H SARAH Trading

What H SARAH Trading does

H SARAH Trading, LDA is a Portuguese private limited company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Seia, Portugal, that operates a domestic textile waste management business. It collects used clothing, footwear, toys, home textiles, and small leather goods through a national network of 2,500–4,000+ proprietary T-shirt-shaped containers deployed in public and private spaces across mainland Portugal. The company manufactures its own containers at an in-house metalwork using electro-galvanized steel finished with water-based paint, and operates three regional sorting-and-forwarding warehouses in Braga (north), Sintra (Lisbon area), and Silves (Algarve). Approximately 150 employees run distribution routes, project management, sorting, and partner support, with 24/7 telephone availability.

The business model combines container hardware deployment, free-of-charge selective-collection services for municipalities, partnership counterparties in money or goods, and downstream monetization through sorting, donation to non-profits, export for recovery outside Europe, textile recycling, and destruction of residual fractions. Customer segments include citizens, municipalities, parish councils, associations/NGOs, private companies, and schools (via the Eco-Escolas / ABAE program). Digital infrastructure comprises a Partner Portal and a Whistleblower Portal.

Revenue streams are diversified but not publicly disclosed: institutional partnership fees, material processing and forwarding services, and hardware sales of custom containers. Strategic positioning emphasizes a 100% national Portuguese identity, environmental licensing for textile waste management, and recurring institutional partnerships (e.g., Tomar since 2013; ABAE since 2013). Long-running social and education initiatives — including the Galardão Eco-Escolas award (9 consecutive years), 'Roupas Usadas Não Estão Acabadas!', 'Vamos Doar Corações', and 'From Granny to Trendy | Vintage for a Cause' — extend the company's footprint beyond pure waste logistics into environmental education and social inclusion.

Name

H SARAH Trading

Legal name

H SARAH Trading

Website

https://sarah-trading.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

H SARAH Trading is a Portuguese textile waste management company that collects, sorts, and forwards used clothing, footwear, toys, and home textiles through a nationwide network of proprietary containers, serving municipalities, NGOs, schools, and citizens.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Textile Waste Management

akta.pro primary industry

Post-Consumer Textile Collection & Sorting (Take-Back/Charity/Reverse Logistics) (IMAOAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Municipal Solid Waste Collection (Residential/Commercial) (IMAIAFAA), Commercial & Institutional MSW Collection (BPALAAAB)

Keywords

• Textile waste management
• Used clothing collection
• Selective textile collection
• Textile sorting services
• Circular economy textiles

Headquarters

HQ city

Seia

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Institutional Partnership Fees: Partnerships with municipalities, public entities, and businesses involve associated counterpart in money or goods. Collection services are provided to partners with specific contractual arrangements.
2. Material Processing and Forwarding: Sorting and forwarding services for collected textiles. Materials are distributed to donation networks, exported for recovery outside Europe, or recycled. Some material is sent for destruction.
3. Container Production and Installation: Production of custom containers for partner locations, monitored by Project Management team.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

H SARAH Trading operates a national selective textile collection network across mainland Portugal, deploying custom-built collection containers in public and private spaces. The company collects used clothing, footwear, toys, and home textiles, professionally sorts the material at dedicated facilities by type, condition, and composition, and forwards it to donation networks and downstream channels. Operations are backed by in-house container production, scheduled daily collection routes, and partnership-based service agreements with municipalities, parish councils, associations, companies, and schools.

Product overview

H SARAH Trading operates a comprehensive textile waste management ecosystem comprising collection containers, sorting units, and distribution services. The company manages a network of over 4,000 collection points across Portugal through three logistics warehouses in Braga, Sintra, and Silves. Their digital infrastructure includes a Partner Portal for account management and a Whistleblower Portal for compliance reporting. Environmental initiatives include the 'Roupas Usadas Não Estão Acabadas!' project with ABAE's Eco-Escolas program and the 'inVista nO Ambiente!' project management initiative. The company is a licensed Portuguese textile waste operator with relevant environmental certifications, operating 2,500+ containers nationwide and serving all mainland Portuguese districts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Selective Collection Container Network

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, key and supporting.

