Wackler Group

What Wackler Group does

Wackler Group is a privately held, Munich-headquartered multi-brand facility services group operating under Wackler Holding SE, a Societas Europaea founded in 1909. The group delivers integrated building services — facility management (infrastructural, technical, commercial and hotel), Gebäudereinigung (building cleaning, including the proprietary GREEN CLEAN concept and AI-supported cleaning robotics), and security services (patrol, property protection, 24/7 control room, reception/concierge) — to roughly 1,800 enterprise and public-sector customers across 44 German locations, supported by ~8,300 employees. The operating core is Wackler Service Group, surrounded by wholly-owned adjacent subsidiaries: Wackler Personal-Service (staffing/temporary work), RoboPlanet GmbH (cleaning and service robotics, distributing Pudu CC1 and Gausium Phantas robots under a Cobotik human-robot collaboration model), ConClimate GmbH (ESG/EcoVadis/CSRD consulting), Substain (ESG software), and the in-house Wackler Akademie training program. Underpinning the offering is a 7-fold certified Integrated Management System (ISO 9001/14001/45001/50001 plus DIN 77200-1, CSR-secured sustainability and SCCP), the EcoVadis Platin-Medaille (top 1% globally, two consecutive years), and SBTi-validated Net-Zero targets by 2045.

Revenue is generated predominantly through recurring, contract-based managed services billed per object and interval, plus professional services from ConClimate, hardware/software revenues from RoboPlanet and Substain, and staffing margin from Wackler Personal-Service. Pricing is quote-based, individually negotiated per object scope and sustainability profile, with no public list price. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales with dedicated regional teams, complemented by a direct-to-consumer recruitment motion for cleaning/service personnel via softgarden (177+ active listings) and event-driven demand generation (Interclean, BVMW Zukunftstag Mittelstand, an annual Wine & More event). The group sells ESG-conformant delivery under the "Wackler GREEN SERVICES" promise to capture procurement share in tenders that increasingly require CSRD-aligned supply chains. On 1 January 2026 the executive board was expanded to a CEO/COO/CFO triumvirate under Peter Blenke, with Manfred von Dahlen (COO, ex-CEO of Wackler Service Group) and Markus Mayr (CFO, previously Bereichsleiter), explicitly framed as succession preparation toward January 2028. Ownership is concentrated in company leadership; no external shareholders, public listing, or revenue figures are disclosed in the source material.

Name

Wackler Group

Legal name

Wackler Holding SE

Website

https://wackler-group.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1909

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Wackler Group is a Munich-based, privately held multi-brand facility services group (Wackler Holding SE, founded 1909, ~8,300 employees, 44 German locations) delivering integrated facility management, building cleaning, security and personnel services to roughly 1,800 enterprise and public-sector customers in Germany, augmented by cleaning-robotics and ESG-software subsidiaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

München

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Facility Management Services: Recurring, contracted facility management services (infrastructural, technical and commercial) plus hotel facility management provided to enterprise and public-sector clients under multi-year service agreements.
2. Building Cleaning Services: Recurring contract-based cleaning services (maintenance, daytime, glass/facade, industrial, robotics-supported) billed per object and cleaning interval under long-term service contracts.
3. Security Services: Recurring manned security contracts (reception, gate/door, patrol, property and object protection, 24/7 emergency control room) plus event security.
4. Personnel Services / Temporary Work: Staffing and temporary-work services offered via the subsidiary Wackler Personal-Service, providing flexible personnel placement (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung und Personalvermittlung).
5. Robotics Integration / RoboPlanet: Robotics solutions (service and cleaning robots) sold/integrated under the RoboPlanet brand for healthcare, education and commercial clients.
6. ESG Consulting (ConClimate) and ESG Software (Substain): Advisory and software revenues from ConClimate GmbH (EcoVadis/CSRD/CO2 consulting) and Substain (ESG software platform) sold to corporate customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Core offering

Wackler Group provides integrated building services in Germany, principally facility management (infrastructural, technical, commercial and hotel FM), building cleaning under its proprietary GREEN CLEAN concept, and security services (reception, patrol, property protection, 24/7 emergency control room). It also delivers personnel/staffing services via Wackler Personal-Service, cleaning and service robotics through its subsidiary RoboPlanet, and ESG consulting (ConClimate) plus ESG software (Substain).

