The opportunity
0/2 · Unclear pain
Czech water utilities that fit smart meters each buy them alone, one tender at a time.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czBenešov — 112-sensor remote-reading pilot (another site)A small utility association pilots remote water-meter reading with 2 antennas and 112 sensors — one more utility solving telemetry alone, at pilot scale.In the source’s words“Benešov - pilotní projekt dálkových odečtů vodoměrů (2 antény + 112 čidel) — 149669.74”
- Czechia has hundreds of water utilities and town water associations.TEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.
- 7 of them signed or tendered separate metering deals in summer 2026.2 sourcesTEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
- Each signs its own contracts, for meters, software or running the system.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Židlochovicko (~8.4M CZK) (another site)One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
P-0026 · Czech water utilities each buy smart meters on their own
The opportunity
About this section
- What this shows
- The problem as it is today: what goes wrong, and who it costs.
- Why it matters to a builder
- Documented pain means you will not have to convince buyers the problem exists before you can sell them the fix.
- How to read the score
- 2/2 means clear, recurring pain: documented complaints, a petition or industry pressure. Scattered complaints make it 1/2.
Czech water utilities that fit smart meters each buy them alone, one tender at a time.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czBenešov — 112-sensor remote-reading pilot (another site)A small utility association pilots remote water-meter reading with 2 antennas and 112 sensors — one more utility solving telemetry alone, at pilot scale.In the source’s words“Benešov - pilotní projekt dálkových odečtů vodoměrů (2 antény + 112 čidel) — 149669.74”
- Czechia has hundreds of water utilities and town water associations.TEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.
- 7 of them signed or tendered separate metering deals in summer 2026.2 sourcesTEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
- Each signs its own contracts, for meters, software or running the system.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Židlochovicko (~8.4M CZK) (another site)One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
Utilities buy metering as one-off infrastructure projects.TEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK. Three bought or tendered in the same ten weeks of 2026, each on its own; their deals are under Willing to pay.2 sourcesTEDted.europa.euTED — Ivančice water association smart metering (~€1.2M) (another site)A municipal water association opened a competition for smart metering across its network in summer 2026.TEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.
- A deal covers some mix of the same pieces: meters and radio readers, the software that collects the readings, and someone to run and support it.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Židlochovicko (~8.4M CZK) (another site)One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
- A water association is a group of towns that runs its water and sewers together.TEDted.europa.euTED — Ivančice water association smart metering (~€1.2M) (another site)A municipal water association opened a competition for smart metering across its network in summer 2026.
Suggested solution
Build a service that fits smart meters for small water utilities and reads them remotely, as Czech firms already do.
Why now
0/3 · No deadline
No deadline forces this purchase; small water utilities simply kept signing metering deals this summer, each buying alone.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Židlochovicko (~8.4M CZK) (another site)One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czBenešov — 112-sensor remote-reading pilot (another site)A small utility association pilots remote water-meter reading with 2 antennas and 112 sensors — one more utility solving telemetry alone, at pilot scale.In the source’s words“Benešov - pilotní projekt dálkových odečtů vodoměrů (2 antény + 112 čidel) — 149669.74”
- A water association signed a remote-reading pilot with 112 sensors.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czBenešov — 112-sensor remote-reading pilot (another site)A small utility association pilots remote water-meter reading with 2 antennas and 112 sensors — one more utility solving telemetry alone, at pilot scale.In the source’s words“Benešov - pilotní projekt dálkových odečtů vodoměrů (2 antény + 112 čidel) — 149669.74”
- About 15 small town meter orders turned up in one August search.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czBenešov — 112-sensor remote-reading pilot (another site)A small utility association pilots remote water-meter reading with 2 antennas and 112 sensors — one more utility solving telemetry alone, at pilot scale.In the source’s words“Benešov - pilotní projekt dálkových odečtů vodoměrů (2 antény + 112 čidel) — 149669.74”
- One utility signed for meters and for running them the same day.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Židlochovicko (~8.4M CZK) (another site)One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system.
P-0026 · Czech water utilities each buy smart meters on their own
Why now
About this section
- What this shows
- The dated rules and events that push buyers to act, soonest first.
- Why it matters to a builder
- A dated rule turns “nice to have” into “must buy by”, and tells you how long the window stays open.
- How to read the score
- 3/3 means an enacted rule binds these buyers within 18 months and names a penalty. Without a named penalty it is 2/3. A draft law, a rule on someone else, or a date further out is 1/3.
