climpex
Climpex is a Dutch textile collection company founded in 1992 that serves 100+ municipalities, fashion brands, schools, and charities across the Netherlands. As a subsidiary of Erdotex Group, it provides collection, 400-category sorting, and UPV regulatory compliance with an 80% textile reuse rate.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1992
- HeadquartersZoetermeer, Netherlands
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What climpex does
Climpex Textielinzameling B.V. is a Dutch private limited company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, operating as a for-profit subsidiary of Erdotex Group — one of Europe's largest textile sorters, processing more than 45,000 tonnes of textile per year. The company collects used clothing and textiles on a nationwide scale and routes them through Erdotex's Ridderkerk sorting facility, where material is classified into 400 categories by type, quality, and second-hand market demand. Approximately 80% of collected textile is reused, over 15% is processed into new raw material, and only about 4% is destroyed.
The company serves four principal customer segments: (1) 100+ Dutch municipalities, for which it provides textile containers, quarterly door-to-door collection campaigns, and full administrative reporting aligned with UPV 2030 targets; (2) fashion brands and retailers subject to Extended Producer Responsibility (UPV) regulations effective July 2023, for which Climpex delivers custom in-store collection systems, logistics, sorting, and regulatory reporting; (3) schools, sports clubs, and charitable organizations, which host free collection containers and receive per-kilogram payouts; and (4) individual consumers and neighborhoods, served through public container networks, a neighborhood collection-point program, and on-demand pickup services.
Climpex operates a sales-led, multi-channel go-to-market combining direct municipal and enterprise sales, channel partnerships with charities and retail/fuel-station hosts, and a direct-to-consumer container and pickup service. Revenue derives primarily from the sale of sorted reusable textile (domestic and export second-hand markets), supplemented by quote-based service fees for UPV compliance work and per-kilogram payouts to collection-point partners. The business is built on proprietary logistics technology — MangoStone-integrated software for route optimization, container fill-level sensor prediction, and unique-ID traceability — and is certified under ISO 9001, ISO 14001, NIWO, VIHB, VHT, SEBO, PSO, and KIWA standards. Since 1992 the company has donated more than €2 million to 20+ ANBI-certified Dutch charitable causes, including the Nierstichting, Hartstichting, and Metakids.
climpex firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- climpex
- Legal name
- Climpex Textielinzameling B.V.
- Website
- https://climpex.nl
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1992
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Climpex is a Dutch textile collection company founded in 1992 that serves 100+ municipalities, fashion brands, schools, and charities across the Netherlands. As a subsidiary of Erdotex Group, it provides collection, 400-category sorting, and UPV regulatory compliance with an 80% textile reuse rate.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
climpex industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Textile Recycling and Collection Services
- akta.pro primary industry
- Post-Consumer Textile Collection & Sorting (Take-Back/Charity/Reverse Logistics) (IMAOAMAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Textile & Apparel Recycling and Sorting (Non-E-waste) (BPALADAL), Textile & Apparel Sorting/Recovery Facilities (EUAIADAJ), Donation, Resale & Textile Recycling Coordination (HSAFABAI)
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Where climpex is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Zoetermeer
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
climpex business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Textile Collection Services for Municipalities: Climpex provides municipalities with textile containers and quarterly door-to-door collection services. The service is provided in exchange for municipal contracts, with Climpex handling all logistics, sorting, administration, and reporting. Common revenue is derived from the sale of sorted, reusable textile internationally, with a portion donated to charitable causes.
- UPV Textile Services for Fashion Brands and Retailers: Climpex acts as the executing partner for fashion brands and retailers obligated under Extended Producer Responsibility (UPV) regulations. They provide custom innam systems, logistics, sorting, processing, and data reporting for UPV compliance. Revenue is derived from service fees for the collection, logistics, and reporting infrastructure provided to producers.
- Collection Point Partnerships with Schools, Sports Clubs, and Charities: Climpex places free containers at schools, sports clubs, and charitable organizations. These organizations receive a payout per kilogram of textile collected. Climpex generates revenue from the sale of sorted, reusable textile. The more textile collected, the higher the donation payout to the organization.
- Sale of Sorted and Reusable Textile: A significant portion of revenue comes from selling sorted, reusable textile. Approximately 80% of collected textile is reused (sold to second-hand markets domestically and internationally), and over 15% is processed as new raw material. Climpex's parent, Erdotex Group, handles the bulk of sorting and sale.
- Neighborhood Collection Point Compensation: Individuals who become local collection points (inzamelpunten) receive a per-kilo compensation for the textile collected at their location. Climpex pays out this compensation from the revenue generated by selling the collected textile.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Free container placement for municipalities |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Collection campaigns for schools, sports clubs, and charities with payout per kilogram |
| Hybrid | Annual | UPV textile services for fashion brands and retailers — quote-based |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels7 records
Marketing channels9 records
climpex product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Climpex collects, sorts, and recycles used clothing and textiles across the Netherlands on behalf of municipalities, fashion brands/retailers, schools, sports clubs, and charitable organizations. The company places textile containers nationwide, runs quarterly door-to-door collection campaigns, picks up textile on demand, and processes the material into 400 sorted categories at parent Erdotex Group's Dutch facilities for second-hand reuse or fiber-to-fiber recycling. A portion of proceeds from sorted textile is donated to 20+ ANBI-certified Dutch charitable foundations.
