What Stork Umweltdienste Gmbh does

Stork Umweltdienste GmbH is a family-owned German waste management, recycling, and secondary raw materials company headquartered in Magdeburg. Founded in 1993, the group has expanded to 18 companies operating at 11 locations across Germany with 500+ employees, structured around the Stork family's controlling ownership and four managing directors (Kerstin Stork, Bernhard Stork, Paul Stork, Martin Lorenz). The company serves industrial and commercial enterprises, municipalities, and private customers with a horizontal segmentation model across these segments.

The company's core offering combines waste processing, recovery, and disposal services with downstream production of secondary raw materials and recycled construction inputs. Specialized capabilities include metal separation and recovery (aluminum, copper, stainless steel) from incineration slag and waste streams, mineral mixing for road construction and landfill applications, mobile processing technology for on-site deployments, and industrial dismantling and pollutant remediation. Underlying technology includes sink-float metal separation systems, mobile processing plants, construction waste recycling systems, and a container fleet spanning skip (4-10 m³), roll-off (12-34 m³), and specialized hazardous material containers. The Magdeburg headquarters features trimodal logistics infrastructure with direct road, rail (33 wagons, 108 swap body containers), and waterway access via the Elbe and Mittelland Canal.

The business model generates revenue through service fees (waste disposal, container rental, dismantling, transport), commodity sales of recovered metals and recycled building materials, and contract-based industrial logistics. Pricing is quote-based and tailored to waste type, volume, and logistics requirements, with no publicly disclosed pricing or revenue figures. The group has executed inorganic growth through acquisitions of SERO GmbH (industrial dismantling and remediation) and the announced acquisition of Lobbe Gruppe's metal recycling business (effective January 1, 2026, to operate as SMR Metallrecycling GmbH), and has expanded geographically via a Polish joint venture with JD Group.

Name

Stork Umweltdienste Gmbh

Legal name

STORK Umweltdienste GmbH

Website

https://stork-umwelt.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Short description

STORK Umweltdienste GmbH is a family-owned German waste management and recycling group headquartered in Magdeburg, operating 18 companies at 11 locations with 500+ employees. It specializes in mineral waste processing, metal recovery from incineration slag, recycled construction materials, and trimodal logistics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management & Recycling Services

NAICS

Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622), Materials Recovery Facilities (56292)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Secondary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3341)

akta.pro primary industry

Hazardous Waste Management (Collection/Treatment/Disposal) (IMAIAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Chemical Hazardous Waste Collection & Transportation (BPALAHAA), Chemical Tank Cleaning, Decontamination & Turnaround Waste Services (BPALAHAH), Commercial & Office Waste Collection (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAA)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Recycling and recovery
• Construction waste processing
• Industrial dismantling services
• Secondary raw materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Magdeburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Recycling and Waste Disposal Services: Core revenue from waste processing, recycling, and disposal services for industrial, municipal, and private customers. Services include hazardous and non-hazardous waste transport, handling, storage, treatment, and disposal.
2. Metal Recovery and Raw Material Sales: High-efficiency recovery and sale of metallic raw materials including aluminum, copper, stainless steel, and other metals extracted from waste streams
3. Construction Materials Production: Production and sale of recycled building materials including mineral mixtures for road construction and landfill restoration
4. Container and Transport Services: Container rental and logistics services including skip containers, roll-off containers, and specialized transport via road, rail, and waterway
5. Industrial Dismantling and Remediation: Building and industrial plant dismantling, pollutant remediation (asbestos), industrial cleaning, and specialist disposal services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stork Umweltdienste provides integrated environmental services including waste collection, transport, treatment and disposal, recycling of mineral and construction waste, recovery of ferrous, non-ferrous and stainless steel metals from incineration slag, container rental, mobile on-site processing, civil engineering and demolition, and winter road maintenance. The company also produces and sells recycled construction materials, recovered metals and recycled plastics as secondary raw materials.

