What Lamme Textielbeheer does

Lamme Textile Management (Lamme Groep B.V.) is a Dutch family-owned industrial textile rental and laundry services company founded in 1834, now in its seventh generation of family ownership. The company serves the aviation, hospitality, and food service sectors across Western Europe through five operational facilities located in the Netherlands (Nederhorst den Berg, Schiphol, Hilversum), Germany (Bad Vilbel near Frankfurt), and Belgium (Zaventem). Its core service offering is the full lifecycle management of business textiles — pickup, sorting, inspection, washing, folding, packaging, labeling, and delivery — anchored by recurring rental contracts for cabin linens, crew uniforms, catering linens, hotel bed linens and towels, and restaurant table linens and chef apparel. The company operates dedicated sub-brands including Napking (restaurant textiles) and partners with airlines through on-site or near-airport facilities that integrate with aircraft turnaround operations.

The business model is primarily recurring subscription-based textile rental, complemented by one-time sales of lower-circulation items (duvets, pillows, mattresses) and a fee-based test washing service for airlines and textile brands. The company is differentiated by an integrated sustainability platform (Clean & Circular, Clean & Social, Clean & Honest) that includes CSR Performance Ladder Level 4 certification held for over 15 years, water recirculation technology, a fully circular plastics flow with Kivo, the co-founded Cibutex circularity initiative, the co-developed Loop chef jacket with Kentaur, and Europe's first fully electric CO2-neutral laundry (De Waslijn). GTM is enterprise field sales direct to airlines, hotels, and restaurants, with airport-based logistics teams as the primary distribution channel; the company does not operate a public API, SDK, or developer-facing digital platform. The KLM contract — extended in 2025 to 2043 — represents the cornerstone commercial relationship and is a key indicator of retention in the aviation vertical.

Name

Lamme Textielbeheer

Legal name

Lamme Groep B.V.

Website

https://lamme.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1834

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lamme Textile Management is a seventh-generation Dutch family-owned industrial laundry serving airlines, hotels, and restaurants across Western Europe with full-cycle textile rental, cleaning, and logistics from five facilities in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Textile Services

NAICS

Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated) (812320)

SIC

Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300)

akta.pro primary industry

Hotel / Hospitality Laundry Pickup & Delivery (HSAJACAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Commercial / B2B Laundry Pickup & Delivery (SMBs, Gyms, Salons, Restaurants) (HSAJACAE)

Keywords

• Textile rental services
• Industrial laundry services
• Airline linen management
• Hospitality textile services
• Commercial laundry operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Nederhorst Den Berg

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Textile Rental and Laundry Services: Lamme provides textile management services to airlines, hotels, and restaurants including pickup, sorting, inspection, washing, folding, packaging, labeling, and delivery. Services include cabin linens, uniforms, catering linens, and workwear for aviation and hospitality sectors.
2. Textile Sales: Sale of textile products including items that can be purchased such as beddings, pillows, mattresses for hotels, and chef jackets. Napking offers hybrid system where high-volume articles can be rented while low-volume items can be purchased.
3. Test Washing Center Services:

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lamme is a B2B textile management company that rents, collects, washes, inspects, packages, and delivers linens, uniforms, and workwear for airlines, hotels, and restaurants across Western Europe. The company operates industrial laundry facilities in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium, providing full-service textile lifecycle management with on-site airport capabilities and a hybrid rental/purchase model.

Product overview

Lamme Textile Management operates as a multi-brand, multi-service B2B textile management platform offering rental, laundering, and logistics services primarily to the aviation and hospitality sectors across Western Europe. The core brand Lamme handles the full textile lifecycle (collection, washing, folding, packaging, labeling, delivery and return) for airlines, hotels, and restaurants from five operational locations in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. The Napking sub-brand provides specialized restaurant textile services (table linen, napkins, chef jackets, uniforms) with its own dedicated Hilversum laundry and a fully electric delivery fleet. Aviation-specific services include cabin textiles, crew uniforms, catering linen, inventory management, a test washing centre, and non-textile supplies, primarily serving KLM and other airlines at Schiphol, Zaventem, and via Bad Vilbel for Frankfurt/Munich/Berlin/Düsseldorf. Circular economy products include the co-founded Cibutex initiative, the De Waslijn circular laundry, the Loop chef jacket co-produced with Kentaur, and a circular plastics programme via Kivo.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Napking: Specialized restaurant service brand of Lamme, offering linen rental and laundry services for restaurants in the Randstad region and beyond.

