bardusch AG

What bardusch AG does

bardusch AG is a Swiss textile service company headquartered in Basel that operates a comprehensive textile leasing and management business serving enterprise customers across Switzerland. The company leases workwear, protective clothing, cleanroom garments, hotel linens, kitchen textiles, bed linens, and terry cloth products to industrial, healthcare, hospitality, food, pharmaceutical, and watch-industry clients, bundling pickup, certified washing, quality control, repair, replacement, and delivery into a single recurring subscription contract. Its core technology stack includes RFID transponders, barcodes, and matrix codes embedded in textiles for per-item tracking and assignment to individual employee lockers, a Web-Portal providing real-time visibility into inventory, deliveries, and costs, and certified hygiene and cleanroom processing systems (Hygiene ControlSystem, MoppAccess with Logistic Controlling, and the dedicated Yverdon Cleanroom facility).

The company operates six Swiss branches — Basel (headquarters), Brugg, Selzach, Yverdon (two facilities including the cleanroom site), and Sierre — plus a central warehouse in Rheinfelden, supported by an owned logistics fleet described as one of the industry's largest in Switzerland. Daily processing capacity exceeds 100 tonnes of laundry. Bardusch employs approximately 700 staff in Switzerland across these operations and maintains an enterprise field-sales go-to-market model built around personal consultation and on-site visits from its branch network. Sub-brands include Ready2Wear (direct-purchase workwear) and bardusch X PUMA Workwear (co-branded collection with PUMA). The company is a private Swiss Aktiengesellschaft with no public listing, no disclosed parent or subsidiary structure, and no external funding events identified; it operates as part of a broader European bardusch group with localized presence in Poland, Hungary, France, Spain, and Slovakia.

Name

bardusch AG

Legal name

bardusch AG

Website

https://bardusch.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

bardusch AG is a Swiss textile leasing and management company serving enterprise customers in healthcare, hospitality, industrial, food, pharmaceutical, and cleanroom sectors across Switzerland via six branches and ~700 employees with 100+ tonnes of daily laundry capacity.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Textile Services

NAICS

Linen and Uniform Supply (81233), Linen Supply (812331)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHSAJAMAE

Uniform & Linen Cleaning, Sanitization & Processing (Service-Included)

Home & Personal Services/Laundry, Dry Cleaning & Garment Care/Uniform, Linen & Towel Rental / Service (Residential & Small Business)

SECONDARYHSAJAMAH

Bed & Bath Linen Service (Sheets, Pillowcases, Bath Mats)

Home & Personal Services/Laundry, Dry Cleaning & Garment Care/Uniform, Linen & Towel Rental / Service (Residential & Small Business)

SECONDARYHSAJAMAK

Hospitality/Short-Term Rental Linen Service (Airbnb/Small Hotels)

Home & Personal Services/Laundry, Dry Cleaning & Garment Care/Uniform, Linen & Towel Rental / Service (Residential & Small Business)

Keywords

• Industrial textile services
• Textile leasing
• Workwear rental
• Commercial laundry service
• Cleanroom textile solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Basel

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Textile Leasing (Textilleasing): Core business model based on leasing textiles to businesses with full-service package including pickup, washing, quality control, repair/replacement, and delivery. Customers pay for the service without capital investment in textiles.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

bardusch AG provides full-service textile leasing and management to Swiss enterprises, leasing workwear, protective clothing, cleanroom garments, bed linens, kitchen textiles, mops, and mats to customers. The offering bundles textile ownership, scheduled pickup, industrial washing, quality control, repair/replacement, and delivery, supported by RFID/barcode item tracking and a digital web portal for inventory and cost transparency.

Product overview

bardusch AG is a textile service company offering a comprehensive textile management system combining laundry leasing (Textilleasing) and service solutions. The portfolio includes personal protective clothing (Personenschutzkleidung) with categories for weather protection, warning/hi-vis protection, chemical protection, multi-functional protection, and sweat protection; product protective clothing (Produkteschutzkleidung) including ESD and HACCP-compliant workwear; object laundry (Objektwäsche) covering cleaning textiles, table/kitchen linens, terry cloth, and bed linens; and corporate fashion collections including Ready2Wear, bardusch X PUMA Workwear, and the Core Level 1 Kollektion. Supporting services include textile management solutions such as the Web-Portal (digital customer portal), Hygiene ControlSystem, MoppAccess, mat service, curtain service, emblem service, and laundry dispensing service. The company serves healthcare (hospitals, care homes, Spitex), hospitality, food industry, pharmaceutical industry, cleanroom, watch industry, and industrial sectors through six branches across Switzerland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ready2Wear: Ready-to-wear workwear collection
• bardusch X PUMA Workwear
• Core Level 1 Kollektion
• Hygiene ControlSystem
• MoppAccess mit Logistic Controlling