Product overview
Climpex is a textile and clothing collection company offering an integrated service portfolio centered around sustainable textile collection, sorting, and reuse. The core offering consists of textile collection services (via containers, door-to-door campaigns, and pickup services) combined with sorting operations conducted in the Netherlands by Erdotex Group. Climpex serves multiple segments including municipalities, fashion brands/retailers (UPV compliance), schools/sports clubs, and private individuals. The product portfolio includes branded container solutions for partners, the REJOES vintage retail sub-brand for local reuse, and comprehensive municipal collection services with full administrative reporting.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Textielinzameling (Textile Collection Services) End-to-end textile collection service covering public container placement, quarterly door-to-door collection campaigns, and on-demand pickup. Available to municipalities, fashion brands/retailers, schools, sports clubs, charities, and private individuals across the Netherlands, with all collected material processed through parent Erdotex Group's Dutch sorting facilities.
- UPV-textiel Oplossingen (UPV Textile Services for Fashion Brands and Retailers)
Quantifiable outcome
- 80%+ textile reuse rate (plus 15%+ converted to raw material)
- +7 more outcomes
Companies that use climpex
Customer profileNamed customers9 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
climpex technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration1 record
Feature4 records
climpex partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
24 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Gemeente Rotterdam (Municipality of Rotterdam)coreAs of March 2025, Climpex and Erdotex Group partnered with Gemeente Rotterdam for sustainable textile collection and processing. The partnership includes strategically placed textile containers throughout Rotterdam, local sorting and processing by Erdotex, and local reuse through the REJOES vintage shop in Rotterdam.
- VARO Energy / Argos TankstationsminorVARO Energy partnered with Climpex to place textile collection containers at Argos fuel stations throughout the Netherlands. Containers are branded in Argos house style, making them visually integrated with the station environment while serving as accessible donation points for customers.
- ERP NetherlandscoreERP Netherlands (Extended Producer Responsibility organization) signed a UPV contract with Erdotex Group/Climpex to improve textile collection, reuse, and recycling. The partnership focuses on improved collection systems, stimulating local sales, advanced sorting for reuse and recycling, responsible export, and scaling fiber-to-fiber recycling. This is a key strategic partnership for circular textile chain development.
- Haan TankstationsminorHaan fuel stations host Climpex textile collection containers, providing a convenient and accessible donation point for customers visiting the station. This partnership extends Climpex's collection point network to fuel station locations.
- Stichting MetakidsminorMetakids is a Dutch foundation financing research into metabolic diseases in children. Climpex conducts door-to-door textile collection campaigns on behalf of Metakids and can place dedicated collection containers at schools and sports clubs. Climpex's charitable structure enables donations from textile collection proceeds to fund Metakids research.
- MangoStone TechnologiescoreMangoStone provides Climpex with advanced logistics software for route optimization, paperless weight and kilometer registration, and container fill-level sensors. This partnership has enabled Climpex to reduce logistics movements by 35% and collect 40,000 kg more textile in one year. MangoStone's EPS software assigns unique IDs to every package of sorted textile, enabling full traceability.
- Erdotex GroupcoreErdotex Group is the parent company of Climpex and one of the largest textile sorters in Europe, sorting over 45,000 tonnes of textile annually. Climpex's collected textile is pre-sorted at their Zoetermeer facility and then fully processed at Erdotex's Ridderkerk facility. Erdotex has developed proprietary internal material scanners for recycling-focused sorting and invests in material preprocessing initiatives for fiber-to-fiber recycling.
- REJOESminorREJOES operates vintage clothing shops throughout the Netherlands (Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and other cities). Climpex and Erdotex supply sorted, reusable textile to REJOES for resale, closing the circular loop locally. The REJOES Rotterdam shop is part of the partnership with Gemeente Rotterdam.
- Gemeente Gooi- en VechtstreekminorClimpex expanded into the Gooi- en Vechtstreek region following efficiency gains from MangoStone software optimization.
- Nierstichting (Dutch Kidney Foundation)minorOne of 20+ ANBI-certified Dutch charitable organizations receiving donations from Climpex's textile collection proceeds. Climpex's support helped fund the development of a wearable artificial kidney (kunstnier). The Nierstichting publicly endorses the partnership.
- Hartstichting (Dutch Heart Foundation)minorOne of 20+ ANBI-certified Dutch charitable organizations receiving donations from Climpex's textile collection proceeds to support heart disease research and prevention. The Hartstichting publicly endorses the partnership.
- LongfondsminorDutch lung foundation receiving donations from Climpex's textile collection proceeds.
- Hersenstichting (Brain Foundation)minorDutch brain foundation receiving donations from Climpex's textile collection proceeds.
- Maag Lever Darm Stichting (MLDS)minorDutch digestive tract foundation receiving donations from Climpex's textile collection proceeds to fund digestive disease research.
