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As of 4 November 2026, 730 water & wastewater utilities companies are based in Germany; 76 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 730
- Hiring now
- 76 · 16 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Water & utility authorities · 434
- Top city
- Berlin · 7
- Parent market
- Utilities & infrastructure · 8,425
Water & wastewater utilities in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Water & utility authorities | 434 | 59% |
| Water supply utilities | 352 | 48% |
| Wastewater & sewerage utilities | 296 | 41% |
| Electricity grid operators | 48 | 7% |
| Wastewater engineering | 39 | 5% |
| Municipal & commercial waste collection | 21 | 3% |
| Waste treatment & disposal facilities | 10 | 1% |
| District heating & cooling networks | 7 | 1% |
| Hazardous waste management | 5 | 1% |
| Other energy grids & heat networks | 4 | 1% |
| Other water & wastewater utilities | 3 | 0% |
| Bioenergy plant operators | 2 | 0% |
| Organic waste composting & digestion | 2 | 0% |
| Other waste management & recycling | 2 | 0% |
| Energy service companies & contracting | 1 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 21 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 573 · 39 |
| 11-50 employees | 60 · 5 |
| 51-200 employees | 45 · 13 |
| 201-500 employees | 21 · 13 |
| 501-1000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 6 · 4 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 7 | 1% |
| Bremen | 4 | 1% |
| Emmerich | 3 | 0% |
| Erfurt | 3 | 0% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 3 | 0% |
| Friedberg | 3 | 0% |
| Köln | 3 | 0% |
| Aalen | 2 | 0% |
| Bad Salzdetfurth | 2 | 0% |
| Bad Segeberg | 2 | 0% |
| Bocholt | 2 | 0% |
| Bornheim | 2 | 0% |
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The stack of water & wastewater utilities in Germany
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Other segments of utilities & infrastructure in Germany
Utilities & infrastructure in Germany, the whole market →
Waste management & recycling · 3,876 →
Energy grids & heat networks · 1,635 →
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Power generation · 649 →
Energy asset services · 201 →
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730 water & wastewater utilities companies are based in Germany; 76 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/utilities_infrastructure/germany/water_and_wastewater_utilities)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Water & wastewater utilities in Germany: questions
How many water & wastewater utilities companies are there in Germany?
730 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Utilities & infrastructure → Water & wastewater utilities → leaf niches such as water & utility authorities, water supply utilities, wastewater & sewerage utilities. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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