What Stadtwerke Leinfelden-Echterdingen does

Revenue mechanics are subscription- and consumption-based across residential, commercial (Gewerbekunden), large-customer (Großkunden), tenant (Mieterstrom), and municipal segments. Electricity tariffs include ÖkostromLE (TÜV-certified green), BürgerstromLE (with 0.5 ct/kWh routed to community projects voted on by customers), OnlinestromLE (discount online tariff), Heizstrom for heat pumps/storage heating, and a dynamic tariff requiring smart meters. Natural gas is sold as ErdgasLE with four consumption tiers (S/M/L/XL) and BiogasLE add-on (10% biogas content). Water pricing is per-cubic-meter, wastewater is volume-based, fiber connections carry one-time fees (~€1,970 net for house connection up to 8m plus installation), and parking uses transaction/per-minute fees with monthly/annual passes. Distribution is direct: an online customer center, in-person service at the Benzstraße headquarters (no call centers), and community engagement via BürgerstromLE drive customer acquisition and retention within a single municipality.

Name

Stadtwerke Leinfelden-Echterdingen

Legal name

Stadtwerke Leinfelden-Echterdingen

Website

https://stadtwerke-le.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Municipal utility (Eigenbetrieb) of Leinfelden-Echterdingen providing electricity, gas, water, wastewater, district heating, fiber broadband, e-mobility, parking, and municipal construction services to ~40,800 residents and local businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Utilities

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211), Steam and Air-Conditioning Supply (221330)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interconnection, Permitting & Grid Services for DERs (EUAMAJAH), DER Financing, Contracting & Program Management (PPAs, Shared Savings, Performance) (EUAFAHAL)

Keywords

• Municipal utility services
• Electricity and gas supply
• Drinking water distribution
• Wastewater treatment services
• Fiber optic broadband

Headquarters

HQ city

Leinfelden-Echterdingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Electricity Supply: Sale of electricity to residential and commercial customers including tariffs like ÖkostromLE (eco-electricity), BürgerstromLE (citizen electricity with community funding), OnlinestromLE (online tariff), and dynamic tariffs. Revenue from grid operation through associated company Netzgesellschaft Leinfelden Echterdingen (74.9% owned by Stadtwerke).
2. Natural Gas Supply: Sale of natural gas including ErdgasLE (tiered by consumption) and BiogasLE (10% biogas content). Tiered pricing based on annual consumption groups (S: up to 3,500 kWh, M: 3,501-35,000 kWh, L: 35,001-100,000 kWh, XL: 100,000+ kWh).
3. Parking Operations: Operation of parking facilities including Q1 P+R parking garage (274 spaces), Tiefgarage Zehntscheuer (127 spaces), P+R Leinfelden (35 spaces), P+R Oberaichen (104 spaces). Revenue from hourly rates, daily rates, and monthly/annual passes. Electric vehicle charging available at select locations.
4. Water Supply: Drinking water supply to approximately 40,800 residents. Water sourced from Lake Constance via Filderwasserversorgung and Bodenseewasserversorgung. Distribution through 168 km local network to approximately 7,500 household connections. Annual volume approximately 2.1 million cubic meters.
5. Wastewater Treatment: Wastewater collection and treatment services. Responsible for approximately 2.4 million cubic meters of wastewater annually. Operates treatment plants.
6. Fiber Optic Network: Construction and operation of fiber optic network (FTTH). Revenue from connection fees (including construction up to 8m and building entry) and installation charges. Provider-neutral network open to all providers.
7. Construction and Municipal Services: Baubetrieb department provides municipal services including street cleaning, winter maintenance, tree care (approximately 10,000 trees), green space maintenance, playground maintenance, sports facility management, street lighting, and waste collection.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Stadtwerke Leinfelden-Echterdingen is a municipal utility (Eigenbetrieb) supplying electricity, natural gas, drinking water from Lake Constance, wastewater treatment, district heating, fiber optic broadband (FTTH), municipal parking, E-mobility charging, photovoltaic systems, and municipal construction/landscaping services to approximately 40,800 residents and local businesses in Leinfelden-Echterdingen. The company operates a portfolio of branded energy tariffs (ÖkostromLE, BürgerstromLE, OnlinestromLE, ErdgasLE, BiogasLE, Heizstrom) and infrastructure assets including 168 km of water pipe network, a 74.9%-owned joint venture network operator, and a P2P fiber optic network.

