Lacera

What Lacera does

Grupo Lacera is a privately held, family-owned Spanish integrated facility-services provider founded in 1961 in Mieres, Asturias by Juan de la Cera and Marisa Santiago, and now led by the second generation (eight children of the founders) under CEO Marcos Suárez and Director General Alejandro Blanco. The company delivers eight service lines — cleaning and disinfection (Limpieza e Higienización), waste management (Gestión de Residuos), environmental health/pest control (Sanidad Ambiental), gardening (Jardinería), comprehensive maintenance (Mantenimiento Integral), construction and renovations (Obras y Reformas), auxiliary services (Servicios Auxiliares covering reception, concierge, access control, mail, logistics, laundry, parking), and professional training (Formación) — to enterprise and public-sector clients across healthcare, education, government, retail, hospitality, industrial, banking, and cultural sectors in Spain.

The business operates through the Global Lacera integrated outsourcing model, providing a single provider and single point of contact for bundled multi-line delivery, with three branded overlays: Global Lacera (the bundled delivery platform), Lacera Integra (a Centro Especial de Empleo / Special Employment Center authorized in eight autonomous communities to integrate people with disabilities), and Lacera Campus (an internship and talent development program). The operating stack is intentionally certification-led rather than technology-led — Lacera holds ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 14064-1, 50001, 27001, 56001, UNE-EN 16636, EMAS (Registration No. ES-AS-000073), EU ECOLABEL (marketed as ECOLACERA for indoor cleaning), SGE 21, and GDPR/LOPDGDD compliance — supported by an in-house compliance function, an ethics channel operated by Complylaw, and an HR portal powered by Bizneo.

Lacera generates revenue through direct B2B enterprise sales with custom-quote pricing across 10+ Spanish regions, operating from a headquarters in Oviedo, a Madrid regional hub, a Catalonia office, four Galicia locations, three Castilla y León offices, and offices in Navarra, Mallorca, and both Canarias provinces, plus training, logistics, and waste-management centers in Asturias. The company employs more than 6,000 professionals (half based in Asturias, making it the third-largest private employer in the Principality) and is publicly committed to doubling headcount to 12,000 within four to five years while expanding into Levante and Andalucía. ESG positioning is a commercial asset: 68.9% eco-friendly product consumption, 15.9% of staff with disabilities, 100% staff compliance training, and the distinction of being the first Asturian company to compensate its carbon footprint via the Proyecto Villares de Arriba (2025).

Name

Lacera

Legal name

Lacera Servicios y Mantenimiento S.A.

Website

https://lacera.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Grupo Lacera is a family-owned Spanish integrated facility-services provider founded in 1961, employing 6,000+ professionals across Spain to deliver cleaning, maintenance, waste management, pest control, gardening, construction, auxiliary, and training services to enterprise and public-sector clients via the Global Lacera outsourcing model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Facility Management Services

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Amenity & Vendor Coordination (Catering, Dry Cleaning, Repairs Scheduling) (BPABAEAJ)

Keywords

• Facility management services
• Professional cleaning services
• Integrated maintenance services
• Waste management services
• Auxiliary services outsourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Oviedo

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices17 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Cleaning Services: Core cleaning and sanitization services for various sectors including healthcare, education, offices, and hospitality.
2. Integrated Facility Management: Comprehensive maintenance services including preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance for buildings and installations.
3. Environmental Health Services: Pest control, legionella prevention, disinfection, wood treatments, air duct cleaning, and food safety services.
4. Waste Management: Hazardous and non-hazardous waste management, confidential document destruction, compactors and containers.
5. Gardening and Landscaping: Green space maintenance, corporate gardening, urban gardening, design and execution services.
6. Construction and Reforms: Building rehabilitation, renovations, facades, and sustainable construction projects.
7. Auxiliary Services: Auxiliary services including sports facility management, monitors, cultural services, telephone management, reception, warehouse management, parking, concierge, access control, mail distribution, logistics, laundry, reprography.
8. Training Services: Specialized training courses for employment, technical skills development, and vocational training programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Grupo Lacera is an outsourced auxiliary services provider that delivers cleaning and sanitization, waste management, environmental health (pest control, Legionella, disinfection, food safety), gardening and landscaping, comprehensive maintenance, construction and renovations, auxiliary reception/concierge/logistics services, and vocational training to organizations across Spain. Through its Global Lacera model it bundles these service lines into a single integrated outsourcing contract with a single point of contact.

