Waret AG

Name

Waret AG

Legal name

Wasserversorgung Region Thun AG

Website

https://waret.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Thun

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Water Supply Services: Waret AG operates as a regulated water utility providing drinking water, industrial water, and fire-fighting water to shareholder municipalities. The company manages the entire water supply chain including pumping, storage, treatment, and transport of water to its shareholders, who then distribute to end consumers in their respective municipalities.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Waret AG (Wasserversorgung Region Thun AG) is a regulated regional water utility that promotes, stores, treats (primarily via UV-light disinfection), and transports drinking water, industrial (service) water, and fire-fighting water to its municipal shareholders in the Thun region of Switzerland. The company operates 49 facilities including 14 pumping stations, 11 reservoirs, 16 water intakes, 3 pressure reduction stations, and 5 treatment plants, with diversified sourcing from groundwater (40%), spring water (40%), and surface water (20%). Final distribution to end consumers is handled by the shareholder municipalities themselves.

Product overview

Waret AG (Wasserversorgung Region Thun AG) is a regional water utility company that provides integrated water supply services within the Thun region of Switzerland. The company's core offering is the promotion, storage, treatment (primarily UV-light disinfection), and transport of drinking water (Trinkwasser), industrial water (Brauchwasser), and fire-fighting water (Löschwasser) to its shareholder municipalities. Waret AG operates 49 facilities including 14 pumping stations, 11 reservoirs, 16 water catchments, 3 pressure reduction stations, and 5 treatment plants. The company does not maintain its own distribution network but supplies water to shareholder entities—Energie Thun AG, NetZulg AG, WG Blattenheid, Gemeinde Heimberg, and Gemeinde Hilterfingen—who handle local distribution. Source water originates from springs and groundwater, with 2025 total supply reaching approximately 5.3 million m³.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Drinking Water Supply (Trinkwasser) Bulk drinking water production, treatment (UV disinfection), storage, and transport to municipal shareholder utilities in the Thun region. The water is monitored and tested regularly in laboratories to ensure compliance with Swiss drinking water quality regulations as a designated food business operation.
• Industrial / Service Water Supply (Brauchwasser) Industrial and service water for commercial and industrial applications, supplied to municipal shareholders who redistribute to local industrial and commercial users in their service territories.
• Fire-fighting Water Supply (Löschwasser) Fire-fighting water reserves and supply maintained for emergency response in the Thun region. Provided alongside drinking and industrial water as part of the integrated municipal water service portfolio.
• Water Treatment Services Water treatment and disinfection services including UV-light disinfection of spring water as it flows through reservoirs, and groundwater treatment at dedicated treatment/filtration plants. Includes mandatory laboratory monitoring and quality control.
• Water Storage and Pumping Infrastructure Services Operation of regional water storage and pumping infrastructure to ensure supply reliability, pressure management, and continuous availability across the service territory. Groundwater must be pumped up into reservoirs before distribution.

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Energie Thun AGcoreOthersMajor shareholder and largest water customer of Waret AG. Receives approximately 3.67 million m³ of water annually for distribution in the Thun area.
• NetZulg AGcoreOthersMunicipal shareholder and second largest customer. Receives approximately 1.1 million m³ annually for distribution in their service territory.
• Wasserversorgung Gemeindeverband BlattenheidcoreOthersMunicipal water association shareholder. Receives approximately 94,000 m³ annually for distribution to member municipalities.
• Einwohnergemeinde HeimbergcoreOthersMunicipal shareholder receiving approximately 380,000-400,000 m³ annually for distribution to residents.
• Einwohnergemeinde HilterfingencoreOthersMunicipal shareholder receiving water for distribution to residents.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves3 records

Broad incumbents

• Suez SA: Global French water and waste management major operating regulated water concessions worldwide. Comparable to Waret in regulated municipal water supply, but at vastly greater scale and geographic diversification.
• Severn Trent Plc: UK-listed regulated water and wastewater company serving 4.5 million households in England and Wales. Comparable to Waret in regulated utility cash flows and infrastructure-heavy asset base, though much larger and listed.
• Veolia Environnement: Global French environmental services group with the world's largest regulated water utility footprint. Comparable to Waret in regulated municipal water service delivery and long-term concession model, though orders of magnitude larger.
• American Water Works Company: Largest US listed water and wastewater utility serving ~14 million people across 14 states. Comparable to Waret in regulated rate-base utility model and capital-intensive water infrastructure, though public-listed and far larger.
• Stadtwerke München (SWM): City-owned German multi-utility of Munich providing drinking water (from alpine sources), electricity, and public transport. Comparable to Waret in municipally owned regulated water production from catchment sources, but serving a much larger metropolitan area.

Direct peers

• Energie Wasser Bern (ewb): Municipally owned multi-utility supplying drinking water, electricity, and heat in the Bern region. Closely comparable to Waret: regulated Swiss regional water production, UV/ozone treatment, and municipal shareholder governance model.
• Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB): Canton-owned multi-utility of Basel providing drinking water sourced from the Rhine and groundwater. Comparable to Waret as a Swiss regulated water producer with municipal/cantonal shareholder structure and modern treatment infrastructure.
• Energie Wasser Luzern (ewl): Municipal multi-utility of Lucerne providing drinking water, electricity, and telecom. Comparable business model to Waret: regulated Swiss water production for municipal shareholders using groundwater and lake sources.
• Services Industriels de Genève (SIG): Public multi-utility of Geneva managing water, energy, gas, and waste. Comparable to Waret in regulated Swiss water supply, multi-source portfolio (lake and groundwater), and municipal ownership.
• Wasserversorgung Zürich (WVZ): City of Zürich's municipal water utility providing drinking water from lake and spring sources. Directly comparable to Waret as a Swiss regulated municipal water producer with diversified sourcing and large treatment infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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