District Heating Concessions: 102 Tracked Worldwide
Concessio tracks 102 visible district-heating concessions across 21 countries — municipal heat-network grants concentrated in Europe, led by Germany (14), Poland (13) and Italy (11). It is one of Concessio's smallest asset classes, tracked as its own class rather than folded into energy or gas. This page sets out the coverage and the data behind it.
Last updated: August 10, 2026
Figures as of August 2026. Methodology: /docs/methodology.
How many district-heating concessions does Concessio track?
102 visible district-heating concessions across 21 countries, as of August 2026. The table below shows the eight markets with the deepest visible stock; the remaining roughly 13 countries carry smaller counts each and aren't broken out individually here.
| Country | Visible district-heating concessions |
|---|---|
| Germany | 14 |
| Poland | 13 |
| Italy | 11 |
| Croatia | 9 |
| France | 9 |
| Austria | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 6 |
| Norway | 5 |
This is a selected-markets table, not the full 21-country breakdown, and its rows should not be added together — a summed figure would be an arithmetic guess, not a verified count.
Where is coverage deepest?
The class is European: Germany (14), Poland (13) and Italy (11) hold the deepest visible stocks, with Croatia and France at 9 each, then Austria (6), the Czech Republic (6) and Norway (5). District-heating concessions are typically municipal grants — a city or metropolitan authority delegating its heat network to a private operator for a defined concession term. As a small class, its figures should be read as a growing corpus rather than a settled census; Concessio tracks what municipalities and procurement journals actually publish.
Where does near-term re-tender pressure concentrate?
3 district-heating records in Concessio's expiring pipeline reach end of term within 36 months — one each in Poland, Croatia and France. For context: 26 of the 102 visible district-heating concessions carry a documented end date, so the near-term figure describes the documented pipeline, not every contract in force.
What contract and operating data sits behind the records?
| Data type | Count |
|---|---|
| Operational KPI records | 8 |
| Extracted contract clauses | 2 |
| Reaching end of term within 36 months | 3 |
| Records with a documented end date | 26 |
Data depth in this class is currently thin — 8 operational KPI records and 2 extracted contract clauses — reflecting both the class's size and how sparsely heat-network contracts are published. Every figure that is present carries a citation to the underlying source.
An example record
Hauts-de-Garonne urban heat network DSP (France). Operator: Hauts de Garonne Energies (Idex / Mixener). Grantor: Bordeaux Métropole. Term: 2020–2027. Source: TED contract award notice 389013-2020 (ted.europa.eu). Every Concessio record traces to a primary government, regulatory or multilateral source in this way.
Frequently asked questions
- How many district heating concessions does Concessio track?
- Concessio tracks 102 visible district-heating concessions across 21 countries, as of August 2026.
- Which country has the most district-heating concessions in Concessio?
- Germany, with 14 visible district-heating concessions, just ahead of Poland at 13.
- How many district-heating concessions reach end of term within 36 months?
- 3 — one each in Poland, Croatia and France, as of August 2026.
Explore the data
- What an infrastructure concession is: /insights/infrastructure-concessions-guide
- How to find expiring concessions: /insights/expiring-concessions
- Glossary — re-tender
- Asset classes and coverage: /docs/data-coverage
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