Volsca Ambiente e Servizi

What Volsca Ambiente e Servizi does

Volsca Ambiente e Servizi S.p.A. is an Italian joint-stock company headquartered in Velletri (Lazio) that operates as a municipal in-house provider of urban hygiene and integrated waste management services. Its core service lines include door-to-door separate waste collection (porta a porta), street sweeping, management of municipal Centri di Raccolta / Isole Ecologiche, and disposal/recovery of CER 20 03 03 residues, delivered under long-term contracts to the Comuni of Velletri, Lariano, Albano Laziale, Genzano di Roma, and Lanuvio — municipalities that also appear to be its shareholders. The company is supervised by ARERA and ANAC (Delibera n. 803/2020) for service-quality transparency.

The operating model is structured around two revenue mechanics: (i) managed-service fees from municipal shareholders for collection, sweeping, and center operations, and (ii) point-based TARIP waste-tax collection from citizens via the national PagoPA platform, including in Genzano di Roma (rolled out December 2023). Ancillary procurement activity — temporary-work agency contracts (Synergie Italia, CIG 96259419CC), workwear/DPI, vehicle leasing, insurance, and waste-transport tenders — supports the core operating base. Technology is light and compliance-driven: a WordPress corporate portal, the Junker citizen waste-sorting lookup portal, PagoPA payment integration, TARIP hardware for waste-data capture, and the shared Centrale Unica di Committenza telematic procurement platform (velletri.acquistitelematici.it, Albo Fornitori DigitalPA).

The go-to-market is B2G via formal open-procedure tenders and in-house affidamento, with a direct-to-citizen overlay for TARIP billing and the HOOP TRAINERS education game. Customer concentration is high — five municipalities anchor essentially all of revenue — and geographic exposure is confined to the Castelli Romani cluster southeast of Rome. Growth signals (Lanuvio share acquisition, large 2022 hiring drives, TARIP rollout) point to a moderate-growth in-house operator with no disclosed revenue, no private-sector activity, and no AI/ML capability.

Name

Volsca Ambiente e Servizi

Legal name

Volsca Ambiente e Servizi S.p.A.

Website

https://volscambiente.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Volsca Ambiente e Servizi S.p.A. is an Italian municipal in-house provider of urban waste collection, street sweeping, and separate waste (differenziata) services for the Comuni of Velletri, Lariano, Albano Laziale, Genzano di Roma, and Lanuvio in the Castelli Romani area southeast of Rome.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAIAFAA

Municipal Solid Waste Collection (Residential/Commercial)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Industrial Services & Facility Operations/Waste Management & Recycling Services

SECONDARYEUAIAGAA

Commercial & Office Waste Collection (Non-hazardous)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Environmental Services (Waste Management, Recycling & Remediation)/Industrial & Commercial Waste Services (Non-hazardous, Specialized Streams)

Keywords

• Municipal waste management
• Urban hygiene services
• Differentiated waste collection
• Door-to-door collection
• Environmental services

Headquarters

HQ city

Velletri

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal urban-hygiene service contracts (Comuni soci/clienti): Long-term service contracts with the municipal shareholders (Velletri, Albano Laziale, Lariano, Genzano, Lanuvio) for the integrated collection of urban waste, door-to-door differentiated collection (porta a porta), street sweeping, management of municipal collection centres (Centri di Raccolta / Isole Ecologiche) and disposal/recovery of CER 20 03 03 residues. Revenue derives from service fees paid by the municipalities.
2. TARIP waste-tax collection (PagoPA): Collection from citizens/residents of the TARIP (Tributo Puntuale sui Rifiuti) — the point-based waste tax — through the PagoPA national electronic-payment platform, replacing or supplementing the previous TARI regime (e.g., Genzano Tarip).
3. Public-procurement / tender revenue (operational contracts): Revenue earned as contractor winning open-procedure tenders for: temporary-work agency services (somministrazione lavoro), workwear/DPI supply, vehicle and equipment rental (vasche, pianali, spazzatrici), insurance (RC Auto, RCT/RCO), laboratory analysis, medical competent doctor, hardware for TARIP, leasing/mutuo financing, real-estate rentals. These are operational back-office supplies that keep the core service running.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Core offering