Products and services

• Ready2Wear workwear collection Ready-to-wear workwear collection available for purchase by enterprises, complementing the company's core textile leasing service.
• bardusch X PUMA Workwear Workwear collection co-developed with PUMA, combining professional functionality with athletic-inspired design for enterprise customers.
• Personenschutzkleidung (Personal Protective Clothing) Category of personal protective clothing for enterprise workers covering weather, warning/high-visibility, chemical, multi-functional, and sweat exposure scenarios, offered within the textile leasing catalog.
• Produkteschutzkleidung (Product Protection Clothing) Product protection clothing range including ESD garments for electronics manufacturing and HACCP-compliant clothing for food industry use, offered within the leasing catalog.
• Objektwäsche (Object Linens) Object linen catalog covering cleaning textiles (mops/cloths), table and kitchen textiles, terry cloth (towels, bathrobes), and bed linens for hotels, healthcare, and care facilities.
• Corporate Fashion collections Corporate fashion collections for industry, trade, and public services including Core Level 1 entry-level workwear, reception/service/kitchen garments, and therapy and care professional apparel.
• Matten Service (Floor Mat Service) Floor mat rental and maintenance service with scheduled pickup, cleaning, and redelivery to enterprise customers.
• Bewohnerwäsche Service (Resident Laundry Service) Resident laundry service for elderly care homes and residential facilities, providing pickup, washing, and redelivery of resident-owned clothing.
• Vorhang Service (Curtain Service) Curtain cleaning and maintenance service including pickup, professional cleaning, and reinstallation for enterprise customers.
• Emblem Service Embroidery and emblem application service for adding corporate branding, logos, or identification marks to leased or purchased textiles.
• Web-Portal (Digital Customer Portal) Digital customer portal providing enterprise customers real-time visibility into textile inventory, deliveries, and costs associated with their leased textile program.
• Wäscheausgabe Service (Laundry Dispensing Service) Laundry dispensing service with automated distribution of cleaned textiles into individual employee personal lockers.
• Hygiene ControlSystem Certified hygiene monitoring and control service ensuring healthcare and cleanroom textile programs comply with hygiene standards.
• MoppAccess mit Logistic Controlling Mop rental service with integrated logistics controlling for managing and tracking professional cleaning textiles at enterprise customer sites.
• Reinraum-Service (Cleanroom Service) Cleanroom textile service for pharmaceutical and technology industries requiring sterile garments and contamination-control textile programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Daily processing capacity: over 100 tonnes of laundry
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TENCELminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTENCEL is a guest speaker at Bardusch healthcare sector workshops, providing fiber expertise and industry knowledge on sustainable textile fibers used in healthcare applications.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Center Parcs / Pierre & Vacances (textile partner comparison): Not applicable - removing this entry.

Direct peers

• MEWA Textil-Service: MEWA is one of Europe's largest textile service companies, providing workwear, cleaning textiles, and mat rental across multiple countries. Directly comparable to Bardusch in business model (subscription textile leasing), vertical focus (industrial, healthcare, hospitality), and multi-country footprint.
• Elis SA: Elis is a publicly-traded French leader in flat linen, workwear, and hygiene solutions with operations across Europe and Latin America. Direct peer to Bardusch, competing in the same textile leasing category with overlapping customer segments including healthcare, hospitality, and industry.
• Lindström Group: Lindström is a Finnish textile service company providing workwear, cleanroom textiles, mats, and restaurant linens across Europe and Asia. Directly comparable to Bardusch in the subscription textile leasing model with cleanroom specialization and multi-country presence.
• CWS Workwear: CWS is a leading European textile service company offering workwear rental, hygiene, and mat services to enterprise customers across multiple verticals including healthcare, hospitality, and industry. Directly comparable to Bardusch as both operate the full-service textile leasing model with pickup, laundering, and delivery across Central Europe.
• Berendsen (now part of Elis): Berendsen was a leading European textile service company recently acquired by Elis, operating in UK, Ireland, and Nordic markets. Direct peer to Bardusch in flat linen rental and workwear leasing for healthcare and hospitality.

Regional players

• Hagleitner Hygiene: Hagleitner is an Austrian hygiene company offering washroom hygiene, cleaning, and textile services primarily in Austria and neighboring markets. Comparable to Bardusch in the hygiene and textile management offering, with regional overlap in the DACH region.
• Salzenbrodt GmbH & Co. KG (SBK): SBK is a German textile service provider focused on workwear leasing and laundry services for industry, trade, and healthcare. Regional peer to Bardusch with overlapping service portfolio and customer verticals, primarily serving the German market.
• DLS Beteiligungs AG (Wäschezentrum): DLS / Wäschezentrum is a Swiss regional textile service competitor offering workwear and linen rental to industrial and healthcare customers. Head-to-head competitor to Bardusch within Switzerland, particularly in the German-speaking regions.

Broad incumbents

• Initial (Rentokil Initial): Rentokil Initial is a large multinational services company offering workplace hygiene, washroom, and textile services including workwear and mats. Broad incumbent that competes in Bardusch's space as part of a wider pest control and hygiene services portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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