What Knettenbrech + Gurdulic does

KNETTENBRECH + GURDULIC Service GmbH & Co. KG is a German family-owned waste management and recycling group founded in 2001 in Wiesbaden, operating as a holding company over a network of regional subsidiaries including K+G Umwelt GmbH, K+G Wastemanagement GmbH, K+G Süd GmbH (Türkheim/Ulm), K+G Nord GmbH (Hamburg/Marxen), K+G Franken GmbH & Co. KG (Würzburg/Kitzingen), and FEHR-KNETTENBRECH IndustrieService GmbH & Co. KG. The group serves commercial and industrial customers, municipalities, and private households through more than 30 operational locations across Germany, a fleet of 300+ heavy trucks and 50+ FAUN collection vehicles, and licensed Sonderabfallzwischenlager (special waste intermediate storage) at Kitzingen and Wiesbaden. Core services span waste collection and disposal, scrap metal recycling, biomass and alternative fuel production (90,000 tonnes/year supplied to ESWE BioEnergie GmbH), contract logistics, hazardous and liquid waste handling, document and data carrier destruction, real estate and cleaning services, and traffic safety — all delivered under a one-stop-shop disposal concept model.

Revenue mechanics are predominantly service-based (collection and disposal fees, contract logistics, municipal managed services) with transaction-fee components from recycling and material recovery (scrap metal, biomass fuels). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; container and disposal services are priced by volume, waste type, and service frequency. The company is rolling out its knettenbrech-PRIME customer portal for online container ordering, Gewerbeabfallverordnung compliance, disposal statistics, and Scope-3 emissions reporting, and operates a separate Privatkunden-Shop web shop for private customers. Distribution is direct-sales-led through field teams at each location, supplemented by dedicated account management for major enterprise customers (Fraport, ECE, H&M Logistik, REWE) and a tender-driven sales motion for municipal contracts.

Growth has been driven by a combination of organic contract wins and a sustained regional M&A roll-up: revenue scaled from approximately €38 million in 2008 to over €300 million by 2021, with headcount growing to roughly 2,000 employees across the same period. Recent strategic activity includes the integration of FEHR Umwelt operations across Hesse and eastern Germany, acquisitions of Götzfried+Pitzer (Süd), Antkowiak (Nord), RT Löchner, Siegener Recycling, and Schmidt Umweltservice, a joint venture with Der Grüne Punkt for plastics circular economy, a public-private partnership with Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld, and capital projects including the Müllheizkraftwerk Wiesbaden waste-to-energy plant and deployment of the company's first hydrogen and electric collection vehicles.

Name

Knettenbrech + Gurdulic

Legal name

KNETTENBRECH + GURDULIC Service GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://knettenbrech-gurdulic.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Knettenbrech + Gurdulic is a family-owned German waste management and recycling group operating 30+ locations nationwide, providing collection, disposal, recycling, hazardous waste, biomass fuels, and contract logistics to municipalities, commercial and industrial customers, and private households.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211), Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (5621), Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562219), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Compactor, Container & Roll-off Services (Rental, Service & Logistics) (EUAIAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Circularity Consulting & Program Management (EPR, Design-for-Circularity, LCA) (EUAIANAH), C&D Recycling Brokerage, Compliance & Reporting (LEED diversion, documentation) (EUAIAHAM), Circular Economy & Waste/Materials Reporting (Zero waste, packaging) (EUAHAJAL)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Recycling services
• Hazardous waste disposal
• Container rental services
• Scrap metal recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Wiesbaden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices33 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Waste Collection and Disposal Services: Collection and professional disposal of household waste, bulky waste, commercial waste, construction waste, and hazardous materials through a network of container services and collection vehicles.
2. Recycling and Material Recovery: Processing and recycling of metals (scrap, old metals), glass, paper, plastics, biomass, and construction materials into secondary raw materials or alternative fuels.
3. Logistics and Spedition Services: Contract logistics services including waste transportation, inner-company waste management for industrial customers, and specialized transport services.
4. Biomass and Alternative Fuels: Supply of biomass fuels (approximately 90,000 tonnes/year) to biomass power plants; processing of green waste into high-quality fuels for NaWaRo (naturally grown raw materials) power plants.
5. Specialized Waste Services: Hazardous waste management, dangerous liquid waste disposal, special waste intermediate storage facilities, document and data carrier destruction services.
6. Municipal Services: Yellow bag/ton collection, waste glass collection, paper collection, bio-waste collection for municipalities; traffic safety services.
7. Real Estate and Cleaning Services: Facility management services including building cleaning and facade cleaning services.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Knettenbrech + Gurdulic is a German waste management and recycling company founded in 2001 that provides integrated disposal and recycling concepts across 30+ branch locations in Germany. Its services span waste collection, recycling of scrap and metals, construction debris and excavated soil handling, biomass and substitute fuel production, hazardous waste disposal, document destruction, tank and oil services, and transport/logistics. The company also operates the knettenbrech-PRIME digital customer portal and a Privatkunden-Shop for private customers, and offers Scope-3 emissions tracking and sustainability consulting.

