House Shine

What House Shine does

House Shine is a Portugal-based cleaning services company headquartered in Porto, founded in 2008. According to the available firmographic data, the company employs between 501 and 1,000 people and operates through a dedicated web property at houseshine.pt. Its service offering spans two distinct end markets: residential cleaning and commercial cleaning, with the commercial side explicitly covering office cleaning and post-construction cleaning. The combination of residential and commercial / post-construction work positions the company across both recurring (subscription-like) household demand and project-based commercial contracts.

The business model is services-based, with revenue mechanics tied to the deployment of a sizable frontline workforce across cleaning engagements. The firmographic profile indicates a mid-sized operator by headcount, which in the cleaning industry typically implies a mix of recurring weekly/bi-weekly residential contracts, scheduled commercial office contracts, and episodic post-construction project work. No pricing structure, customer logos, contract values, or revenue figures are disclosed in the available input, and the company's own website returned a verification/loading placeholder rather than detailed product or pricing content, limiting the depth of operational visibility.

From a strategic and investment-readability standpoint, the available evidence is thin: there are no documented funding rounds, M&A activity, leadership changes, geographic expansions, partnerships, certifications, patents, or technology disclosures in the source material. The principal signal of operational maturity is the 16-year operating history and a workforce in the 501-1,000 range, which together suggest a regionally scaled cleaning services business rather than an early-stage or venture-backed technology-enabled entrant.

Name

House Shine

Website

https://houseshine.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

House Shine is a Porto, Portugal-based cleaning services company founded in 2008, employing 501-1,000 staff to deliver residential cleaning, commercial office cleaning, and post-construction cleaning services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Cleaning Services

NAICS

Janitorial Services (561720)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHSAEABAC

Whole-Home Deep Cleaning (Top-to-Bottom Intensive)

Home & Personal Services/Home Cleaning & Housekeeping/Deep Cleaning

SECONDARYHSAEACAD

Single-Family Home Turnover Cleaning

Home & Personal Services/Home Cleaning & Housekeeping/Move-In/Move-Out Cleaning

SECONDARYHSAEAAAA

General Recurring House Cleaning (Whole-Home)

Home & Personal Services/Home Cleaning & Housekeeping/Standard/Recurring House Cleaning

Keywords

• Residential cleaning
• Commercial cleaning
• Office cleaning
• Post-construction cleaning
• Janitorial services

Headquarters

HQ city

Porto

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

House Shine is a Portugal-based cleaning services company that provides residential and commercial cleaning, including dedicated office cleaning and post-construction cleaning services for homes, offices, and construction sites.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Office Cleaning

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Molly Maid: Franchised residential cleaning service specializing in recurring house cleaning. Highly comparable to House Shine's residential cleaning segment, though organized as a franchise network rather than a single operating company.
• The Cleaning Authority: Franchised residential cleaning company offering recurring whole-home and move-in/move-out services. Closely comparable to House Shine's recurring residential and turnover cleaning offerings.
• Maid Brigade: Residential cleaning franchise focused on recurring housekeeping and move-in/move-out cleans. Directly comparable to House Shine's recurring residential and turnover service lines in scope, customer type, and pricing model.

Emerging players

• Handy (ANGI): Online platform for booking home cleaning, handyman, and installation services, now part of ANGI Group. Competes with House Shine in residential cleaning via a technology-led, marketplace-driven model.
• Helpling: Digital marketplace connecting customers with residential and office cleaning professionals across Europe. Comparable as a competitor in the same end-markets but differentiated by its platform-based, gig-economy model.
• Cleanly: On-demand residential and office cleaning platform that uses technology for booking, routing, and pricing. Comparable to House Shine in core cleaning service offering but differentiated by digital-first customer acquisition and operations.

Broad incumbents

• Sodexo: International facility management and food services group with extensive cleaning services for offices, schools, and institutions. Overlaps directly with House Shine's office cleaning offering as a much larger diversified player.
• ISS A/S: Global facility services company providing cleaning, office support, and property services to commercial and residential clients. Comparable to House Shine as a broad incumbent in the same cleaning services category, though operating at vastly larger scale and across many countries.
• ABM Industries: US-listed facility services provider offering janitorial, parking, and building solutions to commercial clients. Directly comparable in the office and commercial cleaning segment, with broader service portfolio and national account capabilities.
• Compass Group: Global contract food services and support services group with significant cleaning and facilities operations. Competes with House Shine for commercial and institutional cleaning contracts as a broad incumbent.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HouseShine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/house-shine-portugal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

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