Brunata
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| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | Energy metering, building data services, IoT |
| Founded | 1917 |
| Founder | Constantin Brun |
| Headquarters | , |
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| Products | Heat cost allocators, water and heat meters, remote metering systems, digital building monitoring |
| Parent | Minol-Zenner-Group |
| Website | brunata.com |
Brunata A/S is a company based in Herlev, Denmark, that operates in the field of energy metering, consumption-based billing, and building-related data services, including heat cost allocators. It describes itself as a clean technology company. Brunata is part of the Minol–Zenner-Group.[1]
Brunata was founded in Denmark in 1917.[citation needed] Its early activities included the development of systems for allocating heating costs in residential buildings, which led to the establishment of the company Constantin Brun A/S.[2]
In 1950, Constantin Brun A/S merged with the Swiss company ATA. The new company was named Brunata, combining elements of both original names. During the following decades, Brunata expanded its services, issued licences[3] and in the mid-1990s, the company introduced its first wireless meters, allowing for remote reading.[2]
Starting in 2005, Brunata began the digitalisation of its consumption accounts, enabling residents and property administrators to access consumption data online.[2] In 2018, Brunata was acquired by the German family-owned company Minol. Since then, it has been part of the Minol-Zenner-Group.[4] The takeover made the Group the third-largest heating services provider and heating cost biller in Europe.[5] The Swiss division of Brunata merged with another company, IGS Dienstleistungen, in 2021.[6]
In 2002, the German Federal Cartel Office prevented Viterra Energy Services AG from acquiring Brunata and Minol due to concerns about formation of a monopoly.[7] In 2013, the Bulgarian Commission on Protection of Competition investigated Brunata and other companies for potential coordination on prices.[8] In 2017, the Romanian Competition Council fined Brunata and two other companies for forming a cartel in their market.[9] In 2017 and 2019, Germany did further analyses and investigations of the submetering service sector due to concerns about market concentration.[10][11]