Fors

What Fors does

Fors A/S is a Danish multi-utility company (forsyningsselskab) jointly owned by the municipalities of Holbæk, Lejre, and Roskilde, delivering four integrated services: water supply (Vand), district heating (Fjernvarme), wastewater treatment (Spildevand), and waste management (Affald). The company was established on 1 January 2016 through the merger of Holbæk Forsyning A/S, Lejre Forsyning A/S, and Roskilde Forsyning A/S, and operates through twelve wholly-owned subsidiaries plus a holding company structured along service-and-municipality lines. Service is delivered through owned physical infrastructure (pipes, treatment plants, district heating networks) across three contiguous municipalities, supported by the 'Min side' customer self-service portal and the 'Mit affald' mobile application.

Technically, Fors operates groundwater-based water production with UV treatment and water softening, centralized district heating plants across multiple sub-areas (Holbæk By, Holbæk Have, Jyderup, Kalvehave, St. Merløse, and Roskilde), and wastewater treatment plants that are progressively being modernized. A notable innovation is the joint pilot with Kalundborg Forsyning using greenhouse-based, nature-inspired sludge dewatering employing reeds to increase biosolids dry-matter content from 20% to 60% — currently the world's largest such project. Groundwater protection is pursued through pesticide-free zone agreements with local farmers and forest planting near extraction sites. The Holbæk Renseanlæg renovation, completed in 2024, targets a 60-70% reduction in overflow volumes.

The business model is a regulated, franchise-based cost-recovery model typical of Danish municipal utilities. Revenue is generated through tariffed consumption and fixed fees that vary by municipality and service: water at 18.79-29.31 DKK/m³, wastewater on a three-tier step model (16-61 DKK/m³), waste collection subscription packages, and district heating at 704-935 DKK/MWh plus per-m² fixed fees. Go-to-market is exclusively direct via the owned network; no channel-based customer acquisition is feasible or pursued. Fors serves residential households (primary), apartment buildings, summer-house owners, commercial/industrial businesses, and municipal institutions, but customer choice is structurally limited to Fors within the franchise area.

Name

Fors

Legal name

Fors A/S

Website

https://fors.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Fors A/S is a Danish municipally-owned multi-utility company, formed in 2016, that supplies water, district heating, wastewater treatment, and waste management services exclusively to residents and businesses of Holbæk, Lejre, and Roskilde municipalities. It operates through twelve subsidiaries and a holding company.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Holbæk

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fors A/S is a Danish municipal multi-utility company providing water supply, district heating, wastewater treatment, and waste collection/recycling services to residential and commercial customers in the municipalities of Holbæk, Lejre, and Roskilde. The company operates physical infrastructure networks (water pipes, district heating grids, sewer systems, recycling centers) and digital self-service tools, generating revenue through regulated, publicly disclosed municipal tariffs.

Product overview

Fors A/S is a multi-utility company providing four core services: water supply (Vand), district heating (Fjernvarme), waste management (Affald), and wastewater treatment (Spildevand) to residential and commercial customers in Holbæk, Lejre, and Roskilde municipalities in Denmark. The company operates as a unified platform offering both core infrastructure services and digital customer tools including the 'Mit affald' mobile app, 'Min side' customer self-service portal, and online price calculators. For district heating, Fors offers both traditional installations and a subscription-based model (fjernvarmeanlæg på abonnement) where the company handles installation, service, and maintenance. The company also operates recycling centers and provides specialized services like tank emptying and sewer management across its service areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mit affald (My Waste): Mobile app for waste collection scheduling and information

Products and services

• Vand (Water Supply) Water supply service to residential and commercial properties in Holbæk, Lejre, and Roskilde municipalities, including groundwater protection, water quality analysis, UV treatment, and water softening.
• Fjernvarme (District Heating) Centralized district heating service delivered through a pipe network to homes and businesses in Holbæk, Lejre, and Roskilde municipalities, including both traditional installations and subscription-based plant models.
• Affald (Waste Management) Household and commercial waste collection, sorting guidance, and recycling operations primarily in Holbæk Municipality, including a new waste collection system (Ny affaldsordning 2026).
• Spildevand (Wastewater) Wastewater collection, sewer services, tank emptying, and treatment plant operations across the three municipalities, with ongoing infrastructure modernization projects including Lejre Strukturplan Nord and Tuse Næs sewerage.
• Fjernvarmeanlæg på abonnement (Subscription District Heating Plant) Subscription-based district heating plant service where Fors handles installation, ongoing service, and maintenance for customers, including weather-compensated automatic temperature adjustment.
• Genbrugspladser (Recycling Centers) Recycling center facilities in Holbæk Municipality including staffed and unmanned centers, offering disposal of hazardous waste, construction materials, and recyclable materials.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sludge dewatering increases dry matter content from 20% to 60% using greenhouse-based nature-inspired treatment
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Artelia rådgivende ingeniørercoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArtelia is engaged as consulting engineers through a procurement process to assist with environmental surveys and environmental impact assessments for the Lejre Strukturplan Nord project, which involves modernizing wastewater treatment infrastructure.
• Kalundborg ForsyningcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFors A/S and Kalundborg Forsyning jointly operate the world's largest pilot project for greenhouse-based sludge treatment. The collaboration tests nature-inspired solutions for dewatering sewage sludge, resulting in high-quality bio-fertilizer.
• Bech-Bruun advokatfirmaminorOthersBech-Bruun law firm serves as the external partner for Fors' whistleblower reporting system, providing an anonymous reporting portal.
• CVR-registered businesses (various)minorOthersBusiness customers including commercial enterprises that use Fors' services for wastewater and other utility connections.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kalundborg Forsyning: Kalundborg Forsyning is a Danish municipal multi-utility (water, heating, waste, wastewater) that jointly operates the greenhouse sludge pilot with Fors, making it both a direct peer and a strategic co-development partner.
• Din Forsyning: Din Forsyning is the merged municipal utility serving Esbjerg, Varde, and Fanø on the Jutland coast — a near-perfect structural parallel to Fors' three-municipality integrated model.
• VandCenter Syd: VandCenter Syd is a municipal water and wastewater utility in Odense, providing a peer benchmark for Fors' water and spildevand operations under a similar Danish municipal utility model.
• HOFOR: HOFOR is the multi-utility company owned by several Copenhagen-area municipalities, providing water, wastewater, district heating, and waste services — the closest structural analog to Fors' integrated municipal utility model.
• BIOFOS: BIOFOS operates large wastewater treatment plants in the Copenhagen area, owned by several municipalities. It is directly comparable to Fors' Spildevand vertical and to the joint-venture scale of municipal utilities.
• Aarhus Vand: Aarhus Vand is a large Danish municipal water and wastewater utility serving Aarhus — comparable to Fors on the water/wastewater verticals and on the regulated municipal utility ownership structure.

Regional players

• Trefor: Trefor (now part of Energi Danmark) is a multi-utility on Funen and southern Jutland providing heat, water, and waste services — a regional benchmark rather than direct competitor.
• Nordvand: Nordvand supplies drinking water to several northern Zealand municipalities. Geographic proximity and product overlap make it a strong regional peer on the water supply vertical.
• Verdo: Verdo is a multi-utility (heat, electricity, water, fiber) in the Aarhus area. It overlaps with Fors on district heating and water but is not a direct Zealand competitor.

Others

• Energinet: Energinet is the Danish state-owned transmission system operator for electricity and gas. It is not a direct competitor but is the upstream infrastructure counterpart that shapes district heating and electricity market economics for Fors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fors_as
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fors-danmark

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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