Product overview

Stork Umweltdienste GmbH is a family-owned waste management and recycling company offering integrated environmental services. The core offering comprises recycling, recovery, and disposal services, complemented by container services (skip, roll-off, transfer, and special containers), mobile processing technology, handling/transloading with trimodal logistics (road, rail, water), civil engineering and demolition, and winter maintenance. The company produces recycled building materials, recovers metals (ferrous, non-ferrous including aluminum, copper, and stainless steel), and processes plastics. Key technologies include metal separation systems with sink-float technology, mineral mixing plants, mobile processing units, and construction waste recycling. The infrastructure includes an extensive vehicle fleet (over 100 towing units), specialized containers, and rail connections. The group has expanded through acquisitions including SERO GmbH (industrial dismantling and waste management) and SMR Metallrecycling GmbH (non-ferrous metal processing).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recycling / Recovery / Disposal Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 47,328 tons transported by rail in 2022
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Lobbe GruppemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 November 2025Acquisition of Lobbe Gruppe's metal recycling business in Braunsbedra, effective January 1, 2026. The acquired company operates as SMR Metallrecycling GmbH, extending STORK's capabilities in non-ferrous metal processing in fine-grained ranges.
• JD Group (Poland)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 September 2024Joint venture DS Recykling sp. z o.o. established in Poland. JD Group is a leading Polish building materials company focused on cement sales, fly ash recycling, slag, and rail freight. Partnership targets growing waste management market in Poland.
• 1. FC MagdeburgminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 June 2024PLATINPartner sponsorship of local football club for marketing and community engagement purposes.
• GSES (Bergwerk Glückauf Sondershausen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with Schmidt Kranz Group. STORK Unternehmensgruppe acquired stake in GSES, opening new disposal opportunities and strengthening market position. GSES is a mining company where STORK provides waste management services.
• SERO Sekundärrohstoffhandel & Industriedemontagen GmbHmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSTORK Group acquired SERO GmbH (founded 1990), expanding to 18 companies at 11 locations. SERO specializes in industrial dismantling, pollutant remediation (asbestos), industrial cleaning, and specialist waste management with 3 BImSchV-approved plants.
• Mindener Kreisbahnen GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRailway operator providing locomotive rental and rail transport services for STORK's freight train operations between Magdeburg, Piesteritz, and Hille locations.
• NorthrailminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRailway company renting locomotives used for STORK's blue and white freight train operations.
• LBR Logistik-Beratung-Recycling GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorContainer transshipment center operator at Braunsbedra where STORK deployed reach stacker for combined transport operations (truck-rail).

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves3 records

Broad incumbents

• Remondis: Germany's largest privately held waste and recycling group, operating across collection, treatment, and raw material recovery. Directly comparable as a full-service German Mittelstand waste platform, though at substantially greater scale and geographic breadth.
• PreZero (Schwarz Group): European environmental services arm of the Schwarz Group (Lidl/Kaufland parent). Comparable across the full waste value chain including hazardous waste, materials recovery, and secondary raw material sales, with broader geographic reach.
• Veolia Umweltservice: German subsidiary of Veolia, providing commercial and industrial waste collection, recycling, and treatment services. Comparable for hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste streams and materials recovery, particularly with industrial and municipal clients.
• Tönsmeier (now part of PreZero): German waste management company (now under PreZero) providing collection, recycling, and disposal. Comparable across municipal and commercial waste collection plus secondary raw materials recovery in a Mittelstand operating model.
• SUEZ Deutschland (SUEZ Recycling and Recovery): German operations of SUEZ (now part of Veolia/Suez combination). Comparable for municipal and industrial waste collection, recycling, and secondary raw material recovery with focus on circular economy solutions.
• Alba Group / Interseroh: German recycling and raw materials trading firm (Interseroh is part of Alba Group, owned by the Schwarz Group). Comparable in metals trading, secondary raw materials, and recycling services with strong downstream commodity buyer relationships.

Direct peers

• KURZ Group (KURZ Recycling GmbH): German Mittelstand waste and recycling firm operating in Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt with similar services including container service, scrap metal trade, and materials recovery. Direct regional comparable with similar customer profile (industrial, municipal).
• Lobbe Gruppe: German waste management and recycling group whose metal recycling operation in Braunsbedra STORK acquired (becoming SMR Metallrecycling GmbH). Direct comparable in industrial waste, metal recovery, and container services across North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony-Anhalt.
• EEW Energy from Waste: Germany's leading operator of waste incineration plants. Highly comparable as both a customer and adjacent player in the slag/ash processing value chain that STORK serves via mobile slag processing and metal separation technology.
• INDaver: Belgian hazardous waste management company with operations in Germany. Comparable for hazardous waste treatment, industrial cleaning, and specialist disposal services — particularly relevant as STORK expands its hazardous waste scope via SERO.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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