Stadtwerke Rodgau

What Stadtwerke Rodgau does

Stadtwerke Rodgau is a municipally owned utility company (Stadtwerke) wholly owned by the City of Rodgau in Hesse, Germany. Founded approximately 1991, the company delivers essential public services to the residents, businesses, churches, and clubs of Rodgau across four core domains: drinking water supply and wastewater drainage, waste management and recycling (bulky waste collection, composting facility, Wertstoffhof recycling center, waste calendar), public transportation (city bus line OF-40, regional bus lines OF-85/OF-97/OF-99/BG1, RMV ticketing, and Deutsche Bahn S-Bahn S1 coordination), and cemetery services including a tree-burial field. Two wholly owned subsidiaries — Energieversorgung Rodau and SR Energie — extend the group into retail energy supply. The operating footprint is strictly local: services are delivered within Rodgau and the surrounding Kreis Offenbach region, with no broader geographic footprint claimed. Customer access is supported by physical service counters, a multi-language website, social media channels (Facebook, Instagram), and the Rodau APP available on iOS and Android.

The company's product mix combines regulated monopoly services (water, drainage, cemetery) with competitive or partnership-based services (mobility, waste recycling, bicycle storage). Public transport is operated directly via the city bus line and delivered in cooperation with kvgOF for on-demand Hopper shuttles and with RMV/Deutsche Bahn for regional connectivity. A growing micro-mobility product line — secure bicycle boxes at train stations, the Rathaus in Jügesheim, and the Strandbad lido — offers tiered pricing (€1–€125 depending on duration and electric-bike charging). Smart City initiatives, including a Mängelmelder defect-reporting tool, point to incremental digitalization of citizen services. The underlying technology base is conventional municipal infrastructure (piped water, drainage networks, bus fleet, recycling facilities, cemetery grounds) rather than a software platform; no AI/ML capabilities, proprietary APIs, or third-party developer integrations are disclosed.

The revenue model is a hybrid of regulated utility tariffs (water, drainage, waste fees set under municipal authority), transport fares (RMV ticket sales through the Stadtwerke point of sale, direct bus fares), user fees for bicycle storage and cemetery services, and (via subsidiaries) retail energy supply margins. There is no SaaS, advertising, or transactional marketplace layer. Marketing relies on the corporate website, social channels, and the mobile app for self-service, while service delivery happens through the headquarters counter at Philipp-Reis-Straße 7 and physical infrastructure in the field. No revenue figure is publicly disclosed, and no funding rounds, M&A, or external capital-raising activities are present — consistent with a fully government-owned entity that finances operations through tariffs, fees, and intra-group transfers.

Name

Stadtwerke Rodgau

Legal name

Stadtwerke Rodgau

Website

https://stadtwerke-rodgau.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Stadtwerke Rodgau is a municipally owned utility in Rodgau, Germany, providing drinking water, drainage, waste management, public transport, cemetery services, and bicycle storage to local residents and businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Utilities

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Refuse Systems (4953), Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Municipal Contract Collection & Franchise Operations (BPALAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Residential Curbside MSW Collection (Cart-Based) (EUAIAAAA)

Keywords

• Municipal water supply
• Waste management services
• Public bus transport
• Wastewater drainage services
• Cemetery services

Headquarters

HQ city

Rodgau

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Stadtwerke Rodgau is a municipal utility delivering essential public services to the City of Rodgau. Its core activities are drinking water supply and wastewater drainage for households, businesses, churches, and clubs; waste management including bulky waste collection, composting facility, recycling center (Wertstoffhof), and waste calendar; public mobility services comprising city bus line OF-40, regional bus lines, S-Bahn timetable information, kvgOF Hopper on-demand shuttle, and digital/analog bicycle boxes at train stations; and cemetery services including tree burial fields and grave maintenance checks.

