Colser

What Colser does

COLSER società cooperativa is an Italian multi-services cooperative founded in 1975 and headquartered in Parma, providing integrated facility management, sanitation, and environmental hygiene services to public administration and private enterprises across Italy. The company operates through four specialized divisions: COLSER cleaning & soft facility management (hospital sanitization, civil and agri-food cleaning, specialized disinfection, integrated office services, museum services, laundry, green maintenance, waste management); COLSER Tech (building management, engineering of maintenance, energy-saving solutions, smart building technology including ICT/audio-video infrastructure); COLSER Log (logistics outsourcing, warehousing across 30,000 sqm, goods handling, airport handling, art transport); and COLSER Green (EU ECOLABEL-certified low-environmental-impact cleaning services). Healthcare accounts for approximately 40% of cleaning revenue, serving flagship clients such as Azienda Ospedaliera di Parma, Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Milano, and Ospedali Riuniti di Salerno.

COLSER generates revenue predominantly through long-term managed service contracts secured via Italian public procurement (CONSIP framework agreements) and direct enterprise sales. Notable contract wins include a €200 million CONSIP contract as consortium leader, the 10-year IUAV di Venezia Smart Building PPP, and ongoing CONSIP Sanità and FM4 lots across multiple Italian regions. Pricing is determined through competitive tender processes rather than published rate cards; contract durations are typically multi-year. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales supported by a network of 7 regional branches covering Emilia-Romagna, Toscana, Lombardia, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, and Central-Southern Italy.

The company is part of the Gruppo Cooperativo Paritetico COLSER-Auroradomus (combined revenue €252M in 2023, 7,500+ members and employees), alongside Auroradomus (social services) and Saltatempo (type B cooperative for work integration). COLSER holds extensive certifications including ISO 9001/14001/45001/37001/30415, SA 8000, EU ECOLABEL, UNI PdR 125, AGCM Rating di Legalità (max score), and IFS Logistics. Reported standalone revenue is €152 million as of 31/12/2025, with 5,132+ direct collaborators, ranking the company among Italy's top 10 multiservices and cleaning/sanitization providers.

Name

Colser

Legal name

COLSER società cooperativa

Website

https://colser.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

COLSER is an Italian cooperative (founded 1975, Parma) providing integrated sanitation, facility management, logistics, and smart building services to public administration and private enterprises across Italy, operating through four divisions and a national branch network, with €152M in reported 2025 revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Parma

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Facility Management and Multiservices Contracts: COLSER generates the majority of its revenue through long-term facility management and multiservices contracts with public administration (hospitals, universities, government buildings) and private enterprises. Revenue is recurring in nature, tied to multi-year framework agreements and service contracts. The company competes for large public tenders through CONSIP and direct procurement.
2. Specialized Cleaning and Sanitization Services: Core business revenue from specialized cleaning, sanitization, and hygiene services in healthcare, civil, and industrial environments. Includes COVID-19 specialized disinfection services, hospital-grade sanitization, and EU ECOLABEL-certified cleaning.
3. Logistics and Handling Services: Revenue from logistics operations including goods handling, warehousing (30,000 sqm), transportation, airport handling, art transport, and relocation services. Primarily B2B contracts with ongoing operational engagements.
4. Building Maintenance and Engineering Services: Technical building management services including maintenance of all building utilities, engineering of maintenance policies, design and installation of civil and industrial technological systems, and energy-saving solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

No substantive source material was provided to describe Colser's core offerings.

Product overview

COLSER is a cooperative company providing multidisciplinary facility management and multi-services across Italy. The offering is organized as a platform-plus-divisions model with four main divisions: COLSER cleaning & soft facility management (core cleaning and sanitization services), COLSER Tech (maintenance and building management), COLSER Log (logistics outsourcing), and COLSER Green (environmental sustainability). These divisions collectively deliver 13 distinct service offerings including specialized sanitization, hospital hygiene, civil and production facility sanitization, specialized interventions, integrated office services, logistics, airport management, building management, green maintenance, laundry, museum services, and environmental management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• COLSER Tech: Divisione specializzata nella manutenzione e gestione degli edifici e degli impianti, progettazione, costruzione e messa in servizio di impianti tecnologici civili e industriali, soluzioni volte al risparmio energetico e alla tutela dell'ambiente.
• COLSER Green
• COLSER Log