Product overview

Lacera is a national-scale auxiliary services outsourcing company that operates as a unified portfolio of service lines rather than a single software product. The core offering spans eight service verticals: (1) Limpieza e Higienización (cleaning and disinfection), (2) Gestión de Residuos (waste management), (3) Sanidad Ambiental (environmental health/pest control), (4) Jardinería (gardening), (5) Mantenimiento Integral (comprehensive maintenance), (6) Obras y Reformas (construction and renovations), (7) Servicios Auxiliares (auxiliary services), and (8) Formación (professional training). Two branded programs layer over these services: Global Lacera is the company's integrated outsourcing model — acting as a single provider, single point of contact for bundled delivery of multiple services — while Lacera Integra is the Special Employment Center subsidiary focused on labor inclusion of people with disabilities. Lacera Campus is the internal talent development program. The company primarily serves sectors including administrative buildings, hospitals and social-health centers, educational centers, sports facilities, shopping malls, museums, clean rooms, industrial environments, business parks, hotels, green areas, and banks and insurance companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Global Lacera: Outsourcing model for global management of auxiliary services, offering customized solutions and single-point-of-contact for clients.
• Lacera Campus
• Lacera Integra

Products and services

• Limpieza e Higienización (Cleaning and Sanitization) Professional cleaning and disinfection services for organizations, adapted to facility requirements with specialized protocols across healthcare, educational, administrative, retail, hospitality, industrial and public-sector environments. Includes the ECOLACERA EU Ecolabel-certified indoor cleaning service.
• Gestión de Residuos (Waste Management) Comprehensive waste management services including hazardous and non-hazardous waste handling, confidential document destruction, and provision of compactors and containers. Lacera operates as an authorized manager, agent and transporter.
• Sanidad Ambiental (Environmental Health) Environmental health services including integrated pest control (UNE-EN 16636), Legionella prevention and control, disinfection, wood treatments, HVAC duct cleaning, ambient scenting and food safety management under APPCC.
• Jardinería (Gardening and Landscaping) Gardening and landscaping services including corporate gardening, urban gardening, green space design and execution, irrigation systems, tree pruning and specialized sports-field care.
• Mantenimiento Integral (Comprehensive Maintenance) Preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance services for buildings and installations, including facility management, industrial installation maintenance and sustainable project development.
• Obras y Reformas (Construction and Renovations) Construction, remodeling and comprehensive space reform services including building rehabilitation, renovations, facades and accessibility, interior design and energy certification work.
• Servicios Auxiliares (Auxiliary Services) Auxiliary services including sports facility management, monitors and educators, cultural services, telephone management and reception, user attention, warehouse management, parking and valet services, concierge and porter services, access control, internal mail distribution, internal logistics, laundry and reprography.
• Formación (Specialized Training) Specialized training programs for employment and professional competency development, including courses on cleaning techniques across hospital, educational, administrative and confined-space environments, specific cleaning procedures and employability training.
• Global Lacera (Integrated Outsourcing Model) Integrated outsourcing model offering 360-degree management of multiple auxiliary services under a single provider and single point of contact, with fully customized solutions to enhance client agility and flexibility.

