at EnBW charging stations throughout Germany.
• naturenergie netzeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributornaturenergie netze is listed as a partner network for SVS's spot market electricity product (SVSnaturstrom live), enabling EV charging at their charging stations.
• EGT Energie GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEGT Energie GmbH is a partner network for SVS's spot market electricity product, enabling EV charging at their charging stations.
• Netze BWminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetze BW is a partner for both electricity and gas spot market products (SVSnaturstrom live and SVSgas live), and also serves as the distribution network operator for the region. EV charging roaming partnerships enable charging at their stations.
• badenovaNETZE GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorbadenovaNETZE is listed as a partner network for SVS's gas spot market product (SVSgas live), enabling natural gas supply through their distribution network.
• Thüga AktiengesellschaftminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSVS operates Microsoft 365 applications within the Thüga Group's IT infrastructure, using Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, and other Microsoft tools for internal collaboration. This represents an operational technology partnership within the municipal utility group structure.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Mainova AG: Frankfurt-based municipal multi-utility (electricity, gas, water, heat) comparable in structure and regulatory positioning to SVS — useful comparable for valuation benchmarking of a mid-sized German Stadtwerke.
• badenova AG & Co. KG: Freiburg-based regional energy and water utility serving much of southern Baden-Württemberg — broader geographic footprint than SVS but same municipal/regional utility DNA, and an actual network partner (badenovaNETZE) referenced in SVS's gas spot products.

Emerging players

• 1Komma5° GmbH: Fast-growing digital-first installer of heat pumps, solar, and EV chargers competing for the same residential energy-transition customer wallet as SVS — emerging threat to SVS's installation and advisory revenue, but operating at national scale.

Direct peers

• Stadtwerke Weinheim: Baden-Württemberg municipal utility of similar scale providing integrated energy and water services — same multi-utility structure, regional monopoly position, and customer-segment mix as SVS.
• Stadtwerke Tübingen: Tübingen's municipal utility offering electricity, gas, heat, water, and increasingly mobility/heat-pump services to a comparable-sized Baden-Württemberg city — closely matching operating profile, regulatory position, and energy-transition strategy.
• Stadtwerke Friedrichshafen: Regional Stadtwerke serving Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance with electricity, gas, water, and district heating — same multi-utility model, similar size, and similar Baden-Württemberg industrial-and-residential customer mix.
• Stadtwerke Reutlingen: Mid-sized German Stadtwerke providing electricity, gas, water and district heating to the Reutlingen region with comparable workforce scale and customer base — same municipal multi-utility model with similar energy-transition diversification.
• Stadtwerke Lörrach: Smaller Baden-Württemberg municipal utility with comparable electricity, gas, water and heat offerings — directly analogous Grundversorger structure and regional energy-services positioning.
• Stadtwerke Konstanz: Regional municipal utility (Stadtwerke) of similar size serving Konstanz on Lake Constance with electricity, gas, water, and heating — directly comparable multi-utility business model, Grundversorger position, and energy-transition services portfolio in Baden-Württemberg.

Broad incumbents

• EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG: Dominant incumbent integrated utility across Baden-Württemberg with generation, T&D, and retail operations — operates competing EV charging network (referenced as SVS roaming partner) and is the regional price/benchmark competitor for electricity supply.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/stadtwerke.vs

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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