Municipal Utilities Schoenebeck

What Municipal Utilities Schoenebeck does

Stadtwerke Schönebeck GmbH is the municipal utility (Stadtwerk) of the City of Schönebeck (Elbe) in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, founded in 1940 and wholly owned by the city. It is an integrated multi-utility providing electricity, natural gas, district heating, drinking water, and fiber-optic broadband to approximately 24,390 electricity, 8,231 water, 6,898 heat, and 4,690 gas connections, alongside emerging e-mobility and digital services. The company also operates the local 207 km gas distribution network under a licensed network-operator status held since 2013 and acts as the Grundversorger (default basic supplier) for gas in Schönebeck for the 2025-2027 regulatory period.

The technical asset base is a stack of regulated local network infrastructure: a 207 km gas distribution grid, electricity and water grids, a district-heating system delivering 51.94M kWh, and a fiber-optic access network being extended into Grünewalde, Plötzky, and Pretzien. The 2024 sales volumes were 366.98M kWh of electricity, 340.62M kWh of gas, 51.94M kWh of heat, and 1.42 million cubic metres of water. The broadband stack relies on third-party components, including a mobile app using Firebase for analytics and push notifications, Pixolus for mobile meter-reading OCR, and Google Maps and Fonts integrations, with construction and operations partners MDCC and Schottstädt for the fiber roll-out.

Revenue in 2024 was €126.0M, against a balance-sheet total of €123.2M and fixed assets of €66.1M, with 112 employees (including 11 apprentices). The business model combines regulated network tariffs (gas, electricity, water, heat distribution) with retail energy supply, water tariffs, and a growing telecommunications contribution funded in part by approximately €4.056M of combined federal (€2.434M) and Saxony-Anhalt state (€1.623M) gigabit subsidies. Management is led by Managing Director Julia Teige, with Dr. Georg Wagener-Lohse as Supervisory Board Chair; the company is a founding member of the Stadtwerke-Initiative Klimaschutz (2022), signaling alignment with municipal decarbonization frameworks.

Name

Municipal Utilities Schoenebeck

Legal name

Stadtwerke Schönebeck GmbH

Website

https://stadtwerke-schoenebeck.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1940

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stadtwerke Schönebeck GmbH is a wholly municipally owned multi-utility in Schönebeck (Elbe), Germany, delivering electricity, gas, water, district heating, and fiber broadband to roughly 44,000 local connections and operating the city's 207 km gas distribution network as the designated Grundversorger for 2025-2027.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Schönebeck

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Electricity Distribution: Distribution of electricity to 24,390 customers with sales volume of 366.98 million kWh. Revenue generated through regulated network tariffs.
2. Gas Distribution: Distribution of gas to 4,690 customers with sales volume of 340.62 million kWh. Basic supplier (Grundversorger) for gas network area Schönebeck (Elbe) for 2025-2027.
3. Water Supply: Water supply to 8,231 customers with volume of 1.42 million cubic meters annually.
4. District Heating: District heating supply to 6,898 customers with sales volume of 51.94 million kWh. Operates block heating power plants (BHKW).
5. Broadband Services: Fiber optic broadband infrastructure development and services, including house connections and in-house cabling (NE4). Gigabit funding project for Grünewalde, Plötzky and Pretzien.
6. Energy Services: Professional services including energy certificates (Energieausweis), heating cost accounting (Heizkostenabrechnung), operating cost accounting (Betriebskostenabrechnung), and technical services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stadtwerke Schönebeck is a municipal utility that distributes electricity, natural gas, drinking water, district heating, and fiber broadband (FTTH) to residential households, commercial businesses, housing industry companies, and public institutions across Schönebeck (Elbe) and surrounding districts in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. It also offers complementary services including electromobility (e-bike rental and EV charging stations), energy certificates (Energieausweis), heating and operating cost accounting for property managers, and customer self-service via a mobile app and online portals.

