CIS

What CIS does

CIS S.r.l. is an Italian "società in house providing" (in-house providing company) wholly owned by 12 municipalities in the province of Ancona, Marche region, operating as a multi-utility consortium serving the Vallesina area since 2000. Originally focused on environmental hygiene and waste management, CIS has progressively expanded into public lighting maintenance and management (covering nine member municipalities), broadband infrastructure combining Hyperlan wireless and fiber-optic technology, gas distribution network ownership, energy services via the merged Cisenergy subsidiary, tax administration (TARI and IMU), advertising and public-space occupation fees (Canone Unico Patrimoniale), a GIS-based territorial information system (S.I.T.), and a public swimming facility (Palablu). Headquartered at Via Fornace 25, Moie di Maiolati Spontini, the company carries €26.16M in paid-in share capital and is governed since July 2025 by a Sole Administrator (Amministratore Unico), Emanuela Merli, with oversight exercised by an inter-municipal coordination body (OIC) and a Collegio Sindacale.

The company's service portfolio rests on three core technology assets: (1) the S.I.T. web-based GIS portal providing cartography, cadastral data, zoning, acoustic mapping, and civil protection data access; (2) a hybrid Hyperlan/fiber broadband network designed to reduce digital divide in inland Marche; and (3) a smart public-lighting platform with remote telecontrol and luminous-flux regulation, which has delivered approximately 15% energy savings and ~300 tCO2 avoided emissions annually. Operational delivery is supported by wholly owned subsidiary Sogenus Spa for waste collection, minority stakes in E.T. Servizi Tecnologici, Sig SpA, and Colli Esini San Vicino, and partnerships with CIR33 Servizi (waste treatment), MPay Regione Marche (digital payments), Adriatica Oli, and Nicoletti Servizi.

CIS generates revenue through managed service fees from its 12 shareholder municipalities, recurring TARI tariff administration with annual billing cycles, transaction-based Canone Unico and OSAP fees, and pass-through utilities including gas distribution and broadband. Pricing is set per municipal council resolution; TARI uses square-meters and household-size formulas with a 5% provincial environmental surcharge. The go-to-market is direct-to-government only, with services delivered via physical offices, a toll-free number (800668275), email, the pagoPA/MPay digital payment platform, and field operations. The customer base is structurally restricted to the 12 shareholder communes, making the in-house providing ownership simultaneously the customer set, the revenue source, and the regulatory moat.

Name

CIS

Legal name

CIS S.r.l.

Website

https://cis-info.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CIS S.r.l. is an Italian in-house providing multi-utility wholly owned by 12 municipalities in the Marche region, delivering integrated municipal services including waste management, public lighting, broadband infrastructure, GIS, tax administration, gas distribution, and energy to its shareholder communes and local citizens.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Multi-utility Municipal Services (environmental hygiene, public lighting, broadband, taxation)

NAICS

Utilities (221)

SIC

Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900), Natural Gas Distribution (4924), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) / Municipal Aggregation Retail Supply (EUAGABAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Distribution System Integrity Management (DIMP) & Compliance (TLAGADAI)

Keywords

• Municipal waste management
• Public lighting services
• Broadband infrastructure
• Territorial information systems
• Municipal tax collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Moie Di Maiolati

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Service Management Fees: CIS operates as an in-house providing company providing integrated municipal services to 12 member municipalities. Revenue is generated through service management fees, tariffs, and municipal tax collection services (TARI, IMU). The company manages public lighting, waste collection support services, territorial information systems, and other municipal infrastructure under long-term service agreements with shareholder municipalities.
2. TARI (Waste Tax) Collection and Management: CIS provides support services for TARI (Tassa sui Rifiuti) tariff management for member municipalities including front-office customer service, tariff calculation, billing support, and payment management through pagoPA platform.
3. Public Advertising and Space Occupation Fees: Management of Canone Unico Patrimoniale including public advertising (esposizione pubblicitaria), public notices (affissioni), and public space occupation (OSAP) fees for member municipalities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CIS S.r.l. is an in-house providing company that delivers integrated municipal utility services to 12 shareholder municipalities in the province of Ancona, Italy. Its portfolio spans environmental hygiene (differentiated waste collection, street sweeping, bulky waste), public lighting management with LED and smart-city controls, broadband infrastructure (Hyperlan + fiber optic), a territorial information system (S.I.T.) for GIS cartography and cadastral data, TARI and IMU tax administration, Canone Unico Patrimoniale (public advertising, affissioni, OSAP), natural gas distribution network ownership, energy services, and a public swimming pool facility (Palablu).