Volsca Ambiente e Servizi S.p.A. provides integrated urban hygiene and municipal waste management services to its municipal shareholders (Comuni soci) in the Castelli Romani area south-east of Rome. Core offerings include door-to-door differentiated waste collection (porta a porta), street sweeping, management of municipal collection centres (Centri di Raccolta / Isole Ecologiche), disposal and recovery of urban waste residues, and collection of the TARIP waste tax from citizens via the PagoPA national payment platform.

Product overview

Volsca Ambiente e Servizi SpA is an Italian municipal environmental services company offering integrated urban hygiene and waste management services. The offering is structured as a portfolio of related service lines (door-to-door separate waste collection, municipal collection centers, dedicated disposal streams, TARIP/TA.RI. billing, payments, and ancillary insurance/procurement services) rather than a single unified software product or a platform-with-modules architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HOOP TRAINERS: Educational web/app game promoted by Volsca Ambiente e Servizi SpA in which citizens help shape communication on separate waste collection (differenziata).

Products and services

• Integrated Urban Waste Collection Service (Raccolta differenziata porta a porta)

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Herambiente S.p.A. (Hera Group): Hera Group's waste management subsidiary, one of Italy's largest multi-utility waste operators serving Emilia-Romagna and adjacent regions. Comparable service portfolio (collection, treatment, disposal, recycling) but operates as a listed multi-utility rather than a single-region in-house provider.
• Acea Ambiente S.p.A. Environmental services arm of Acea, the Roman multi-utility. Operates waste-to-energy, treatment, and disposal infrastructure in the Lazio region alongside Volsca's geographic base; broader portfolio and corporate parent make it an incumbent comparator rather than a direct rival for in-house igiene urbana contracts.
• Iren Ambiente S.p.A. Waste management subsidiary of Iren Group, a multi-utility serving northern and central Italy. Comparable offerings in urban hygiene and separate waste collection, but embedded in a much larger, listed multi-utility platform rather than a single in-house provider.
• ASIA Napoli S.p.A. Municipal in-house waste operator for the Naples metropolitan area, providing door-to-door collection, separate waste collection, and street sweeping. Same institutional model as Volsca (Comune-controlled in-house provider) but operating in a different geography and at much larger scale.
• AMA Roma S.p.A. Municipal in-house waste and urban hygiene operator for the City of Rome, operating the same in-house providing model as Volsca but at vastly larger scale. Comparable in service portfolio (door-to-door collection, street sweeping, Centri di Raccolta, integrated billing) and in serving a Lazio-region shareholder base.
• A2A Ambiente S.p.A. Waste management arm of A2A, the large Italian multi-utility listed in Milan. Overlaps with Volsca in municipal waste collection, treatment, and recycling but operates at national scale with diversified energy and environmental businesses.

Regional players

• Iseda S.p.A. In-house waste operator for several municipalities in the Catania area of Sicily, providing door-to-door separate collection and Centri di Raccolta services. Same in-house institutional model as Volsca but serving a different regional geography in southern Italy.
• S.T.E.A. S.p.A. (Teramo): Municipal in-house waste operator active in the Teramo province of Abruzzo, offering separate waste collection and igiene urbana to multiple Comuni. Same multi-municipality in-house model as Volsca but in central Italy.
• Ecoambiente Salerno S.r.l. Regional waste operator serving municipalities in the Salerno province of Campania. Comparable in offering integrated urban hygiene, separate collection, and disposal services; different geography and shareholder mix.

Direct peers

• Cosmari S.r.l. Multi-municipality in-house waste operator serving around 80 Comuni in the Marche region. Highly comparable to Volsca in business model (in-house providing, multi-Comuni shareholder base, integrated separate collection, Centri di Raccolta, public-procurement-driven operations) and in scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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