Name

Solaris Lab

Legal name

Solaris SmartLab

Website

https://solaris-lab.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cesano Maderno

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Facility & Energy Management Services: Solaris Smart division manages heating systems (impianti di calore), thermo and energy management, and facility maintenance services for corporate and institutional clients. Revenue is generated through service contracts with businesses and public entities.
2. Communication & Marketing Services: Solaris Lab provides communication campaigns, marketing strategy, and creative production services, including vehicle decoration and gypsum works.
3. Administrative & Digitalization Services: Business secretarial, company administration, and data entry services offered through the Solaris Lab division to enterprises.
4. Article 14 Employment Integration Contracts: Formal employment integration agreements with private companies and public institutions, enabling the hiring and professional placement of protected-category workers, structured under Italian Article 14 legislation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Solaris SmartLab is the multi-service division of Italian social cooperative Solaris Lavoro e Ambiente (founded 1984). It delivers professional services to enterprises and public institutions through two units: Solaris Smart (facility management, thermo and energy management, fittings and decorations, maintenance) and Solaris Lab (communication and marketing, secretarial and business administration, digitalization and data entry). 80% of the workforce is composed of protected-category workers employed under Italian Article 14 conventions.

Product overview

Solaris SmartLab is a specialized division of Solaris Lavoro e Ambiente, a Social Cooperative founded in 1984, operating as a multi-service company. The offering is organized into two main divisions: Solaris Smart (facility management, heating systems, maintenance, and decorations) and Solaris Lab (communication, marketing, administration, and digitization services). An Articolo 14 program provides work integration for protected category workers. The company employs 80% of its workforce from protected categories, focusing on professional inclusion and training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Solaris Smart: Specialized in fit-outs and decorations, thermo & energy management, and maintenance and service operations.
• Solaris Lab

Products and services

• Solaris Smart (division)
• Solaris Lab (division)
• Allestimenti & Decorazioni (Fittings and Decorations)
• Thermo & Energy Manager
• Manutenzioni & Service (Maintenance and Service)
• Comunicazione & Marketing (Communication and Marketing)
• Segreteria & Amministrazione Aziendale (Secretarial and Business Administration)
• Digitalizzazione & Data Entry (Digitization and Data Entry)
• Articolo 14 Work Integration Program

Named customers18 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Solaris Lavoro e Ambiente (Coop. Soc.)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1984Solaris SmartLab is a specialized sector (settore specializzato) of Solaris Lavoro e Ambiente, a Social Cooperative (Cooperativa Sociale) founded in 1984. Solaris Lavoro e Ambiente provides institutional backing, operational framework, and historical credibility to Solaris SmartLab, enabling access to public contracts, social enterprise networks, and a broad portfolio of client relationships across Italy.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cooperativa Sociale CSL: Italian social cooperative providing facility, cleaning and socio-labour integration services to public and private clients in Lombardy and beyond — closely comparable mission, geography and service mix to Solaris SmartLab.
• L'Operosa: Italian cooperative providing integrated facility management, energy, cleaning and socio-occupational integration services to enterprises and public bodies — same B2B/services cooperative model and similar protected-category employment focus as Solaris SmartLab.
• Aleandri Group: Italian integrated facility services group providing maintenance, energy and building services to enterprises and public institutions — directly comparable on the Solaris Smart division's facility/energy/maintenance offering.
• Codess Sociale: Italian social cooperative running facility management, educational, socio-health and work-inclusion services — directly comparable as a cooperative competitor in labour integration and facility services for public bodies.
• Cooperativa Solidarietà e Lavoro (Consorzio SIS): Italian cooperative consortium providing B2B services with protected-category worker integration (administrative, facility, logistics) — closest direct comparable on Solaris Lab's administrative/data-entry line combined with Article 14 style labour integration.
• Cooperativa Sociale Gruppo CGM: Network of Italian social cooperatives delivering facility management, maintenance, environmental and socio-labour integration services to public administrations and private companies — directly comparable in mission, customer base and service mix.

Emerging players

• Specialisterne Italia: Italian branch of Specialisterne, focused on employment and work-inclusion of people with autism and protected conditions — comparable to Solaris SmartLab's labour-integration mission but narrower in services offered.

Broad incumbents

• Manital Idea SPA: Established Italian facility management and integrated services provider serving large enterprises and public institutions — overlaps with Solaris Smart's facility/energy management line but operates at larger scale and is not cooperative-structured.
• Engie Servizi Italia (Engie): Major Italian facility management, energy and technical services subsidiary of the Engie group — competes for the same enterprise and municipal facility/energy management contracts that Solaris Smart targets.
• Markas Srl: Austrian/Italian-headquartered facility services group (cleaning, catering, facility management) — comparable in facility management delivery for Italian enterprise and public clients though not cooperative-structured.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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