Nyírségvíz Zrt.

What Nyírségvíz Zrt. does

Nyírségvíz Zrt. is a regionally licensed water and wastewater utility serving 91 municipalities in the Nyírség region of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Hungary, with a user base of more than 515,000 equivalents as of early 2020. The company was formed in 1996 through the transformation of a predecessor joint municipal enterprise, founded by 29 local governments and the Hungarian State, with Nyíregyháza Megyei Jogú Városa currently holding a majority stake above 52.8%. Its core operations comprise drinking water supply — sourced from protected underground aquifers via sealed deep wells and distributed through 43 treatment plants, including the Kótaj, Paszab and Nyírtelek facilities serving Nyíregyháza — and wastewater collection and treatment, achieving 100% drinking water coverage and 72% sewer coverage across its territory. Supporting infrastructure includes 1,343 wastewater pumping stations, a centralized laboratory performing daily quality testing from well to tap, intelligent (smart) pumps with automated retry and supervisory escalation, sponge-pigging pipe cleaning, and remote meter reading enabling bi-monthly billing on actual consumption. CEO since April 2020 is Tóth István.

The company's business model is that of a regulated natural monopoly under the Hungarian water utility framework supervised by MEKH (Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority). Tariffs are set by government decree rather than by the company; residential prices have been reduced by at least 10% since July 2013 under the Utility Cost Reduction Act (rezsicsökkentés), with further non-residential tariff revisions effective March 2025 and July 2026 per ministerial decree. Residential customers are billed bimonthly (with annual settlement based on actual reads for non-remote-read customers), non-residential customers monthly, both on a consumption basis. Customer engagement runs through a central customer office in Nyíregyháza, branch offices in Mátészalka, Kisvárda, Ibrány and Nyírbátor, phone and email channels, an online portal, a Q-TIMER appointment system, and a Díjnet-based electronic invoicing service. Supplementary revenue streams include a commercial laboratory testing service (lead testing at HUF 2,400 + VAT per test, with promotional discounts on World Water Day), smart meter rollouts under the Intelligens Hálózat Mintaprojekt pilot, and KEHOP 2.1.7-funded community awareness programs. There is no disclosed revenue, no venture funding, and no M&A activity in the input data.

Name

Nyírségvíz Zrt.

Legal name

Nyírségvíz Zrt.

Website

https://nyirsegviz.hu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nyírségvíz Zrt. is a Hungarian regulated water and wastewater utility serving 515,000+ user equivalents across 91 municipalities in the Nyírség region via 43 treatment plants and 1,343 pumping stations, with a municipal-state ownership structure dominated by Nyíregyháza.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Utility Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Sanitary Services (4950), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Quality Monitoring, Compliance & Reporting (Sampling, Lab, Regulatory) (EUANAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Distribution System Water Quality & Integrity Monitoring (residuals, DBPs, nitrification, corrosion) (EUANAJAI), Monitoring & Control (Dosing Systems, Remote Monitoring, Sensors) (BPABAJAK), Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

Keywords

• Water utility services
• Wastewater treatment
• Drinking water supply
• Municipal water systems
• Sewerage services

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Nyírségvíz Zrt. is a Hungarian regional water utility company that provides drinking water supply (ivóvízszolgáltatás) and wastewater collection and treatment (szennyvízelvezetés és -tisztítás) services across 91 municipalities in the Nyírség region of Hungary. The company operates 43 water treatment plants and 1,343 wastewater pumping stations, and is supported by a Central Laboratory (Központi Laboratórium) for water quality testing and analysis.

