What DERICHEBOURG CANADA ENVIRONMENT INC. does

DERICHEBOURG CANADA ENVIRONMENT INC. is a Montreal-headquartered Canadian subsidiary of Derichebourg, a publicly listed French environmental services group controlled by the Derichebourg family. The entity was established in 2015 and operates within the parent's environmental services platform, serving as the North American foothold for the group whose core markets remain France and Germany. Firmographic sources describe the subsidiary's functional scope as municipal waste collection, recycling logistics, and composting services for public-sector clients, while supplementary segment data characterizes the activity set as industrial metal waste recycling for industrial generators — an inconsistency that itself signals the limited first-party disclosure at the subsidiary level.

The subsidiary does not have publicly disclosed pricing, contract structures, or product offerings in the source data. No certifications, patents, partnerships, management team, or customer logos are available, and there is no evidence of proprietary technology, AI/ML capability, or software platform underpinning the business. Operating geographies are documented at the parent level only (France and Germany), with no granular Canadian operating regions specified.

The broader strategic context is defined by the parent's aggressive inorganic expansion posture, most notably the €480 million enterprise value acquisition of German industrial recycler Scholz Recycling, characterized in source data as the largest external growth operation in the group's history. For investors evaluating the Canadian entity specifically, the key limitation is the absence of subsidiary-level revenue, headcount, contract, and customer data — making this a thinly covered asset whose financial profile must be inferred from parent-group signals rather than direct disclosure.

Name

DERICHEBOURG CANADA ENVIRONMENT INC.

Legal name

DERICHEBOURG CANADA ENVIRONMENT INC.

Website

http://www.derichebourg-environnement.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Derichebourg Canada Environment Inc. is the Montreal-based Canadian subsidiary of French environmental services group Derichebourg, providing municipal waste collection, recycling logistics, and composting services for public-sector clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211), Waste Collection (5621)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Works / In-House Municipal Collection Operations (EUAIAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Yard Waste, Land Clearing & Green Waste Processing (Mulch/Compost Feedstock) (BPALAEAG), Commercial & Office Waste Collection (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAA)

Keywords

• Municipal waste collection
• Recycling logistics
• Composting services
• Environmental services
• Waste management

Headquarters

HQ city

Montreal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Core offering

Derichebourg Canada Environment provides municipal waste collection, recycling logistics, and composting services for public-sector clients. Operating as the Canadian subsidiary of the European Derichebourg environmental services group, the company delivers front-line waste-management operations to municipalities and industrial metal-waste generators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Municipal Waste Collection
• Recycling Logistics
• Composting Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• GFL Environmental Inc. Major Canada-headquartered provider of solid waste management, recycling, and composting services to municipal and industrial customers; directly competes with Derichebourg Canada Environment in municipal collection contracts and organic waste processing.
• Emterra Environmental Services Group: Canadian-owned recycling and waste management company providing municipal curbside collection, recycling logistics, and organics processing across multiple provinces — a direct comparable in service mix and customer base.
• Miller Waste Industries: Ontario-based integrated waste management company providing commercial and industrial collection, recycling, and transfer station services; comparable in regional Canadian focus and vertically integrated service offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Waste Management of Canada Corporation: Canadian subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc., the largest North American waste services company; competes broadly for municipal solid waste contracts and offers collection, recycling, and organics processing across Canada.
• Waste Connections Inc. Major North American solid waste services operator with significant Canadian presence through its acquisition of Progressive Waste Solutions; directly competes in municipal collection, recycling, and landfill operations.
• Republic Services, Inc. One of the largest North American recycling and non-hazardous solid waste management companies, operating in select Canadian markets; competes in municipal and commercial collection, recycling, and organics services.
• Veolia Environnement SA (Canada operations): Global environmental services giant with Canadian municipal and industrial waste management operations; comparable as a multinational environmental services peer offering similar collection, recycling, and organics services.
• Suez SA (Canada operations): International environmental services group with Canadian waste and recycling operations; comparable as a multinational peer offering municipal collection, recycling, and resource recovery services similar to Derichebourg's platform.

Emerging players

• Recyclex / Triple M Metal: Canadian metal recycler and scrap processor; relevant given the parent group's recent Scholz Recycling acquisition signals a push into metal recycling that may flow through to the Canadian subsidiary.
• Renewi plc: European-listed waste-to-product company focused on recycling and resource recovery; comparable to Derichebourg's broader European environmental services platform and recycling logistics positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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