Acanta

What Acanta does

Acanta is a privately-held, family-owned professional cleaning services company headquartered in Paris, founded in 1999 by Soryani Henriquez. The company specializes in high-end cleaning for fashion shows, luxury brand events, museums, art galleries, embassies, and historic venues, and reports handling 60-70% of fashion shows held in Paris. Its core product is an all-inclusive ("tout inclus") cleaning service that bundles site reconnaissance, products, machinery, materials, transport, and staff into a single quote-based engagement, eliminating hidden costs for clients.

The company's underlying capability rests on specialized cleaning techniques developed for delicate luxury environments, including single-use gauze sweeping for dust-free work on sensitive surfaces, mechanical rotocleaner washing, antistatic treatment for plexiglass surfaces, and specialized removal of traces from lacquered ("lack folie") surfaces. These techniques are deployed by a long-tenured, multinational team of more than 20 nationalities, including staff with 7-15 years of seniority and members recruited from Sciences Po, medical, osteopathy, and law programs who bring discretion and adaptability to high-profile environments.

Acanta monetizes through two primary streams: quote-based event cleaning projects (the larger revenue driver based on the Paris fashion show footprint) and recurring daily or periodic facility cleaning contracts. Go-to-market is sales-led and almost entirely referral-driven; the company explicitly states that "our best salespeople are satisfied clients." Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is structured per project, with no digital marketing or paid acquisition channels evident.

Name

Acanta

Legal name

Acanta

Website

https://acanta.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Acanta is a Paris-based, family-owned cleaning services firm specializing in all-inclusive high-end cleaning for Paris fashion shows, luxury brands, museums, embassies, and historic venues, reportedly handling 60-70% of Paris fashion shows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Cleaning Services

NAICS

Janitorial Services (561720)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Office & Corporate Janitorial (IMAIADAA)

Keywords

• Event cleaning services
• Luxury venue cleaning
• Fashion show cleaning
• Museum cleaning services
• Post-renovation cleaning

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Event cleaning services: Professional cleaning services for fashion shows, events, and exhibitions. Services are all-inclusive, encompassing site reconnaissance, products, machinery, materials, transport, and staff. Pricing is quote-based per event/project.
2. Daily or periodic cleaning of premises: Recurring cleaning services for client premises on a daily or periodic basis, providing steady recurring revenue from established clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Acanta provides all-inclusive professional cleaning services for fashion shows, luxury events, museums, galleries, embassies, showrooms, and high-end venues. Each engagement is delivered as a fully managed package covering site reconnaissance, provision of all products, machinery and equipment, delivery and collection, waste management, and staff (including transport and taxi support for off-hours events). The company also offers recurring daily or periodic facility cleaning and post-renovation deep cleaning trusted by select architects.

Product overview

Acanta is a professional cleaning services company offering an all-inclusive cleaning service model ("Prestations tout inclus") for high-end events and venues, particularly in the luxury sector. The core product encompasses comprehensive cleaning services for fashion shows, events, museums, galleries, and luxury establishments. Add-on services include international event support, daily/periodic facility maintenance, and post-renovation deep cleaning services. Acanta serves major fashion houses (Chanel, Dior, Hermès), museums (Louvre, Musée Rodin), event agencies, and luxury brands across the luxury, cosmetics, jewelry, and cultural sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Prestations "tout inclus" (All-Inclusive Cleaning Services) Comprehensive all-inclusive cleaning services for events and venues, encompassing site inspection, provision of all products, machines, and equipment, waste management, dust control, static treatment for plexiglass surfaces, glass cleaning, delicate surface cleaning, bathroom sanitation, smoker area maintenance, and post-event restoration with waste management. Targeted at event agencies, luxury fashion houses, museums, galleries, embassies, and historic venues.
• International Event Support
• Daily/Periodic Cleaning Services
• Post-Renovation Deep Cleaning

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero waste, zero dust, zero traces achieved through professional processes

Named customers21 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ServiceMaster Clean: Established commercial and residential cleaning franchise network with commercial janitorial offerings; comparable in core cleaning service line, though operating under a franchised, standardized model versus Acanta's bespoke luxury positioning.
• ABM Industries Incorporated: Large US-based integrated facility services provider with substantial janitorial operations across airports, museums, and commercial venues; comparable in commercial venue cleaning capability and serves some of the same customer types (cultural institutions, retail, corporate).
• Elis SA: European leader in laundry and hygiene services serving hospitality and healthcare; an adjacent services-business peer with similar clientele (hotels, healthcare, events) that could expand into Acanta's specific luxury event cleaning niche.
• Sodexo S.A. French-headquartered global services group with facility management and cleaning offerings; adjacent competitor with the scale and cross-selling capability that a boutique specialist like Acanta could be displaced by in mid-market contracts.
• Compass Group plc: Global contract services group spanning food services, support, and facility cleaning; while primarily food-focused, its facility services arm overlaps with Acanta's venue-cleaning scope at the highest-end hospitality and event venues.
• Derichebourg Propreté & Multiservices: French environmental and cleaning services provider with a cleaning division serving commercial and industrial clients; competes for similar French cleaning-services contracts and represents the type of regional incumbent Acanta would face on expansion.
• GSF (Groupe Service France): Significant France-based cleaning and multi-service facility operator with national coverage; operates in the same broad cleaning-services market as Acanta, but focused on volume contracts rather than luxury-event cleaning.
• ISS A/S: Global facility services provider with substantial French operations delivering cleaning, workplace, and property services; competes for the same B2B cleaning budgets, particularly with larger institutional clients.
• Atalian Global Services: Large French-headquartered international facility services group providing cleaning, security, and maintenance across commercial real estate; comparable in offering commercial cleaning services, though at much larger scale and broader scope than Acanta's luxury event niche.
• Onet (Groupe Onet): Major French cleaning and facility services company serving offices, retail, and industrial sites; offers the same underlying cleaning capability as Acanta but as a broad incumbent rather than a luxury-event specialist.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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