Product overview

Stadtwerke Leinfelden-Echterdingen is a municipal utility providing integrated public services through a diverse portfolio of core products and add-on modules. The core offerings include electricity products (ÖkostromLE, BürgerstromLE, OnlinestromLE, Dynamischer Tarif, Heizstrom), natural gas (ErdgasLE with BiogasLE add-on), drinking water supply from Lake Constance, wastewater treatment, and district heating networks (Wärmenetz Historische Mitte). The mobility and parking suite encompasses parking facilities (Q1 Parkhaus, Tiefgarage Zehntscheuer), Bike and Ride services, E-Mobility charging infrastructure with the Stadtwerke Ladekarte, and Glasfaser fiber optic network using P2P FTTH technology. Additional services include the Happy-Sunshine-StromLE tenant electricity program, Photovoltaik installation on municipal buildings with a co-owned Biogasanlage, Baubetrieb construction and maintenance operations, Gewerbegebietsbeschilderung commercial signage, and Energieberatung consulting. An Online Servicezentrum provides digital account management. The portfolio is delivered as a unified municipal utility platform serving approximately 40,800 residents across residential, commercial, and institutional customer segments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ÖkostromLE: Green electricity product sourced from renewable energy sources and local cogeneration plants, avoiding nuclear and coal power.
• BürgerstromLE
• BürgerstromLE+
• OnlinestromLE
• ErdgasLE
• BiogasLE
• Happy-Sunshine-StromLE

Products and services

• Strom (Electricity Supply) Electricity supply to residential and commercial customers in Leinfelden-Echterdingen under multiple branded tariffs including ÖkostromLE (100% renewable energy, TÜV certified), BürgerstromLE (community-funded), BürgerstromLE+ (premium combined), OnlinestromLE (online discount), Heizstrom (for heat pumps and storage heaters), and Dynamischer Tarif (dynamic market pricing).
• Mieterstrom (Happy-Sunshine-StromLE) Tenant electricity service delivering solar power from building rooftops directly to tenants without traversing the public grid, reducing costs by avoiding grid fees. For tenants in rental properties within Leinfelden-Echterdingen.
• Erdgas (Natural Gas Supply) Natural gas supply tiered by consumption volume (S/M/L/XL) for heating, cooking, and hot water. Includes BiogasLE option with 10% biogas content meeting Renewable Energy Heat Act requirements. Includes limited price guarantee through December 31, 2026.
• Trinkwasser (Drinking Water Supply) Drinking water supply sourced 100% from Lake Constance via regional water associations Filderwasserversorgung and Bodenseewasserversorgung. Distributed through 168 km local network to approximately 7,500 household connections with annual delivery of approximately 2.1 million cubic meters.
• Abwasser (Wastewater Treatment) Wastewater collection and treatment services including operation of treatment plants, covering approximately 2.4 million cubic meters annually. Exclusive franchise operation in the municipal area.
• Parken (Municipal Parking) Municipal parking operations including Q1 P+R parking garage (274 spaces), underground Tiefgarage Zehntscheuer (127 spaces), P+R Leinfelden (35 spaces), and P+R Oberaichen (104 spaces). Features license plate recognition, EV charging, and EasyPark app integration.
• Bike and Ride Bicycle storage and mobility service offering rental boxes, collective garages, and lockers at various locations near public transit stops. Features include E-bike charging outlets at select locations.
• Wärme (District Heating) District heating network services covering Historical Center (Historische Mitte) and Gartenhallenbad areas, with energy centers providing centralized heat generation to residential and commercial buildings.
• Photovoltaik (Photovoltaic Systems) Solar energy services including installation and operation of PV systems on municipal buildings, consultation for private installations, and partnerships with property owners for rooftop solar systems. Operates a co-owned biogas plant producing 2.8 million kWh/year electricity and 2.1 million kWh/year heat from locally grown biomass.
• E-Mobilität (E-Mobility Charging) Electric mobility services including charging infrastructure at parking facilities, wallboxes, and the Stadtwerke Ladekarte charging card for public charging network access for electric vehicle owners.
• Glasfaser (Fiber Optic Network) High-speed fiber optic broadband network using Point-to-Point (P2P) technology with FTTH (Fiber to the Home) offering up to 100 GBit/s bandwidth and exclusive dedicated connections to each customer. Provider-neutral open network available to all ISPs.
• Baubetrieb (Municipal Construction Services) Municipal construction and maintenance services including street lighting, traffic signals, road maintenance, winter services, tree care (approximately 10,000 trees), green space maintenance, playground and sports facility management (44 playgrounds, 8 ball fields, 4 large sports facilities).
• Gewerbegebietsbeschilderung (Commercial Area Signage) Commercial area signage service providing stainless steel signs with info panels directing visitors to businesses in commercial zones. Minimum rental period of three years for businesses in Leinfelden-Echterdingen.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,800 residents served with utility services
