Kanal Oberreiter GmbH

What Kanal Oberreiter GmbH does

Kanal Oberreiter GmbH is a family-owned canal and pipe infrastructure services company headquartered in Töging am Inn, Bavaria, founded in 1986 by Konrad Oberreiter as a part-time agricultural supplement emptying farm pits, and now led by his son Stefan Oberreiter after a 1992/1993 succession that converted the firm into a GmbH. The company operates from a single headquarters with a dedicated office and garage facility built in 2003, and today runs a 60+ person organization serving a roughly 400 km radius across Southern Bavaria (Oberbayern and Niederbayern) including the Munich area. Revenue model is project- and contract-based professional services, with quote-based pricing (no public rate cards) spanning municipal maintenance tenders, commercial/industrial recurring contracts, and 24/7 emergency residential calls routed through a direct hotline.

The core offering is a vertically integrated canal-services stack delivered under one roof: TV inspection with 3D path and deformation measurement (IPEK camera systems, DIN EN 13508-2 documentation); high-pressure canal cleaning for DN50 to DN3000 using suction-flush vehicles with optional water-recovery (up to 80% water reduction); and trenchless rehabilitation covering BRAWOLINER liners, short liners, hat profiles, KA-TE/Pipetronics robotic milling and grouting, and epoxy resin coating. Supporting lines include leak testing per DIN EN 1610 / DIN 1986-30, ADR-certified hazardous-waste transport (22 m³ suction-pressure tankers), separator maintenance per DIN 1999-100, pit emptying, residential pipe cleaning, and flood prevention/backflow protection. All work is delivered with company-owned specialized fleet and personnel — no resellers or intermediaries.

The business sells into three primary segments — municipalities (VOB/DIN-compliant canal network maintenance), commercial and industrial clients (separator maintenance, leak testing, industrial waste transport, ongoing maintenance contracts), and private households (24/7 emergency unclogging and pipe cleaning) — plus a secondary segment of engineering offices seeking norm-compliant inspection data. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales for tenders and contracts with a direct-to-consumer emergency channel. Competitive positioning rests on a modern specialized fleet (the "Die großen Gelben" yellow vehicles), stacked certifications (EfbV through 2027, Güteschutz Kanalbau, WHG through Jan 2027, ADR, Präqualifikation for public procurement) that gate-keep regulated work, and a single-team accountability model that distinguishes the firm from one-truck "Kanal-Hai" competitors in the residential market.

Name

Kanal Oberreiter GmbH

Legal name

Kanal Oberreiter GmbH

Website

https://oberreiter.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kanal Oberreiter GmbH is a family-owned canal and pipe infrastructure services company based in Töging am Inn, Bavaria, delivering integrated TV inspection, high-pressure cleaning, and trenchless rehabilitation plus ADR-certified hazardous-waste transport to municipalities, commercial/industrial clients, and private households across Southern Bavaria.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Drainage and Sewer Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (237110), Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (23711)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Drain Cleaning (Commercial/Industrial) (HSAOABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sewer & Stormwater Line Cleaning (Jetting, Rooting) (BPALAMAG), Sewer Inspection & Condition Assessment (CCTV, Smoke/Dye Testing) (BPALAMAH), Stormwater Drainage Network Operations & Maintenance (Cleaning, CCTV, Jetting) (EUANAEAB)

Keywords

• Canal cleaning services
• Trenchless pipe rehabilitation
• Sewer inspection services
• Hazardous waste transport
• Drainage maintenance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Töging am Inn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Canal Services: Service fees from canal cleaning, inspection, renovation, and maintenance services for municipalities, commercial businesses, and private households. Revenue generated through project-based service contracts and emergency call-out services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kanal Oberreiter GmbH provides canal and sewer infrastructure services including TV inspection, high-pressure cleaning, trenchless rehabilitation (relining), leak testing, hazardous waste transport, separator maintenance, pit emptying, pipe cleaning, and flood prevention. The company serves municipalities and cities, commercial/industrial operators, and private households across southern Bavaria from its base in Töging am Inn.

Product overview

Kanal Oberreiter GmbH is a family-owned canal infrastructure services company offering a comprehensive, integrated service portfolio for canal and pipe systems. The core offering combines TV canal inspection (with 3D measurement), canal cleaning (DN50-DN3000), and trenchless canal rehabilitation (liner, short liner, robot milling, epoxy coating) into a unified service approach with single-point accountability. Supporting services include leak testing (DIN EN 1610), special waste transport (ADR-certified), separator maintenance, pit emptying, pipe cleaning, and flood prevention. The company operates its own fleet of specialized vehicles and equipment, providing all services from a single team to reduce coordination burden for clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TV Canal Inspection

Quantifiable outcome

• Water consumption reduced by up to 80% on construction sites with water recovery vehicles
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DTS GmbH Kanal- und Tiefbau: German sewer construction and rehabilitation contractor offering trenchless rehabilitation, inspection, and cleaning — overlapping with Oberreiter's rehab and inspection offerings for municipal customers.
• Kanal Türpe GmbH & Co. KG: Stuttgart-based family-owned sewer services company offering TV inspection, cleaning, and rehabilitation across Baden-Württemberg — the most direct structural analogue to Oberreiter in a different German region, with comparable fleet and certification model.
• KVS GmbH Kanal- und Verkehrsservice: Mid-sized German sewer/canal service operator focused on cleaning, TV inspection, and rehabilitation for municipalities and industry. Closely matches Oberreiter on services, customer mix, and equipment-driven operating model.
• Rohr-Reinigungs-Service Helmut Himmler GmbH: Bavarian regional sewer and pipe cleaning company serving municipalities and commercial clients; a like-for-like regional peer competing for the same southern German municipal tenders.

Broad incumbents

• Remondis Süd GmbH: Part of the Remondis group, one of Germany's largest waste and water service companies. Active in sewer cleaning, inspection, and wastewater logistics — a broad incumbent with overlapping municipal capabilities.
• Veolia Umweltservice Süd GmbH: German subsidiary of Veolia, the global water and waste services group. Competes with Oberreiter for larger municipal and industrial wastewater/sewer contracts as part of a much broader waste-to-resource portfolio.
• Strabag Umwelttechnik GmbH: Subsidiary of the Strabag construction group active in sewer rehabilitation and trenchless technology across Germany and Europe — competes on larger infrastructure rehabilitation contracts than Oberreiter typically pursues.
• Roto-Rooter: U.S.-based national plumbing, drain, and sewer service franchise. Comparable business model in residential/commercial drain cleaning and emergency response, though operating in a different regulatory and scale context.

Others

• KA-TE System AG: Swiss-based developer of robotic sewer rehabilitation systems (milling, filling, sealing). A key equipment supplier and ecosystem peer whose technology is directly deployed in Oberreiter's rehab work.
• BRAWOLINER by Karl Otto Braun GmbH & Co. KG: Manufacturer of the BRAWOLINER trenchless liner system used by Oberreiter. A technology supplier whose products shape Oberreiter's rehabilitation offering, and adjacent to the company through equipment partnership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kanaloberreiter

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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