What Stadtwerke Emsdetten does

Stadtwerke Emsdetten GmbH is a German municipal utility (Stadtwerke) headquartered at Moorbückenstraße 30, 48282 Emsdetten, in North Rhine-Westphalia, founded circa 1899 and 100% owned by the City of Emsdetten. The company supplies electricity (entirely renewable since April 2008 under the ems.natur brand), natural gas (ems.gas), drinking water (sourced from two regional waterworks), and wastewater services to residential and business customers in its licensed service area. It also owns and operates a parking garage and a public forest swimming pool (Waldbad). The company runs a ServiceCenter in Emsdetten city center, an online customer portal, an invoice-explanation tool, and a 24/7 emergency hotline, with €30–€200 services ranging from thermography inspections to free electricity-measuring-device loans.

The underlying technology base centers on regulated, capital-intensive last-mile infrastructure: a local electricity distribution network with two upstream high-voltage connection points, a multi-pressure gas distribution system connected to three Trading Hub Europe coupling points, two regional drinking-water treatment facilities, and a fiber-optic network of approximately 865.1 km as of end-2025. Telecommunications, including internet, telephone, TV, and four data centers, are operated through the wholly-owned subsidiary TKRZ Stadtwerke GmbH. Digital customer-facing services include the ems.natur sub-brand stack (solar, heat-pump, storage-heating, e-mobility, and smart tariffs) and a modern smart-metering rollout with price sheets effective 01.08.2025.

Commercially, Stadtwerke Emsdetten is a direct-to-consumer municipal provider serving private households (Privatkunden) and local businesses, trades, agriculture, and industry (Geschäftskunden). Revenue is generated through recurring subscription supply contracts, transaction-based fees for parking and Waldbad, network connection and metering services, professional energy-consulting engagements, and increasingly broadband and data-center services via TKRZ. The company is supervised by the NRW Regulatory Chamber for grid operations, and its strategic agenda is shaped by federal/state co-funded broadband subsidy programs (NGA Weisse Flecken and Graue Flecken) and a community reinvestment mandate tied to its 100% municipal ownership.

Name

Stadtwerke Emsdetten

Legal name

Stadtwerke Emsdetten GmbH

Website

https://stadtwerke-emsdetten.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1899

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Stadtwerke Emsdetten is a 100% municipally-owned German utility supplying electricity, natural gas, drinking water, and wastewater to residential and business customers in Emsdetten, North Rhine-Westphalia, while also operating fiber broadband, data centers, a parking garage, and a public swimming pool.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Emsdetten

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Electricity Supply: Supply of electricity to residential (Privatkunden) and business (Geschäftskunden) customers under ems.natur branded products including ems.natur privat, ems.natur komfort, ems.natur smart, emobility, solar (photovoltaic), storage heating, and heat pump tariffs. The company switched to 100% renewable energy sourcing from April 2008.
2. Natural Gas Supply: Supply of natural gas to residential and business customers under ems.gas branded products including ems.gas privat, ems.gas komfort, and ems.gas regional.
3. Water Supply and Wastewater: Supply of drinking water and wastewater management services to residential and business customers. Water sourced from two regional waterworks with continuous quality monitoring.
4. Telecommunications (via TKRZ subsidiary): Telecommunications and data center services through subsidiary TKRZ Stadtwerke GmbH, providing broadband solutions for private and business customers including telephone, internet, and TV via fiber optic infrastructure.
5. Parking Garage Operations: Operation of a parking garage (Parkhaus) with Wilhelmstraße entrance offering covered parking at EUR 35/month, uncovered parking at EUR 30/month, and short-term parking at EUR 0.10 per 6-minute interval.
6. Waldbad (Forest Swimming Pool): Operation of Waldbad, a forest swimming pool/bad providing leisure, sports, and recreation services in Emsdetten.
7. Network Connection and Metering Services: Network connection services for electricity, gas, water, and fiber optic; technical services including meter installation, maintenance, commissioning, and emergency services. Also offers meter operator framework agreements.
8. Energy Consulting Services: Energy consulting services including energy certificates, thermography, and electricity measuring device rental, as well as sponsorship programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stadtwerke Emsdetten GmbH is a municipal utility company supplying electricity (100% renewable since April 2008), natural gas, drinking water, and wastewater services to residential and business customers in Emsdetten and surrounding region. It also operates a 865.1 km fiber optic broadband network and four data centers through subsidiary TKRZ Stadtwerke GmbH, plus a parking garage and Waldbad (forest swimming pool) facility.

