Jolmes Gruppe

What Jolmes Gruppe does

Jolmes Gruppe is a privately held, family-owned multi-service provider (Multidienstleister) headquartered in Paderborn, Germany, tracing its origins to 1956 when Hans Jolmes founded a mineral oil business at age 28. The group is currently led by Wilfried Jolmes and Jürgen Jolmes and operates through four divisions: Gebäudereinigung (building cleaning — interior, exterior, special, stone/floor care, and garden maintenance); Handwerk (craft and construction services — damage restoration, waterproofing, renovation, industrial floor coatings, sandblasting, and laser cleaning); Energie (energy services — photovoltaic consulting and installation, battery storage, EV charging infrastructure, and lightning protection); and Personal (personnel leasing, direct placement, and headhunting under the Employee Leasing Act). The company serves both commercial enterprises (Deutsche Bahn, Lüning, Mahlmann, Köster Bau, Welcome Hotel Paderborn, senior care facilities) and private households across primarily North Rhine-Westphalia and broader Germany.

Jolmes Gruppe generates revenue through professional-services contracts in all four divisions, charging clients for cleaning engagements, craft/renovation projects, energy system installations, and temporary staffing placements. The Personal division operates through Jolmes Energie- & Personalservice GmbH (formerly Fischer Dienstleistungen), which holds permanent employee contracts and dispatches workers to client companies under the AÜG framework. Go-to-market is primarily direct sales via the company website, phone, and email contact channels, supplemented by a dedicated job portal (Stellenportal), organic social media presence (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube), blog content, and customer referrals. No pricing model, fee structure, or contract terms are publicly disclosed.

The company maintains a suite of quality and regulatory certifications relevant to its markets: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, AMS BAU 2025 occupational safety, Qualitätsverbund Gebäudedienste, BAFA energy consulting authorization (DIN EN 16247), TRGS 519 asbestos remediation, and WHG water management certifications. Technology stack is built around physical service delivery rather than software platforms — proprietary features are minimal, and the technology platform is described as core service lines (building cleaning, crafts/trades, energy solutions, personnel services) with no APIs, mobile apps, or software products. A strategic partnership with Remmers supports floor coating product supply in the Handwerk division.

Name

Jolmes Gruppe

Legal name

Jolmes Gruppe

Website

https://jolmes.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Jolmes Gruppe is a family-owned multi-service provider based in Paderborn, Germany, founded in 1956, offering building cleaning, craft and construction services, energy solutions, and personnel leasing to commercial and private customers in North Rhine-Westphalia and across Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paderborn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Gebäudereinigung (Building Cleaning Services): Comprehensive building cleaning services including interior cleaning (maintenance cleaning, carpet cleaning, upholstery cleaning, disinfection), exterior cleaning (glass cleaning, facade cleaning, photovoltaic cleaning, osmosis cleaning), special cleaning (industrial cleaning, construction cleaning, crime scene cleaning, graffiti removal, hoarding cleanup, odor neutralization), stone and floor care, and garden/outdoor maintenance services.
2. Handwerk (Craft and Construction Services): Trade and craft services including damage restoration (fire damage restoration, structural drying, mold remediation, water damage remediation), waterproofing (basement waterproofing, masonry waterproofing, crack repair), general construction and renovation work (flooring, painting, facade renovation, renovation in existing buildings), industrial floor coatings, ESD floor coatings, parking garage floor coatings, sandblasting, and laser cleaning.
3. Energie (Energy Services): Energy services including photovoltaic consulting, photovoltaic system installation, battery storage solutions, charging infrastructure, and lightning protection systems.
4. Personal (Staffing and Recruitment Services): Personnel services including worker leasing (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung/Zeitarbeit), direct placement/headhunting, and outsourcing solutions. Employees have permanent contracts with Jolmes Energie- & Personalservice GmbH and are dispatched to client companies under the Employee Leasing Act (AÜG).

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

No source data was provided describing what Jolmes Gruppe fundamentally does or sells.

Product overview

Jolmes Gruppe is a multi-service provider (Multidienstleister) operating four core divisions: Gebäudereinigung (building cleaning with interior, exterior, special, and floor care services), Handwerk (craftwork covering damage restoration, waterproofing, construction, and coating services), Energie (energy solutions including photovoltaics and charging infrastructure), and Personal (staffing and recruitment services). The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Paderborn, Germany, serving both commercial clients and private customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Piepenbrock: Family-owned German facility services company providing cleaning, maintenance, security, and technical building services. Closely comparable to Jolmes in family ownership structure, multi-service model, and craft+cleaning integration, though larger.
• Dussmann Group: German facility services group with strong presence in building cleaning, technical services, and commercial staffing. Comparable to Jolmes in core cleaning + facility services portfolio and German enterprise customer base, but at much greater scale.
• Gegenbauer Services: Berlin-based German facility services provider offering cleaning, building services, security, and personnel services. Direct peer to Jolmes' cleaning and personal divisions with comparable multi-service GTM and German regional operating model.
• Wisag: One of Germany's largest facility services groups, offering building cleaning, technical building services, security, and staffing across multiple regions. Most direct comparable as a German multi-service provider with similar vertical mix to Jolmes' cleaning/crafts/personal/energy offering, but at national scale.

Broad incumbents

• Sodexo Germany: German arm of the global Sodexo facility services and food services group. Comparable to Jolmes in building services and personnel services, but offers a wider portfolio including food services and benefits administration.
• Strabag Property and Facility Services: Facility services division of the Strabag construction group operating in Germany. Comparable to Jolmes Handwerk for renovation and damage restoration, and to Jolmes Gebäudereinigung for facility cleaning, but at much larger enterprise scale.
• Compass Group Germany: German subsidiary of Compass Group providing contract food service and support services including cleaning. Tangentially comparable to Jolmes' commercial cleaning and staffing offerings, but focused on food service with broader international scope.
• Hochtief Facility Management: Facility management arm of the Hochtief construction group, offering integrated FM services across Germany. Overlaps with Jolmes' cleaning and craft/renovation services but operates as part of a much broader construction conglomerate.
• Leadec: German-headquartered technical facility services provider serving industrial sites. Comparable to Jolmes Handwerk for industrial floor coatings and to Jolmes Personal for technical staffing, but focused on industrial/automotive end markets.

Regional players

• Adecco Germany: German operations of the global staffing firm Adecco, providing temporary work, direct placement, and outsourcing. Directly comparable to Jolmes Energie- & Personalservice GmbH (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung/Direktvermittlung) but at significantly larger national scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance16 records

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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