Mindener Stadtwerke GmbH

What Mindener Stadtwerke GmbH does

Mindener Stadtwerke GmbH is a municipal multi-utility company wholly owned by the City of Minden (Stadt Minden) and headquartered at Stiftstraße 62, 32427 Minden, Germany. Founded in 2013, the company supplies electricity, natural gas, and drinking water to households and businesses across the Minden-Lübbecke district, operating the licensed gas distribution network and a 725 km water pipeline network that transports approximately 4.5 billion liters of drinking water per year through two waterworks (Wasserwerk Portastraße and Wasserwerk Huxhöhe) supplemented by UV disinfection infrastructure.

The company's revenue model is built on regulated, volume-based utility tariffs structured around a "regio" product family: electricity products (regio.strom, regio.grünstrom, regio.grünstromPlus, regio.grünstromFIX, regio.grünstromVARIO, regio.wärmestrom, lade.grünstrom), gas products (regio.gas, regio.gasFIX), and water supply (regio.wasser). Pricing combines per-kWh or per-cubic-meter consumption charges with fixed base fees, plus FIX variants that lock the pure energy price through end of 2027. Distribution is entirely direct, via a physical Kundencenter, a 24/7 online Kundenportal, telephone, WhatsApp, and online tariff advisors, with no reseller channels. The company also operates the Trinkwasserampel three-phase public water-alert system and runs network operator services including the recently completed L-to-H gas conversion of approximately 23,000 appliances.

Mindener Stadtwerke employs roughly 61 people, is led by Managing Director Sebastian Brinkmann (appointed June 30, 2025 to succeed Christoph Meyer), and conducts water operations through its wholly-owned subsidiary Mindener Wasser GmbH. Recent strategic priorities include the completed gas conversion, UV disinfection deployment following the 2023/2024 Portastraße contamination, EEA Gold municipal sustainability certification in October 2025, January 2026 electricity and gas price reductions, and a stated agenda of digitalization and heat-transition expansion under the new CEO.

Name

Mindener Stadtwerke GmbH

Legal name

Mindener Stadtwerke GmbH

Website

https://mindener-stadtwerke.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mindener Stadtwerke GmbH is the municipal utility of Minden, Germany, supplying electricity, natural gas, and drinking water to residential and business customers across the Minden-Lübbecke district through a 725 km water network and licensed gas distribution infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Utility Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310)

SIC

Natural Gas Distribution (4924), Water Supply (4941), Electric & Other Services Combined (4931)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail Supply + DER/Virtual Power Plant Bundles (Solar, Storage, DR) (EUAGABAI)

Keywords

• Municipal utilities
• Electricity supply
• Natural gas distribution
• Drinking water supply
• Energy retail tariffs

Headquarters

HQ city

Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Electricity Supply (Strom): Supply of electricity to residential and business customers in Minden and surrounding region. Products include regio.strom, regio.grünstrom, regio.grünstromPlus, regio.grünstromFIX, regio.grünstromVARIO, regio.wärmestrom, and lade.grünstrom (EV charging). Revenue is generated through variable per-kWh pricing plus base fees, with fixed-rate FIX variants offering price security through end of 2027.
2. Natural Gas Supply (Erdgas): Supply of natural gas to residential and business customers. Products include regio.gas and regio.gasFIX. L-to-H-gas conversion completed August 2025. Revenue is generated through per-kWh pricing plus base fees. Price reduction of 0.73 Cent/kWh effective January 2026.
3. Drinking Water Supply (Trinkwasser): Supply of drinking water to residential and business customers via approximately 725 km pipeline network. Volume of ~4.5 billion liters per year transported through the network. Revenue through water tariffs based on consumption.
4. Network Operations (Netzbetrieb): As the gas network operator for Minden, the company operates and maintains the gas distribution network under regulatory oversight, including the H-gas transition project completed in 2025 (~23,000 gas appliances surveyed and adjusted).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Mindener Stadtwerke GmbH is a regional municipal utility that supplies electricity, natural gas, and drinking water to residential and business customers in Minden and the surrounding Minden-L\u00fcbbecke district. The core offering is the integrated "regio" product family of energy and water tariffs, complemented by licensed gas network operations, water distribution infrastructure, and customer-facing digital services such as the Kundenportal and Trinkwasserampel alert system.

Product overview

Mindener Stadtwerke GmbH is a regional multi-utility provider offering an integrated portfolio of energy and water services for the Minden region. The product portfolio centers on the 'regio' branded tariff family — spanning electricity products (regio.strom, regio.grünstrom, regio.grünstromPlus, regio.grünstromFIX, regio.grünstromVARIO, regio.wärmestrom, lade.grünstrom) and gas products (regio.gas, regio.gasFIX) — plus drinking water supply (regio.wasser) delivered through a 725 km pipeline network in partnership with Mindener Wasser GmbH. These core supply products are complemented by a customer-facing digital layer: the Kundenportal (24/7 online portal for contract management, meter reading submission, and account administration), electromobility services (lade.grünstrom), and gas/water network infrastructure services (Gasnetz, Wassernetz). The company also operates the Trinkwasserampel alert system to inform consumers about water supply conditions. The offering is structured as a unified regional utility platform serving both residential and business customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• regio.strom: Regional electricity tariff
• regio.grünstrom
• regio.grünstromPlus
• regio.grünstromFIX
• regio.grünstromVARIO
• regio.wärmestrom
• lade.grünstrom
• regio.gas
• regio.gasFIX
• regio.wasser
• Kult-Ente
• Trinkwasserampel