No deadline forces this purchase; small water utilities simply kept signing metering deals this summer, each buying alone.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Židlochovicko (~8.4M CZK) (another site)One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czBenešov — 112-sensor remote-reading pilot (another site)A small utility association pilots remote water-meter reading with 2 antennas and 112 sensors — one more utility solving telemetry alone, at pilot scale.In the source’s words“Benešov - pilotní projekt dálkových odečtů vodoměrů (2 antény + 112 čidel) — 149669.74”
- A water association signed a remote-reading pilot with 112 sensors.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czBenešov — 112-sensor remote-reading pilot (another site)A small utility association pilots remote water-meter reading with 2 antennas and 112 sensors — one more utility solving telemetry alone, at pilot scale.In the source’s words“Benešov - pilotní projekt dálkových odečtů vodoměrů (2 antény + 112 čidel) — 149669.74”
- About 15 small town meter orders turned up in one August search.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czBenešov — 112-sensor remote-reading pilot (another site)A small utility association pilots remote water-meter reading with 2 antennas and 112 sensors — one more utility solving telemetry alone, at pilot scale.In the source’s words“Benešov - pilotní projekt dálkových odečtů vodoměrů (2 antény + 112 čidel) — 149669.74”
- One utility signed for meters and for running them the same day.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Židlochovicko (~8.4M CZK) (another site)One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system.
The detail behind those three, and what follows a first purchase:
- The pilot is Benešov's: its water association, Společná voda, signed it in July 2026, with 2 antennas to pick up the readings.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czBenešov — 112-sensor remote-reading pilot (another site)A small utility association pilots remote water-meter reading with 2 antennas and 112 sensors — one more utility solving telemetry alone, at pilot scale.In the source’s words“Benešov - pilotní projekt dálkových odečtů vodoměrů (2 antény + 112 čidel) — 149669.74” Its price is under Willing to pay.
- The August 2026 search found meter orders and framework agreements from Říčany, Hlučín, Turnov and two Brno districts, among others.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czBenešov — 112-sensor remote-reading pilot (another site)A small utility association pilots remote water-meter reading with 2 antennas and 112 sensors — one more utility solving telemetry alone, at pilot scale.In the source’s words“Benešov - pilotní projekt dálkových odečtů vodoměrů (2 antény + 112 čidel) — 149669.74”
- The same-day contracts are Židlochovicko's, signed on 30 July 2026: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system; their total is under Willing to pay.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Židlochovicko (~8.4M CZK) (another site)One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system.
- A first purchase can lead to more contracts with the same supplier. Pardubice's water company amended its software licence in June 2026, and Břeclav's amended its framework contract for readout devices and support the same month.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Břeclav / SUEZ framework (another site)A fifth utility with a live smart-metering relationship, running remote-readout devices and support off a supplier framework.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone. In August 2026 the town of Most added a smart-metering service from the firm already running its water system.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
Willing to pay
2/2 · Clear signs
Yes: water utilities are paying for smart metering now, for meters, software licences and the running of the system.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Židlochovicko (~8.4M CZK) (another site)One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
- Kroměříž's water company signed a contract for network smart metering.TEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.
- Ivančice's water association tendered about €1.2M, some 29M CZK, for smart meters.TEDted.europa.euTED — Ivančice water association smart metering (~€1.2M) (another site)A municipal water association opened a competition for smart metering across its network in summer 2026.
- Bruntál's water company tendered a water data dispatch for about €0.5M.TEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.
One purchase
P-0026 · Czech water utilities each buy smart meters on their own
Willing to pay
About this section
- What this shows
- Who already spends money on this problem, how much, and how they buy.
- Why it matters to a builder
- If people already pay for this, even by hand or through a consultant, you are replacing a spend, not creating a budget.
- How to read the score
- 2/2 means a Czech buyer has paid for this, or a priced job also gets public money that pays part of it. A price on file makes it 1/2. Public money alone earns nothing. Only public buyers publish what they pay, so problems sold to private firms often score lower.
Yes: water utilities are paying for smart metering now, for meters, software licences and the running of the system.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Židlochovicko (~8.4M CZK) (another site)One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
- Kroměříž's water company signed a contract for network smart metering.TEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.
- Ivančice's water association tendered about €1.2M, some 29M CZK, for smart meters.TEDted.europa.euTED — Ivančice water association smart metering (~€1.2M) (another site)A municipal water association opened a competition for smart metering across its network in summer 2026.
