N-Clean

What N-Clean does

N-Clean is a Finnish family-owned commercial cleaning services company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Turku, Finland. The company specializes in three service verticals: hotel cleaning, premises (commercial real estate) cleaning, and ship cleaning, serving clients across the hospitality, real estate, and maritime end-markets in Finland. N-Clean operates as a service-oriented B2B business with a workforce of 1,001-5,000 employees, positioning it as a mid-to-large operator within the Nordic commercial cleaning sector.

The company is led by its co-founders: Helena Nurmi serves as co-founder and board member, while Rauno Nurmi serves as co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, reflecting continued family ownership and operational leadership two decades after founding. The firm received a growth-stage funding round led by Finnish private equity firm Juuri Partners in August 2016, suggesting institutional backing for either organic scaling or potential consolidation within the fragmented Nordic cleaning services market.

The input data is materially incomplete: pricing models, revenue figures, customer segment breakdowns, technology stack details, app presence (negatively confirmed), partnerships, acquisitions, M&A history, and current operating status (the company website content could not be loaded) are all absent from the source material. As a result, no technology or platform architecture can be described. The business model as documented is straightforward fee-for-service cleaning contracts delivered through an employed labor force distributed across client sites, with no indication of subscription SaaS, franchising, or technology-enabled service delivery mechanics in the provided information.

Name

N-Clean

Website

https://nclean.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

N-Clean is a Finnish family-owned commercial cleaning company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Turku, delivering hotel, premises, and ship cleaning services to hospitality, real estate, and maritime clients across Finland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Turku

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Core offering

N-Clean is a Finnish family-owned company that provides professional cleaning services for three core verticals: hotels, commercial premises, and ships. It sells outsourced cleaning and maintenance services to hospitality operators, commercial property owners/tenants, and maritime/vessel owners, delivering recurring housekeeping, premises maintenance, and vessel cleaning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hotel Cleaning Services Outsourced cleaning services for hotels, covering guest-room housekeeping, public-area upkeep, and related janitorial tasks, delivered to hotel operators in Finland.
• Premises Cleaning Services
• Ship Cleaning Services

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• B&B Service Oy: Finnish cleaning and facility services company operating in overlapping service lines within the same domestic market as N-Clean. Direct local competitor.
• ISS A/S: Denmark-based global facility services leader with significant janitorial and cleaning exposure across the Nordics and Europe. Directly comparable to N-Clean in commercial and industrial cleaning, including hospitality-adjacent accounts.
• Coor Service Management: Swedish integrated facility management provider with strong Nordic presence in cleaning, premises, and workplace services. Closely comparable business model and regional footprint to N-Clean.
• Lassila & Tikanoja: Finnish-listed company providing facility services including cleaning, property maintenance, and environmental services. Operates in the same Finnish market with overlapping cleaning and premises service lines.
• ABM Industries: US-listed commercial cleaning and facility services provider serving hospitality, commercial real estate, and aviation clients. Comparable scale and contract-based janitorial model.
• Atalian: France-based global cleaning and facility services group with significant European presence. Directly comparable in commercial cleaning service delivery to hotels, offices, and industrial sites.
• Dussmann Group: German family-owned facility services provider with cleaning as a core vertical across Europe. Similar family-controlled ownership structure and multi-vertical service portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Sodexo: Global food and integrated facility management major. Cleaning services are part of a wider service portfolio, making it a broad incumbent competitor for large multi-site hotel and premises contracts.
• Compass Group: UK-listed global contract catering and support services group with significant cleaning-adjacent facilities operations. A large incumbent rather than a focused cleaning specialist.

Regional players

• Sol Facility: Italian/European facility services provider with a strong presence in Southern Europe and growing Northern European footprint. Comparable commercial cleaning model, primarily competing outside the Nordics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NCleanOy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/n-clean

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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