Water Concessions: 4,647 Tracked Worldwide

Last updated: August 10, 2026

Figures as of August 2026. Methodology: /docs/methodology.

How many water concessions does Concessio track?

4,647 visible water concessions across 97 countries, as of August 2026. The table below shows the eight markets with the deepest visible stock; the remaining roughly 89 countries carry smaller counts each and aren't broken out individually here.

This is a selected-markets table, not the full 97-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?

France holds 2,950 visible water concessions — the largest single national stock in any Concessio asset class. That depth reflects the French délégation de service public (DSP) model, under which communes individually contract out water and wastewater services, and the unusual granularity of France's public water-service registry. China follows at 646, then Brazil (179), India (120) and Japan (71). A high count here signals disclosure depth as much as market structure: Concessio tracks what registries and grantors actually publish.

Where does near-term re-tender pressure concentrate?

1,129 water records in Concessio's expiring pipeline reach end of term within 36 months — the largest near-term figure of any asset class. France accounts for 1,022 of them; China shows 37 and Mexico 9. One caveat is mandatory: the French concentration partly reflects how deeply French municipal registries publish contract end dates, not only genuine market timing — in markets with thinner end-date disclosure, near-term expiries can exist without appearing here. As context, 2,825 of the 4,647 visible water concessions carry a documented end date.

What contract and operating data sits behind the records?

Water records carry 841 operational KPI records — connections, population served and annual volumes — and 132 extracted contract clauses, each cited to the underlying registry, contract or regulatory document.

An example record

Hamamatsu Sewerage Western Treatment Operation PFI (Japan). Operator: Veolia Japan. Grantor: Hamamatsu City. Term: 2017–2038. Source: Japan Cabinet Office PFI project database (www8.cao.go.jp/pfi). Every Concessio record traces to a primary government, regulatory or multilateral source in this way.