- Bruntál's water company tendered a water data dispatch for about €0.5M.TEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.
Each of those is one utility buying on its own:2 sourcesTEDted.europa.euTED — Ivančice water association smart metering (~€1.2M) (another site)A municipal water association opened a competition for smart metering across its network in summer 2026.TEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.
- Kroměříž's contract followed an award of about €1.3M in June 2026, to build smart metering on its water network.TEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.
- Ivančice's open competition ran in June and July 2026, to fit smart meters on its water network.TEDted.europa.euTED — Ivančice water association smart metering (~€1.2M) (another site)A municipal water association opened a competition for smart metering across its network in summer 2026.
- In September 2026 Ivančice closed that competition without a winner, after four bids.TEDted.europa.euTED — Ivančice closes its smart-metering tender with no winner (another site)The Ivančice water association's result notice for the smart-metering tender opened in June: four bids came in, and the tender closed without a winner.In the source’s words“Czechia – Energy meters – „Instalace Smart Meteringu na vodovodní síti – SVaK Ivančice“ — 28920673 CZK” Its separate tender for 7,501 meters ready for remote reading closed the same way, after three.TEDted.europa.euTED — Ivančice closes its meter tender with no winner (another site)The same water association's separate tender for 7,501 water meters ready for remote reading also closed without a winner, after three bids.In the source’s words“Czechia – Water meters – „Instalace Smart Meteringu na vodovodní síti – SVaK Ivančice – nákup mechanických vodoměrů" — 8200000 CZK”
- Bruntál's tender came in July 2026.TEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.
- The 7 deals signed or tendered by August 2026 took different shapes: tenders, a supply contract, a software licence, a framework contract, and a service added by the firm already running the water system.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Břeclav / SUEZ framework (another site)A fifth utility with a live smart-metering relationship, running remote-readout devices and support off a supplier framework.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
- The utilities are public buyers, so these contracts are filed in the state contracts register.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Židlochovicko (~8.4M CZK) (another site)One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
One purchase
What one buyer pays
- 149 670 CZK once
- Společná voda, a Benešov water association Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czSpolečná voda — Benešov remote-reading pilot (another site)A Benešov water association signed about 150,000 CZK, VAT included, for a pilot of remote water-meter reading with 2 antennas and 112 sensors.
- 8 400 000 CZK once
- VaK Židlochovicko, a small Czech water utility Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czVaK Židlochovicko — meters, then the running of them (another site)A small Czech water utility signed about 8.4M CZK in a single day: 4.8M for meters and readers, 3.6M for running the system.
- 21 400 000 CZK once
- Vodovody a kanalizace Kroměříž, a Czech water utility Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czVaK Kroměříž — remote meter reading, signed (another site)A Czech water utility signed about 21.4M CZK, VAT included, for the supply, implementation and ongoing support of a remote water-meter reading system.
5 public contracts and tenders
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Utilities, towns and other public bodies that signed or tendered between Jun and Jul 2026.
- €1.3M
- Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs about 21.4M CZK. TEDted.europa.euTED — VaK Kroměříž smart metering (~€1.3M) (another site)Kroměříž built network smart metering and Bruntál tendered a water data dispatch in the same ten weeks; the signed Kroměříž contract runs ~21.4M CZK.
- €1.2M
- A municipal water association opened a competition for smart metering across its network in summer 2026. TEDted.europa.euTED — Ivančice water association smart metering (~€1.2M) (another site)A municipal water association opened a competition for smart metering across its network in summer 2026.
- €343k
- One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system. Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Židlochovicko (~8.4M CZK) (another site)One utility signed two contracts the same day: one for meters and readers, one for running and supporting the system.
- A fifth utility with a live smart-metering relationship, running remote-readout devices and support off a supplier framework. Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Břeclav / SUEZ framework (another site)A fifth utility with a live smart-metering relationship, running remote-readout devices and support off a supplier framework.
- A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator. Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
Validated abroad
0/3 · Not yet
No foreign company selling this is on file, and at home, Czech firms with decades of trading already sell it.2 sourcesMarket checksoftlink.czSoftlink CEM Smart and the Czech metering-service field (another site)Names who already sells this here: Softlink's metering-data platform with water-utility references, VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST operating metering as a service, Popron's SMG Water, and SUEZ and Techem.Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink — water utilities served (another site)Softlink's own segment page, taken live: it states CEM Smart has read Pražské vodovody a kanalizace meters remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day.