Products and services

• Lamme Textile Management (Airlines)
• Napking Restaurant Textiles
• Lamme Hotel Linen Management
• Test Washing Centre
• De Waslijn Circular Laundry
• Loop Chef Jacket by Lamme x Kentaur
• Aviation Inventory Management and Warehousing

Quantifiable outcome

• CO2 footprint reduced by over 25% since 2019
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 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

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KLMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 October 2025Lamme Textile Management and KLM signed a renewed cooperation agreement. Lamme will be the supplier of choice for KLM until 2043 at least. The contract was signed by Koen Bolster (Executive Vice President Hub Operations | KLM Ground Services) and Michel Lammerts (CEO Lamme Textile Management).
• CibutexcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Co-founded by Lamme and four other laundries in 2022, Cibutex focuses entirely on circularity in the B2B textile industry, taking initiatives and supporting and facilitating innovations from which all Cibutex members benefit.
• Chetna OrganicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSignificant portion of rental textiles sustainably sourced from Chetna Organic - a cooperative of organic cotton farmers based in Yavatmal, India. Works through long-term partner Dibella since 2004 to support a more transparent and responsible cotton supply chain.
• TomingroepminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial employment enterprise collaborating since 2008 to provide inclusive work opportunities for people at a distance from the labor market. De Waslijn laundry opened in March 2025 in partnership with Tomingroep and Billie Wonder.
• Billie WonderminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in De Waslijn - Europe's first fully electric and CO2-neutral laundry opened in March 2025, providing circular service collecting, washing, and delivering more than 10,000 reusable diapers weekly for childcare locations.
• KentaurminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to develop the Loop chef-jacket - a circular chef jacket made from end-of-life bedsheets. Through Cibutex involvement, Lamme ensures end-of-life textiles are reused, remanufactured, or recycled.
• Kivo/Kras (Circular Plastics Alliance)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFully circular plastics flow established where 100% of plastic returned to Lamme is sorted and recycled, used as input for plastic packaging that is 70% recycled material. Part of Circular Plastics Alliance.
• AM MatchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial enterprise helping people at a greater distance from the labor market find suitable employment. Part of Lamme's commitment to inclusive employment since 2008.
• Praunheimer WerkstättenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial enterprise supporting inclusive work opportunities. Collaborating with Lamme since 2008 to help people distant from the labor market.
• DibellaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLong-term partner since 2004 for sourcing sustainable cotton from Chetna Organic, working to support a more transparent and responsible cotton supply chain.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Elis: French-listed European leader in flat linen, workwear, and hygiene rental services for hospitality, healthcare, and industry. Closest publicly traded comparable to Lamme given overlapping B2B textile rental and laundering model across multiple Western European countries.
• CWS Workwear (CWS Hygiene): Germany-headquartered pan-European provider of workwear rental, hygiene, and textile services. Comparable business model to Lamme's B2B textile rental and laundering, with similar customer verticals across hospitality and industry.
• Textilia (MEWA): MEWA is a leading European provider of workwear and textile services with strong German presence; comparable to Lamme's workwear/uniform rental operations for industrial and aviation customers.
• Berendsen (now part of Elis): Historical European textile and hygiene rental operator acquired by Elis in 2017; cited here to anchor the comparable set of former regional textile-rental specialists now consolidated under European incumbents.

Others

• Jensen Industrial Laundry: Belgian-headquartered supplier of industrial laundry machinery and turnkey laundry solutions. Comparable to Lamme as an enabling infrastructure provider to the European industrial laundry industry rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• CleanLease: Dutch-based industrial laundry and textile rental operator serving hospitality, healthcare, and food service. Direct regional comparable to Lamme in the Netherlands with overlapping hotel and restaurant verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Initial Group (Rentokil Initial): Global B2B services group (Rentokil Initial) operating Initial across textile rental, hygiene, and workspace services. Overlaps with Lamme in hospitality and aviation textile rental but is a much broader incumbent portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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