What Econ Industries does

Econ Industries is a privately held German company, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Starnberg, that provides treatment, disposal, and recycling services for industrial hazardous and non-hazardous waste. The firm's offering addresses regulated industrial waste streams — handling, processing, and ultimate disposal — for industrial customers operating in Germany and, implicitly given EU waste-shipment frameworks, broader cross-border industrial flows. Its specialization in both hazardous and non-hazardous material positions it as a generalist industrial waste services provider rather than a single-stream recycler.

The available input offers limited visibility into Econ Industries' specific treatment technologies, plant footprint, or proprietary process IP. No technology stack, product catalog, certifications, patents, or processing facility data were disclosed in the source material beyond the firm's classification as a waste-treatment operator. Based on the headcount range of 11-50 employees and a privately held status, Econ Industries appears to be a small-to-mid-sized specialist operator rather than a national waste-management platform such as the large DACH-region incumbents.

The business model is presumed to be fee-for-service waste management — industrial clients pay per ton/volume for collection, treatment, recycling, and certified disposal, with revenue tied to regulated handling volumes rather than per-seat or subscription pricing. No public pricing, customer list, distribution channels, partnership network, or competitive benchmarking data was available, so revenue durability, customer concentration, and unit economics cannot be reliably inferred from the input.

Name

Econ Industries

Website

https://econindustries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Econ Industries is a privately held German firm headquartered in Starnberg that provides treatment, disposal, and recycling services for industrial hazardous and non-hazardous waste to industrial clients, operating since 2003 as a small specialist operator.

Ownership category

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Product category

Industrial Waste Management

NAICS

Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622)

SIC

Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Hazardous Waste Services (Manufacturing, Refineries, Metals, Automotive) (EUAIAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hazardous Waste Recycling & Recovery (Solvent Recovery, Oil Re-refining, Metals Recovery) (EUAIAFAI)

Keywords

• Industrial waste treatment
• Hazardous waste disposal
• Waste recycling services
• Non-hazardous waste management
• Environmental waste services

Headquarters

HQ city

Starnberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Core offering

Econ Industries is an environmental services company that provides treatment and disposal services for industrial hazardous and non-hazardous waste, along with recycling of industrial waste streams. The company serves industrial clients seeking compliant handling and processing of waste materials generated by their operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hazardous Industrial Waste Treatment and Disposal Service for the treatment and disposal of hazardous industrial waste generated by business customers, supporting compliant handling of regulated waste streams.
• Non-Hazardous Industrial Waste Treatment and Disposal Service for the treatment and disposal of non-hazardous industrial waste streams produced by business customers.
• Industrial Waste Recycling Recycling services for industrial waste, enabling recovery and reuse of materials from waste streams generated by business customers.

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Technology focussed No

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Broad incumbents

• Republic Services: Large US-based recycling and waste services company with a small hazardous waste business. Comparable to Econ Industries on the recycling and waste treatment side, though far larger and US-centric.
• Stericycle: US-based regulated waste and compliance services company with hazardous waste and recycling offerings. Comparable in service mix to Econ Industries but operates globally and at much greater scale.
• Bilfinger: German industrial services provider with environmental and process industry offerings to industrial clients. Adjacent comparison point to Econ Industries because it serves the same German industrial customers with overlapping environmental and waste-related services.
• Veolia Environnement: Global environmental services group with a large hazardous and industrial waste division. Comparable to Econ Industries across service lines, but operates at much greater scale and across multiple geographies.
• Suez: International water and waste management major with industrial waste treatment operations in Europe. Overlaps with Econ Industries on hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste services, though Suez serves a far broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• Remondis: German-headquartered waste management and recycling company. Directly comparable to Econ Industries because both operate in industrial hazardous and non-hazardous waste treatment with a strong German footprint, though Remondis is far larger.
• Alba Group: German recycling and environmental services group active across waste streams. Comparable to Econ Industries as a Germany-based operator spanning hazardous, non-hazardous, and recycling services.
• Clean Harbors: North America's leading provider of hazardous waste management and environmental services. Comparable to Econ Industries in core service offering (industrial hazardous waste treatment and disposal), though primarily serving the US/Canadian market.
• Indaver: European specialist in hazardous waste treatment and disposal with facilities in Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands. Directly comparable to Econ Industries as a focused industrial hazardous waste operator in continental Europe.

Regional players

• Biffa: UK-based waste management provider with industrial and hazardous waste services. Comparable to Econ Industries on service offering, but operates primarily in the UK rather than in Germany.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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