StadtBetrieb Bornheim AöR

What StadtBetrieb Bornheim AöR does

StadtBetrieb Bornheim AöR is a municipal public-law institution (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) wholly owned by the City of Bornheim in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, established in 2008 to deliver essential local-government services to the municipality's roughly 48,000 residents. Its service portfolio centers on drinking-water supply (Wasserversorgung), wastewater collection and treatment (Abwasserentsorgung — operations fully absorbed into the AöR on 1 January 2013), street lighting across 4,500+ fixtures (Straßenbeleuchtung), cemetery management (Friedhofswesen), road and green-space maintenance (Betriebshof), and a green-waste plus electronic-scrap drop-off point. A separate HallenFreizeitBad sub-brand extends the portfolio into recreational facility operation.

The business operates a regulated, usage-based revenue model anchored by published municipal fee schedules — wastewater at €3.83 per cubic meter of discharged wastewater and precipitation-water charges at €1.85 per square meter of impervious surface (effective 1 January 2026) — alongside water-supply charges, standpipe rental, and tax-funded allocations for infrastructure maintenance, winter service, and street cleaning. Distribution is direct-to-citizen through a physical office at Donnerbachweg 15, an online service portal (onlineservice.service-rz.de) for meter-reading self-service, downloadable forms via a Formular-Center, a smart-city fault-reporting channel for street lighting, and field crews for on-site service. The public-facing website runs on TYPO3 CMS, and the organization is led by Vorstand (sole executive) Oliver Schmitz with approximately 5 direct employees and a broader operational footprint delivered via municipal works yard staff and contracted partners such as SPIE SAG for off-hours lighting assistance. Marketing is limited to the official municipal website and the recreational facility's separate site, consistent with the statutory, non-competitive nature of AöR services.

Name

StadtBetrieb Bornheim AöR

Legal name

StadtBetrieb Bornheim AöR

Website

https://stadtbetrieb-bornheim.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

StadtBetrieb Bornheim AöR is a municipal public-law utility owned by the City of Bornheim, Germany, providing water supply, wastewater treatment, street lighting across 4,500+ fixtures, cemetery services, and road/green-space maintenance to the municipality's residents and businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Utility Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Detention, Retention & Storage Systems (Ponds, Tanks, Vaults) (EUANAEAD)

Keywords

• Municipal utility services
• Drinking water supply
• Wastewater management
• Street lighting maintenance
• Cemetery services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bornheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Wastewater fees: Wastewater fees charged to citizens based on cubic meters of discharged wastewater (Schmutzwasser) and surface area for precipitation water (Niederschlagswasser).
2. Water supply services: Water supply services to Bornheim residents, including meter management and standpipe rental.
3. Municipal infrastructure services: Street maintenance, street lighting, green waste collection, and cemetery management services funded through municipal taxes and fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

StadtBetrieb Bornheim AöR is a municipal public utility providing drinking water supply, wastewater collection and treatment, street lighting operation and maintenance, cemetery services, green waste and electronic waste collection, and a construction/maintenance yard (Betriebshof) handling road repairs, winter service, and public space upkeep for the City of Bornheim. Service is delivered directly to local residents and businesses through a physical office, an online portal, and field operations.

Product overview

StadtBetrieb Bornheim AöR is a municipal utility company (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) providing essential public services including water supply, wastewater disposal, street lighting, cemetery services, and road/green space maintenance. The core service portfolio centers on Wasserversorgung (drinking water supply) and Abwasserentsorgung (wastewater disposal), complemented by Straßenbeleuchtung (street lighting with 4,500+ fixtures), Friedhofswesen (cemetery services), and Betriebshof (construction and maintenance services). Additional offerings include green waste and electronic waste collection, an Online-Portal for meter reading management, a Formular-Center for downloadable service forms, and a Störungsmeldungen service for reporting infrastructure faults. The company is led by Vorstand Oliver Schmitz and is headquartered at Donnerbachweg 15, 53332 Bornheim.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wasserversorgung (Drinking Water Supply)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG: Large German integrated utility with significant municipal shareholding. Adjacent rather than directly competitive, but relevant for benchmarking capital-intensive regulated utility operations.

Direct peers

• Gelsenwasser AG: Specialist German water/wastewater utility with municipal shareholders operating across NRW and beyond. Comparable on the core water/wastewater mandate even though substantially larger than StadtBetrieb Bornheim.
• Stadtwerke Bonn GmbH: Municipal utility company serving Bonn, NRW, with a comparable portfolio of water, wastewater, and energy services under similar public-law governance. Closest regional structural analogue to StadtBetrieb Bornheim's AöR model.
• RheinEnergie AG: Major municipal utility serving the Cologne metropolitan region with water, energy, and waste services. Operates in the same NRW regulatory and municipal-ownership environment and competes/overlaps in adjacent service territories.

Broad incumbents

• Stadtwerke Köln GmbH: One of Germany's largest municipal multi-utility operators, headquartered in Cologne (NRW). Provides the same core categories of services (water, wastewater, energy) but at city-wide scale far exceeding Bornheim.
• Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG: Large NRW municipal utility providing water, wastewater, and energy to Düsseldorf. Same regulatory framework and municipal-ownership model as StadtBetrieb Bornheim, but materially larger in scale and service breadth.
• badenova AG & Co. KG: Regional municipal utility in Baden-Württemberg offering water, energy, and waste services with municipal shareholders. Comparable governance and service-mix archetype outside the NRW geography.
• Stadtwerke Aachen AG (STAWAG): Municipal utility in Aachen, NRW, offering water, energy, and municipal services under a comparable public-law ownership structure. Direct NRW peer with broader geographic scope.

Regional players

• Rhenag AG: Regional energy and utility service provider in NRW; explicitly referenced in StadtBetrieb Bornheim's own published data-protection contact information, evidencing an active operational interface.
• Stadtwerke Troisdorf GmbH: Municipal utility serving Troisdorf in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (NRW), neighbouring Bornheim. Closest geographic and scale analogue as a small single-city municipal multi-utility.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadtbetriebbornheim

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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