Product overview

Stadtwerke Emsdetten is a municipal utility company offering a diversified portfolio of energy, water, telecommunications, and leisure services. The core offering centers on two main product lines: ems.natur (renewable electricity with variants for solar, heat pumps, storage heating, and e-mobility) and ems.gas (natural gas in multiple tariff tiers), complemented by drinking water supply and wastewater services from regional infrastructure. The company operates a 865.1 km fiber optic network through subsidiary TKRZ for broadband/telecom services, manages a public forest swimming pool (Waldbad) and parking facilities. Digital services include an online customer portal and invoice explanation tool. The company is 100% owned by the City of Emsdetten, with profits reinvested regionally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ems.natur: Natural/green electricity product brand offering 100% renewable energy for residential customers
• ems.natur solar
• ems.natur smart
• ems.natur pro
• ems.gas
• TKRZ

Products and services

• ems.natur Electricity Supply Green electricity product line sourced 100% from renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro, geothermal) for residential and business customers with tariff variants including ems.natur privat, komfort, smart, solar, wärmepumpe, and speicherheizung.
• ems.gas Natural Gas Supply Natural gas supply product line for residential (ems.gas privat, komfort, regional) and business customers with H-gas quality distributed through high, medium, and low pressure networks.
• Wasserversorgung (Drinking Water Supply)

Quantifiable outcome

• Electricity from 100% renewable sources since April 2008
• +4 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and minor.

• TKRZ Stadtwerke GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTKRZ Stadtwerke GmbH is the telecommunications and data center subsidiary of Stadtwerke Emsdetten GmbH. It operates the fiber optic network, provides internet, telephone, and TV services to end customers, and manages four data centers. TKRZ has been operating for over 20 years and is involved in digitization expansion.
• deltacityNETsupportingTechnology or IntegrationdeltacityNET Gesellschaft für multimediale Kommunikation mbH & Co. KG (based in Emsdetten) provides website design, development, and hosting services for Stadtwerke Emsdetten. Also listed as web hosting provider in the privacy policy.
• rapidmail GmbHsupportingTechnology or IntegrationRapidmail GmbH (Freiburg, Germany) is the email newsletter service provider for Stadtwerke Emsdetten, handling newsletter distribution, recipient management, and open/click analytics under a data processing agreement.
• BorlabsCookiesupportingTechnology or IntegrationBorlabsCookie provides cookie consent management technology (BorlabsCookie platform) used on the Stadtwerke Emsdetten website for GDPR-compliant cookie banner and consent management.
• BITE GmbHsupportingTechnology or IntegrationBITE GmbH provides applicant tracking and recruitment software used by Stadtwerke Emsdetten for managing job applications and candidate selection.
• BIG (Beratendes Ingenieurbüro Gebäudetechnik)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBIG (Consulting Engineering Office for Building Technology) in Emsdetten conducts thermography inspections for the city's building thermography campaign on behalf of Stadtwerke Emsdetten, using infrared cameras to identify energetic weaknesses in residential buildings.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• EWE AG: Large regional energy and telecommunications company serving northwest Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen, Brandenburg) with electricity, gas, water, and fiber optic services. Overlaps with Stadtwerke Emsdetten's full utility stack at a much larger scale, and competes in the regional fiber market.
• Westnetz GmbH: Distribution network operator for E.ON-owned Westenergie, operating electricity and gas grids across NRW and beyond. Direct overlap with Stadtwerke Emsdetten's regulated electricity and gas network operations in the same regulatory jurisdiction.
• EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg: One of Germany's largest integrated energy utilities, supplying electricity, gas, water, and increasingly broadband/heat. Operates as a broad incumbent in the same regulated retail market where Stadtwerke Emsdetten resells electricity and gas to end customers.

Regional players

• NetCologne: Regional telecom and fiber operator owned by the city of Cologne (Stadtwerke Köln), providing internet, phone, TV, and data center services. Comparable municipal-utility-owned telecom business model to TKRZ Stadtwerke GmbH, though in a different geography.

Direct peers

• Stadtwerke Münster: Larger NRW municipal utility (Stadtwerke) supplying electricity, gas, water, heat, and broadband (Stadtnetz Münster / muon) to Münster. Same regulatory regime and operating model, with comparable telecom expansion strategy.
• Stadtwerke Osnabrück: Municipal utility for the city of Osnabrück with electricity, gas, water, heat, and telecom services (including Glasfaser-Osnabrück). Comparable in scope, ownership (city-owned), and adjacent geography to Emsdetten.
• Stadtwerke Rheine: Neighboring municipal utility in the Ems region (Kreis Steinfurt) offering electricity, gas, water, and telecom services to a similar mid-sized German city. Comparable in customer base, municipal ownership, and multi-utility scope.
• Stadtwerke Greven: Smaller neighboring municipal utility in Kreis Steinfurt serving the city of Greven with electricity, gas, and water. Closely comparable in scale, ownership structure, and product mix to Stadtwerke Emsdetten.
• Stadtwerke Steinfurt: Municipal multi-utility (electricity, gas, water, telecom) for the city of Steinfurt in the same district (Kreis Steinfurt), making it the closest direct comparable in scale, ownership structure, and product portfolio to Stadtwerke Emsdetten.

Emerging players

• Deutsche Glasfaser: Fast-growing fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) operator active in rural and suburban areas of NRW and across Germany. Competes with TKRZ for fiber customers and B2B connectivity in the Emsdetten region and beyond.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/stadtwerkeemsdetten
• Instagraminstagram.com/stadtwerke_emsdetten
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadtwerke-emsdetten-gmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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