Products and services

• regio.strom Standard regional electricity tariff providing reliable power supply for households in the Minden area.
• regio.grünstrom Green electricity tariff sourced from renewable energy, offering environmentally conscious power supply for Minden region customers.
• regio.grünstromPlus Premium green electricity tariff with enhanced renewable credentials and additional sustainability features.
• regio.grünstromFIX Fixed-price green electricity tariff with guaranteed energy price through end of 2027, providing price certainty for customers.
• regio.grünstromVARIO Flexible green electricity tariff with variable pricing structure for customers who wish to benefit from market fluctuations.
• regio.wärmestrom Electricity tariff specifically designed for heating systems and heat pumps in residential properties.
• lade.grünstrom Green electricity tariff tailored for electric vehicle charging, providing renewable power for EV owners.
• regio.gas Standard regional natural gas tariff supplying households in the Minden area with gas for heating and cooking.
• regio.gasFIX Fixed-price natural gas tariff with guaranteed energy price through end of 2027, offering price stability for customers.
• regio.wasser Drinking water supply service delivering approximately 4.5 billion liters per year through a 725-kilometer pipeline network to households in the Minden area, operated in partnership with Mindener Wasser GmbH.
• Elektromobilität (e-mobility services) Electromobility product line including charging electricity tariffs and related services for EV owners in the Minden region.
• Gasnetz (gas network infrastructure services) Gas distribution network operations including house connections, service area coverage, installer services, market communication, and network usage management. The L-to-H-Gas conversion was completed on August 12, 2025.
• Wassernetz (water network infrastructure services) Drinking water distribution network covering 725 kilometers of pipelines, including house connections, standpipe rental, supply security, water extraction, and quality analysis. Operated in partnership with Mindener Wasser GmbH.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~€313 total annual savings for dual-fuel customers (electricity + gas) from January 2026 price reductions (~€169 electricity + ~€145 gas)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Deutsche Umwelt-Aktion (DUA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner for the elementary school water education program (Grundschulprojekt). DUA representatives conduct interactive water education sessions at Minden elementary schools, teaching children about the water cycle, water conservation, and drinking water quality. The program is offered free of charge to all interested Minden schools.
• Kinderschutzbund Minden-Bad Oeynhausen e.V.minorOthersCharitable partner receiving donations from the proceeds of the limited-edition Kult-Ente merchandise. The company rounds up the sales price and donates the full amount to the association's children and youth projects in the region. Kult-Ente is sold at the customer center.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• E.ON SE: One of Germany's largest integrated utilities, active in electricity distribution, retail supply, and energy networks across NRW and nationally — sets competitive baseline and network-operator benchmarks relevant to Mindener Stadtwerke.
• RWE AG: Major German energy incumbent with generation, network operations and retail activities in NRW. Comparable in terms of network/regulatory exposure; provides reference for utility-scale economics in the same federal state.
• EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg: Large integrated German utility with municipal and retail operations. Relevant comparable for green-tariff product design and the multi-utility business model Mindener Stadtwerke runs at municipal scale.

Regional players

• Stadtwerke Bonn: Mid-sized NRW municipal utility (Strom, Gas, Wasser, Wärme) — same German municipal-utility model, similar regulatory framework, comparable product structure to Mindener.
• SWK Stadtwerke Krefeld: NRW municipal utility with electricity, gas, water and district-heating services. Comparable multi-utility footprint and Stadtwerke governance model in a similarly-sized German city.
• Stadtwerke Bielefeld: Larger municipal utility in Bielefeld, the regional anchor city of Ostwestfalen-Lippe. Operates the same three-utility stack in an adjacent market; useful benchmark for scaling economics Mindener Stadtwerke could pursue.
• badenova AG & Co. KG: Regional municipal utility in Baden-Württemberg supplying electricity, gas, water and heat. Comparable municipal-utility profile with strong regional identity and sustainability positioning.

Direct peers

• Stadtwerke Bad Oeynhausen: Municipal utility in the immediate neighbouring city of Bad Oeynhausen. Same Amtsgericht jurisdiction, same region, comparable scale and service mix (electricity, gas, water). Most directly comparable peer in the dataset.
• Stadtwerke Herford: Municipal utility in Herford, the same Ostwestfalen-Lippe sub-region. Closely comparable scale, multi-utility product mix, and customer profile to Mindener Stadtwerke.
• Stadtwerke Detmold: Municipal utility serving Detmold in Ostwestfalen-Lippe — same operating region (NRW, Ostwestfalen-Lippe) as Mindener Stadtwerke. Comparable product portfolio (Strom, Gas, Wasser) and customer base size.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookde-de.facebook.com/MindenerStadtwerke
• Instagraminstagram.com/mindenerstadtwerke
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mindener-stadtwerke-gmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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