Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 9th April 2026 Issue no. 1205

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Acquisition of German facility services operational platform strengthens Zvoove Clean's European portfolio

Zvoove Group, the software and AI solution provider for the temporary staffing, cleaning and private security industries, has acquired KleanApp, a German software company specialising in digital operations management for the commercial cleaning sector.

The acquisition marks Zvoove's latest step in its systematic expansion of Zvoove Clean across Europe, following the acquisition of Danish SaaS platform CleanManager in August 2025.

KleanApp, founded and led by Dr-Ing Tobias Schittkowski and headquartered in Bavaria, is a trusted solution among some of Germany's largest commercial cleaning operators. Its platform enables cleaning companies to digitise and streamline mission-critical workflows including quality inspections, ad-hoc and scheduled audits, DIN-compliant quality assessments, intelligent ticketing and multi-modal time tracking. The solution is used across thousands of objects and facilities throughout the DACH region.

With this acquisition, Zvoove Clean now operates a comprehensive, multi-product European platform. The combination creates a useful software stack capable of serving the full operational lifecycle of professional cleaning companies - from workforce scheduling and time capture to quality control, customer communication and reporting.

"We are executing a deliberate strategy to build the definitive digital and AI-powered ecosystem for the cleaning industry in Europe," explains Oliver Muhr, Zvoove Group CEO. "With Zvoove GDL, Fortytools, Nocore, Levy, CleanManager and Freematica already in our portfolio, KleanApp fills a critical gap: deep specialised quality management.

"Cleaning companies of all sizes are under increasing pressure to prove service quality to their clients and comply with regulatory standards - KleanApp is the best solution on the market for exactly that. This acquisition reflects our commitment to assembling best-in-class capabilities, not building generic ones."

The cleaning industry is one of Europe's largest service sectors, characterised by fragmented operations, high labour intensity and growing demand for digital transparency and auditability. Zvoove Clean's expanded portfolio directly addresses these structural tailwinds, positioning the group to capture a significant share of the accelerating digitisation wave across the sector.

Stefan Kramer, CEO of Zvoove Clean explains further:

"KleanApp and Zvoove have been close partners for years, with a large, shared customer base that already benefits from combining our solutions. This acquisition is the natural next step - moving from strategic partnership to full integration, so our customers get everything they need from a single source.

"What started as a strategic collaboration has grown into something much more, and I am incredibly proud to welcome Tobias and his team as a permanent, integral part of Zvoove Clean."

Tobias Schittkowski (pictured), founder and managing director of KleanApp, adds:

"I built KleanApp because I saw that the cleaning industry was still stuck in paper-based processes. Joining Zvoove is the right next chapter. We share the same philosophy: make the lives of cleaning professionals easier through smart, practical software. With Zvoove's expertise, investment and European reach behind us, we can bring that vision to far more companies than we ever could on our own."

www.zvoove.com | www.zvoove-clean.com | www.kleanapp.net

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