Product overview

Wackler Group is a multi-brand German building-services group operating under the Wackler Holding SE umbrella. Its core is the Wackler Service Group, which delivers three integrated service lines: Facility Management (including infrastructural, technical, commercial, and hotel facility management), Gebäudereinigung (with the proprietary GREEN CLEAN sustainable-cleaning concept and the Reinigungsrobotik / App-gestützte Gebäudereinigung modules), and Security (including Empfangsdienst and a 24/7 Notruf-Service-Leitstelle). These are unified under the cross-divisional Wackler GREEN SERVICES service promise for ESG-conformant delivery. Adjacent offerings include Wackler Personal Service (staffing), RoboPlanet (cleaning and service robotics with Pudu and Gausium robots), ConClimate GmbH (ESG and EcoVadis consulting), Substain (ESG software), and the Wackler Akademie (training and development). The portfolio functions as a platform-plus-modules architecture in which the Wackler Service Group is the operational backbone and the specialized subsidiaries (RoboPlanet, Substain, ConClimate, Wackler Personal Service) add technology, ESG, and workforce capabilities around it.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RoboPlanet: Integrated robotics solutions for cleaning and service robotics; subsidiary launched as a distinct brand.
• Wackler Personal-Service
• ConClimate
• Substain
• GREEN CLEAN

Products and services

• Facility Management
• Building Cleaning (Gebäudereinigung)
• Security Services
• GREEN CLEAN
• RoboPlanet Robotics Solutions
• Substain ESG Software
• ConClimate ESG & Climate Consulting
• Wackler Personal-Service (Staffing & Temporary Work)
• Reception & Concierge Service (Empfangsdienst)

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability10 records

Feature7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Wisag: One of Germany's largest facility-services and industrial-services groups, offering cleaning, security, FM, and personnel services with comparable multi-brand structure and nationwide coverage. Direct competitor for Wackler's core service lines.
• Piepenbrock: German family-owned facility-services group covering cleaning, security, maintenance, and personnel services with similar nationwide footprint and multi-brand architecture. Closely comparable in size and service mix to Wackler.
• Dussmann Group: Klaus Dussmann Stiftung-owned facility-services and care group providing cleaning, security, building technology, and FM across Germany. Directly comparable in scale, service breadth and enterprise/government customer base.
• Strabag Property and Facility Services (Strabag PFS): Subsidiary of Strabag SE providing integrated facility management, cleaning and security services in Germany. Direct competitor especially for technical and infrastructural FM contracts.
• Gegenbauer: German facility-services group (formerly Gegenbauer Holding) offering cleaning, security, building services, and personnel services primarily in Germany. Closely comparable in service portfolio and customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• ISS A/S (Germany): Global facility-services integrator with significant Germany operations, offering cleaning, security, FM, and workplace services. Competes head-on with Wackler in enterprise FM but operates as a broad global incumbent.
• Sodexo Germany: France-based global FM and food services group with material German operations in FM, cleaning, and on-site services. Overlaps with Wackler's core service lines but competes from a global, broader-portfolio position.
• Compass Group (Germany): UK-listed global contract catering and support services group with German FM and cleaning operations. Comparable to Wackler in B2B services scale but diversified across food services and multiple geographies.

Regional players

• Heindl Group: Bavaria-rooted, family-run facility-services group offering cleaning, FM, and security with strong southern-Germany presence. Directly comparable to Wackler's regional Wackler Service Group Süd operations.

Others

• Pudu Robotics: Chinese cleaning-robotics OEM whose CC1 model is distributed and integrated by Wackler's RoboPlanet subsidiary. Comparable as a supplier/enabler to Wackler's robotics strategy and as a reference point for RoboPlanet's competitive positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/WacklerServiceGroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wackler-holding-se

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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