Product overview

Nyírségvíz Zrt. is a public water utility company providing essential infrastructure services across 91 municipalities in the Nyírség region of Hungary. The core offering consists of two integrated services: drinking water supply (ivóvízszolgáltatás) sourced from protected underground aquifers and distributed through 43 water treatment plants, and wastewater collection and treatment (szennyvízelvezetés és -tisztítás) with a 72% sewer coverage rate. These core services are supplemented by a centralized laboratory for water quality testing, smart water meters deployed as part of a smart grid pilot project, and customer-facing digital tools including an online customer portal (Online Ügyfélszolgálat), electronic invoicing via the Díjnet platform (E-Számla), and a Q-TIMER-based appointment booking system. The portfolio is rounded out by water meter replacement and certification services. The company also conducts community awareness programs (Szemléletformáló programok) funded by KEHOP 2.1.7 to educate the public on water conservation and proper wastewater disposal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KEHOP 2.1.7 – Szemléletformáló program: Environmental awareness and educational programs on water and wastewater services, funded by the Hungarian KEHOP 2.1.7 grant project.

Products and services

• Drinking Water Supply (Ivóvízszolgáltatás) Potable water delivery service for residential and non-residential consumers across 91 municipalities in the Nyírség region of Hungary, sourced and treated through 43 water treatment plants. Customers subscribe to the service under government-regulated residential (lakossági) and non-residential (nem lakossági) tariff categories.
• Wastewater Collection and Treatment (Szennyvízelvezetés és -tisztítás) Sewerage collection and biological/chemical treatment of wastewater for residential and non-residential consumers across the Nyírség region, supported by 1,343 wastewater pumping stations. Customers subscribe to the service under government-regulated tariff categories.
• Central Laboratory Testing Services (Központi Laboratórium) Water quality and analytics laboratory services supporting drinking water and wastewater operations, providing regulated testing and analysis for compliance with water quality standards.
• Water Meter Services Water meter installation, certification, replacement, and remote reading (távleolvasás) services for residential and non-residential customers, supporting accurate consumption measurement and billing.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fővárosi Vízművek Zrt. Budapest's municipal water utility, the largest in Hungary. Operates the same core drinking-water supply and wastewater business under the same national regulatory framework (MEKH), but at substantially greater scale.
• Tiszamenti Regionális Vízművek Zrt. (TRV Zrt.): Hungarian regional water utility referenced directly on Nyírségvíz's own website (Újfehértó water-tower operations). Operates the same drinking-water and wastewater business model in adjacent territories of northeastern Hungary, making it the closest comparable peer.
• Északmagyarországi Regionális Vízművek Zrt. (ÉRV Zrt.): Regional water utility operating in northern Hungary with comparable municipal aggregation model, MEKH regulatory oversight, and combined drinking-water/wastewater service portfolio.
• Pannon-Víz Zrt. Regional water utility serving western Hungarian municipalities. Comparable in service portfolio (drinking water + wastewater), regulatory regime, and municipal-customer base.
• ALFÖLDVÍZ Zrt. Regional Hungarian water and wastewater utility serving multiple municipalities across the Great Hungarian Plain. Same regulated-utility model, similar capital-intensive treatment plant and pumping-station footprint, and comparable municipal/state ownership.
• Szegedi Vízmű Zrt. Water utility serving Szeged and surrounding settlements in southeastern Hungary. Same regulated multi-municipality water/wastewater service model under Hungarian utility law.
• Duna Menti Regionális Vízmű Zrt. (DMRV Zrt.): Regional water utility serving municipalities along the Danube in northern Hungary. Closely comparable in terms of multi-municipal service territory, regulated tariffs, and treatment-plant network.

Broad incumbents

• SUEZ Water Hungary: International water-services incumbent with Hungarian operations. Provides comparable water and wastewater services to municipalities via concessions, competing for the same municipal contracts that drive Nyírségvíz's territory expansion.
• Veolia Water Hungary: Global water and environmental services group operating in Hungary. Competes indirectly via outsourced O&M contracts and concession models that overlap with Nyírségvíz's service territory boundaries.

Others

• MEKH (Magyar Energetikai és Közmű-szabályozási Hivatal): Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority that approves Nyírségvíz's business regulations and tariff framework. Relevant as the principal regulator shaping every aspect of the company's economics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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