WRZ Hörger

Name

WRZ Hörger

Legal name

WRZ Wertstoffrückgewinnungszentrum Hörger GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://wrz-hoerger.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

WRZ Hörger is a family-owned German waste management and recycling company serving municipalities, commercial clients, and households across Ostwürttemberg, Schwaben, and Unterallgäu with collection, sorting, processing, biomass energy, and cleaning services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (56211), Waste Treatment and Disposal (56221)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Commercial Waste Collection (Roll-off/Front-load) (IMAIAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection & Transfer (BPALABAF), Inert / Monofill Disposal (Ash, Sludge, C&D Fines, Contaminated Soils) (EUAIACAE), Universal Waste Management (Batteries, Lamps, Mercury-Containing) (BPALAHAL), Special Waste Transfer (Tires, Mattresses, Appliances) (BPALABAG)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Recycling services
• Container rental
• Document destruction
• Street cleaning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sontheim An Der Brenz

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Waste Collection: Contract-based waste collection services for municipalities including residual waste, biowaste, paper recycling, bulky waste, green waste, and electronic equipment. Long-term contractual relationships established since 1970.
2. Container Services: Rental and service of various container types (drop-frame, roll-off, compaction, swivel) for construction, commercial, and residential waste. Revenue from container rental, transport, and disposal fees.
3. Document Shredding: Certified document destruction services with secure data boxes (240L and 420L), collection, in-house shredding, and certificate of destruction provision.
4. Street and Canal Cleaning: Professional cleaning services for streets, sidewalks, parking lots, construction sites, canals, and gullies with waste disposal.
5. Yellow Bag/Yellow Bin Collection: Collection and sorting of packaging materials through the dual system for yellow bags and yellow bins.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

WRZ Hörger operates a vertically integrated waste management and recycling business, providing collection, sorting, processing, and disposal services for municipalities, commercial/industrial customers, and private households across southern Germany. Core offerings include household waste collection (blue bin, yellow bag), commercial container rental and disposal, certified document destruction, street/canal/gully cleaning, and operating its own processing infrastructure (LVP sorting plant, commercial waste processing facility, biomass combined heat and power plant, construction material recycling).

Product overview

WRZ Hörger is a regional waste management and recycling company offering a comprehensive, multi-module portfolio of disposal and environmental services. The core offering spans household waste collection (Blaue Tonne, Gelber Sack/Gelbe Tonne), commercial container services (container sizes from 3–40 m³, including press containers, turnover containers, and data boxes), document destruction, and street/canal/gully cleaning. The company operates its own processing and recycling infrastructure including an LVP sorting plant, commercial waste processing (GAA), wood processing with a biomass combined heat and power plant, paper sorting (via partners), construction material recycling, and a certified document destruction facility. The fleet of ~150 vehicles handles collection and transport. Subsidiaries include RIGDON Retreading (tire retreading, including a new AI-supported Pfaffenhofen plant producing 1M tires/year) and Mr. Pott (mobile sanitation). The offering is structured around five divisions: private households, commercial and industrial, municipalities, special services (mobile toilets), and its own processing plants. The portfolio combines collection, processing, recycling, and energy generation into an integrated circular economy system serving the Ostwürttemberg, Schwaben, and Unterallgäu regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RIGDON: Tire retreading brand (Runderneuerung) of the Hörger Group, producing EU-taxonomy-compliant retreaded tires for passenger cars, trucks, and specialty vehicles.
• Mr. Pott
• Stampfl Entsorgung

Products and services

• Kommunale Abfallwirtschaft Municipal waste management service for cities and municipalities covering residual waste collection, bio-waste collection, paper bin emptying, green waste and bulky waste pickup, electronic equipment and scrap collection, and operation of municipal recycling yards (Wertstoffhöfe).
• Containerdienst