Product overview

Stadtwerke Rodgau is a municipal utility company providing essential public services to the city of Rodgau. The offering consists of a unified portfolio of core public utility services rather than a modular software platform. The main service areas include: (1) Water Supply & Drainage — supplying clean drinking water to citizens and businesses and managing proper wastewater drainage; (2) Waste & Recycling — including bulky waste collection, composting facility, recycling center, and waste calendar; (3) Mobility & Public Transport — operating city bus Line OF-40, regional bus lines, S-Bahn S1 connections, kvgOF Hopper on-demand shuttle, and bicycle boxes at various locations; and (4) Cemetery Services. Additionally, the company provides a mobile app (Rodau APP) for service access and offers smart city initiatives. All services are delivered through the company's own infrastructure and partner networks rather than a software-as-a-service platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wasserversorgung (Drinking Water Supply) Supply of clean drinking water to citizens, businesses, churches, clubs, and other customers throughout the city of Rodgau.
• Entwässerung (Wastewater Drainage) Proper drainage and wastewater removal services for residential and commercial properties across Rodgau.
• Abfall & Verwertung (Waste and Recycling Services) Integrated municipal waste management covering bulky waste collection (Sperrmüll), composting facility (Kompostierungsanlage), recycling center (Wertstoffhof), and the annual waste calendar for Rodgau households.
• Stadtbus Linie OF-40 (City Bus Line OF-40) City bus line directly operated by Stadtwerke Rodgau, connecting the five districts of Rodgau (Weiskirchen, Hainhausen, Jügesheim, Dudenhofen, Nieder-Roden).
• Regionalbuslinien (Regional Bus Lines OF-85, OF-97, OF-99, BG1) Regional bus lines operated by Stadtwerke Rodgau in cooperation with surrounding municipalities, connecting Rodgau to communities beyond the city limits via lines OF-85, OF-97, OF-99, and BG1.
• kvgOF Hopper On-Demand Shuttle On-demand shuttle service complementing existing bus and train public transport in Kreis Offenbach. Operating exclusively on request from passengers across Rodgau during daytime hours in cooperation with kvgOF.
• Fahrradboxen (Bicycle Storage Boxes) Secure bicycle storage boxes operated by Stadtwerke Rodgau at train stations (Nieder-Roden and Dudenhofen) with both digital (QR-code, optional e-bike charging) and analog (key-based) variants, and additional rental bicycle boxes at the Strandbad lido and Rathaus Jügesheim with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly rental options.
• Bäderbus (Pool Bus) Seasonal bus service operated by Stadtwerke Rodgau providing transport to the Monte Mare adventure pool in Obertshausen.
• RMV-Ticketvertrieb (RMV Ticket Sales Point) RMV (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund) regional tickets for bus and S-Bahn travel sold through the Stadtwerke Rodgau RMV sales point, also available online, from bus drivers, and at ticket machines.
• Friedhof (Cemetery Services) Municipal cemetery services for Rodgau including operation of the Baumgrabfeld (tree burial field) and regular checks of grave monument stability/maintenance.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• kvgOF HoppercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026On-demand shuttle service that complements existing public transport in Kreis Offenbach. Since January 1, 2026, the Hopper operates throughout Rodgau during daytime hours as an additional local mobility service.
• Energieversorgung Rodau (ev-rodau.de)minorOthersSubsidiary/affiliated company of Stadtwerke Rodgau, providing energy supply services. Referenced in the subsidiary companies and investments section of the website.
• SR Energie (swr-e.de)minorOthersSubsidiary/affiliated company of Stadtwerke Rodgau. Referenced in the subsidiary companies and investments section of the website.
• RMV (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional transport association through which Stadtwerke Rodgau sells tickets and operates bus services. Provides the ticketing infrastructure and schedules for the Rodgau region.
• Deutsche Bahn (DB)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGerman Railway provides S-Bahn services through the S1 line connecting Rödermark through Rodgau, Offenbach, and Frankfurt to Wiesbaden. Stadtwerke provides schedules and ticket information for DB services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• kvgOF (Kreisverkehrsgesellschaft Offenbach): District-level public transport coordinator for Kreis Offenbach that operates the kvgOF Hopper on-demand shuttle jointly with Stadtwerke Rodgau. Strategic mobility partner rather than competitor, shaping the boundary of Rodgau's public-transport franchise.
• Zweckverband Bodensee-Wasserversorgung: Inter-municipal drinking water supply association serving parts of Baden-Württemberg from Lake Constance. Relevant as an enabler/peer on municipal water infrastructure delivery, not a direct competitor.
• RMV (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund): Regional transit authority that supplies ticketing, scheduling, and tariff integration to municipal operators including Stadtwerke Rodgau. Partner rather than competitor, but a key ecosystem participant whose digital ticketing strategy shapes Rodgau's mobility economics.

Broad incumbents

• Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main (Mainova): Larger municipal utility serving Frankfurt with water, energy, and mobility services including S-Bahn coordination. Operates the same municipal utility model as Stadtwerke Rodgau and provides the natural regional anchor against which Rodgau's Rhine-Main service portfolio is benchmarked.
• Stadtwerke München (SWM/MVG): One of Germany's largest municipal utilities, operating Munich's water, energy, and public transport (MVG). Provides an upper-bound benchmark for the German Stadtwerke model that Stadtwerke Rodgau operates within.
• Entega (ENSO/HEAG-Hessenspiegel): Regional energy and water utility serving Darmstadt and the surrounding Hesse region. Comparable on water/energy supply infrastructure and municipal-utility governance, though broader in geographic scope than Rodgau.

Regional players

• Stadtwerke Aschaffenburg: Municipal utility serving Aschaffenburg with water, energy, and mobility services in the adjoining Lower Franconia/Bavarian border area. Comparable municipal-utility structure and similar mid-sized German city service portfolio.
• Stadtwerke Hanau: Hanau's municipal utility providing water, energy, and local bus services in the eastern Rhine-Main region. Similar multi-service municipal profile and proximity to Rodgau make it a useful regional operating peer.

Direct peers

• Stadtwerke Offenbach (OOF): Adjacent municipal utility serving the neighboring city of Offenbach with water, transport, and waste services. Most directly comparable to Stadtwerke Rodgau given shared Kreis Offenbach geography, identical municipal utility structure, and overlapping transport partnership via kvgOF Hopper and RMV.
• Stadtwerke Darmstadt (HEAG): Municipal utility group in Darmstadt combining energy, water, public transport (HEAG mobilo), and waste services under city ownership. Directly comparable to Stadtwerke Rodgau in scale of services and municipal-utility operating model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/stadtwerke.rodgau
• Instagraminstagram.com/stadtwerkerodgau
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadtwerke-rodgau

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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