P-0026 · Czech water utilities each buy smart meters on their own
Validated abroad
About this section
- What this shows
- Companies abroad that already sell a solution, and how far along they are.
- Why it matters to a builder
- Established companies selling it in other markets show that buyers will pay, so you are not betting on an untested idea.
- How to read the score
- 3/3 means established in two or more markets, one of them near Czechia. 2/3 is one established company, 1/3 only early players.
No foreign company selling this is on file, and at home, Czech firms with decades of trading already sell it.2 sourcesMarket checksoftlink.czSoftlink CEM Smart and the Czech metering-service field (another site)Names who already sells this here: Softlink's metering-data platform with water-utility references, VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST operating metering as a service, Popron's SMG Water, and SUEZ and Techem.Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink — water utilities served (another site)Softlink's own segment page, taken live: it states CEM Smart has read Pražské vodovody a kanalizace meters remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day.
No verified foreign comparable on file.
So there is no foreign model to copy; the Czech sellers are under Market gap.
Market gap
0/2 · Crowded
Five Czech firms already sell or run smart metering for water utilities, each with a named customer.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink — water utilities served (another site)Softlink's own segment page, taken live: it states CEM Smart has read Pražské vodovody a kanalizace meters remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day.
New, selling this: nobody on file. Established, selling this: Severočeské vodovody a kanalizace (since 1993), VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST (since 1993), Popron Systems (SMG Water) (since 1994), Softlink (CEM Smart) (since 2003), SUEZ Water CZ (since 2021). New, selling something nearby: Techem CZ (since 1994). Established, selling something nearby: nobody on file.
- EstablishedSells this · since 1993Severočeské vodovody a kanalizace (another site)It operates water systems and sells metering alongside, with customers including město Most, which bought a Smart Metering supplementary service from it as incumbent operator in August 2026.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 1993VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST (another site)It runs metering as a service for smaller water companies, with customers including Vodovody a kanalizace Židlochovicko, which pairs with it as buyer on the state contracts register.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 1994Popron Systems (SMG Water) (another site)It sells the SMG Water metering platform under licence, with customers including VaK Pardubice, which amended its Smart Metering licence agreement in June 2026.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 2003Softlink (CEM Smart) (another site)It sells CEM Smart, a remote meter-reading platform, and names water utilities as a segment it serves — with customers including Pražské vodovody a kanalizace, whose meters it has read remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day, verified live 2026-08-24.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 2021SUEZ Water CZ (another site)It supplies remote-readout devices and the support behind them, with customers including VaK Břeclav, which signed amendment No. 1 to its framework contract for them.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells something nearby · since 1994Techem CZ (another site)It sells heat and water submetering and billing into the housing tier — apartment buildings and the firms that manage them — not the utility-side managed metering service a small water company buys.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
P-0026 · Czech water utilities each buy smart meters on their own
Market gap
About this section
- What this shows
- Czech companies that already sell this, and firms nearby that sell something else.
- Why it matters to a builder
- A mature Czech seller means taking customers from an incumbent. Firms nearby still matter: the buyer may already pay them.
- How to read the score
- More points mean a more open field. 2/2 means no Czech company sells this, 1/2 only early ones do, 0/2 a mature one does.
Five Czech firms already sell or run smart metering for water utilities, each with a named customer.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink — water utilities served (another site)Softlink's own segment page, taken live: it states CEM Smart has read Pražské vodovody a kanalizace meters remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day.
New, selling this: nobody on file. Established, selling this: Severočeské vodovody a kanalizace (since 1993), VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST (since 1993), Popron Systems (SMG Water) (since 1994), Softlink (CEM Smart) (since 2003), SUEZ Water CZ (since 2021). New, selling something nearby: Techem CZ (since 1994). Established, selling something nearby: nobody on file.