Product overview

Knettenbrech + Gurdulic is a waste management and recycling company offering comprehensive disposal and recycling solutions. The core offering is a service portfolio spanning waste collection, recycling, logistics, and specialized waste handling. The digital platform consists of knettenbrech-PRIME (customer portal for commercial customers with container ordering, regulatory compliance, and sustainability reporting) and the Privatkunden-Shop (web shop for private customers). The container product line includes various skip types (Absetzcontainer, Abrollcontainer), tipper containers (Heckumleerbehälter, Frontumleerbehälter), standard collection bins (Umleerbehälter), and hazardous waste containers (Sonderabfall). Service offerings cover disposal, scrap metal, logistics, biomass/alternative fuels, real estate cleaning, traffic safety, hazardous waste, construction materials, document destruction, contract logistics, and municipal services including yellow bin collection. A Nachhaltigkeitstool (sustainability tool) is integrated into PRIME for CO2 reporting and Scope-3 emissions tracking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• knettenbrech-PRIME: Customer portal for container ordering, commercial waste regulation compliance, and disposal statistics, including sustainability tool with CO2 reporting and Scope-3 emissions data
• KNETTENBRECH + GURDULIC Academy
• knettenbrech Prime

Products and services

• Entsorgung + Versorgung (Waste Disposal and Supply) Core waste collection and disposal service for commercial, industrial, and municipal customers, including provision of containers and identification-based waste pickup across 30+ German locations.
• Schrott + Altmetall (Scrap and Metal Recycling) Collection and recycling of scrap metal and old metals, supplied to downstream metal recovery streams.
• Spedition + Logistik (Transport and Logistics) Transport and logistics services for waste, recyclables, and bulk goods, leveraging the company's fleet of collection and transport vehicles.
• Biomasse + Ersatzbrennstoff (Biomass and Substitute Fuels) Processing of organic material into biomass and substitute fuels (Ersatzbrennstoffe) for industrial energy users.
• Bauschutt (Construction Debris Handling) Acceptance, sorting, and recycling of construction debris (Bauschutt) for construction firms and demolition projects.
• Bodenaushub (Excavated Soil Handling) Removal, transport, and processing of excavated soil (Bodenaushub) from construction and civil engineering sites.
• Wertstoffhof (Recycling Center Operations) Operation of municipal-style recycling centers (Wertstoffhöfe) where customers can drop off sorted recyclables and bulky waste.
• Aktenvernichtung (Document Destruction) Secure document and data carrier destruction service for businesses needing compliant disposal of confidential records.
• Tank- und Ölservice (Tank and Oil Service) Tank cleaning, decommissioning, and oil/used-oil handling services for industrial and commercial sites.
• Sonderabfall (Hazardous Waste Disposal) Collection, transport, and compliant disposal of hazardous/special waste streams for industrial and commercial generators.
• Privatkunden-Shop (Private Customer Shop) Online and branch-channel shop for private customers to purchase bags, bins, and other waste service products directly.
• knettenbrech-PRIME (Customer Portal) Digital customer portal providing account management, service ordering, scheduling, and documentation access for business and municipal customers.
• Scope-3 Emissions Reporting Service Service that provides customers with Scope-3 upstream and downstream emissions data tied to their waste and recycling streams to support sustainability reporting.
• Nachhaltigkeitsberatung (Sustainability Consulting) Advisory service helping commercial customers design more sustainable waste and resource strategies, including compliance and efficiency improvements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Processes over 1 million tonnes of waste per year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, key account and minor.

