Diakonie Broumov

What Diakonie Broumov does

Diakonie Broumov is a Czech social cooperative (sociální družstvo, formerly a civic association founded on September 15, 1993 in Úpice) that operates a vertically integrated used-textile collection, sorting, processing, and redistribution enterprise headquartered in Broumov. The cooperative runs nearly 900 sand-colored textile collection containers across more than 2,000 Czech cities and municipalities, complemented by 13 collection and distribution centers, mobile collection events at railway stations and municipal sites, and a dispatch center in Prague. At its Broumov facility it operates a proprietary sorting line and a downstream processing operation that converts damaged or unwearable textiles into cleaning tarpaulins, with approximately 70% of otherwise-landfilled materials meaningfully utilized and 95% of donated textiles redirected into material aid or recycling.

The organization serves three primary stakeholder groups: socially disadvantaged individuals in the Czech Republic (provided material assistance, shelter housing in Broumov, and employment opportunities for those disadvantaged in the labor market); Czech municipalities and cities (offering container-based textile collection services and compliance support for textile waste management); and individual donors (offering collection channels for used clothing, shoes, household items, toys, and small appliances). It also distributes material aid internationally to Eastern Europe and Africa, and operates an asylum housing facility in Broumov.

The business model is non-commercial by design. Revenue is generated through resale of sorted textiles via low-cost retail shops at distribution centers, public-law non-investment subsidies from municipalities, individual financial donations and public fundraising campaigns, and container placement/collection services. Income from textile sales funds the social housing and reintegration employment programs, while international material aid is provided on a humanitarian basis. The organization has been self-funded on the social-activity side since 2012, and operates under Czech social-services law (Act No. 108/2006 Sb.) and whistleblower protection law (Act No. 171/2023 Coll.). It holds the Český Goodwill 2020 recognition in both the PARTNER (2nd place) and TOP 10 (4th place) categories.

Name

Diakonie Broumov

Legal name

Diakonie Broumov, sociální družstvo

Website

https://diakoniebroumov.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Diakonie Broumov is a Czech social cooperative operating a nationwide used textile collection, sorting, and redistribution enterprise that serves socially disadvantaged individuals, Czech municipalities, and international humanitarian recipients, while employing people disadvantaged in the labor market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services and Textile Recycling

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Donation Pickup & Reuse Hauling (HSAKALAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Compactor, Container & Roll-off Services (Rental, Service & Logistics) (EUAIAGAC)

Keywords

• Textile collection services
• Used clothing recycling
• Social welfare services
• Material assistance programs
• Shelter housing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Broumov

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Used Textile Sales: Collected and sorted used clothing and textiles are sold through retail shops and distributed as material aid to those in need domestically and internationally.
2. Public Donations and Grants: Financial support from municipalities and individuals through public fundraising campaigns and public law non-investment subsidies.
3. Container and Collection Services: Placement and maintenance of textile collection containers throughout Czech Republic for municipalities and communities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Diakonie Broumov is a Czech social cooperative that collects used clothing, shoes, and household textiles from donors across the Czech Republic through a network of nearly 900 sand-colored containers and periodic mobile collection events. The organization sorts, processes, and redistributes the collected materials — approximately 70% of materials that would otherwise end up in landfills are meaningfully reused, either as material aid to socially disadvantaged individuals in the Czech Republic, Eastern Europe, and Africa, or processed into cleaning tarpaulins. The cooperative also operates shelter housing in Broumov for people in crisis situations and provides employment opportunities to individuals disadvantaged in the labor market.

Product overview

Diakonie Broumov is a social cooperative offering a unified portfolio of textile collection and social services. Its core activities center on collecting used clothing and household items through a nationwide network of nearly 900 containers and scheduled collections, processing materials at their sorting facility in Broumov, and distributing aid both domestically and internationally. The organization also operates shelter housing in Broumov for individuals in crisis and manages a network of 13 collection and distribution centers across the Czech Republic. The services work together as an integrated social enterprise model: textile collection funds social housing and employment for disadvantaged workers, while material assistance provides aid to those in need.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Used Clothing Collection (Sběr použitého ošacení)

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% of donated textiles are meaningfully utilized
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 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

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Worn Again Technologies: UK-based textile-to-textile recycler developing chemical recycling for blended fabrics. Relevant as a downstream emerging competitor / partner for the non-wearable fraction that Diakonie Broumov currently routes to cleaning-tarpaulin production.

Direct peers

• FNG (Berliner Stadtmission): German charity running a used-clothing collection network ('Sozialkaufhaus' and containers) with sorting and resale funding social programs. Highly analogous mission-aligned model with municipal and household textile collection across DACH.
• TEXAID: One of Europe's largest used-textile collectors, running container collection networks and sorting facilities for resale and recycling. Closely comparable end-to-end business model (collection → sort → reuse/recycle) and serves as a natural benchmark for scale.
• Bank & Vogue: Global used-textile collector and supplier operating grading/sorting facilities across multiple continents. Comparable in international collection sourcing, sorting standards, and downstream resale to vintage and reuse markets.
• Caritas (used clothing programs): Runs national used-clothing collection and resale programs across many European countries, including Central Europe. Comparable in social-mission textile collection, container networks, and shop-based redistribution.
• Salvation Army Trading: Operates large-scale textile collection, sorting, and resale in the UK with proceeds funding social programs. Comparable in charitable funding model, container/drop-off collection, and downstream retail.
• Soex Group: Global textile recycling company that operates collection, sorting, and downstream processing (including wiping cloth production) similar to Diakonie Broumov's cleaning-tarpaulin line. Comparable in vertical integration and downstream product mix.
• Humana People to People: Operates second-hand textile collection and sorting across Europe and globally through container networks and retail resale, with a comparable social-mission funding model. Directly comparable in container-based donation intake, sorting, and reuse-resale distribution.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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