• ABAE - Associação Bandeira Azul da EuropacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 202311-year partnership (since 2013/2014 school year) through the Eco-Escolas program. Joint project 'Roupas Usadas Não Estão Acabadas!' challenges schools to collect textiles for donation. Over 90 schools and 37,000+ kg collected in 2023-2024. Award ceremonies held annually at Galardão Eco-Escolas events.
• Município de TomarcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Partnership since 2013 for selective textile collection. H SARAH Trading participates in municipal events like Mostra do Ambiente to discuss their activity and sustainability contributions.
• Município de AmarantekeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality partner emphasizing H SARAH Trading's availability for problem resolution and quick response in textile collection services.
• InPulsar (Leiria)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit partner describing the project as impactful for proper waste routing and ecological consciousness.
• Florinhas do Vouga (Aveiro)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial institution partner describing the service as indispensable for managing clothes distribution to target population.
• Nascentes de Luz (Leiria)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner emphasizing trust, credibility and collaboration in service provided.
• Centro Comunitário São Cirilo (Porto)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity center partner describing the service as useful response to avoid waste.
• Junta de Freguesia de Santa Iria da Azóia, S. João da Talha e BobadelakeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerParish council partnership for 'Vamos Doar Corações' initiative, providing ergonomic heart cushions to breast cancer surgery patients at Hospital de São José.
• Associação Viva Mulher VivasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation promoting 'Vamos Doar Corações' volunteering initiative for breast cancer patients.
• Município de PinhelkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality partner emphasizing elevated cordiality in service, immediate collections, and timely correct data on quantities and waste destination.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Texaid: One of Europe's largest used-textile collectors, operating container networks and sorting facilities across multiple countries. Directly comparable on the core business of post-consumer textile collection, sorting, and forwarding to reuse/recycling channels.
• I:CO (SOEX Group): Global textile collection and sorting operator (now part of SOEX) running container programmes and retailer take-back schemes. Comparable on collection infrastructure, retailer partnership model, and downstream sorting/forwarding of used garments.
• Humana Portugal: Portuguese subsidiary of the Humana People to People network operating a container-based used textile collection model across Portugal. Highly comparable to H SARAH Trading in collection mechanism, customer base (municipalities/citizens), and downstream forwarding of sorted textiles to second-hand markets.
• Boer Group: Dutch collector and sorter of post-consumer textiles operating across Europe. Directly comparable in its core activity of used-textile collection, sorting, and onward sale to reuse/recycling markets.

Regional players

• Sysav: Swedish municipally-owned waste management company that handles textile sorting among other waste streams. Overlaps on the textile sorting/forwarding activity but operates primarily in Sweden rather than Portugal, making it a regional comparable.

Broad incumbents

• Remondis: One of Europe's largest privately owned waste and recycling companies, with operations spanning municipal collection and textile recovery. Comparable as a broad incumbent in waste management that could enter or expand in the Portuguese textile collection niche.
• Veolia: Global environmental services group with significant municipal waste contracts and textile/special waste streams in Iberia. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose Iberian footprint could eventually compete for municipal textile collection contracts.
• Suez: Global water and waste management major with textile-related collection and recycling activities across Europe. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose Portuguese waste operations could overlap with or compete against H SARAH's municipal services.

Emerging players

• Worn Again Technologies: UK-based polymer recycling technology company aiming to separate and reuse polyester and cotton from post-consumer textiles. Comparable as an emerging downstream partner/competitor in textile-to-textile recycling that could shape sorting specifications.
• Renewcell: Sweden-based textile-to-textile recycling technology company focused on chemical recycling of cellulosic fibres. Comparable as a downstream buyer/partner for collected textiles but operates at a different point in the value chain (recycling tech) rather than collection.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hsarahtradinglda
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hsarahtrading
• Instagraminstagram.com/hsarahtrading

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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