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TelekomcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 March 2022Cooperation partner for broadband expansion. Telekom began connecting houses in southern Echterdingen in March 2022 as part of LE's membership in the Gigabit Region Stuttgart. Telekom plans to extend fiber to Leinfelden by 2026 and complete Echterdingen by end of 2026. The city is working with other telecom companies for Stetten and Musberg.
• Biogas Leinfelden-Echterdingen GmbH & Co. KGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Joint venture founded in 2007 between local farmers from Leinfelden-Echterdingen and Stadtwerke LE to generate electricity and heat from locally grown biomass. The biogas plant has been operating since 2008, producing approximately 2,800,000 kWh electricity and 2,100,000 kWh heat annually. Feedstock includes corn silage (55%), whole plant silage (12%), grass/green waste (5%), grass silage (10%), straw (1%), horse manure (17%), and digestate mixture (~2,500 t).
• Netze BW GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationNetwork operator for electricity and gas grids. The municipal utility holds 74.9% and EnBW 25.1% in the joint venture Netzgesellschaft Leinfelden Echterdingen. Netze BW GmbH operates as tenant managing the actual network operations. For electricity and gas outages, customers are directed to contact Netze BW GmbH directly.
• Netze BW (for fiber connections)coreTechnology or IntegrationCustomers interested in photovoltaic systems are directed to Netze BW for connection procedures. PV system registration must go through Netze BW's Niederspannungsnetz (low-voltage grid).
• vhs Leinfelden-EchterdingenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMunicipal utility supports LE-MINT Academy with 500 EUR funding. LE-MINT Academy is the future lab of vhs Leinfelden-Echterdingen where children and teenagers discover MINT subjects (mathematics, informatics, natural sciences, technology) through creative projects.
• Filderwasserversorgung and BodenseewasserversorgungcoreTechnology or IntegrationWater supply from Lake Constance (Bodensee) through these Zweckverbände (associations). The entire city area of Leinfelden-Echterdingen is supplied 100% with Lake Constance water.
• Bürgerverein LE-SolarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal citizens' association for solar energy. Municipal utility took over the photovoltaic system on the Philipp-Matthäus-Hahn-Gymnasium roof from this association.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Stadtwerke Stuttgart: Larger municipal utility serving the greater Stuttgart region, including overlapping infrastructure responsibilities near Leinfelden-Echterdingen. Directly comparable as a multi-vertical Stadtwerke with electricity, water, district heating, fiber, and mobility services, though at materially larger scale.
• Stadtwerke Tübingen: Nearby Baden-Württemberg municipal utility with similar product breadth (electricity, gas, water, wastewater, district heating, fiber, parking). Closely comparable in governance structure (Eigenbetrieb), scale band, and regulatory environment.
• Stadtwerke Esslingen: Municipal utility in Esslingen am Neckar, neighboring Leinfelden-Echterdingen. Operates an analogous portfolio of municipal utility services under comparable municipal ownership and regulatory framework.
• Stadtwerke Filderstadt: Municipal utility for the adjacent city of Filderstadt, sharing the Filder plain geography. Comparable in customer scale (~45K residents) and municipal multi-utility service scope.
• Stadtwerke Ludwigsburg-Kornwestheim: Municipal utility in the greater Stuttgart region operating electricity, gas, water, wastewater, district heating, and fiber services. Closely comparable mid-sized Baden-Württemberg Stadtwerke with similar product portfolio and Eigenbetrieb governance.

Broad incumbents

• EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg: Dominant Baden-Württemberg energy incumbent, 25.1% JV partner in Stadtwerke LE's Netzgesellschaft and the parent of grid operator Netze BW. EnBW competes in retail electricity/gas across the same service area and sets the competitive ceiling on commodity pricing.
• Netze BW: EnBW subsidiary operating as tenant manager of Stadtwerke LE's electricity and gas grid. Operates the distribution network infrastructure that Stadtwerke LE depends on, and provides a comparable template for grid operations at scale across Baden-Württemberg.
• Deutsche Telekom: Channel partner co-investing in Stadtwerke LE's fiber expansion under the Gigabit Region Stuttgart program. Comparable as a national broadband provider and the largest competing ISP on Stadtwerke LE's open-access FTTH network.

Regional players

• Zweckverband Bodenseewasserversorgung: Regional water supply association supplying 100% of Leinfelden-Echterdingen's drinking water from Lake Constance. Functions as upstream supplier and comparable regional water Zweckverband operator across southern Baden-Württemberg.
• Zweckverband Filderwasserversorgung: Regional water association also feeding Leinfelden-Echterdingen's supply from Lake Constance. Directly comparable as a Zweckverband utility structure and inter-municipal water provider.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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