JKP Vodovod i Kanalizacija Novi Sad

What JKP Vodovod i Kanalizacija Novi Sad does

JKP Vodovod i Kanalizacija Novi Sad is a publicly owned municipal water and sewerage utility serving the city of Novi Sad in the Vojvodina region of Serbia. The "JKP" prefix stands for "Javno Komunalno Preduzeće" (Public Communal Enterprise), confirming its status as a state-/city-owned communal service provider rather than a privately held commercial company. Its functional mandate is the provision of potable water supply and wastewater collection/treatment across its designated urban service territory, serving households, commercial businesses, public institutions, and industrial users within the Novi Sad agglomeration.

Core operations revolve around the abstraction, treatment, and distribution of drinking water and the collection, transport, and treatment of wastewater through an extensive underground pipe network and treatment-plant infrastructure. Specific technical architecture, treatment capacity figures, network length, and customer connection counts were not retrievable from the source data — the entity's website (vikns.rs) returned only a loading/verification placeholder at the time of capture, and structured fields for products, technology, certifications, and management were all empty.

The business model is that of a regulated municipal utility: revenue is generated through tariff-based charges (per cubic meter of water consumed and/or wastewater discharged) set in coordination with the founding municipality and relevant Serbian regulatory authorities. As a JKP, the entity operates under a municipally granted exclusive franchise within its service territory and is not exposed to direct competitive pressure for in-territory customers. No product launches, partnerships, M&A activity, leadership changes, or funding events were disclosed in the source material; the company appears to operate as a stable, infrastructure-anchored local service provider rather than a growth-stage or venture-backed entity.

Name

JKP Vodovod i Kanalizacija Novi Sad

Website

https://vikns.rs

Company type

Private

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

JKP Vodovod i Kanalizacija Novi Sad is a municipally owned public utility company providing potable water supply and wastewater/sewerage services to households, businesses, and institutions across the city of Novi Sad, Serbia, operating under a regulated tariff-based monopoly franchise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water and Wastewater Utilities

NAICS

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

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIACAG

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

SECONDARYEUANACAE

Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Control & Mitigation

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Water & Wastewater Utilities/Wastewater Collection (Sewer Networks)

SECONDARYEUANAKAL

Field Operations & Repair Services (Emergency Response, Leak Repair, Crew Dispatch)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Water & Wastewater Utilities/Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction & Leak Detection

Keywords

• Water utility services
• Sewage management
• Wastewater treatment
• Drinking water supply
• Municipal utilities

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain

Core offering

JKP Vodovod i Kanalizacija Novi Sad is a public utility company operating in Novi Sad, Serbia, providing drinking water supply and sewage/wastewater collection and treatment services to households, businesses, and institutions within its service area. As a Javno Komunalno Preduzeće (JKP) municipal utility, it is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and development of water and wastewater infrastructure for the city of Novi Sad and surrounding Vojvodina region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Drinking water supply
• Sewage and wastewater collection
• Wastewater treatment

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• JKP Naissus Niš: Municipal water and wastewater utility for Niš, Serbia's third-largest city. Identical JKP institutional structure, identical regulatory and tariff framework, comparable mid-tier scale, making it the closest like-for-like benchmark within Serbia.
• JKP Beogradski vodovod i kanalizacija: Public communal enterprise (JKP) operating Belgrade's water and wastewater networks. Direct comparator: same institutional form, same Serbian regulatory environment, same line of business (potable supply + sewage collection/treatment), only difference is scale (Belgrade is ~10x larger).
• JKP Vodovod Subotica: Municipal water utility serving Subotica in Vojvodina — same region and political/administrative environment as the subject. Comparable customer base and tariff structure; useful for regional benchmarking of NRW, metering penetration, and operating cost.
• JKP Vodovod Kragujevac: Public communal enterprise delivering water and wastewater services to Kragujevac, Serbia. Same institutional form (JKP), same sector regulator, similar industrial base (automotive, manufacturing) — directly comparable for performance and tariff benchmarking.

Regional players

• Vodovod i kanalizacija d.o.o. Banja Luka: Municipal water and wastewater operator in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Comparable publicly owned utility with the same municipal-concession model and similar legacy infrastructure challenges in a neighboring Western Balkans jurisdiction.
• Regional Waterworks Subotica-Senta-Kikinda consortium utilities: Smaller Vojvodina-region municipal water operators working in regional consortia. Comparable institutional form and same regional/political economy; relevant for benchmarking district-scale operations and inter-municipal cooperation models.

Broad incumbents

• SAUR (Veolia) Serbia operations: Global water utility services operator (formerly part of Veolia) active across Eastern Europe with municipal concessions. Comparable in the water-services line of business but operates under PPP/concession models rather than the JKP public-enterprise form typical in Serbia.

Others

• Beohidro (BH) engineering / utility services: Serbian engineering and water infrastructure services firms supporting municipal utilities. Adjacent ecosystem participant providing construction, network rehabilitation, and SCADA services to JKP operators like the subject — relevant for understanding the subcontractor/supplier base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jkp-vodovod-i-kanalizacija-novi-sad

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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