ÖNACE 38: Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities
Section: Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities. Assignment by Statistics Austria under ÖNACE 2025, not from the register.
Statistics Austria assigns 616 active companies in the register to ÖNACE division 38: Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities (as of 5 Nov 2026).
262 of them have a company page on firmenbuchdaten.at. The shares below refer to these 262.
Most have their seat in: Lower Austria 29 %, Styria 18 %, Upper Austria 13 %.
Most common legal forms: GmbH 94 %, KG 5 %, AG 0 %.
Places with the most companies: Wien (24), Graz (7), Krems an der Donau (5), Pöchlarn (5), Eisenerz (4).
259 have filed annual accounts with a size class, 40 of them as medium-sized or large.
The largest class is 38.11-0 Collection of non-hazardous waste with 267 companies.
Largest classes
- 38.11-0 Collection of non-hazardous waste: 267
- 38.21-9 Recovery of other sorted materials: 141
- 38.32-0 Landfilling or permanent storage: 85
- 38.22-0 Energy recovery: 49
- 38.21-1 Recovery of sorted iron and non-ferrous metals: 34
Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities: companies, larger first
- Zöchling Abfallverwertung GmbHFN 103096m · Hainfeld · Large (G)
- ÖBB-Environmental Services & Logistics GmbHFN 181240f · Wien · Large (G)
- Brantner Österreich GmbHFN 475207i · Krems an der Donau · Large (G)
- Loacker Recycling GmbHFN 482816z · Götzis · Large (G)
- FCC Austria GmbHFN 52959g · Himberg · Large (G)
- Metall Recycling Mü-Gu GmbHFN 92701a · Amstetten · Large (G)
- EVN Wärmekraftwerke GmbHFN 213432x · Maria Enzersdorf am Gebirge · Large (G)
- ABRG Abfall Behandlung & Recycling GmbHFN 110592k · Arnoldstein · Medium (M)
- TBS Technische Behandlungssysteme GmbHFN 113384t · Molln · Medium (M)
- AUSTRIA GLAS RECYCLING GmbHFN 114107f · Wien · Medium (M)
- Josef Sieber Gesellschaft m.b.H.FN 114896s · Guntramsdorf · Medium (M)
- Gojer, Kärntner Entsorgungsdienst GmbHFN 117561i · Eberndorf · Medium (M)
- Steinbeis PolyVert GmbHFN 117586x · Völkermarkt · Medium (M)
- Trügler Recycling - und Transport - GesmbHFN 134392k · Maria Buch-Feistritz · Medium (M)
- NÖ BAWU - Niederösterreichische Beteiligungsgesellschaft für Abfallwirtschaft und Umweltschutz Ges.m.b.H.FN 149472m · St. Pölten · Medium (M)
- Umweltdienst Burgenland GmbHFN 160985v · Oberpullendorf · Medium (M)
- Kerschner Umweltservice und Logistik GmbHFN 190172s · Pöchlarn · Medium (M)
- DAKA Entsorgungsunternehmen GmbH & Co. KG.FN 19873a · Schwaz · Medium (M)
- Freudenthaler GmbH & Co KGFN 21354d · Inzing · Medium (M)
- SERVUS ABFALL Dienstleistungs GmbHFN 222643t · Graz · Medium (M)
- Wiener Neustädter Stadtwerke und Kommunal Service GmbHFN 236957t · Wiener Neustadt · Medium (M)
- Abfallbehandlung Ahrental GmbHFN 248321d · Innsbruck · Medium (M)
- MGG Polymers GmbHFN 255118z · Kematen an der Ybbs · Medium (M)
- PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbHFN 278705k · Müllendorf · Medium (M)
Datenquelle: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (Statistics Austria), register number to ÖNACE assignment, CC BY 4.0, as of 5 Nov 2026. Source: Austrian company register (Firmenbuch), Republic of Austria, represented by the BMJ, open data under CC BY 4.0.