Agua de México

What Agua de México does

Agua de México, S.A. de C.V. is a privately held Mexican water-management services company headquartered in Mexico City, operating since approximately 1990-1993 (company sources conflict, claiming both "more than 30 years" and "25 years" of experience) with 101-250 employees and 100% Mexican capital. The company is one of a small group of providers accredited by the Entidad Mexicana de Acreditación (EMA, accreditation MVA-004, May 2021) and approved by CONAGUA (official document B00.9/07/2021-1012, July 2021) to act as a Prestador de Servicios Integrados (PSI) under the mandatory Mexican standard NMX-AA-179-SCFI-2018, which governs how national-water concession holders measure and report water consumption. Agua de México worked alongside CONAGUA for nine years developing the standard's proof of concept and has installed more than 1,100 measurement meters nationwide delivering daily readings.

The company delivers four interlocking service lines to water concession holders, public water utilities, and industrial water users across Mexico. Servicios Comerciales cover user-registry management, billing-system modernization, micro-meter installation, and accounts-receivable recovery. Servicios Técnicos provide meter supply, installation, maintenance, network sectorization, new connections, and leak detection with telemetry. Servicios de Construcción cover rehabilitation of water distribution and drainage networks, drinking water and treatment plants, absorption and pumping wells, using both traditional and trenchless methods including thermofusion, directional drilling, and hot tapping. The fourth line, Gestión Integral de Datos Remotos, combines a proprietary remote-reading transmitter with a cloud-based platform that aggregates readings, consumption volumes, daily averages, and behavior graphs for clients and supports daily transmission of data to CONAGUA. The transmitter is designed to interoperate with multiple meter brands.

Go-to-market is enterprise field-sales: clients contract Agua de México directly for surveys, executive projects, meter installation, and ongoing telemetry operation, with the company coordinating validation through Accredited Verification Units (UVAs). Pricing is project-specific and quote-driven with no public disclosure. The customer base is defined by CONAGUA-regulated concession holders and industrial water users; the company does not name specific customer logos. The company is led by Director General José Miguel Gutiérrez Sainz, operates without disclosed external investors or parent-company relationships, and holds a registered trademark for "Agua de México."

Name

Agua de México

Legal name

Agua de México, S.A. de C.V.

Website

https://aguademexico.com.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Agua de México is a Mexico City-based, EMA-accredited and CONAGUA-approved water management services company providing commercial, technical, construction, and telemetry services to national-water concession holders, public utilities, and industrial users across Mexico under the mandatory NMX-AA-179-SCFI-2018 standard.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Management Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Totalizing Fluid Meters & Counting Devices (3824), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUANAJAE

Data Management, LIMS & Compliance Software (ELN, eDMS, reporting automation)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Water & Wastewater Utilities/Water Quality Testing, Compliance & Reporting

SECONDARYAFAAAHAG

CEA Monitoring, Sensors & Automation Software (SCADA, IoT, Climate/Recipe Control)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Equipment & Technology/Controlled Environment Agriculture (Greenhouses, Hydroponics/Aeroponics Systems)

Keywords

• Water management services
• Water measurement compliance
• Telemetry data systems
• Meter installation services
• Water infrastructure construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Miguel Hidalgo

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. PSI Services (Prestador de Servicios Integrados): Comprehensive integrated services for water measurement compliance including site surveys, meter installation, telemetry operation, maintenance, and daily data transmission to CONAGUA. This is the core recurring service offering where the company operates and maintains measurement systems under multi-year contracts.
2. Construction Services: Construction and rehabilitation of water distribution networks, drainage systems, drinking water plants, absorption wells, pumping stations, and infrastructure using traditional and minimal-excavation methods. Includes hydrostatic testing, pipe thermofusion, video inspection, directional drilling, and hot tapping services.
3. Technical Services: Meter supply and installation, maintenance and rehabilitation of meters, network sectorization, new water and drainage connections, and leak detection services. These services support the operational maintenance of water systems.
4. Commercial Services: User registry management, system audits, micro-meter supply and installation, reading and billing system modernization, collection improvement, and recovery of overdue receivables. These services optimize the commercial operations of water utilities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Agua de México is a Mexican water management services company that delivers integrated PSI (Prestador de Servicios Integrados) services to water concession holders, covering meter supply and installation, telemetry operation, commercial billing and collection, technical maintenance and leak detection, and construction/rehabilitation of water and drainage infrastructure. The company is accredited by EMA and approved by CONAGUA to help clients comply with the mandatory NMX-AA-179-SCFI-2018 measurement standard via its proprietary remote-reading transmitters and cloud-based monitoring platform.