Quantifiable outcome

• 90 million kWh green electricity per year, equivalent to 33,000 households supplied
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Stampfl Entsorgung GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 May 2025Integration of Stampfl-Entsorgung from Pürgen near Landsberg am Lech strengthens the group's capabilities in demolition and disassembly services. First service tour started from Sontheim in May 2025 marking the official start of operational cooperation.
• Mr. PottcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 May 2025Startup partnership expanding service portfolio with mobile sanitation solutions for construction sites, events, and temporary deployments. Mobile toilet rental with weekly cleaning service operating in Bavaria and Thuringia.
• RIGDON GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubsidiary company specializing in tire retreading with EU taxonomy-compliant operations. 25M EUR investment in AI-supported production facility in Pfaffenhofen producing up to 1 million retreaded tires annually. Fleet uses RIGDON retreaded tires.
• LOGEXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term system partner of LOGEX, the largest SME cooperation in waste management in Germany. LOGEX organizes training seminars and networking events for partner companies.
• ZentekcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShareholder since 2018 in the dual system Zentek, participating in the German dual system for packaging waste collection.
• FiselminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubsidiary company in Dillingen an der Donau hosting LOGEX training seminars. Part of the Hörger Group for specialized waste processing.
• GOA (Gesellschaft für Ökologie und Abfallverwertung)minorOthersPartner for paper sorting operations with annual capacity of up to 185,000 tonnes of old paper through GOA and ASK (Altpapier Sortierung Kinsau).
• ASK (Altpapier Sortierung Kinsau)minorOthersPaper sorting partner contributing to the group's 185,000 tonnes annual paper sorting capacity.
• Biomasse-Heizkraftwerk HerbrechtingencoreOthersOne of the largest biomass combined heat and power plants in Southern Germany, generating 90 million kWh green electricity annually and supplying approximately 33,000 households.
• Gemeinschaftsschule Sontheim (GRS)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerEducation partnership providing career orientation, internship support, and apprenticeship programs for students. Partnership sealed with IHK Ostwürttemberg, Bundesagentur für Arbeit, and Gemeinde Sontheim.
• IHK OstwürttembergminorGTM or Marketing PartnerChamber of Commerce participating in the education partnership signing with GRS Sontheim for career orientation.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• PreZero: Recycling and environmental services subsidiary of the Schwarz Group (Lidl/Kaufland parent), operating integrated collection, sorting, and recycling across Germany. Comparable vertical-integration thesis to WRZ Hörger but with substantially larger backing and national reach.
• ALBA Group: Berlin-headquartered recycling and environmental services group operating across Germany and Europe in collection, sorting, and raw materials recovery. Comparable to WRZ Hörger's recycling value chain but with broader national footprint and larger scale.
• Veolia Umweltservice: German arm of global environmental services group Veolia, providing municipal and commercial waste collection, street cleaning, and recycling. Direct competitor for EU-wide municipal tenders against which WRZ Hörger competes for Landkreis contracts.
• Remondis: Germany's largest privately held waste and recycling company, offering the full spectrum of collection, sorting, and processing services across municipal, commercial, and industrial customers. Directly comparable to WRZ Hörger across all service lines but at vastly greater national and European scale.

Others

• LOGEX Systemzentrale: Largest SME cooperation in German waste management, of which WRZ Hörger is a long-term system partner. Relevant peer because it shapes competitive dynamics, training, and networking across the SME waste management segment in which WRZ operates.
• Zentek: German dual system for packaging waste recovery, in which WRZ Hörger has been a shareholder since 2018. Relevant as both a business partner and a structural dependency for the yellow bag/yellow bin revenue stream.

Direct peers

• Lobbe Holding: Iserlohn-based waste management and recycling group operating collection, hazardous waste treatment, and industrial services across Germany. Comparable to WRZ Hörger as a family-influenced mid-sized operator with processing infrastructure and industrial/commercial/municipal customer mix.
• Meinhardt Städtereinigung: Stuttgart-region street cleaning, sewer cleaning, and waste management specialist. Closely comparable to WRZ Hörger's street, canal, and gully cleaning lines and operating in an adjacent Baden-Württemberg geography.
• Heinz Entsorgung: Mid-sized German waste management company providing container services, commercial waste collection, and recycling. Comparable to WRZ Hörger in service mix (Containerdienst, Gewerbeabfall) and target market (commercial/industrial customers and municipalities).
• KNETTENBRECH + Gurdulian: Dortmund-based regional waste management and recycling company offering municipal collection, commercial waste disposal, and street/canal cleaning. Closely comparable mid-sized regional German waste manager with similar service portfolio and municipal-contract orientation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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