Berendsen Sverige (Sweden)

What Berendsen Sverige (Sweden) does

Berendsen Sverige, now operating as Elis Textilservice, is the Swedish subsidiary of France-headquartered Elis Group, employing 1,001–5,000 people in Sweden within a group that totals 55,000 employees across 30 countries. The company provides circular textile services — rental, industrial laundering, maintenance, repair and delivery — for workwear, bed/bath/table linens, hygiene solutions, entrance mats, mops, industrial drying cloths, insect catchers and cleanroom garments. The rental model is subscription-based, sold under multi-year enterprise contracts negotiated directly, with a self-service MyElis digital portal layered over the direct-sales motion. Customers span hotels and recreation, healthcare and elderly care, industrial and food manufacturing, retail, kitchens and restaurants, service companies, public-sector institutions and cleanroom operators. The platform combines logistics-heavy operations (pickup/delivery routes) with sustainability positioning, evidenced by an EcoVadis Platinum rating (92/100, top 1% globally in 2026) and a CSR Strategy 2030 centred on circularity and climate.

Name

Berendsen Sverige (Sweden)

Legal name

Elis Textilservice

Website

https://berendsen.se

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Berendsen Sverige (Elis Textilservice, Sweden) is a B2B circular textile-rental and industrial-laundry provider supplying workwear, linens, hygiene solutions, mats, mops and cleanroom garments under multi-year enterprise contracts to hotels, healthcare, industry, food service, retail, public sector and cleanroom customers in Sweden.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Textile Rental & Laundry Services

NAICS

Industrial Launderers (812332), Linen Supply (812331), Linen and Uniform Supply (81233)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing (7350)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential & Small Business Uniform Rental Service (HSAJAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bed & Bath Linen Service (Sheets, Pillowcases, Bath Mats) (HSAJAMAH), Kitchen & Dining Linen Service (Tablecloths, Napkins, Aprons) (HSAJAMAG), Facility Mat & Mop Rental/Service (Complementary Textile Programs) (HSAJAMAL)

Keywords

• Textile rental services
• Workwear rental
• Industrial laundry services
• Hygiene solutions rental
• Linen supply services

Headquarters

HQ city

Malmö

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Textile Rental Services: Recurring rental and laundry service for workwear, bed/bath/table linens, hygiene solutions, mats & mops, and specialty items like clean room garments and insect catchers. Customers pay for access to textiles plus laundering and maintenance services on a subscription basis.
2. Workwear Rental: Rental of workwear for various industries including industrial, food service, healthcare and retail sectors. Includes regular cleaning, maintenance and replacement services.
3. Hygiene Solutions: Rental and maintenance of hygiene products including soap dispensers, paper products and other washroom solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Berendsen Sverige (Elis Textilservice) rents, launders, maintains and delivers professional textiles to Swedish businesses on a recurring subscription basis. The portfolio spans workwear and personal protective equipment, bed/bath/table linen, hygiene solutions, floor mats, mops, dry wipes and cleanroom consumables, combined with industrial laundering, replacement, and route-based pickup/delivery logistics managed through the MyElis customer portal.

Product overview

Elis Textilservice offers a circular textile service model providing rental, washing, pickup, and delivery of professional textiles. The portfolio consists of seven core service categories: (1) Bädd-, bad- & bordstextilier for bed, bath, and table linens; (2) Arbetskläder for workwear and protective clothing; (3) Hygienlösningar for washroom hygiene solutions; (4) Mattor & moppar for entrance mats and mops; (5) Torktrasor for industrial drying cloths; (6) Insektsfångare for pest control; and (7) Renrum for cleanroom solutions. The offerings are complemented by MyElis, a digital customer portal for account management and reporting. Elis positions itself as a circular economy service provider, renting textiles as a service rather than selling them, with a focus on sustainability and environmental responsibility. The company serves multiple industries including hotels & recreation, healthcare, industry, retail, food service, businesses, and public sector organizations across 30 countries with 55,000 employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workwear Rental

Named customers6 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cintas Corporation: North American leader in uniform rental and facility services with a subscription-based B2B model serving healthcare, hospitality, food service and industrial customers — directly comparable offering to Elis/Berendsen's workwear, mat and hygiene services.
• Vestis Corporation: U.S. uniform rental and workplace supplies provider (spun out from Aramark) operating the same B2B subscription route-based rental model for workwear, towels, mats and hygiene supplies as Berendsen Sverige.
• UniFirst Corporation: North American uniform rental and laundering provider serving industrial, food service and healthcare customers with a recurring-route model that mirrors the operational structure of Elis Textilservice.
• Mewa: European industrial laundry and workwear rental group operating in Germany and several other countries; closely comparable multi-vertical textile-rental subscription model targeting industrial and SME customers.
• Elis Group: The parent group operating circular textile services across 30 countries; directly comparable as the operator of the same rental-laundering model that Berendsen Sverige executes in Sweden under the Elis brand.
• Alsco (ALSCO / Helge Nielsen): Global uniform and linen rental company with European operations providing recurring-route laundering of workwear, towels and linen to commercial customers, comparable in model and customer verticals to Berendsen Sverige.
• Lindström (workwear rental): Finnish-headquartered workwear and textile rental group with strong Nordic presence, offering circular textile services to hotels, healthcare and industry — directly comparable to Berendsen Sverige's model in an overlapping geography.

Broad incumbents

• Aramark: Global food, facility and uniform services group with uniform-rental and linen-care operations; broader portfolio than Berendsen Sverige but addresses many of the same enterprise customers with comparable service lines.
• Sodexo: Large global facilities services group that includes uniform and textile services among broader offerings; competes for enterprise facility contracts but does not specialize purely in textile rental.
• Initial Rentokil (Rentokil Initial): Global hygiene and pest-control services group that historically also operated textile rental under the Initial brand; broader portfolio but overlapping hygiene and textile service lines for enterprise customers in Europe.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/elis-sverige

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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