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5,132 collaborators managed across Italy with continued service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CONSIPcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCONSIP is Italy's central public procurement agency. COLSER is an established participant and winner of multiple CONSIP framework agreement lots across cleaning, sanitization, and facility management categories, including CONSIP Sanità lots 2 and 9 (2021), CONSIP FM4 (2022), and historical participation in CONSIP1, CONSIP2, and regional CONSIP agreements. These framework agreements are the primary mechanism through which COLSER serves Italian public administration clients.
• Gruppo Cooperativo Paritetico COLSER-AuroradomuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2008, COLSER operates as part of the Gruppo Cooperativo Paritetico COLSER-Auroradomus, which also includes Auroradomus (social services cooperative) and Saltatempo (social enterprise type B). The group generated €252 million in revenue in 2023 with over 7,500 members and employees, providing multidisciplinary services including facility management, social services, and welfare programs.
• AuroradomuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAuroradomus is the social cooperative arm of the group, specializing in social services for elderly, children, minors, people with disabilities, and psychiatric care. Combined with COLSER's facility services, this partnership enables integrated service offerings for clients requiring both technical and social care services.
• SaltatempominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaltatempo is a type B social cooperative (onlus) focused on work integration for disadvantaged individuals. COLSER relaunched this cooperative in 2009 to support employment insertion services, demonstrating the group's commitment to social inclusion.
• RGS s.r.l.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRGS s.r.l. was acquired in 2015 as a company with specific expertise in maintenance and integrated services, strengthening COLSER's technical maintenance capabilities.
• ECO CITYminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerECO CITY is described as the first service in Italy and Europe designed to guarantee ecological goods distribution in cities. Acquired by the group in 2015, it supports COLSER's sustainable urban logistics and city distribution services.
• Cooperativa Sociale C.A.D.A.L. di AullaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerC.A.D.A.L. di Aulla was integrated within Auroradomus in 2018, consolidating the group's presence in Tuscany region in the social services sector.
• ACTIVAGE European ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAuroradomus participates in the ACTIVAGE European project, which experiments with IoT technologies and devices in daily living environments for people over 65 years old. This project demonstrates the group's commitment to innovation in social care technology.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Coopservice: Italian cooperative providing facility services, cleaning, logistics, and security with national coverage. Highly comparable cooperative-led model and service portfolio, competing for the same public and private contracts as COLSER.
• Rekeep: Italy's largest facility management and integrated services group (formerly Manutencoop), directly competing with COLSER across public-sector tenders, integrated FM, cleaning, and building maintenance at national scale.
• Pulitori ed Affini: Long-established Italian cleaning and multiservices provider competing for cleaning, sanitization, and integrated FM contracts across Northern and Central Italy, with similar customer verticals (healthcare, PA, industrial).
• Hygiene Industriale: Italian industrial and civil cleaning specialist with comparable offerings in sanitization, specialized interventions, and industrial hygiene across multiple regions.

Regional players

• Markas: Bolzano-headquartered family-owned facility services provider operating across Italy, Austria and Germany; competes with COLSER on integrated FM, cleaning, and catering in Northern Italian healthcare and public tenders.
• Temporary SpA: Italian facility services company focused on cleaning, portering, and integrated services, with overlap to COLSER in Southern/regional tenders and private cleaning contracts.

Broad incumbents

• Compass Group Italia: Italian arm of the global contract foodservice and support services group, overlapping with COLSER in contract catering, facility support, and integrated services for enterprises and institutions.
• Sodexo Italia: Subsidiary of the French multinational food and FM services group, providing facility management, cleaning, and quality-of-life services in Italy across private enterprise and public-sector accounts.
• ISS A/S (ISS Italia): Global facility services major with substantial Italian operations competing for enterprise and public-sector integrated FM contracts; overlaps directly with COLSER on cleaning, portering, and integrated facility services.

Emerging players

• Dussmann Service (Italy): German facility services group's Italian operations, providing integrated FM, cleaning, and security. Comparable multinational-led service portfolio and competes for the same Italian enterprise and hospital tenders as COLSER.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance14 records

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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