Zweckverband Kommunale Dienste

What Zweckverband Kommunale Dienste does

Zweckverband Kommunale Dienste is a municipal public law corporation (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) established on 1 July 2009 by the municipal councils of Stützengrün and Zschorlau under the Saxon Act on Municipal Cooperation (SächsKomZG §§ 44–70). It operates as a shared service Betrieb (utility) for these two small municipalities in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony, Germany, having taken over the former Bauhöfe (construction yards) of both member municipalities at inception. The organization delivers physical municipal services — infrastructure maintenance, winter road services (Winterdienst), green space management (Grünflächen), and building management (Gebäudemanagement) — through its own workforce and equipment, employing 19 staff at its headquarters on Bärenwalder Straße 29b in Stützengrün.

The entity is wholly owned by its two member municipalities; governance rests with the Verbandsversammlung (association assembly, composed of the two mayors and four council representatives for the 2024–2029 Wahlperiode) and the Verbandsvorsitzender, currently Wolfgang Leonhardt, Mayor of Zschorlau, with Volkmar Viehweg, Mayor of Stützengrün, serving as deputy chairman. No private shareholders, external investors, or parent holding company exist.

The business model is non-commercial in the conventional sense: revenue is generated through municipal service fees and budget allocations from Stützengrün and Zschorlau under the Sächsische Eigenbetriebsverordnung, rather than customer-facing pricing. Reported 2024 operating income (ordentliche Erträge) was €1,114,950.69 with a Jahresüberschuss of €61,548.87, following a €15,870.61 deficit in 2023 and a €6,205.58 deficit in 2025; the 2026 Wirtschaftsplan budgets revenues and expenditures at €1,357,684.00. The fleet and equipment base is renewed via public tendering, with suppliers including KLMV GmbH, Eberhard Franke GmbH, Scholz Fahrzeugteile GmbH, and Autohaus Bernd Leonhardt GmbH, and financing via Deutsche Leasing. There is no proprietary software product, no AI/ML capability, and no digital platform beyond an informational website and electronic official gazette.

Name

Zweckverband Kommunale Dienste

Legal name

Zweckverband Kommunale Dienste

Website

https://zweckverband-kommunale-dienste.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Zweckverband Kommunale Dienste is a German municipal public law corporation established in 2009, serving the municipalities of Stützengrün and Zschorlau in Saxony. It provides shared infrastructure maintenance, winter road services, green space management, and building management with 19 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Public Works Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Landscaping Services (561730), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUAIAAAF

Public Works / In-House Municipal Collection Operations

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Environmental Services (Waste Management, Recycling & Remediation)/Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Collection & Hauling

SECONDARYBPALAAAE

Street & Public Space Litter Collection (Municipal Cleaning)

Business & Public Services/Waste Management & Remediation Services/Municipal Solid Waste Collection & Hauling

SECONDARYHSAIABAK

Landscape Construction Project Management & General Contracting

Home & Personal Services/Landscaping, Lawn Care & Outdoor Maintenance/Landscape Design & Installation

Keywords

• Municipal infrastructure services
• Winter road maintenance
• Green space management
• Building management services
• Public works operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Stützengrün

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Zweckverband Kommunale Dienste is a municipal public-law service Betrieb that, since 01.07.2009, has taken over the Bauhöfe (public works yards) of its two member municipalities, Stützengrün and Zschorlau, in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony. It performs maintenance, care, and upkeep tasks for the member municipalities in the areas of infrastructure, winter road services (Winterdienst), green space management (Grünflächen), and building management (Gebäude-management), operating under Saxon municipal cooperation law (SächsKomZG).

Product overview

Zweckverband Kommunale Dienste is a municipal service company (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) that provides communal infrastructure services for the member municipalities of Stützengrün and Zschorlau in Saxony, Germany. Since its founding on 01.07.2009, the organization operates as a service Betrieb (utility/service company) handling maintenance, care, and upkeep tasks in the areas of infrastructure, winter services, green spaces, and building management. The company does not offer a technology product or software platform; rather, it is a traditional municipal service provider performing physical maintenance and operational services for public infrastructure. The organization operates under Saxon municipal cooperation law (SächsKomZG) and is governed by a Verbandsversammlung (association assembly) and Verbandsvorsitzender (association chairman).