- EstablishedSells this · since 1993Severočeské vodovody a kanalizace (another site)It operates water systems and sells metering alongside, with customers including město Most, which bought a Smart Metering supplementary service from it as incumbent operator in August 2026.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 1993VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST (another site)It runs metering as a service for smaller water companies, with customers including Vodovody a kanalizace Židlochovicko, which pairs with it as buyer on the state contracts register.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 1994Popron Systems (SMG Water) (another site)It sells the SMG Water metering platform under licence, with customers including VaK Pardubice, which amended its Smart Metering licence agreement in June 2026.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 2003Softlink (CEM Smart) (another site)It sells CEM Smart, a remote meter-reading platform, and names water utilities as a segment it serves — with customers including Pražské vodovody a kanalizace, whose meters it has read remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day, verified live 2026-08-24.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 2021SUEZ Water CZ (another site)It supplies remote-readout devices and the support behind them, with customers including VaK Břeclav, which signed amendment No. 1 to its framework contract for them.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells something nearby · since 1994Techem CZ (another site)It sells heat and water submetering and billing into the housing tier — apartment buildings and the firms that manage them — not the utility-side managed metering service a small water company buys.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
Sells this 5
- Established: Softlink (CEM Smart) (another site)2 sourcesMarket checksoftlink.czSoftlink CEM Smart and the Czech metering-service field (another site)Names who already sells this here: Softlink's metering-data platform with water-utility references, VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST operating metering as a service, Popron's SMG Water, and SUEZ and Techem.Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink — water utilities served (another site)Softlink's own segment page, taken live: it states CEM Smart has read Pražské vodovody a kanalizace meters remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day.
It sells CEM Smart, a remote meter-reading platform, and names water utilities as a segment it serves — with customers including Pražské vodovody a kanalizace, whose meters it has read remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day, verified live 2026-08-24.Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink — water utilities served (another site)Softlink's own segment page, taken live: it states CEM Smart has read Pražské vodovody a kanalizace meters remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day. Trading since 10 December 2003.
- Established: VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST (another site)3 sourcesMarket checksoftlink.czSoftlink CEM Smart and the Czech metering-service field (another site)Names who already sells this here: Softlink's metering-data platform with water-utility references, VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST operating metering as a service, Popron's SMG Water, and SUEZ and Techem.Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink — water utilities served (another site)Softlink's own segment page, taken live: it states CEM Smart has read Pražské vodovody a kanalizace meters remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day.Market checkvodarenska.czCzech water-metering supply — coverage recorded (another site)A Czech search for remote water-meter reading run as a service: VAS sells it as a published service, ČEVAK runs eMR Fusion 2.0, AQUA SERVIS, VODÁRNA PLZEŇ and OVAK run or pilot remote reading, and KAPKA…
It runs metering as a service for smaller water companies, with customers including Vodovody a kanalizace Židlochovicko, which pairs with it as buyer on the state contracts register.2 sourcesMarket checksoftlink.czSoftlink CEM Smart and the Czech metering-service field (another site)Names who already sells this here: Softlink's metering-data platform with water-utility references, VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST operating metering as a service, Popron's SMG Water, and SUEZ and Techem.Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink — water utilities served (another site)Softlink's own segment page, taken live: it states CEM Smart has read Pražské vodovody a kanalizace meters remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day. Trading since 1 December 1993.
- Established: Popron Systems (SMG Water) (another site)Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
It sells the SMG Water metering platform under licence, with customers including VaK Pardubice, which amended its Smart Metering licence agreement in June 2026.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone. Trading since 6 September 1994.
- Established: SUEZ Water CZ (another site)Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Břeclav / SUEZ framework (another site)A fifth utility with a live smart-metering relationship, running remote-readout devices and support off a supplier framework.
It supplies remote-readout devices and the support behind them, with customers including VaK Břeclav, which signed amendment No. 1 to its framework contract for them.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Břeclav / SUEZ framework (another site)A fifth utility with a live smart-metering relationship, running remote-readout devices and support off a supplier framework. Trading since 1 October 2021.
- Established: Severočeské vodovody a kanalizace (another site)Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
It operates water systems and sells metering alongside, with customers including město Most, which bought a Smart Metering supplementary service from it as incumbent operator in August 2026.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone. Trading since 1 October 1993.
Sells something nearby 1
- Early: Techem CZ (another site)Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink CEM Smart and the Czech metering-service field (another site)Names who already sells this here: Softlink's metering-data platform with water-utility references, VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST operating metering as a service, Popron's SMG Water, and SUEZ and Techem.
It sells heat and water submetering and billing into the housing tier — apartment buildings and the firms that manage themMarket checksoftlink.czSoftlink CEM Smart and the Czech metering-service field (another site)Names who already sells this here: Softlink's metering-data platform with water-utility references, VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST operating metering as a service, Popron's SMG Water, and SUEZ and Techem. — not the utility-side managed metering service a small water company buys. It has traded since 1994, but nothing on file names a Czech buyer, no public body pairs with it on the state contracts register and no funding or state listing is on record, so how much it sells here is unknown.