• Landkreis Rhön-GrabfeldcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2025Public-private partnership (PPP) Rhön-Grabfeld Umweltservice GmbH established with the district to provide comprehensive environmental services.
• H&M Logistikkey accountStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Since January 2025, K+G Waste Management GmbH handles nationwide disposal concept for H&M Logistics.
• Gemeinde PullachminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 July 2024CO2-neutral disposal using first 100% electrically powered collection vehicle in the district of Munich.
• Mercedes-Benz (Daimler)minorOthers · 1 April 2024Long-standing partnership (25 years) with Mercedes-Benz for waste collection vehicles. Actros 2533 L waste vehicle delivered February 2026.
• Zwerg Nase ZentrumminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2023Christmas charity partnership with wish tree project for children.
• Der Grüne Punkt (DSD Duales System Holding GmbH & Co. KG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 October 2022Joint venture for circular economy for plastics. Strategic partnership creates basis for expanding circular economy for plastic packaging. K+G gained national yellow bag/sack collection contract through this partnership.
• ESWE Versorgungs AG / ELW (Entsorgungsbetriebe der Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 September 2021Co-investment in Müllheizkraftwerk (waste-to-energy plant) Wiesbaden. K+G participates in ESWE BioEnergie GmbH and is responsible for fuel supply (90,000 tonnes/year) and power plant disposal.
• documentus GmbH Rhein-MainminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 July 2021Joined K+G group in July 2021. Exited the group on December 31, 2024.
• FAUN Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co. KGminorOthers · 12 April 2021Supplier partnership for over 50 waste collection vehicles. All vehicles delivered in the company's colors.
• FEHR-GruppecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 July 2020Acquisition and integration of FEHR Umwelt operations in Hessen and eastern Germany. FEHR-KNETTENBRECH IndustrieService GmbH & Co. KG formed.
• Götzfried und Pitzer EntsorgungcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2020Acquired in August 2019, operates as KNETTENBRECH + GURDULIC Süd GmbH. Locations in Türkheim and Ulm.
• Kilb StädtereinigungcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 December 2019Joint venture Taunus Umweltservice GmbH founded for the Rhein-Main area. Combined expertise for municipal waste services.
• LOGEX SYSTEM GmbH & Co. KGminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2019K+G became new shareholder at LOGEX. LOGEX provides logistics solutions.
• ECE Projektmanagementkey accountStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 April 2011Nationwide waste management services for 132 shopping centers. Services range from special waste disposal to winter services.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Remondis: Germany's largest privately-held waste and recycling company with nationwide municipal, commercial and industrial collection plus recycling operations; K+G competes for the same municipal tenders and enterprise accounts on a regional basis.
• SUEZ Recycling and Recovery Germany: German arm of SUEZ providing commercial/industrial waste collection and recycling; directly comparable on Scope-3 reporting and hazardous-waste handling.
• PreZero (Schwarz Group): Environmental services arm of the Schwarz Group operating collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure across Germany; comparable in EPR-driven plastics recovery and yellow-bag/sack participation.
• Veolia Umweltservice: German subsidiary of the global waste-management major, offering municipal and hazardous-waste collection, recycling and industrial services comparable to K+G's full-stack offering.
• Alba Group / Interseroh: Family-owned German recycling and environmental services group active in yellow-bag/sack collection, packaging licensing and industrial recycling; competes with K+G on plastic circularity programs.
• INDUS Holding (via Becker + Armbrust / ESG): German mid-market industrial holding with waste/environmental services subsidiaries (e.g., ESG, GETRA) competing in industrial waste logistics and special-waste handling.

Direct peers

• FEHR-Gruppe / WEAG (pre-acquisition): Legacy FEHR operations that K+G absorbed; remaining FEHR/WEAG entities compete in industrial and special waste services in Hesse and eastern Germany.
• Kilb Städtereinigung: Hesse-based municipal cleaning and waste services company; K+G's JV partner in Taunus Umweltservice and a peer in city-level tenders.
• Wertstoffzentrum Rhein-Main (Stork Umweltdienste): Mid-sized regional Hesse/Rhine-Main collection and recycling operator; directly competes with K+G on local municipal contracts and commercial waste.
• Otto Dörner Entsorgung: Northern German waste-management and recycling group offering commercial, industrial and municipal services comparable to K+G's Nord GmbH footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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