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Products and services

• Infrastructure Maintenance Services (Infrastruktur-Wartung) Communal infrastructure maintenance, care and upkeep services performed by the Zweckverband for the member municipalities of Stützengrün and Zschorlau since 01.07.2009, delivered through an in-house municipal service Betrieb.
• Winter Road Services (Winterdienst) Winter road clearance and gritting services across the road networks of Stützengrün and Zschorlau, delivered through the Zweckverband's municipal vehicle fleet and equipment.
• Green Space Management (Grünflächen) Professional care and upkeep of municipal green spaces for the member municipalities of Stützengrün and Zschorlau, executed by the shared Zweckverband service Betrieb.
• Building Management (Gebäude-management) Maintenance, care and upkeep of municipal buildings and properties belonging to the member municipalities of Stützengrün and Zschorlau, delivered by the Zweckverband's in-house service Betrieb.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Zweckverband Wasserwerke WesterzgebirgecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMunicipal audit partnership for annual financial statement verification. The Zweckverband Wasserwerke Westerzgebirge (located at Am Wasserwerk 14, 08340 Schwarzenberg) conducts local audit (örtliche Prüfung) of annual financial statements and management reports. This partnership has been ongoing since at least 2010, with audit contracts ranging from 1,482.00 Euro to 1,897.20 Euro for annual audits.
• KLMV GmbHminorOthersVehicle supplier providing municipal equipment including Unimog U319 and U430 with spreader attachments and snowplows. Located at August-Bebel-Straße 4, 08228 Rodewisch. Multiple vehicle supply contracts awarded through public tendering.
• Autohaus Bernd Leonhardt GmbH & Co. KGminorOthersLocal vehicle dealer providing transporter supply services. Located at Hauptstraße 7, 08321 Zschorlau. Awarded contracts for van and transporter deliveries through public tendering.
• Scholz Fahrzeugteile GmbHminorOthersVehicle parts and equipment supplier located at An der Schöpsdrehe 14, 08525 Plauen. Awarded Multicar M31C supply contract.
• Eberhard Franke GmbHminorOthersVehicle and equipment supplier located at Gewerbestraße 5, 08141 Reinsdorf. Awarded multiple Multicar M31C contracts with spreader attachments and snowplows in 2026, with individual contracts ranging from 158,445.25 Euro to 158,836.90 Euro.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Deutschland: National subsidiary of a global environmental services group providing municipal waste, water, and infrastructure services across Germany. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering outsourcing alternatives to in-house Zweckverbände.
• Stadtwerke Chemnitz: Major municipal utility in Saxony providing a broad portfolio of communal services including infrastructure, green space, and building management. Comparable as a larger incumbent operating across multiple municipal service lines.
• Kommunale Wasserwerke Leipzig: Municipal utility (Stadtwerke-style) providing water and communal infrastructure services in the Leipzig region under public ownership. Comparable as a larger Saxon municipal utility operating under public-law corporation status.
• Remondis: Major German municipal services provider in waste, recycling, and infrastructure maintenance. Comparable as a private-sector broad incumbent that competes with or supplements municipal Zweckverbände.
• Stadtwerke Dresden: Large municipal utility in Saxony providing infrastructure and communal services across the Dresden region. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same Saxon public-utility ecosystem.

Regional players

• Kreiswerke Erzgebirge GmbH: District-level municipal services company in Erzgebirgskreis providing waste, recycling, and infrastructure services. Comparable as a regional municipal service provider operating in the same Erzgebirgskreis geography as the subject.

Direct peers

• Zweckverband Abfallwirtschaft Südwestsachsen: Saxon Zweckverband handling communal waste and environmental services for member municipalities in southwest Saxony. Directly comparable as a same-state, same-legal-form municipal service Zweckverband serving multiple member communes.
• Zweckverband Wasserwerke Westerzgebirge: A neighbouring municipal Zweckverband in the Erzgebirgskreis/Saxon region providing water services. Operates under the same SächsKomZG legal framework as the subject company and is also cited in the subject's filings as its statutory audit partner, reflecting structural and geographic comparability.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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