Product overview

CIS (Consorzio Intercomunale Vallesina) is an in-house providing company serving 12 municipalities in the Ancona province of Italy, offering a portfolio of public utility services. The service portfolio includes waste management (Gestione Rifiuti) with differentiated collection and street sweeping, public lighting (Pubblica Illuminazione) with LED upgrades and smart city integration, territorial information system (S.I.T.) providing web-based GIS cartography, broadband infrastructure (Banda Larga) combining wireless and fiber optic technologies, tax administration (TARI-IMU), advertising and public space fees (Canone Unico), gas distribution, energy services, and a regional swimming pool facility (Palablu). These services are delivered through direct operations and partnerships with specialized companies including Sogenus for waste collection and CISenergy for energy projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• S.I.T. Sistema Informativo Territoriale Web-based GIS portal providing territorial cartography, cadastral data, zoning regulations, acoustic zoning, urban planning, civil protection information, and integration with demographic and tax databases with differentiated user permissions.
• Banda Larga (Broadband Infrastructure) Broadband infrastructure service combining Hyperlan wireless and fiber optic technologies to provide connectivity across member municipalities and reduce digital divide in the inland areas of the Marche region.
• Gestione Rifiuti (Waste Management) Municipal waste management service including differentiated collection, street sweeping, bulky waste collection, and disposal coordination delivered through partner Sogenus Spa and CIR33 Servizi Srl for 12 member municipalities.
• Servizio Spazzamento Strade (Street Sweeping) Manual and mechanical street sweeping service with programmed maintenance schedules, including auxiliary services such as leaf collection, drain cleaning, and public restroom hygiene.
• Pubblica Illuminazione (Public Lighting Management) Public street lighting management and maintenance service including LED technology upgrades, energy efficiency improvements, and smart city integration with remote control and telecontrol for member municipalities (excluding Serra San Quirico, where service ceased in April 2019).
• TARI-IMU Gestione Tariffe (Tax Administration) Tax administration service managing TARI (waste tax) and IMU (municipal property tax) for member municipalities, including billing, collection, taxpayer support and tariff calculation, with citizen payments enabled through pagoPA.
• Canone Unico Patrimoniale Management of Canone Unico Patrimoniale including public advertising (esposizione pubblicitaria), public notice board postings (affissioni), and public space occupation (OSAP) fees for member municipalities.
• Gas Distribution Network Ownership Ownership and management of natural gas distribution networks across the territory of member municipalities.
• Energia Services (Cisenergy) Energy services including renewable energy production and distribution, implemented through subsidiary CISenergy Srl, with the goal of achieving energy self-sufficiency across the consortium.
• Piscina Comprensoriale Palablu Multi-pool public swimming facility in Moie di Maiolati Spontini with Olympic-size swimming pool, fitness pool, and aquatic activities area; managed by third-party operator SSD Team Marche a r.l. under a concession since July 2021.

Quantifiable outcome

• 300 tCO2/year reduction in carbon emissions through public lighting efficiency improvements
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sogenus SpacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000Sogenus Spa is a wholly public company that provides waste collection and transport services (indifferenziata and differenziata) for CIS member municipalities. The partnership includes street container washing and bulky waste collection services. Sogenus handles collection up to treatment/recovery facilities.
• CIR33 Servizi SrlcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIR33 (Consorzio Intercomunale Vallesina Misa) Servizi Srl provides waste treatment and disposal services. Since April 2018, undifferentiated waste (CER 20 03 01) is treated at the mechanical-biological treatment plant in Corinaldo, managed by CIR33.
• Adriatica OliminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdriatica Oli handles collection and recycling of used cooking oils for CIS member municipalities as part of the environmental hygiene service provision.
• Nicoletti Servizi SrlminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNicoletti Servizi Srl provides collection, transport and recycling of used clothing through street containers across CIS member municipalities.
• SSD Team Marche a r.l.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSince July 2021, the Palablu swimming pool facility in Moie di Maiolati Spontini is managed by Team Marche under a concession agreement. The pool was renovated and expanded in 2014-2015.
• MPay Regione MarchecoreTechnology or IntegrationCIS adheres to the MPay platform of Regione Marche as technological intermediary for PagoPA payments, enabling citizens to make payments for public advertising, OSAP, and other municipal fees through the national pagoPA system.
• ATA Rifiuti ATO2 AnconacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssemblea Territoriale d'Ambito ATO2 Ancona is the competent territorial authority for integrated waste management services. ATA approves service quality charters, manages waste operators, and oversees the integrated waste service in the Ancona province area.
• Centro Ambiente Il QuadrifogliominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEnvironmental center located in Castelplanio (Pozzetto area) providing bulky waste disposal and reuse center services for CIS member municipalities.
• CISinTandemminorOthersEducational partnership program with local schools - CISinTandem student program for educational collaboration.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hera Group: Large Italian multi-utility (Emilia-Romagna) with overlapping services across waste, gas, water, energy and public lighting. Larger, listed incumbent offering the same end-services as CIS but at regional/national scale.
• Italgas: Italy's largest natural gas distribution operator, active in network management, metering, and energy efficiency services. Directly comparable to CIS's gas distribution operations, though at national scale and listed.
• Acea: Rome-based Italian multi-utility operating integrated water, electricity, gas distribution, public lighting and environmental services. Closely comparable end-service mix to CIS with municipal-shareholder heritage.
• Iren Group: Major Italian multi-utility headquartered in Genoa/Reggio Emilia operating in waste, gas, electricity, district heating and integrated water services. Comparable end-service portfolio to CIS at multi-region scale.
• A2A: One of Italy's largest multi-utilities (Milan/Brescia) active in waste management, energy, gas, district heating, electricity and smart-city services. Same service verticals as CIS, much larger geographic and customer footprint.

Regional players

• Ascopiave: Italian gas distribution operator focused on the Veneto region with consolidated small-municipality concessions comparable to CIS's gas distribution mandate. Regional competitor/parallel to CIS in the gas distribution vertical.

Direct peers

• ASM Terni: Italian municipal multi-utility serving the Terni area with waste, gas, energy, public lighting and water services. Highly comparable to CIS in scope of in-house multi-utility services and Italian small/medium-municipality target market.
• Asm Brescia: Municipal utility of Brescia providing gas, electricity, water, waste and public lighting to the Brescia municipality. Closely comparable to CIS as an Italian municipal multi-utility with similar regulated and concession revenue model.
• AGSM Verona: Municipal multi-utility of Verona operating in energy distribution, public lighting, district heating, telecom and waste. Same Italian municipal-aggregation model as CIS with comparable service breadth.
• Aimag: Multi-utility consortium serving around 30 municipalities in the Modena and Mantua provinces with water, gas, energy, waste and environmental services. Directly comparable to CIS as an Italian inter-municipal in-house utility consortium.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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