Product overview

Stadtwerke Schönebeck operates as a municipal utility providing essential public services including electricity, natural gas, drinking water, district heating, and broadband fiber internet. The company offers a customer-facing mobile app (sws2go) for managing accounts, viewing invoices, and submitting meter readings. Additional services include energy certificates, operating cost accounting for property management, and electromobility solutions (e-bikes and e-vehicles). The utility maintains network infrastructure for electricity, gas, water, and fiber, and operates a network connection portal for online applications. The product portfolio is organized around core utility services (Strom, Gas, Wasser, Wärme, Breitband) supplemented by customer service applications and energy-related services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• sws2go: Mobile app for customers to manage their accounts, view invoices, submit meter readings, and adjust monthly installments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fiber broadband up to 1 Gbit/s for connected households and businesses
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Schottstädt & Partner Tiefbau GmbHcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 7 April 2025Construction company awarded contract for execution of construction work on April 7, 2025. Responsible for civil engineering work for fiber broadband expansion in Grünewalde, Plötzky, and Pretzien.
• MDCC Magdeburg-City-Com GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 March 2025Network operator partner for broadband services. MDCC was awarded network operation contract on March 19, 2025 for the Gigabit fiber expansion project. Provides broadband services to connected customers.
• Stadtwerke-Initiative KlimaschutzcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 January 2022Climate protection initiative of which Stadtwerke Schönebeck was founding member as of January 27, 2022. Collective initiative for decarbonization strategy and sustainable energy transition among German municipal utilities.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• TEAG Thüringer Energie AG: Regional energy utility serving Thuringia with electricity, gas, heat, and broadband offerings under a similar municipal-cooperative structure. Comparable as a regional multi-utility with network operations in a neighboring eastern German state and similar regulatory exposure.
• Avacon AG: Regional energy and water utility serving large parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and northern Germany. Directly comparable as a municipal-concession-driven multi-utility operating gas and electricity networks in the same regulatory jurisdiction; differs in that it is significantly larger and serves a wider territory.
• eins energie in Sachsen GmbH & Co. KG: Regional multi-utility serving Chemnitz and parts of Saxony with electricity, gas, heat, water, and broadband. Comparable as a municipal-joint-utility operating in a neighboring eastern German state under the same federal energy-law regime; differs in slightly larger scale and broader service area.

Direct peers

• Stadtwerke Bonn (SWB): Mid-sized German municipal utility offering electricity, gas, water, heat, and public transport to Bonn and surrounding areas. Same German Stadtwerke category, same EnWG regulatory framework, and similar multi-utility business model — a useful peer for benchmarking mid-market municipal economics.
• Stadtwerke Magdeburg: Municipal utility serving Magdeburg, the regional capital of Sachsen-Anhalt immediately adjacent to Schönebeck. Same multi-utility model (electricity, gas, heat, water, broadband), same regulatory framework under EnWG, and same German Stadtwerke category — the closest structural comp in the company data set.
• Stadtwerke Krefeld (SWK): Mid-sized German municipal utility providing electricity, gas, water, heat, and broadband to Krefeld and surrounding areas. Same multi-utility Stadtwerke model, same regulatory regime, and comparable customer-count range — a useful direct structural comp for benchmarking.

Broad incumbents

• EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG: Major integrated German energy utility active in networks, renewables, and customer solutions. Comparable as an operator of regulated electricity/gas infrastructure serving end customers, though its scale, geographic footprint, and renewable generation mix differ materially from a municipal Stadtwerke.
• E.ON SE: One of Germany's largest energy groups operating electricity/gas distribution networks across the country and competing for the same end customers as municipal utilities. Comparable as a regulated network operator in the same EnWG framework, but operates at national scale with a diversified portfolio far beyond municipal energy supply.
• RWE AG: Large German energy group with regulated network operations and renewable generation. Comparable at the level of network operations and EnWG compliance; differs significantly in generation portfolio and geographic footprint, but competes for the same residential/commercial customer wallet.

Others

• GETEC Group: Energy services provider specializing in contracting, district heating, and industrial energy solutions for municipal and industrial customers across Germany. Comparable as a partner/adjacent service provider in the same decarbonization and heat-generation space rather than a direct competitor for residential supply.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookde-de.facebook.com/Stadtwerkeschoenebeckgmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/stadtwerkeschoenebeck

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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