Product overview

Agua de México is a water management services company operating as a unified portfolio of interconnected services rather than a single product. The core offering comprises four main service lines: Commercial Services (billing, user management, accounts receivable), Technical Services (meter installation, maintenance, leak detection, telemetry), Construction Services (infrastructure building and rehabilitation), and Remote Data Management (proprietary telemetry hardware and cloud-based monitoring platform). As an accredited PSI under NMX-AA-179-SCFI-2018, the company provides end-to-end water measurement compliance services, integrating all service lines to deliver complete solutions from meter installation through remote data transmission to CONAGUA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Servicios Comerciales (Commercial Services) Comprehensive commercial services for water utilities including user registry management, system audits, billing system modernization, meter reading automation, accounts receivable recovery, and reduction of non-revenue water. Targeted at public and private water utilities seeking to improve billing and collection efficiency.
• Servicios Técnicos (Technical Services) Technical services covering meter supply and installation, maintenance and rehabilitation of meters, network sectorization, new water and drainage connections, leak detection, and telemetry operations for water utility networks.
• Servicios de Construcción (Construction Services) Construction and rehabilitation services for water infrastructure including distribution networks, drainage systems, drinking water and treatment plants, absorption wells, pumping stations, and ramal replacements. Capabilities include hydrostatic testing, pipe thermofusion, video inspection, directional drilling, and hot tapping.
• Gestión Integral de Datos Remotos (Comprehensive Remote Data Management) Remote data management solution combining proprietary transmitters with a cloud-based processing and visualization platform. Provides real-time readings, consumption volumes, daily averages, and behavioral graphs for water source monitoring, pressure control, and remote operation of pumping systems and plants.
• Prestador de Servicios Integrados (PSI) for NMX-AA-179-SCFI-2018 Integrated service provider offering end-to-end NMX-AA-179-SCFI-2018 compliance for national water users, including site information gathering, meter selection and installation, telemetry operation, maintenance, and daily data transmission to CONAGUA. EC0913-certified technicians execute the work.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 1,100 meters installed nationwide with daily reading delivery
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CONAGUA (Comisión Nacional del Agua)coreOthers · 1 July 2021CONAGUA granted official approval for Agua de México to act as PSI through official document B00.9/07/2021-1012 dated July 2021. CONAGUA is the national water authority that regulates water concessions and mandates NMX-AA-179 compliance. Agua de México worked with CONAGUA for 9 years developing the NMX standard.
• EMA (Entidad Mexicana de Acreditación)coreOthers · 1 May 2021The EMA accredited Agua de México as a PSI (Prestador de Servicios Integrados) in May 2021 through accreditation MVA-004. This accreditation is required for operating as an authorized PSI under the NMX-AA-179-SCFI-2018 standard.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sensus (Xylem): Smart water meters and AMI/network management under Xylem; overlaps with Agua de México's remote data management and meter integration work, serving utility customers with much broader geographic reach.
• Itron: Global leader in smart water metering and metering communications; directly comparable to Agua de México's telemetry and meter-reading offering, but operating at scale across utilities worldwide rather than focused on Mexican compliance.
• Badger Meter: US-listed manufacturer of flow measurement and smart water meter technology; relevant analog for Agua de México's metering hardware and software offering, with significantly deeper product breadth and international footprint.
• Mueller Water Products: North American water infrastructure and metering company; comparable in the pipe/metering/streetside equipment that Agua de México installs and maintains for utility customers in Mexico.
• Veolia Mexico: Global water and wastewater services operator with significant Mexican presence; comparable as a water services provider to municipal and industrial clients, but at vastly larger scale and broader service scope.

Direct peers

• Kamstrup: Danish smart water metering specialist with ultrasonic meters and AMI platforms; competes with Agua de México's telemetry/measurement stack for the same utility customer base, though it sells products rather than managed compliance services.
• Diehl Metering: European-based smart metering provider covering water, heat, and electricity; comparable metering technology and AMI capabilities to Agua de México's remote data management product.
• Arad Group: Israeli water metering and AMI technology company; directly comparable to Agua de México's meter-and-telemetry offering, with multi-brand compatibility and cloud-based data management.

Regional players

• Grupo Rotoplas: Largest Mexican water solutions company focused on storage, treatment, and flow; comparable as a domestic water-services brand serving similar utility and industrial clients across Mexico, though it leads on storage rather than compliance telemetry.

Emerging players

• CONAGUA-approved PSI peers (other accredited PSIs in the official CONAGUA directory): Other EMA-accredited PSIs listed in CONAGUA's official PSI/UV directory that compete head-to-head for the same NMX-AA-179 compliance mandates; directly comparable in business model, scope, and service offerings within the Mexican market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AguaDeMexico
• Facebookfacebook.com/aguademex
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agua-de-mexico-s-a-de-cv

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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