- Four of the five have traded for more than twenty years.2 sourcesMarket checksoftlink.czSoftlink CEM Smart and the Czech metering-service field (another site)Names who already sells this here: Softlink's metering-data platform with water-utility references, VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST operating metering as a service, Popron's SMG Water, and SUEZ and Techem.Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink — water utilities served (another site)Softlink's own segment page, taken live: it states CEM Smart has read Pražské vodovody a kanalizace meters remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day.
- Between them they sell devices, software licences and metering run as a service.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Břeclav / SUEZ framework (another site)A fifth utility with a live smart-metering relationship, running remote-readout devices and support off a supplier framework.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — VaK Pardubice / Popron licence (another site)A sixth utility amending its Smart Metering licence, and the town of Most adding a Smart Metering service from its incumbent operator — seven distinct buyers, each contracting alone.
- One runs metering as a service for smaller water companies.2 sourcesMarket checksoftlink.czSoftlink CEM Smart and the Czech metering-service field (another site)Names who already sells this here: Softlink's metering-data platform with water-utility references, VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST operating metering as a service, Popron's SMG Water, and SUEZ and Techem.Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink — water utilities served (another site)Softlink's own segment page, taken live: it states CEM Smart has read Pražské vodovody a kanalizace meters remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day.
- That one publishes its service with online consumption, leak detection and alerts.Market checkvodarenska.czCzech water-metering supply — coverage recorded (another site)A Czech search for remote water-meter reading run as a service: VAS sells it as a published service, ČEVAK runs eMR Fusion 2.0, AQUA SERVIS, VODÁRNA PLZEŇ and OVAK run or pilot remote reading, and KAPKA vodoměry supplies the readout.
- A sixth firm sells heat and water submetering and billing to apartment buildings and their managers, not to water utilities.Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink CEM Smart and the Czech metering-service field (another site)Names who already sells this here: Softlink's metering-data platform with water-utility references, VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST operating metering as a service, Popron's SMG Water, and SUEZ and Techem.
- Other Czech water companies run or pilot remote meter reading on their own networks, in Plzeň and Ostrava among others.Market checkvodarenska.czCzech water-metering supply — coverage recorded (another site)A Czech search for remote water-meter reading run as a service: VAS sells it as a published service, ČEVAK runs eMR Fusion 2.0, AQUA SERVIS, VODÁRNA PLZEŇ and OVAK run or pilot remote reading, and KAPKA vodoměry supplies the readout.
- A Czech meter supplier sells water-meter readout over two radio standards.Market checkvodarenska.czCzech water-metering supply — coverage recorded (another site)A Czech search for remote water-meter reading run as a service: VAS sells it as a published service, ČEVAK runs eMR Fusion 2.0, AQUA SERVIS, VODÁRNA PLZEŇ and OVAK run or pilot remote reading, and KAPKA vodoměry supplies the readout.
- So the service a small utility would buy is already on sale here, and not from newcomers.2 sourcesMarket checksoftlink.czSoftlink CEM Smart and the Czech metering-service field (another site)Names who already sells this here: Softlink's metering-data platform with water-utility references, VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST operating metering as a service, Popron's SMG Water, and SUEZ and Techem.Market checksoftlink.czSoftlink — water utilities served (another site)Softlink's own segment page, taken live: it states CEM Smart has read Pražské vodovody a kanalizace meters remotely since 2016 at roughly a million transactions a day.
Execution difficulty
0/3 · Very hard
Makes it easier
- No licence is needed to sell the service.
- Small water utilities keep signing metering deals of their own.
Makes it harder
- The buyers are public utilities.
- Meters and readers go in the ground before the first reading is billed.
- Five Czech firms with utility customers already sell this.
P-0026 · Czech water utilities each buy smart meters on their own
Execution difficulty
About this section
- What this shows
- What stands between you and the first sale: who buys, what permission selling needs, what it must plug into, and whether it needs outside money.
- Why it matters to a builder
- It tells you whether a small team can start selling soon, or needs a licence, a certification or funding first.
- How to read the score
- More points mean easier to enter: 3/3 is easy, 0/3 very hard. It is not added to the Opportunity total, and local competition does not count here: that is Market gap.
Very hard
Makes it easier
- No licence is needed to sell the service.
- Small water utilities keep signing metering deals of their own.
Makes it harder
- The buyers are public utilities, so each sale is a tender.
- Meters and readers go in the ground before the first reading is billed.
- Five Czech firms with utility customers already sell this.
Local competition does not change this level. It is covered under Market gap.