Quantifiable outcome

• 68.9% eco-friendly products consumption in operations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Fundación Caja Rural de AsturiascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 December 2025Partnership for carbon footprint compensation through the Proyecto Villares de Arriba, making Lacera the first Asturian company to compensate its carbon footprint in the Registro Autonómico. This initiative contributes to CO2 capture and promotes environmental and social benefits for the local community.
• Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 September 2025Partnership signed to support cancer research and social initiatives. Lacera received 'Empresa Activa contra el Cáncer' distinction recognizing commitment to cancer fight and community support.
• Bizneo (BIZNEO SOLUTIONS S.L.)coreTechnology or IntegrationHR software platform provider powering the Trabaja en Lacera employment portal for candidate management and recruitment processes.
• Complylaw Canal Ético (LA LEY SOLUCIONES LEGALES S.A.)coreTechnology or IntegrationCompliance and ethical channel platform provider for whistleblower system and compliance management as required by Ley 2/2023.
• Acción LaboralsupportingOthersEmployment agency partnership supporting labor integration programs.
• Aspaym AsturiassupportingOthersAssociation supporting people with physical disabilities, collaboration on labor integration.
• COCEMFE AsturiassupportingOthersAsturian confederation of organizations for people with disabilities, collaboration on inclusion initiatives.
• COGAMI GaliciasupportingOthersGalician confederation for people with intellectual disabilities, partnership for labor integration.
• Fundación EDESsupportingOthersFoundation supporting disability inclusion and labor integration programs.
• FAEDISsupportingOthersAssociation for employment and training of people with disabilities.
• FEAFESsupportingOthersMental health federation supporting employment for people with mental health conditions.
• Inserta Empleo (Fundación ONCE)supportingOthersEmployment foundation of ONCE for people with disabilities, supporting labor integration.
• Fundación PAIDEIAsupportingOthersFoundation promoting social inclusion and labor integration.
• MDNsupportingOthersOrganization supporting disability inclusion and employment programs.
• NORJOMIsupportingOthersOrganization supporting people with disabilities in Asturias.
• European UnionsupportingOthersEU co-financing for Special Employment Center activities across Asturias, Valladolid, A Coruña, Madrid, Navarra, La Rioja, Lugo, and Balearic Islands through subsidies from Ministerio de Trabajo, Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal, and regional employment services.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CLECE: Largest Spanish facility services company (~85,000 employees), owned by ACS Group. Offers an identical portfolio of cleaning, maintenance, waste management, and auxiliary services to Spanish institutional clients, and is the primary direct competitor for large national healthcare, education, and government contracts.
• Eulen Servicios: Major Spanish facility services group (~90,000 employees) with overlapping service lines including cleaning, maintenance, security, and auxiliary services. Directly competes for healthcare, education, and government contracts across Spain with similar bundled-service positioning to Lacera's Global Lacera model.
• SAMYL: Spanish facility management and cleaning services provider with strong focus on healthcare and institutional clients. Competes directly for hospital and public-sector cleaning and maintenance contracts in overlapping Spanish geographies.
• OHLA Servicios: Spanish infrastructure and services group with a facility management division providing cleaning, maintenance, and auxiliary services to public and private clients across Spain. Competes for similar institutional tenders as Lacera.
• Serveo (formerly Ferrovial Servicios): Major Spanish facility management operator spun out of Ferrovial, providing integrated cleaning, maintenance, and auxiliary services. Directly competes for healthcare, public administration, and infrastructure-adjacent facility contracts across Spain.
• Sacyr Valoriza: Spanish multi-services operator with significant facility management and environmental services operations. Overlaps with Lacera in waste management, landscaping, and integrated facility services for public and private clients across Spain.

Broad incumbents

• ISS A/S (Spain operations): Global facility services leader with established Spain operations. Competes for large national and multinational facility management contracts with a broader service portfolio (workplace experience, food services) than Lacera's focused Spanish offering.
• Veolia Servicios España: International environmental services leader with substantial Spain operations in waste management, cleaning, and environmental services. Directly overlaps with Lacera's waste management (Gestión de Residuos) and environmental health (Sanidad Ambiental) lines.
• Compass Group Spain: International food and support services giant with Spain operations delivering bundled facility services (cleaning, reception, maintenance) to corporate and institutional clients. Competes indirectly via bundled contracts where food services is the anchor offering.
• Acciona Servicios: Spanish infrastructure conglomerate with a services division providing facility management, cleaning, and maintenance as part of a broader infrastructure and renewable energy portfolio. Overlaps with Lacera in institutional and public-sector facility contracts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance13 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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