- Stichting Steun 22Q11minorDutch foundation raising awareness for the 22q11 syndrome. Climpex started door-to-door collection campaigns on behalf of Stichting Steun 22Q11 starting in 2022.
- Stichting Orange BabiesminorDutch foundation supporting children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa. Long-term charitable partner of Climpex, receiving donations from textile collection proceeds.
- Artsen voor KinderenminorDutch charitable organization receiving donations from Climpex's textile collection proceeds.
- OogfondsminorDutch eye foundation receiving donations from Climpex's textile collection proceeds.
- Stichting KOVAMOminorStichting KOVAMO is Climpex's first client, having partnered with Climpex for over three decades. A long-term testimonial partner endorsing Climpex's services.
- CliniClownsminorDutch CliniClowns foundation receiving donations from Climpex's textile collection proceeds.
- CIBO NederlandminorDutch charitable organization receiving donations from Climpex's textile collection proceeds.
- Kinderfonds (Child Fund)minorDutch children's charity receiving donations from Climpex's textile collection proceeds.
- CuritasminorDutch charitable organization receiving donations from Climpex's textile collection proceeds.
- Race Against Waste (Textielrace)minorRace Against Waste organizes the Textielrace (Textile Race), an educational competition for schools. Climpex collects all textile gathered by participating schools in Rotterdam, with Erdotex Group sorting and processing the material. This partnership supports environmental education and youth engagement in circular economy.
Scale indicators13 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
climpex competitors and assessment
Company assessmentRegional players
- Van Vliet Groep: Dutch waste and recycling group with textile collection and sorting operations. Comparable in Dutch municipal contracts and integrated waste-recycling service offerings.
- Curitas: Dutch second-hand textile operator collecting and reselling clothing via retail channels. Comparable on Dutch collection footprint and downstream second-hand retail exposure, though smaller and more retail-tilted than Climpex.
Direct peers
- Sympany: Dutch textile and reusable goods collector with nationwide container networks and charitable donations. Direct competitor in the same Dutch municipal tender market with overlapping charity partner set.
- I:CO (I Collect): Global textile take-back and sorting operator serving fashion brands with collection logistics, sorting, and reporting. Closely comparable to Climpex's UPV-facing services on collection-network model and brand-retailer reporting requirements.
- Boer Group: German textile sorting and recycling company with pan-European sorting capacity. Comparable on large-volume sorting, reuse-grade categorization, and supply to second-hand markets.
- ReShare (Leger des Heils): Dutch textile collection organization of the Salvation Army, operating container collection and sorting across the Netherlands. Directly comparable on Dutch municipal collection contracts and charity-funded operating model.
- Texaid: Swiss-founded European textile collection and sorting operator active across multiple countries. Direct peer on collection infrastructure, sorting into resale grades, and partnerships with charities and municipalities under EPR-style frameworks.
- Soex Group: German-based textile recycling group with collection and sorting across Europe. Comparable in operating MRF-style sorting, second-hand resale, and fiber-to-fiber recycling investments; broader geographic footprint than Climpex.
Broad incumbents
- Erdotex Group: Parent company of Climpex and one of Europe's largest textile sorters (45,000+ tonnes/year). Directly comparable in sorting capacity, recycling technology, and pan-European textile resale operations; serves as both backer and broader market benchmark.
- Humana People to People: International second-hand textile collector and reseller with European collection networks and charity-linked mission. Overlaps with Climpex on charity-funded collection model and downstream second-hand clothing retail.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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climpex leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
climpex funding detail
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Frequently asked questions about climpex
What does climpex do?
Climpex collects, sorts, and recycles used clothing and textiles across the Netherlands on behalf of municipalities, fashion brands/retailers, schools, sports clubs, and charitable organizations. The company places textile containers nationwide, runs quarterly door-to-door collection campaigns, picks up textile on demand, and processes the material into 400 sorted categories at parent Erdotex Group's Dutch facilities for second-hand reuse or fiber-to-fiber recycling. A portion of proceeds from sorted textile is donated to 20+ ANBI-certified Dutch charitable foundations.
Is climpex a public or private company?
climpex is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was climpex founded?
climpex was founded in 1992. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is climpex based?
climpex is headquartered in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does climpex make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Textile Collection Services for Municipalities are the primary driver. The others are UPV Textile Services for Fashion Brands and Retailers, collection Point Partnerships with Schools, Sports Clubs, and Charities, sale of Sorted and Reusable Textile and neighborhood Collection Point Compensation.
Who are climpex's main competitors?
Regional players on record are Van Vliet Groep and Curitas. Direct peers are Sympany, I:CO (I Collect), Boer Group, ReShare (Leger des Heils), Texaid and Soex Group. Broad incumbents are Erdotex Group and Humana People to People.
Does climpex have an API?
No public API is recorded for climpex.
What industry is climpex in?
climpex's product category is Textile Recycling and Collection Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAOAMAA, Post-Consumer Textile Collection & Sorting (Take-Back/Charity/Reverse Logistics), with a secondary code of BPALADAL, Textile & Apparel Recycling and Sorting (Non-E-waste).